the georgetown herald wednesday nor 36th 1947 luis wmmj and good to kxoiv here ib iour bank man ir sciinu ou is his job and he is is pruiul ot sc i j you well as jou ire proud ot jour own work if jou need credit for business 01 per son il reasons talk things o er w uh him he will respect your confidence his knowledge and experience with the whole organization of the bank behind him can provide for jou a wealth of information on conditions in canada and elsewhere too if you need it your bank manager is easy to nnet and a good manxo know ironioiid cr rom bahk tom hewson woods electrical equipment milkers grinders cooler de laval milking machines and cream separators goodison farm implements oliver tractors hudson reo cars clank a meobaxioh trucks willoughby real estate agency sunday school lesson by rev r c todd witnesses of god lesson l john chaps 4 and 5 2 john a in h epistles john takes tlw of trib position that a christian belief in god u an attitude to life which ex presses itself in behaviour he that saith i know him god and kee ptith not hu rommandraenta is a liar i john 2 and the most fundamental mark of a chris tian belief in god is the attitude of love expressed in action for igod is love 1 john 4 16 it is easy of course for a little word like love to remains ab stract and vogui and have little real bearing on actual life john aoida this error by asking that we think and speak of love always in relation to th life and death of jesus of nazareth in him there is hve m term bt tha common h an interpretation of the meaning of anit whch under the go 1ol in terms of lift and personal in j chn 1s basis of the itj hrh can bi apulied to any si i unification of mankind m a single tuution herebj perceive we the community such a community ue of god because he laid down must be inherently missonarv it his life for us 1 john 3 10 dr 1 mubt jlwa 8c 1 br moitatts translation of this verse down the lii8ivene tres even more gnifi ant w know j t ll v hat o e id by llu that he laid down his life for us what could was the true believer in godv herein u revealed the contradic tion between christianity and ch political organization of the mod ern world a contradiction which must create that tension between the christian and the world of which we spoke in a former lesson practise our world consists of a independent of the other and usu ally acting as if it were the chosen of god so that others do not count or even exist as members of society fundamentally organizations such as the uno are outward v sions of that attitude which is a mark of belief for fhey aim at the establishment of community be tween nations and the individuals within those nations and the at titude we take towards the united natltns organization may mark us as believers or unbelievers the real christian society or church is the groip of men and women who al ready in anticipation think and ahicb are less i mankind and than the who enemies must tils liic lor us wnat could i better definition of the word alwa be tho8e na religions tlinm 1 than jesus ihnsl himself 1 those he lo he who nccepts this definition unl mons lit- b it is a belioer in god whatever his uiofia ion may be lit who does not live i it is aniiuu n j matlir what he may profits to be i john ii the perfect tssu n of this love casts out fear i eai is i it ink of unbelief one of the c h ti uriui s of the capita 1 1 ti f 1 1 1 t tirj ri t way of life is thi it i i i mi n to fi u d self centre u he adopts rkfenmc attitu k towards lift iid his fellow men ftclin that lie alone is responsible for what hap- nd exclusive commu- fuse to give place to ens to him and t o tl rs for whom e thinks he res ot il it perfect ne nsl oyt f n i for it ta is a nan t u ni itu i f filth and i i 1 in a h 1 t r p mr which is i ta 1 his de u an 1 the estin f tie w rid ii ml him 1 john 1 is i o e is th r t j nnei le of ommiiinu ii h it which unites men in 1 in is il i t each other n communm it tni be the little c mmuniu stab 1 ed when a man and t woman com together m nuge and for n i home it maj be the community established in a na tion or it ma he the community established in a sicietv of nations without love no home village mi tion or society of nations can be a community for lov e is the root principle of community he that dwelleth in love dw elleth in god and god in him 1 john 4 16 the man who established community be tween himself and other men is gi ving expression to a fundamental belief in god limited hich the universal community and which resist the integration of humanity n to a single community with a w oi id gov ernmdnt in which god w ho i love rules the same orincipte apphes in the home it applies likew lse in the nation to those exclusive classes or lrou or organizations which are uss than the whole and resist the n iteration of the members of the nation into i single community i ins is true v hether those groups be churches or trade unions or or ganizations of employers and hu i ness men racial groups or the four hundred of socitt smarter than in one tl t if ve love thtm which i e vou what re war 1 1 avt u do not even the sidikis the saint nd if v salute yoin brtlhren onlv what i d we more tl an others do not mn the siniirs the same be e therefore perfect even as vtur fa ther which is in heaven is perfect ill 5 4c48 nd how is the fa ther perfect i n this that he so lovel the woild that he gave john 3 lfi he so oved the wokld not a part of it not a certain group here or a na tion there we find it com para tivelj easy comparatively to love those who live with us m the same town o- are associated with us in the same religious denomina tion or the seme social class or club in doing- so we do only what the world doe naturally but be- for love is the root principle of iief n god deman a more inclu- comnmnity he that dwelleth in than this being as it is love dwelleth in god and god in i iove of a god who him 1 john 4 16 the man who establishes community between himself and other men is giving expression to a fundamental belief in god jesus illustrated this truth with the parable of the good samaritan the priest and the levfte professed believers were of the same race as the wounded man whom they pas sed by but they did not establish community with him the samari tan however a member of another race and an atheist according to the standards ot the priest and the levite bound up his wounds show ing mercy and love and thereby established community with him although of different races they belonged to the same community they were neighbours the sa maritan exhibited the fact that he loved the world and this b the record that god hath given to us eternal life and this life is in hu son 1 john 6 11 as jesus said to the law er who asked him who is my neighbour this do and thon shall live this do walk aftor his commandments 2 john 6 and you exhibit to the world the fact that you believe in god most of us in the western democracies have become v bedevilled with t3ie commercialism and free-enter- prlsm emanating from the united states that we cant make up oar minds whethei we believe m god or merely believe in believing in god soon we shall have to choose between a shortage of belief in god and a shortage of the united states dollars god grant us bold ness in that day of judgment 7xzt4 csowesestciert lincoln auto body specialists in refinishing colourlmatching and striping sbodyand fender repairs mr w glffin ia in charge of the paint department electric and acetylene welding and culling aluminum and white metal welding we aim to please wetleyan street phone 464 my how ive changed not only have telephones been made to look better but more important they work better the telephone has always had one foot na tomorrow thousands of inventions jou never so or hear about have helped you get clearer mora dependable better telephone servioe and mora inventions are always coming along telephone improvement never ends the service is expanding too we are complet ing unfilled 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