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1 &N Ba SHR GII BPR BRE -- ---- Fegson + LESSON IV. RECEIVING VISION FOR SERVICE Mark 9. 2-10 Golden "Text: -- This is my beloved ~~ 8on: hear ye him. Mark 9:7. THE LESSON IN ITS'SETTING Time--Autumn, A.D. 29, Place--Probably on Mount Hermon. The transfiguration of Christ is re- corded also in Matt, 17: 1.13, and Luke 9: 28-36, b (h of*which accounts should be read with the one in Mark to get as complete a conception as possible of: this remarkable event. Peter has an additional account of this miracle in his Second Epistle (1: 16- 18). 2. And after six days. That is, six days after the confession of Simon Peter regarding the Messiahship of Christ. Jesus taketh with him Peter, and 'James, and John. These three, ~ the flower and crown of the apostolic band, Peter, who loves him so much, and John, whom he loved so much, and James, who should first attest that death could as little as life sep- arate from his love. (Acts 12. 2). These were the three who, alone, were with the Lord at the raising of the daughter of Jairus (Mark 5: 37), and who were the only ones allowed to go with him into the Garden of Geth- semane on the night of his betrayal (Mark 14: 33, etc). And bringeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves. "The place of the transfiguration is not definitely locat- ed in the Gospels. Earlier tradition almost unanimously fixed on Mount Tabor. Modern opinion almost as un- animously regards 'as most likely Mount Hermon. The Transfiguration 3: And he was transfigured before: them, oz And his garments became glister- ing. The word here translated '"glis- tering" is applied to (1) the glitter of arms or of-polished: surfaces; (2) the flash of lightning; (3) the twinkling of -stars,<and is therefore peculiarly expressive. Exceeding white, so as no fuller on earth can whiten them. A fuller was one. whose trade was to clean-dinen- clothes, ; We can never know fully exactly what this transfiguration was. In the circumstance that hig glory was not one which wag lent him, but his own, bursting forth as from an inner foun- tain of light, not merely gilding him from. without, we have tokens of superiority, prerogatives of the Mag. ter above the servants. The veil of flesh which has concealed the glory of the Godhead, was, as {it were, with- drawn, and the full blaze of ineffable light broke forth from within, while even his garments caught the won- drous rays, and shimmered with the dazzling brightness of sun-smitten BNOwW, 4. And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. May it not be 'hat Moses and Elijah are present because of their peculiar and miraculous exit from the world? Moses, as we know, died 1 a special way by the hand of God. Elijah, as we knov, did not suf- fer death, but was translated in a chariot of fire to heaven. Moses of Course represented the law, while Eli- jah was representative of the prophet- ic order, and thus in Moses and Elijah and the Lord Jesus meeting together, we have the trinity of the law, the prophets, and the gospel, 5. And Peter answereth and saith to-Jesus. Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three taber- nacles; "one for: thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. ~The tab- ernacles of which Peter spoke were little booths or huts made out of branches of trees or bushes, such as were constructec for the feast of tab. ernacles. Peter and his fellows were 80 taken with the sight of the felicity they saw that they desired to abide on the mount with "esus and the saints, A Mistake 6. For he knew not what to answer; for they became sore afraid. Had he said, Let us stay here and make three tabernacles, one for thee and one for me, and one for James and John, ft would have had more of reason fin it, Think of Moses sojourning in a taber- nacle, or Elijah settling down to rest in a booth! The whole suggestion is grotesque. For him, as for all men in like circumstances, it were infinitely better to say nothing. He had lost the - sense of the spiritual; and his mind, moving wholly within the realm of material things, imagined tha' : the spirits of the just made perfect could find shelter in tabernacles constructed of boughs. The mistake is by no means an obsolete one, Men are still trying to make tabernacles, one for Christ, one for Confucius, one for Bud- dha. > 7. And there came a cloud over- shadowing. them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my be- loved Son: hear ye him. This Voice was heard in three critical hours in Jesus' history; at his baptism (1:11), here, and when he was tempted tof svade the cross, to leave hjs- nation, pnd to go to the Gentiles (John 12: 18). The full text of the Father's wit- less (combining the three Gospel ac- AC i - a) counts) is--This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him, Hear