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IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
CUNDAYl Ochool Lesson
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. D.. Mem¬
ber of Faculty, Moody
Institute of Chicago.)
©. 1933. Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for October 15
SAUL IN ANTIOCH
LESSON TEXT—Acts 11:19-3®.
GOLDEN TEXT—For I am not
ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for
It Is the power of God unto salvation
to every one that believeth; to the
Jew first, and also to the Greek. Ro¬
mans 1:16.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Jesus' Friends
Sharing With Others.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Earning a Name.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP¬
IC—Sharing th.e Gospel With Other
Races.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP¬
IC—Racial Problems and Their Solu¬
tion.
When God was about to munch the
missionary enterprise among the Gen¬
tiles, he arranged for a new religious
center. Antioch was admirably adapt¬
ed for such a center. It was a great
commercial center, with communica¬
tion between the east and west. The
population was a mixed one. The up¬
per classes were mainly Greeks and
used the Greek language. The govern¬
ment officials were Romans and used
the Latin tongue, while the masses
were Syrians. Sprinkled among them
were Jews who had come for commer¬
cial purposes. ' Travelers from all
parts of the world were in evidence.
I. A Religious Awakening at Anti¬
och (vv. 19-21).
1. The occasion (v. 19). The per¬
secution at Jerusalem- scattered the
disciples abroad.' This, God permitted
in order to separate them from the
home people at Jerusalem.
2. The preachers (v. 19), They
were not officially appointed mission¬
aries, but ordinary men and women.
They were filled with the yearning de¬
sire for lost souls, and witnessed of
the Lord Jesus In the power of the
Holy Ghost. Wherever the disciples
of the Lord really yearn after lost
souls and witness of him in utter de¬
pendence upon the Holy Spirit, there
will be conversions.
3. To whom they preached (vv.
19, 20).
a. Some went among Jews only
with the gospel message. These had
not yet come to see that the gospel
purpose was wider than to include
only Jews.
b. Some preached to the Grecians
also. These were from Africa and
Cyprus. They were of a more liberal
spirit perhaps because they were re¬
moved from a Jewish center. The
success of their preaching was so great
that news of it reached the mother
church at Jerusalem.
II. Barnabas Sent to Inspect the
Work at Antioch (vv. 22-24).
1. The work done by Barnabas (v,
23) . He gladly endorsed the work and
earnestly exhorted them to continue
steadfastly in the faith, clinging unto
the Lord.
2. The character of Barnabas iv.
24) . He was a good man. It is high¬
ly Important in sending a man to fol¬
low up a spiritual work, that his char¬
acter be good. He must not only be
of unblemished character, but of broad
sympathy—capable of entering into
the full appreciation of things about
him. He was also full of the Holy
Spirit. Only a spirit-filled man can
appreciate the workings of God.
III. Barnabas Brings Saul (vv. 25,
26).
The work grew to such an extent
that help was needed. Barnabas had
the good judgment to seek Saul for
this important work. Saul was a more
Important man.Than Barnabas. It is
the duty of Christian leaders to seek
out men who are qualified for the
Lord’s work and bring them from
their obscurity to the strategic places
In the Lord’s vineyard. There are
many men in obscurity whose bringing
forth requires a Barnabas.
IV. The Disciples First Called
Christians at Antioch (v. 26).
They were not called Christians In
derision as is so often asserted. It
was in consequence of the teaching
ministry of Saul and Barnabas that
they were called Christians. In all
Saul’s teaching he showed the unique
relation which the Christian sustains
to Christ.
V. The Church at Antioch Sends
Relief to Jerusalem (vv. 27-30).
The Holy Spirit through Agabus re¬
vealed that a great dearth should pre¬
vail throughout the world. This came
to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
Every man, according to his ability,
determined to send relief to the
brethren which dwelt in Judea. They
made up money for the saints in Je¬
rusalem and sent it by the hands of
Barnabas and Saul. This act not only
proved the genuineness of the work at
Antioch, but it manifested the fact that
the Jews and Gentiles are one in
Christ and that therefore there should
be no division among them. It was
a case of Gentile Christians minister¬
ing to the Jews.
God Is Able
Jehovah, *the loving God, distinctly
promises to answer the prayers of his
children. He that gave parents a love
for their children, will he not listen to
the cries of his own sons and daugh¬
ters? He has wonders in store for
them.
