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s a v 5wpewrj ta- jisvsj the tribune stouffville ont thursday feb 25th 1943 established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to twelve pages weekly circulation 1850 copies subscription kates per year in advance in canada 200 in ujsa 3250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments not all favor religious instruction in public schools while the vast majority of citizens are in favour of religious instruction in our public schools this viewpoint does not exist 100 per cent the lutherans are strongly opposed to such a step and in the last issue of their official publication the lutheran they cited the following objections in the first place this is assigning to the state a function which does not properly belong to it the powers that be are ordained of god for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of them that do well nowhere in the scriptures do we have any inti mation that they are to teach religion when they do so they are entering into a sphere that does not pertain to them and are infringing upon the rights of the church and when this is once done it is hard to say how far it may go there is nothing in the constitution of canada that would prevent the state from establishing a state religion to its own liking whether that be eoman catholic protestant or sectarian this mingling of church and state would be dangerous not only for our beloved luther an church but also for the democracy on which we pride ourselves another objection equally important concerns the kind of religion that under such conditions would be taught in our public schools could we be sure that it would even be the christian religion that would be taught there there are teachers who are jews who deny the deity of the lord jesus christ and his whole work of redemption whose name is the only name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved would any christian be willing to have religion taught to his children by such a teacher again there are teachers who are unitarians or swedenborgians who deny the fundamental doctrine of the trinity and hold thai god is one in person and one in essence could we christians keep our consciences at ease while our children are being taught religion by such a teach er there are also teachers coming from many protestant denominations and sects who differ seriously from us lutherans on many points of doctrine take for example the sacraments none of the re formed churches with the exception of a section of the anglican church regard the sacraments as real means of grace they deny baptismal regeneration and the real presence of the body and blood of christ in the lords supper furthermore almost all of them deny the central doctrine of christianity justification by faith alone and teach that the believer by his own good works must con tribute something toward his justification and salvation and in our own province of ontario the vast majority of the public school teachers must necessarily come from the reformed churches and as reformed they will teach the reformed doctrine to our children can we with good con science consent to this dare we say that these differences are minor matters are we justified in saying that be cause the reformed agree with us on many other phases of biblical teaching we can ignore these differences and allow these reformed teachers to teach other doctrine than that which we believe and know to be the teaching of scrip ture have we any right to compromise the teaching of gods holy word if so what justification can we set up for the reformation in the 16th century how can the reformed or we ourselves justify the keeping up of separ ate chuiches if the differences existing are of no conse quence where does the supreme authority lie does it lie in us or does it lie in the word of god if it lies in the word of god we have no right to compromise it on any point where its teaching is clear and explicit we are as the psalmist says to let god be true though all men should be liars we are to be faithful witnesses to the word therefore in view of these things and much else that might be said we as lutherans should oppose with all our might the teaching of religion in our public schools as this would be only adding confusion to confusion but on the other hand let this agitation spur us on in our families and in our churches to give more earnest and diligent at tention to the teaching of pure christianity to our children if we do this we may confidently expect the richest bless ing of our good and gracious lord to rest on us the canadian lutheran 1943 1 was a notable anniversary with the opening next week of another great red cross campaign this time for 10000000 we are again reminded of the inestimable work this great organization is doing and may also pause to ask ourselves when and how this great work began while it received only passing mention from the press of the world the 80th anniversary of the red cross was cele brated only this month february 9th to be exact while there was little fanfare associated with the anniver sary it was an event that should hold first place in the minds of the peoples of all nations few organizations have done as much for the welfare of mankind and at the same time enjoyed the confidence and respect of combatants on both sides the history of this institution dates back to 1859 when jean henri dunant citizen and philanthropist of geneva switzerland happened to witness the terrible sufferings of sundayschool lesson lesson february 28 jesus restores lazarus to life golden text i am the resurrection and the life john 1125 the lesson as a whole in this thrlllldg chapter we again see the lord jesus christ demon strating his deity once more he announces himself as i am to martha he proclaims the mystery of his person when he says i am the resurrection and the life it is god alone who quickens the dead in old testament times we read of his doing this in answer to the prayer of ellsha 2 kings 433 34 and again when a dead man was be ing hastily interred in the prophets sepulcher 2 kings 1321 but in the three instances recorded in the gospels the raising of the daughter of jairus mark 541 42 of the son of the widow of nain iluke 714 and here of lazarus i unto jesus lord if thou hadst been we see our lord putting forth his here my brother had not died so own power as the lifegiving son firmly did she believe that jesus and so manifesting his oneness christ could have healed her broth- with the father and the holy spirit er that her words seem almost to of old the magicians in egypt could imply that she was chiding him for until after death had come in his delay was not becajise of indiffer ence or lack of love either for the sick man or his grieving sister but god had something to work out for his own glory and their blessing which could not be reached until death bad ensued it takes a living faith to wait for god as well as to wait on him he will not he hurried seeing the end from the beginning he is never thwarted or taken by surprise he can be depended on to work out every circumstance for the blessing of those who rely upon his unerring wisdom and confide in his unchanging love verse by vers john 1120 tmartha went and met him but mary sat still in the house both sisters were de voted to the lord jesus ibut they were of different temperaments and manifested their confidence in him in very different ways martha ever active and energetic when word reached her that after