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The Seaforth News, 1942-01-15, Page 6SUNDAY 'UCO LESION LESSON II. THE INFANCY AND BOYHOOD QF ".'ESUS. Matthew 1, 2; Luke `1, 2. PRINTED TEXT, Luke 2; 25.38 39, 40, GOLDEN TEXT. - Jesus, ad- vanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. Luke 2.52. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time,-- The annuneiation to Joseph and to Mary probably took. ,place in 6 B.C. Our - Lord was born in the winter of 5-4 13.0: The visit to the Temple at Jerusa- lem, when Jesus was twelve years old, is thought to have occurred In April, A.D.. 8, Place. - The annunciation to Joseph and Mary took place in Nazareth some seventy miles north of Jerusalem, where Jesus lived until fie was a mature man; The birth of our Lord took place in Bethlehem six miles below Jer- usalem. The circumcision of Christ, and all events connected with the Temple at the time of His -birth, took place in.Jerusalem. To what place in Egypt the holy family fled we do not know. Adoration of Simeon 25. And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26. And It had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27. And he came in the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do concerning him after the custom of the law, 28. then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and oath, 29. Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace; 80. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 31, Which thou has pre- pared before the face of all peo- ples; 32. A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. 33. And his fa- ther and his mother were marvel- ling at the things which were spoken concerning hien; 84, and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against; 35. yea and a sword shall pierce thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed." Nothing is known of this aged saint, except what is here recorded by Luke. He is de- scribed simply as righteous and devout, as looking for the Mes- siah, and as moved by the Holy Spirit to believe that he would not die before he had seen the Messiah. Guided by the Spirit to the courts of the Temple, he no sooner saw Jesus there, than the words of the famous Nunc Dimit- tis rose to his lips. Whilst Mary was wondering at the meaning of such words, Simeon turned to her and foretold the diverse results of the mission of Jesus. A stum- bling block and an offense to some, it would be the inspiration of a new life to others; and with her own blessedness would mingle anguish unspeakable. In the is- sue the deepest needs of many souls would be excited and met and men's heats would be probed, enriched and satisfied. By what sign Simeon was taught of the spirit to recognize the child of Mary as Christ, we are not told. In his song Simeon does not pray for death, he thanks God for per- mitting him to see what many pro- phets and kings had desired to see and were not permitted, the salvation he had promised; and having seen it, he says that he is ready to go when God wills. The singular sweetness, the calm beau- ty of the song of Simeon has al- ways been recognized and for ag- es it has entered into evening ser- vice of the church. Both the An- glican and the Roman Catholic churches have appointed it as a hymn at vespers, teaching us to live every day as if we knew it to be our last; and embracing Christ in faith, to thank God for Him and to he ready in peace to depart in hint. Growth of Jesus 89. "And when they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazar- eth. 40. and the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the Grace of God was upon him." The Saviour of the world, God's Son incarnate, grew up physically in the most normal way, with nothing to mae his bodily deveopment In the saint way, he grew up mentally, attain- ing more and snore strength in hind, understanding and reason- ing, The yotmg lair attained more and more wisdom in the Biblical sense of the right knowledge of God, and His salvation, coupled with its application to life In the case of Jesus this included the realization of Hie own relation N IR �I#NNICE A Weekly Column About This' and That In The Canadian Arany It's easy enough to nacre out for yourself why the Army applies the nickname, "Dusty" to Private Mil• ler or Corporal Rhodes, but It Is a vastly different matter when you come to Sergeant Clark -'or Colonel Clark -or even Lieutenant -General Clark, for that matter., All "Clarks" in the AI'my are called "Nobby" or "Knobby" aocording to the edu• dation of the mponoor. Don't ask me why. I don't know. Furthermore, _I don't think even Rudyard Kipling knew. All this looks beside the ,point. But it isn't, It plays a part In the explanation of tide column, You see the general idea of this weekly feature, which will come to you from all sorts of places where Canadians are training to play their.. part as men,to to tell John Citizen all -well, nearly alt - about the Canadian Army. "What do you mean, all about the Army?" asked a Brass Hat with whom I discussed the col. umn. Never mind the rest of the conversation -the answer is in the preceding sentence and that ane. wee is: "What Is a Brass Hat?" A "Braes Hat," paradoxkaly enough, may not have any brass (gold braid or leaves) on his hat at all. Generally speaking, though, a Brass Hat is a senior officer on the Staff. He may be recognized by colored "gorget patches" on his lapels and a band of the same color sound his cap which varies to the branch of the Staff to which he be- longs. we'll go into that detail later - it only came in here, like "Dusty" Rhodes, as an illustration or the sort of thing, amongst othera, that this column will interest itself in from week to week. By now, perhaps you are wonder- ing how the title was chosen. Well, you see it was this way. Any time you want a name for a new baby, or a pup, or a column, you describe it to your friends, ask or their suggeations, discard them all -and choose a name your- self. That's what happened in this case. One suggestion offered was, "Your Army." True enough, It is Your Army and St's my Army-- sometimes rmy=sometimes we don't realize our ownership and responsibility as much as we should. But one or two publisers thought that sound- ed too reminiscent of "My Day." to God in connectior with the sav- ing thoughts of God. A Normal Boy- In ogIn Luke 2: 41-52 is the only account we have of any event be- tween the early childhood of Jesus in Nazareth and His baptism, which probably took place at the age of thirty. This is probably the fust time that Jesus beheld the city of Jerusalem. It may be that He went up every year there- after, but we do not know. And where would the Son of God be found? In the Temple of God, in the midst of the teachers, "both hearing them, and asking them questions." The entire text clear- ly implies that Jesus did not know everything when he was twelve years of age. He was a normal boy. He grew in wisdom. At the same time, we do not believe there was any actual ignorance in the mind of Jesus. He knew God perfectly as a boy of twelve. He also knew Hini perfectly as a man of thirty. Furthermore, our Lord knew definitely at this time what He had come to earth to accom- plish, just as He knew definitely throughout His life the purpose for which God had sent Him. His heart directed Him into what should have been the holiest place in the City of Jerusalem, open to one not a priest. By His conver- sation, He indicated that His life, even at this early age, was dom- inated by the will of His Father. Nevertheless, though He knew God, and knew Himself to be the Son of God, and the Messiah announced by the prophets, yet He returned to Nazareth with Hie parents, and remained obedient to them as a perfect )Soy. So it followed several other sug- gestions into the discard. Then, a few nights ago, together with a dozen and a half other shiv- ering reporters and cameramen, the Adjutant -General, the Chief or the Air 'Stele, some Air Force of. Deer's and ground crews wlio have to bravo the weather regardless of rain and sleet, I watched a trails - Port ailcrglt descend "in the dark- nese at Ottawa. Out of the plane stepped Defence Minister Ralston, back from England. I remember- ed the legend that even on a 45- minute flight Colonel Ralston sits right down at a desk and works from start to finish of the trip. What he must have been 'work- ing on this time would be, obvious- ly, a speech to be made in the House of Commons, the opening of which he had missed, by the way, because of bad,iveatlter encounter- ed .on his crossing ffotn,England, Forgetting new oolumns and their vexatious titles I decided I would go to the "House" when, as the Press Gallery men put it, "Ralston is up" and listen to the kind of apeeoh that is prepared on a Diane, I did, So, I noticed, did a num- ber of membens who had been ab- sent from the chamber until. Col, Ralston started to speak,' What he said covered many columns In the daily papers. That is what he sold to you. But what