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B v R K \ P B F IT Z W A T IC R , D P . D e a n
o f th a E v e n in g A rhoal. M ood y B ib le l a
• t lt u t o o f C h ic a g o .)
• 1936 W e s te r n X o w v p a p e r U n io n )
L e s s o n fo r D e c e m b e r 6
PA U L ’S VO YAG E A N D S H IP W R E C K
L E S S O N T E X T — A c ts »1:1-44
GOLDEN T E X T —“ Be o f good c h e e r;
1« la I; be n o t a f r a i d " — M e tt. 14 »7
P R IM A R Y T O P IC — H a u l In a S to r m
a t Sea.
JUNIOR TOPIC—The Story of a
S h ip w r e c k .
IN T E R M E D IA T E A N D S E N IO R T O P ­
IC — P a u l 's L e a d e r s h ip .
YOUNG P E O P L E A N D A D U L T T O P - I
IO— T h e U h r ie tla n O v e rc o m in g A d v e r s e
C ir c u m s ta n c e s .
I.
The Voyage (vv. 1-20).
Castoria is especially pre­
pared to relieve Infants in
arms and Cliildren all ages of
Constipation, Flatulency, Wind
Colic and Diarrhea; allaying
Feverishness arising therefrom, and, by regulating the Stomach
and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food ; giving natural sleeps
1. T he Ship (vv. 1-6).
It w as a vessel nf A lexandria »ailing
T o avo id im ita tio n s , a lw a ys lo o k f o r the sig n a tu re o f
from M yra to Italy.
. A b s o lu te ly H a rm le ss - N o ( » p ia tc s .
P h ysicia n s eve ryw h e re recom m end it.
2. T h e Com pany (vv. 1-2).
Two of P a u l’s friends. A rista rch u s
T h rift sp e n d s m oney only w hen It Is
W om an tuny cau se all th e tro u b le l a
nnd L uke w ere p e rm itte d to go w ith necessary. S tin g in ess w on't spend It life, but It's w om an who m ak e s lit«
him. B esides th ese th re e th e re w ere •v en w hen It Is.
w orth all th e trouble.
two hu n d red and se v e n ty -th ree in the
ship (v. 37).
3. T h e Storm (vv. 7-20).
T h e ship m ade little h eadw ay on a c ­
count of u n fav o rab le w inds. Patil a d ­
vised th a t th ey w in ter In F a ir H avens
(vv. 0-12), hut his advice w as u n ­
heeded. T h e gentle south w ind de­
ceived them so they loosed from C rete
only to be o v e rta k en hv th e te m ­
pestuous
wind called
E u ro d y d o u .
T hey did e v ery th in g possible to save
the sh ip ; they took up th e boat which
Gives Tanlac fu ll credit.
w as tow ed b eh in d ; th ey hound g re at
cables aro u n d the ship to stre n g th e n
It fo r th e sto rm ; they lightened the
O ver tw elve y e a rs o f stom ach m is e ry
ship by bringing down from th e m asts
and rigging e v erything th a t w as su p e r­
h a il made a p h y s ic a l w reck o f * J a c ok
fluous. nnd finally th e cargo and
F e rd in a n d . H e s p e n t h u n d re d s o f
tnekllng w ere throw n overboard. All
d o lla rs seeking r e lie f t u t every a t­
this seem ed to he of no avail nnd nil
te m p t f a i l e d u n t i l he tr ie d T a n la c .
hope o f being saved w as rem oved. It
seem ed th a t wicked m en nnd m ate ria l
T h is g re a t to n ic b ro u g h t h im im->
forces w ere com bined to prev en t the
m ediate re lie f. " A f t e r seven b o ttle s ,"
g re at ap o stle from reach in g Borne.
he sa ys, " I a m a w e ll a n d h a p p y
How ever, th ese very experiences were
m a n. ! w i l t g la d ly Salk to a n yo n e
overruled by God to bring good cheer
p e rs o n a lly a n d w i l l a n sw e r a l t letters re g a rd in g m y experience
nnd salv atio n to m any on th e way.
