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The Brussels Post, 1929-1-16, Page 2WPDNESI.IAY, JANUARY 10, 1920 Every tiny lee ms a sthouse o? ^ your 'Fresh iireno the gamle nee Sunday School Lesson By ,'14 RLES C. TRUMBULL ((settee of T",+' Sun•::,y .`sir hoer Trmrs) CHRIST THE SAVIOUR Sunday, Jan. 20.._Lukr. :::11, 30.22; 15:8-7; John 3;14-17; 11)2441, 14- 16, 27, 28; Act 0:1-1e; Roman 1-11; Philliuian. 5-11; 2 'Minnihy 1:9,10. Golden Text Thou shalt call His name J0';u for He shall save His people from their sins, (Matt. 1:21.1 We hear the words 'salvation," And "Gospel," and "Saviour" used very freely nowadays, yet in most cases they are not used with their Bible meanings at all. There are a thousand different popular "gospels" today, but there is, always has been. always will he only one true. Gospel. There are many varieties of "salva- tion" and "saviours," but only one true salvation and only one 'true Saviour. The Bible passages chosen by the Lesson Committee on "Christ the Saviour" cut straight to She heart of the `natter. God had been making His primer- - rations for the riming of the Saviour to earth a long time before He came. Ilis coming was announced In ad- %ar:cc to different persons, as Luke 1 record,. Four thousand years earlier it had been announced (Gen. 3:15), and then repeatedly 'through the centuries durine Old Testament :Imes. Now, at His birth, the shep- herds of BetheIete are told that there "is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Why a Saviour? Because men need- ed to be saved. -From what? From sin and death. All men know this today, and all men have always known ic; but some do not admit 1t —which does not alter the facts at all. It was the Jewish Messiah that was "born that first Christmas Day. He was promised, to redeem God's chosen people and re-establish David's Kingdom on earth. But old Simeon, "waiting for the consolation of Israel," when he came into the temple as Joseph and Mary brought in the Babe Jesus, had a revelation from God and he thanked God in the prayer: "Mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast pre- pared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people, Israel." So Israel's Messiah was God's gift, not only to Israel, but also to the whole world. The Jewish Messiah is the Saviour of all men, Jews and Gen- tiles. Some thirty years later, when the Mabe Jeetis was grown to manhood, and was cricized for receiving and eating with sinners. He told a parable. He asked whether a man owning a hundred sheep, if one of ahem was lost, would not leave the ninety and nine and go after the lost sheep until he had, found and brought it nae r. That was all Ile had come to earth for. to seek earl to save that which wits to -t. And all men are lost, hoc om do 001 like to admit it; these o n. to Cra words ".salvation" and S'sviour ' The Son of God had to nay an un speakable. roam- !oleo in /safer to b:- conno the b:avinur of .annex. to be identified with their see For Mmese lifted up the r n r r. the wildenneee, even sn mint elm eie r of man be lifted up; that whfeee.ver belicveth its Hint should not peri 11 but have eternal life•". The brazen serpent had been set up by Moses, ac God's direction, when the Israelites were dying of serpent bites, All that a. poisoned, dying Israelite need- ed to do was to look in faith upon the brazen serpent and instantly his life was saved. Christ figuratively , took the form of a loathsome ser- pent; that is, Tie was made "sin for us" (4l Cor. 5:21), the very sin that has poisoned and is destroying us. He received in our stead, on the •cross, the death penalty of our sins; and 11 we look to Him in faith we do "not perish, but have eternal life." The "Little Gospel," or John 3:16, tells us thio. Gospel means good news, for it f:; good news to dyiatg t se, *, know th:.t ritey mey live. But they meet admit that they are rig• +tx before they will he willing to .ter_pt the remedy. Those who will net admit it and will not aceemt the roved!! in Christ as Saviour, are be- yond God's help. They are lost for r.':ern tt Chris the Saviour is the Good Shepherd. He tells ue that He is the door, and the only door, by which men can enter Heaven anti life. He IA the door because He is the Good iteeplu'rd, and "the Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep." It cost the Son of God His life to open the door