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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1943-01-21, Page 64,4 F U. S. Ali» BRITISH PRISONERS, SAY GERMANS According to the Nazi caption on the photo above, it shows a group of American and British pris- oners, captured during fighting in Tunisia, waiting under guard to be taken to the rear. Picture, passed by censor, reached U. S. through neutral sources in Portugal. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON January 24 JESUS THE GREAT PHYSICIAN John 5 PRINTED TEXT John 5:2-17 GOLDEN TEXT. — Wouldesi thou be made whole? John 5:6. Memory Verse: The Lord is my helper. Hebrews 13:6. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. — The Passover, April A.D. 28. Place.—The pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem. "Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, hay. ing five porches. In these lay a multitude of there that were sick, blind, hilt, withered." When so many sufferers are brought to- gether they impress us much more than when we meet them singly; we then see more ade- quately all the wretchedness, the misery, the broken lives that form the result of sin among men. Those In Need "And a certain Tuan was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been 4ene,a,Jiang time" in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? The sick pian answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, an- other steppeth down before rale Into this place, where only the 'helpless came, but never one• strong and well >to encourage them, to investigate their eases, 'to attempt to heal them of their ailments, where none of the great of Jerusalem ever entered — into this group of forgotten men came, –this day, the Son of God. It was He who had annouueed at the very threshold of His ministry that He had come down to preach the gospel to the poor; to heal the brokenhearted; to preach de- liverance to the captives and re- covering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty then that are bruised (Luke 4:18). Why our Lord centered His attention upon one man in the group rather than upon all the men, or some other man, we do not know. This is the way of God's dealings; some are chosen, some are not. One rea- son, no doubt, why our Lora focused His attention this day on this man was because be was the H. A. Leo, who has been ap- pointed general passenger agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway. at Toronto, joined the company in 1918 at Boston, Mass.; serving with the United States navy from 1918 to 1910. After working in the United States for 27 years, he was made assistant general passenger• agent at Montreal in 1040. Mr, Lee will have iheis- diction over the Algona distriet of the company as well aft the Ontario distrlct, worst case of all those who were there, and, if men were convinced He could deliver this man from his infirmity, they would know the Lord could save any man from whatever disease or affliction pos- sessed him. The Lord never performed healing miracles in the Gospels automatically. He could have laid His hand on this man without a word, lifted him up and sent him home. He did not choose to do so. He first asked hien a ques- tion. Then He commanded him to do something, and then, later, He gave a warning. He does not want this man automatically healed of a physical deformity. He desires that there should be an act of faith, an exercise of will, a transformation morally and spiritually as well as physically. So he asks .him a question, `Wouldest thou be made whole?' The man's answer showed that he was hopeless. It had become the established .order of things with him that some one antici- pated him. He speaks of it as regularly happening — `another steps down before me.' He has no friend — not one who would spare time to wait beside him. and watch for the welling up of the water. Meeting Our Needs 'Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. And straightway the man was made, wlydi.'lnd took up his bed'acrd walked. Now it was the, sabbath on that day." There is no' com- mandment ommandment in the Word of God for the obedience of which Christ will not give strength in the hour of need. And there is no case of such long standing, so appar- ently helpless, but that Christ is able to deliver fromwhatever bondage, whatever habit, what- ever doubt, whatever evil may have taken possession of any in- dividual. Why did our Lord ask this man to take up his bed and walk, rather than to leave the bed there? Probably, as some one has said, that he might remove from the place of his, long and fruitless waiting the very vestiges of a life of impotence and despair, so that ha would never be tempted to go back again to the place where he had spent so many wasteful years, This man, walking out with his bed, proved to all others who were assembled there that he was com- pletely and instantly healed. In like manner, one newly saved by Christ is to reveal the reality of his salvation by living that kind of a life which before was im- possible for him — a life above the level of the world, a life mani- festing divine strength, a life in whieh the power of God will be manifest. ' So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. But he answered them,He that made ore' whole, THIS CURIOUS WORLD • By William Ferguson COPR. 1942 SY NEA SERVICE, RIC, T, M. REC. V. S. PFST. OFF. MMeditge416, MOS. 0.1sICE WERE 'BELIEVED IV/ MANY PERSONS 70 BE. PO/SO/VOW AND TO CARRY APSE collo TOM 04,E R1=ADs: Ch'/.Cv z,EN ssi /1.40 rwcw Y A,,:e..1 /S+ 7ME Lae?" r,,YYeRE £ NCS OTTAWA* CAPITAL. OF CANADA, 1S ABOUT THE SIZE OF CLZISA ..col z it c./Pct },4 All -SW -EH: Salt Lake City. , , , Approximately 16Q,000. NeXT: Do B tte:toes have huanned backs? the same said. mato me, 'Take up thy bed, aiut walk, They .asked him, Who is the man that said unto Thee, Take 11;p thy bed, and Walk? Tint he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself •away, a multitude being in the place. �.f• terward Jesus findeth him in the tehepie, and said unto hien, Be- hold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee, The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole. And :for this cause the Jews perse- cuted Jesus, because he clid these things on the sabbath, But Jesus answered them, My Father work- eth even until now, and I work." Spiritual Soundness The man's bearing 'of his bed was not a work by itself; it was merely the concluding