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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1937-09-30, Page 3fl �moarttlU�ro,olldua,BlgN1�Q�flwwP�llOu w�•ow P�rl+nt�a!lsgrn.�i �► 1R 1,KU e}ss. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON -- a ��IY0�t1r11;'OII•!�Ilrpl!'��OII�G�Oi11�Q�IrYd����11��'�11�•IIe11C,�1t�t1�D11r LESSON I. CHRISTIAN SONSHIP (1 John, Chapter 3,) Printed Text -1 John 3: 1-6, 18-24. GOLDEN TEXT— But as many as received hire, to them gave he the right, to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name. John 1: 12. The Lesson in its Setting Time. — The first Epistle of John 'las written about A.D. 90, Place. — We do not know exactly ;here this epistle was written, but )robably in the City of Ephesus, here it is thought John lived for )he greater part of his life after the lscension of Christ. The first epistle of John is noth- ing less than a love letter, a letter revealing the wonderful love of God - to hi, children, written only for the family of God. Its author was, most Appropriately, the apostle John, "the one whom Jesus loved," and the one In whose Gospel the love of Christ is most frequently spoken of. The very vocabulary of this epistle un- mistakably identifies it as an epistle to those who are in God's family. The Scriptures teach that all who believe on Christ unto salvation are sons of God; not on the ground of their first or natural birth into the Adamic family, but on the ground of their second or spiritual birth into the family of God (John 1: 12; Gal. 3: 26; Eph. 2: 19; 3: 15; 5: 1). We See God's Love "Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God" —It is a very interesting point that ahnost everywhere in the New Testa- ment where the love of God is spoken of, it is immediately related to the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, God's son, on Calvary. It is in that sacrifice for us that we most clearly see God's love for us. John 3: 16 is the great statement of this marvel- ous truth. Now the n postle goes on to tell us that not only has the Lord Jesus Christ saved us, by his death for us, but that God has become to us our Father in Heaven, and that we are made the children of God. "Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest - what we shall be. We know that; if he shall be manifested."— The per- son erson here referred to is, of course, the Lord Jesus Christ. His home always was in Heaven, but once, nineteen hundred y.ears ago, he was "mani- fested," i.e., he revealed himself to men on earth (John 1: 31; 1 Tim. 3: 16; 2 Tim. 1: 10; 1 Pet. 1: 20; 1 John 1: 2; 3: 5, 8; he will be manifested once again, when he comes back to earth the second time, to take his church up to glory where he is. "We shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is." We cannot here help thinking of the words of the apostle Paul—"For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall 1 know fully, even as also I was fully known" (1 Cor. 13: 12). We will have greater powers for apprehend- ing spiritual truth when we are in our new spiritual bodies, and then we shall see Christ in all of his glory (see John 17: 24), in all of his love, in all of his infinite power ana wisdom. Hope of His Return "And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure."—The hope here spoken of is, of course, the hope of our Lord's return, and the hope of seeing him again face to face. The, effect of the hope of the return of the Lord Jesus upon us.is to be likened to the • effect upon us of a letter we receive from our dearest loved one who has been away, saying.that he -or she will be back again in the hone on a cer- tain day—everything in the home is made ready, and the very heart of the waiting loved one is also made ready, and all its thoughts and long- ings are toward the one returning. "Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawless- ness." "And ye uiow that me was mani- fested to take away sins; and in him is no sin."