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The Brussels Post, 1943-1-27, Page 3"BLITZ SCOUTS" WELCOMED HOME Scout The four British "Blitz Scouts," who toured Cann welcomed nd the United Paddington, Sst ellieg of Bae cent war serviee in Britain, finally reach home, They Scout of the Empire, Lord Somers, Sir Percy Everett, Deputy Chief Scout, and an evacuee Scout troop from Gibraltar. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON V JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE John 6 PRINTED TEXT John 6:8-14, 30.38 GOLDEN TEXT. — Jesus said' unto them, I am the bread of life. Joi>.n 6:35. Memory Verse: We . . . APG helpers. 2 ..Corinthians 1 24. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.—A11 the events of this chapter fall in the month of April, A,D. 29. ' Place.: --Tho feeding of the five thousand took place at Bethsaida, on the shore of Galilee, while the walking on the sea was, of course, on the same body of eater. The sermon ou the Bread Life was delivered in the sync - Logue of Capernaum. "One of lois disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith auto him, There is a lad here, who hathfive` barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many? Jesus said, Make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand." The vast assem- blage was thus sub-ilivicled and broken up into manageable por- tions. •The apostles were able to pass easily up and, down. among the groups, and to minister in or- derly succession to the necessities of all, Divine Omnipotence "Jesus therefore took the loaves. And having given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down; likewise also of the fishes as much as they would." We must be content to behold in this multiplying of the bread an act of divine omnipotence — not indeed now as at first, of absolute creation out of nothing, since there was a substratum to work on in the original loaves and fishes, but an act of creative growth; a quantitative, as in the water turned into wine there was e qualitative, miracle, the bread growing in the Lord's hands, so that from that little stock all the multitude were abundantly sup- plied. A Visible Symbol "And when they were filled, he saith unto his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which re- main over, that nothing be lost. So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which remained over unto them that had eaten." With the Lord of nature, as with nature herself, the most -prodigal bounty goes band is hand with the nicest and exactest economy; anti He who' had but now shown Himself God, again submits Himself to the laws and proprieties of His earthly condition, so than as in the mfr- acic itself His power, in this con - eland His humility, shines emin- ently forth. This which remained over must have immensely ex- ceeded in btilk and quantity the original stock; and, we thus have here a visible symbol of that love which exhauts not itself by lov- ing; lint after all its outgoings upon others, abides itself far.• richer then it would, have done but for these; of the multiplying which there over is in a true cils- ponsing; of the increasing which may go along with a scattering. Teachings of John "When therefore the people taw the sign which he . did, they said, This is of n truth the prophet .that cometh into the world." John tells us later that he wrote lois Gospel - that wen night believe that ;Testis is the Christ, the Soi of God, and that believing,' they might have life through hit tame-. (20:31). All through bis book he continually keeps in mind the effects of the miracles, and the matchless teaching of the Lord Jesus, upon those who behold His acts and hear His words. "They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written,' He gave them bread out of heaven to eat," How so-called seekers after religious truth made innumerable foolish demands, postponing the hour ,ef real decision, demanding evidence in the religious realm which they would never require in any other sphere. of life! In spite of the fact that these people knew with certainty of thegreat miracle which Jesus load just performed in feeding the five thousand,' they asked Him to produce further signs, which would be capable of proving that He was what He claimed to be, the Sent One of God. To support their demand they mentioned the great miracle of the wilderness wanderings in which their prophet 14 loses had ob- tained for theca from the hands of Gocl sufficient daily food (manna) for their sustenance during forty years. The Bread of Life "Jesus therefore said unto theta; Verily verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true JUDICIAL DISSE-NtER T HORIZONTAL 1, 7 Great American authority .on laW. 11 Frozen water. 