Ye Him . We are to hear Christ regarding our own sinfulness, We are to hear him as he unfolds the truth concerning God. We are to hear him as he speaks of life to come, We are to hear him as he speaks of himself, the only, be- gotten Son of God. We are to hear him as we hear no one else in the world, dead or living, 8. And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any more, save Jesus only with themselves. "Moses and Elijah had passed. The glory had vanished, The heavenly voice was sil- ent, and they saw Jusus only, He was the same Jesus that they had known. But they never could think of him again as they had thought of him be- fore. For once they had been permit- ted to look at him changed, altered, transfigured, 9. And as they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son of man should have risen again from the dead. 10. And they kept the s.ying, questioning among themselves what the rising again from the dead should mean. What the rising from the dead is refers, not to the resurrec- tion in general, but to the rising Jesus predicated to himself. On the fact of the final resurrection of the dead the disciples did not dispute, for they be- leved this, Jesus, however, had spok- en of himself rising from the dead three days after his being killed. This was a different matter. If Jesus want- ed to rise again, why should he permit himself to be killed? How could the Son of God be killed, and, if he could not be killed, how could he then rise from the dead? Meaning of the Transfiguration The lite of Jesus was bound to reach this point of transfiguration, It could do no other. In Jesus of Nazareth there was the perfect unfolding before heaven and before men, of the divine intention as to the process of human life. Beginning in weakness and limi. tation, passing through difficulties and temptation, gaining perpetual victory over temptation by ablding only, at all times, and under all circumstances, in the will of God, at last, all the testing being ended, the life passed into the presence of God himself, and into the light of heaven, not through the gate of death, but through the painless and glorious process of transfiguration, and as he was transfigured, he was filled with the answer of God to the perfection of his life. - . Spurred By Spinach We are told from 'childhood that spinach is good for us, but few peo- ple know why. At Carlsbad and other famous watering-pleces, spin- ach occupies an important place in the dietary because it reduces flatu- lence and has a strong action on the bowels. It is rich also in materials for replenishing the blood stream, and during the 1914-18 war spinach juice was mixed with wine in the ptro- portion of 1 to 50 and given to the French soldiers who had lost blood. It contains saponin, ~ which pro- motes digestion, has more mineral matter than any other green vege- table, and bacause of its high iron content is prescribed in cases of an- aemia, Spinach has more vitamin A than any common vegetable, is as rich in vitamin B ag butter, and con- tains anti-scorbutic vitamins; too. Churchill in Paris -'ysterious visit 1n Paris by Winston Churchill (above), British atatesman, aroused much speculation in England. '/e's seen on arrival in Paree, ri sworn in as a King's Bench Judge, Hon, Cyril Asquith, son of the late Earl of Oxford and Asquith, war-t robes and wig, with his wife, and their daughter, Jane (background), as he left their Paddington home to be 48 years old, Mr. Asquith is the second youngest of English judges. Ex-Premier's Son Becomes King's Bench Judge Eat aR ime British Premier, shown in ceremonial {Baltic - Black Will Fulfil Ancient Hope 8 1,000-Year-Old Dream Will Op en 'Up Treasure House For Germany Throughout Balkans "And 'Near "East; Work to Be Rushed. When history finally appraises Adolf Hitler's regime it may easlly record that he could have done few things 'contributing more to the might of Ger- many than bring to fruition the 1,000. year-old German dream of a navigable waterway 'through the heart of Eur. +0PO. = Hitler's dictatorship has provided such a rapld succession ot epochal "events that it is hard for the outside world: to recognize another milestone in anything so prosaic as a waterway, Sti'l, there is vast importance in the announcement. that "work is to be' rushed onthe canal which will -con« nect the Rhine and 'Danube rivers, thus providing a passage for ships a distance of some 2,600 miles, from.the Baltic to the Black Sea, Significant Project This will mark a seven league stride in der Fuehrer's program for the crea- tion of a great Germanic confedera- tion. The: significance of the river proj.ct is this: It will open up an Arabian Nights treasure house of commerce for Ger- many throughout the Balkans and Near East, . It will enable her to