of Heaven to sinful men, "I lay down My life for the sheep." How secure are the sheen who 'iraet :h). Good Sheuherd? Here is His answer: "I give unto them eternal life; au.l they shall never perish, eeither shall any man pluck them out of My hand," That is good news indeed. The story of the man, lame from his mother's womlt, who asked Petra and John for a little money, and who instead of getting what he had e -ked, wise miraculously healed and even strength to stand up, walk and leap, was but one of the many hu- man documents that tell of the mighty power of this Saviour, The Reformation came through Martin Luther when he discovered "justification by faith." "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." It is the sante and only Gospel again. offered through the sante and only Saviour that "God commendch His- love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinner?, Christ died for us." The Philippians passage' tells of the seven downward steps the eter- nal Son of God took in order that we might be saved. Not only did He become a man, but "He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." There was no other way by which He could be the Saviour. 1t is all by grace; and grace means what God does for us, never what we do for God. He "hath saved us . . . not according to our works, hut according to His own purpose and grace,. which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began . . . who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and im- mortality to light through the Gos- pel." What a wonderful Saviour!" NEWSY ITEMS Cuba has a movement for the de- velopment of its industries. For the first time since the World War Finland has enough homes for ;ts people. Compulsory retirement of public officials at the a:(„ of 60 is being adopted by cities of Scotland, Automobile„ are -4111 80 few in .Japan that the ownership of one.is cm:Act ,01 d a murk of prosperity. With the eseseetion of agricuiture aerl foto ,toy, Hebei,, ie the !most im- portant or the ieelegi1 ,,..u1reee of Rung n' t. tarts a in tl'a.• ,e,rl +'t day- were merely the '((1'+e t:: of t. milt•• d,:,•t•ed from Ile...aanr, ,"a r c t :Is "lin." Bate u / : F'ua•nivall, who is as peer- ess in her awn ri:tht, recently trade her debut in England as a profes- sional actress. A baby cannot hear when first born. Usually about three or four days elapse before the organs of hearing become active. With hair five and one-half fent long, Mrs. Elsie Fleing, of PIm- stock, England, claims to have the longest tresses in England. After spending nearly 63 years at one public house -56 years as proprietor—Mrs. Peardon, of Wing - ham, England, has just retired, At the close of a talking pictures in which a famous tenor sang Pa- gliacci, in London, there were many cries of '"Encore" from the audiences. • • TUX BRii1$$E'11 P THE ROYAL FAMILY $T REMEDY FOR ! FROST and ,RUST An announcement of extraordinary interest to the people of 0000)1a was made by` the Hon, W. R. Mother well, federal minister of agriculture in an address before the Eastern Canada Fruit and Vegcsable Jobbers' , Association, It was the confident prediction that, within the next few years, Canadian experts would de- velop scientific means to resist both frost and rust In the great wheat empire of the Prairie Provinces ami the Peace River district, No scien- tviOTHER OF TWINS HE PED Restored to Health by Tal:iag Lydia E. Pinttham's Vege, table Compound Mitchell, Ont.—"T had littletwin babies and for emits a while after 1 was so weak_ I could not do my wt,. t because of pains all the way up my legs at the bade. 1 also had headaches and got vera' little sleep. I took Lydin E.'I'inkham's Veg.: etable Compound, and soon I was able to get up.and do my work I have taken three bettlee and I am fine, do my work without rouble and am gaining in weight and strength. I will gladly recommend the Vegetable, Compound to anyone."