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23s own cross, v. 17. This th other accounts SHY Ways Crom (Marx 15: 29) took its name from its shape, possibly also from its grim associations, Jesus was not the only victim that day. Two thieves had also been brought up. Jesus was hanged "in the midst He was reckoned with the transgressors, Luke 22: 37, From Jordan side (John 1: 26) on to vol- gotha, Jesus was "among" those whom he would redeem. Thsir gr work pleted, the soldiers nailed above Jesus' head the placard "written 'a Hebrew, Greek and Latin" (v. 20) as John is careful to point out. It was an unconscions Tophecy of heist a all He world's ng. o 'Jews, their pride great! irritated, as Pilate no doubt sie tried o have the inscription changed, v. 21, Pilate, "by nature obstinate and stubborn" (Philo), haughtily re- plied, "Nhat I have written, ne written." Who crucified Jesus? /a) the ortho- dox religious leaders >f his time--who believed that they had high reasons for what they did. Ordinary selfish- mess, cowardice, prejudice, dislike, such as characterize mos. of us, were enough when followed out to their logical conclusions, to put to death the Son of God. (b) che vested inter- 4 ests, represented by the S 1 | Another forge in the mighty chain of telephone exchanges, making London the world centre was recently completed when the Lord Mayor laid the cornerstone and spoke to the mayor of Cape: town, 8,000 miles distant. BE a Comradeship Come, I will make the continent indis- They still crucify the Christ when he opposes them (c) tha. politicians, rep- resented by Pilate. (d) the soldiers, -- good follows in themselves. Jesus spoke highly of some of them, It was a soldier who did him the last earthly kindniss he . receiv- ed, 19: 29, But it 'vas by men enaied for their task by militar lt eB, pk 8 a. Our ml s are planned to d imo Soy ed whom they train. Soldiers are edu- cated not to think for themselves, put to give unreasoniny obedience to a command. "Such a system, whiie it has noble iati with ge; Joyalty, honor and self-effacement, counteracts that which Christianity tries hardest to create--a reasoning , conscience, Coffin, The Meaning of the Cross, TI. MOTHER AND SON, 19: 25-27. We now come to the most touching scene of all. Reckless 'n her grief, ~Jesus' mother had pressed close to the cross, In his dying agony, his care for his widowed mother was his one earthly .hought. "Woman, behold "hy son," said he, looking at the disciple whom he loved. In the word transiat- ed "woman" there is no harshness such as the English suggests. Sym- bolically the incident is taken :hat' Jesus commends his mother, the Jew- ish church, the ancient faith which gave birth to Christianity, into the keeping of the Christian believers, 'What was valuable and permanent in Judaism row passes over into Chris- tianity: The "mother" of Jesus dwells in the house of his disciple. III. THE FINISHED TASK, 19: 28-30. Then comes the triumphant "It is finished." What did he accomplish in his finished work? He bore our sins. (a) he was the victim of sin's deadly hostilit, (b) he bore our sins on his i He identified himself with men in their suffesing, their need, their corporate guilt, He was under- the Cross long before he found on Calvary, (¢) He bears our sin away, not in the sense that another shoulders a legal debt for another, but by demonstrating up sin and destroys it. In swallows going the full length demandéd by MUTT AND JEFF-- 1 { to us a love that| I will make the most splendid race the sun ever yet shone upon; With the love of comrades, With the life-long love of comrades. 1 will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers of America, and along the shores of the great lakes, and all over the prairies; I will make inseparable cities, with their arms about each other's necks; For you; for you, I am trilling these songs, In the love of comrades, In the high-towering love of com- * rades." --Walt Whitman. mies m---- OTHERS Doing nothing for others is the un- doing of one's self. We must be pur- posely kind and generous, or Wwe miss the best part of existence. The heart that .goes out of 'itself gets large and full of joy. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.