he said to me was contained in one paragraph of Hansard -he gave me a title for this column. Here is the quotation Which followed a reference, to the work of civilian recruiting cone mlttees. Their work, he said, would "bring to all our citizens a keener appreciation of the fact that the Army is the individual citizen's army, and not an outside organization of which they know nothing and care less,' There was the title. -"The Indi- vidual Citizen's Army," and here except for one more brief note, is your first column. The brief note? Another para- dox. All "Browns" in the Army are nicknamed "Buster" -except, and this must prove the rule, Major-General B. W. Brown, D.S.O., M.C., Adjutant -General, whose nick- name is "Sam." Canada Produces Most Aluminum Canada's production of alumin- um has increased five times since the start of the war, bringing her up from third to first place among the producing nations of the world, John Bassett, jr., told the Royal Montreal Club at a lunch recently. Mr. Bassett said the United States would not at- tain the Dominion production fig- ure before March, 1942. Before the war, lie said, first place alternated between Ger- many and the United States. He ohserved, however, that Canada's output would not remain static when the U.S. regained' premier production honors. Mr. Bassett outlined the devel- opment of the aluminum industry on its present continent -wide scope, from the creolite sources of Greenland to the bauxite mines of British Guiana. In this connec- tion he noted the great develop- ment of the Saguenay district which only 15 years ago was a farming area. Hydroelectric devel- opment in the Saguenay had to- day reached 1,250,000 h.p. with a potential output of 1,750,000 h.p. Just before the war, its out- put was 750,000 h.p. Ball -Bearing Shells For Trench Mortars Ball-bearing shells for trench mortars, enabling them to be fired on a flat trajectory instead of having to be lobbed high in the air, are outstanding among new patents announced by the U.S. Patent Office. They are the in- vention of General Amos A. Fries, former chief of the Army's Chem- ical Warfare Service, says Science Service. FOREIGN MINISTER China moves toward even closer co-operation with the Unit- ed States with elevation of T. V. Soong, above, toforeign minis- try. Soong is a long-time good friend of America. Hitherto; trench- mortar fire has had to be conducted at high angles -45 degrees t r more -be- cause of the friction offered by the shell as it was dropped into the barrel. Weapons of this type are loaded from the nuzzle; the shell carries its propelling charge in a'cartridge attached to its base, which is fired by a fixed pin at the bottom of the tube. By elim- inating much of the friction with ball bearings, General Fries states, it now becomes possible to slide the shell down the tube at a very low angle, permitting the weapon to be used for direct instead of indirect fire. Low -trajectory or direct fire is desirable, especially for action against ' tanks, rapidly moving troops in the open, and pillboxes with overhead protection but open firing pouts which cannot be ef- fectively reached by high -angle fire. 10 Rules On How To Save On Tires 27,000,000 Motorists in Unit- ed States Told How To Save Rubber The Office of Poduction Manage- ment of the United States has ask- ed the country's 27,000,000 motor- ists to save rubber by using street cans and public buses where pos- sibe, and to hold pleasure driving to a niiuhnlun. The defense agency suggested that neighbors pool their automo- biles, using Duly one to go to work, instead of several, and urged house- wives to carry home small pack- ages instead of asking the mer- chant to deliver them. Where cars must be used, OPM asked observance of 10 rules to make tires last longer: 1. Have worn tires retreaded in- stead of buying new ones; the cost i's` usually about half that of a new tire, and will give about 80 per cent as much wear. 2• Cut out High speeds; tires will last twice as long at 40 miles an ,cur as at 60. 3. Inflate tires weekly to roconr• mended levels. Never let pressure fall more than three pounds below recommended minimums. 4. Don't stop short or make jack' rahbit starts. 5. Avoid striking curbs, road holes, and rocks. 6. Check wheel alignment twice a year. A tire one-half inch out of line will be dragcd sideways 87 feet out of every mile. 7. Repair ell urte, leaks and breaks promptly; ',delay may cause damage that cannot be repaired. 8. e , nga wheel positions every 5,000 miles. 