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"LESSON. X.~September 6, # a . » > TURNING TO THE GENTILES. *~ re rs b S - 3 4 ® » [8 8 4 4 [ 2 <€ a 2 a . » FU = r'} » * : $ Pa " b ~8 A LS [Y 7 & ry Fe o -~ « ww, Nas 1 & Tt . ' a ne s fe 7 : } a, » "« > Acts 13 . 13--14 : 28; Romans 10 : 8--15, Printed Text Acts 14 : 8--13, 19, 20; ; Romans 10 : 8--13, GOLDEN TEXT,--I have set thee for a. light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for. salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 13 : 47, > : THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time,--The visit: of the apostles to Antioch in "Pisidia took place in 48 A.D,, while the work in Iconium and at Lystra occurred the following year, A.D, 49. The Epistle to the Romans was written in AD, b7, Place.--Antioch in Pisidia was about one hundred miles from Perga, lo- cated near the river Anthios, in the district of . Galatia called Phrygia. Iconium was about ninety miles south- east of Antioch,' while Lystra was about thirty miles further southeast of Iconium, and Derbe about twenty miles still further to the east, "And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked." The details of this man's condition are characteristic of Luke's interest as a physician in the diseas- ed condition of those whom he des- cribes, "The same heard Paul speaking: who, fastening his eyes upon him," The same verb is used of Paul in Acts 13 : 9; 23 : 1, "And seeing that "he had faith to be made whole." The man's heart shone out in his face, and the Spirit within the apostle re. cognized that was a fit object to be made by his cure a sign unto the men of Lystra. ay "Said with a loud: voice, Stand up- right on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked," Cf, the Healing of the lame man at the Gate Beautiful (Acts 3:8). ERR "And when the multitude saw what Paul had done, they liffed up their voice, saying in the speech of Lyca- ---- cy ~~ a in the likeness of men." Heathen stories of descents of th gods to' the | earth . were common enough, but it was. only among barbarous people lke. the Lycaonians that men were still prepared to believe them. The old descent of Zeus and Hermes, and how they were hospitably entertain. ed by Baucis 'and Philemon, belong- ed to this region and thus the people believed that the gods had again de- scended. Of course Paul and Barna- bas did not know what these people were saying, 7 "And they called Barnabas, Jupiter," This was the Greek god Zeus, the king of the gods, of stately and com- manding presence, "And Paul, Mer- cury, because he was the chief speak: er," Mercury was the Greek god Hermes, the chief attendant of Zeus and the god of eloquence, ! "And the priest of Jupiter whose temple was before the city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the multitudes." The garlands here spoken of were made of wool with leaves and flowers interwoven, and were used to adorn the victim, the altar, and the priests at a heathen sacrifice, Though the apostles did not know what these people were saying, they realized what was in their minds when they saw what they were déing, and at_once protested with all their power against such a misginterpreta- tion of themselves, "But there came Jews.thither from Antioch and Iconium: and having per- suaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead." Some of these Jews came a distance of one hundred and thirty miles to harm the .postles, How quickly fickle people change their enthusiasms! "But as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and entered into the city: and on the morrow he 'went forth with Barnabas to Derbe," The narrative undoubtedly leads. us to recognize in St. Paul's, speedy re- onla, The gods are come down to us covery from such an outrage, and his eh ability to resume his journey, the good hand of God, upon him. We may well notice St, Luke's reserve, not dwel ling upon the apostle's sufferings and his carefulness in refraining from magnifying the incident, "But what saith it? The word Is night thee, in thy mouth, and in thy. heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach," This statement of Paul's is a continuation of the argu- ment of the preceding verges, he righteousness which is offered in Christ does not demand our ascend- ing to heaven to get it or descend- ing into the abyse to obtain it, but it is immediately at hand. . Ba "Because it thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord." Confessing Christ as Lord is publicly acknow- ledging" hig full and final authority over us, "And shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved," The word heart here means the whole soul, the inner man, including the understand- ing and the affections, Saving faith is not -mere intellectual assent, but a cordial receiving and resting on Christ alone for salvation, "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness." This may be paraphrased as for when a man be- lieves in the Lord Jesus Christ with all his heart he is accepted by oa as righteous, i.e., he has been justi: fied, "And with the mouth confession is made unto salvation," The confes- sion with the mouth represents the whole process by which the Christian in his life on earth owns and obeys Christ as his Lord; it thus stands for the.narrow. path along which the jus- tified move to their promised and as- sured home, and final salvation, 'For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame," No Christian by believing in Christ ever has anything to be ashamed of. Christ never disappoints. "For there is no distinction be- tween Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich unto all that call upon him." To call upon the Lord is to worship- him, to be- lieve in him, to accept his offer In Christ, "For, Whosever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved," The quotation fs from Joel 2:32 (Acts 2: 21). The availability of salvation in Jesus Christ to all men everywhere could not be more emphatically stat- ed than in these verses, Twice do we find the word whosoever, Once do we find the word all. i . Tony Canzoneri (left), lightweight champion, and Mike Bellois (right), featherweight titleholder, pictured with Matchmaker Jimmy Johnson in Madison Square Garden, New York, as they signed contracts to defend their titles against Lou Ambers and Dave Crowley, respectively. A general view of the unveiling of the King George recently. The memorial, besides commemorating the late King, also calls haven is situated directly over the Zero Meridian. V Memorial at Peacehaven, Sussex, England, attention to the fact that Peace- -- RE SURE Of THE ow TIC DESIGNS PAINTED ON IT, AATHER THAN ITS MATERIAL AID IN WARDING OFF ARROWS dy tit udd = h } HENRY WILCOXON AL INDIAN WARRIOR'S SHIELD 16 CONSIDERED A PROTECTION EAGLE FEATHER IN AN INDIAN'S BONNET DENOTES A BRAVE DEED THAT HAS\ BEEN HONORED BY HIS TRIGE, ANDO A FULL BONNET IS THE PROUDEST POSSESSION ANY INNIE BARNES DIAN CHILDREN HEN BOAN,ARE A DUSKY CREAM COLOR AND THEIR SKINS GRADUALLY | BECOME DARKER | FROM EXPOSURE TO THE SUN AND WIND ana HE SMOKING F OF THE PIPE, (CALUMET). BY = AN INDIAN IS A ABLIGIOUS ? CEREMONY INDULGED IN ONLY TO BRING GOOD OR AVERT EVIL wna AND PLAY LEADING ROLES in JAMES FENIMORE COOPER'S IMMORTAL, CLASSIC "Bus Bass © Tue Monscans INOIANS CUT OFF ALL THEIR HAIR AND THE MOURNING PERIOD LASTS UNTIL IT ALL GROWS OACK AGAIN... RANDOLPH SCOTT. FRENCH ARMY STAFF CHIEF INP OLAND FOR MIL General Marie Gustave Gamelin (right), Chief of the French General Staff, salutes guard of honor at railway station in Warsaw, Poland, as he arrives for visit with defense of France and Poland against possible aggression. devoted primarily to military problems connected TARY DISCUSSION An Introduction To the Bucksaw Let us speak of the bucksaw. It is going to come into its own again in a public way because in a down- town morning event in connection With the Peterboro Exhibition the Exhminer is going to conduct a buck- gaw contest. A champion will be in the making in a few days. A buck- saw champion. And we dare say in the crowds which will witness the event there will be those who have never séen a bucksaw in operation. "That is too bad, but we will seek to remedy that defect, advises the Peter- boro Examiner. The bucksaw never did have suf- ficient publicity. It has been hung up in the woodshed too long. About the only time it cyer got a chance to leave home was when it took a trip to the man who knew how to sharpen the thing. It was even so on the Tenth Concession. Every person there ew how to make the thing go, but not a soul on the premises was much good at sharpening a bucksaw, while in the village four miles away was a Hh ra : handy Bn na Ji, he bi = A wave coming in shore will break the undlstirbed level, ~" N SAVAGE BATTLE when the depth of water is about equal to the Bilght of o crest