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page eight the tribune stouffville ont thursday october 31 1940 sunday school lesson jesus declaims his mission golden text for the son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost luke 1910 the lesson as a whole lu these two chapters we have the temptation of jesus 4113 and the beginning of his galilean ministry how much time is includ ed in verses 14 and 15 we are not told but he had become well known and the fame of his miracles had been widely spread abroad when at last he returned to nazareth where his early life had been spent his towns people were all agog over his coming to them and eager to see tome great displays of his re puted power in this they were disappointed jesus never worked miracles to gratify curiosity he preached from the scriptures they knew so well but which they un derstood so little identifying him self with the servant of jehovah in the latter part of isaiah he de clared he was the fulfillment of the preacher of grace therein depicted isa 611 2b he closed the book without reading of the day of vengeance of our god which was still in the future his townspeople angrily spurned his message be cause of his reserved attitude as to miracles from nazareth he passed on to capernaum now called his own city and made it a center from which he went out into all galilee teaching and healing as the crowds thronged to hear and see him it was during these early months that he called a number to him who left their occupations and became his disciples or pupils these formed the nucleus of the company after ward designated apostles or sent ones throughout these chapters we see him moving about as the per fect man compassionately minister ing to human need and proclaiming his vital message of the gospel of the kingdom and calling upon men to bow in subjection to the word of god in contrast to mere tradition and unauthorized speculation of the rabbis he spoke with the authority of one who knew he was the divine messiah the historical setting the temptation of jesus followed almost immediately after his bap tism his galilean ministry was pre ceded by a very brief period in judea but when john the bapists public testimony was ended by his imprisonment jesus moved north ward to nazareth and other parts the best authorities place this be ginning of his work in ad 27 verse by verse luke 416 he came to nazar eth this city is on the eastern edge of the great plain of esdrael- on it had a very evil reputation john 146- but was the early home of jesus and is today a place of considerable importance in north central palestine as his custom was in childhood youth and young manhood jesus as an ex emplary jew attended the synagogue services verse 17 the book of the pro phet esaiah is often called the evangelical prophet because of the very clear way in which he por trays our lord as the one who was coming to put away the sins of mankind verse is he hath anointed me this is a definite messianic prophecy the hebrew word messiah means the anointed and is the equivalent of the greek word christ at his baptism jesus was anointed in order that he might fulfill all that is set forth in this verse verse 19 the acceptable year ofthe lord this is the present dispensation of the grace of god when all men are invited to come to him in repentance and faith verse 20 he closed the book it was not the end of the sentence jesus stopped in the middle of the verse it he had read on he would have proclaimed the day of ven geance of our god hut that day cannot come until the day of grace is ended verse 21 this day is this scrip ture fulfilled in your ears every act of his life was in fulfillment of the word spoken before by holy men of god who spake as they were moved by the holy spirit 2 pet 121 jesus is the central theme of all prophecy acts 1043 rev 19 10 the prophetic seal upon the bible is a proof of its inspiration verse 22 is not this josephs son legally yes actually no he was the incarnate son of the father who was born of a virgin mother in order that ho might take part of our nature heb 214 and so tske cur place as man and redeem us to god by his propitiatory work but le had no human father to affirm that he had is to deuy the mystery of god manifest in the flesh 1 tim 316 verse 23 physician heal thy self it was a common proverbial saying he knew they were expect ing him to do some great sign to authenticate his message but their hearts were unmoved verse 24 no prophet is accept ed in his own country it was their way of saying what we too have put into a proverb familiarity breeds contempt the very fact that jesus was grown up among them and that they had known him as a carpenter plying his humble trade in their midst blinded them to the glory of his character and the ma jesty of his person verse 25 and 26 in the days of ellas that is of elijah who declared that dearth was to come on all the land of israel he was sent to a widow of sarepta zarephath 1 kings 179 to be cared for by a stranger rather than a woman of israel so god works sovereignly according to his own will and not according to human caprice verse 27 naaman the syrian it was another striking instance of the sovereignty of gol in grace when many lepers were left uncleansed in israel but a needy syrian who came seeking help was mercifully healed through the ministry of elisha here called eliseus the successor to elijah 2 kings 5114 in the same way when jesus was here godpassed over the merely curious and selfsufficient and wrought in power on behalf of those who sought his blessing in faith verse 2s all were filled with wrath because their pride was piqued his townsmen became angry and sought to do him bodily harm it is evident that conscience was dormant verse29 they thrust him out that they might cast him down headlong on one side of the city is a high hill with a sheer descent of some hundreds of feet known today as the mount of precipitation over this cliff they would have hurled him to his death had they been per