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sunday school lesson lesson for january 12 golden text whatsoever he sailh unto you do it john 25 the lemn as a whole this beginning of miracles performed at the wedding feast in cana of galilee and the cleansing of the temple at jerusalem were designed to declare the authority of our blessed lord and to show forth his glory as the creator who had come to earth and clothed him self in our humanity in order that he might become our kinsman- redeemer we are given no information as to who the contracting parties were nor are we told what other guests were present save the lord jesus his mother and his dis ciples all our attention is focused upon the lord himself whose pre sence turns every occasion into one h joy and gladness and who in his grace meets every need of the heart of man it is significant that johns gos pel in its early section brings a wedding before us and his great prophetic book the revelation closes with another wedding the marriage of the lamb in which all the redeemed of all ages are to have a part whether as of those who in this age make up the bride eph 5 3033 or those of other dis pensations who will be there as friends of the bridegroom john 3 29 every wedding feast on earth should be so conducted as to pic ture that glorious nuptial event which shall herald the dawning of the glorious kingdom of the son of man over all the earth a christian marriage is not as in romes sense a sacrament but it should be recognized as setting forth in sym bol what the ritual often used calls the mystic union subsisting between christ and the church where this is kept in mind there will be no unseemly levity nor vulgar display but all will be car ried out as under the holy eye of him who graced that wedding in cana the necessity for the cleansing of the temple told out most plainly the sad condition of israel at this time the very sanctuary itself had become defiled by the greed and covetousness of both priests and merchants verse by verse john 2 1 a marriage in cana and the mother of jesus was there this marriage we are told took place on the third day that is the third day after the call of nathanael as related in chapter 1 mary the mother of the lord jesus was there already some have con jectured that those who were to be married at this time were intimate family connections of hers but scripture is silent as to this verse 2 jesus was called and his disciples to the marriage hav ing been invited to the wedding the lord jesus christ and the little group of possibly six disciples journeyed northward reaching cana in time for the feast verse 3 they have no wine the juice of the grape prepared in various ways sometimes spiced or mingled with other flavoring agencies was the common drink of the country and specially on con- vival occasions such as weddings and other feasts mary noticed that the supply had run out and prob ably in order to avoid shaming the parents of the bride and groom she called the attention of the lord jesus to it and that in a way which clearly implied that she looked to him to do something about it verse 1 woman what have i to do with thee this was not a brusque rebuke as our authorized version would seem to imply it was actually as though he said lady what is that as between thee and me then he added mine hour is not yet come he would manifest his glory in due time he did not need to be hurried i verse 5 whatsoever he saith how to idkntify live fox at wolf pips a rather perturbed gentleman phoned the department of lands and forests as to whether the pup- he had captured alive were wolves or foxes his first impression based probably in anticipation of the bounty was that they were wolves but consultation with some of his friends created doubts by some he was advised that they were foxes while others maintained they were wolves the result was as might be expected confusion to the inexperienced there was of course room for argument when very young there is a certain amount of resemblance between the two and general appearance may be deceptive however in one regard there is a distinct difference which wili settle any question of identification where live pups are concerned in foxes the pupils of the eyes are vertically elliptical similar to the pupils of a cats eys in wolves and dogs the pupils of the eyes are round similar to the pupils in the eyes of humans there are other differences of course but this detail of the eyes is outstand ing mother views missixg childs gifts f t f do you grow vegetables jt if you wan to get the v most out of your vegetable ti jfc crop this year give vigoro 4t r commercial grower a it trial the experience of jt ti many growers proves its ll more profitable to use 4t for early maturity top quality and high yields jt crop qualities that spell extra profit try vigoro commercial grower unto you do it mary thus address ed the servants assured in her own mind that her holy son would meet the need in some way her words may well speak to every one of us she did not draw attention to her self but directed it toward him who had come into the world so miraculously verse 6 six waterpots of stone after the manner of the purifying of the jews these aptly picture the legal forms and ceremonies of judaism all empty and useless to meet the crying needs of the hearts of men and to give that purifica tion which fits them for fellowship with god they had their place once but now he had come into the world to whom all the types of the law pointed verse 7 fill