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Sunday School Lesson February 23. Lesson VIII. The Twelve '>.. t Forth Matthew 9: 35 to 10: 8. 40-42. Golden Text The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers arc few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest. Matthew 9: 37, 38. ANALYSIS I. THK HAUVKsr, eh. i): .'l.VHS. II. 1HK M'.-SluN OK THK TWELVE, '"h. I": 1-8. III. THK KKWAP.P, rh. 10: 40-4'J. lsn;i">i ni"N One of tlu- great :i.'liii'\vmfiits i'i .K-<tis w;u the call a:.i! UK- training of the Twelve. They were to carry on thr- work which he- had bv'gun, and wort- to lay the fuun- ii:iliun o a world mission. J. TIIK i!.,kvKT, ch. ;: :j"i-:;. V. .'!."). Thi-. verse reveals (1) the i':.,.-.-i>iiig activity of Jesus as he goes from place to place with a desire to sprea'd his influence ns widjiy as pos- sible; (2) his fagvrness .proclaim ih- <ii\!ne mo.-,sage of salvation so that he may relieve people of the bur- den of fear and ignorance, ami teach them concerning the lovo and fornivj- i:i-ss <>f (jo*l; (X) the infinite compas- sion of his heart in that ho cured every i-fise of sicknes.; that was brought to him, '.htis showing that he was looking forward to a time whip tho ignorance, sin and sorrow of the world would 1)6 all overcame. No one ever had as pure and lofty a hopo fo. the race a* Jesus. V. 3G. The tender heart of Jesus was stirred to i'.s depths as he saw how helpless the people we'p. These hopeless and unhappy conditions .e- minded him of two things In nature. They are like a flock of sheep that hnve lost their shepherd, and are at th<> mercy of every foe that muj at- tack them. V. 37. The other figure is taken fi'iii the corn fields. The harvest is \vi:!te and ready for the sick'.i, but ti.-Tc are no reapers, so that this rich grain is going to ruin. See John 4: I!!). V. 38. The only hope rest? with (j-xl the Father, and they must pray to him that ho may send forth laborers into the harvest. II. T;IK MIS.-MON or TIIK TWKI.VE, ch. 10: 1-8. V. 1. The call of tho Twelve is men- tion. <1 in Mark .'!: 13, and there are three rmins assigned there for this rhoi,'.-: (1) That they might be with him. IIu \\ishril these men to get to know him, so that they might trust him in all the difficult situations that might ari.-o. If only they will keep their faith in him, they will i.ot fail. (2) That he might send them forth to punch. They were to carry forward Hi . i at teaching work of their Ma- ter. Tho kingdom of God must have workers who v.ere informed on the principles of Jesus. ('!) That they might have power over sickr es:,. They wre to be healers as well as preach- er , and thus must assure people that it was God's desire that some day all trouble and suffering would vanish from the earth. The mission of the Twr'.vc, therefore, included 'n it." scope both body and s.-ul. V. 2. Thc.-i" i irn wo iv sometimes caller! Apostles. The word was nftor- ward used in n wider sense. Paul was ore of thf> Ajuvtli's. also Barabns and i.tln i.-. These tv.olv-' are mentioned four times in the N\v TV-lament, Matt, Mark '.',: 1C; I.uke (i: 11; Acts 1: K!. They full into llirep divisions of four each, but the nnlor is not nl- w:.y ; the same in each division. Peter is always th<> firsi and Judas tho last. Sor.i of them, such as Peter :m<! John, >.!" often mentioned, and wo know much nlx-iit them, but there nrr- others of whom wo know little except the name. They were all taken from tho com- mon people, and if we wonder why Jesus did not select some from the niort- educated nnd noble classes, por- Raps tho answer would be thnt Jesus hnd to choose from those wh t offered thcTiisolvoa. Not many rich wore call- ed. The marvelous fact is thnt Jesu= was able to tnko such ordinary ma- terial ar.d produce such irrn-rl results, for these men became the- pillnrs of the church. Or.ly one was an utter failure; though it remains a mystery how Judas came to mnke so disastrous a fall. V. 3. Bartholomew is probably to be identified with Nicodemus. Lobbnous, Tl.atddcus, nml J"I!P the son of Jnm-?s an- all names for the same person. V. \ Simon the fnnnnnite is also c;,lled the Zealot. V. 5. Now roracs the mldress or charge which JMUS Rives to these men In lore they K out on tnc ' r important task. It is n long discourse, and in- cludes much haJpful advice, while it is nlso filled with the promise of help. V. (i. He fixes the limit of thoir la- lioni. They must not go beyond their own people, must not try to evangelize the Samaritans or Gentiles. As yet they are not equipped for tho larger ami difficult preaching. V. 7. He tells them what to say. They are not to prsach their own thoughts, but to announce that God's kingdom is noar at hand, and that the promises of Israel are about to be fulfilled. V. 8. They must also do all they can to help and heal the sick and the for- sukon. V. 9. lie ndvises them on their equipment. They must not take any extra clothing. They must travel li^ht-l ly, and must n it be very anxious about their board and lodging. As they go from place to place they will receive hospitality. III. THE KKWAnn. ch. 10: 40-42. Here Jesus gives the promise of lu-lp. He will not send them on their; own charges. He will not leave thenii !