We should rem em ber th a t tem p estu o u s
w ith T a n la c . F o r i t p ro v e d a g o d s e n d to m e.”
w inds a s well a s soft breezes aw ait j
•A u th e n tic statem ent. Address on request.
G od's fa ith fu l ones. T he p resen ce ot ;
storm does not prove th a t we ure going
th e w rong way.
Tanlac is Nature’s great Tonic and builder. Compounded
In bed four months
. . . now a well man
Gian t Plaine-New B ru n sw ick
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By J O H N D IC K IN S O N SHE R M A N
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ID E S o’ F u n d y ! T l s i
-io tv - F ia te a i
F te .
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d o lla rs
to
doughnuts |
set
out
in
an
autom
obile
on
nls
cam-
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con
tain
in
g
50
sq
u a re m iles. T h e sen
they a re an Im perishable
m em ory of the “Jogerfy” j palgn. H e m otored 6.000 m iles, visited w a te r runs by g ra v ity from u p p e r pool
every county and talked to anybody to low er pool through tu rb in e s se t In
class In th e "L ittle lie d
and everybody who would listen.
n fourth dam and Is th u s h a rn essed
School H ouse," an un­
T hose who w atched Mr. C ooper’s and tran sfo rm e d into ele ctric power.
fo rg e tta b le object les­
single-handed three-m onths' cam paign It Is planned to get a c o n sta n t and
s o n to Young Am erica
say he Is no politician and no orator.
• g al-ir flow of w a te r th ro u g h th e
of the re sistle ss m ight 1
T hey even tell the story th a t w hen be t n am -
ih a f; II o f f r o m 15 to 20
II. Paul’s Serene Faith (yv. 21-26).
of th e ocean. Long has
T o a m an who does not know God.
th e e n g in e er dream ed of harnessing w ent to A ugusta w ith his hill he had feet, according to ttie tides.
to inquire his w ay to the stateh o u se, i T h e dam s, it is sta te d , p re se n t no upon th e fa ilu re of th e sun nnd sta rs
old o c e a n 's tides for th e Industrial use
W hen he began speaking he w as un- e n gineering difficulties. T h e fo u n d a ­ to sh in e fo r m any days, th e fading ot
o f m ankind. l li e re c u rre n t coal strik e
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known to the people of Maine. T i he tio n s a re solid g ran ite, th e w a te r be­ nil hope Is n a tu r a l; hut to th e m an of
u rg e s him on. E lectricity , edging ev­
sure, he hud no active opposition to tw een Islands is shallow and m ost of faith , hope still b u rn s brightly. God
e ry w h e re Into the facto ry , farm anil
overcome. B ut p opular Ignorance and the dam m ate ria l Is close a t band.
Is ju st us n e n r to H is own in the m idst
hom e, q uickens his quest. B ut ever |
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.
i Indifference a re m ightier opponents T hey will not be o f record size. Five of a storm y sea a s In th e ir q u iet hom es
to him th e 50-foot bore th a t ru sh es up ,
, ctive opposition. How, then,
th o u sa n d men, w orking In continuous O bserve P a u l’s b e h av io r:
th e B ay o f F u n d y to b reak in th u n ­
did he succeed in selling his JlOO.tks».- sh ifts on all th e dam s a t once, can
1. H is Itebuke for T h e ir F a ilu re to
d e r a g a in st th e shores of C hlgnecto 900 hydroelectric project to th e hard-
com plete them Inside of fo u r years. It I l c c d I l l s A d v ic e a t F a i r H a v e n s (v. 2 1 1
h n s been a th in g set u p a rt by N ature.
headed Y ankees of M aine?
T h is w as not a m ere ta u n t, hut a
is a fe a tu re of these dam s th a t they
S t i l l s t a n d s th e f o r e s t p r im e v a l, b u t
Well, they say th a t in th e first place im pound so m uch w a te r Hnd fu rn ish
re fe re n ce to th e wisdom of his form er
u n d e r th e s h a d e o f I ts b r a n c h e s
advice, urging them to give him a m< re
D w e l l s a n o t h e r r a c e , w ith o t h e r c u s ­ C ooper Is a com m anding figure— forty- so m uch pow er w ith Buch co m p a rativ e ­
five, six feet tall, broad-shouldered, ly sm all expenditure.
to m s a n d l a n g u a g e . . . .
resp ectfu l hpurlng.