—Two glorious things are here said about the Lord Jesus Christ. In the first place, he came to take away our sins. Ever*nan has sinned. Sin shuts us away from God and merits the wrathsof God. If we are to be the children of God, our sins must be dwelt with. We could not deal with them ourselves, we cannot cleanse ourselves from sin, we cannot pay the debts they incur, we cannot bion them out. If sin is to be put away, another must do it, and that must be eve who has no sins of his own, for if he had his own sins to atone for, he could never atone for the sins of others. And' so we read of the One who came to take away our sins that "in him is no sin, "Whoeo•.v, r itekieth in him sinneth not; whosoever sinneth'hath not seen him, neither knoweth him," --No one can abide in the Lord Jesus Christ n- ', is not first a believer in the Levi.rfe Jesus Christ, and a member of his body; or, as the Lord himself said, he is the vine, and we are the branches (John 15: 4-10) If we abide in Christ, we shall keep the commandments of Christ, i.e., we shall do the things that please him. Love For One Another The apostle, while he has often be- fore spoken of love for one another, now returns to the subject, present- ing it in its practical. aspects. Love for one another is not a new message but is involved in the whole gospel story, and indeed, is an Old Testa- ment revelation (Lev. 19: 18, 34; Matt. 5: 43, 44; 19: 19; 22: 39; John 13: 34; 15: 12),. Love is the anti- thesis, the enemy, and the death of hatred. The great supreme incentive to love, and the perfect ideal for 'of love for others, is found in the very life and death of the Lord Jesus Christ, who laid down his life because he loved us. Though the apostle John, is called the great mystic of the New Testa- ment, though he writes concerning the loftiest themes that can ever en- gage the attention of men, and though at times he seems to speak to us from 'the very heights of Heaven, nevertheless he is exceed- ingly practical, and, in this very dis- cussion regarding the necessity of love in our life, he points out how that no man possesses this world's goods and refuses to share them with his brother who is in need can ever claim to have the love of God in him. "My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth."—Love is dutiful in thought and deed. A little child who was asked what it meant, re- plied: "Love means doing e'• -ands." "Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him. Because • if our heart condemn us, God, is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things."—We shall know we are of the truth, i.e., that we are in Gad, and that we are his children, and our hearts will have assurance in his very presence of our own intimate rela- tionship with him, if we,love in deed and in truth. A man will certainly know if he loves, or if he hates his fellow -men, and, if his heart is pos- sessed. with true love, it strengthens his confidence in his- conviction that be is 'a. child of God.. . "Beloved, if our heart • condemn: us not, we have boldness toward God." -Just as a sense of sin separates us from God, a consciousness of life in his will, every stain cleansed by the blood of his on, gives us boldness to approach h:m. "And whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are, pleasing in his sight."—This promise has reference to our prayer life. "And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he, gav,e us' cpm- mandneent."—In a preceding section, we notice that the commandment em- phasized had reference to our re'a- tionship to others, namely that we should Iove one another. Here the commandment has reforence to our rolationship to God and to his Son,' Jesus Christ, emphasizing our belief in him. • "And he that keepeth his com- mandments abidetli in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us." Around The Dial By G. C. MURRAY weekly at 9;30 pan, The eponsora the program feel that the stati with its thousands .of hurrying col; routers mixed with other thousands' of travellers bound for points west offers an unusual setting for the ser - les. Each play, complete in itself,' will begin with a scene in the sta- tion, where so many dramatic wel- comes and partings and accidental'' meetings take place each day. Kostelametz on the Air Chesterfield Cigarettes are pre- senting Andre Kostelanetz and his 45. piece orchestra each Wednesday from 8:00 to 9:30 starting September 29 over the entire Columbia web. Deems Taylor, music critic and composer serves as commentator and master of ceremonies, and Paul Douglas an- nounces. A galaxy of famous oper- atic and concert stars will be brought before the microphone as guests of the program. Joe Penner Returns Carrying on with the same , theme which was such a . comedy success last season, Joe Penner,' the throaty - voiced comedian ;of the-airlanes will return to the Columbia network Sun- day October third, from 6;00 to 6:30. The entire cast of last season's show will return with the exception oc Joy Hodges who will be replaced lzy the "Mystery Singer," a newcomer to ra dio. , FOR THE CHILDREN Orphan Annie's Seventh Year Little Orphan Annie returned to the N B C Ret Network Monday September 27, and is heard at 5:45, and 6:45 standard tine. This makes, it the seventh year for this radio,::• feature. The script is edited