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| Se ---------------- -- Sunday School Lesson: i u------ November 16. Lesson VIi--The Be- fieving Centurion (A Gentile Whose Faith Jesus Commended)--Matthew = 8: 6:13. Golden Text--And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down In the kingdom of God.--Luke 13: 29. ANALYSIS I. A GREAT NEED FELT, vs. b, 6. 11. A GREAT FAITH RECOGNIZED, vs. 7-18. INTRODUCTION --Jesus' ministry" in Galilee appears to have lasted about two years, from December of the year A.D. 27 to November, A.D. 29. great deal of intense and untiring activity was crowded into 'hose two years, and also auch of his teaching both by parables and otherwise. The Lospel narrative tells us of the multi- tudes which thronged about him, or followed him from place to place, at- tracted by the freshness and power of his teaching and by the wonderful works of healing which he did. But even more interesting to us than the multitude are the individual men and women, disciples and others, who meet him sometimes in the midst of the throng, more often in his hours apart, whose spiritial attitudes and needs were so much like our own---the fish- ermen by the Lake of Galilee, the mentally afflicted and the lepers who drew so heavily upon his compassion- ate tendarness, the paralytic borne by this impetuous friends, the ~ublican drawn from the place of toll by the magnetic power of a new uflection, the Pharisee not wholly insincere with his quibbling qu :stions about custom and fashion, the followers John the Baptist, his own. brothers, the Jewish magistrate dist: ssed by the desperate illness of his little daaghter, the Canaanite 'woman in similar distress whose pitiful pretence that she was a Jewess Jesus pul aside that V » might minister more directly ana fittingly to her own as well-as to her daughter's need. Of esoecial and extraordinary interest is this military officer whose charicter and whose faith in Jesus mre so attractively presented in the lesso.. before us. I. A GREAT NEED FELT, vs. 5, 6. Jesus was again in Capernaum, his Lome city (Matt. 4:13), where so many of his great works of healing had been done. The centuricn, prob- ably a Roman officer in the employ of Herod An:ipas, had been an admirer of the Jewish peop'e, ani througn them h.1 come to know Jesus and to believe in him. It is very much to his credit that he thought so highly of his servant. Luke cays that the servant "was dear unto him." Luke adds also that he did not'hirhself pre- sume to go to Jesus but "sent unto him elders of the Jews," thinking perhaps that a Jewish teacher would be un- willing to consent to the request of a Gentile. He was to learn by what followed the large human sympathy that was in the heart of Jesus, over- stepping all barriers of race or nation. Indeed the coming of this man in his need to Jesus was one of the very first indications of thé power that his per- son and teaching were yet to gain over the Gentile world (see v. 113. It is possible that the centurion n.ay have known personally the noble- man whose son had been healed by Jesus, according to the story told in John 4: 46-54. He was held in high esteem by the Jews of Capernanm, who said to Jesus, "He is worthy that thou shouldst do' this for him; for he loveth our nation and himself built us our synagogue (Luke 7: 3-5), It is interesting to learn that in recent times the ruins of a synagogue have been fond at Tell-Hum, believed to be the site of the ancient Capernaum, and thet an effort is being made to rebuild i r The word "palsy" is an old English shorter form of the Greek "paralysis." It means the loss of power to move, whether wholly or partially. Since, in this case, the sufferer was "griev- ously tormented," it has been conjec- tured that the case was one of acute spinal meningitis. Luke adds that he was "at the point of death." II. A GREAT FAIT{ RECOGNIZED, vs. 7-13. So simple, so direet, and so great is this man's faith in the power of Jesus that he believes him able to heal by speaking the word only. He is, he eays, not worthy that Jesus should come under his roof. "But only say the word and my servant shall be healed." Moffatt renders verse 9 as follows: "For though I am » man under 'auth- ity myself I have soldiers under me: I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." Believing Jesus to be like him- self under authority received from God he believes also that he has at his command unseen agencies and powers that will do his will. Com- pare Luke 7: 8. As a well-known modern writer puts it, We see 'the