N a u g h t b u t t r a d i t i o n r e m a in s o f th e w ith black h a ir and cropped m ustache,
2. Uhls T hem Be of Good C heer
T h is developm ent, according to Mr.
b e a u t i f u l v i lla g e o f G r a n d - I ’re .
m ild eyes and a sq u are Jaw. T hen C ooper's figures, will fu rn ish a m ini­
(V. 22).
So w ro te L ongfellow in “ E vange­ they say th a t he explained his plan In mum of 500,000 h o rse pow er the y ear
H e Inspired them w ith hope.
lin e .” F o r th is is th e histo ric A cadia term s th a t uny Intelligent m an could round. T h is m akes th e m uch-vexed
3.
He
P rom ises T hem
Safety
— M aine, New B runsw ick and Nova understan d , illu stra tin g by draw ings M uscles Shoals look r a th e r sm all, w ith
(y. 22).
S c o tia — o f ¡KM» y e ars ago. H ere were on a blackboard. If questions w ere its prom ised horse power of 600.000
T hough th e ship go to pieces, e v e r,
sta g e d th e beginnings of th e century- asked, he answ ered them. Anyone when the T en n essee riv e r is In flood
m an 's life should he saved.
long stru g g le for possession betw een who w ished could have a priv ate lnter- and 100,000 a t low w ater.
4. T h e Source of H is In fo rm atio n
F re n c h m a n and E nglishm an.
H ere i view a f te r th e m eeting.
(vv. 23 24).
T ra n s la tin g h o rse pow er Into electrl-
w a s e n a c te d th e love-story of the fa ith ­
S eptem ber 14 the citizens of M aine ' cal energy Is u n sa tisfa c to ry for th e
T he angel o f God had re v ea le d It
fu l F re n c h m aiden th a t th rills succes­ cast a record -vote— 10 to 1— In fav o r
u n to hint.
nonprofessional, h u t th e ele ctric pow er
I of the Coofier p ro je c t!
5. T h e B eason of P a u l’s Calm F a ith
siv e g e n era tio n s.
is said to he seven tim es w hat M aine
(v. 2 3 1.
A nd It Is one of still a n o th e r race—
T ak e a look a t th e m ap and note needs. T h is m eans a big gurplus a v ail­
“ W hose 1 am. nnd whom I s e r v e ”
th e A m e ric an — who w ould h a rn ess the course of th e In tern atio n al boun­ ab le w ithin a ra d iu s of several hun­
God can nnd will ta k e c are of His
F u n d y 's tid es. So le t's forget about dary line. P assam aquoddy bay lies dred m iles in both New B runsw ick and
p ro p e rty (Jo h n 10:28-29). T hose who
d a m s a n d tu rb in e s and k ilo w atts for both sides of th e line, which also ru n s New England. F ig u re s seem to show
have been redeem ed by th e blood of
a m om ent a n d go back to the very through one dam. O ne set of dam s I th a t the |H>v.er will be cheap enough
J e s u s a re not th e ir own. hut God'»
Is in New B runsw ick and a n o th e r in
b e g in n in g of th e story.
j to com pete successfully w ith any elec-
III. The Ship’s Crew All Safe on
Ill 1880 in th e little towns of Bush- M aine. T h e ¡tower houses ure lu I trlcnl pow er now av ailab le in New
Land (vv. 27-44).
fo rd . M inn., w as born D e x te r 1*. Maine.