A Sunny Face (
Wear a sunny face, It Is your prlv
liege. It has the quality of mercy; It
Is twice blessed. It blesses its pos
sessor and all who come under Its
benign Influence.
Fashions of Forty Years Ago
Adult and School Styles Have Undergone Great Change,
as Evidenced by Desci Options and Remem¬
brances of Four Decades.
In 1893, when Chicago was having
a world’s fair, and the eyes of the
world were focused on southern
Kansas where thousands awaited
the signal that would admit them to
the Cherokee strip in Oklahoma, the
dress of both men and women varied
greatly. If one must insist that fig¬
ures only play a nominal part in
tracing the growth of a city, one
must at the same time remember the
figures in those days as compiled by
fashion designers and fashion writ¬
ers.
It is apparent to one looking back
on those days that there was a phys¬
ical difference, or handicap, rather
than a mental one. Then there was
a question of what to wear rather
than a problem of what not to wear,
as today. A child in 1893 was swad¬
dled from ankle to chin, while today
there is more laxity in dress. Exact¬
ly 40 years ago a fashion writer
wrote in the Times.
“Let us hope,” she said, “that style
will confine itself to soft rich vel¬
vets, which are always in good taste,
while plush, no matter bow fine or
costly, is hopelessly vulgar and sug¬
gests the lavish tendencies of the
lumber camp cook who has risen to
the position of mistress in a ntillion
dollar mansion.”
While the high school lass was ad¬
vised to stick to velvets in lieu of
the outlaw plushes, the grade school
girl was given a tip on school dress.
For a gown on cool days she was
told that “brown serge, of such a
golden hue as to bespeak the harvest
season, is in good taste. Tailor
made, the skirt should rustle in a
manner aggravating to the ears of
those whose fall dresses are still
unmade. Bodice in back plain . . .
fastened to skirt beneath belt . . .
front opens in Eton-jacket fashion
over full vest of creamy silk . . .
and brown straw hat that bristles
with brown bows . . . brown felt
fastens with gold buckle . . . gold
hat-pin secures hat . . . irreproach¬
able brown gloves and shoes com¬
plete outfit.”
Hat manufacturers in 1S93 must
have been rolling in wealth. Every¬
body wore hats, girls, boys, men and
women. The high school girls in
1893 wore turkey feathers, either a
single martial one at the rear of
rheir jaunty hat, or two in front like
a double-ribbed ship. An assembly
of young women must have resem¬
bled “big-talk” sessions in an Indian
camp.
Of course, young men could not
escape tiie dictum of the fashion
writer in 1893, any more than he
can today. She advised trousers
that fitted snugly at the ankles and
flared widely at the hips. A frock
coat, trim and tight at the waist,
with very long skirts and worn un¬
buttoned. To top it off, a moderate¬
ly high collar with the ends slightly
bent, was advocated. The tie was of
rich colored silk, small knot and
wide ends. A hat with a rolled brim
completed the outfit. And the “um¬
brella should be rolled very small
and tight and the handle should be
of natural wood . . . ivory, gold,
or silver-handled umbrellas and
walking sticks are not worn by the
man who dresses at all well.”
Among those who remember the
school days of 1893 vividly is Mrs.
Ada G. MacLaughlin. As she recalls
them, the fashions in that day were
not so uncomfortable as they were
awkward-appearing compared to 1933
styles.
“We always wore light-weight
clothing the first few weeks of school
ns they do today,” she recalled. “But
the boys and young men never took
off! a coat in the presence of girls or
young ladies. It was not a ‘wom¬
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age, mind you, blit a ‘lady’s’
There is a difference.
“Today the boys and young men
go without coats. It is much more
The girls never learn. Their
skirts are just as close-fitting as they
were 40 years ago; they still like to
squeeze into them as they did then.
“Bangs were quite a rage in 1893.
straight, or haphazard. Hair
might be parted in the middle at the
beginning of a school year, and on
side by spring. We practiced
all styles in hair modes.
“We ail sang in high school then.
We all used the gymnasium. There
were no exemptions. As for cooking
and sewing, those things we were
at home.
