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I UNDAY CHOO »ir== ESSON THE CHRISTIAN WARFARE, -of peace. "The feet are Ihe instru- Actj ID: Ep!ie»ians 6: 10-20. j i.iont."i and therefore the appropriate GOLDKN' TEXT.â€" "Uo strong in the symbols of motion; and the Chris- Lord, and in the strength of his '•'^" soldier whose career is a march might." Ephesians C:10. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. â€" Paul remained In Ephe- sus nearly three years, .A.D. 53-56. The Epistle to the Ethespians was prohably written about .A.D. ()2. Place. â€" The city of Ephesus was located in the lioman province of A.sia, near the moJth of the Cayster and a battle, must always keep him self in marching order. i IG. "Withal taking: up the shield , of faith, wherewith ye shall be able I to quench all the fiery darts of the I evil one." Faith is that by which we lay hold of God as our Saviour. The kindling and inflaming power of suggestions from without, whether to River, three miles from the western I ''^P'"'"? ajrainst God, or to anger, or shore of .A.sia Minor. Paul wrote the ' , ^^''' ''°^""S- « despair is best met Epi.stle to the Ephesians from the city of Rome. ".^nd he entered into the syna- ; by tru.st in God." 17. "And take the helmet of sal- vation." (Cf. Isa. 50:17; I Thess. 5: S.) The Christian warrior here wears go.-ue, and spake boldly for the space f;' ,7 '-m-'stian warrior here wears of three months, reasoning and per- , , , . ''^^' °^ salvation in the sen.se siiading as to the things concerning ! ^'^ ^^^^" '^^^ receiver and pos- is the word of God." This is the only offen.sive weapon in the entire the kin.'rdoni of God." Paul at Ephe- ' ^''°^°'' °^ deliverance crowned and sus. follows his usual custom of first ' il''."'^'^ .'" ^^^ '''"^^^'^ °^ ^'^ Head." entering into the synagogue, for i . ^''° '^'â- ^'°^<^ °^ ^'^e Spirit, which there he would find men of his own j rare who would know something of the Scriptures, who believed in the one true God, and who were looking for a Messiah. 9. "But when some werj hard- ened and disobedient." The word here translated "disobedient' means primarily "to be unpersuaded, not â-  t» believe," and failure to believe God's message is oftcp referred to the doctrines which the Chrkstians believed and practised. "Ho depart- ed from them, and separated tht dis- ciples, reasoning daily In tlie school of Tyrannu.s." Separation, which is of ton necessary if the purity and peace of the church is to be main- tained, took place at Antioch of Pisidia (13: 4(;-4S), at Corinth (18: 6, 7). and at Komo (28: 23-JS). 10. ".And this continued for the space of two years; so that all they that dwelt in .\sia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks." Ephc.^ut;. as the seat of government, was the center from which the whole province of Asia could best be af- fected; and the effect of Pa'.il's long work extended far over that vast province." 11. ".And God wrought special niir-:.-lcs by tiie hands of Paul." 12. "Ina.sniuch that unto the sick were carried away from l.is body handker- chiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out." The word here tran.;!;'.tcd "handkerchiefs" means "s'.vcMt-iloths". It Is not said that Paul nave a-vay parts of his dress, the cloth u.-ied to v.ipe t::e sweat from the workr.^an's fare and the short' apron. i:i order to v.ork mir- acles by thei.'. The te::t rather im- plies tli:!t the people manifested their faith ill the same manner as did the womnn v.ith the i.'v;i:e of blood (Matt. !) : 20-':'J ) : and God answered their f:iifh :•" God answered thy v.omna's fr.ilh. for God ans.vers faith if it is rea', eve*i when i::ade imperfect by ign >ranc(' or siipe:st:tion." 18. ".â- '!::ny also of them that had believed c;!ii!s, confessing, and de- claring their deeils. It is ama/.iiig hov.' wickedness and true belief in Christ cannot e.\ist together. These converted Ephesians not only con- festcd their sin.^!. but came before the whole church and declared their wrong-doitigs. 1". "And not a low ol iheni that practised r.K-.jrical iirts brought their book.s together and b :rtie<l them in the sight of all; and thev counted the pri -e of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver." Ephesus w.-is rioted for its magicians or wiz- ards and the 'Kp!'csian spells'. Small sl.p.5 of parchment enclose.l in silk baj^s imd covered with mysterious characters were well known* all over the Ea.'Jt. The more potent or rare spells or charm.s were written out in books which passed from one exor- cist to another, and were sold for larjve sums. 20. "So r,;ij:htiy grc.v the word of the Lord and prevailed." The con- jiiJU'tion "so" refers to all that has preceded â€" it was in this way that the word of God was revealed as so powerful, for the phrase "mightily grev/ and prevailed" mij::ht be rend- ered "with overpowerinj; force and Strength which nothing could resist." IC. Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day." The ar- ticle "the" identifies the period of wiiich the npo.stle is speaking as a critical day." a lime of peculiar peril and trial."' "And, haviii;; done all, to stand." The admonition here is for the Christian to hold his ground and not to give in or to retreat before the pressure of his enemies. 14. ''Stand theretore, having girded your loins with truth. Doubt, error, and skepticism can never give strength to resist evil. ".And having put on the breastplate of righteous- ness." (See Isa. 59:17.) The right- eousness here referred to Is probab- ly the believer's own personal right- eousness, his obedience to the holy law of God. 15. ".And having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel list. In opposition to all error, to all false principles of morals, to all the sophistry of vice, to all the sugges- tions of the devil, the sole, simple, sind sufficient answer is the word of God. 18. "With all prayer and suppli- cation praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication fo- all the saints." We are to pray on every occasion, in every crisis, with every conceivable form of prayer, spirit- ually, wat.difully, perseveringly comprehendingly. No soldier enter- ing battle prays for 1 'mself alone, but for all his fellow soidiers ai~o. They form one army, and the :!• c- ccss of one is the success of the other. 10. ''And on my behalt, that u*: terance n-.ay be given unto mc in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the rivstery of ihe gospel, 20, for which I am an am- zassador in ch:iiiis; that in it T may speak boldly, as I ought to sp :!ik. (See Acts i. 29.) If Pa'jl ever be- came weak in 1 is prei.;hing. his iife- work was ove;-. The chains to which the apostle re'^trs w 're these which which coupled his ri/' t wrist to the left wrist of a soldier who contin'ta-1 ly stayed n^'uT him d-n fr.g his TIo- nirir. imprismir.cnt. Th.' fact that le vas in chan.s did n-t .ancel tr.e fact that he v~as also '111 ambassador of God. Preserving Milk Writes the Detroit News. â€" Slilk, charged with oxygen somewhat in the fashion that soda water is charged with carbonic acid gas, may mark the next conquest of the chemists in their unending war on destructive bacteria. Milk treated by this preservative process, developed by Dr. Holius of Frankfort-on-Main, has been ship- ped in experimental (|Uantities to South .Africa and back to .Amster- dam, with no change in taste, the nourishing qualities or chemical con- sistency, the trip taking two months. The process has engaged the in- terest of our Commerce Department which has examined it sufficiently to say without (lUalificStion that it makes po.ssible the transportation of milk over great distances without the expense of pasteurization, re- frigeration or condensing. Dozens of scientists, at meetings in recent years, have indicated that the trend in scientific thought as it affci'ts everyday life is strongly to- ward exploration of the possibilities in the chemical field. -A process which would do away with or mod- ify the vast machinery by v hich sa common a commodity as milk is shipped from place to place un- spoiled wculd surely work a revolu- tion in our economy. News Executive Returns As Shinto Expert Liberty, Lost in a Subway, Finds Freedom From Storage Rooms- Bidding was brisk tor this gilt Statue of Liberty, 11 Inches high, which was absont-mindcdiv loft la a Now iork subway by its owuer. She came to light at auction of subway's lost and found department aud found An Advance Criticism On the Autumn Salon Workers hanging paiulings in the W.lti exhibition Duildin^^s for llie Paris, l•^â- at: r. Aii.uir.n Sn'on di:;cii.--.s tho merits of the various works of art as they get a new slant 011 them whiio lisiiii; lloor a« their lunch table. Can:ida Playing Her Part Abroad â€" Gâ€" a Here are Canadian delegates in Euroiio attending sonie of the Important ineetiugs that have been poliig on. Left to right. Dr. W. A. Uiddell, Canada's permanent delegate to the League of Nations; Dr. O. D. Sliel- ton, Uudersecretar ' of State tor Foreign Affairs; Col. C. P. Vanier, adviser In State Department; Paul Mai'tin, M.P., for Essex West, who attended the You th Conference, Senator Dandurand. J. W. T. .Mason, for year.s noted as foreign ;iffairs >x|!ert 01 lliu United Press, pictured as he arrived in ^'an Prancisco with Mrs. Xlaaoii after sp(â- ll,!iu^J a year in .lapun studying Shintoism. VVritsr of Sea I hriller Arrives With Wite Wiiliam Mrl'r*'. f.:i!ious au'Llior of soa talcs, pit us llicy arrived in New York City on :?. luriu. wiih M.S. .McKee 5. Washi'KViMi Laboring to Halt Forest Fires Tills scene of Ion shows Imw i:ivi nicri ha''.'! a forcsi ll:'<- on liall'inllo from in Cedar I'.ivcr watershed i-c:ir Sis:ti;c. W.is!!. Thoy arc cnrryin.e; gasoiine for walfip; nipt, am! o;';. r equipment up stcf,) slope: (right). Sr.rviv.cr cf Wreck .>t^5*H>r M. Le Gonidec, the sole survivor of lUe ill-fated arctic expedition lica-" 1 by Dr. Charcot, famous French explorer. Is pictured with hi-* wlfn afte.- arriving iu Brest, Kraiico, from Kakjavick, Iceland, where ship sank.