>li,nc. Theirs is an honorable calling, since they represent hinyclf. Nor will their work be in vain since the small- est work done, as his disciples, will never be forgotten. To <\n work for Jesus is to Rain eternal jny. War Inevitable Thinks Woman British M.P. Says Consider- able Pro- War Feeling Abroad London. Inevitability of war "under ci-riain circumstances" was stressed by Susan Lawrence, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, whoa addressing a recent meeting In London on "Women and Peace." "We are now," said Miss Lawrence, "watching the progress of one of the most practical and hopeful efforts to- wards peace. The feeling that war Is not only wicked but Is barbaric and foolish is the sentiment which makes for the success of that conference. But even If the futility of war Is com- lu home to the national conscience ih'-re is still in this country consider- able pro-war feeling, and I think we must fact tho fact that under certain circumstances war is Inevitable. I would go so far as to say that there are certain conditions which areworse than war. Any movement which simp- ly argues that war is wrong is doomed to futility. "It Is a horrible fact that there Is no great nation in the world that has attained Its freedom except by war. The fact that we have passed through that stai;e ourselves has colored our national consciousness. It is no good for us to say that war has never set- tle (lanythlnx. It Is not true. It Is not true to say that Cromwell and his Ironsides settled nothing, nor Is It true to say that America settled noth- ing with regard to slavery. No. These memories of how we attained our freedom are proud memories, and this, I think, Is at the root of the complac- ency and even tho admiration with which people look upon war. "Tho great danger of the future Is that those Infinitely explosive Ideas of freedom and liberty have passed Into the conscience of the people of the Kast. What good is it to talk to those people of tho pacifism of the upper dog? "Wo should do well, therefore, to renll/o that just as wart have been Inevitable In the past, they may also be inevitable in the future. We are more llkuly to act reasonably and wisely If wo realize this, especially In . :-.ii'l to our obligations to the League of Nations." Mrs. Jones "I'm never going to play another game of cards. I threw the last pack of cards into the stove this afternoon." Mr. Jones "Oh, burning up your bridge behind you, eh?" What is Right With England By Lord Deaverbrook We hear a groat deal nowadays about the misfortunes of Great HI i aln. The war left us damaged If triumphant, and not all of our efforts to repair the damage have been of the happiest. The pessimist, looking around, can find plenty of causes for lamentation and I am somtimes told that I ought to make use of these as arguments In favor of the great cause of Kinplre Free Trade which I advocate. I de- cline, however, to do so, for the simple reason that such arguments would be irrelevant to the essrntlal nature of that cause. The Empire Crusade Is based on a policy of optimism, not pessimism and it calls on the people of this counrty to support it in a mood of hope, not in a mood of fear. It is easy enough but also most dangerous and most un- worthy, to play on the fears of the people. Some Industries Hard Hit I am willing enough indeed to admit most of what the pessimists declare is in the tough of the wave Some of our heavy industries have been hard hit. Our shipping la being subject- to fierce competition bath, from the Americans and from the Germans, who bring new and up-to-date material to fight with ours that Is beginning to grow obsolete. Looking further, it ia possible to say that Egypt has gone and that India Is going I do not agree. Our Government's policy, how- ever, is foolish, and the pessimists have a right to ask us to face the facts. The Future is the Thing And, In spite of all this, I repeat that these are not the arguments adopted by the Empire Crusade. That movement Is not concerned with what has been done wrong in the past but with what Is going to be done right in the future. What is wrong with England may be a theme capable of indefinite expansion, but what is right with England seems to mo to be one on which it Is more profitable to ex- pand. And what is right with us Is now, as It always has been, quite suf- ficient to maintain our place In the world. More than once in the course of our history we havo faced misfortunes, that seemed to be crushing. If we have so mis-handled things in Egypt and India that our hold there grows slacker. It does not mean that we have entered upou our final decline as an Imperial power. Compare with the present situation that which existed In 1TS3 when the American Colonies were torn from us, partly by our own bungling. Britain's Great Colonial Empire That Is what historians call the end of "The First Empire,' and foreign contemporaries supposed It to mean the end of British greatness. Hut from that disaster we went on to create The Second Kinplre, and the Crusaders recognized the need for "The Third Umpire," which will be the economic Empire with the goal of Free Trade within Its confines. Kven without Hi' 1 Dominions (though God forhld that we should be