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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1943-02-11, Page 3SUNDAY $CHOOL ,LESSON EDITOR'S 'NOTE: • In future the current Sunday School Leen will be published one week earlier than' usual. February 14 JESUS HEALS A MAN •BON BLIND.-aJohn 9' PRINTED TEXT John •9:18,3$ GOLDEN TEXT.—One thing know, that, whereas 1 was blind, now. I .see, John 9:25. • • Memory Verse : Let us love o3ie another. I. John 4:7. THE LESSON IN -ITS SETTING Time.—Mid-October, A.D, 29. Mace.-e-Somewheee in the city' of Jerusalem. "The Jews -therefore did ,not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received ids sight, until they called the parenta of him that had received his sight, and asked thenn Saying, Is th1s your • sem, who ye say was • .born blind? how then doth he nov, •zee? His parents answered and said, We know that this is one son, .and that he was born blind but how he now seeth, we know not; in who opened his eyes, we know not: ask him; he is of age; he shall epeak for himself." How stubborn the human heart can be when it is determined that, no matter how great the evidence, it will not recognize Jesus to be the Son of God. "These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he. should be put out • of the synagogue. Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask • him." The Pharisees refused to acknowledge the truth concerning Christ. Long before this they had taken their stand against Christ and now they were, through sheer Pride of office, determined not to acknowledge their :fault by elating - Mg their verdict. The Beggar's Testimony "So they called a second time the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is a sinner. He therefore answered, whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see." The phrase -• 'Give glorf to Gad' is a solemn • •charge to declare the whole truth. • . "They said therefore unto him, what .did he unto thee? how op- • ened he thine eyes? He answered them'told you even now, and • ye did not hear; wherefore would ye .hear it again? would Yealso, , .$e.e0,00,40,Vp140 4o. *, peating ot-ti*'.qtiestien'''of how ,•*.'''.';the man was. healed simply re- veals the fact that these stubborn men were finding the testimony ,ef the beggar too strong and clear or denial. A God -Fearing Person "And they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we 'are disciples of Moses. We know that God hath spoken unto Moses; but as for this man, we knew not whence he is. The man answered and said unto them, Why, herein is the marvel, that Ye know not whence he is, and yet he opened mine eyes." The Pharisees knew that God had spoken to Moses, but they do not know whence this man Jesus is; that is, they do not know that He is from God, at which confession of ignorance tbe one once blind shows his astonishmeut. We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a wor- shipper of Gocl, and do his will, him he heareth. Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a re= born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do noth- ing." The Pharisees actually have only furthered the beggar's think- • ing: for while at first be is not read -y to discuss Whether Jesus is an open sinner, now he proves •• eonclusively that be must be the very opposite, a God-fearing per. son who does God's will. The Son of Man "They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out." Defeated by his pitiless logic, the adver- saries of Jesus give way to rage. "Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, he said, Dost thou believe on the Son ot God?" The thought of 'the Son of Man' stands in true contrast with the selfish 'isolation of 'the Jews.' The new society, seen here • in its beginning, rests upon this foundation, wide as humanity it - "He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that 'may be- lieve on him? Jesus said unto lain, Thou hast both seen him, and be it is that speaketh with thee." 'Thou hast seen Him,' was not that enough to prove Hie claim? Jesus gave the beggar eyes to see; now he has given - him the Christ to look .at. "And he said, Lord, T believe. And he worshipped him." This .4111, of course, did not have a conception of all that the .loneliip of Christ :involved, for even the Apostles themselvea "^`,. --', • • U-BOAT CHIEF RULES NAZI NAVY Confirmation of reports that Germany hopes U-boats can stem the rising tide of defeat is seen in the elevation of Admiral Karl Doenitz to be Grand Admiral in supreme command of the German Navy, succeeding Grand Admiral Erieh Raeder. Admiral Doenitz, former conunander of the submarine fleet and originator .of "wolf - pack" U-boat tactics, is pictured, left above, greeting a returned sub- marine crew. were slow in coming to realize the full meaning of Christ's deity. But this man did believe that Christ had come from God, that He was God's Son, that He was