E ngland or e a ste rn C anada. E n th u si­
T h is w as exactly a s th e L ord had
T h is m eans th a t before Mr. Cooper a s t s see in it th e ba sis of a g reat dis­
C ooper. H e in h erited a ta s te for en ­
said. W c c u ll re st a ssu re d Hint all
g in e e rin g and ra n aw ay from hom e at can begin work be will presum ably trib u tin g
system
going
southw est
God hns spoken will com e to p a ss even
se v e n te e n to blow a forge. At nine­ have to have th e pennisaion of th e through New E ngland and Joining lines
though th e re he a broken ship, b ru tal
te e n he w a s bossing a gang of 400 U nited S ta te s governm ent, of the C a­ bringing pow er from N iagara.
soldiers and a perfidious crew . Aside
m en on th e g re a t Suo I’aulo dam in nadian governm ent, of th e provincial
Mr. C ooper is th e la st m an to claim
from th e fulfillm ent of G od's prom
B ra z il. N ext he is seen g e ttin g a governm ent of New B runsw ick, of th e
th a t he can “h a rn e ss th e tides," In
Ises. th e m ost im p o rtan t p a rt of this
te c h n ic a l edu catio n a b ro ad . At thirty- In tern a tio n a l Jo in t comm ission and of th e full m eaning o f th e phrase, lie
section Is th e splendid sa n ity w hich
one he la building the g re at pow er dam the U S. F ederal Pow er comm ission. ¡m ints out th a t th e i ’lissam aquoddy
c h a ra c te riz e d P au l's action on the way
Oh, y e s ; nnd th ere is a n o th e r th in g
a c ro s s th e M ississippi at Keokuk. T he
pro ject Is feasib le only because of | T h re e th in g s m arked hi» aanctlfied
W o rld w a r m akes him a m em ber of n ecessary — Mr. Coo|ter m ust find a th e configuration o f th e land. And he
com m on sense.
th e p o w e r sectio n of th e Council for group of financiers willing and able is em p h atic in pointing out th a t in his 1
1. H is Vigilance (»elected T h a t the
N a tio n a l D efense a n d p u ts him a t to p it som ew here betw een »Na.tSIO.OOO plan th e re is not a single new Idea
S a ilo rs H ad I’lannetl to E o-npe (v. .30).
w o rk on th e fam ous M uscle Shoals ami #100,000.000 into ids scheme.
In th e developm ent of e le ctricity . It
H e knew how m uch th ey w ould he
p la n t, w ith h is bro th er, Col. H ugh T. j Now, tiie m ost rem arkable thing is m erely a fre sh -w a te r plan a d ap ted i
needed p resen tly , and a t once took
about
tills
re
m
a
rk
ab
le
story
Is
th
a
t
a
|e
C ooper, H. S. A. L a te r still he Is en­
to sa lt w ater.
ste p s to p rev en t th e ir MCape. H e w ent
gag ed In th e G re a t L akes-S t. L aw rence p a reu tly nobody questions th a t som e­
E a s tp o rt I» a t th e very n o rth ea st j s tra ig h t Io tbp m an In c h arg e and
body
will
ta
k
e
th
e
chance
th
a
t
M
aine
w a te rw a y survey.
Jum ping-off place of th e U nited S tates. . said, “ E xcept th ese abide In th e ship,
Mr. C ooper a n d his fam ily have a offers. A pparently no voice Is raised T ru th to tell. It is p re tty rem ote now- | ye cannot he saved." Why should he
to
question
th
a
t
the
schem
e
is
prac­
su m m e r hom e on C am pobello Island,
udays. It tak e s som ething like four- | m ake such a d e clara tio n w hen God
N. B., a few m iles from E a stp o rt, tical o r th a t it will pay or th a t capital teen hours of slow trav e l to reach it
had said th a t »II should he saved? It
M ain e’ As early as 1912 Tie began will he found.
