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Sunday 6
chool Lesson
BT REV HAROLD L LL'NDQUIST.
Dran of the Mond? Bih!e Institute
of Chicago.
?. Western Newspajer Union.
Lessen for January 17
JESl'S THE WATER OF LIFE
LESSON TF.XT?John 4:7-3:
GOLDEN TEXT?Whosoever drinkcth of
the water thai I shall give him shall
never thirst. John 4:14.
PRIMARY TOPIC?Jesus Answering a
Woman's Question.
JUNIOR TOPIC?How a Stranger Became
a Friend.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC?
Jesus Meets My Greatest Needs.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC?
Jesus Meets Our Deepest Need.
Life, light, water, bread are elemental,
fundamental things. Life
must come from God. But it can
exist only where there is light, and
only God gives light.
It is therefore a blessed and significant
fact that Jesus was declared
to be the life of men. He
also says of himself that he is the
"light of the world" (John 9:5);
"the bread of life" (John 6:35). In
our lesson today we see Him as the
one who gives "living water" (v.
10).
The incident at Jacob's well in
Sychar took place when Jesus,
leaving Jerusalem because of increasing
hindrance to his work,
goes up to Galilee. Unlike his Jewish
brethren, who detoured around
the land of the hated "half-breed"
Samaritans, he "must needs go
through Samaria," for there was a
sin-sick soul that needed him.
Space will not permit a full consideration
of all the beauty and the
depth of spiritual truth found in
tins story.
I. A Sinner Tactfully Approached
(vv. 7-15).
Every Christian is by his very
calling a soul-winner. We dare not
delegate this responsibility to the
pastor or missionary. As soul-winners
we are vitally interested in
our Lord's approach to this woman
who was far from God, apparently
hopelessly involved in sinful associations,
a citizen of a hostile nation
and an adherent of another religious
faith.
By asking a favor of her he tactfully
placed himself (as does any
petitioner) for the moment, on her
own plane. He was not a distant,
learned religious leader deigning to
cast a bit of religious philosophy
to her. He was a tired, thirsty
man asking for a drink of water.
But he was more! He was the
gracious Son of God, ready to give
the water of life.
II. A Moral Problem Faced (w.
16-18).
One may speak knowingly of the
promises of God's Word, and may
understand the "way of salvation,"
but one will never find peace and
joy until there is a frank and open
facing of sin in the life. Let us
make no mistake at this point, for
the moral law of God is the same
now as it was on that far-off day
when Jesus brought the woman of
Samaria face to face with her own
sin.
III. A Theological Problem Solved
<w. 19-24).
Possibly in an effort to evade her
moral problem by theological discussion
(a common practice in our
day, too!), and partly because of
her ignorance of true worship, she
asks a oupstion ah.-mt n t
sial matter relating to outward ceremony.
Is it not a singular thing
how men who know nothing of spiritual
life delight in the propagation
and defense of organizations, and in
the conduct of outward religious ex- |
ercises?
True worship is revealed (v. 23)
as being (1) "In spirit." We do
not cast aside all external helps to ,
worship, but real worship goes
through and beyond both place and
/mbol to real soul-communion with
God (2) "In truth." Sham, superstition,
hypocrisy, have no place in
true worship. We can worship in
truth only when we really know
the truth. MacLaren rightly said,
"The God to whom men attain by
any other path than his historical
revelation of himself is a dim, colorless
abstraction, a peradventure, an
object of fear or hope, as may be,
but not of knowledge." Truly spoke
Jesus ? "We know what we wor- i
ship" (v. 22). i
IV. The Messiah Declared (vv.
25. 26;. , '
Jesus honors this poor fallen 1
woman by making to her his first '
declaration of himself as the Mes- 1 1
siah. He is the high and exalted 1
one, but he is at the same time the
friend of sinneis. To the learned 1
ruler of the Jews, Nicodemus, he ]
spoke of the new birth. To the
poor woman of Samaria he declares
his Messiahship.
And she forthright left her water
pot and went to bring others to him
i
BHS? SPI j
The Cherokee Scou
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By Edwar
General Strike Threatened
in General Motors Plants
rjENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
flatly refused to consider
collective bargaining in its 6!) plants
except through local management.
Whereupon 300 dele
gates from those
\ plants in ten cities
| met in Flint. Mich.,
anc' granted to a
"board of strategy"
1 power to order a
general strike. The
' tP board is headed by
< Homer Martin, in..rff
ternational president
^ United AutoF(i
" ril I mobile Workers ol
McGrady America, one of the
Lewis C. I. O. unions.
Ten of the corporation's plants
already were closed by sit-down
strikes and walkouts, and 37.000 of
its employees were idle.
Edward F. McGrady, assistant
secretary of labor, who has spent
three months in futile effort to stop
the maritime walkout on the Pacific
coast, hurried back to Washington
to take a hand in the General Motors
strike. After reporting to Secretary
Perkins, this chief mediator
held a conference with John L. Lewis.
