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108 LESSON X. 4 Life Here and Hereafter Through' © Christ ~~ * 't+ (John 14: 1-15: 27)' { Printed Text. John 14: 1--15 Golden Text: --I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one com- eth unto the Father, but by me.-- John "14:6, : The Lesson In Its Setting. Time: --Thursday evening, April 6, A.D. 30. Place:-- The discourse in chapter 14 was given in the upper room where the Lord's Supper was insti- tuted; the discourse in chapter 15 was spoken on the way from the upper room to the Garden of Geth- semane, " "Let not your heart be troubled; -- The heart is the seat of feeling and of faith. Christ's own heart at times knew decp agitation (John 12: 27; 13: 21; 11: 83). The disciples were Jaturally troubled because they new that that night a great crisis was impending and certainly they must have knogn that Christ was now about to be slain; probably it. was dawning on them that Judas Iscariot was on . some wicked mis- gion; certainly they knew that Peter was soon to deny the Lord. Diljore in God, believe also in me:--It is with the heart that men believe unto righteousness, and, con- sequently, to quiet the heart in an hour. of trouble and- fear, some ob- ject of belief must be presented. There is no use in trying to com- fort other pernle unlre: you have something to present: to them upon which they can lean, or, better, some one to whom they can look with trust and confidence. In my Father's house:--The word here translated "house" is the one used throughout the New Testa- ment for any ordinary home (e.g., Matt. 2: 11; 7: 24; 8; 14, ete.), hough it refers more to the house- old or family living in a particular house than the building itself. Fatherhood speaks of home and love. A father on earth would naturally belong to some home and our Father in Heaven has His home. Christ - knew about the Father's house "because He had come down from the Father (John 8: 13; 6:38, 88, 41, 60, 51, 68). Are many mansions:-- The word here translated "mansions" comes from a word from which derives the verb "remain," and means, literal. ly, "abiding places." "Heaven is a true home." If it were not so, I would have told you. "Of course he would. It was his nature to tell men every- thing it was necessary for them to know. He would not allow his friends to go on holding delusions when a word from him would set . them free." For I go to prepare a. place for you:--The word here translated "prepare" - simply means 'to make ready," and, of course, to make teady before something is needed. And if IT go and prepare a place for you, I come again:--This prom- ise to return refers to the Second dvent of our Lord. He went away n bodily form, visible to those who stood with Him on the mount from hich. he ascended; there is no Beriptire for believing that our ord is not today in bodily form, still a. man, and of course, God. He' will return as. he went away. This is exactly what the angels announc- ed to the up-looking disciples on the very day of Christ's ascension (Acts 1. 10, 11).. And will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be algo:--With this statement compare 1 Thess. 4: 16--17. When a father of a home is-compelled to go into some far-removed state, or another " country, to establish a new resi- dence, he makes every plan to bring his wife and beloved children to that place us soon as circumstances allow. Love always longs for those beloved; to: be near. J . And whither I go, ye know the way :--' 'Heaven. ig Christ, and the way to Heaven is also Christ. . They are not to be translated to Heaven at once; and so, the knowledge of the way to it and assurance that they are travelling, on it,--sure of reaching the end,--are even more important for them to contemplate. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we. know not whither thou goest; how know we the way? :-- "His question here has a melancholy tone combin- ed with some dullness of apprehen- sion, but there is hcnesty of pur- pose in. it. He owns his ignorance and asks for an explanation." Jesus saith unto him, I am the way :--This verse is ont of the 'most fnexhaustihla sentences ever spoken by the teacher come from God. 'The pronoun is. emphatic; 1 and no other." He {is the way between Heaven and earth; the way to the Father's house; the way home; the way that leads to eternal glory (Heb, 10% 19.22), He does not point the way--he IS the way. . IND CHOO| gss0N -"A Christian, And 'he truth: --*'If we desire to know God is.in his essential attrib- utes, , we need but study Jesus Christ, rd If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also;-- "The emphasis in the first clause is on 'knownj' in the second on 'Father. The \meaping is: "If ye had recog, nized Me, ye would have known My Father also." From henceforth ye know him, and have seen him:--"The --an- nouncement which Christ had made had placed the nature of the Father in a clear light. 