wisdom of his faith beautifully shin- ing out in the bluffness pf the soldier." Jesus is represented here as using a figure drawn from the ancient pro- phets of Israel who conceived the glorious future age of salvation and universal ieadsip as inaugurated by a great feast of all good things. To it all people of the world would be invited, and in it the people of the past and the future would have equal share and part. See Isaiah 26: 6-8; 26: 194 2: 2-4; Daniel 7: 14. More than once Jesus saw in the coming to him of people other than Jews, of olber races and nations, the dawning of that new age. Compare Luke 13: 29 and John 12: 20-24. One of the Lardest problems which the early Christian church hed to solve was A|that of the admission of Gentiles on equal terms with Jews by the way of fa'th in Jesus Christ. At first there were individual cases received by spe- cial favor or because of some extra. ordinary experience of divine grace, later in unrestricted numbers through wide open doors in the missions of St. Paul who saw that this was in har- mony with the mind of Jesus, Romdns 9; 22.30; What New York Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Hlustrated Dressmalking Lesson Fur- nished With Every Pattern i ) 2.681 School girl smartness is expressed in a navy blue wool voile with vivid red pin dots. It is a dainty fabric that has a bit of warmth that is so necessary for early fall school wear. It uses white pique for its rolled collar and cuffs. @he bone buttons are in matching red shade. Another smart idea is shepherd's plaid in blue and white with white linen and solid blue crepe de chine tia. Featherweight . tweed, wool crepe, jersey and heavyweight cottons are darling suggestions. Style No. 2681 may be had in sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 8 requires 13% yards of 39-inch material with 3 yard of 32-inch con- trasting and a leather belt. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully). for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Ad:laide St., Toronto, gp, Tireless Executive An old Scottish woman, who had never been known to say an {ll word about anybody, was one day taken to task by her husband. "Janet," he sald impatiently, "I do believe ye'd say a guid word for the de'll himself." "Ah, weel," was the reply, "he may na be sae guld as he micht be, but he's a very industrious body.""--Mont- real Star, SE A GONNA Go 1NTHe | | | | MUTT AND JEFF-- By BUD FISHER Peddler's Song in Autumn (From the Spectator) Ah, 'tis well enough roving in a world of summer skies! A peddler might be merry then, and' not be sore at heart, With gold and silver trinkets for to match with laughing eyes, And a little gray donkey and a high- wheeled cart. A peddler might be merry then--aye sure, as I have been. A-questioning down the country when hills are starred with flowers, And all the woodland singing, and all the meadows green, And never a lamplit window for to haunt his evening hours. For then he'd walk with Woader, but now 'tis Sorrow old, A far faint voice that follows him, that goes with him along, And mocks him on the hillside, and In the valley's gold, And sweet in roadside gardens filled with autumn robin-song. \ *7Tis all but him have dwellings, over all the shires, Over all of England, from sea to misty sea; - And men will come at twilight to their own hearth's fires, And mice will build their winter nests beneath the wild rose tree. Aye! 'tis well enough roving when the land is bright, A peddler might be merry then, be- fore the swallow's flown, With never a lamplit window for to haunt him through the night, And he and his little donkey on the dark road alone. Hamish Maclaren. Headlight Glare Often Overlooked Royal Auto Club Member Gives Reasons For Trouble < Montreal.--Among the more import! ant safety aspects which are often overlooked is the question of the glare of headlights and its cause, George McNamee, secretary of the Royal Automobile Club of Canada, recently declared in referring to a letter sent tg the Club by a member who has made an exhaustive study of this mat- ter: The letter follows: -- Early in the summer I had my lights adjusted by a competent garage to give the maximum range with a mini- mum of glare, but shortly afterward noticéd many cars which were ap- proaching me at night signalling me to dim, even though my lights were in the "tilt position." I lowered the beam until the spot of light reached the road 50 feot from the car, making it impossible to drive with safety. Still the compaints were signalled, and since one of these drivers