doing God's work, that His words were true. A man who believes this much wlil believe all else that he finds concerning. Christ in the Word of God. Only 12,000 Nazis Fight at Stalingrad All but 12,000 of the German Sixth Army that once fought its way into the streets of Stalin- grad have been wiped out or taken prisoner and the three main railroads radiating out from the centre—to the north, the Cau- casus and the west ---have been freed from enemy control. The completeness of the disas- ter to the 220,000 troops .virtu- ally is conceded in Berlin -where the Nazi propaganda has given out that all the remaining troops at Stalingrad may lose their lives. However, some of the German commanding officers were report- ed by. the .Russians to have es-. ca14,del4W1Artnthe ',.trair by Plane after'refusing•a Russian demand for surrender. One regiment, the 534th, was announced to have surrendered. en masse. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON February 21 JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD John 10 PRINTED TEXT John 10:1-5, 11.16, 27-30 GOLDEN TEXT. — I ani the good shepherd: the good shep- herd layeth down his life for the sheep. John 10:11. Memory Verse: Be ye kind., Ephesians 4:32. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.—Th e first half of this chapter, through verse 21, re- cords a message uttered by our Lord in mid-October A.D. 29. The words recorded in verses 22-39 were littered in late December of that year; within a few days after, the event recorded in the last two verses took place. place.—Each of the discourses recorded in this chapter .was ut- tered in Jerusalem, but of .course, the event spoken of in the last - three verses eiceur3:e0neBetliany-, beyond Jordan. The .Shepherds Contrasted "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door 1 THIS CURIOUS WORLD 41' ensteivu. By William Ferguson WEAR. SMALL- 4/6.1-e7A/A-VG 'IN THEIR. ' TOPKNOTS TO AVERT .51//.1. S,z)/R/74i1" AN i1/41AeG/A/19 W/V.E.51 142 tlY PAT. OFF. GOLDFISH CAN SURVIVE FREEZING; OF THE WATER. IN WHICH THEY LAVE. Yes I-PWE. ifa"e2tErra:744, WSJ MUST BUY goisicas.."6"ays FItANK KANTiRs NEW 'YORK MILLS, NM SPIVAllarn..100441/..410•41011.111111.1•10•111.1 POP—Pop's Right the First Tie into ,0 fold of the sheep, hitt up some other way, OW a hief and a Jas .0 eana t9 describe here the Sa ttobber." Meda y full of cunning with vte:tipiete the Pharisees had stle- ce, in establishing their =- in the enclosure of the it,heOf°Qtltet entereth in by the r'qr is the shepherd of the ghee, To him the porter open- eth;hend the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, mid leadeth then out. When he hath put forth all his ,savie.e.01,e goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know, his voiee. And a stranger will they not follow, but wil1 flee from' him: for the know not the voice ef strangers." Thee shepherd's call is recog- nized by his own sheep for each of which he has a name. Him only., will they follow; from a • stranger's call they will flee, not recognizing the volce. The sheep recognize the familiar and loving voice:„' There is no compulsion or violence as in the case of a thief. (Ps. 110:3.) The Good Shepherd "i, am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for his sheep. He that is a hireling, and not a' shepherd, wh�s 014731 sheep they are not, lieholdeth the wolf coming, and leaireth the sheep, and fleeth, and the • wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them: he fleeth be- cause he is a hireling, and eareth not for the sheep." Christ is the Perfect Shepherd as opposed to His own imperfect ministers. He is the true shepherd as opposed to the false shepherds who are hirelings and hypocrites; He is the ,good shepherd who gives His life .for the sheep as opposed to the wicked thief who takes their lives to preserve his own. "I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me," This is the know- ledge of mutual love, trust and sympathy. We know ourselves truly only in Christ's knowledge of us, •One Flock, One Shepherd "Even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and they shall become one flock, one shepherd." Christ - foresaw His death and could have eseaped it but that He came to die for the .sins of the people. ; We have here our Lord teaching • ins how to think of the certain issueS of His work and ours. ereis to be but.one Shepherd er all the.. earth, a great Obeclience'ete TFTim Ey sheep hear my voice, and knoW thein, and they follow . me: and I give unto them eternal life.; and they Oa never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand." What infinite privileges are granted to the true sheep of the Good Shepherd: they are 'given eternal life; they shall never be taken out of the safe- keeping of the Shepherd; they aro the gift of the Father to the Son; they are forever safe in the Father's hands. All the power of the Godhead is