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V V i II. Sund ay School Lesson i««i»«»»»' I » m ti j »«â- Â»Â»Â»Â«>»»»««•»•«< i »«» r LESSON I. SERVING OTHER RACES. Mark 7:24-37. Golden Text. â€" God is no respecter of persona. Acts 10:34. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.â€" Summer, A.D. 29. rUce.â€" The miracle sf healing the daugrhter of the Syrophoenician wo- man occurred near the I'Ordeis of Tyre and Sidon, which lould not uavo been far from the Mediterran- ean coast in northern Palpal 'ne; the healing of the deaf and durub man occurred somewhere in Decapolis, a territory south of the Sea of Galilee â-  on both sides of the Jordan River. 24. Xnd from thence he arose, and , wrjt away into the borders of Tyre V anil Sidon. rrom Capernaum Jesus went to t the Phoenician border. And he en- tered into a house. It might easily , have been, and probably was, the house of a friend. " .-Vnd would have ^ no man know it; and he could not be hid. Of coarse, if Jesus wanted to, hd could hav6f actually renioved hiui- ,. »elf suddenly out of the sight of all ^ men, but this would not have been according to the self-imposed limita- tions of his humanity. The true dis- ciple cannot be hid any more than 'lis Master could. In a truly Christ- ian life Christ cannot be hid â€" words a^id actions and abstinences alike t«ll of him. " Of A Different Race 25. But straightaway a woman, *rhose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and -â- 'ell down at his feet. A.0, *i0w tiic woman was a Gieok, -.» Syrophoenician by race. The »^ word here translated "a Greek'' was ^ "used by the Greeks to designate any Gentile, owing to the wide dif- V fuai'jn of the Greek race and langu- igf:.'' "Syrophoenician" is a more ^ particular designation of the race to which she belonged. It denotes that '* part of Phoenicia which belonged to ^ Syria. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out ,, of her daughter. How long before this woman had heard about tho Lord ^ Jesus we do not know, but slie had heard of him in such a way that she » was led to believe that he had power to deliver her possessed daughter '• from the terrible mastery of the evil being who indwelt her. â- Â» The woman would never have come .^ to Jesus had she believed that there was any other hope at all for her daughter's being restored to normal life again. The Lord cam.e to do the things that no one else on earth has ever been able to do. and to deliver us from those powers which are too great for men themselves to defeat. 27. .A.nd he s<\id unto her. Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs. Jesus sought to deepoii within the woman that humility which is the condition of exaltation, and to rcjuler yet v^aitu- er that motherly love which had op- ened her eyes to love divine. Doubt- less, had hor faith been less strong, her humility less doop. her love less self-forjTctful. he would hav" dealt more tenderly with her. so as not to "break the bruised reed"; but. these tiualities being ah eadv svell de- veloped, he braced her character with the cold yet wholes'. ire wind of seem- ing discouragement. "The broad of the children" is the nimistry of Jesus and the Mossing hi- dispi-iises. This bread is for the chosen nation, tlio Jews. They re- cline at table while Josus dispenses his blessuigs to them. Any little pet dog m the house is not allowed to lie on one of the couches as if he, too «;ere a child. He is given food in ditferent way; ho is h! drop «. r » a 'o is allfiwei! rj p."..'-- up anything tho children may whilr eaiinic at table. A Beautiful Reply 28. But she answered and saith unto him. Yea. Lord; even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. The woman's answer is wonderful in every way. Whole- fceartedly she accepts what Jesus says about the arrangement of his Messi.nnic mission as contined to the chosen nation. She understands and consoms. She does not even a<k why God did as he did. The bcauty (>f the woman's reply is that she keeps entirely to the figurative lan- Kuagf of Josus. With Jesus' own words she renews h. r appeal, certain that he woul.t n»t deny what theoe words hoW out jl/. her. 2t». .\nd he said unto her. For thi-t »-'yn.g go thy way. The groatness of thi!. woman's faith was in sul>mi<?