act of his healing, that by which he should make proof himself, and give tes- timony to others of•its reality. It was lawful to heal on the Sabbath day; it was lawful then to do whatever was immediately in- volved in, and directly followed on, the healing. Our Lord is in- terested, first of all, in a man's inner life, then his physical wel- fare. Healing him of his bodily infirmity, he wanted this man in all the days to come to reveal a spiritual soundness like to that of the soundness' of the body which had now beet given to him. Final punishment for one who persists in sin is a worse thing than long years of weary miser- able life. Old -Time Winter A Tough Problem But Folk Were Tough Toe and Could "Take It" The spell of below -zero weather was hard on the coal bin, on fath- er and father's account at the bank, truly says the London .Free Press. It tested the plumbing and the furnace. It made housekeeping an all -day chore but it served to remind the old folk of the Win- ters they knew when they were young. In those "good old days" our homes were cooler than they are oeow. We had not come to the stage .of ,specialized insulation nor had "wea.yet departed from the Quebec :1eea,ter and the wood box. We wore lhe4vy underwear and now and then we slept in our socks and s fieped a sweater on when we • got out of bed to tend the stoves. * * * Our houses in' those far -away .clays showed wide` differences in temperature. Beside the stoves it was as high as'80 or J0. Close to the walls it was down to 40. In bedrooms it may have been lower. Going to beat was an adventure comparable with 'Hudson's explor- • ations in the Northwest Passage. The bed was the coldest thing at night and the only warm thing in the house first thing in the morn- • ing. Winter came in about Decem- ber 15 and stayed until. April 1. Yes, the old-fashioned Winter was a tough proposition. But so were the old-fashioned folk. They had to "take it" and they could "take it." They came out in the Spring pretty spry and began to store away wood and woollens for the next Winter. They would not have thought anything about our cold spell. Maybe we have grown soft. Maybe we are older. Anyway it was almighty cold and in our .estimation, distinctly old-fashion- ed. Marine "F"ed Up'/ On Carrot Diet Mahlon 0. Kastick. aged 18, ate his way into the U. S. Marines, and is "fed up" on a vertain vege- table. Turned down when he tried to enlist because of color blind- ness, Kastick ate carrots for four mouths until he was able to. pass the visual test. LISTEN TO "COUNT!Y E SI/ items of Interest From Ontario Weekly Newspapers EACH SUNDAY AT 2 P.M. CFRB-860 on your dial ommovimesmatermturunsuctoulaso RADIO REPORTER REX FROST. Here's something, for boys and girls who ate .studying ur other-• • wise are nintereeted in music .. in fact here ;pro two "somethings," The first is the new Toronto con., servatory of Music programme heard every Sunday afternoon over MB, Toronto from 2.30 to 2,45. The objective of the programme, is to help music students in their examinations by demonstrating and describing the Manner in which musical examin* ation numbers should bo inter. Meted. The programme is under the personal direction of Norman Wilks, Principal of the Toronto Conservatory of Music, and should be of great assistance- to music students the Province -wide. The second is a special series or ten musical programmes for young folk commencing on Wednesday, January* 20th, and continuing every consecutive Wednesday thereafter until March 24th, 3 p.m. over a CBC network, Which • includes CHML, Hamilton, CKTB St. Catharines, CFCO Chatham, •. CKLW Windsor nad CBT Toron- to. This special radio design of Music for Young Folk has been' announced in response to an emergency call. War time restric- tions of transportation have pre- vented the resumption of the regular winter series of Toronto Symphony Orchestra School Con- certs in Massey Hall, Toronto, but Sir Ernest McMillan and his associates interested in continu- ing these programmes, asked that radio should, undertake the happy task of bringing these periods of fine music not to Toronto young- sters alone, but to school children throughout the province. Six will be studio presentations with lead- ing soloists and instrumental groups demonstrating various forms of music and describing the types of instruments played. There will no doubt be touch of interest also to adults,' particu- larly music teachers, in both of the series of programmes previ- ously mentioned. Should tomato vines be pruned? ... Will houseplants bloom better POP—He Couldn't Go That Far YOU SHOULD HAVE 1 MUTUAL .INTERESTS WHAT DOES irl• SHE LIKE. ? on a sunny window sill, even though the 'window mast be kept. closed? . , . Is it possible to raise an orange tree from orange seeds? ... Many of you gardeners who have listened to the Colum- bia radio series, "The Garden Gate," heard Saturday mornings 9,30 ,over CFBB Toronto will have been interested in the discussions which have been presented over a period • of 9 years by a radio personality who calls himself "The Old Dirt Dobber." It is now an- nouncedthat in about a month's time he will offer . . "The. Old Dirt Dobber's Garden Book," based on the Garden Gate radio series in which publication he. will deal with a thousand and one, questions which puzzle the mind' of the amateur home gardener. No doubt he'll tell you on the air when the book is published and bow you can obtain your copy. Sooner or .later it seems that' the armed forces get then .. Reeenilly such prominent radki' personalities as Geoffrey Wad- dington, Vie George; Rai Purdy, Jimmie Shields, Frank Schuster and Johnny Wayne have joined the services. We also hear that CFRB's announcer, Jack Dawson, is slated for the Air Force at an early date. Also among the re- cent recruits is Fletcher Markle, young Vancouver writer; whose recent _ series "Baker's Dozen" attracted nationwide attention, is now an aircraftsman in the P.C. A.F. Markle turned aside a writ- • ing offer from the movies to join up, and soon will be providing some of the Air Force scripts for "Comrades in Arms," currently being heard on the CBC network Fridays at 10.15 p.m: Wishart Campbell, remembered as the Golden Voice of the Air, is now a pilot officer in the R.C.A.F. Truly radio is doing its bit. At the .end of the First Great War there were 6,000,000 automo- biles in the. United States. 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