12 Adult insect. 15 Ever (contr.). 16 Booty. 17 Goat antelope. 18 Platform. 20 Wayside hotel. 21 He was a Civil War 23 Varnish ingredient. 24 Instrument for combing 'wool, 25 Russian emperor. 27 Arm joint. 30' Cry for help, • 31 Plaster of Paris. • 34 Harness strap. 60 Since. 36 To ring, 61 He was a 37 Data. U. S. A. — 38 In such Court justice many years. 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At this point our Lord attempts to lift up IIis listeners once again from the level of ifhings material, to which their minds seem to be held, to higher levels of spiritual reality, telling them clearly that while under Moses they did have bread nmira- eulously bestowed, yet it was, only for their physical needs, but tbat now the Father was giving them the true bread from heaven, Bread la the word which symbolizes the great elemental necessity of life called food. That food must be eaten by all inch, if life is to be sustained, every one recognizes, but Christ alto insists onanother truth, that, as men with bodies must have physical food, so, because they have a soul, if they are to truly live and to have life that is eter- nal, a life that satisfies, a life that is rich, they must likewise •partake of another bread, whieh is He Himself, the Bread of life. There are men today who do not confess to any spiritual hunger, and pretend to -get on without God, without divine revelation, without prayer, without sacrifice, -without the forgiveness of sin. There are millions of such men. But thesemen are not living abundant, 'Hell, satisfying lives of peace, and power, and purity. Life that is life, life that satisfies, is life that comes through the Lord Jesus Christ. Here, as in so many other places in the Gospels, our Lord continually talks about life, meaning fundamental spiritual life, and declares that that life is only to be found in Him. VERTICAL dolphin. 2 King of beasts. 42 Sorrowful: 3 Portrait statue 44 To mutilate. 4 Veteran. 47 Fuel. 5 Stiffness. 48.Coin. 6 To fend off, 49 Snake, 7 Pits. 51 Exclamation. 8 Prevailed on. 52 Era. 9 Supper. 53 •Neither. 10 Assam silk- 56 Type measure', worm. 13 Earthy materials. 14 Manners of walking. 57 Southeast (abbr.). 58 Pronoun. '59 New England (abbr.). Japan May Feel Big Quake Soon Major Earthquakes Shook Japan In 1923, 1933 — What About. 1943? It the law or probability means What statistl-oiaits think it does, Japan may experience a severe earthquake. within the next year or so, said Fordham -University's seismological authority, Rev. 1. S. Lynch, S.J., in a recent General Electrie Forum. The last major Japanese earth- quake occurred 1n 1903 and exacted a toll of 3,000 lives. A predecessor, strangely enough, shook Japan in 1921 Will the next be in 1945? , Accordiug to Father Lynch the three worst recent quakes in the main islands were those of 1891, 1923, and 1927. -4M+I A RADIO REPORTER.. [LX FROST • Overhead the rata -tat -tut -a -tat - tat of machine guns ... the sharp crackling burst of shrapnel .. . and then . c-tu-m-p-P-p the' building shivers a cloud of dust .. . and the clattering on the roof of bricks and debris. Can you imagine anybody wanting to think up a radio programme amid the sickening thud of bombs, the. whistling of antl-aircraft shells and the noisy collapse of falling rubble? Not a very inspiring at- ruosphere, shell we agree, for the thoughtful origination of an air show.. But it actually happened during a devastating air raid in London on April 28th, 1941. To take their minds off the .horror of the moment, a group of people, including a prominent official of the C.B.C. were sitting in a Lou- don restaurant that awful night of a heavy blitz calmly discussing what happens to ordinary people when War drives a wedge into their lives, And so canoe into being a radio family known as. the Robinsons . the inspiration of that series heard nightly ever the C.B.C. 5 pan. except Saturday and Sunday, known as "Front Line Family." In the early days it was easy to get material for "Front Line Family" as some of the most dramatic London raids took plate soon after the serial started, A number of the actors came to the microphone swathed