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The church at Laodicea (3: 14â€"2?) merits the contempt of God. Its memâ€" bers are "trimmers," neither here nor ther>"" have no strong convictions on anything, _ complacent,. indifferent, proud. God is locked out (v. 20), but in his love and mercy he is willing to put up with smug Christians if perâ€" chance he may be able to save th:m The church at Sardis (3: 1â€"6), situâ€" ated among people notorious for luxâ€" ury and licentiousness, "has a name," that is, is Christian in name, but is dead in trespasses and sins. The faithâ€" ful remnant shall be robed in white, the color of victory. The church at Philadelphia (%: 7â€"13) is small and weak, but faithful. God promises for her a glorious fuâ€" ture. pu‘se ner communion roil. The church at Thyatira (2: 18â€"207 is nraised for her charity, service, faich and patience. But she has tolorâ€" ated the presence and teaching of some well known and influential woman who has been turning many believers away from the true faith. The church in Pergamos (2: 12â€"17), a centre of emperorâ€"worship (Satan‘s throne v. 13) has remained faithfal. But she has tolerated immorality among some of her members. She must purge her communion roll. The church at Smyrna (2:; 8â€"11), passing through great trouble, is told lthat her experiences will enrich her ife. The church at Ephesus (2: 1â€"7) is commended for its zeal for the purity of Christian doctrine. But hardness has taken the place of love. One migh: expect that. Whenever a church beâ€" gins to place its main emphasis unon doctrine, it is in danger of becoming hard and loveless. When religion is reduced to orthodoxy, "love flies out the window." in Es world, clothed with power, and bevond whose love and care not are of us can wander. I . tue rirst cenxoury cuvros, Pov. 1: i9 to 3: 22. The letters to the "seven churches" give a glimpse of the way in which the early church kept the faith. 9; 10:â€"6,) . V. 15 msans power. The seven stars (v. 13) tell that ali the churches are in his care. The sharp, twoâ€"edged sword is his message from which now one can escape. What a heartening message for distracted Christians, then and always. The last word is not with the things whick frighten usâ€"but with him who is sti!! MWoman conquerors, out perfectly inâ€" telligible to the Jews, ’:r whom it was written. I. TITLE AND GREETING, Rev. 1: 1â€"8. The Greeting (v. 4) is to the "seven" churches in the province of Asia. _ "Seven indicates all the churche there are. The blessing is pronounced by the Lord of the past, present and future. The God who, in the troubled past, has saved his neoâ€" ple, is still on his hrone." To every Christian, bludgeoned by cruel cirâ€" cumstarce, comes the hearteniag thought, "He thinks of me." He never ceases to love. "Loved" in v. 5 (Authâ€" orized Version) should read (loveth). IL THE TRIUMPHANT :AvIOUR, Rev. 1: 9â€"18. On Patmos, a lonely and desolate bit of land ten miles lon by six wile, lying off the southwest coa;t of Asia Minor, and about fifteen miles fr»n Ephesus, "isâ€" marooned the writer of this book. "On the Lord‘s day" (v. 10) he is meditating on Christ ard spir‘tual things. A religious observâ€" arce of Sunday has been so firm :o rooted in him that, s vay from home and church and friecds, he is "in the Spirit" when Sunday comes. The| imagery of v. 14 symbolizes right eousness ani wisdom. (See Dan. 7:| ANALYSIS L. titLs anp GREETING, Rev. 1: 1â€"3. IL 'rul9 nsn:urmu-r SAVIOUR, Rev. 1: â€"18. L ta® riest cenrury cavron, Rev 1: 19 to 3: 22. INTRODUCTION â€" The images and symbo‘ : of the book of Rev@lation seem to conceal and mystify rather than reveal. They refer, nout to events yet to take place, but, according to the view most widely held today, to events in the first century. The book was written about the year A.D. 95, durâ€" ing the Domitian persecutions, in order to strengthen and encourage the oppressed Christians. Its figures and symbuls would be meaningless to *he MUTT AND JEFT _ & Je s o 7 A C C 4 e Py / ) fry 9 ; Le S h B “.’. ~+ I8 TB ) | | 5... .‘; n}g.”’ » nds P ,’ C ' ;\§ f\'/m JEFP, LEND s TH4T Douuar BAKK ASAlmâ€" C GotTaA Pay _IT BAck To SR siDN€Cyâ€" r‘ In conference. And so he died and at the gate an angel bade him stâ€"nd and wait, and said to him with frowning brow, "St. Peter‘s mighty busy row itselft from prying'eye b;hin;i that good old alibi s There was a tired business man, a memper of that busy clan that shields "I place it about 1760, in the Iywich period. Then examining the canvas closely I found the master‘s signature, faint, but true, in the lower righthand corner." The purchaser was Mrs. Sol H. Goldberg, wife of a wealthy hairpin manufacturer. _ She was passing an auction sale of paintings recently when she was attracted by an oil deâ€" picting a pastoral scene with a turâ€" reted castle in the background. She overbid several other persons. After his examination Dr. Goldblatt said: Chicagoâ€"A painting listed as hayâ€" ing been done by an unknown artist," purchased by a wealthy Chicago woman for. $400, was described by Dr. Maurice Goldblatt, an art authâ€" ority, as a genuine Gainsborough valued at $50,000. N:s. Stewart said the path of the eclipse would swerp> down tho cast side of Hnuson Bay, through â€"the Province cf Quebec and doyn into the United States. The path _ of totality will be 100 miles wide. the western edge passing through Montâ€" treal and the eastern limit 10¢ wiles down the St. Lawrence Kiver. If the scientists are favored by a clear day much valuable information would be gathoved be said. 5â€"0,L00 Camskorough Brought $400 at Auction A party wl be encamped in a spot selected in Quebec a wesk in adâ€" yan:> of the erlipse, and every memâ€" Ber drilled unti! he is letter perfect in his work, so that full advantage may be cakey of the 199 seconds of totality. Oitawa, Ont.â€"Dom‘nion ~ governâ€" meont scientists already â€" are preparâ€" ing to study in August, 1932, a total eclipse of the sun, the path of which will cross the Province of Quebec. R. Meldrum Stewart director of the Dominion _ Observatory here, â€" told members of the local branch Engiâ€" neerin« Institute of Canadi of preâ€" parati. ~« being made for the obserâ€" vation joke And dancing holidays. The mountain lads have earnest eyes How strange it one should be As strong, as wonderful and wise As is a mountain tree! The valley lads are silly folk For all their wooing ways ; They care for naught but mirth and Canadian Scientists Now Planr_)ing for ‘32 Eclipse Or that my mother chides me sore Because I needs must run To hear a singer at the door Before the chores are done. gown Is mine to greet the Spring The wise old trees, the strong old trees 4 That I have known for years They let me kneel against their knees, They soothe away my tears. And when again I come to town It seems a foolish thing To weep because no roseâ€"sprigged I climb to Deerlick Mountain top And tell it to a tree. I cry its worth aloud And kindly folk are glad â€"no lossâ€" To see me gay and proud. But when I have a sorrow drop Its dragging weight on me, By Theodosia Garrison, in The Carilion Whene‘er I have a happiness Sauce for the Gander In conference. â€"Birmingham Ageâ€"Herald WELL » I In conference. full Mix in the order given. The eggs should be well beaten,. Cover with strong paper, well greased, then tie down with a pudding cloth, Steam six hours in steamer or in a. pot with the water threeâ€"quarters up the basin. Before serving, steam for two hours longer, s ‘ Tested and found delicious. 1 Fill moulds or bow!s only twoâ€"thirds Mix with 1% cupfuls stale breadâ€" crumbs, 114 cupfuls shredded suet, 1% cupfuls: brown sugar, 1 wellâ€"rounded cupful sultana raisins, 1 cupful muscaâ€" tel raisins, 1 wellâ€"rounded cupful curâ€" rants, 1 cupful finely chopped figs, % cupful small seeded raisins, 1% cupâ€" fuls finely cut mixod peel, % cupful alâ€" monds, first blanched and then cut in slices, 1 cupful glace cherries, cut in halves, 14 up strained honey, 4 eggs, % cupful fruit juice, wine or brandy, and between % and 24 cupful milk‘l This amount of milk may not be necesâ€" sary, as the freshness of the fruit and softness of the breadcrumbs make the necessary amount of liquid vary, | ' We like strong wrapping paper betâ€" ter than greaseâ€"proof paper for tying |down the puddings Grease the paper ’well, stretch it over top of bowl or