w as because he was not one of those
from B o s to n . It h a s fo u r dally tra in s
Now
for
the
o
u
tstan
d
in
g
engineering
w a tc h in g th e F undy tides. In 191#,
foolish men who Ignore hum an agency
— tw o each w ay— m ade up of both
d
etails
nf
the
p
ro
p
e
c
t:
N
a
tu
re
h
e
r­
w h ile re co v e rin g from a p p en d icitis, he
H e p racticed th e tru th th a t genuine
freight and p a sse n g er cars. Now thHt
h a d n o th in g else to do fo r several se lf offers m an the o p p o rtu n ity ; It Is th e sum m er h o a rd ers have all d e p a rt­
re lian c e upon God Is the all-pow erful
m onths. By 1922 he had te n ta tiv e said th a t at no o th er place In the ed. thin g s a re p re tty quiet. But
Incentive to hum an action.
d ra w in g s ready. L a st y e a r he devoted w orld Is th ere the sam e favorable com ­ th e re 's one thing th a t nev er sleeps or
2. H e Got Them to T ak e a S u b ­
b
in
atio
n
o
f
high
tides
and
land
con­
h im se lf e n tire ly to th e w ork. And all
sta n tia l B re ak fa st (v. 34).
rest»—th e “T id es o’ F u n d y .” Always
figuration.
Both
Passam
aquoddy
and
th is tim e he dodged publicity.
It « a s no tim e to talk to t f i e s e 'i n e n
Cobscook b a y s a re nearly landlocked. they a re a t w ork—m oving boats up to
L a st sp rin g Mr. I ’or, p e r took his
a bout th e ir souls when th e ir bodies
stre
e
t
level
and
d
ropping
them
again
p la n to th e M aine c ap ita l a t A ugusta T h ree s y s t e m s of dam s will sh u t both
needed Im m ediate a tte n tio n .
a story or so. covering a n d uncovering
a n d got th e In c orporation m easure off from th e B ay o f F undy T he In­ the shining beach, p u sh in g In ami pu ll­
3. f ie G a v e T h a n k s to God (v. 35).
com
ing
tid
e
Is
let
Into
i'assaniaquoddy.
tlir o iu r h th e leg isla tu re . But a refer-
T ills he did In the presen ce o f them
en d u m vote by th e p eople w as neces- th e up p er pool, co n tain in g 1<«' s q u a re ing out. Some day. If D e x ter I ’
all.
H is p ra y e r for th a t m eal had
C ooper has his way, E a s tp o rt m ay not
sa rv . a s M ain e forbid» th e expert o f m iles of w ater. At ebb tide th e waiter
m ore effect opon th e people th a n bis
be
so
quiet.
e le c tric a l pow er. J u n e 12 Mr. C ooper • Is let out o f Cobscook. the low er pool.
preach in g would have hnd.
fiction, b u t recen tly a pow erful mod­
e rn telescope h a s actu ally disclosed
tw o s a te llite s o f M ars, one of them
m aking 11» revolution in 7 hours and
“3 m inutes, and th e o th er In .hi hour»
a n d 18 m inutes. Sw ift aeem» to have
m ade a m ost re m a rk ab le guess.— C a p ­
p e r's W eekly.
W riter’s Good Guess
S w ift w ro te his “ G ulliv er’s T ra v e ls "
In 1720. In th a t sto ry he had h hero
v is it th e Im aginary Island of L uputa
w h e re be found the a stro n o m e rs using
mich p ow erful telescopes th a t they dis­
c lo sed th e e x iste n ce of tw o sa te llite s
o f M ars rev o lv in g aro-im l th a t planet
v e ry close to tb e s u rfa c e : one made
Its r e v o lu tio n in 2 1 ', bo
' " ' ' ”r
10 hours. F o r 150 y e a rs o r m ore thl«
• lo r y of S w ift»’ w as r « g a rl» d a» P ure
Neu) W ord» fo r French
In
m atter of receiving new
w t.nl» Into th . lr lan g u ag e th e French
i
the
a re very w ary. W hen a word of for-
elgn d eriv atio n succeed» in bu ttlin g It»
I w ay Into th e d ictio n ary being edited
by a com m ittee o f th e A eadem le Fran-
! ra is e th e event Is philological new s of
som e Im portance. Itecen tly th ree fo r­
eign w ords have m ade such a debut.