--Horace Mann. "Poems." "Dearest, this kiss tells you all I have to say. Have you understood "Oh. please say it again." me?" wh Disraeli 'rapidly moving. i) the cause. heriched heliaf: aal. toms, or li wrote at the beginning of e nineteenth century that 'England | was tor the fow, and the very few." Now millions have lifted themselves | above the primary necessities, in Bur ope as well as in AmeMca. Culture is {a possibility for people who, a cen- | tury ago, would never have thought of it. Even Indian and China, who stood still for thousands of years, are also What is it that has produced this new prodigious speed in man? Science Science cares nothing for man-made laws, time-honored cus- change the face of the world to ex- tenty of which we have not yet dream- Hitherto the production of food has 'been the prime struggle of man, That war 18 won. There is no doubt that all the food they require, Our problem to-day is that the white man produces more wheat thau he needs, but the yel- low men, brown men and black men have not yet learned to demand and become able to purchase a diet superi- or to rice, Synthetic food will, of course, be used in the future. But we shall not have to face an existence of tabloid food. Instead, our present food will be prepared, but in a syn- thetic manner. We shall hardly be able to detect any difference between regiments, co-operation became evident. forts. tion were ded up. prophecies is found "Locksley Hall." For I dipt into: the future, human eye could see, far wonder that would be; argosles magic sails, down with costly bales; dew pling in the central blue; Far along the world-wide whisper the south wind rushing warm, With the standards of the peopl plunging thro' storm; and the battle-flags were furl tion of the world, Slowly comes a hungry people, as lion, creeping nigher, hind a slowly dying fire, ten eighty years ago, been fulfilled. has laid hold of us, conscripted us into set us to work upon its highways and in its arsenals; reward- ed us for our services, healed us when | we were young, pensioned us when we © | were worn out, Man in his earliest stages lived alone and avoided his neighbors with as much anxiety and probably as much reason as he avoided the fierce flesh- eating beasts that shared his forests. Gradually, however, the advantages of For hundreds of sears man worked to- gether to utilize his own muscular ef- But another era dawned when he learned how to harness the forces of Nature. Methods of production and e The most wonderful of all modern in Tennyson's as Saw a vision of the world, and all the Saw the heavens filled with commerce, Pilots of tHe purple twilight, dropping Heard the heavens filled with shout- ing, and there rained a ghastly From the nations' airy armies grap- the thunder- Till the war-drum throbb"s no longer, d, In the Parliament of man, the Federa- Glares at one that nods and winks be- These six stanzas of prediction, writ have already There are two processes which we 1 1 the synthetic foods of the future and the natural foods of to-day. Equally startling developments le already just beyond our fingertips in the breeding of human beings, and in the shaping of human nature. There seems little doubt that it will be pos- sible to carry out the entire cycle which leads to the birth of a child in artificial surroundings. Interference with the mental development of such beings, expert suggestion and treat. ment in earlier years, would produce beings specialized to thought or toll. Our minds recoil from the creation of beings who are capable of tending a machine, but without other ambi- tions, and the laws of Christian clvili- zation will prevent them. But lop sided creatures of this type might fit in well with the Communist doctrines of Russia, Future races may see new powers in the hands of altogether new and diffierent men .to those to which wo of to-day are accustomed. But while men have been gathering of i back him up. meet and converse. French and Americans, with a of man far outstripping than the march of his nobility. adopt y or when we try to prophesy. minor alterations, We can seek a period in the past whose con- ditions resemble as closely as possible those of our day, and presume that the sequel to that perlod, save for some will be similar. Secondly, we can survey the general ai without its mercy." nations hold their own amid these formidable scientific evolutions. Other- wise it would be better to call a halt in material progress. course of d t in our i ate past, and endeavor to prolong is open to us now, and that only is and the knowledge and power now look and spirit of men, into the near future. The first is the method of the historian; the second, that of the scientist. Only the second partial sphere. But, obviously all that Science has achieved in modern times, Tier possession, we can predict with some assurance the inventions and discoveries which will govern our fu- ture. We can but guess what reactions these discoveries and their applica- tions will produce upon thie habits, out- To-day man can control great forces. -- ire To-day . Away with the flimsy idea that life with a past is attended, There's Now--only Now--and no Past there's never a past; ended, it in of its yesterd: . sorrow; There's