mould (if mould is not fitted with a cover) then tie down with a cloth. When the mould is fitted with a cover, we stretch wax paper over the top of the mould before fitting on the cover. Prize Plum Pudding One and oneâ€"half cupfuls pastry four, or 144 cupfuls hardâ€"wheat flour, sift with 4 teaspoonful cinnamon, 4 teaspoonful ground mace, % teaspoonâ€" ful cloves, 14 teaspoonful grated nutâ€" meg and i4 teaspoon/ul salt. 5. Puddings that are cooked in a , mould, if they are to be kept for some time, should be taken from the moulds and codled, then put away in a conâ€" tainer in a cold, dry place. To use, reâ€" turn to mould and heat in a steamer, or the pudding may be put in the top | of double boiler and heated. â€" Be sure ‘that the pudding is thoroughly heated :through before serving. From one to 6. Most puddings are improved in flavor and texture if they are cooked for several hours. Three to four hours boiling is necessary for a rich pudding. Very long cooking, ie., 8 or 10 hours, sometimes makes the pudding rather bitter in flavor. two hours steaming will be required for reâ€"heating rich puddings. _ 4. The water in the steamer must be boiling when the pudding is placed in it, and must not cease boiling from the time the pudding is put in until it is taken out. If not too large an amount of water is used in the bottom of the stramer a greater "head" of steam will be produced. Then the puddings will cook quicker. Watch, however, that the steamer does not beâ€" come dry. If it is necessary to add water during the steaming period, be sure that the fresh water is boiling. 8. Rest the mould or bow! on an inâ€" verted pie plate, a rack or a trivet so that the steam can get all around the pudding. This, of course, is not necesâ€" sary when the pudding is steamed in a steamer with a wellâ€"perforated bottom. 2. The mould or bow! should be filled only twoâ€"thirds full so that the pudding will have ample room to rise. 1. Both the mould or bow!, and the cover should be thoroughly greased. This is important if you would have a pudding that will retain its shape when turned from the mould. When boiling or steaming the pudâ€" dings, there are certain rules which must be observed in order to ensure light, tender puddings that one will take pride in serving. ; At one time, boiled pudding were considered indigestible and difficult to ’make, for the oldâ€"fashioned steamer or boiled pudding was served with a thick layer of doughy substance on the outside, ‘due to the fact that it was boiled in a floured cloth. The modern cook steams or boils her puddings in smooth bowls covered with waterproot paper or in a waterâ€"tight mould fitted with a tight cover, and serves the pud-‘ dings as light and dry as a baked one. Here are Recipes for Various Types of This Favorite Yuletide Delicacy This is the season for plum pudâ€" dings and the earlier they are preâ€" pared for Xmas festivities the more mellow the flavor. i Pudding Early | St. Paul.â€"College courses by mail | will be offered to prisoners at the Minâ€" t iuesota state penitentiary. The state | board of control recently completed arâ€" | rangements with the extension diviâ€" |sion of the University of Minnesota whereby inmates at the prison may take _ the school‘s correspondence courses, numberits 250, and ranging from art to business and political ‘ science. Last add the floured fruit. Mix thorâ€" oughly, pour into two large greased moulds and steam for six hours. This will make one pudding of fairly large size. Mix together the suet, sugar and breadcrumbs,. Prepare the fruit and mix with 1 cupful of the flour, _ Meaâ€" sure and sift together the remaining flour and the spices. Combine with suet mixture. . Add wellâ€"beaten eggs and fruit juice. Courss by Mail for Convicts I Oldâ€"Time Plum Pudding 1!. One and oneâ€"half cupfuls suet, fineâ€" ly chopped, 4 cupful light brown sugar, & cupful seedless raisins, Va cupful large seeded raisins, 44 cupful citron peel thinly sliced; 44 cupful orange and lemon peel mixed, finely chopped, * teaspoonful mixed spice, V4 teaspoonful grated nutmeg, %4 teaâ€" spoonful salt, 2 cupfuls soft bread crumbs, 14 cupfuls pastry flour or 1% cupfuls bread or hardâ€"wheat