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1927. W e s te r n
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Lesson for February 20
S E R V IN G IN AND T H R O U G H T H E
CHURCH.
L E SSO N T E X T — M att. 5 1J-1S; A c te
t 42 47
G O LD EN T E X T — W e a r t la b o r e r »
t o g e th e r w ith G od.— I Cor. 3:S.
PR IM A R Y T O PIC — P r a is in g G od In
C hurch.
JU N IO R
T O P IC — S r v ln g
In
th e
C hurch
IN T E R M E D IA T E A N D S E N IO R T O P
IC — T he M ea n in g o f C h u rch M em b e r
sh ip .
YOUNG P E O P L E A N D A D U L T T O P
IC— L iv in g ar.d W o r k in g T o g e t h e r in
th e C hurch.
Am»«, a lovely apot In the Orisons. Switzerland, Is one of the liveliest places during the season of “white.*
This picture shows a “train-load“ of winter-sports enthusiasts arriving at Arose.
Grapevines will survive many years
, of neglect, but their cultural require
ments are rigid If large crops of
quality fruit are to he ex|>ected yearly,
A. S. Colby, associate chief of pomol
H E ’S A LL A R O U N D
ogy at the college of agriculture. Uni
versity of Illinois, points out. Atten
“How Is It I never can find you
tion must be given to pruning and when I want you?” asked the office
trulning practices, fertilizer needs, manager. . “First you're In the stock
cultivation and spraying. Seldom has room, then In the factory, then down
the Importance of such attention been In the shipping department, and now
brought out more forcibly than during here you are up on tlie roof. What's
the past season when the grape crop the big Idea?"
was one of the largest ever harvested
“Well," answered the new office
in the United States, he said.
boy, “you advertised for an all-around
“Although the price level for Illi boy—and that's me.”—Christian Sci
nois grapes was slightly lower on the ence Monitor.
whole than last year, clean, well-grown
fruit pf good quality, attractively
D A D LEARNS SO M UCH
packed, sold at a good profit to the
grower where some attention was paid
to marketing. The roadside market,
especially where a good selection of
varieties was grown and where cool
or cold storage was used as an aid
In extending the marketing season,
showed possibilities worthy of further
study.
“Vineyards not properly cared for
did not produce profitable crops, how
ever. The fruit was small In size,
of Inferior quality, and In many cases
failed to ripen on the vines.
“Of all the needed cultural meth
ods, the control of Insects and dis
eases through spraying, dean culture
Dad—There's great advantage In
and sanitation was an extremely ini
having a son In college.
portant need during the growing sea
Friend—How so?
son Just closed. Some of the most
Dad—I learn so much.
serious Insect and fungous pests In
the vineyard were the following:
U nreasoning Im pulse
“(1) Grape leaf hoppers. They were
M an k in d Is n o t a d j u s t e d right.
C o n d itio n s a liu s w u i so;
abundant thiR season and caused the
N o b o d y r e a lly w a n t s to fig h t.
leaves to dry up and die early. This
Y e t e v e r y b o d y d o e s so!
reduced the vigor of the vines and
led to a consequent deterioration in
In A ction
quality of the fruit.
Traveler—Yes, Just as I was set
“(2) Grape root worm. Injury to
the roots through the activities of tled comfortably in my tent I heard
the larval, or Immature, stage of this the screech and yowl of a wild cat.
Friend—Why didn’t you serve It
Insect has weakened many grapevines
especially of susceptible varieties like as you do the cats at home and
throw your shoe at It?
Niagara.
Traveler—Because my shoes wtTe
“(3) Grape berry moth. In some of
the older vineyards this pest was extremely busy about that time.
found at work In the fruit clusters.
A N ew Synonym
The larva working Into and through
the grapes renders the bunches un
Brown recognized a friend In the
salable.
cafeteria.
"Hello, Jim,” he said.
(4) Phylloxera, a tiny root louse I “What are you lunching on today?”
which also causes galls to form on the
“Efficiency.”
leaves of the vine. Is slowly spreading j “Quit your kidding! What d'you
through the commercial grape growing mean, efficiency?"
regions on susceptible varieties such
“Everything in one movement of the
as Janesville and Bacchus. Seasonal | elbow—hush!”
conditions appear to have some influ
ence in Its spread.