only to-day, almost gone, and TOW. Pardon dom of life--~Koran. races can produce or procure, knowledge and power with everin- creasing and measureless speed, their virtues and their wisdoms have not shown any notable development as the centuries have passed. The brain of modern man does not differ in essen- tials from that of the human beings who lived and loved here millions of years ago. The nature of man has re- mained hitherto practically unchanged. Under sufficient stress -- starvation, terror, warlike passion, or even cold intellectual frenzy---the modern man we know so well will do the most ter- rible deeds, and modern woman will At the present the civilizations of many different ages coexist together in the world, and their representatives Englishmen, ideas abreast of the twentieth century, do business with Chinese and Indians whose civilizations were crystallized geveral tliousand years ago. We have the spectacle of powers and weapons his intelli- gence; we have the march of his In- telligence proceeding far more rapidly We may well find ourselves in the pre- 1 | sence of "the strength of civilization Therefore, it is important above all other things, that the moral and spiritual conceptions of men and of it hag Away with its obsolete story and all in front t to-day stands to-mor- To endure and to pardon is the wis- | 8Y ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON {Uustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur nished With Every Pattern Sheer woolens are tremendously smart for resort and spring. The ribbed fabrics are especially favored as boucle jersey and knitted woolens. Here is a clever model with inter- esting bodice treatment that lends itself just perfectly to these soft flat- tering woolens. y The skirt displays the voguish wide box-plait effect with extreme snugness through the hips. And incidentally, you'll like it quite as well developed of plain rough crene silk or of printed flat crepe silk. Style No. 2672 may be had in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38 and 40 inches "ust. Size 16 requires 33% yards of 39- inch material, HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns fs you want. Enclose 20c¢ in stamps, or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 78 West Adelaide St., Toronto. ER EFFORT "y Most of us come late in life to the discovery that we can do much more than we are doing. PRESSE, ~ Friendship which flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring does not congeal in winter--J, Feni- more Cooper. Uncle--"That's nice, Willie, to resolve not to torment your poor old dog any more! Here's a nickel Willie--""Thanks! You see old Fido died last week." EE Where law ends tyranny begins. --Harl of Chatham. By BUD FISHER ACRE'S A SCATHING ARTICLE ABOUT, THE PEOPLE WHO, oN A 'BUYING STRIKE ~ INSTEAD oF BUYING THE | NECESSITIES oF L\FE-"THEY ! VT GOGS 0M) TD BAY THAT PEOPLE ON A 'BLYING STRIRG' AT A TIME LIKG THIS ARG AS UNPATRIOTIC AS A'SLACKER INTIME h oF WAR. There Are a Lot of Othe T's my ROLLE A YEAR AGO AND WENT ON A BUYING STRIKES BUT THAT ARTICLE MADE ME ASHAMED AND THIS Roll GON OF MYSELF LS be 0 ~~. Department of Indian Affairs Maintains Health Service On All Reserve In the care and training of Can- ada's. Indian wards, the protection of their Health is a matter of prime im- portance. In every province of the Dominion where reserves have been set aside for the benefit of the In- dians, the Department of Indian Af fairs maintains a health service whereby not only bodily {lls are at- tended to, but the Indians are trained in personal hygiene and otherwise grounded In the fundamentals of pre- ventive medicine, The health service of the Depart- ment of Indian Affairs is carried out for the most part by local physicians and hospitals. About 325 such phy- sicians are employed on part-time sal aries or on the call system to attend bands of Indians living in their neigh- borhood. The number of local hos- pitals utilized in this manner is about 200. : The permanent full-time health ser- vice of the Department is carried out by 18 Medical Superintendents, 10 Field Nurses and 7 Hospitals, located as follows: Doctors (Full-time Physicians). Full-time physicians are located at the following reserves: Quebec: Bersimis, Seven Islands and Caughnawaga. Ontario: Six Nations Reserve (2). Manitoba--Norway House. Saskatchewan: File Hills and Qu 'Appelle Agencies combined, and at the Battleford Agency. Alberta: Blackfoot Reserve, Sarcee Reserve and at Chipewyan. Northwest Territories: Resolution and Simpson, by Field Nurses. One field nurse is assigned to each of the following provinces: Nova Sco- tia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Travelling Nurses. Prairie Provinces (2); British