obliged to approach the tusk without their help) we have in the Colonial Empire tracts so wide and wealthy of the earth's surfac ready to our modelling hands as to supply the elements of this mighty Third Empire. It Is the same with our concerns at home. Trade In England has before now seemed to be on the verge of death. Throughout the Middle Ages agriculture was our staple occupation, and at the end of the Middle Ages any man would have told you that bad . policy and the greed of a few Individ- j uals were killing farming and that "the grpy-faced sheep" was eating up i he husbandman to the country's Irre- trievable detriment. Yet then the palmiest days of English farming were I till to come. The Qualities Really Count So it Is with us now. What we lose In one direction, wo ran and shall make up In another, One has only to look at the abandoned lead mines of the Mendips, the abandoned tin mines of Cornwall, that speckle a grand landscape with their melancholy re- lics, to realize what losses and Happy Silhouette changes we are capable of taking in our stride. Even If, say the cotton Industry should sink permanently to a lower Ever Popular Slenderizing Muoement level than it has enjoyed, that, too, is a loss the nation can repair. If, in the By ANNTETTE matter of shipping, America and Ger- many compete with us in material, yet we shall still more than hold our own In tho seamen of Britain. For, in the last resort, it is the qualities of our people that are what is right with England and that, throughout the ages, counter-balance what may be wrong with Kngland the qualities of courage, will and vision. There is Still Vision in England Where there is no vision, jt was said ot old, the people perish. But there is vision still among us, and the people shall not perish. We have no cause for despair. Only the other day I read this re- markable sentence: "Although 128,000 emigrated that year the number of paupers was 1,429,089, nearly one- tenth of the population.' The book was Trevelyan's "Life of John Bright," and the year was 1S42 when Kngland was on the verge of her greatest period of industrial expansion and prosperity. It is because ot these things that I refuse to present the Free Trade Em- pire as a policy of refuge from disas- ter. It is not that. It is not our es- cape from what has been badly done in the past, it is our opportunity for doing well in the future. Our tradition has been that difficul- ties spur us to great actions, and, If wo think of our difficulties now, it should be in that light that we think of them, for the greatest actions of the British people still He ahead. It was written by a young poet of our time, who is now dead: Awake, awake! The world Is young, For all its weary years of thought! The starkest fights must yet be fought, The most surprising songs be sung. I wish he were still alive, for that Is the spirit of the Empire Crusade. Montreal Standard. Piracy in China Seas Hong Kong Press: Nowhere else In the world Is piracy on the high seas thus making it suitable for the larger met with, and no other Government in woman as well as your.g slim type', the world would regard outrages of] The skirt widens toward hem that this character off its coast with such shows fluttering circular movement, indifferent interest. But in a country where bandits are almost as plentiful as blackberies, and where tho kidnap- ping of prominent people is quite a commonplace incident, an occasional outburst of piratical activity is prob- Canada Leads in Wealth Growth Railway Official Gives Inter- esting Talk on Advertis- ing Canada "The rate of growth of wealth per capita of the population of Canada, during the past 20 years bas nerer been achieved by an other nation," Charles Price-Green, commissioner, department of ratural resources, Can- adian National Railways, said in his address on "Advertising Canada," at Montreal recently. Mr. Price-Green traced the develop- ment of Canada, and revealed the enormous natural resources which con- tribute to its wealth. During the last 20 years Canada's trade has multiplied eight times, leads all others in favor- able trade balau-i per head of popula- tion and, with the exception of New Zealand, in exports, per capita, the avi-rage of the last 12 years is $150 more than three times that of the United States. "One of the main contributing causes to Canada's prosperity has been the development of hydro elec- tricity on a very large scale," Mr. Price-Green said. '1 have a vision ot a future in which this power will make Canada one of the greatest in- dustrial countries in the world. Al- ready it has enabled us to rise to leadership in the r-an-facture of pulp .'iid paper; contributed to the upbuild- iug of a grout mining industry! and in general manufacturing." "It might be pointed out that the development of water jwer has a most pronounced effect on the con- sumption of coal; that one installed horse power is capable of saving six tons of coal. This means that the present water power Installation Is capable of saving thirty-four million tons of coal In the course of a single year. "Closely allied with water powers Is moulded bodice and hips. j the great pulp and paper industry The Princess model illustrated is a which has