in bandages, mute evidence of their actual experiences in the trial and terror of those fright- ful days. There is nothing fax fetched about the Robinson Fam- ily and its adventures. Many. a family in Britain has bad similar experiences. All have met these experiences with a similar mooof humour and endurance. Here is a programme which every Can- adian family should listen to. In the quiet tranquility of the. Can- adian scene it brings some under- standing, some appreciation of the terror which stalks abroad in. the Europe of today. * s In 1891 the main island of Japan wee practically broken in two. Cracks were observed clear across the island.from the Sea of Japan on the left to the Pacific Ocean on the right. About 8,000 lines were lost. The next big quake, which oc- curred in 1923, took 100,000 lives. It actually occurred some miles off shore, but such was its intens- ity that in some places the coast slipped six feet. "The third big quake of 1927— the Tango earthquake—occurred on the main island seine 100 miles south of 'the 1891 quake," sail Farther Lynch. "It caused horizon• tal slips amounting to eight feet and extending 50 iniles in from the Sea of Japan." Because the rsgiou was not densely populated Maly 3,000 lives were lost. W 4 * Ail these quakes showed visible surface effects, The main belt of Japanese quakes, however, runs along the Pacific 5135 of the main island some distance off shore. ' One of the most disastrous en - Mots of off -shore qutikes is the huge water wave. At Samikn, a small island off shore, water waves caused 30,000 deaths in 1890 and 3,000 in 1933. Fomosa(Taiwan). the munitions stpxehouse of Japan, has a belt of quakes cutting across the middle of the island, In this belt' some 4,000 people were killed in 1935; other quakes of first magnitude in the belt occurred In 1920 and 1922. The strength of Britain's home guard ie approximately 2,000,000 :.armed men. _ ,. "CFRB" said the girl on the switchboard. "Say," said a voice en the other end of the line "who are these guys Woodhouse and Hawkins, who are pulling the wisecracks over your station?" The enquiry followed the CFRB "Ontario Caravan" broadcast one Thursday evening recently 9 to 9.30. "Just a moment" said the phone girl "I'11 put you through to them." There eves a brief pause. Then a voice on the line Another brief :pause 9ery brief. "I want to speak to Wood- house and Hawkins" said the en- quiring radio listener. "O.K." was the reply ... "this is Wood- house." '"I thought you said Mae- "This is MacGregor nor talking." gregor," slapped hack from the can piece" , and so continued the conversation. awering a few of the lnquestions that roll in at CFRB about Woods house and Hawkins, those twv jovial funsters who set the pace and laughter during the Ontario Caravan programme and the "Double or Nothing" show, "Woodhouse" in ordinary life is plain Art MacGregor who hails from the Land o' the Heather Aberdeen to be precise, And his portner "Hawkins" . Frank Deavillo in plain clothes, Baits from Victoria, B.C. In addition to being a very clever comedy team Art and Frank, as they are affectionately called in radio cir- cles, are individually very fine • character actors. Just tune in some time and see if you cap guess who plays the part of Mr. McGillieuddY, Mr. Percival Wooley, Mr. McHayloft, Mr. G, Howie Blotz, Mr. Iva Gardener, Mr. G. I. Itch, or the other several characters which they imperson- ate during the "Caravan" Show. Get a load of these boys. They're clever. And funny. And now its the "Victory" ra- dio receiver. Down in the good old U.S.A. all manufacturers of radio sets have banided together with the object of turning out a standard radio set manufactured on one basic and simple design. Not elaborate, No gadgets, Just. wartime simplicity . a sturdy set built for durability ... a set for the `duration." In the past five or six years, there were eredio rr 1,000 different types of ceiveee on the market. Now they've to boil them all down to eine standard set. 1t will be aGitie job, you say. Yes definitely. But so will be the job of smashing the Nazis." The proposed "Victory" ra- dio receiver is just another step along the road to Freedom, More than 150 000 pairs of army boots for India have been trade in Australia and are await- ing shipment. LISTEN TO 'COUNTRY NEWS" Items of Interest From Ontario Weekly Newspapers' EACH SUNDAY AT 2 P.M. 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