stopped and gfiticized me, I decided I would look at my lights through another man's windshield. To my astonish- ment my lights seemed to glare badly, but I also found out that his wind- shield was very dirty, which led me to make some tests which in turn in- spired this letter. i Even the most carefully adjusted lights will glare badly if the observer is behind a dirty windshield. The light becomes diffused over the wind- shield by the minute particles of dust, so that it is impossible to see as far as the radiator cap. I do not belleve that this point can be'too carefully stressed and further this effect is not counter- acted by the titled windshield. There is another effect of night driv- ing that causes a lot of trouble, It is never wise to watch too closély the lights on an approaching car, because all unconsciously the tendency is to drive towards the on-coming lights and ynnoticed one finds oneself in the middle of the road. It is far better policy to watch the right hand edge of the road and drive as near as seems advisable to the shoulder. Smallest Egg Asbury Park, N.J.--An egg so tiny it would take 1,135 of them to make a standard dozen, won a prize recent- ly as the smallest egg at the new Jersey Poultry Fanciers' Association show. It weighed six-tenths of a gram, ©00D § ' MORNING; F GEORGE, { | | Mrs, Keith Miller, British woman flier, who set new women's transcon- | tinental air record | York-Los Angeles flight. Vitamins May Prove Cure For Leprosy | Japanese Scientist Makes Ex- periments With Rats Which Strengthen Theory Washington--Food and not medi- loneliness melts away and the lone haps true lacquer red looks the best cine may be the weapon with 'which mah finally conquers his aneient and much-dreaded foe, leprosy. prevented by the presence of vitamins in the diet, which increases the indi- vidual's resistance. Important studies supporting this theory have been re- ported by Dr. K, Shiga, bacteriologist and dean of the Imperial medical faculty at Seoul, Korea. : Other scientists and physicians have placed much reliance on chaulmoogra oil as a treatment for the disease. In fact, too much has been claimed for this medicine, Dr. George W. McCoy, director of the United States Na- tional Institute of Health here, de- clares. There is still no specific treatment for leprosy. Many people have been misled by optimistic state- ments regarding the value of chaul- moogra oll and its derivatives. Dr. McCoy believes. Dr. Shiga found that when he in- jected leprosy bacilli in normal healthy rats, they did not develop dis- ease, Later, after their food had been deprived of vitamins, they soon had leprous sores. From this it ap- pears that lack of vitamins in the diet mccounts for susceptibility to leprosy. If this theory is proved to be true, leprosy can be prevented by proper diet, and the cure for it may also be accomplished by dietary meas- ures. --r---- Earning Their Keep "How are you getting on keeping bees?" "Very well. We have not had much honey, but the bees have stung my mother-in-law several times." Born Showman "But, darling, if your ear ache is better, why do you keep on crying?" "I'm waiting for D-Daddy to c-come home. He's never s-seen me with an earache!" ee Ap een A thingsof beauty fs a joy for ever-- and usually a great expense, fil | TERRIBLE THOSE Experiments in Japan indicate that. development of the disease may be! The Lone Guest Years pass so swiftly one hardly realizes how time flits along unt! la birthday reminds you the fifties are approaching or perhaps fifty has al - ready passed into the land of yester- days. Have you had a tugging at your heart strings to go back to visit the town of your childhood days? Remin- iscences make eyes dreamy and per haps misty until the day comes when ! you really go. But what is wrong? The little town is yours alright, but it has surely taken on a veneer of strangeness, which slowly conveys a lonely feeling. Strange people walk your streets, the tentionally have no smile for you and oh, the blank feeling of looking for the old home to find it isn't there, A new bright windowed structure seems to want to welcome you but you hesi- tate to go in-and a lump rises in your throat as memories crowd in with pictures of the past. But it may be as you feel your worst, your eyes absent-mindedly rest on a lovely maple tree. tI has grown to maturity and is §aunting cheerful exquisite autumn oolors, while its leaves insistently whisper' "Don't you remember me?" and through the haze of years comes the realization that this is the tree good old Dad and I planted when I was only ten, grown ; to maturity along with me. The old gnarled oak is there too, in recent New the same as ever, time is kind to it.