'The disciples could no longer doubt as to his character or purpose. In this sense they had 'scen the Father' though God is in- deed invisible (1: 18)." Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us:-- The Lord had been speaking about the Father's hcme, with its: many all ng places, and then he adds that the lisciples H\'E seen the Father.- Philip responds to this an- nouncement immediately as- though his heart cried out: "Only make that true that I have really seen God and it will be enough." After all, it is the great cry of the human heart to be assured of the reality and the character of ~a>-loving Father in Heaven. This the Lord Jesus came to. reveal. In nim we know the Father in Heaven. ' : Jesus gaith unto him, Have | been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? "God is holi- ness and love; the real manifesta- tion of these moral perfection can only consist in a moral life such that in it, 'n' its acts and words, the moral perfection of the divine character shall shine forth. He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?;--This sentence most unmistakably makes Christ speak of himself as equal with the Father. even a perfect one, would not say. 'He who has seen me has seen the Christ.' How much less could a man, even a perfect man, say, 'He who has seen me, has seen the Father'!" In Christ dwelt all" the fullness of: the Godhead bodily (Col. 2: 9). be Believest thou not that 1 am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that 1 say unto you. I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me dceth his works: -- Christ first asks a question and then answers it, both in the same sent- ence. The fact that God was in him, and he in God the Father, both working as one, the Son revealing the Father, und the Father accom- plishing his purpose through the Son, is proved both in the fact that the very words of Christ were the words of God which he had received - from his Father, and the words that he did were accomplished by the power- of God working throygh him. - Believe me that I am the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very words" sake: -- Christ's wonderful ministry presents more than enough evidence to prove his absolute deity and the Gospel records of his life are a mighty argu- ment for proving and a plea for be- lieving him to be the. Son of God. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name:--' "Prayer is now to be the channel through which that power is to be received for their work." Verily, verily, 1 say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that: I do shall he do also; and greater works than 'these shall he do; be- cause I .go unto the Father:-- We should be very careful to observe Has Laugh for Death Declaring that old age holds more terrors for her than death, Miss Daly Spoke, 26, has joined . the "Suicide Squad, new organ- ization of stunt women employed by British movie studios. he says that she wants to be dead by the time she's 82. The twisted wreckage of navy plane strewn over snow- Laguna Mountain, Cal,, after crash in which Yuma, Ariz, to North Island, Cal. covercd ground near summit of Hi pilot, Lieut. I. O. Forbes, was killed. He was flying from gh r Farm Problems Conducted by : PROFESSOR HENRY G. BELL with the co-operation of the various departments of Ontario Agricultural College ho." 1. Question: "I would appreciate your advice regarding pastures. Would it pay me to fertilize an old and partly worn out pasture, and if so, how would you-recommend ap- plying it?" --F. O., Kent County. Answer :--On fields where there is still a_good bottom of grasses and some White Clover, the pasture may be improved without ploughing by ap- plying a light dressing of well-rotted manure supplemented by a fertilizer suitable to the soil requirements. On fields whefe the stand of grass is poor, plough snd crop for one, or preferably two years, and clean of weeds; use a hoe crop or summer fallow the year before seeding down, and add a good dressing of barnyard manure. Pasture requires a soil rich in humus which enables it to retain mosture. Where the establishment of a good pasture is the main objective, it is advisable to appiy only part of the fertilizer with the nurse crop and part in the early fall as a top dress- ing on the new scedlings, which les- sens winter killing and holds the legumes which are -free nitrogen gatherers, _ If all the fertilizer is applied at the time of. seeding, the nurse crop should either be sown thinly or cut or pastured off early, or none used at all. . A heavy nurse "crop left until maturity will tend to weaken the young seedlings. On well manured heavy soils in- good fertility, apply 250 to 376 Ibs. per acre of 20 per cent Superphos- phate. On heavy loams which res- pond to nitrogen and potash, apply the same amounts of 2-16-6 fertilizer and on the lightet loams use a 2-12- 10 mixture. In all cases the soils should be tested for acidity and agricultural lime applied according to the soil requirements, preferably several weeks before