- iively accepting and iti rightlv «n- dcrsland.n> what Jesus said about hi^ Messianie mission. Kaith is grent in the measure of the reliance it place<« on the word of fhrist. The demon » gone out of thy daughtei. The perfect tense of the verb not only >mplu-s that the demon is now al- wady out of the girl, but that he had r^ne out before thi.s. ;'»'. .And she «>â- !<' away unto her »««^p. amd foiwa- tlt<> .chTTtfiaTr upon the bei. and tlu- demon gone out. .\ C Jesus never uttered any word bat with power. Jesus has never made any promise to any one but when that person hna fulfilled the condl- tiuns involved in the promise, the promise has been kept. Deaf and Dumb M«a 31. Ar.d 2"^in he ^esr ou^ fro!!i the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Gali- lee, through the midst of the bord- ers of Decapolis. 32. And they briny unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech. Deaf- ness and dumbness not only often oc- cur together in the same person, but dumbness is often caused by deaf- ness, especially if the deafness is con- genital, because one who has never heard words articulated would hard- ly be expected to know how to articu- late words himself. And they be- seech him to lay his hand upon him. 33. And he took him aside from the multitude privately. Christ's pur- pose was that the man apart from the tumult and interruptions of the crowd in solitude and silence mi'^ht b« mora receptive of depn and last- ing impressions. And put his fingers into his ears. This was true sign language. And he spat, and touch- ed his tongue. Thus, before the Lord actually healed him, the man's at- tention was drawn to the two great physical handicaps under which he was suffering'. 84. And looked up t& heaven. He sighed. And saith unto him, Eph- phatha, that is. Be opened. The word of command is directed to both the mouth and the ears of the man, xor both need to ue uribarreJ. Clirlat is the Great Opener. He makes our faculties function. He realizes our powers for use. Facultie* Restored 35. And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue v.-«,? loosed, and he spake plain. There are only two miracles recorded by Mark alone, this and the recovering of sight to the blind man (S:22-26), and both are peculiar in that the cures were effected, not by a word, but by a process. The deaf-mute may well have received a spark of faith before the almighty word was spoken, but it was not his faith that enabled Jesus to heal him. It was solely the power and will of Jesus. The Old Testament prophets announced that the Messiah, when he came, would be able to open the eyes of the blind and unstop the eais of I'ne deaf (Isa. 35:5; 42:18). S6. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged thein, so much the more a great deal they published it. It is quite possible that they misunder- stood his motives, and ?c' it down to a modest shrinking from the place and popularity, which, in their eyes, w-as so well determined: and this con- ception gave them an additional im- pulse to do what their natural irt- cliliatioJis prompted. 37. And they were beyond meas- ure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to spaak. Jes::s' miracles of healing prophesy to us of a future world, in which there will be no deaf and biitid. and, in fact, no more sickness and no more pain, not a world of disembod- ied spirits who need no eyes and ears, but a world of men. who are redi'cu'ed both in body and soul. The King's Daughters Make A Tour Of London I.eaiiing opera singers of Russia are helping film Dzerzhinsky's opera "Quiet Don" in Leningrad and the composer is adapting the opera to the screen as well as writing new music for additional scenes. Back \t Post In Rome Princess Elizabeth, left, and Princess Margaret Rose of England, leave Westminster Abbey, one of the stops on their recent educational tour of London. Queen Mary acted as guide. Canada's New Front Door Opens Across The Arctic n- Dominion Enjoys Unique Situa^ tion At Link Between North America and Asia Bv the Short- ett Route Across the Pole. T I..:,. British Ambas- â- sMtdrtr u.