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^unbap Retool LESSON X SERVING BY PERSONAL DEVOTION TO CHRIST Mark 14:3-11, 27-31. Goldeu Textâ€" She hath done what she could. Mark 14:8. THE LESSON IN ITS-SETTINO Time.â€" The supper at which Jesus was anointed took place on Saturday evpiilng, April 1, A.D. 30. The ar- raiiKement of Juda.s with the chief pri'^sts to betray the Lord was made on Tuesday of the next week, April 4, while Christ's foretelling of Peter's denial took place after the Lord's Supper on Thursday evening of that week, April ". riace. â€" The supper scene was in Bethany. All the rest of the incidents of this lesson took place in the city of Jerusalem. The exquLsite story of the anolnt;;ig of Jesus 4)y Mary Is also found in Matt. 26:6-13, and, with many added details, in John 12:2-8. 3. And while he was in Bethany. Bethany Is a little village on the east- ern slope of the Mount of Olives, just over the top, so that from Bethany the city of Jerusalem is not visible. It Is to-day a miserable village of some forty or fifty poor homes occupied by fanatical Moslems. Here was the home of Mary and Martha and their brother Lazarus. Undoubtedly Jesus found tlie home of his family tho most perfect place of retreat for quiet. Here, Jesus was pleased to reveal more of the human side of his com- plex nature than anywhere else. In the house of Simon the leper. We know nothing more about this man. It is most probable that Simon's was tho most commodious home In Beth- any, and could most easily accommo- date the larga number of gr.osts who were invited to this supper, and that Simon's home Is not to be identified with Mary's home, but that she was sin'ply serving or waiting upon the table in Simon's hause ou that occa- sion. Simon, of coruse, must have been healed of his 1-p-osy. As he sat at meat, there came a woman. John tells us her r .le, Mary, not to be contused with Mary the mother of .-US, or with Mar. Magdalene. Hav- ing an alabaster cruse. The alabaster mentioned in the Scriptures is gener- ally known as Oriental alabaster, to distinguish it from the modern min- eral called by ths sam name. It was usually,^ crystallir â- , stalagmitic rock or carhbnate of lime, and was of a semi-traiisparent naturj. The name is connecad 'th the town of Alabastrou »â- ' ^ -v^, wV -â- re the stone was quar- ried. "Jt was highly esteemed for making-imall perfume bottles or oint- ment vijies L illed alabastra. Of piie rrd, ve"y costly. frag- rant East Indian plant belonging to tlir^ genus '.'â- 'leriana . 'Ids a juice of deli.iOHs odor used Sit':er pure or mix- ed by the anciento. An Act of Pure Love And she ' â€" ke s cruse aud pour- ed it over his ' id. In the hot and stifltng dim '- !' was grateful and re- freshing, and to anoint one's guests was an ordin;' â-  -o tesy. The sisters had often pondered 'low they could sho â-  their grat/ude for all he had been ani all that he had do 3 for t'aem. He had h^a'sd Simon, and had given the sisters and their brother, th,' hope of 3aven, by winning their soulo to himself, he '>i ' shown how truly he wag the Messiah, by bringing back L--irus from the grave. Mary was left to give their ' and grati- tude express' m. This act was purely volintary on Mary's part, and certain- ly arose only from â-  de love for the faviour. 4. But there were some that had indignation am^ng themselves, saying. To N.hat purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made? We are told by John that 'he leader in this criti- cism of Mary's beautiful act was Ju- das. When we are thinking of hu- man love and the charm of human personality, it is ii.congruous, it is a desecration, to introduce the thought of silver and gold. These things can- not be weiohed. They are v.' Tt we may call the poet of lite. False Yardsticks 5. For this ointment might have been sold for above three hur 'red shi:lir>gs, and g' to the poor. And they muruiured against her. The word here translated "shilling," as we have noti'il in a previous lesson, is tho word "denarius," which is the equivalent 04 bout seventeen cents, and was the wage for a day' • labor in the time of our Lord. Our false measuring of things by a materialis â-  yardstick will yield when money Is involved to the most degrading and dishonorable tempj.ations. 6. But Jesus said. Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a pood work on me. It should be care- fully observed that, as far as the re- cord tells us, Mary sa! I nothing In de- fense of her own act. Mer act was , a good work, one which possessed true , moral '.. ^suty. The goodosa ot the »ct lay In the grateful love which It displayed. 