Miss Perkins already had discussed
the situation with Lewis,
seeking data on which conciliation
could be recommended, though she
said this would not be undertaken
at once.
The auto workers in their Flint
meeting, besides creating the board
of strategy with power to call a
strike, approved of eight demands
on the corporation ranging from recognition
of their union to higher
wages and shorter hours. They also
appointed a committee to negotiate
with the corporation.
William S. Knudsen, executive
vice president of General Motors,
declared the company never would
agree to collective bargaining on a
national basis and, despite strikes,
would continue to produce automobiles
as long as possible.
The prime object of the C. I. O. is
organization of the steel industry,
and the crisis in the automotive industry
was not expected by Lewis
and his associates or wanted at this
time. However, they are giving the
auto workers their full support, morally
and financially.
Milburn L. Wilson Gets
Rex Tugwell's Place
N/IILBURN L. WILSON of Mon*
1 tana, who has been serving as
an assistant secretary of agriculture,
has been made undersecretary
of the department to succeed Rexford
G. Tugwell, resigned. Wilson's
post was given to Harry L. Brown,
a dirt farmer who rose from herdsman
on an Iowa hog farm to be director
of Georgia's agricultural extension
service.
William H. Moran retired as chief
of the secret service with th?
cf the year and was succeeded by
Frank J. Wilson, whose detective
work was largely responsible for the
conviction of A1 Capone on income
tax evasion charges.
Charles T. Fisher, Jr., resigned
as a director of the Reconstruction
Finance corporation to become
banking commissioner of Michigan.
He had been with the RFC since
its creation.
Herbert Hitchcock New
South Dakota Senator
"TPOM BERRY, before retiring
-* from the governorship of South
Dakota, appointed Herbert Hitchcock
of Mitchell, S. D., to fill out
the term of the late Senator Peter
Norbeck. The new senator is Democratic
state chairman and his appointment
brings the Democratic
membership of the senate to 76, the
highest party total in history. The
Republicans now number 16.
Mr. Hitchcock was born in Maquoketa,
la., in 1867 and was educated
at Anamosa, Davenport and
Chicago. He went to Mitchell in
1894 and was admitted to the bar
two years later. He was president
of the school board in his home
town for ten years and state's attorney
four years. He served as
state senator in 1909, 1911, and 1929.
Naval Treaty Expires;
Building Race Is On
AT THE close of 1936 the Washington
and London naval treaties
expired, and a great naval construction
race started among the
powers. Great Britain got off well
in the lead, for on New Year's day
t, Murphy, N. C., Thursda;
/(/m6
edriear^
*d W. Pickard
she laid the keels of two huge bat- ;
tleships, the George V and the
Prince of Wales. The British program
calls for the building of 78
new vessels at a cost of nearly a
billion dollars. The British also are
understood to be planning to rebuild
the Hongkong and Pacific bases.
According to Jane's Fighting
Ships, authoritative naval yearbook,
the United States has 83 warships
under construction or planned;
Italy. 66; France, 43; Germany, 39;
Japan, 38.
Though no figures were given for j
soviet Kussia, it is known the Reds j
are planing to launch a sea program
which will bring their naval
strength up to that of their land j
forces, now the largest in the world.
Information in Washington says I
the United States has and will have |
under construction 95 warships. It !
expects to increase its personnel
by almost 10 per cent and build up
a strong naval reserve. The ships
will include light and heavy cruis* :
ers, destroyers, and submarines.
President on Child Labor
and Starvation Wages
p LIMINATION of child labor,
long working hours and starvation
wages is a necessity, and must
be carried out by the federal government
since it cannot be done by \
1 state action. So declared President
Roosevelt in his press conference,
i He warned the correspondents not
to say he was planning to revive
the NRA and insisted all he could
say at present was that something
should be done to fix maximum
hours and minimum wages.
Since the day of the NRA, said
Mr. Roosevelt, there has been a
steady decline in child labor, grueling
hours and starvation wages by
90 per cent of American business
As for the other 10 per cent, he
said, they were still failing to live
up to the best standards since the
death of the NRA.
Mellon Offers Great Art
Collection to Nation
A N'DREW W. MELLON, Pitts**
burgh multimillionaire and former
secretary of the treasury, has
offered to present to the nation his
SBK*"?magnificent art colB&.
lection, valued at
1 $23,000 000, together
|rL_ Jgt. ii with a $9,000,000
IwSl - bu'lding for its houa>'
ing in Washington
j and a fund for its
Re m maintenance and inHjjry'l
crease. The offer is
M made through Presi
it jfl dent Roosevelt, with
VUp J9l whom Mr. Mellon
Andrew haS been in COrre"
.. ? spondence and conMellon
ference on the matter.
It will be submitted to congress
with the President's favorable
recommendation.
The Mellon collection, part of
which is stored in the Corcoran art
gallery in Washington, includes
many paintings of highest importance
and some fine works of sculpture.
Lord Duveen of Milbank, head
nf 5? pploWmtorl net ?
vvvwu>'VU c*? v ill III, 2?clys lis
actual value is over $50,000,000.