— MRs. F..STATTON, Box 220, Mitchell, Ont. nouncemerft ought to stimulate courage and confidence on the part of all those who are contemplating taking up agriculture in Western ,Canada. The insurance against rust and frost is one of the greatest bene- fits that could possibly be bestowed h producers. on vest t t 9 SQ i, No Change. I ""Since you have broken off your Hon. W. R. Motherwell engagement to Jim because your A historic and exclusive picture of the Royal Family, taken outside Buckingham Palace a few years tific announcement, in the material ago. In front are Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales, King George and Princess Mary. Behind realm, could scarcely be of greater them are the Duke of Gloucester, Duke of York and Viscoun_ Lascclles. value than this. During the course of 'the present "s' century the wheat growers of the SEES GOOD TIMES Canadian West have suffered enor- mous losses, amounting to tens of millions of dollars from these causes. It has been well known that the experts of the department of agri- culture have been gratified a•t the progress which they have achieved in the prevention of injury from frost and rust, but it remained ler the federal minister of agriculture to make the unqualified prediction that, within a few years, the wheat growers of the West would reap the benefit of the discovery. "Canada is a great next year country," said the minister. By this he meant 'co say that the Canadian people have strong confidence In the future development of the country, .notwithstanding any disadvantages that have existed in the past, or that may exist in the present. A scienti- fic discovery, or the development of a strain of wheat that will prevent the process of rust and frost, will be increasingly valuable as the years pass by. Western Canada has reach- ed only about half of its potential wheat production, and the an - NORTHERN CARIBOU CHANGING HABITS Are Increasing Rather Than De- creasing in Numbers Count Tolstoi Believes. Winnipeg, January 12—Fires and the slow creeping in of civilization are responsible for the changes in the habits of the immense herds of caribou that roam the Barron Lands according to Count Ilia Tolstoi, grandson of the great philanthropist and writer, who reached Wionipce over the Canadian National Railway:, after nearly five months in the wild- erness of the North West Territor- ice. Count Tolstoi was in charge of the expedition sponsored by the Am- erican Museum of Natural History to study the migration of the cari- bou. He was accompanied by Hor- ace Ashton and W. J. Casel, photo- grapher. When Count Tolstoi and Mr. Casel reached Winnipeg from The Pas with them was George Yandle, Arccic trapper, who has not seen civilization for 15 years, his first reaction to it was 0 peir or fancy spats with zippers, "The caribou of the Barrons have made more changes in their habits in the past three years than they bite done for a century," Count Tolstoi said. Some scientists and old tim- ers were of the opinion that the herds were decreasing but be'be- lieved that they were increasing but were moving farther away in their great sweeping circles; on this trip he saw herds numbering thousands of heads but the big 'herd did not come within the ken of the explor- ers. Count Tolstoi strongly advocat- es the use of airplanes for the study of caribou migration. The party left Winnipeg for the North on August loth and went from Sturgeon Landing a thousand miles by water as far as Reindeer. Neuftin and Windy Lakes; ninety - :;even portieres were necessary. The return was made with dogs bought from the E -loran. "Wonder. fel mairnaly thn-.e Fckimo dogs." said Tolstoi, "i nm t•+l:itt - five of teem back w;th me to 'v, r i ori'. W,. ,11,1 SO(t n;ile: t.i�h 1e:.•n1 in a'xnat n month and after t•ro d•,;:: r'.t fneee :h eei:.;.. 1'retd c•t.,,...,..,ti t.9-',t;r.. to The Pas i'1 -evil .tart l r' i1 nn ;• .Tit'—r Ar•t 110 tarso 1 •nture.. nn 11,1 l'r" ,stn into 114' wild:;, Tien mos" bnnaetoii Inc rl at •is probably the, reeeal'na of trappers in the :+mall tent awl a 'le- bsuch of r illus and eh"eolate, Conus Tolstoi, who cunt`" to Am erica to study animal husbandry at Ames. Iowa, has no ambitions in literature. "I dare not with a name like mine," he says, Ire likes the outdoors and hopes to give hie life to exploration and particularly the study of animals. Some day he hopes to get back into the Barrens to spend two or three years studying the fas- cinating caribou. "I believe there are great possi• hilities he them," he says. "They are as tame as sheep and should be easily domesticated. We were able to obtain excellent motion pictures of them," Here and There 1 (214) .. ... For the first time in history, an airplane has been caeming furs from the wilds of Northern Mani- toba to the Winnipeg market. BM - lick Kenyon, aviator, left