flour, 4 cupful fruit juice, 3 eggs well beaten, and a little milk if required to make a fairly stiff batter, One pound currants, 1 pound seedâ€" less raisins, 14 pound sultana raisins, 4 pound seeded raisins, 44 pound mixed peel, 2 cupfuls pastry flour or 1 23 cupfuls hardâ€"wheat flour, 2 cupâ€" fuls breadcrumbs, fairly welt packed, %& pound chopped suet, 1% cirpfuls brown sugar, 14 cupful almonds, blanched and chopped, 9 eggs, 2 large carrots, grated, &4 cupful light molasâ€" es, 1 teaspoonful each of salt, ginger and cinnamon, 1 nutmeg, grated. About 1 cupful of milk.. A little more milk if more moisture is required. As: the dryness of the fruits and the breadâ€" crumbs will vary, a definite amount of: liquid cannot be specified. The bnt-‘! ter should be a stiff one. ! Mix flour, breadcrumbs, spices,| sugar, suet and almonds in bowl, add, chopped fruit, grated carrots. Beat| the eggs, mix with milk and molasses, and add to first mixture â€" Steam 5 hours, then steam 2 hours before serv-' ing. Mix all dry ingredients together; stir in the well beaten eggs, the liquids then turn into wellâ€"greased pudding bow!s or "moulds (One large or two small) and steam for from five to six hours. ‘ An Inexpensive Pudding (Will Serve Eight or Ten Persons) ! What NeW. York One and oneâ€"halt cupfuls . brown sugar, 1 cupful suet (fairly packed)’ k weamg 1%4 cupfuls bleached sultana raisins, tm * 1% cupfuls seeded raisins, cut in BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON halves, 144 cupfuls currants (washed | mss and dried), 1 cupful shredded mixed I!ustrated Dressmaking Lesson Furâ€" candied peel, 1 cupful flour, 1 cupful nished With Every Pattern breadcrumbs, fairly well packed. % cup almonds, 4 eggs, grated rind and 1 e juice of 1 lemon, %4 cupful, or slightly 0e e more of milk, 1 saltspoonful grated «» nutmeg, 14 teaspoonful salt, 1 wineâ€" imaé glass of fruit juice. se Capt. Harry G. Montgomery and Lieut U.S. air corps, are the only father and : regular officers of the corps. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Old Engiish Pudding _Monigomery and Lieut. Harry G. Montgomery, Jr., : the only father and son combination among the the corps. Father and Son Aviators "You will never get what you want it people see you wan it."â€"Joseph Hergesheimer. | _ _Carried out in three blending shades of purple crepe satin as its inspirator, | it creates a softened ombre effect, that is delightfully lovely. Write your name and address plainâ€" . on oo ly, giving number and size of such â€"â€"o~lsmme patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ in & stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap HOH Room. SI.‘n it cate‘ully) for each number, and, M address your order to Wilson Pattern: GOSler, Germanyâ€"aAs Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto.! travelers a large illun Crepe silk and crepe marocain make up attractively, It is exquisite in black transparent velvet with the upper part of the boâ€" dice of gold lame. Size 16 requires 5 yards 39â€"inch black, % yard 39â€"inch white and 1 yard 39â€"inch contrasting material. Style No. 3367 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38 and 40 inches bust. And note the youthfuiness of the bolero jacket with its tiny puffed sleeves. A new hostess or ilounging pajama ensemble that is really devastating enough for the most exacting taste. It has a quaint charm all its own. Its slimming diagonal lines are so kind to the figurs. Mutt Keeps Money i P uon e erieee |is not so much moral as national, ‘| writes a correspondent of "The Chrisâ€" ‘tion Science Menitor." Pictures which include Chinese characters are scrutâ€" | inized with special care, and no picture | will hereafter be permitted with a , Chinese "villain." _ ‘The Kudmintang {resents depiction of Chinese opium dens, or similar settings which are beâ€" lieved to give a bad impression of the Chinese people. 