P lu g g ed
“(5) Black rot and mildews, the
Judge—You claim the man nearly
common fungous diseases, were local strangled you and he declares he was
ized In their appearance, being quite on the other side of the street at the
WCtl',n" Where the alr tlme' How do you explain that?
drainage was poor."
Plaintiff—He threw an egg at me
while I was singing through a mega
phone.
Three Main Objects in
There Is an utter lack of connec
tion between the subject chosen by
the lesson committee and the pas
and this was doubtful. A really for gages of Scripture selected. The first
exhibits the responsibilities of the
midable work of excavation would be
necessary. However, It seemed worth subjects of the Messiah's kingdom,
while to look closer. So we wandered and the second pictures the graces
up to a point to the left to survey the which were upon the members of the
primitive church. Definite recogal
obstacle to better advantage.
“The result was a delightful anti tlon should be given this In our in
climax. Less than 70 yards beyond terpretation of the passages.
I. The Responsibilities of the Sub
our former limit of vision the great
Impassable chasm suddenly narrowed jects of Messiah's Kingdom—(Matt.
to nothing. Just at that point where 5:13-16).
prising that more such fatalities have It ceased a brother chasm, even larger,
The whole mass of mankind Is
Mis» Pilley First of Her Sex not occurred. Even a highly experi opened, but between them, athwart shown In the Scriptures to be cor
enced mountaineer la not Immune the obstacle lay a neat connecting rupt—the whole world in moral and
to Scale Hoary Slopes
from these dangers, as the death, gangway ubout as wide as a garden spiritual darkness. It is the high
of Mt. Baker.
through a similar accident In 191.3, of path, and Just us easy to follow. A privilege anil solemn responsibility of
P. Bishop, president of the British short detour for the preceding party, the subjects of the kingdom to exert
Vancouver, B. C.—The high peaks of Columbia Mountaineers, showed only
when we reflected that they had been a saving and uplifting Influence on
the new world have been rapidly con too clearly.
defeated by a difference of some ten the world In which they live. They
quered In the last three years. In
Describing her ascent, which was feet only In their line of vision."
are to live such lives us to purify and
1024, the Brst winner ascent of Mt. made from the Austin pass. Miss Pilley
Easy progress followed until they enlighten. This can only he done In
Cook, monarch of the Npw Zetland says: "Leaving Heather Meadows you
came to the lust pinches? A light fall the measure that they personally
Alps, was msde for the first time. follow an easy trail, and make your of snow the previous week made the
know Jesus Christ, the King, and
Last year Mt. Logan, highest of the way over several small glaciers to a going powdery, and the snow had to
strive to make known His glory und
Canadian peaks, was scaled success point known as Kaiser's Camp, where
be padded down solidly. At the rate power to others.
fully. Now cornea news of the first the presence of firewood enables you to of 100 feet an hour they reduced the
1. “Ye are the salt of the earth"
ascent by a woman of the northeast spend a comfortable night. From there
distance between them and the lust (v. 13).
route of Mt. Flaker, In northern Wash the whole route of the ascent lies In
wall, which was the tallest.
The properties of salt are:
ington, meres of thousands of tourists plain view.
“The angle of the slope was far too
(1) Penetrating. This nxeans tnat
of the western states and western Can
“Below you a tortuously riven gla sharp for any risks to be taken,” says the disciples must not separate them
ada. Miss Dorothy E. Pilley and I. A. cier fills the valley. Beyond, the open
Miss Pilley. “A slip would have termi selves from the world, hut thrust
Richards, both of the Alpine club of snow slopes rise, broken only by the
nated long before thg party could have
England, have Just made the ascent, shadowy criss-cross markings of checked Itself In the blue-black depths themselves Into its activities. Suit
must be brought Into contact with the
accompanied by Ben Thompson of the crevasses to the clear edge of the sum
of a lovely hut sinister crevasse that substance to be affected by It.
Mt. Baker forestry patrol.
mit plateau. They are divided by a gaped below. Just as we braced our
(2) Purifying. The Influence of
Named after Lieutenant Baker when, long, low rhlge that falls toward you,
selves for a toilsome and difficult hour the disciples of Christ Is to uplift and
as Cnptaln Vancouver was sailing crowned by a point, Pumice 8tone
the snow Improved again. It grew purify.
through the straits of Juan de Kura, pinnacle, which at this distance of
deeper and moist enough to bind under
(3) Preserving. Salt has the tend
this giant of the Pacific Northwest, a severnl miles looks unimportant, and
the foot If carefully and repeatedly ency to arrest decay. The Influence
little over 14,000 feet high, definitely marked at Its foot by a hollow hare
trodded down. How the heart tightens o f believers lends to save the world
■Uggesta the volcano—a heavier hut space In the glacier, which, when yon
at the last prospect! The sky seems from perishing In Its own vices,
not less snaring Fujiyama. To Miss approach It, proves to be a moderately
more cheerful. The distance shrinks.