T hey a re “lim ousine,” “lin o ty p e ” and
| "linoleum .” T hese a dditions indicate
th a t the com m ittee hns reached the
) le tte r "I" In Its m onum ental w ork, the
' com pletion o f which 1» expected to re ­
q u ire a t least tw e n ty years. M arshal
jo ffre. curiously enough, la th e rank
lug m em licr o f th e com m ittee— a
stra n g e occupation tut an old noidler
T h e M e ji W h o Succeed
T h e m en who succeed best In public
life a re th< -e who ta k e th e risk of i
sta n d in g by tb e lr own convictions.—
Garfield.
In s c rip tio n »
It Is a C ' k k I tiling to “ w rite Injuries
In tb e du st but kindness In m arb le.”—
C h ristia n Ob s e r v e r
Be M e r c ifu l
Let ns be tn errlfu l aa well as Ju«L—
Longfellow.
after the famous Tanlac formula, from roots, harks and
curative herbs alone, it is absolutely harmless. M illions owe
their health and happiness to this great remedy.
Don’t let stomach trouble make your life miserable a day
longer. Get a bottle o f Tanlac at your druggist’s at once.
The first dose w ill make you feel better. You’ll be a new
person w ith the sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks that come
from perfect health.
N otf : For C onstip ation , ta le T anlac V ege­
tab le P ills, N atu re's own harmless laxative .
TANLAC
FOR YO U R H EARTH
You c u n t a lw a y s tell how m uch ■
A ir M ile a g e 2 S .0 0 0 .0 0 0
On Juiiim ry I, 1925, m ore th a n 28,- girl w a u ls you to kiss h e r by th e
000,000 m iles had been flown In regu­ stre n u o u s o b jectio n she puta up.
la r scheduled a ir service In the U nited
N o r# an<1 lnflam»*<1 a y a a , « tia n a n d f r a n ala»
S ta te s a n d E urope.
tl< ' • )«• •■.«-•l
p i d ip tlj
by n i g h t l y
u *a t»f
U t iiiin n
T h e good p oints of a g re at m nny
people seem to have been broken off.
&>«
Itu iH u rn
31 « r n t a
Ad».
T ru e love, like G reek fir«, la IneXe
tln g u lsh a b le .— M arvel.
IVhy, Uncle Jim !
You look ten years younger!”
“ When I saw you a couple o f
months ago, I made up my
mind you were getting old.
At least you looked it.”
If I look any younger, Nujol
gets the credit.”
“ Yes, Billie, and I felt old.
No appetite, couldn’t sleep
nights — one day just like
another, and none of them
any good. I knew constipa­
tion was at the bottom of
it, but it seemed the more
laxatives I took the worse I
got. Then one day I saw
Nell giving Nujol to my little
grandson. The doctor had
prescribed it for the baby,
but I found out it’s just the
thing for old fellows like me,
too.
M id d le age brings on s decrease in
the natural lu b ric a tin g secretions in
the intcatine. I lien you need N u jo l.
I t supplies the deficiency o f the nat­
ural lu b ric a n t. M edical suthorities
approve N u jo l iierauxe i t is gentle,
sale snd n a tu ra l in its action.
C onstipation is dangerous fo r any­
body. N u jo l is safe for everybody.
N u jo l sim ply softens the waste m at­
te r and thus perm its thorough and
regular elim in a tio n w ith o u t ove rtax­
ing the inteatinalm uscles. I t is not
a medicine.
Nujol helps Nature
in Nature’s own way
Y ou can take N u jo l for any length
o f tim e w ith o u t ill etfecta. I t should
be taken regularly i n accordance w ith
the directions on each bottle. U n like
laxatives, it does not form • ha b it
and can be discontinued at any tune.
“ I tell you, Billie, it keeps me A sk your
feeling fine all the
time. My appe­
tite's hack and I VM S IN T S S H A C L U W t C A ,
sleep like a child.
For Constipation
N u jo l
droc-gist foe N u jo l roday
and begin to en jo y the
perfect health th a t it
poaai IJe o n ly when elim ­
in a tio n i» norm al and
regular.