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P E T E R ’S LESSO N
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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.
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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.
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Nenrl.v 2,000,000 of Klangsu's people
live In Shanghai. Thousands o f the
population are employed In the city’s
thriving Industries. 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.
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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.