undersell com- -peting countries because of cheap transportation and easy access to markets. It will give her the 'materials she needs to make her independent of other powers. It will be of invaluable assistance to her in extending her economic anl political dominance in the Balkans. Take one item alone -- though a most important one--that of the wheat for lack of which Germany went hun- gry during the Great War. The Dan- ubjan states grow more of this grain {fin any of the so-called blg wheat ¢ .uitries, barring the United Stat-s. The mighty Danube will open up a lot of territory for Germany. It flows from Germany across Austria, along part of the Czechoslovak border, through Hungary, across a corner of Yugoslavia, along the Rumanian-Bui- garfan border, and through Rumania to the Black Sea. Sixty navigable streams join it" from the North and South. Control of this waterway and o? the Balkans would make Germany virtual- ly invulnerable in war, 80 far as sup- plies are concerned. China's New Deal 2/000 Years Ago Chicago Scientist Says Reform Came Before Its Time China had a "new deal" 2,00 years ago, but the xperiment failed for lack of technical knowledge, C. Martin Wil- bur, of the Field Museum of Natural History, told the Mid-West branch of the American Oriental Society, at Chl- cago, last week, The enterprise was engineered, Mr, Wilbur said, by a Prime Minister who wag named Wang Mang, who became Emporer in 9 A, D. Advanced Socialization "Wang Mang's social experiments," the sclentist related, "included na. tlonalization 'and equal distribution of land,j government monopolies and the manufacturer of salt, wine and fron, control of mines and other natural re- sources, ald to farmers by agricultur- al. price control through government buying of excess crops in good years © and through storage in government granarfeg for sale in bad years, and government loans to business for -~ro- ductive gnterprises at moderate rates of intergst, Sea Canal Plans Avoiding -- Ancient Curse British Baronet Perpetuates 800- Year-Old Ceremony of Dis- tributing Flour An 800-year-old curse lay behind a ceremony held at Tichborne, Eng- fand, in which flour was distributed to 800 villagers of Tichborne, Cheri- ton and Lane End, in Hampshire. Sir Anthony Tichborne, 23-year- old holder of an ancient baronetcy, helped to distribute the historic Tichborne "dole" instituted in the 12th century. Each adult received a gallon of flour; every child half a gallon. In the 12th century the aged and ailing Lady Mabella Tichborne crawled around part of the estate while a torch burned. Her husband, Sir Roger de Tichborne, had offer- ed to give to the poor a portion of the produce of the land enclosed by his wife's crawling journey. Lady Mabella vowed if the gift from the estate 'were discontinued the Tich- borne family would lack male heirs. "I shall continue the ancient cus- tom," said Sir Anthony at this year's ceremony. "If I fail, legend says all sorts of dreadful things will happen to the family." Their Food Prices Highest In Years Britain Sees Big Decline in Bacon Produced From Home Pigs LONDON, Eng. -- Food 'prices in Great Britain in 1937 were the highest since 1930 and were 46 per cent above the Index figure for July, 1914, accord- ing to the annual report of the food. council. : The council criticizes the govern- ment's bacon production policy and ft says bacon output from home-produc- ed pigs declined by 16 1-3 per cent In 1937. A greater proportion of pigs was sold for pork apparently due to the breakdown fn the contract system. Last December's census showed a reduction during the year of 3% per cent in the pig population of England and Wales. The council suggests it might have been wiser to leave curers in restricted competition with one an- other rather than regulate their sales by quota. It urges supervision of the industry by an Independent body such as the bacon development board. The highest average percentage in- creases over the 1900 average were in flour, bread, cheese, sugar and mar- garine. Butter and meat prices show- ed substantial increases. Saturn's Lost Moon The existence of a geometrical law concerning the distances separating not only the planets in the solar sys- tem but also the moons of Saturn is offered in support of 'the discovery of the tenth moon of Saturn which was reported by the American astron- omer, Dr. W. H. Plckering, This tenth moon, reported in 1905, has since heen lost and astronomers have been un. able to rediscover it, That it should exist is claimed by Or. J. MHler, tite English: astronomer, who offers the geometrical law in sup- port, He shows in a commynication in "Nature" that the distance betwee the moons, starting from the first "moon, and not the planet, are in close approximation to the geometrical ger- fes, 3, 6, 12," 24, and