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EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1027 I’ ‘Re ft OUR CO'MiC SECTION Along the Concrete Improved Uniform 'niprnatiflna! Sundayfciioul T LessonT D (B y R E V . F. U M • 1 y B lb ll F I T E W A T E R , D.D.. In s titu t e ui I>»*A. C b lO lfO .) ( c). 11)27, W estern N ew spa per U nion .) Lesson for April 10 P E T E R ’S LESSO N IN TRUST LESSON T E X T — Matt. 14 22-3S. G O LD E N T E X T — Be o f good cheer. It is I; be not afraid. P R IM A R Y T O P IC — P eter Trusts Je sus. JU N IO R T O P IC — A H e lp in g Savior. IN T E R M E D IA T E A N D S E N IO R T O P IC— W hy P eter Failed. young pe o ple and a d u lt to p i c — Christ the E v e r-P res e n t Helper. The storm-tossed disciples on the sea at night are an example of the struggling followers of the Lord In the darkness of the present age, as they are tossed by the tempests of the evil one. I. The Dlsclplee on Toseed Sea (vv. 22-24). Stone T u rtle at the M ing Tomb», Nanking. (P r e p a r e d by th e N a tio n a l G eo gra p h ic OOI S ociety. W aah inlrton . D. C .) w THE FEATHERHEADS Climate by the Pound H ILE the eyes o f the west ern world have been turned during recent weeks toward Shanghai, headquarters for white soldiers and sullors and marines In Chinn, the footsteps of thousands of refugees, white and yellow, have been directed toward that same city, their hope of safety. Klangsu, the province In which Shanghui lies, Is one o f the most densely populated po litical units In the world. It Is only slightly lurger than Indiana, and even under normal conditions ten times ns many people live there ns Inhabit the Iloosler state. Chinese from all pnrts of the republic, speaking hnlf a dozen different dialects, and foreigners from all corners o f the globe make up the conglomerate mass o f humnnlty. Even the country districts are so congested that the largest farms In the province are little more thnn small family truck gardens to the American farmer. They seldom cover more than three or four acres. Klangsu Is the pioneer province of rnllrondlng In the Celestial empire. The first road was built I d 1876 from Shanghai to Woosung, a distance of 12 miles. But Klangsu owes much of Its development to its wafer routes be fore the railroad came, particularly to the Yangtze river and the Grand canal that flotvs nearly the entire length of the province. For hundreds of years the canal was filled with shipping and was the only means o f communication between the north and the south; but today much of the canal Is In ruins, due largely to (he construction o f a railroad along the route and the development of Klangsu river for navigation. Hun dreds o f small cnnnls branch off Into the hack country. They are tispd to Irrigate farms and ns highways, for most o f the roads outside the large cities nre wheelbarrow tracks. S h a n g h a i Is B ig a n d B u sy. 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There nre more than fifty cotton mills and numerous silk, rice and flour mills, nnd hundreds of large factories producing matches, cigarettes. Jewelry, pottery and ninny other articles. T.ylng In a protected location 12 miles up the Whnngpoo river, Shang hai Is one of the finest commercial ports In Chinn. As one approaches the harbor he sees nearly ten miles of docks stretching along the river front. Huge ocean going vessels from all parts of the world come and go almost In a steady stream, fast motor boats dnrt here nnd there through the harbor, nnd the shipping Industry nnd factories along the river front roar with activity. One could easily Imag ine himself entering a busy New Eng land port If It were not for the sing-- song chatter of orientals emanating from Chinese Junks and sampan* thnt dot the water nnd cluster about the looks. This hybrid city o f the East and West Is normally what many n trav eler finds l ’nrls Is supposed to be hut Isn’t— perpetually gay nnd enrefrpe. Europeans nnd Americana, forced by business or government assignments to live there on the other side of the world In a none too kindly climate, seem with one noeord to hnve deter mined to make the experience ns plens- int as possible. White men's working hours might hnve been framed by a visionary Socialist for the year 2066. In the piping times of pence many o f fice» open at ten o’clock, grant a rest period from twelve to two. and elose at four so thnt the harassed merchant and hanker nnd clerk may hurry away to club or casino or tennis court, golf link* nr houseboat for whnt Robert Louis Stevenson called “ the real busi ness o f life.