mitted to do so verse 30 he passing through went his way it was imposs ible that he should die before the appointed hour was come until then all that men and satan could do to destroy him was in vain he could not be slain until he laid down his life voluntarily until he laid down his life voluntarily john 1017 is faces in the news haf ale- engaged martha jane mooney 24 daugh ter of james d mooney vicepresi dent of the general motors corp has cabled her father she is ongag- ed to fltlieut john kerwick mcgrath of the kaf mccrath has shot down 22 nazi planes for which he has received the distin guished flying cross mooney said six canadian airmen seen action against the nazis as royal air force fliers reached canada recently to serve as instruc tors for new empire pilots shown who have aboard ship as they arrived in port they are from left flightlieut roderick bellirving vancouver flying ollicer john c toronto flightlieut r brown douglas macpherson saskatoon behind brown flying oflicer r f hatton toronto flying officer f c willis saskatoon and flightlieut a l mcdonald blairmore alta gi illiig i brougham council will meet on friday nov 1 for general business glad to see mr bert harvey able to be around again in his usual happy manner mr c bate of kingston visited ills aunt miss i bate last week mr and mrs allan gray and mr and mrs wm gray visited the latiers brother in toronto recently congratulations to our local gardeners mrs t robertson mr wm bassett mrs f cassie and mr ralph l haltley who were successful in receiving prizes in junior farmers home garden competition saturday was moving day in our midst mr a hamilton mi frank carter and mr hedge all moving in a circle mr iroy miller of toronto spent the weekend at home with his father mrs d seebeck and daughters al so her son g seebeck of markham visited friends in uxhridge on sun day a euchre party was held at the home of mr and mrs frank hamm 7th con on saturday night pro ceeds are to go for war relief mr and mrs hlllick and daughter also mrs t hubbard and mrs wright and mi9s josephene stephenson of georgetown visitea with mrs d stephenson on sunday mrs cowie and sons and fred of toronto called on friends during the weekend mr and mrs martin routley and son leonard of brooklin called on the formers sister mrs l mat thews bruce easton one of our ace hunters who was participating in the pheasant shoot on suturday brought in a fine red fox on monday evening last about sixtyfive friends and neighbors gathered at the home of mr and mrs a j gray to spend a social hour with mr and mrs james far ley who are moving away from the village the evening was spent in enchre and games after which a dainty lunch was served by the skcret dies with him only living descendant of tecum- seh famed indian chief signalman joseph stonefish cant even tell his own son where the warriors bones lie this is because the son is not of the descent demanded by tradition his mother being from off the re serve meanwhile the indian veteran of the last war cooks for the troops in this one mhhmn 1h m the air was nippy when the king and queen paid this visit to one of londons community feeding centres for the homeless as a nurse and an officer explained the evidenced great interest in this and operation of the centre the queen bent over to warm her hands above a small cook stove their majecties other communal centres where thousands of victims of the bomb ing holocaust in the poorer dis tricts are fed daily kockette maitkied judy sainmons only canadian in the radio city rockettes was married in new york city the groom is george markling cleveland brew ery executive judy will still be a rockette after her honeymoon she said ladies mr and mrs farley were called to the dining room while mrs cassie read the following address dear friends we know with regret that you are about to leave us but we cannot allow the tie that binds us as friends and neighors to be severed without expressing our regret in some outward form we have always found you both to be sympathetic and charitable in every way which lay in your power and hope the example you have set may influence us to try in some measure to fill the place you are about to leave we therefore ask you to accept this floor lamp a slight token of the esteem in which you are held by us all we hope you may long be spared to use it and re members the pleasant times we spent together with best wishes for happiness and prosperity we bid you farewell from your brougham friends the presentation was made by mrs lemon newfoundland coslmander one of the new appointments in the canadian forces is that of col p earnshaw as officer command ing the troops in newfoundland he is promoted to brigadier though she confesses shes better with horses freda john ston of wilton grove acquitted horself creditably in the open tractor class at the plowing matches held at st thomas this is fredas first year of tractor plowing but she has plowed her fathers rarrn with horses for six years she is an allround farmhand part of her dally job at home is milking eight cows how whitchurch edifice gop its name celebration of the 17th anniver sary of mt pisgah united church whitchurch township was conclud ed with a turkey supper when 300 gathered a twelvepiece orchestra from newmarket played throughout the evening while rev herbert w piercy of niagara falls gave a dra matic presentation of irving bachel- lers keeping up with lizzie greetings were brought from to ronto centre presbytery by rev douglasdavis and rev h j mckay chairman and secretary of the pres bytery rev g w lynd onetime pastor gave past days few reminiscences of mt pisgah church was dedicated by rev wm moriey punshon on october 19 1870 and was known up to that time as richardsons appoint ment on the aurora circuit erected on one of the hilltops of whitchurch dr punshon called it mt pisgah which name it has borne ever since a log church had served the community before the erection of the present 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