so on. It this is applied to the Saturnian moons there is a place for one be- tween Iapetus and Phoebe, which are respectively 3,094,700 and 17,918,700 miles from the pldnet, Be Indifferent, Handling Bees Expert's Advice Says Treat Them "Yawningly"' If you are one of those who would be on good terms with a bee, just be nonchalant. Light a clgaret, yawn laz-- ily or appear quite indifferent to thelr presence, If you must study them or invade their homes, be a bit desultory in your probings. There {8 no good rea- son why you should ever--give a bee the slightest excuse for stinging you, Dislike Quick Motion That's the advice given this woek, to Windsor Kiwanians by one of the big bee-and-honey men of the province Dr. E. J. Dyce, professor of apiculture at the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, reports the Windsor Dally Star. . A bee, according to Dr. Byce, is dis. ' rbed by quick motion on the part of SAE a L&T fer x iad 4 fe : Sr 2 re A 7 oS #5 or : £S anyone or anything within its sight, Even the wink of an eyelash will at- tract and arouse curiosity; hence the prevalence of bee stings on the eye or face. Whether the bee fancies those movements are coming from another bee or just an insect enemy probably never will be determined. The fact is, that beekeepers, although they may leave arms unprotected as far as the elbows or higher, usually cover their faces, Even an experienced handler doesn't relish being stung in the eye. Don't Pull "Stinger" It you disregard this advice and be- come the victim of an angry or a cur- fous bee, don't pull at the "stinger" which fs left in your flesh, but rather cut it oft or slide it off with the use of a fingernail, The sooner thls is done after the sting has occurred, the bet- ter, Dr. Dyce explains. Ethiopian Gains Embarrass Italy Seen As Cause of Duce's Willing- ness to Make Treaty Con- cessions, Vernon Bartlett, diplomatic editor of the London N-wsg Chronicle, last week wrote that stiff resistance from five Ethioplan armies as well as smaller bands {8s serlously hampering Italian efforts to dominate the colon- ize the lands taken from Emperor Halle Selassie. Only this and the hope of loans, he declared, -can explain the reported Italian willingness to promise to with-_ draw all troops from Spaln. They've Been Gaining Ground "The Abyssinians have been gain. ing ground, particularly in the west," Mr, Bartlett declared. "The province of Gojjam is said to have freed Itself almost entirely from Italian troops, and recent reports sald an Itallan of- fer of autonomy is dictated by stern necessity, "In the southwest there have been serious revolts at Bako, Gimma, Katfa and Guarafarda. Itallan garrisons have had to be withdrawn from the three last named places. "Even In the centre the Italians are unable to ensure order. Th¢ main road from Asmara to Addis Ababa has been cut in several places. It is fmportinent to disbelieve In the existence of angels and demons, declares the Bishop of Ely, Will Have To Give Up Her Pets Or Her Home Helen Felton, one of the residents of an apartment built in New York under a FHA loan, is one of the tenants whose lease will not be renewed unless she gives up her pets. Can A Handwriting Analysis Help You? By LAWRENCE HIBBERT (Well-known Psychologist and Handwriting Analyst) Every reader of these articles will, I suppose, at some time, say: "Can a character-analysis help me?" and "Exactly how can it help?" There are so many ways in which a character-reading can be helpful, In the first place it 1s beneficial in your contacts with others, In domestic circles it can promote mutual understanding, and will in many cases help to eliminate the dis- sension that shatters the peace of so many homes, In business and financial matters ft can steer you past the traps set by the unscrupulous or over-optimistic, And In love affairs it can be a guid- KE jst JepR a Hb pe ment of others must be a boon, for there is probably not one of us but has lost money, happiness, gomfort oF security through mflscalculating the character of someone with whom we have been in some way concerned. And above all, character-analysis glves you a clear-cut picture of your own character and potentialities, It reveals unerringly what you are and what you might become. There Is no false modesty about a handwriting analysis. It shows with crystal clear: ness exactly what you are like, One of my recent correspondents, a girl of 20 years, told me that she is in love with a married man. In sending me some of her friend's hand- writing she was obviously hoping that I would confirm her friendship. Now I have no intention of discuss- ing the ethical angle of this case. In any event, it Is unnecessary, for this man's writing showed too clearly what an unsuitable friend 'he {is for this girl, If she refuses to sever