here revealed as more than sufficient for the eternal preservation of those whom the Father has given to the Son. RADIO REPORTER RJX fROST dEar Rade() eDitorS; sense I as bin togethuR with aMos fur sew mennY Years, and sense MosT o yo remenimmbur me an aMos bacK wen it veto ;sAan 'n HENRY" their aint MuTch fa teLL yo tHat yu dont kno oUr sloGGan is "keEp aMilin whiLE diaLin' beeaUSe yo can't go Hong with a ANDREW H. Brown enTerPrize beeAuSe we aim to pLeas an kEEp all ells- tornerS SatisfiEd. Also muSie for- nished fOr wEddings an sociablEs. RespctivlY Yors ANDREW H. BROWN, Esk. PrEsid't & pRogram diRectr (also aMos joans) formerly fresh air taxicaB Co. INK. Radio editors across the United States and Canada were highly amused to receive recently a let- ter, of which the above is an ex - 'tract, Equally sorry were they to learn that North America's fam- ous black face comedians Amos and Andy would be leaving the air on February 19th next. After 23 years of radio and stage as sociation Freeman (Amos) , Gos- den and Charles (Andy) Correll naturally have many fond recol- lections of their past successes. . and of their modest beginning. Way back in March, 1925 the boys auditioned for Bob Boniel at Station EBH, Chicago. Their song, "Yes, Sir, that's my baby" was presented with what was then a hot ukelele accompaniment. "Well," said Boniel when they had finished, "you boys aren't bad but we've got a lot of singers on this station, I tell you what to do, drop around tonight about 11.30 and I'll put you on the air for one song, you understand that we don't pay for talent, but after we sign the station off at midnight, we give all the artists a plate luncheon." Snell was their introduction to radio. . . a free lunch but no pay. One day the manager of a rival radio station in Chicago asked Gosden and Correll if they could dramatise one of the comic strips in the local paper. Their retort was that they felt they could do a better job by creating a radio comic strip of their own, and so on March 19, 1928, they first appeared as Canadian Women Have London Club • Canadian women in the Serv- ices or engaged in war work in Britain now have their own cen- tral gathering place in Canada Corner in London. A freshlp painted, bright blue door stands open at 5 Suffolk .street, just be- hind Canada House, off Trafalgar Square. Already more Man 100 young Canadian girls, mostly in uni- form, are making use of the club's facilities. There are a comfortable sitting room, with Canadian mag- azines and papers, a rest room and a snack bar. A house mother is In residence, and with day hos- teases shares the task of giving information or advice to recent arrivals who as yet do not know their way around London. " WHY DO T HEAR NOTI-411,1G 114!v1 ii2U11, Syntl 111, 41111111.6191.06 Amos 'N Andy over WMAQ, Chi- cago, The rest of the story is his- tory, well known to the vast majority of radio listeners in North America. For more than 8 years they had the largest week- ly audience of any program on the air. Suffice ii, to say that Amos 'N Andy will be orely missed. At the beginning of this year the strength of the Royal Cana- dian Navy was close to 50,000 men operating more than 500 ships. That is a long stretch from the strength at the outbreak of war, 1,700 men and 15 vessels in operation. For most Canadian sailors the most dramatic moment in their daily routine is not when a submarine lets loose its torperks but when the roaring winds whip the bosom of the sea into drama- tic fury and make each moment of the day a brush with fate. How one little vessel of the Royal Ca- nadian Navy rode out a storm at sea will constitute the feature story of the CBC network broad- cast Comrades in Arms, Friday, February 12, 10.15 p.m. But this program is not alone a naval pre- sentation; on the occasion in question the Canadian Army will salute the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Not everyone knows that the first vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean by steam power only was built in Canada by a Canadian. Sir Samuel Cunard, Halifax bus- iness man, was to become the most outstanding ehip-owner in North America when in 1883 he planned and supervised the con- struction of the "Royal William." This fully steam -powered vessel crossed from Quebec to London, England in twenty-two days. . . and was the forerunner of a little fleet of four ships with a total tonnreee of 5,000, which became the hetcleus of the great Cunard Corepany of modern times. The full story of the life of Sir Sam- uel Cunard will be heard by Ca- nodian schoolchildren on Friday, February 12, 10 a.m. as another in the series of history lessons in the National school broadcasts of the CBC. HORIZONTAL 1, 6 Pichired 17f S. A. top army official. L3 Jar. 14 Original music*. draft, 16 Arabian,: 17.Male 18 Crowns of heads. 1.9 Coin. U. 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