7. For ye ha , the poor alwa i with ' you, and whensoever ys wit! ye can do * them good: but me ye have not al- â-  ways. They Helped Forge the New Anglo-French Alliance All She Could 8. She hath done what she could. Tliis is sometimes t 'en to mean that, while it may not have been inch that Mary did, yet she did what she was able to do. She had done all that she Could. She hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying. Mary an- ointed the Lord, 1th the presenti- ment of, as W3ll as with the spirit of and divinely beautiful sympathy with, that death itself. Her action was en- tirely a prophetic one. She was coa- scio-'s of what she did. 9. And verily I say untd you, Wljere- soover the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be s;)oken of for a memorial of her. Mary's act to Jesus was the one memorial of the festive scene, the thing which did "ot pass away. It will thing which did not pass away. Mark 14: 10, 11. 10. And Judas Is- cirlot, he that was one of the twelve, went away unto 'lie chief priests, that 1- . might deliver him unto them. 11. And â-  «y, when they heard it, were felad, and promised to g've him ^oney. And he sought how he might conve- niently deliver him unto them. Notice that Judas Iscarlot is even here at this time, when his aw'ul sin about to be introduced, still numbered among th3 twelve apost'33. Judas deliberate- ly went to the " ief priests with the intenticn of betraying the Lord. The proposal came from him, not from the priests. As Matthew tells us, they gave him thirty pieces of silver, which wns ihe equivalent of about one-third of the COS. of the nard with which Mary anointed the L04J. Living For Self 27. And Jesus saith unto them. All ye shall be offended. The disciples will be trapped by what will happen to Je- sus; it will upset them completely. For it is written, I will smite the shepherd, ai.d tho sheep shall be scat- tered abroad. This prophecy is found in Zech. 13:7. The shepherd here is, of course, the Lord Jesus. The sheep are his disciples. Fulfillment of this prediction is recorded in verse 50 of chapter. 28. Howbeit after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee. The I - ' 'ere declares that death will not be able to hold him, and that the shameful departing of the disciples from their Lord In an hour when he needed them will not mean their per- manent separation from him or he from tliem; they will be forgiven, they will be restored. 29. But Peter said unto him. Al- though all shall be offended, yet will not I. The words of Peter here are nothing less than sheer boasttulness. 30. And Jesus saith unto him. Verily I say unto thee, that thou to-day, even this night, before the cock crow twice, shalt deny me thrice. The crowing of the cock is not some casual crow- ing of some individual cock. Two crowings were diotinguished as time marks, one near midnight, the other just before dawn. Peter denied the Lord within four hours after his em- phatic assertion that nothing could ever persuade him to leave the Lord's side. 31. But he spake exceeding vehe- mently, It I must die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner also said they all. They were all sin- cere, but none of them knew his own weakness. A-C New High Commissioner greatly reduced, though there had not been much change in tha ges- eral death rate. Obtaining of sufl- cient supplies of insulin was beeoqu ing a problenu Canadians Travel Most Impatiently SUppinc Companies Say They're Always In A Scramble to Get Off When a Boat Docka Premier Edouard Daladier (left), and the French Foreign Minister, Georges Bonnet, are shown on the steps of the French Embassy in London as they arrived to weld a new and stronger militaLy partnership with England. Trans-Pacific Air Service Interests Canada Vitally !S- Mr. King Reveals Steps for Linking Canada, New Zealand â€" Islands Required â€" Britain, Australasia and U.S. Are Dickering Over Ownership. Negotiations with respect to owner- ship oc certain islands in the Pacific Ocean are now being carried on as one of the preliminary steps towards es- tablishing an air service between Can- ada and New Zealand, the House of Commons was informed last week by Prime Jlinister King. Trans-Canada Is Link Though Canada does not figure di- rectly in the negotiations, the Domin- ion is vitally interested since the Trans-Canada Air Lines will provide the connecting link between the Atlan- tic and Pacific services and will even- tually be part of the Empire scheme for an around-the-world service. The negotiations, the prime minister said, are being carried on between Great Britain, New Zealand and Aus- tralia on the one hand and the United States on the other. The islands com- pose a portion of the Phoenix group and other islands lying between Hono- lulu and Australia. May Be Part-Owner Though the prime minister gave no details, expectations are that this country will be part owner la the Pa- cific service, just as it is a shareholder in the trans-Atlantic scheme. Flights of an experimental nature on the At- lantic route, which were started last summer, are to be resumed in the near future and it is believed that by fall the flying boats will be carrying mail and package freight. But it may b9 another year before passengers are carried. Mr. King made his brief statement in the House in answer to a question by W. R. MacDonald, Liberal, Brant- ford City, who quoted Lieut.