seeding. Manure is high nitrogen and potash and low in phosphoric acid, so that when heavy applications of manure are made either in preparing the seed bed or top dressing of pastures, the addition of nitrogen and potash are not so important and may be dis- - that Christ did not say that greater "miracles" than he performed would his followers perform. The word here- translated "work" is not the Greek word meaning "a sign" or a "miracle," such as we find in 2: 11; 11: 47; 12: 18, 87, etc., but simply the word meaning "work," "deed," "business," "the things that men can do with the power that man posses- ses," in the case of Christians, with the power that God gives them. That will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son: --"Every an- swer to prayer He gives will 'have this as its object: when there is no prospect of this object being ob- tained, He will not answer. It fol- lows as a matter of course that this must be with us, as with Jesus, the essential element in our petitions: the glory of the Father must be the aim and end, the very soul and life of our prayer." If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do;-- "To ask in the name of one is to use his name as a plea, as a recommendation why our request should be granted. It is sinking personal claims and ad- ~vancing the claims and merits of an- other, If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments:--There ' are won- derful privileges in the Christian life, and precious promises, to all who believe in the Lord Jesus; but there are also obligations. Of course, if we do not love the Lord Jesus, we are not his; if we do truly love him, we shall love to do what he asks us to do. A son is not in fel- lowship with his father if he is con- tinually disobeying him, and we are not in fellowship with our Lord if ye are living in disobedience to Cc : Husband Arrests Her Mrs, Alice M. Kelly (above)- found out that her policeman husband, Edward Kelly, placed duty above love when she con- fessed to him that she was hit- run driver who killed lawyer in Chicago. He arrested her. pensed with, and either Superphos- phate or-a mixed fertilizer high in phosphoric acid may be used. 2. Question: --"I would be pleased to know the best fertilizer to use for early sweet corn on light soil. Have been using 4-8-6. This land is light. Would it be wise to add 500 Ibs. of tankage to a ton of fertilizer?' -- R. J. P., Simcoe County. Answer:-- We would recommend that you use 2-12-10 fertilizer, This would be in addition to barnyard manure and I believe would be bet- ter adapted to sweet corn under your conditions than 4-8-6, since light soil is notably short of phos-- phorid acid and potash. I note that you inquire regarding the use of 500 lbs. of tankage to the ton of fertili- zer for corn. This would prolong the supply of nitrogen, but I doubt very much whether the increase would pay for the investment, If I had any other .recommendations to make for your condition, I believe it would be 4-8-10 or 5-8-7, preferably the latter, instead of 2-12-10. This recommendation would be made only on the assumption that you did not have much manure to use-on this crop. 5-8-7 at 760-1,000 Ibs. per acre should give you good results versity, which mentions that straw may be turned into manure by the on sweet corn. 8. Question:--*There is a note-in 'The Country Gentleman,' for Feb- ruary, "1937, (page 86) on 'Making addition of a nitrogen fertilizer and Iiime, and the pile kept moist for a period of two or three months. He then states that the same thing can be accomplished by 'spreading the straw on the field and ploughing it under with the fertilizer and Lime. Also that such crops as mature rye, cornstalks, etc, may be similarly treated and ploughed under, and that "g good crop of mature rye plough- ed under with: 500 lbs. of nitrogen fertilizer and the same amount of Lime will produce an effect equal to that of ten tons of animal man- ure." The part about it which isconfus- ing ig the mixture of Lime and nitro- gen fertilizer together in the pile or in the ground. Will you not lose | large quantities of nitrogen? If we can do this, why do we not mix our Lime and fertilizer in the drill? 1 never thought I could do-this, and to be sure, asked one of your men (I think an O0.A.C, man), who was demonstrating soll testing at the ploughing match at Merryvale Farm (F. P. O'Connor's), a couple of years ago, and his answer was an emphatic "No." Also a table given in Ontario Department of Agricul ture Bulletin 822 (1926), page 387, states Lime should not be mixed with Ammonium Sulphate, Barn- yard manure and most of the nit- ratés." --D. F. McK., York County. Answer :--Regarding the making of synthetic manure, I wish to say that this is an accomplishment of recent years. Various formulae are used, but the one which has given good - results following an investigation by Missouri Station is as follows: Ammonium Sulphate, (20 per cent nitrogen), 456 parts by weight; Superphosphate 