Cranberry Portage for Brocket settlement re- cently, taking Del Symonds. veteran trader, whore aim was to heat all competitors who take a month to travel by dog team. During 1923 between 5.900 and 5,700 Prince Edward Island fox' s have been shlgped abroad. en in- crease over the 4.200 shipped the preceding yea:. These have been handled without a single known casualty. Since the middle of Oc- tober foxes have been shipped to Norway, Sweden, Scotland, Ger. many, Czecho Slovakia, Bavaria, Finland, France, Holland, Switzer- land and Japan. Forty-two years of service with the Canadian Pacific Railway with- out having broken any or the com- pany's rules or otherwise earned a mark against himself is the unique record .held by Arthur W. Savage, engineer, who has just retired on pension. Mr. Savage, who is well known throuxhout the Eastern Townships, fired the train that laid the first steel on the line between Sherbrooke and Farnham. The old )ne,linh Yuletide Fest,val held recently at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C., proved to be one of the most popular events of last year. Carols and yuletide music were rendered, the ancient "Ches- ter Mysteries" staged, and Pickens' "Mrs. Wardle's Christmas Party" was produced. The festival cul- minated in a ball at which some seven hundred persons attended. It Is believed that plans are already being made for a larger and better celebration next year. A change In telephone numbers has drawn attention to the train Inquiry afire in the great Windsor Street Station of the Canadian Pa- cific Rnilwway in Montreal, The girls who are an duty there handle earn on an average of 200 rails an (tour, and as many as 501) an hour during rnt:h times. They carry most of the information in their hrads and seldom have to refer to a time-la!,1e. They are asked gw•er guest;"ns sorn1Grles. IT,. e•+nih• Y)ew'"n: 't:<k, rl, ' :1n.n d•: 44. (1,e..1111 h:•': si.'' ::n,l (1,e nlrl !n. ( 1,1, 4'')'.,! , }e (1'"; 1,411 nc:n'•i1 11.110 leant. 171. ! t •..L ', 1,1-1.1. 11' •a•.,.. n r r) - ,e, t dch ha Ir g t 11,1" t it nt r i Wt r c 1 Al., it t l'( 1(1 1,15 as ,'non a•+ t _ i!,'t r 111.• p•;,-.1,0( is 11nd"r 1' e,.. i- e.ta ui r Iia„ :n t n ro,'. ,.r6154 Tit , .1' i. p,, rt'. kn:,r.n r' .card wit •:;1 1. 'r t':'':dem!k ,ettler !h"r, et., n+• VIII for this meson, ran he Irir;her north. 'ries early ,,peal`,: means, rota^,hly, that a new etrie n' conniry 75 by 1,1)00 mil's. 's toad., available for wheat growing, 9 There are new more than 521,000 Boy Scouts 10 the British Empire, A judge at Edmonton, England, recently decreed that a man earning $2,500 a year cannot afford to own an automobile. A beam of light shoots through space at a speed of 196,000 miles a second, or eight minutes in making the trip from the sun to the earth. ` London is installing new telephones at the rate of 10,000 a month. S'r Herbert Holt, who stressed the needs of Canada and referred to era of prosperity now in evidence in his annual address to the shareholders of the Royal Bank of Canada. 9 We still say sunrise, even though we know it stands still feelings towards him i aren't the same why do you keep his ring?" "Because my feelings towards the ring are still the same as ever." 9 Living in Chicago. Butler: "Shall I order the Rolls Royce, madam?" Movie Star: "No, the armoured car, please. I shall be wearing my jewels." Loss of *Memory Alice—What" the name of that new kiss -proof rouge you're using? Mabel—It's right on my lips but I can't remember it. P 9 .5 - Plausible Tramp ----Yes, Inn workin' nye way 'croo, lady—but dry don't allow us Freshmen to saw wood," 9 Droughts did great damage to grain crops in Turkey this year. Only 1,000,000 of the 50,000,000 people in the Netherlands East Indies are foreigners. The silence in the Rocky Moan- ; tains is so great that the flapping of partridge wings may be heard for several miles, Electricity today is estimated to be 50 per cent. below pre-war levels when figured on a costsof-living basis. What Makes a Town? A lresperous rural population which demands a community untie where may be estakliehed business, educational, relig- ious and entertainment facilities. Where .these flourish and are active it is safe to surmise that the people of that section realize and appreciate the value to them of such a centre. What ayntains It ? 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