| But the old elm is gone and brings a fleeting sad thought.' The reverie is broken by a voice from a passerby. 'Well could this by any possible chance be my old school chum of long ago? Do you remember me?" and after a good lok there ap- pears from behind the folds of good natured increased weight «nd silvered hair the outline of a familiar face. A cordial invitation to come up to her old home for a sociable cup of tea when old days can be talked over, is given. Since the welcome fs sincere i guest is lonely no longer. Children Enjoy Surprises The School Lunch Sometimes it seems very difficult to i keep up the appetite of the kiddies who find it necessary to take their lunch to school. Here are a few suggestions. | Each child enjoys a hot cup of cocoa which can so easily be supplied if a | Yacuum bottle is supplied or it may be filled with hot soup. A Good Lunch Box Salad 1 orange, 1 tblsp. cottage cheese, 1 tblsp. chopped fruit (figs, dates or raigins), one tblsp, ground nuts (pea- The Song of the Aviator Earth has her highways, Her byways and triways; But mine are the skyways-- The skywards for me. To the ocean her seaways, Her wind and her leeways; The skyways are gleeways, 'Wide, open and free. ~~ The motor and railways, The steam and the railwa::, Are naught to the galewa;s Above earth and sea. The highways are groundw:; The seaways are boundways; The skyways, profound ways, The best of the three. Farewell to earth's highways, The sea's far and nigh ways; The skyways are my ways, And ever shall be. Dro "Donald Bifit ree fre me. Upside Down Record of the aviation scho)l at Muester, ary plane above the school's field he succeeded in flying in an inverted po- sition for 46 minutes and 63 seconds. MIDGETS IN THE children laugh and shout who unin-! Berlin--Werner Weichelt, chief pliot| Ve¥ of Canada has the important func- claims the world's record for flying an airplane upside down. Ih an ordin- The Little Parade. nuts, almonds or walnuts) and lettuce. Peel the orange and cut the pulp in small pieces, draining it from all extra juice and removing all membrane. Mix orange pulp, cottage cheese (drained dry) and chopped fruit. Pack in glass jar or a jelly glass which has been lined with lettuce, cover with the ground nuts and put on a tight cover. Sandwich Suggestions Spread one slice of sandwich with orange marmalade, the other with cot- tage cheese or peanut butter. Chop hard boiled eggs, moisten with lemon juice, season, spread over let- tuce in a sandwich. . Mix chopped dates, raisins, dry figs { and ground nuts with orange juice | and a little cream. Spread generously on thin slices of bread. Slice a banana, marinate in lemon Detected by Rays » -- © Synthetic gems are real gems, 50 far as chemical composition is con cerned. To detect them from (ose found in nature has therefore beem dificult. But The Scientific Amerl can (New York) now tells us that synthetio sapphires can be told readily from the natural stones by means of the cathode-ray tube. We read: "The use of the tube in thls work is' the first commercial application of the apparatus which was developed in the research laboratory of the General Electric Company, by Dr. W. D. Cook {dge about four years ago. "Sapphires, next to diamonds In hardness, are used by the company at the rate of more than a million and a half a year as jewels for bearings Im meters and other delicate electrical in- struments. "Trays of sapphires, both natural and synthetic, are exposed in a dar room to the powerful rays of the ti for a few seconds. All glow or to colors while exposed to the rays, but when the rays are turned off, the na- tural stones cease to glow whereas the synthetic stones continue to glow juice, spread on one bread slice, spread the other slice with honey and | cream, mixed. | Mix ground carrot and celery and nuts with lemon juice and boiled dressing. Cut open a roll, remove some of the bread, fill with dressing and fit half together again. Since winter is 'beginning to show | { its teeth and the warm days of fall are coming less and less frequently it seems hard to accustom ourselves to the cold and until we do become ac- customed to it coughs and colds are frequent, An old domestic remedy that has been successfully used for croup is the vapor from salt and vinegar. It seems to have the power of dissolving and | looséning the tight membrane which has lodged in the throat. Heat a quart of