grown with phenomenal The problem of sUnderncss is one of serious study. It is more so today than ever with new silhouette with work of art with its unique flat hip- line. Pointed seaming treatment at either sire of front minimizes width, ably looked upon as great importance. . . a matter of no . China claims to be regarded as the equal in all re- spects of other Powers. To support that claim she should see to it that the lawless proclivities o some of her citizens are effectively held In check. It was liritish naval activity which cleaned up the pirates of the Two halt a century ago, and it is only Kritlsh activity to-day which pre- rapidity. The industry has made re- markable strides In chemical and me- chanical development. The latter is well illustrated by a new newsprint machine installed at the Head of the Great Lakes capable of making a roll of paper twenty-five feet wide at Ui< rate of three thousand feet a minute. "The story of the rise of the mining industry in this country is well known to all and has been heralded all over the world and has possibly been Can- ada's greatest advertisement, being of more domantic interest than The vestee in deep V-shape rolled into revers is interesting idea to de- tract from width. Style No. 195 comes in sizes 16, 18, 20 years. 3(5, 38, 40 and 42 in,-hes bust. This dress is just charming in blacix silk crepe all the smart young things are wearing, with th vest and cuffs murkable grain production of Alencon lace. Dahlia-purple silK crepe with egg- shell silk crepe is decidedly yodthful and flattering. Crepe satin, crepe marocain and wool crepe appropriate. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of the re- ot the West. "The mining industry of Canada hai risen In tweuty years from eighty-five million dollars to three hundred and five million dollars in 1929. In a few- years from now we will look back at this production as only a small be- ginning. "From the dawn of civilization the lure ot mineral wealth has attracted vents the desperadoes of Bins Ray be- patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in coming more dangerous than they ac- 1 stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap! the explorer and prospector, and now ~" ' " ' ' "*- it carefully) for each number, and comes the aeroplauo to assist him In tually are. China should take this work In hanil herself, and do It thor- oughly. The Banks and Industry New Statesman (London): (Mr. J. H. Thomas has recently stated that tho city Is now prepared t < stand be- address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. <& - Australia and Singapore Melbourne Australasian: \Ve are happily situated In occupying an is- land continent, and the chief advant- hind, and to provide credits for, ap- 1 age which the situation Rives to us is proved schemes of rationalization and business reconstruction). We must make what we can of this, until fuller explanations are vouchsafed. One thing, however, is clear. Whatever it may moan in the long run for the reorganization of industry, it can bring no immediate hope for work for the unemployed. For it Is more likely to result in closing old works than In opening new ones; and it is generally agreed that rationalization In Its ear- lier stages is more likely to increase than t'i diminish the numbers of the unemployed. Mr. Thomas' speech, therefore, gives no hint of a solution of his immediate problem; but that this problem remains as urgent as the other no sensible person can doubt. i n:, justice Is Impartial and In- crruptlble It ceases to be Justice and becomes luck." Ilupert Hughes. Night-club Habitue (staggering out of dive at 4 a.m. "Good Lord, what is that strange odor around here?" Doorman "Thnt, sir. Is fresh air." that we are enabled to make use of the sea as a frontier. We run no risks of attack from tho south and west. The danger on the east Is re- mote and slight. Our weakness la in the north, and our be* means defence in that direction is not near to our own shores, ' . as fur away from them as safety will parmlt. Singapore Is our Verdun. It Is the height Of folly to think of tho defence ot Australia being conducted from our own short'*, with the "three-mile limit" as a fringe. We do not, of course, overlook the consideration that a naval base fit Singapore would be of very great im- portance for tho defence of orlier parts of the British Kmplro likewise. It Is not merely an Australian question. Our concern for it, however, Is In- creased, not Ifinrlfd, by tho fact that H Is required for the defence of India, the Urltlsh possessions In Africa, the Hast Indies, and the China seas, as well as for Australia and tho Pacific; for we are part of the political system to which these possessions pertain, and their security is ours. this work. The great incentive is tliut there Is an almost unbelievably in- creasing demand for minerals. " A "A sheik wouldn't give a fig for a haix-m, but lie's heavy on the dates." "I predict satisfactory television in general use within live years." Lee De Forest. MUTT AND JEFF By BUD FISHFJt Mutt Denies Everything. LOV& BY SUJGS'MG M6 0(0 \ BACK AUMOMV ATTCNiTlOrJ T& THe CHIN! *Y DIARV ttCMiS CONJTlNJUALUY. 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