the waterpots with water this too was a sym bolic act when we pour into the forms and ordinances of the law the pure living water of the grace of god as set forth in the new testament they are then no longer dry and lifeless ceremonies but become wonderful illustrations of the word of the truth of the gospel verse s draw out now and bear to the governor of the feast it was fitting that he should be the first to taste the result of the mani fest power of christ in order that he might commend it to the rest verse 9 the water that was made wine amazed at the frag rance and taste of the wine in his cup and unaware of the means whereby it was obtained the governor of the feast called upon the bridegroom for an explanation verse 10 thou has kept the good wine until now there was something about this pure delici ous wine that was superior to all they had been using this does not necessarily imply fermentation but rather a richness of flavor be yond that in common use the lord jesus had done in a moment of time what as creator he does in ten thousands of vineyards throughout many lands in the course of several months that is changing water into the rich blood of the grape verse 11 manifested forth his glory in chapter 1 14 we saw jesus as the true tabernacle in which was hidden the glory of the eternal son each miracle he wrought was a manifestation of that glory verse 12 after this he went down to capernaum going from cana to the city where his mother now lived the lord jesus remain ed some time in galilee preaching and teaching until the annual pass over season drew nigh in the spring of ad 27 verse 13 jesus went up to jerusalem as a jew under the law jesus was careful to obey the command to keep certain feast deut- 1g1 even though they had become cold and formal that which of old was designated the passover of the lord num 28 16 is here called the jews passover because the lord was no longer honored in its observance by most of those who participated verse 14in the temple of those that sold and the changers of money originally all of this was for the convenience of those who came to the feast from distant lands but it had degenerated into a matter of personal gain and so was obnoxious to god verse 15 a scourge of small cords with so insignificant a weapon did jesus drive out the dis honest merchants and hawkers who had been preying upon the people who come to worship god verse 16 make not my fathers house an house of mer chandise this is a stern rebuke of all selfish commercializing of the things of god the heart of the lesson in the lord jesus christ we see god fully manifested both as the one able to meet every need and as the righteous judge over his own house it is he who by the water of his word changes our poverty into wealth and our grief into joy and it is he who as judge over his own house takes note of all unrighteousness fostered by th professing church eggs wanted by reg grading station free weekly pick up cases supplied grover 8970 write or phone prompt returns hutton 40 kenworthy ave toronto 13 christmas day was saddeest day in lives of rusnak family st catharines out after dis appearance of marian nine mrs john rusnak is seen with marians unopened presents 9th line markham too late last week the sewing circle held their meeting at the home of mrs goo lewis on tuesday this week we are pleased to know that mrs jas mccreight has arrived home from the western hospital toronto and is steadily improving miss catherine masters who has been attending high school in weston is spending the christmas vacation at her home here mr and mrs robt simpson and family had christmas dinner in toronto mr and mrs o peacock and bill also mr and mrs vernon lewis and richie spent christmas day the guests of mr and mrs roy smith of bethesda mr and mrs ed terryberry have gone to detroit to visit their daughter mr and mrs john borland nee lillian morgan of toronto spent christmas with mr and mrs mor gan mr and mrs wm watt and wil bur were guests of mrs watts brother mr frank pugsley of tor onto for christmas dinner mr and mrs arthur hoover and margaret spent christmas at the home of mrs balsdon markham mr and mrs herb thomas and family had christmas dinner with mr and mrs robt c johnston of toronto a large crowd attended the school concert which was held on the evening of dec 17 and spent a most enjoyable evening organist 1 years hannah law dies pickering kesident more than 30 years pickering dec 30 a resident of pickering for more than 50 years and for 49 years organist at the presbyterian church in pickering miss hannah law died here at the home of her brother george law she was in her slth year born in scarboro township miss law attended school at the village of scarboro she had been a music teacher for many years in picker ing and was widely known through out the district as an active church worker and popular musician she is survived by her brother george who is now the only living member of a family of nine the law family were early settlers of this district bus truck and tractor seats rebuilt and recovered dixlopillo for truck his and tractor seats now available with so many accidents occuring the seat of the trouble may be the seat of your truck comfortable seals are more essential than ever for almost 20 years we have been rebuilding and recovering bustruck and tractor seats and backseats keeping thousands of city and rural drivers comfortable pickup and delivery service suburban area service truck 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