the acquaintance she will pile up a lot of unhappiness for herself. I mention this case to show that a handwriting analysis plays no favours it 11y Hd ie tr n *: 1 doubt that it w help you, too? Whatever your problem may bs, this Well-kno Psychologist and REndwWhiting analyst can help you. You can write to him fully and frankly, for all letters are confidential. Send speci. mens of the writings you wish an- alysed, and enclose 10c for each specl- men (coin or poatal note preferred). Enclose with stamped addressed en- velope, to: Lawrence Hibbert, Room 421, 78 West Adelaide 8t, Toronto, Ont. | West Has Larger Fund Of Moisture Rains In Fall and Heavy Sows': Assuring Crops of Start Improved outlook over the sp of 1937 prevails in agricultural eas of Western Canada, accord to reports received by wire at nipeg from agents of the C.N. the three Prairie Provinces. i Three factors contributed towar more favorable pre-seeding moist conditions for the coming crop yea¥, A heavier autumn precipitation, snowfall 60 per cent, greater tha the previous winter and spring raf and a blizzard of record proportio toward the end of March have co bined to create optimism in the thre provinces, Because of the early thaw, and snows of March, itself one of if ; warmest months on record, foun . particularly retentive soll. Soil Also Retentive Proof of the heavier winter sno fall is to be found in the burst olf ways of dams recently erected Southern Saskatchewan to conserv: spring run-off, and in the definite {| crease in impounded waters ov much of the former drought ar Considered the important factd however, is the fall precipitation ¢; the previous. year- following remov. of the crop, most of the molstur occurring then, depleted neither weed growth nor evaporation, hdg been held available for germination, Link Nerve Strain To Heart Disease Discovery of the cause of coron thrombosis, the heart trouble of hi pressure workers, was reported the American College of Phystola at New York, last week. Nerves Produce Chemical It comes from too much ace choline, a chemical which the ne produce to make muscles move w! ho "motor contro" of the br tansmits an impulse for movengpt. Dogs at Jie de rte t of medical resedith, University of Toronto, wo given coronary thrombosis by simple expedient of injecting int their blood daily small quantities o acetyl choline. These experimen were performed by George dwar Hall, M.D., and witnessed by the group of physiclans who gave insulin to the world. © Dogs' nerves use hoot choline th same as humang, a e oXeess o the chemical made them nervous, hey apparently were under the same sort of strain as those executives, leaders and professional men who drive their nerves to the point of exhaustion, In the dogs, after only a few weeks, this kind of nervousness caus- ed blockage of some of the small ar- teries which supply blood for the ceaselessly-moving muscles of the heart. This blockage is the well known cause, in men, of coronary thrombosis. It may act at first like acute indigestion and often is fol- lowed by spasms and death. Also Cause Ulcers The dogs with induced coronary thrombosis acted, and died, exactly like other dogs which had real coron- ary disease. So it was concluded that this type of human heart trouble comes from too much nervous strain and that the mechanism may be due to the nerves releasing too much acetyl choline, Windsor Helps Man Who Menaced Him George McMahon Wrote to Duke After Release From Prison and Is Now Established In Advertis- ing Business, The Duke of Windsor has given a considerable gum of money to the man who served 13 months in prison for attempting what wag believed to hava been an attack upon his life when he was king in July, 1936, it was learned. He has further helped to es- tablish the man, George Andrew Me- Mahon, in business, and constantly is using his influence to help him along. The Duke of Windsor also had ex- pressed the desire to meet him one day and the Duchess of Windsor has likewise oxpressed the desire to meet his wife, ' Sympathy. Aroused The duke's sympathy for McMahon was aroubed by a touching letter which theilatter sent him after he had been released from prison in August of last year, McMahon was arrested on July 16,:1936, for producing a pis- tol and throwing it toward the then King Edward VIII while the latter ig hi 1 is charger down Constitu- tion HI at the head of a state pro- cegslon, PAu tugs ty Eommotion at the unie, but _mey turned his head-+and pnt Wo man, then controlling his startled horse, he con. tinued on. McMahon was fushed through a hostile crowd to Bow St. police 'ta- tion. He was sent to trlal at the Old Bailey and sentenced to 12 months hard labor for "anlawfully producing near the king a pistol with intent te alarm His Majesty." Rr Cp A ree a Red TL pea Sar Zp Foyt figs rit