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stouffville ontario thursday august 4th 1938 sunday school lesson lesson for august 7 ruth adventurous faith golden ttxt they people shall be my people and thy god my god ruth 1 16d verso by verse the lesson as a whole by h a ironside litt d approach to the lesson there is a charm about the in spired hebrew idyl the book of ruth that cannot but appeal to every one of literary taste whether its divine inspiration be recognized or not but when we receive and be lieve it as part of the godbreathed word we see added beauties which the natural mind cannot discern it is emphatically an unfolding of the story of redemption through boaz the kinsmanredeemer lev252 ruth the stranger is brought into the family of god and recognized as one of the covenant people the greatgrandmother of king david she has her place in the ancestral line of our lord jesus christ matt 156 by natural birth the moabite was barred from the congregation of the lord unto the tenth generation deut 233 by grace ruth found an the mothers of dmrr have a demilo permanent wave before going on your summer vacation lasting curls that will require little attention for months priced from 250 to 750 east end beauty shop phone 176 honored place anion israel we also see in this book how god overrules mans failure for the bless ing of earnest souls the back slid ing of the family of elimelech sad as it was proved to be the divine way of reaching ruth and ilnkiiig her up with boaz that mighty man of wealth a type of the union of poor outcast sinners with the lord jesus who redeemed us to god by his own blood jehovah had made special provis ion for the poor and the stranger lev 19 9 10 by humbling her self in order to aval herself of that provision ruth attracted the notice of boaz and so this lvely bible ro mance came to a happy conclusion ruth 16 then she arose the opening of the book tells how a bethlehemite named elimelech with his wife naomi and their two sons mahlon and chilion emigrated from their home city to the land of moab beyond the jordan and settled among an idolatrous people in order to better their temporal circumstanc es in time of famine it was a grave mistake on their part as alter events proved elimelech sickened and died the sons violated the command ments of god deut 73 by marry ing heathen women chilion wedded orpah and mahlon ruth they lived in moab ten years then the sons died also leaving naomi a de fenseless widow with her two pagan daughtersinlaw in the depth of her grief and desolation word reached her tha times had changed in beth lehem and the blessing of god was resting upon his people at this naomi determined to return to her own alnd a striking picture of the backslider seeking restoration verse 7 her two daughters-in- law with her at first the two young widows set out with her to go to their deceased husbands old home verse s go return was naomi simply testing them when she bade them return to their own homes or was she ashamed to take two girls from an idolatrous people back with her thus emphasizing the failure of her family it is not easy to decide hut she urged them to go back and not to continue with her verse 9 the lord grant you that ye may find rest it sounded very pious but had she found rest in moab that land which had been the graveyard of her husband and sons verse 10 surely we will return with thee the three desolate women wept together but the daughtersinlaw declared they would verse is stedfastly minded when naomi realized how deeply ruth felt about the matter and how definitely she had decided she left off attempting to persuade her ttf recant and together the two women went on to bethlehem there to re ceive a glad welcome and there oon to prove how faithful was the god to whom ruth had yielded her heart sjtetfal lesson topics and truths the casteniug of the lord god loved elimelech and his family too much to allow them to find rest in the land of moab the moabites were the illegitimate children of lot and speak of false religious profession in his discipline the lord took the father and sons away and brought herself that she might be restored to fellowship the backsliders unhappy influ ence we are rightly perplexed and shocked as we read how naomi labored to turn her daughterinlaw back to moab but every backslider is saying to seeking souls by life if not by lip go kick and try to find rest in the world it is a serious thing to influence people for evil in stead ot for good if out of fellowship with god ourselves we are hin drances to others who are concerned about finding the way to god the worlds good news will come to your home every day through the christian science monitor an international daily newspaper it records lor you the worlds clean constructive doings the monitor does not exploit crjme or sensation neither does it ignore them but deals correctively with them features for busy men and all the family including the weekly magazine section the christian science publishing society one norway street boston massachusetts pltfhse enter my subscription to the christian science monitor for a period of i year 1200 6 months 600 3 months 300 1 month 100 wednesday issue including magazine section 1 year 360 6 issues 35o sample copjt on deques thieves rob mill of valuable tools go on withnaoml there must havejthe wife and mother to an end ot been something very tender and charming about the older woman that bound the hearts of the younger ones so tightly to her verses 11 to 13 turn again the hand of the lord is gone out against mo the childless widow was in a pitiable case in israel naomi had no other sons to whom ruth and orpah might be married it was not likely that they would ever have homes of their own in bethlehem naomi realized god was dealing with her for the wonderings of the past apparently she did not have faith enough to believe bless ing could come out of the sad failure she had made and so she besought the young women to return to moab verse 14 iruth clave unto her the result of naomis attitude and expostulation was that poor orpah turned back and she passes out of the picture engulfed in the dark ness of idolatry whereas she might have found the true light had she pressed on but ruth would not be dissuaded her mind was made id her affection for naomi and her simple faith in israels god carried the day and she refused to go back to moab verse 15 gone back unto her people and unto her gods there is no mistake in saying that ornah re lapsed into idolatry she went to bel identified with the false worship of j imoab and so lost a glorious oppor tunity naomis position is a strenge- ly difficult one to explain she urged ruth to do as her sisterinlaw had done verso 16 thy people shall be my people and thy god my god there is something very precious and de lightful in ruths sturdy attitude for her the die was cast there could be no turning back like an anxious soul deciding for christ she had settled the matter once and for all verse 17 where thou diest will i die ruth has burnt all her bridges behind her here is a life choice nothing but death shall part her from naomi sneak thieves entered the unionville