“ The Bund, the water front thorough fare of occldontal Shanghai. I* nor mally crowded with prosperous, nn- hnrrled Westerners: nnd Bubbling Spring road o f an afternoon I* thronged with stylishly dressed men and women of leisure and fashionable equipages that wem'd do credit to Fifth avenue, the Champs Elysee or the King strasse In the days o f Vi enna’s glory The city I* thoroughly cosmopolitan. Perhaps no other city I of the world surpasses It In this re- i spect except Cairo. cities to be thrown open to western trade, one of the five “ treaty ports' established In 1842. British merchants who moved In during the next few years obtained a concession to man age their municipal affairs In their settlement. The French and American residents Joined In the nrrnngeinent hut later the French set up n munlcl polity of their own which Is main talned separately today. Residents of other nationalities hnve thrown In their lot with the British nnd Amor! cans, and today about 20 nations have arrangements with Chinn In connee tlon with trade and extraterritorial rights In Shanghai. By far the larger part o f the popu latlon of the entire urban group— Chi nose, French nnd International—that bears the name “ Shanghai.’’ Is Chi nesc. hut the concentration Is not greatest In the nnrrow-streetPd, dirty, smelly native city. So well have the foreigners governed their concessions thnt C h in ese have flocked to those sections. The International city Is es peelnlly a favorite residence for re tired Chinese officials from other parts of the country. It has become a mod el, too. In the matter o f street pave ments, sanitation nnd police methods, nnd since the revolution has been copied extensively hy Chinese cities In other parts of the country. After riding two hours north of Shanghai hv rallrond, through fertile, flat country to the Grand canal, one finds himself among five million more people of Klangsu within a radius of 40 miles o f Sooehow. Many of the people In the outlying districts nre engaged In poultry raising nnd even the city people take pride In their flocks, particularly ducks. Millions of Klangsu eggs thnt nre not locally eon sumed or shipped fresh are dried or frozen, and shipped all over the world. On the west o f the city are a hun dred beautiful lakes and the Great lake—sixty miles wide In some places — Is Just over the beautiful low ridge o f hills on the east, one of the few hilly spots In fertile, flat Klangsu. Other Large Cities Near By. For centuries Sooehow has been the principal Chinese silk market. But Its business Is not confined to silk nnd poultry, for In the bazaars that line the streets nnd even surround the temple of Ruddhn. one enn huv any thing from a bird rage to an outdoor haircut, or a good-for-everythlng pill Nearly all Sooehow streets that nre not Venetian style are narrow nnd are monopolized by ’rickshaws nnd wheelbarrows. I f one does not ride, one Is apt to get poked by the bars of a ’rickshaw. Nanking. Wnslh, Chlnklnng and Vnngchow are also thickly populated districts. Except Nanking these cities are all on the Grand canal. Each of them honst more than 100.660 Inhabitants. Nanking Is the capital of Klangsu and was capital of the cm t>lre In the Ming dynasty. It Is the largest walled city In the world, but only a small portion of the city Is now within the 21-mlle harrier. Nanking Is not comparable to Shang hat ns a commercial center, hut It boast* Its educational facilities and the development o f Chinese scholars. Public nnd private graded school*, nnd the Nanking university, support ed hy three American religious denom ination*. hnve offered courses In all branches o f education. A naval col lege Is also loentpd thpre. Scholars o f Nanking were holding civil service tests several hundred years before Columbus sailed for the W est Visitors to Nanking are at once at tracted to the fomh of the first em peror of the Ming dynasty. An ave nue. a mile long, approaching the tomb, commands „ splendid view o f the city At one end o f the avenue Is a tower containing a large Mack marble fur tie. the Chinese symbol o f long life On Its hack I* a marble tablet eulo gizing thp emperor who Is buried