20 per cent (P 205) ° 15 parts by weight; Lime (pulver- ized), 40 parts by weight. . This mixture is applied at the rate of 150 lbs. to the ton of dry straw. The purpose of adding the chemi- cals is to speed up the rotting pro- cess. \ The rotting of the straw, is caused by bacterin and other microorgan- isms. The straw serves as food -and energy for these organisms. The nitrogen and phosphoric acid are necessary for their growth and activ- ity, and the Lime neutralizes the organic acidg formed during decay. The compost piles consist of a layer of straw one foot thick and about 10 feet square. Sprinkle on this layer, about one fifth of the mixture of chemicals to be used, then spread another layer of one- foot straw, repeat until all the chemicals have been used. Make'the pile with a sort of saucer top to it so that it will catch and hold water rather than shed it. After the com- post heap is made, it should be kept well supplied with moisture by sprinkling with a hose or some other means. If water can be added so as to hasten the rcéting process, "the manure should be formed in four to five months. One ton of dried straw will produce about 21% tons of wet manure, at a cost of approxi- mately 70 cents a ton of wet man- ure. This synthetic manure has been found equal or superior to barnyard manure in increasing crop yields. Other plant materials," be- sides straw can be uséd for compost. In fact, a mixture of corn stalks, weed, ete., can be used. Mixed in the quantities recommended, it has been found that there is not the loss of nitrogen that one would expect _because_the Lime is relatively inac- tive chemically and functions only as an acid neutralizer, Sulphate of Ammonia and Superphosphate will hasterf decay of the straw and of course help balance the plant food content of the manure. I do not remember the inscance, but undoubtedly I was the spokes- man at the Ploughing Match on Merryvale Farm. What I had in mind was mixing of active lime with barnyard manure. This would cause the liberation of free nitrogen if lime was added in any large quan- tity, through excessive bacterial ac- tion. With regard to adding lime to commercial fertilizer, the addition of this lime would cause reversion of ovie-radio =----gossip T= By DOROTHY "To Hal Roach isn't content with keep- ing audiences giggling at his two-reel comedies, He has sent for Constance Bennett, dragging her back from her long vacation in New 'York, and has started production: on a big feature picture, t is to be a drawing-room comedy, very smart, swift wand very swanky. It must be that he heard Constance in that broadcast of "Pri vate Lives" that convinced everyone she had a veal flalr fop high comedy. When you see Eddie Robinson and Bette Davis In" "WLI Galahad" take a good look at the handsome giant who plays the heavyweight champ- jon. That is Bill Haade, one of the most extraordinary ehgracters the studios have ever found. Not so long ago he was a 'el worker in New York and very proud of his job. A theatrical producer came along and got him to play on the s'uge in a short-lived play called "Iron Men" When that closed Warner Brothers sent for him. ? Margot Grahame is proudly display- ing a new ring to her friends these . days. It is made up of linked hearts of sapphires and dia: mon's and was once the property of Sarah Bernhardt. to Ellen Terry as a tribute to that great lady's artistry on "the stage, Ellen Ter. Pry left it to ad W Caughter-in-law, Ju- Margot lia Neilson, who in Grahame turn gove it to an Iinglish actress, Mary Giynne. Mary Glynne pas ed it on to her protegee ---- who is Margot Grahame, 5 ODDS AND ENDS -- charles Boyer is the most envied leadir.g man in Hol lywood, for in rapid supcession in his next four pictures he will play oppo- site Garbo, then Syivia Stdney, Ginger Rogers, and Claudette Colbert. -- Be- tween "Show Boat" broadcasts, Lanny Ross is giving concerts of classical songs. Kddie Robinson is asking for more pleasant roles on the screen, be- cause his three-year-old son is alre~ ly a movie-goer and he doesn't want to antagonize him -- Helen Jepson didn't sign that contract with Grand Nation. al after all: she signed to meke pic tures with Sam Goldwyn lustead. The . latest word from London is that the British people like Zasu Pitts best of all the American stars who have gone there to make pictures. the phosphoric acid to the threc- lime or insoluble form. This is chemically the same ds was the raw rock from which the Superphosphate was made. The quotation from Bul- letin No. 322 is correct, in that it is not good practice to add active lime to Ammonium Sulphate, barn- yard manure or moist nitrates. The addition of lime to the two pure chemicals will cause each one to lose nitrogen, as it will when added to "manure. LONDON. -- Right Hon. Ram- say MacDonald, Lord President of the Council, announced in the House of Commons recently that the charg- es for uncovered seats on Govern- ment stands lining the Coronation