2. “Ye are the light of the world"
Pilley not even Mont Blanc, from the alive crater, puffing out whiffs of
Fresh energy wells up In mind and (v. 14).
hills shove Grenoble, or Mont Rosa steam and vapor, and clotted with
body. Anon we were there.”
Light Illuminates and warms. In
from the cathedral of Milan, famous fragments of sulphur.
Crosses the Ravine.
order to perform its mission, light
as these sights are among European
“Our Intention had been to go by
As they crossed a low belt of rock must not be hidden. The cltv built
landscapes, have anything to honst
way of the crater, but, on the way we In the snow below the plateau they on a hill was not Intended to be hid.
over Mt. Baker, 70 miles from Van
came across a line of faint tracks, left, found, with some astonishment, a long
This world Is dark and cold. Many
couver and about 100 from Senttle,
we knew, by a party of the week be thin piece of sasli-llne, tied to the are the pitfalls and snares set by the
the commercial capital of Washing
fore.
The
party
had
failed,
and
we
rocks and hanging In a loose end. It devil. Believers in Christ should so
ton.
knew the reason. An Impassable rift looked thin and frail as though It
live that the unwary ones be kept
The route usually followed Is via
In the glacier, stretching. It was re might have been there for many years. from falling Into them.
the little village of Glacier and Helio
ported,
right
across
the
whole
face
“The first party, and probably the only
trope ridge, past crevasses that, al
II. Characteristics of the Prim itive
of the mountain, had barred their fur other party to climb the mountain by Church (Acts 2 :42-47).
though stupendous In themselves, of
ther
progress.
We
knew
that
a
simi
our route, descended In their own
The behavior of the members of the
fer no Insuperable dlffictilly. Walking
lar failure might easily he the result tracks," says Miss Bliley. "This was early church was as marvelous us
sometimes along a ten-foot causeway
If
we
followed
them,
but
somehow,
on
In 1906. No doubt they fixed this their gifts of speaking with tongues
of Ice between canyons whose vertical
Operation of Pruning i
Suspicious Sign
•Ides plunge downward for hundreds that perfect morning, with the swell piece of rope to aid them In their de and performing mighty miracles. It
When a man has a superfluous ap-
“What makes you think your hns-
ing. rounded st,eps of the glacier beau scent. To think of It swaying there
o f feet, sometimes xlg zagging be
was the result of the Holy Spirit In pendlx that disturbs him too much, a band doesn't love you any more?”
tifully dappled with blue shadow, and aloft on that unvlslted slope In the their
hearts.
tween narrower fissures, and then
trained surgeon Is called to separate j “He's beginning to tell me how
sparkling In the early sunlight with wlnda of 20 years gives the mind an
making good progress across Immense
1. They sought Instruction from the »offerer from his troublesome I much he does.”—Boston Transcript
myriad
stars
of
diamond
light,
the
at
odd and not unpleasant thrill. This those who knew the Lord (v. 42).
elopes of Innocent snow, one routes to
member. The surgeon removes noth-
P
traction of the snow was Irresistible. vestige of humanity seemed to add
what Is called the Saddle, an exten
This Is always so. The unfailing
Ing except what he thinks Is causing
So, risking failure, we determined to something to the wildness of the
sive plateau.
H A R D LU C K
go and look at the reported Impasse. mountain rather than to detract mark of the spirit-filled believer is the trouble. And yet. no matter how
Scans of Tragedy.
eagerness to receive Instruction from carefully done, there la
Up we wound, halting only a little from It.
a
certain
The slopes near the Saddle were once where a little pool of water,
those who have been taught by the shock to the patient.