planing mill one night last week in the absence of the owner a k harrington and stole about 40 worth of valu able tools and a rain coat they made their entrance through a back window child of pioneer recalls scenes in port perry town father built first hearse north of whitby ice cream social under the auspices of ballantrae united church will be held in apple- tons park musselmans lake on friday evening august 5th a good progvam admission 20c midsummer paint sale master painters approved house paint colours white ivory cream green brown quickdrying varnish 1 gallon only do tour painting now s ton will never do it for less brathwaite hardware torontogoodwood flashes w davey 8 stanton ave mrs p lafraugh was visit ing at birchcliffe mr and mrs c meader visit ed in bowmanville on sunday last our friend fred haigh is spending a weeks holiday with his daughter at bowmanville mr and mrs alex brown visited at whitevale on sunday last july 19 twentyfive years ago our friend wm lewis was killed at brougham mr and mrs jos carroll have opened their market at pape ave and queen street mrs carroll is the daughter of mr and mrs alf pugh the tweddle family are at their summer home at mussel- man lake mr and mrs norman leslie are enjoying a few holidays at their home on the south shore of musselmans lake lang blueman and family are at their summer home and farm at lake scugog miss vera sheppard of toron to is visiting her friend miss margaret jane davey daughter of the correspondent mr and mrs r j feaster have returned from their holi days at balm beach penetang rev george coulter of river- dale united church is on his holidays while viewing the parade of the soldiers on saturday along fleet street the correspondent and other goodwood old boys noticed many uxbridge town ship boys in the lineup of veter ans mrs brown niece of our friend the late john mccullough visited goodwood on friday last many happy returns to our friends jessie brown whose birthday was august 7th and roy reynolds august 5th w hope august 9th one of the main comments on last weeks issue of the tribune was the many writeups of weddings toronto folks took much interest in reading of these events as most all are well known here mrs gearing daughter of mr and mrs charles lee is on her holidays we hope she may have a pleasant and enjoyable time on sunday august 28th goodwood 5th line and siloam churches will have the pleasure of having our good friend vaughan blueman speak to them rev mr holmos wishes to have a sunday and weekend vacation port perry july 29 daught er of j w davis one of the pioneer settlers of this village mrs naomi davis cobourn can remember four score years ago when port perry was a bustling port and centre for the district mrs cobourn is a cousin of a davis altona and mrs a s collins of stouffville when i was a girl there were three sawmills a grist mill a woolen factory three cooperages a sash and door factory and three hotels in port perry mrs cobourn relates sitting in her little white cot tage stocked with solid walnut furniture made by her father from the virgin woods of ontario county mrs cobourn recalled events of many years ago her fat settled in port perry in 1846 the first cabinetmaker and undertaker in the district he came from pennsylvanit to new market later moving to port perry my father built the first hearse this side of whitby she proudly recalled he did all the work but the wheels and t built four others he made all the furniture and had his own bush and sawmill besides his shop in the village he n a 50- acre farm about two miles out in the country manys the time i walked from the farm to the village and back back in the sixties there was considerable boat traffic on lake scugog mrs cobourn recalled two passenger boats made a regular run between lindsay and port perry there were no girl clerks in the stores fose days except maybe in a millinery shop mrs cobourn declared that is some of the trouble now with so many young men out of work young j men all were working then and the girls stayed at home telling how her father had purchased a halfacre lot in the village from peter perry the founder mrs cobour admitted the price was only 100 right in the heart of the village t buildings on the lot mostly fell to prey to the big fire of 1884 business directory medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien and mala phona 196 coroner for york county dental neil c smith ldsdjxs office over bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 noon and 130 to 530 pm phone office phone residence 1001 1015 clareniono every tuesday office over wilkinsons store phone claremont 1401 e s barker lds djxs honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto offlce in grubins block phone 8201 markham every tuesday offlce in wear block a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday fridays 9 to 12 am insurance see h o klinck obrien avenue for your insurance needs in fire life automobile burglary and all casualty lines pheasants raised as rosy as chicks 2500 for peel where twoday shooting may be allowed orangeville july 30 you can i pheasants just as easily as chickens acording to i m wat son john st hes raised thou sands of the beautiful birds this year his first in the business he got an 80percent yield on the eggs the department of game and fisheries will have released 2500 of the birds in two weeks in northern peel county a thousand were released this week they were three months old game warden h hamilton of caledon and chinguacousy town ships supervised their distribu- ton the eggs hatch in 24 days three longer than a chickens egg requires according to mr wat son there is a possibility that a twoday season will be permit ted game warden hamilton stated today we released 21 birds at every line across both townships the area in which they wore set has been made re stricted the pheasants have an excel lent chance of survivinr provid ed nothing harms them as they take care of themselves said mr watson thomas birkett general insurance agency representing reliable companies including lloyds of londan england phone stouffville 25902 e a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co -also- automobile and fire stewart beare radio service of newmarket formerly of markham in stouffville every wednesday at brathwaites hardware phone 9601 offioe phone residence phona 3160 3514 arthur w s greer barrister icitor notary public fi king st bast oshvwa ontario resident partner branch office wc poiiardkc port perry ont uxbridge ontario phone 264 mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers etc buttons block stouffville money to lean dont gamble with thin tires do not spoil that trip with a blowout deal in your worn tires for new goodyears and play safe do you know that 90 per cent of tire trouble occurs in the last 10 per cent of the service of a tire you may use our time pay ment plan for that new set of tiros raes garage service that satisfies goodwood phone 2002 l e oneill stouffviijiib funeral dhiector and t embalmer j continuous telephone service cay and night business phona residence phone r g clendening funeral director ambulance service phone markham 9000