> Italy, returns to Kora* to begin Anglo-Italian conferences, af- ter having discussed tho situation in Kuuipe with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in London. Canada and Russia are neighbors across the Arctic Ocean. It Is less than 2,000 miles from the Canadian mainland to the Siberian coast; and not more than 1,200 miles from the tip the northernmost Russian island, or of Canada's nortUeramost island to about as far as from Toronto to Win- nipeg. But this is not all, writes D. M. LeBourdais in the Canadian Maga- zine: the shortest distances betw^een Canada â€" or the United States, for that matter â€" and any part ot Europe or Asia are northward. Nearer World Centre Think of what that means to us in Canada! It means that we are nearer to the coming world centre thAii ths people ot the Vnited States. Looking at the globe, with the XortU Pole and Arctic Ocean in the centre, we see Canada on one side of this smallest of the oceans and Northern Europa and Northern Asia on the other, while the United States. Southern Europe and Southern Asia occupy a zone farther removed from the centre. Thus to fly from the United States to Eur- ope or Asia by the shortest route, one must cross Cauadu aud the .\rctic or sub-Arcti': regio'is. Most ot the obstacles to successful flying across the .\rctic are mechan- ical, aud apply lo flying anywhere. Eventually these obstacles will be overcome: and then the Arctic will have the inestimable advantage ot shoiler distances. The airplane is about to change the shape of the world. And Canada is toward the hub! From Vancouver to Liverpool, across Canada north ot Hudson Bay, and theuce by way ot Baffin Island, Groeuland and Uelund. is about 4,300 miles; by rail and steamer, via Mont- real, it is 6.10O miles. Krom New York to Leningrad, across Labrador. Green- land and leelaud. is also about 4.300 miles, while the distance by ship would be about o.-lOO miles. From Liv- erpool to Yokohama, across the .\rc- tic. the dis' ince Is about 6.500 miles. while by steamer and rail, via Mont- real and Vancouver, the distance is 9.91'S miles. When the time comes, as inevitably it will, that planes can be counted upon, as a matter ot course, to stand the_ daytOHlay strain of longdistance tlylni;: and when a sutficieut number ot ladio-equlpped meteorological sta- lions are est:\blish^?d along rha way. flying across the Arctic will become as commonplace aa event as it now Is to fly betweea Edniouton .ind Ak- lavik, or between London and Paris. ridironed With Air Routes Then wtU Canada's back door be- come its front door. Thea may Cana- dians, who for so long have gazed enviously southward toward the sup posedly green fields of the Uaited States, turn their e.ves northward and for the first time survey with satisfac- tion the broad expanse ot their own country. It does not requu'e a prophet to predict that within the lifetime ot !i;ost of you who read these lines the Canadian North will b« gridlroiisd with air routes connecting United States and Canadian points with im- portant points in .\sla and Europe. The shortest route will win la ths end! •••â- â€¢â€¢Â»Â«Â»i IS THIS YOUR BIRTHDAY? By A. R. WEIR What the Start Foretell for those bom on April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 8 and 7. Zodiac Sign. Aries. You would make a good auctioneer, desisner. promoter or salesniau. Your lucky binhstones are the amethyst and tho diamoud. Socially the year Is not ot the brightest but from a busl- ne*4 standpoint is a successful and prosperous period. If you do not live up to your highest Ideal, lift yourself above mundane things, you will be ex- acting and jealous. Restrittions aud disputes with older people annoy you. You do not stop at anything, dilHcul- tles (to not deter you, yoa flght your -«(a.v throHgh. For c^tnplefe birthday horoscope for any birlh dale In the year, send lOo to .\. R. Weir, TS Adelaide St. W , Toronto. Please prii^t yi.nir ntme and address plahily. Duke of Windsor Has Big Income It Is Claimed He Draws $280,000 a Year â€" Duchess Thought Chateau "Too Regal" For Them. PARIS. â€" Before the Duke and Duchess chose tho Chateau de la Maye, a modern structure of laditfer- ent Louis XIU style, it had been ex- pected they would settle down In onv of the fine historical chateaiu that abound in the viciuity ot Paris. For a time it was expected they would take the Chateau de Grosbois. which was given by Napoleon to Mar- shal Bertier. but the duchess, bavin^g gone through the magnificent rooms and extensive grounds, declared the setting