1 A national board of film censorship. |hu been established to pass on ulli films, Chinese or foreign made, Export has been forbidden of all films made in China which the board considers ' might make an unfavorable impression |abroad. _ Talking pictures are much "more popular with Chinese than silent films ever were, and several Chinese companies are now making talking !fi!ms in Chinese, [Lavciers a large illuminateg signâ€" board has been erected near the prinâ€" cipal railway station showing at ait times the room vacant in the princiâ€" pal hotels with their prices. The government has begun a strict censorship of all motion picture films, which must be sent to Nanking for apâ€" proval before they are shown anyâ€" where in the country. ‘The censorship gujlck TW C t But it you wish to get a real idea of Christntas in those days, the bost way to ‘do so is to turn to Dickens. Ho was born in 1812, and the "Pickâ€" wick Papers" appeared in 1837.â€"Titâ€" Bits (London). The modern Londoner, transported back to those times, would have found two of his principal amuseâ€" ments sadly lackinzâ€"football and dancing. The great football clubs of today had not started, and such footâ€" ball as existed was a peculiarly brutal game, in which both hacking and trip ping were logal. Dancing was conâ€" fined t> private houses and was very China Censors Films to End Scenes Harmful to Youth Another cheap thing was travel by river, You could be rowed from Lonâ€" don Bridge to Somerset House for 5¢c. In those days the river was the great channe!l of communication for Londoners, Saddle horses, too, were cheap. You could hire one for the day for $2.00. Then there were eighteen public baths in London in 1831, and sea water was laid on at all of them. In that respect our ancestors were ahead of their descendants, Food was plentiful and cheap. Beef and mutâ€" ton were little more than oneâ€"third of their present price, and vegetables were abundant and good. Beer and porter could be had as low as a penny a glass. Spirits were almost equally cheap, Take the theatres. There were plenty of them, the plays were good, and seats were much cheaper than they are today. Also that the public were admitted at halfâ€"price after 8 o‘clock. The theatres started at six or seven in those days. Seaâ€"baths in London. * l There were no fewer than twenty tea gardens in and around London, with all sorts of amusements, includâ€" ing fireworks. At Vauxhall Gardens, 400 people were employed. t : Yet if you study the books and newsâ€" papers of those days you begin to realize that matters were not as bad as might be imagined, and that in some respects our ancestors of a cenâ€" tury ago got more Christmas fun for their money than we do. all those necessities of modern life, Christmas, 1830, must have been very dull. Think, too, of the narrow, muddy streets, lighted at night by dim oilâ€" lamps, of the poky little shops. True, the stageâ€"coaches were picturesque, but they were also rather uncomfortâ€" able. No motors, no telephones, no teleâ€" graphs, no electric light, no Aeroâ€" planes, no cinemasâ€"surely, hck}l}c Yuletide Customs _ Christmas Tree 100 Years Ago â€" Exports Star A Word Picture of Our Anâ€" cestors‘ Festivities in in Circulation, 1831 help to Nâ€" [ _ _ °CCC PE EIBLEr It is suppesed that Sip Edward Coke, the celebrated English jurist, was the first to express the idea that corpora. tions have no souls In the case of Sutton‘s Hospital Justice Coke said: "They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed nor excom. mMunieakad #.. 2. 0 0 i . o ts "FCeOd or ©xcomâ€" municated, for they have no souls." Lord Thurlaw, another great English chancellor, paraphrased Coke‘s obsen vation in tha #am._2_ _ _ __® 200 PECCRECC T° ATsSUers dam are insistent on knowing the exâ€" act time. ‘This explains the large number of public clocks on towers, buildings and electric standards, and also the fact that recently a more than modest sum was voted by the Municipal Council in order to have 300 large, public, electrical clocks inâ€" stalled throughout the city ‘These clocks are to be controlled from one central point by the municipal eleoâ€" tricity plant, An international exhibiâ€" tion of modern and ancient clockmakâ€" ers‘ art, recently organized in the Municipal Museum, attracted & good deal of aitention. This exhibition certainly heightened one‘s apprecia« tion lnf admiration for the faithful NETY : Msm o Sptaing 4+ omm es vion and admiration for the ; work which millions