waiting till lazarus was dead and burled jesus was now entering bethany hastened to meet him mary more contem plative and possibly remained quietly in mourning verse 21 then more trustful the house of said martha imitate the miracles of moses and aaron until the dust became living vermin then they had to give up in despair as they realized that this not coming when word was first sent of lazarus illness mary uses the very same words v32 but one can almost sense an utterly was the finger of god exod stiff different attitude and meaning 19 only he could bring life out of verse 22 i know that even death satan has the power of death now whatsoever thou wilt ask of a power which he exercised even to god god will give it thee this was the extent before the cross of fill- a sublime faith but after all it did ing the hearts of gods own saints not rise high enough she seemed with fear heb 214 15 but it is to think of him as gods honored god only who has the power of life servant whose prayer would be as the father has life in himself heard she did not appear to realize so has the son inherent life john j that he was god himself 526 and he can put forth the i verse 23 thy brother shall rise power when he so wills again what a word of comfort is in the case of lazarus jesus pur- j this to all believers who have lost posely delayed leturning to bethany loved ones in christ by death identity will be maintained in resurrection marthas brother had died her brother should rise verse 24 i know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day she spoke as an orthodox jew who believed in a general resur rection at the end of the world she was to learn of an outresurrection for all who died in faith verse 25 i am the resurrection and the life what a declaration for one to make who seemed but an humble galilean artisan but it was the voice of god manifest in flesh moreover he added words that are astonishing and beyond explanation if he be not god who raiseth the dead he said he that believettw- in me though he were dead yet shall he live that is believers who die before he returns will be raised when his voice is heard verse 26 whosoever llveth and believeth in me shall never die those still in the body when he returns will never pass through death but will be changed in a moment and mortality will be swallowed up of life 1 cor 1551 52 when he who is the resurrec tion and the life appears death and decay must flee ibefore him so it was in the case of lazarus verse 27 i believe that thou art the christ the son of god challenged as to whether she dared trust his word martha made this grand confession she thus recog nized him as more than man or a prophet he was the son in man hood verse 28 the waster is come and calleth for thee acting doubtless an elder sister sent for the younger verse 29 as soon as she heard she came the moment she knew he desired her presence mary hastened to her lord how blessed are all who thus heed his call verse 2 she fell down at his continued on page six business directory dental e s barker ldjs djfcs honor graduate of royal cobec of dental surgeons and of tke university of toronto office in grubins block phone 274 markham every tuesday office in wear block medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien phone 196 and main coroner for york s county dr arthur l hore physician and surgeon general medicine and obstetiwa also eye ear nose and throat eyes tested glasses filled and repaired markham ont phone t insurance thomas birkett the wounded on the battlefields of lomlbardy where the armies of france and piedmont were fighting the austrians as a result a meeting of five prominent men of that day was held on february 9 1863 eight days later a commission of five which was the foundation stone of the internation al red cross committee was formed when hostilities broke out in 1914 the now universally famous central information bureau for prisoners of war whose main purpose is to act as an intermediary between prisoners of war and interned civilians and their families and friends was formed the bureau resumed its opera tions in september 1939 the spacious palais due conseil in geneva is its headquarters while some 26 auxiliary sec tions are scattered about that country both in the last war and in the present conflict the inter national red cross has done much to justify its existence it has been the means of placing many thousands of parcels of food in the hands of prisoners of war it has also been responsible for the tracing of men who have dropped from sight in battle it also sees that letters pass back and for ward between prisoners of war and their loved ones its blood donor service is another valuable phase of its work there is no other agency that has done so much or so well merits the support of the people of the world plenty of applause but little action never does parliament seem more reluctant to enforce its own will than m the matter of agricultural reforms the amount of lip service paid to farm problems compared with the amount of action given is a phenomena of ottawa in peace or war why is there such a gulf between the figures quoted as farm prices and the sums the producers actually receive for their produce true as some may argue conditions vary greatly between one farm and another between one district and another one farmer may be termed a good farmer his neighbor is not but granting all this it should be possible to determine farm prices on a more equitable basis with a little more degree of accuracy when it comes to the amount the farmer actually receives for his produce milk offers one example of this confusion the quoted price for whole milk in the toronto area is 260 a hundred weight and consumers think this is what the farmergets yet we understand nofarmer in the district could possibly have received mpre than 235 a hundredweight last year likely the best average would be around 222 fiom the 260 was deducted the shipping cost of around 30 cents a hundredweight there was too a 2 per cent deduction which is a sort of dues payment to the milk producers association another half of 1 per cent went to the same organizations advertising fund but there was a bigger if indirect deduction the basic 260 rate is quoted for 85 per cent of the milk the farmer shipped the other 15 per cent was automatically rated as suiplus for which the price varied anywhere from 230 a hundredweight to 160 just how there can be a in this day of milk shortages with government subsidies for cheese and butter and even for the whole milk itself in some sections of the country is a little difficult to follow the same process of deductions shipping charges cost of containers commission charges runs through the whole production field the beef trade the poultry trade the vege table and fruit markets how much of the shrinkage that occurs is necessary we do not know some one should know and some one should keep watch on it there is a suspicion that it would be considerably less than it is if it were brought out into the open and labelled for what it is this ought not to be an impossible arrangement since the government is paying the subsidies and since it is determ- ining the price ceilings obviously the government should do the labelling stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop telephone 7001 7002 general insurance agency stouffville ontario established 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prentice farm and farm stock sales a specialty at fair and reason able rates n w 4 3 1