“I suppose I was what they call a
tomboy. I played all the boys’
games in the neighborhood, although
with punishment by my
mother for doing so. I can remem¬
ber many times when I hid my
at the dinner table because
they were so skinned after playing a
of forbidden ‘shinny’ with my
brother and the boys.
“Yes, girls rode bicycles then, but
the rest of us who were brought up
‘right’ didn't consider it very lady¬
like. Of course, today the bicycle
craze seems ail right. It's derived
from the European countries, and
I’ve been around the world since my
high school days.”
The able fashion writer in 1893 in¬
cluded ail types in her reading puh
lic. If they had to be bicycle riders,
then here was what she advised them
to wear;
“Cheviot cloth, short bell-shaped
skirt with seams mounted on the fiat
in front and with gathers behind
pocket flaps garnisli the front.
Blouse bodice mounted on a yoke
with English point lace. The
bodice is made in the same style
behind. Sleeve close-fitting on fore¬
arm and puffy above, the tight-fitting
part being trimmed in the same style
as the yoke. Cap of dark blue cloth.
High boots and trousers of the same
cloth as the skirt, puffy and buckled
below the knee.” — Kansas City
Times.
Ancient City of Italy
Recalls Glorious Past
Once the center of Florentine life,
expressing artistic Tuscany, the
glorious past of the Palazzo Vecchio
of Firenze, Italy, blooms and pales
eacli year like a June rose.
A monstrous structure with a slen¬
der tower 308 feet and a copper spire
dating from 1453, the Vecchio lives
in its greatest glory when nobility
and officialdom of Italy gather each
June to review from high on its his¬
toric walls tiie traditional football
game—a cross between soccer and
rugby—which Florentine teams
garbed in costumes of coluinbus’
days play in tiie plaza facing it.
The glory is brief. Just : n echo of
the proud days when it wa the scene
of tiie forum of the republic with its
popular assemblies, tumults, festivals
and executions in 1386. it took eigh¬
ty-eight years to build the Vecchio,
from 1298. The oldest part preserves
the huge projecting gallery and bat¬
tlements. It houses treasures in art.
sculpture and paintings which great
hands of Italy, long gone, turned out.
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French Human Flies
Profit From Tradition
American "human Hies” who today
find it hard to make money out of
their exploits may borrow an idea
from tiie French. The weathercock
topping the cathedral of Senlls,
France, which maintained its perch
despite eight German projectiles hit¬
ting the spire in 1914, was recently
brought down to fill the pockets of
tiie men who climbed to it, writes
Samuel Chamberlain in American
Architect.
Four stone masons who were re¬
pairing tiie tower remembered the
tradition that whenever the peak of
the cathedral had been readied by a
steeplejack, the cock (Le Coq Gau
Jois) could be brought down and
passed from door to door as a means
of exacting tips from homeowners,
and they did it. As this is the bird's
first descent in 120 years, the cus¬
tom has not been overdone.
Twice in recent history an auda¬
cious alpinist has succeeded in climb¬
ing up the spiny surface of the spire
as far as the rooster, without the aid
of ropes or scaffolding. In June,
1731, an innocent-looking young man
obtained permission to climb to the
bell tower. He dashed upward and
passed through an opening on the
highest platform before the startled
sexton could catch his breath. Climb¬
ing like an ape from crocket to
crocket, he finally reached tiie huge
ball of copper which caps tiie ma¬
sonry. By a heroic and almost sui¬
cidal effort, the climber got over this
ball.
Once on top of the ball the rest
was easy. He performed a few gym¬
nastics to the awestruck witnesses
below, and then boldly unfastened
the weathercock, strapped it on his
back and crawled down to face the
irate sexton. By this time all the
population of Senlis was a gaping,
horror-struck gallery including, un¬
fortunately for the intrepid climber,
the bailiff, who promptly clapped him
in jail.
n TIMES ARE GETTING BETTER
NO AAORE FUSS AND FRET
WERE BACK TO BETTER BALING
WERE BACK TO CALUAAEt/
ONLY USE FOR IT
He—I wish you would use your
head a little more, my dear.
WIfey—Good! I will go to tiie mil¬
liner’s tomorrow and use it trying on
lmts.—Stray Stories Magazine.
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A child born with six arms, In
Catalonia, Spain, has reached the
age of seven, lie would seem of a
size now to carry tiie watermelon at
a picnic.—Detroit News.