was 'too regal" tor "l^avid and myself, " Although they often complain about mouey. the Windsors are quite well oft. They received a lump sum ot about $-1,5.00,000 in consideration ot a transfer to King: George ot Sandriug- ham and Balmoral, which their father had left to the Duke ot Windsor in his will. The duke receives an annuity ot $125,000, so his total income is about $2SO.O00 a year. How Bee Stings Can Give Relief The belief has loag been prev-,ilent that the sting of a bee is helpful to sufferers from rheiiniatisiu and some experiments have been made to see if there is any basis for the belief. Indications were found that it might be oC some aid. An extended series of tests were made at the New York Hospital and Cornell University Medi- cal College by l)r. Jacques Kroner and a number ot associiites in which an extract ot l)ee venom was used in treating lOO cases ot rheumatoid arth- ritis. Weekly Skin Injection* The investigators report in 'The .Annals ot Internal Medicine" that seventy-three ot the patients showed improvement, thlrtytlve of thetu markedly Improved and thirty-eight mcMlerately improved. They reported a definite and lasting relief ti-om pain and swelling. .\ diluted extract of the veuom was injected into the skin week(> The greatest improvement was found in ttie cases that •continued the treatment fOr the longest perlcxls, the loosest being about Bre months The nature of the aotive material in the venom h.is Moi been determined. The extract used was nuide by Dr. .\iignst Wolff, ot B!»!ef^Md, (lermany. I' ^^ Around -^^ The Did The picture heading this week's column is that of J.it:mie Allen, hero of the new Kiddies se-ial heard from coast to coast. The serial is clean, exciting and thrilling â€" yet without the sour taste of murders and cop- killing bandits. The producers of the Jimmie Allen serL-il h*v9 been saluted by parent-teacher organiza- tions throughout Canada and child psychologists have added their sap- port to this program. Jimi.ue Allen is heard Monday throuj^ Friday over CBL. Toronto and CKLW, Windsor, at 3:45 p.m., and over CBO, Otta- wa at 6 :O0 p.m. Goo-Goo Eyes Eddie Cantor's new series started idau .•i^-'nuaj j.Ok V a..iw» \- -ga- â€" ^-- RADIO HEADUNERS OF THE WEEK By FRANK DENNIS i The ne*' show. Cantor's Carnal Cir«r- vaa will featur* the famoM goo-goo ayed comedian, Deanna Durbin, Ed- gar Fairchild's orchestra with the fa- moia two piano team of Fairchild and Carrol, Benny Goodman's yuai- tet, Bert Gordon, the Mad Risaiaa and Walter King announcing. Tha time T:30 to 3:00 p.m. Mangled Melodramas, Professor Boner's new show, is a new feature on the local airwaves. It's a pretty fair performance, and Joseph, tha sound man, does make a lot of wrony noises. 15 prizes are offered listen- ers for writing in and giving a titla to the i>lay. Each prize consists of six pounds of biscuiu . . . The sta- tionâ€" CBL, 7:45 to 8:00 Sundays. Ths picture of the boy-accordion- ist in that of Eddie AUen, who wa^ recently heard on the Dr. Jackson Airbrealt Show. Eddie is one of th* finalists that will compels for tha trip to Xew York prize on April ist broadcast. The judges will certainly have a tough time trying to select a winner because the calibre of the tal- ent .presented on these programs is high, and one sounds as good as tha other. However, listeners will hava their say in the niatt^ir â€" for they send ir. votes. If it is » tie â€" tha judges will step in â€" otherwise, ira what the votes say. .-Virbreaks is heard every Friday over CFRB. To- ronto. 3:30 to 9:00. Million Volt X-ray Kills Cancer Forms It Is Discovered Bv Boaton Scien- tists, But Results Cannot B« Considered At Cure. Physicians who have been treating cancer patients under a million volt X-ray ntachiae, tha only one of its typ« in the world, report "surprising results'* during the first six months of e.xperimentation. Some Forms Vaaislt Under the treatr.ien:, doctors at Huntington Memorial Hospital, Bos- ton, reported in the Xew England Medical Journal last week, certain forms of cancer had been found to disappear completely. They emph*.