by Dr. John J. B Morgan, eminent child psychologist of Northwestern Uni- versity. Tom Mix Is Bac Tom Mix and his Ralston Straight' Shooters, thrilling radio adventure series based on the career of the fa- mous cowboy actor, returned to the air for the fifth season on Monday, September 27 at 5:45 p.m. over the N B C Blue Network. A series of new episodes from the colorful cow- boy's experiences as U. S. Marshal, Texas Ranger, Sheriff and Movie Star are being dramatized. The part of Tom Mix is again played by Jack New Eddy Duchin Program Commencing Wednesday Septem- ber 29 at 8 p.m., the new Elizabeth Arden radio show will be heard over4 the N B C Blue network. The pro- gram will feature Eddy Duchin, fa- mous piano playing maestro of the networks. Duchin, originally a .Bos- tonian, was brought to . New York by Leo Reisman, and his romantic style of music made hire an immed- iate favorite of New York Society. Duchin is 27 years old; son of the owner of a drug store chains Eddy studied to follow in the footsteps of his father, when a vacation changed h:s course. While working as a wait- er in a bgys' camp one summer, he became interested in orchestras and formed a 3 -piece band, playing jazz improvisations of Bach and Beetho- ven. Earning extra money playing at local dances, he gave up pills and powders upon his graduation to fol- low a musical career, "Grand Central Station" This new series has its set- ng in Grand Central Station in New York, , the gateway to the nat on . utarting Tuesday, Sept, 28, over the :;BC Blue network, and titled Grand Central Station, the program will b, heard 'Helen. Percy Teams. veteran Broad - iii; character actor, returns as the "Oi Wrangler". ' Jack Armstrong Carries On shek Armstrong, the All American to;ereturned to the N B C Red Net- evort on Monday September 27 at 5',:s0 :p::.::7ne his celebrated juv- 53' p.m. His celebrated juvenile pr.cram based on the adventures of rnstrong:is heard daily at the same tin. Nota to ;+>rient In Thr - e Days 'hree-day airplane service between ijcw York and the Orient, via Can - and the Arctic, is predicted for th • future by William Herbert Hobbs, 7eired University of Michigan geolo- g. i; and explorer. ' wo routes across the Polar wastes —me to China, the other to Japan— are envisaged by the scientist. Neith- er would cross the North Pole. He praised pioneering efforts of Russian aviators in flylog from Mos- cow to the Pacific Coast by a Polar the demonstrated route, saying they practicability of long-distance Polar flights, but the Russian routes, he said, offer ,no commercial possibili- ties• A Stop at Montreal This New York -China route would provide for stops at Montreal, Fort Hope near Hudson Bay, Borden Island in the Arctic, Kotelno in the New Siberian Islands, Viliuisk and Chita in Siberia before reaching Pei- ping. In a flight to Japan the same route would be followed as far as Fort Hope. From there it would cross the Magnetic Pole to Banks Island, Wrangell Island, Japanese Sakhalin, and thence to Tokyo. Stops on both routes would be ideally spaced Professor Hobbs says. Huge supplies of gasoline would not be necessary because refueling facili- ties could be provided at each sta- tion. czT .�.Tr31r'�"�'°].-9Pai`. -„�d;"i�,r'r^'3'"•'"'_ ` State Aid Asked For Speed Flying The British Government should back up attempts by British fliers to win the world's aviation speed r cords, Sir Malcolm Campbell, hold of automobile andmotorboat ei sp records, declared this week on his re turn from the continent where 1( captured the water mark with his Bluebird. "We've got the engines, we've got the men and the flying machines, Sir Malcolmn declared. "We coull do it easily if only the Governmen would back up the enterprise." The motor speed king declined, however, to go after any flying marks himself, although he has pos- sessed a pilot's license since 1909. CORONATION, Alta.— Miss Alice Cline, daughter of a dairy farmer, is seeking replacement of a cheque. The cheque, payment for cream, was at- tached to cans when returned to the Cline farm. A calf ate the cheque and only the stump was left when Miss Cline caught it. Young Man — "I'm thinking of wile ing some girl to marry me. What di you think of the idea?" Sweet Young Thing — "It's a Brea{ idea, if you ask me!" A MAN HON ED IN ISIS 0 N C UNTRY Fellow citizens of Gwillimbury Township, who know Earl Rowe best, are enthusiastic admirers of his sterling character and gift for leadership A Public Servant For 22 Tear6 If you had a large scale map of Ontario, you would find Gwil- limbury Township marked in the County of Simcoe. But you. would have' to possess a- very large