9. Always get the lige made to fit the rim of your car; check with your garage if you are not euro what size tire you require, 10. Don't speed around curves. Real V1Torrks Home from a voyage in which he was attacked twice by enemy boats, once by a U-boat, three times by bombs, and once by shells, one of the British merchant captains ewpre:.,sed himself as follows: "That was by the way, but what worries me are these--perlshing income tax people." POP -In Other Words, Will It Work? RADIO REPORTER DIALING WITH PAV51 When United Press iu the 'Un- ited States and British United Press in Canada' flashed the eight p.m. llulletin Monday night Dee. 22nd, that Prime Minister Win- ston Churchill was in Washington, a nation was electrified; and the holiday season had its radio in- terest keyedto the highest pitch in history, as a result. The Christ- mas Eve tree -lighting ceremony- Friday's Churchill speech to the U.S. Congress, and the regular Empire broadcast by His Majesty the King on Christmas day were many of the highlights. Christ- mas day itself was darkened for Canadians by the news of the sur- render of Hong Kong. 'CKOC' and a great network of Canadian, stations .use British United Press News - one of the world's truly GREAT newagatliering agencies. The New Yearn has turned, and radio 'marches on - undaunted by the new demands of this contin- ent ontinent at war; unafraid of the hecti- cally important future it has to face in the months to come. The favorite network shows - the standard of local station produc- tion - the news coverage - ALL the various phases of radio's part in the . world today, have been keyed to the highest standard of performance for 19421 n a e Jack Benny, star of the Sunday night eight o'clock funfest on the CBC networ'k, is malting a new picture with Carole Lombard - To Be or Not To Bel Has a Shakespearean title, and Jae: as Hamlet, (seriously too, mind you 1) is a startlingly attractive sight. In spite of all the kidding about Benny's ' penny-pinching, "Rochester" is one of the weal• thiest comedians in the movie- radio colony - and a big slice of his income comes from his weekly radio chore with the Benny troupe. A few listening tips from 1150 on your dial: Be. listening Sunday night, January llth, at 9,1.0 D.S.T. for a new program sure prise 00CISOC - follows Chariie McCarthy, which arrow, 'inciden- tally,. has gone into the New Year with a few changes in the cast and set-up, Dr. Salmon's com- mentary on Sunday night at 0.00 o'cock AND - the following half-hour period - it's fine lis- tening! Back in CKOC's daily schedule now, with the Christmas rush over, are Waltzes and Song at 11.30 a.m„ Music for Everyone at one o'clock, and the Five O'clock Sliow at 5.00 p.m. Record of the week is out of the popular line'- Marian Anderson, brilliant negro contralto, singing "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny"-truly beautiful, with the deep Soul of the southland caught as never be- fore in song! OUR RADIO LOG TORONTO STATIONS CFRB 860k. CBI. 740k OICOL 68014 Owe 1010k U.S. NETWORKS WEAF N.B.O. Red 060k WJZ N.B.O. Blue 770k WABO (0.11,S.) 880k 'VOR (M.D•S.) 710k CANADIAN STATIONS C1rOS Owen Si: 610011 01.100 Hamilton 1150k Minn, HInenilton 11001, CKTB St. Oath. 1230k C1rCF Montreal 000k' 00.011 North Ilny 1230k CFC0 Chatham 0301. CFPL. London 1570k CJCS Stratford 1240k• OFRO Kingston 14110k C.0IC Sault Ste. 51. 1490k CKAO Montreal 730k UJKL Kirkund L. 5011k C1(CR Waterloo 14110k 01(00 Ottawa 1310k 01(011 Timmins 1470k Ci(80 Sudbury 71101. GKPO Brantford. 03801. OICLW Windsor 80011 OKNN Wh,s'Iuun 1230k U.S. STATIONS W EBR Buffalo 1340k WHAM Rochester 1180k WLW Cincinnati 70011 WRY Schenectady 8111k MIKA Pittsburgh 111101. WBBM Mileage 7801' WitEN Buffalo 9311k WW1 Buffalo 550k WKBW Buffalo 15201. WJR Detroit 760k SHORT WAVw 081 England 11.51m GSO England 0,58en GSD I ngland 11.75in 'GSE England 11.80ne GST Em;innd 15.1110 (450 Eng:and 17.711m G8P England 10.31en RSV Enirlmed 17.hrtn EAR Spain • 0.48n1 EA(t Spain 11.14OnI RAE. Russia 11611m ILNE [tussle 12,0001 151790 Russia 15.1810 WGEA enceoeelady 15.33es WOAD Phila. 15.27m WHIM Roston 15.1510 IVCI1X N. York 11.8310 -0 NOTED WOMAN SCIENTIST HORIZONTAL 1, 6 Woman, co -discoverer or radium. 10 To hamper, 12 Being. 13 To immerse. 14 Rustic. 16 Mountain pass. Answer to Previous Puzzle 18 Thus. 20 Yet. AYSI 22 Beam. C 23 Family of E cone e.. R O ER k 1 24 Normalsh. lls : 0 26 Musical note. 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