“We had Anticipated a cold wind In I Lord.
once the scene of an accident as pa caught In a cleft of blue and gleaming
The same principles apply to the
thetlc as any In the annals of monn Ice, beckoned us to lunch. After gain the final stages," says Miss Pilley,
2. They abode In fellowship with actual operation of pruning an old
talneerlng Two old-time prospectors ing a great height we came to a point “and now, as we made the last few one another (v. 42).
apple tree. What crimes against the
were uslnrf the mountain as the easiest where another line of returning tracks steps und swung ourselves over the
Spirit-fllli*d believers have an affec tree and the future crops o f fruit are
way over the Baker lake region. In could he seen branching off toward the sharp edge onto comparatively level tion for their kind.
committed In the name of pruning!
ground It was a pleasant surprise to
the days before trails were In exist
3. They observed the memorial sac
ridge of rocks on our right. We must, find only a moderate breeze blowing
Pruning has three main objects. The
ence. doubtless It was a relatively
rament
of
Christ's
death
(v.
42).
we knew, he near the difficulty. We and the mist enshrouding us shot
easy way, though not a safe one for
Those who have entered into fel first Is to establish a balance between
breasted a short slope of steeper »now through and through with sunlight. A
III equipped men. unfamiliar with the and there It was.
lowship with Christ will faithfully ob the roots and (he trtp; the second Is to
thin the fruits so the ones that are
little later we stood on the dotne^ serve this memorial.
dangers of glacier travel
Overcomes Obstacles.
shaped summit looking out In all di
What might only too well have been
4. They continued In prayer (v. liorne will he larger; and the third Is
to so shape the tree that it will weath
expected happened.
One of them
“A chasm. SO feet »cross, with ver rections over a broken wilderness of 42).
broke through the surface of snow tical walls of pure while Ice, cut like cloud masses, pierced Irregularly with
A sure mark of the spirit-filled be er the storms that are common In the
region where the tree Is located.
covering a concealed crevnsse nnd fell an enormous trench across our path. black outlines of lower hills.”
liever Is a life of prayer.
Into the engulfing darkness below In It seemed unending to right and to
5. They were together (v. 44).
Luque'a W ay
Jnred and trapped beyond any poaal i left. Here the tracks which we had
This unity was the result of their
MlltV of escape, he was yet able to heen following danced uliout over a
Havnna.—Anybody who casts asper having been baptized Into the one
Disconsolate Wooden Soldier—How
speak lo his companion above, to give small area and then turned downward sion on the baseball Integrity of Senor body of which Christ Is head (I Cor,
ran a fellow "end It all" when ha
him a last message to his wife anil again. Tlie only possibility seemed Adolfo Luque of Havana and Cincin 12:13).
won't sink?
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family, and bid him make his solitary to be offered by a weakness In the op nati should he beyond his reach. A
6. They had a community of goods
way back to safety.
posing wall some hundred feet to our bleacherlte yelled that a game was be (vv. 44. 45).
Look out for mice In the orchard
Inventors, N o tice!
Many unroped and Inexperienced left. To cut steps up such a wall ing thrown and the senor climbed
They sold their possessions and dis and protect the trees.
w ,u th » ‘ c le v e r d is p e n s e r o f Joy
person» dleport themselves on the would be a task requiring at leaat two right Into the grandstand after him. tributed them to all men as they had
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" hn s a v e m o th e r a p e r m a n e n t w a v e .
glaciers of Mt. Baker, and It 1» aur- or three hour», If It were practicable. Hlg climb was stopped by the police. need. This proves that they were un
The most effective wav of treating G iv e ue a p e r m a n e n t b a th fo r th e b o y
A
nd f a t h e r a p e r m a n e n t » h a v e ?
der the power of the supernatural. It apple borers Is to dig them out with
Is not a natural thing for one to ahan- a shurp knife or wire.
the ether as a part of a radio broad
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don his tltlf to earthly possessions.
A p p lie d Politeness
cast was sent over a ray of the light,
7. They were filled with gladness
Mother (severely)—But why didn't
The best protection for blarkberrlea
hut when a person's hand, or any oth
and singleness of heart (v. 46).
during the winter is . natural wind you tell the young man to stop kissing
er object, was thrust In the way, the
■
Those who are really born from
break on the north and west. Rabbits you?
sound ceased.
above are filled with great Joy and will damage the canes unless the patch
Daughter—Why,
mother,
you
know
An automobile on a miniature road
Dr
Donald C. Stockbaregar. Notad stance which will glow when beams
will devote themselves to the doing
you taught me never to Interrupt any
la fenced with rabblt-tlght fencing.
with scenery and bridges and fences
Scientist, Teli» a f Wonderful Era
of the light strike them.
one.
of good to others.