Chang Gets Ten Years
but Is Pardoned
Marshal chang hsuehLIANG,
who kidnaped Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek, dictator
of China, and then repented, was
courtmartialed at Nanking and sentenced
to ten years in prison. However,
the government listened to
Chiang's plea for mercy and agreed
to give Chang a full pardon. The
government rejected for the third
time Chiang's resignation of his military
and civil posts.
There was much speculation in
Shanghai on probable political readjustments.
One newspaper predicted
the early dismissal of six
so-called pen-Japanese officials of
the national government and the
appointment of a number of leftwingers.
Nebraska's Unicameral
Legislature Opens
A S NEBRASKA'S unicameral
** legislature, unique in the United
States, was about to begin its
first session, Gov. R. L. Cochran declared
politics was out. He discouraged
party caucuses among the
members and said he would have
no spokesman in the legislature.
The governor pointed out that the
constitution provides that the onehouse
chamber shall be non-partisan
y, January 14, 1937
POULTRY
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DAMP HOUSES ARE
DISEASE BREEDERS
Poultry Contracts Cokls and
Other Disorders.
By H. H. Alp. Extension Poultryman, University
of Illinois.?WNU Service.
Just as humans have more colds
and pneumonia during periods of
damp weather, so damp poultry
houses during winter months favor
the development of roup, bronchitis
and other respiratory diseases of
chickens which affect the efficiency
of poultry production.
One of the most common causes of
dampness in poultry houses is wet
litter. Wet litter is in turn caused by
too many birds in the house, floor
mixture and leaky roofs.
Birds are overcrowded in houses
having less than four square feet
of floor space to each fowl. Unless
a poultry house is equipped with
mechanical ventilation, and few of
them are, crowded pens will soon
become damp.
Cement floors which have no subfloor
of gravel, crushed stone or
similar material will usually sweat j
sufficiently to make wet litter a ,
problem. In some houses spillage
from water pails and poor surface |
drainage are factors along with
leaky roofs.
In addition to these causes the j
poultry flock itself voids and exhales
enough moisture to be a fac- i
tor in the problem. If dropping ;
boards are left uncleaned for
two weeks, experiments have shown |
that for each 100 birds there would i
be approximately three tc four bar- ;
rels of water left in the house during ,
this period.
While it is impossible to keep I
poultry houses absolutely dry, flock, j
owners can help by cleaning off the
dropping boards at least every other
day. Frequent changing of the litter
is another chore generally justified
by the results obtained in more
efficient production.
Keeping windows open to provide
fresh air aids in keeping down dampness,
and artificial heat is needed
in many instances. Many poultrymen
have found that heat from
brooder stoves has helped in houses
where colds and roup have been
troublesome.
Good Management Brings
More Eggs, Expert Says
During the winter hens cannot j
keep up a high egg production un- !
less they are properly managed,
according to C. F. Parrish, extension
poultryman at North Carolina
State college. Feeding, he points
out, is perhaps the most important
item. No hen can be expected to
do her best unless fed the proper
grains, mashes, and green feeds.
Then the poultryman must pay
strict attention to the housing problem.
Poorly constructed and drafty
houses are not conducive to high
egg production. The houses must
be comfortable or the birds will suffer
and a consequent decline in the
number of eggs will be noted.
Inferior birds should be culled
from the flock. These poor producers,
if allowed to remain, will bring
the average of the flock down
sharply.
Culling Laying Flock
Culling is almost a continuous
process and should be practiced
throughout the year. For the laying
flock, however, says a North Carolina
State College authority, the
most rigid culling is done toward
the end of the laying period which,
under normal conditions begins in
midsummer and continues through
the fall months. Watch the flock
carefully and cull out these birds
that go into a molt during the warm
season. It is sometimes stated that
when a flock, especially in the summer
months, falls below 30 percent
production it is time to cull the
entire flock. However, the price received
for eggs, the price of feed,
and the feed cost per dozen eggs
will determine the time and intensity
of culling.
Total Feed Eaten Counts
Whether it be the all-mash method,
hopper feeding of grain and
mash, or hopper feeding of mash
and hand feeding of grain, the important
thing is the total pounds
of feed eaten each day. My standard
is not less than 30 pounds of
total feed a day to each 100 Reds
or Rocks, and slightly less for Leghorns.
You can get the results
with any of the methods, says a
poultry expert writing in the Boston
Globe.
"Quotations"
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There is no more independence
in politics than there is in jail.?
Will Ropers.
Next to worry, probably one of
the most potent causes of unhappincss
is envy.?Bcrtrand Russell.
In political life, you must understand.
every pilot dies before he
comes to port.?Andre Maurois.
It ought not to be assumed that a
person daing nothing is wasting his
time.?Raymond R. Fosdick.
It is clear that "to serve God" is
equivalent to serving "every living
thing."?AI b ert Einstein.
Hope is the dream of po>>ession;
faith is possession of the dream.?
Jules Simon.
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