-Col. A. J. Muirhead, undersecretary of air in the British Government, as saying that negotiations concerning an air route between Canada and New Zealand are now under way between the dominion and the United States. The prime min- ister said the negotiations yiere about the islands. Bringing Death To Dandelions Iron Sulphate May Be Helpful But Care Required Insulin Hard to Get If a root is not pulled completely, place a little ammonium sulphate, common table salt, gasoline or coal oil in the hole. After weeds are des- troyed by hand digging it is import- ant to start immediately growing a strong turf where the weeds existed to prevent new ones gaining a foot- hold. The chief objection to the use of strong chemicals on lawns is that they also destroy the grass as well as the weeds. Iron sulphate has been found ef- fective for dandelions. The chief drawback to its use has been the stain which it leaves upon clothing, walks and buildings or stonework. When it is used it should be diluted IVi pounds to a gallon of water. The solution should then be strained through several layers of cheese cloth to remove grit. It is best ap- plied with a pressure sprayer. One gallon will cover 300 fpet of turf if properly distributed. One application of iron sulphate will not completely rid a lawn of dandelions unless they are very small. Two or three sprayings are required. The first just as the plants come into bloom in the spring. Sub- sequent applications should be at in- tervals of about two weeks. Iron sulphate will kill white clover and may injure, permanently, bent grass. Dr. Charles H. Best, associate of Sir Frederick Banting in the discov- ery of Insulin, told the English speaking union in Toronto recently that more than a million diabetics throughout the world were receivirg treatment with insulin now. Diabetes among younger people was being Of all people, Canadians are about the moat impatient when it comes to getting oft ships. This Is the consen- sus of poinlou among steamship peo- ple. The average Canadian forgeta about immigration and customs, and thinks it's just like getting off a train. Inquiry leads to the sud conviction that Canadians are cither not very worldly, or hopelessly land-lubbers. This is speaking generally, for season- ed travellers are the same the world over. In Agony of Suspense It is notable that when a ship docka, the experienced Britisher does nof make a dash for the gang-plank. He lets the Canadians put ou their over- coats, wraps and furs, grab all tha loose parcels they want, and stand around to swelter for perhaps halt ao hour. Meanwhile the Englishman watches the scene, as if he were not getting off at all. Then, when the less experienced travellers, flushed and tired and hot, start to move off, ha leisurely picks up his things and goes. On the quay, the Canadian seems to think he can clear his baggage, ship- ping men say, in about one minute. It he can't, then â€" ''there ought to be a law" doing something to somebody, be- cause he can't. It is noteworthy, say shipping men, that Europeans take an hour's delay as if it were merely a cloud passing across the sun. To the Canadian. It is an agony of suspense. CHARACTER FROM HANDWRITING CASES FROM MY NOTEBOOK By LAWRENCE HIBBERT (Graphologist and Psychologist) Mining Firms Buying Farms Near Port Arthur â€" GoM Rush Is Spurred by Sensational Finds I Sir Gerald Campbell succeeds Sir Fiancis Floud as High Commissioner in Canada for the United Kingdom. Austria Is Told To Speed Ahead LINZ, Germany. â€" Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, begin- ning a week's tour of Austria to in- augurate various industrial projects, speaking here told Austrians their proverbial easy-going mode of life must end now during working hours. Goering, No. 2 Nazi and head of Germany's four-year economic self- sufficiency plan, turned the first srade of soil on a site near the Danube where greater Germany's most im- portant steelworks, to be called the "Hermann Goering Works," will be erected. The plant is designed to have a yearly production untimately of 4,000,000 tons. Mutt Prove Their Diligence On his arrival the field marshal was handed bread, wins and ham by the enthusiastic population, these being the chief products of the dis- trict. Goering told his weleomcrs: "The Austrian four-year plan is not intended merely to check tem- porary unemployment but to lay permanent foundations for a better and happier life for coming genera- tions. ".