• • •
War time messages which may he Illustrated how the danger of glare
af tha U ltra Vlelat Ray.
The average man who plants black- !
S. Praising God and having favor
sent without fear of Interception be from headlights at night might he with all the people (v. 47).
berries
tries to prune the hushes a few
eliminated
and
the
lights
themselves
P ostive Proof
Cainhrldge. Maes An era of the cause the light raya may be focused on
Such unselfishness gained the at t ? i " " W 1*1*““ »'••»<«<•»» them to the
darkened, giving off tha ultra-violet
Suspicious Friend—Are you p v -
ultra violet ray when aound will he a given point
tention of the people and Induced
Wild und they soon overrun everything fectly sure your husband does go fish
Other uses for the violet ray are ex rays alone.
transmitted a w r beams of Invisible
ing?
Beams from such headlights will them to yield themselves to God and F M a ll^ h “1 tWU “ Ch ” d' ° f the ruw
pected
when
a
glass
la
perfected
light and a multiplicity of scientific
shine brilliantly when they fall upon such as were being saved were added
7'
°
ut
of
P«t‘«Dce
and
Wife—Dh. quite, my d e a r -h e never
which
will
allow
tha
rays
to
pass
marvels harilly yet envisioned will he
uproots the whole patch.
roads and guide posts coated wltn unto them.
onngs home >ny fish!
commonplace, la predicted by sclan through and work their curative val fluorescent substances but will ba In
ues on sufferers front many ailments,
flats.
The best (im, ,o
fruH
F u lln e s s of th e S p ir it
visible lo other autolsts.
D elig h tfu lly Placed
Here are a few of the things fore and their action In chemistry Is thor
God cannot give fullness of tha
The results that the demonstration
h
"nd J“uu“r7 h it the trees
oughly
understood
Mlaa Fayre—Goo-1 evening. Jack I
aeeu hy Dr. Donald C. Stockbereger,
should
be
selected
and
ordered
Spirit
to
him
who
does
not
have
such
foreshadowed
may
come
Into
prac
IHutor Stockbereger gave a graphic
earlier I « f were J„„ talking >bolK yoD
the results of whose Inxestigarions
tical realisation by 2000 A. D„ Doctor fullness of trust as to yield his Ufe to
were demonstrated at the Muaaachu- demonstration of the magic ray and Stockbereger believes.
The Bartlett I. . peer of high quai- jour name was on my lip, when von
H im .- Kcboe».
It» propertlea.
nnnouncFd
ae'ts Institute of Technology:
Ity
and nuraery trees of this v .n ety
Motion pictures projected from an
Jack—Indeed! Then I'm sure mT
“an be ,uppiW
T
. .
,
S e lf - W ill
Motion pictures transmitted on In ordinary machine w th a filter In the
Io u g n f o r Leo
nM h,T* b ,*D
O-
eral nurserjman.
visible ultra violet raya
_
The queer thing about self will Is
rear of the lens to permit only ultra
lifbtfulljr placn).
Bru«els. Belgium Grown Prince
„ „ „ „ , hp r„ y th1n,
WRn^ . .
Automobile headlights that
rill violet rays to pass through were shot
I.eojadd and hl. bride Astrid of Swe- free,Ion, Southern Methodist
1« Is the opinion of many that the .
flo o d highway» with Invisible
light j on Invisible beams to a fluorescent den. must struggle along on a paltry I
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»— IW black root of etrawherr^i
H
but will themselves he dark.
screen where they ap|<eared with a
wTi;’, e'Zm,,'r'bnle*1- *n l“*rt
' un”* r- ’ »h. I don’t mind
Roads, fences and sign poets that | ghostly, greenish, blue glow
more had been declared oacuaatltu
Cnnat Opens th e D o o r
•
Injury, t are should be takeu ’* * “ ' bm ** fourse I'd hate to
will be coated with a fluorescent tub
The human voice coming through tlonal.
| Christ opens the only d«tu for the ,
'e e itln g aud using mulching mat» ’ p?nd
llf*
from airplanes,
ascent ef man. Southern Methodist.
.
, f r l" “* - Yon probably will some dey
Girl Conquers
High Mountain
Horticultural Hints
PROFESSOR SEES SOUND SENT
OVER RAYS OF INVISIBLE LIGHT