Col umbia (1); Northwest Territories (1). Departmental Hospital, Ontario: Lady Willingdon Hospital, Six Nations Rerserve Brantford, 20 beds. Manitoba: Norway House Hospital, 20 beds. Saskatchewan: File Hills Hospital, 25 beds. Alberta: Blackfoot Hospital, 30 beds; Blood Hospital, 40 beds; Sar- cee Hospital, 20 beds; Peigan Hospital, 8 ods. The nursing staff of these hospitals numbers 21 graduate nurses. The In- dians' fear of and prejudice against medical treatment have been almost | wholly overcome and the hospital fa- {cilities are now made use of at all times, In addition to providing the serv- |ices outlined above, the Department co-operates with Church missionary organizations, in the operation of hos- pitals and with the Provincial Gov- ernments, and the Victorian Order of Nurses in the maintenance of district nurses in many places. Ee Black Outlook She lived in a neighboring town .nd was the daughter of ¢nibbish parents. They met one night at the pictures and a friendship began, He told her he was an accountant. One day, ns she was passing his place of employment about noon, she lingered in the hope f seeing him. That morning he had been engaged | | in cleaning out boilers, and presented a grimy appearance as he left the factory for his midday meal. "Oh, John!" she exclaimed, catching sight of him as he tried to pass un- noticed. "I thought you told me you were an accountant." "So I am," was his calm reply, "but this is my day for mixing the ink." asian A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself He be- longs to whatever can make captive of him--John Foster. 1,000,000 sugar maples are to be planted in the Lake St. John area in the Province of Quebec, according to Hon. Honore Mercier, Minister of Lands and Forests. Others Like Jo. RIGD (T G BACK INTO CIRCULATION RIGHT AoW Fifteen year-of Jack Holst Is regarded as America's outstand- ing threat for gymnastic suprem- acy at the coming Olympics. He is shown doing a difficuit one- hand stand. Run-off Conditions in the Maritimes The Dominion Water Power and Hydrometric Bureau of the Depart- ment of the Interior reports that De- cember wa sa month of low run-off in the Maritime Provinces although in contrast to the two preceding months the deficiency was less marked in Nova Scotia than in New Brunswick. In northern New Brunswick the average run-off for the month was slightly over one-half of the December aver- age, whilst in the south it was but little over one-third, these low flows being due to cold weather. In Nova Scotia the run-off varied from 80 to 85 per cent. of the December average, a continuance of the low run-off ob- served for November persisted during the first few days of December but subsequently rains, particularly during the few days immediately preceding Christmas, augmented the flow in the rivers throughout the province, ee pm Misunderstood It was the day of the county golf championship, and Jones was starting his first round. Jones was a good golfer, but on oc- casions like this he became terribly nervous, Today was no exception, especially as a large crowd had as- sembled to watch the players drive off. Mrs. Jones stood among the speo- tators and she was filied with pride as Jones took his stance at the first teo. After a little waggle he swung his club and missed. Dead silence reign- ed. Another swing and he missed again. For the third time he tried, but again he missed. This time the trowd broke into a burst of laughter. Jo wes's wife was furious. «It's no laughing matter," she said, angrily. "Nobody hates his misses more than my husband!" lpg Started by Cartier in 1534 The work of measuring the real di- rection of the magnetic needle at dif- ferent places in Canada is an incie dental in the activities of the Topo graphical Survey, Department of the Interior, Canada. This work was started by Jacques Cartier in the gulf of St. Lawrence in 1534, and continued by Sir Francis Drake on the Pacifie coast in 1579, Master John Davis in Davis strait in 1685, Captain William Baffin in Baffin island Li 1615, Cap- tain Cook and Captain Vancouver om the Pacific coast in 1778 and 1792, and Sir John Franklin in the interior im 1819, rs Ag ee The Sugar Mapl The sugar maple is so called because of the syrup and sugar derived from its sap. The sap of all maples con= tains more or less sugar, but only sugar maple is tapped in comme practice since it is the most produce tive.--Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Canada. in the During the fiscal year 1930-31 thers were 449 miles of motor highwayap 100 miles of roads, 2,492 miles of trails, and 1,039 miles of telephone lines under maintenance in the Na- tional Parks of Canada, acco! the Department of the Interior, ); "Hello, Brown! ave you