above \ A--8 WIL REBELS OUT 1 "5 Weary from long hours of fighting, a group of Spanish government troops rest in a street of Azaila after fierce and bloody battle in which | they succeeded in driving out the rebels, Only Eight Films 'Rejected Last Year Compared With 36 Last Year--142 Passed For Children : The motion picture censor board of Ontario reports only eight films re- jected last year, compared with 86 Ly the previous year, observes the oodstock Sentinel-Review, Lookin back over the reports, one finds thal 96 were rejected in 1931 and 65 the year before. There has been a similar decrease in the number of films in which deletions or revisions were re- quired--416 last year compared with 816 in 1934 and 701 in 1931, In other words, the total of reject- ed films was reduced by three-quart- ers in one yéar, and the number of films altered was less by about-one- half. Evidently there has-been a marked improvement recently in the character of the pictures or else a modification of censorship. ' A corresponding increase is psd "in the number of feature films passe "Universal"--142 compared with 9 in the preceding year. These certifi cates are granted to films "which cannot have any pernicious effect upon the child mind." There wer 2,178 films approved, with or witho revision, so the 142 O.K'd for chiil- dren constitute only six per cent. of those released for exhibition in inl province. One film in about eight fs guaranteed against pernicious effec upon the child mind, and that, ¢ course, is no assurance that it h | any positive value. It is an amazing. statement to come from an official source, but it check with the findings of the Natlona Film Estimates Service in Chicago. Its latest list, as it happens, reviews eight pictures. The classifications 3 respect of suitability for children a as follows: "Doubtful value," 1; "N3 value," 2; Hardly," 1; "No," 4. The chairman, Mr. O. J. Silver- thorne observes:-*/Recent study shows that sound p tur, as a supplemen- acquisition of scientific knowledge tary aid to instruction, increase the from 25 to 50 per cent. We have In motion pictures a social force of the greatest consequence, They are ex- tensively recognized as a medium o instruction, as indicated by the ever increasing number of films being sub- mitted by industrial and commercial concerns, educational societies an scientific organizations." The chief reasons for the cuts and alterations are the possibility of give ing offence on religious grounds; the board's determination to discourage the showing of crime picttures; im- morality and intoxication are also frequent causes for objection; cruelty to animals, the exaltation of the gang ~1 spirit, suggestive dancing, indecorum of dress or behavior are other grounds for the intervention of the censors. "The board is judged by what is seen in the cinemas through- out the country," says the report,. "hut- it is a little unfortunate that ft cannot also be judged by what it saves the public from seeing." 800 Members of One Family in America Dedham, Mass. -- Eight hundr members of thd" Fairbanks family America joined hands recently -an oncircled the oldest wooden house iI tho. country on the tercentenary o its construction by Jonathan Faif- banks, - .. . The lawn surrounding the low rambling structure was festooned for the 300th anniversary of the house and the 34th annual reunion of the gelf-termed "cousins" from 30 states. Henry Irving Fairbanks, of Ded- ham, Mass., conservator of the house, was elected president for the 25t time. Child's Afternoon Nap "Who has not heard mothers say that they cannot make their children take a nap in the daytime? Every child can be made to rest, although he cannot always be made to sleep. A mid-day rest period should be kept up until the child is of school age. More- over, children of pre-school age should always be put to bed early, at least by six o'clock, and it goes without saying that children should be provided with a comfortable, well-ventilated place to sleep if the sleep is expected to bé refreshing, When two children must sleep together in tho same bed, even more attention is necessary in regard to ventilation of thé Room, i! "What Is the latest subscription campaign for?" "For a rellef fund for those who have glven to rellef funds." "Some men never get Into such bad company as when they are alone." : ! Fer r A ray. nx EI eit v plas a op lg pC Cp a Cage : Ror irs es 5 Patel gr Ts