at the other Pnd o f the avenue. Be tween the tower and the tomb the avenue I* lined on both side with scnlptnre* o f elephant*, camels, lion* and tlge-s. facing one another, and now and then one sees an enormous statue of a great warrior standing as a sentlne' guarding the funeral way The tomb nnd avenue are decaying and the r-arMe statue* present a pe culiar night standing In a row In the middle o f a field. Stones are plied Th» Foreign Settlement». high on the elephants- hack*, thrown There are two Shanghais : the na- I there hv Chinese who believe If the tlve city, and the fom'gn concession*. stones rhr wn remain on the elephant Shanghai was one of the first Chinese I they will bring good luck. fV * the Storm- 1. They are sent across the sea by Christ (v. 22). “ Jesus constrained His disciples to get Into a ship.” Doubtless His rea son for this was to keep them from entanglement In the movement of the people to make Him King, for In John 6:14, 15, It Is shown that the people were so excited by the feeding of the •5,000 that they were about to make Illm King by force. 2. Christ dismisses the multitudes (v. 22). This may be taken as typical of His rejection by the nation whose rulers had already rejected Him. 3. Christ praying alone In the moun tain (v. 23). Temptation to earthly honor and power had come to Him, therefore He went to the Father In prayer for re lief and strength. The need of prayer Is greatest at such times. According to Mark 6:48 He saw from the moun tain the disciples tolling on the storm- tossed sea. II. Jesus W alking on the Sea (vv. 25-27). 1. It was In the fourth watch of the night (v. 25). He did not come to them Immediate ly. but waited till almost dawn. How ever, It was the darkest part of the night. Their physical danger was great, but no doubt their mental per plexity was gr er. They knew that the Lord had sent them, but why should they be In such straits If He sent them? The stormy sen Is no evi dence that the disciple Is not In the Lord’s appointed way. 2. The disciples alarmed at His com ing (v. 26). At the sight o f Him they cried out for fear. They said: “ It is a spirit." It was the coming of their best friend to deliver them from danger. 3. Jesus' words of comfort and good cheer (v. 27). In the midst of their distress they heard the Master's words, “ Be of good cheer. It Is I, be not afraid.” This changed their fear to Joy. I I I . Peter W alking on the Sea (vv. 28, 2«). 1. I ’eter’s request. As soon as Peter recognized the voice of Jesus he cried: “Bid me como to thee on the water” (v. 28), 2. Jesus' response (v. 29). At the Lord's “ come,” Peter left the ship nnd walked on the water. While he kept his eyes on the Lord he walked on the wuves. His faith linked him wltfi the divine power and wag thus upheld. Vital faith In Jesus Christ will ennhle the disciple to outride the storms of life. IV . Peter Sinking (v. 80). He took his eyes off the Lord and placed them upon the raging sea. This separated him from the divine power. We should learn to fix our eyes upon the Lord Instead of upon our circum stances. Failure will surely follow if we give consideration to our circum stances and our own ability to master them. V. C hrist Rescuing Peter (v. 31). When Peter began to sink he did the sensible thing. He cried out: “ Lord, save me." Immediately Jesus stretched forth His hand and caught him. His alvatlon from death at the bottom of the sea was the result of the Lord tak ing hold of him. Jesus Christ In the incarnation was the divine hand reach ing forth to rescue a sinking world. The significance of the expression caught him" Is made clear In Hebrews :16. It Is there declared that Jesus took not upon Himself the nature angels but took upon Himself the seed of Abraham. The same Greek word occurs in verse 31 o f this ssion. We should understand from this that the eternal Son of God did not come in the form o f a man In or der to show man the way to*God, but Identified Himself with man through Incorporation with Him. He catue, not as an example, but as a Savior. Battle and Victory The bnttU* with the powers of dark- nes* may be long and hard but tbs victory Is possible.— Echoes. The Comeliest Ornament The gentleness of Christ Is the comeliest ornament that a Christian can wear.— William Arnot. Be Not Discouraged Let us not he discouraged when the ind o f God layeth heavy woes upon i.— Echoes.