Zurich Herald, 1942-01-08, Page 6SUNDAY
SCHOOL
LESSON
LESSON H.
THE INFANCY AND BOYHOOD
OF JESUS. .- Matthew 1, 21
Luke 1, 2,
PRINTED TEXT, Luke 2: 26.35,
39, 40.
GOLDEN TEXT. -- Jesut ad-
vanced in wisdom and stature,
and in favor with God and men.
Luke 2:52.
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time. The annunciation to
Joseph and t0 Mary probably toots
place in 6 B.C. Our Lord was
born in the winter of 5-4 B.C.
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 i11
Nazareth some seventy miles
north of Jerusalem, where Jesus
lived until He 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
fancily 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 cane
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 saith, 29. Now lettest
thou thy servant depart, Lord,
According to thy word, in peace;
30. 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 him; 34. 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 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 Nun° Diniit-
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 be ready in peace to
depart in him..
Growth of Jesus
39. "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 mar hilt
bodily deveopment. In the same
way, he grew up mentally, attain-
ing more and more strongt:h in
mind, understanding and reason-
ing. The young Ind attained more
and more wisdom in the Biblical
some of the right knowledge of
God and His salvation, coupled
with its application to life. In t'i<e
case of Sesuil this included the
realiization of His own aeration
AN
hIRWINl►
A Weedy
Column About This and That In The
Canadian Army
It's easy enough to figure out for
yourself why the Arany 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 Ariny are called "Nobby"
or "Knobby" according to the edu-
dition of the sponsor.
Don't ask me why. I don't know.
Furthermore, 1 don't think even
Rnidyard Kipling knew.
All this looks beside the point.
But it isn't. It plays a part in the
explanation of this column. You
see the general idea of this weekly
feature, which will coarse to you
from all sorts of places where
Canadians are training to play
their part as men, is to tell John
Citizen all -well, nearly all --
about the Canadian Army.
"What do you mean, all about
the Army?" asked a Brass slat
with whom I discussed the col-
umn. Never mind the rest of the
conversation -the anewer is in the
preceding sentence and that ans-
wer is: "What is a Brass Hat?"
A "Brass Hat," paradoxically
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 oolored "gorget patches" on his
lapelsand a bawd of the same color
aound 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 hare, like "Dusty"
Rhodes, as an illustration or the
sort of thing, amongst others, 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 for their suggestions, discard
them all -and choose ii, name your-
self.
T'han'e what happened in this
case. One suggestion offered was,
"Your Army." True enough, it is
your Arany and it's my Army -
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 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 firet 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 slid 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 Him 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 His
parents, and remained obedient to
thein as a perfect boy.
So It followed several other sug-
gestions irto 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 of
the Air tStaff, some Air Force of-
ficers and ground crews who have
to brave the weather regardless of
rain and sleet, I watched a trans-
port aircraft descend in the dark-
ness 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 weather encounter-
ed. on his crossing from England.
Forgetting new columns 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
speech that is prepared on a plane.
I did. So, I noticed, did a num-
ber of members 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 said
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 elem.
mittees. 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 pare
dox. Ali "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 altnnin-
uln 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, 11e said, first
place alternated between Ger-
many and the United States. He
observed., however, that Canada's
output would not remain static
when the U.S. regained premier
production honors.
Mr. Baesett 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.
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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, to foreign minis-
try. Soong is a long -tine good
friend of America.
Hitherto, trench mortar fire
bas had to be conducted at high
angles -45 degrees 1 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 muzzle; 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
lidethe 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 ports 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
sked the country's 27,000,000 motor-
ists to save rubber by using street
cars and public buses where pos-
sibe, and to hold pleasure driving
to a minimum.
The defense agency suggested
that neighbors pool their automo-
biles, using only one to go to work,
instead of several, and urged house-
wives to carry home small pack-
ages instead of asking the mer -
client to deliver them.