\ustrian» must now prove to the world that their proverbial slovenli- ness is a lie." Sensational gold values found in diamond drilling to shallow depth have been followed by a rush of gold miners and prospectors into the Township of Gorhani, nine rriiles north of Port .A.rthur. The drilling was done by Gorham Gold Syndicate, headed by Dr. J. D. Wright, well-known geologist, and going to a depth of about 60 feet under a good surface showing gave an average of $38.20 uncut and $19.40 cut across nearly four feet for a length of 300 feet. Some of the assays' bore cutting were given as high as eight ounces. The syndicate has been re-organiz- ed as a company, Gorham Gold Mines Limited, fully financed for drilling to a depth of 300 feet, to- gether with shaft, lateral work and further exploration. Meanwhile the Lakehead Gold Mines Limited, ad- joining, has been financed for a sim- ilar program. The Universal Exploration Syndi- cate is doing likewise, while other interested parties are buying up all the available farm lots in the vicin- ity. The territory was originally pros- pected by "Hard Rock" Bill Smith, whose original discoveries in Little Long Lac area were the present Hard Rock and Macleod-Cockshutt Mines. Formation is described as similar to Little Long Lac, including the banded iron formations so favorable to gold depositions in this territory. Having slept for 865 hours, the wife of a railway official of Sara- jeyo, Yugoslavia, awoke as if noth- ing had happened and asked fur a drink. In recent articles I have quoted ac- tual cases from my mailbag, in the hope that other readers, with perhaps similar problems of their own, might derive some help and guidance. Here is a very poignant case that I dealt with some time ago. I received a letter from a girl who was not quite 18 years old, but who had been mar- ried for 19 months and had a little baby girl. She said: "My husband is serving a term in jail tor stealing. But ha Is not a bad man; he only stole to provide for me and the baby. I send you his writing. Can you give me any ray of hope tor our future? I love my husband so much." Her husband's writing showed that he was not as stable as he might be; he was too prone to take the line of least resistance. However he could overcome this. And he had certain tal- ent potentialities. I made suggestions for making use of them. Later on I had the satisfaction of hearing that this little family had re- moved to a town many miles away from their former home, and the hus- band was in a steady position and accepting hii responsibilities. That wife's faith in her husband was jus- tified, but it was a handwriting analy- sis that blazed the trail that he waa able to follow successfully. Mr. G. writes: "If handwriting an- alysis is so helpful, could it not be util- ized by business?" j You would be surprised, Mr. Q., if you knew how much handwriting an- alysis IS used by business undertak- ings. There are not a few large firms who use it a very good deal. Insur- ance companies make use of it in the checking of applications at times, and' other firms take advantage of it when tilling important positions. Do you wish to know what your own handwriting reveals? Have you a dear sweetheart, friends or relatives you'd like to know more about? Send speci- mens ot the handwriting you want an- alysed, enclosing 10c for EACH speci- men. Send with stamped addressed en- velope to: L. Hibbert, Room 421, 73^ West Adelaide St., Toronto, Ontario. Please send as lengthy specimens a* possible. Explorer's Son Is Wed In England Mr. Edward .A. A. Shackleton, of London, England, and his bride, formerly Miss Betty Marguerite Homan, daughter of the late Captain C. E. Homan and Mrs. Homan, of Burley, New Forest, Hampshire, England, leaving St. Paul's Church, Knightabridgc, London, following their wedding which took place on .April 27th. The bridegroom youngest son of the late Sir Ernest Shackleton, famous Arctic explorer, and the late Lady Shackle- ton, recently completed a lecture tour in the L'nited States and Canada, an' was the guest for a short time cf Their l''.xcell.'nc»f s thi» Governor- General and the Lady Tweed.smuir, at Government House, Ottawa. Mr. Shackleton is a nephew of the well known artist, Miss Kathleen Shackleton, at present in Edmonton.