of humble keepers are doing, year in, year “Cm m M” The reduction and landing charges . v special attention. uionts it d is aci css 44 Chief among the subjects . disâ€" cussed were the problems surroundâ€" ing the development of internationat transportation by air, The four powers agreed unanimously to the program of the International Federâ€" ation as outlined by its president, and to the proposals awaiting the apâ€" proval of the 33 nations which should be represented at the coming Januâ€" ary congress, Much time was given to the single question of a kind of international passport, or license, which would facilitate the tourist in his travels. The reduction and unification â€" of landing charges were also given Sou n atc® (C uce Eul Forests Not Denugded. l Christmas trees are in most cases grown on land that can produce only scrub trees rarely exceeding in 'height twelve feet and not often atâ€" |taining that size, which shows that the cutting of these scrubs in no way constitutes a menace to the forest resources of the Dominion. Old pasâ€" | ture lands are also used by farmers ]for the Christmas tree plantations. Travel by Air Stressed At Bucharest Conference Bucharest, Roumania â€" Coâ€"operaâ€" tion among the nations which conâ€" trol the air as conducive to peace was the dominant note of the Rouâ€" manian press in welcoming the air ministers of England, France and Italy and a representative from Gerâ€" many to a conference here recently, .3 â€"0 ie us The Canadian Pacific Railway is es timating that 100,000 trees will be shipped from points in Canada to the United States and these mainly come from eastern townships, These ship ments will represent in the neighborâ€" | hood of $25,000 to be distributed | among farmers of the district. of other evergreen The tree are packed in bundles of from one to five trees each, according to the height,. When ready to be loaded the trees are tied up in lots of three bundles each and packed on fat cars lengthwise. Holly and other evergreen decoraâ€" tions will shortly be moving throughâ€" out the continent. Delaware supplies the majority of holly, while Quebec districts produce the largest amount Amsterdam Canadian National predict another large movement of trees, and with figures based on last year‘s traftic the 1931 movement ‘of trees should be close to the high mark. American buyâ€" ers having made large purchases last spring. Buyers Select in Spring. American buyers make their selecâ€" tions early in the spring every year, In November, the tree buyers returm to the lands and supervise the cutâ€" ting, loading and shipping. Annual Su%enb Approxiâ€" ly 2,500,000 To Leave Shortly Montreal.â€"One of the surest signs of coming Christmas is when ‘the Christmas tree shipments are startod. ‘ Although many of the dealers here do not predict a brisk business this season there is the usual large amount of work done preparatory to handâ€" ling the trees. Quebec supplies the greatest allotâ€" ment of Christmas tree exportations every season. Last year‘s figures show Quebec, 1,056,736 ;New Brunswick, 500,000, and Nova Scotia, 195,000, The last figures on the Christmas tree exportations tto the United States is given from the business of 1927. The Quebec trade then was more than half of that done in the Dominâ€" ion, viz.: Quebec, 53.2 per cent; Onâ€" tario, 22.1 per cent; New Brunswick, 20.2 per cent; Nova Scotia, 3.5 per cent, and British Columbia, 1 per cent. ‘These exports amounted to $319,238, and of this business Quebec derived $169,938. * ‘am.â€"The people of Amsterâ€" nsistent on knowing the exâ€" This explains the large f public clocks on towers, and electric standards, and fact that recently a more ost sum was voted by the Like to Know Time to lose nor out, to w te 0 tor in ‘This fa narra gcient! mt Mc than © ized wout si1 as he J g« as to what line of ex 4s an epic "Due to his inventi compelied ments in ; jects enter he was try Ity of step | ahead and t} & ma. worki drive "Qutside BMitle was emena, an was demo» gelf, only but they | line of x strictly th tions wh upon, .0 chen enoug h was the for weel mbout t« darknes: to jump throw h felt som head. 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