route, would be 15 shillings each (33.76). Covered seats will cost 22 shill ings and sixpence ($6.60), These seats will not be sold to the general public but to groups of persons to whom they are to be #llotted. A Whistling Canary Jim Moran, Washington, D.C., Navy Yard worker, proves that 's canary really can whistle "Yankee Doodle." Dressed for the ,art, Moran plays obligato on fife while canary whistles into micro- phone for recording, h i ranac Lake. 3 her - Doctor Foresees Greater Longevity Professor Irving Fisher Urges Naturaloess As Aid to Longer Life TORONTO--Dr, Irving Fisher, not: ed hygienist and economist, in a re; cont address" here challenged those present to join with him in a "Vitality Expedition." { "I believe human life--say of those present--could be greatly -prolongefl . . . 1 belleve the expectation of life could easily be doubled. But you will have to make revolitionary changes in your habits of living," he sald. "f can do more work now than at any 'other time durlng my life," said the professor, -who at the age of 31 collapsed with tuberculosis and was laid up for six years. 1%e related how he had bean struck down with tubers (vlosis tat afer he had been made full I"rofessor of golitical LEconomy ot Yale Universit: and had gone to Sa Started Institute . Subsequently he founded the Life Extension Institute, which had starts : ed the vogue of periodic health exam. inations and which, he claimed, had resulted in gro ty extended and healthier lives. ow, nearing his sev. entieth birthday, he was starting a "Vitality Expedition," which he jnvit- ed all to join, Membership involved answering periodic questionnaires ree garding habits. "We in civilization do not live as Nature intended us to live, Through our food, alr, exercise and work we should try more nearly to live as sho intended . . . and then with Kknow- ledge, enthusiasm and gelf-contrad there may come about the regeneras tion of the human pace, mar... in my time, maybe in a hundred years," said Dr. Fisher. Chief Justice N. W. Rowell, meet. ing chairman, alluded to the greater care which people took of their pu. bred stock than of their own health, Lethal Death Most Tumane Method Also Claims It is Quickest And Cheapest System to Operate -- _ Used in States ema -- OTTAWA --In 'the five States in which capital punishment is carried out by use of a lethal chamber, the chamber is generally considered the quickest, cheapest, simplest and the most humane method of execution, C. P. Plaxton of the Federal De- partment of Justice told the commit- tee on the criminal code. : The method. in Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming and North Caro- lina were almost: identical, he said. In cach, a small sealed chamber was used. The prisoner was strapped in a chair, under which was a solution of sulphuric-acid. Pellets of cyan-. ide were suspended above the solu- Fon, then released into the solution rom outside the chamber. hydrocyanic gas resulting products almost instanteous results, and pulse beats stopped in seven to nine min- utes. } In cach State, the executions were carried out at the State prison, Mr. Plaxton said, with only the prison guards being employed. No techni- cal skill was required. ) The wardens of the State prisons where lethal gas is used were all asked their opinions as to the hu- manenes of the method in a ques- tionnaire by the Canadian Depart- ment of Justice. Wardens at Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming were unanimous that lethal gas was the 'most humane method yet devised." Nevada, with 12 years' experience, describ lethal gas the most humane, quick- est and cheapest. Arizona stressed its simplicity. "It seems impossible to make a mistake" the warden answered, "There is some difference of opinion as to its humanenes, but no possibility of mistake," the North Carolina warden wrote. Accident Brought Harris Tweeds Famous Fabric Is Closelv Con- nected With Use of Peat The famous Harris Tweeds came into being through an accident of nature. The freezing winds which swept across the barren' islands of the Outer Hebrides, oft tho coast of « Scotland, mado 'it imperative that the natives have warm wind-proof, wea- ther-proof garments. With nowhere else to turn, the women of the Is- lands took advantage of the unusual. ly thick fleece which was the winter coat of their sheep, and from it they wove for their men the first crude Harrls tweeds. Because they had no- thing but the natural vegetable dyes made from lichens and crottle, and nowhere to steep their wool except over peat fires, Harris tweed has al ways been characterized by a peaty outdoor odor. These tweeds had been worn in the Outer Hebrides for many years before the fashion centres of the world discovered them and clo vated them to the rank of sports fa- ghions. - What we can't understand is why they still call it a cow-catcher | when it is mostly a car-catecher, -- Kitchen: or Record. 3 The--_ AI ng NT © A Wg Sr RA 3 i gp) PAY ms i es - (oo ro!