strong vinegar to which a pint of | salt is added, then saturate woolen | cloths with the solution and held it to the patient's mouth. Keep the cloths hot constantly so that the vapor | and heat is inhaled steadily. Old Leather Furniture Did you know that leather can be : very successfully lacquered. It can be done in any of the new shades, per- for most purposes: Have the furniture renovated and put into good firm shape, missing but- | tons replaced and all sags eliminated. | Then take some mild brand of soap flakes and make a suds. Wash with | a soft cloth. Dry carefully and apply | some good vegetable oil such as lin- | seed. When the leather has soaked up all the oll it is soft and pliable. Do | not apply the lacquer until all the oil is absorbed. | Lacquers dry very quickly so work fast, allow it to run on rather than ;. brushing as with ordinary paint. | It really gives you a new colorful | set of furniture. Spreading the Gospel A new record has again been set up by the British' and Foreign Bible Society. According to its annual re- port, just issued, the number of copies of Scripture circulated during the year 1929-30 surpasses all previous records. The total figure was 12,175,292. Even 'among those who profess other faiths, the value of the Bible is recognized more and more. The story is told in the report of how a colpor- teur, conversing with a Moslem school- master, said that he wasn't a preacher. The Moslem laughed. "The Book you sell speaks more than a hundred preachers," he replied, "for a preacher speaks to the ear, but 'his Book speaks to the heart." All sorts and conditions of men act as the society's colporteurs. One is an ex-bandit. He is now risking his | life to sell the Scriptures. Geodetic Survey of Canada Apart from its work in, triangula- tion and levelling, the Geodetic Sur- tion of co-operating in the determina- tion of the size and shape of the earth. The greatest geodetic mathematicians in the world are aftempting to solve the problem which is of great scien- tific importance. In addition to sorting the natural from . the synthetic sapphires, the rays also help determine where both the natural and factory-made gems come from, an important advantage, according to en- gineers. "Should sapphires from Montana bs mixed with stones from Australia, we could find this out with the cathode rays,' B. W, St. Clair, of the com- pany's laboratory, explained. 'In the case of synthetic stones, in most cases we can determine which factory made them by the different hue or the glow while the rays are on. We have one particular kind of natural sapphire which does not glow at all. In this case, the lack of glow under the rays immediately tells us its origin.' "Tests have been made with dia- monds, and it has been found that synthetic stones turn decidedly brown when placed ' in the rays, whereas there is no change in natural stones, However, these tests have been but meager, and no definite conclusions have been. reached." soe ah eosin Simple Things 1 like to fling the doorway wide and bid a friend come in, I like to have a blazing fire in which my dreams to spin, I like an easy-chair at times and books to read at night, A little garden space outside with blossoms red and white, A bowl of soup and home-made bread, a yellow bird that sings, For happiness, it seems to me, is born of simple things. We weary of the fame we win and sicken of our gold, The joy which once we thought they had they do not seem to 'hold, But man can sit with friends to-night and watch the faggots burn And want them all to come again and wait for their return, And when October tints once more an old familiar tree There's none so bored by beauty but will turn his eyes to see, No man grows weary of his fire, his books and easy-chalr; The roses he has brought to bloom to him are always fair. The. more familiar joys become the deeper grows his love. 'Who wearies of a lovely moon and all the stars above? So mindful of the thrill of power and all that money brings, It seems to me the lasting joys are born of simple .things. Fdgar A. Guest. nd ea | Ly £2 V Cli "When you treat a rirl to a steak dinner don't talk chop." oe 3 : Milkweed Down the golden autumn gale Soon the milkweed seed will sal Will go drifting, drifting, ~~ Toward a port without a hall, Like the ship of ancient marque *° Upon which we all embark, : 'Will go drifting, drifting, Toward the deep and unknown dark, Like the milkweed 'seed are we Upon life's autumnal sea; We go drifting, drifting, = Onward toward eternity. --Clinton Scollard in the New York