- sized that their results could not be considered as a care and stated only that on the basis of 100 cases treat- ed, in certain types of cancer the symptoms had di>appeared and tha sufferers appeared well today. They hope that ultimately treat- ments as intensive as those given with i-adiuin will be possible, and are looking forward to the development of a 2,500,000 volt X-ray machine. The treatment would be quicker and cheaper, they said, and pointed out that there is not enough radium to meet requirements. Permanence Ittc<^atte The doctors cited the results a"riiieved with their r.rsc case, a pati- ent i'.vsa -'only a few weeks to live" when brought to the hospital. Tha patient showed improvement und«^ the powerful machine, tliey said, and â- â€¢today is clinically free from can- cer." â-  Whether the cure will be parman- ant is a question the physicians do not expect they will be able to ans- wer for vears. February Trade Records Decline OTTAW.\. â€" The National Reve- nue Department has issued figures showing Canada's e.xport trade ia February dropped more than $14,-* 000,000 in the yearly comparison though the figure for the i^rst 11 months of the fiscal year ending on March 3 1 showed a rise of more than S'23,00O.000 above that of the cor- responding previous period. "The t^.gure for February was 160,- 155,-102 compared to $74,791,596 a year before, Tha 11 months' export trade was worth $996,009,201 com- pared with $972,555,377. Russia has 104 children's theatres. Belgium now has 05.000 motor- cycles. « Wages lost through sickness in England last year totalled $500,- OOO.OOO. Your Handwriting Tells The Truth About Your Character I Bv LAWRENCE HIBBERT (Pjyi:hologi4l Character-.-^nalyst and Lecturer) H.A.VE YOU .A PLEASING PERSON-A.LITY 7 Personality js a charmed posses- sion that we alt seek, t)ut which few of us acquire. Yet most of us have it within our power to gain the cher- ished circle â€" if we go to a iittle trouble to attain it. The first step is to go on an ex- ploration-^ -discover yourself; "take yourself apart" and and find out what makes you go. Be honest about It. If you aren't, you are rather like the man who cheats when playing that solo card game. "Patience" â€" he merely cheats himself I Find out what positive qualities you possess, such as generosity, sin- cerity, friendliness, honour, loyalty, thoughtfulness. leadership. Then dissect your negative points mercilessly. Are you slothful, pro- crastinating, malicious, bad-temper- ed, sarcastic, domineering (or the obverse trait, which is equally un- pleasant â€" .sycophantic), brutal, sel- tish or boaitful? It is now a simple matter to sscor- tain which positive qualities need to be strengthened, and conversely, which negative traits you hope to el- iminate. Then set to «.v'?v â- ':: ti'.oi:v a'ul persevere. The weak link ... .;. - v.^.,!^.- < that, with the best will in the world, few of us ar«- fundamentally able to see ou«sclve»-as others see us -as we rea'ly are. We are so prone to deceive ourselves, often quite ur.in- teniiorrlly. Some time aao I had a letter fi\>m a man who sent me his wife's writing, with these remarks: "Frankly we seem to have reached a point where our happiness and home are at stake. As a last chatice T am hoping your analysis of my wife's character will open her eyes to w'nat she is doing and encourage her to change for tha becter." When I examined the two writings I quickly saw that instead of the wifs being to blame, the contrary was the case. The husband was a ratlwr domineering person with an over- powerirs sense of self-importance. He could see no point but his own. It was easy to see how frjct^T was rife in that home. 1 heard later fro«! the wife. She told m».' that my analysis was a ter- rific shock to her husbar.d. and al- though he was unable to transform himself completely, at least he modi- fied his character t-^ a point where their domestic fetitity was raore or less restored. .\ handwritii\g analysis can help Yd" to develop a pleasant person- ality by revealing the truth about your character. Would you like a personaltv pre- pared analysis of your character %y thi« w<"lI-known writer? Perhape. too, yoti hav^ fri-'-d*. a «**'r**h-*rt* or relative wkote handwritina you'd liWe analyird. Enclote lOe for E.-VCH specimen (coin or poitat note pre- ferred) to help detray hand!ii«C ckarffe*. EncUse with ttamp^ a^ dreoed en»e!ope to: LaHreaci? Hi^ berl. Room 42!. 73 Wej» AdeUiJe St., Toronto, Ont. Replies will l>« forwarded as quickly as possible.