Where cars ,lust be used, UPM
asked observance of 10 rules to
make tires last longer:
1, Have worn tires retreaded in-
stead of belying new ones; the cost
is i sually abort hall 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 l';;ur es at 60.
3. Inflate tires weekly to recom-
mended levels. Never let pressure
fall more than throe pounds below
recommended minimums.
4. Don't stop short or make jack-
rabbit 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 dragged sideways 87
feet out of every mile.
7. Repair 1111 v. ts, leaks and
breaks promptly; delay may cause
damage that cannot be repaired.
8, C .:age wheel positions every
5,000, miles,
9. A1wit s get the tire made to
fit the rine of your car; check with
your garage if you are not sure
what size tire you require.
10. Don't speed around curves.
Real Worri s
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
exprersed himself as follows:
"That was by the way, but what
worries nre are these• ---perishing
income tkx people.
- POP -In Other Woras, Will It Work?
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DIALING WITH DAVE:
When United Press in he Un-
ited States and British United
Press in Canada flashed the eight
p.m. bulletin 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 keyed to 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 newsgathering agencies.
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The New Year has turned, and
radio marches on - undaunted by
the new demands of this contin-
ent 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 1942!
W » 0
Jack Benny, star of the Sunday.
night eight o'clock funfest on the
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CBC network, is nicking a new
picture with Carole Lombard --
To Be or -Not To Be! Has a
Shakespearean title, and Jack as
Hamlet, (seriously too, mind
you!) 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 wee':ly
radio chore with the Benny
troupe.
A few listening tips from 1150
on your dial: Be listening Sunday
night, January 11th, at 9. 0
D.S.T. for a new program sur-
prise on CKOC - follows Charlie
McCarthy, which show, 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 6.00
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 Show 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
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CANADIAN STATIONS
CFOS Owen Sd. 1400k
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CKTB St. Cath. 1230k
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CF1'L London 1570k
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CFRC Kingston 141)0k
0,110 Sault Ste. 111. 14901s
CKAC Montreal 730k
CJKL Kirland L. 500k
CKCR Waterloo 1490k
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SHORT WAVIV
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NOTED
WOMAN SCO ENT ST
HORIZONTAL
1, 6 Woman,
co -discoverer
or radium.
10 To hampers
12 Being.
13 To immerse.
14 Rustic.
16 Mountain
pass.
(7 Small lobes.
19 Hour (abbr.).
20 Public auto.
21 Note in scale.
22 Carpet.
23 Heart.
25 Steep slope.
30 Ham.
32 Acts as a
'model. precipitations.
34 Wild ox. 52 Coin.
35 Clinging shrub 53 Erects.
36 Revokes. 55 Body of water.
38 Name, . 56 She was a
native of ---.
57 She discovered
radium with
her husband,
Answer to Previous Puzzle
47 To question.
49 Constellation,
50 Winter
39 Southeast
(abbr.).
40 Hindu
garment.
41 Indians.
43 To accomplish
44 Made shrill
noises.
2 Fervor.
3 Fence bar.
4 Little devil.
5 Standard
type measure. line.
6 Association. 42 Intelligence.
7 Genuine. 44 To blind.
8 Bay. 45 Russian
9Electric unit. mountains.
11 God of love. 46 Agent.
15 Wrinkled. 48 Opposed to
16 She was a con.
- by 51 Strife.
-a
a
18 Thus.
20 Yet.
22 Beam.
23 Fancily of
cone shells.
24 Normal.
26 Musical note.
27 Wayside hotel.
28 Provisions.
29 Her two
daughters Dee
also - or
celebrated,
31 Adam's mate.
32 Sprite.
33 Caterpillar
hair.
36 Uncommon.
37 Coteries.
40 Threadlike
VERTICAL profession 53 Road (abbr.).
1 Mountain (pi,). 54 Spanish
(abbr.). 17 Pitcher ear. (abbr.).
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