scale•map, indeed, to locate the town of, ewton Robinson. This little dot of a town is beginning' to find itself in print frequently these days. The citi- zens feel that this is only to be expected because one of their own boys, Earl Rowe, is going to be, they are confident, Pfe- mier-Elect of Ontario the night of October 6th Some of the old-time proverbs are wearing a little thin these modern days and that well- known one—"A prophet is not without Conor save in his own country" means nothing,, simply nothing, to these sturdy citizens of Gwillimbury. They honor Earl Rowe because they know and admire him;• thelloldsters have been' watching ,him for twenty-two years, ever since he was elected a Township Coun- cillor on his 21st birthday. Reaches Cabinet Rayne They start them young in pub- lic service in these Ontario towns but only one in ten :thousand forges ahead to the provincial Legislature—only ono in a hun- dred thousand keeps going until he reaches Cabinet rank at Ot- tawa, Such a man is Earl Rowe — and Gwillimburyl, Township has followed, with piffle, every step of his,progress. ; The most important events in this young man's tweity-two years of public service can be briefly summarized 1915 --Elected to Gouncil of Gwillimbury Town ship. 1916—EIected Reeve re- elected each year for five years, 1923—Elected • to Ontario Legislatuiae. 1925—Elected /to Federal Parliame t. 1930---Re-electe 1935—Promote to the Cab- inet by honourable R. 13.13ennett, then Prime Ministe Re-electedto Federal arliament. 1936—Unanimously selected as leader of the On- tario ntario Liberal -Conser- vative Party. A. Happy Fancily Earl Rowe, whenever his pub-., lie duties will permit, hurries back to Newton Robinson. For there he finds awaiting him his sturdy red brick house—his wife ang three free children—his 225 acres of' farm land—his pure- bred Yorkshire swine, Durham cattle, registered Clydesdales— his old Township friends. One cannot hope to under- stand,a ublic man solely by ob- serving film in the midst of pub- lic affairs in Toronto or Ottawa. Follow Earl Rowe back to New- ton Robinson—have a meal with him in his big kitchen—walk with him over his fertile acres— see him feeding bis swine and his cattle — talk 'with his aged par- ents, who live across, the road. Then you would realize even more fully than ever before how completely this man possesses dict something without which all else is so much chaff—and that something is CHARACTER. Heredity must get some of the credit. The Conservative leader conies from old British stock which settled in Simcoe County many, many years ago. His father, still aetive at 88 and his mother; eight years younger, were farm folly, and Earl Rowe, when little more than a young- ster, bought his farm from his father on credit and paid every cent of his debt from f is profits as a dirt farmer. Virtues of the Soil On his typical Ontario farm— in his typical rural Ontario resi- dence—Earl Rowe leads the regular routine of a farmer when his': Parliamentary work does not call him to the cities. His is a friendly hone—made happy by the presence of his wife, and his children, Jean aged 17, Bill aged 13 and Lennox aged 8. Here are enshrined the homely virtues of the soil — those virtues which since earliest days have given strength of character to so many of Canada's greatest public ser- vants. -'1,72:2SEEE=...-WillE31=EZIMMitr.IMJIMEMISM HON. EARL ROWE A Warm Personality This has been written of Earl Rowe by a long-time associate: "The warmth of his person ality is contagious. One cannot come into his pres- ence without feeling his force and sincerity, tem- pered by a natural kindli- ness and interest in his fel- low -men and their prob- lems. With his splendid ideals, backed by long and honourable Parliamentary experience, he is uniquely equipped to snake a great contribution to the public life of Ontario." Newton Robinson isn't seeing much of Earl Rowe these days. It is a blessing that he is still in the prime of life and health, for he has mapped out a speak- ing Rrogram which will keep hint moving back and forth through- out Ontario until the cve of October 6h. His friends are glad of this because they know that every, man or woman who sees and hears Earl Rowe, who shakes his hand, who comes under the„influence of his warm personality, will say, "This is the type of leader Ontarioneeds." Tor that's the kind of man Earl Rowe is =likeable, sincere, earn- est arnest — a statesman whose good character and good judgment are written indelibly in the • record of his twenty-two years'of public service. Y iv Can Trust TE C NSERVATIVE Issued by the Liberal -Conservative Party of Ontario.