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stouffville book nook invites you to come and see our display of bibles books mottos sacred records and gifts for sunday school main st east stouffville first of pioneer homes to be moved by womens institutes star of bethlehem phenomenon of the age the star of bethlehem has been the subject of extensive lesearch and discussion modern astronomers have con sidered several natural phenom enon theories without attaching too much weight to any such hy pothesis skeptics regard the whole thing as mere invention colored with oriental imagery designed to honor christ and faith ac cepts the star as the supernatur al phenomenon which proclaim ed the birth of jesus the first chapter of the gos pel according to st matthew be gins the book of the genera tion of jesus christ the son of david the son of abraham and confirming bethlehem as the city of david the angel of the lord declared for unto you is born this day in the city of david a sav iour which is christ the lord luke 211 considering tradition which accepts that king davids shield formed a sixpointed star the star of bethlehem appropriately stood over where the young child was st matthew 29 icccpsaaccgbbes g assess crea for best results ship your cream to stouffville creamery we pay two cents more per pound butterfat for cream delivered to the creamery cold storage lockers from s800 to 1200 per year or by the month stouffville creamery co to have our truck call phone ls6w iimnviwwfhfnhitwiwimv 3cctxsssxs3csxsxxssxs3t we build homes large and small and buildings of all kinds repairs and hemodeliing good materials and workmanship guaranteed our house designing service is at your disposal k w besz construction co 8touffville ont phone stouff 195 ti n dollars and sense one of the best ways to encourage good sound sleep is to have a good sound bank balance regular savings can make life a lot plcasantcr in a hundred and one other ways you may want the down payment on a home of your own a tv set or a car perhaps the childrens education is on your mind or a leisurely retirement someday whatever it is that you want or need you have to learn the secret of putting something by regularly pay by pay you store away the money except in emergencies till you reach your savings goal then you start saving for the next one why not open a savings account with us today 1 the canadian bank of commerce kwii stoutfville branch f w todd manager curemont branch w l irwin manager the york pioneer and histori- society ha for years dream- jed of establishing a group of i pioneer homes on the property jat sharon now it seems that in part this dream may come true due to the interest of the womens institutes of north york this group is arranging to have mov ed a log house to a position in the grounds of the temple of sharon this house will be equipped as a home of the period- with f urnishlngs some of which are already owned by the york pioneer and historical society and with others which it is hoped to acquire both the womens institutes of north york and the york pioneer and historical society will be delighted to receive in formation regarding any articles of antiquity which should be preserved in a museum of this nature the members of the york pio neer and historical society who are desirous of forwarding this j interesting project undertaken by trie womens institutes have authorized the preparation of a scale mode of the grounds at i sharon with the dream com- i pleted it is hoped this will be shown throughout the district they have also prepared a small speakers panel who will present the dream and mo del to any interested groups it is hoped there will be represent- atlves of both the womens in stitutes and the york pioneer and historical society acquisitions among recent acquisitions for the temple at sharon is a bug gy formerly used by ebenezer j doan the masterbuilder of the temple it is believed that he and his wife drove here in this buggy from pennsylvania in the year 180s it is made almost entirely of wood even to the springs themselves this was given us by mrs edythe doan haines the society also has received from the estate of mrs jere miah graham of keswick some of the early sharon music this includes old hymn books with such inspirational titles as vine yard of song the jubilee and the new lute of zion above the music for each hymn is prin ted in bold black letters the name of the tune this reminds one of the oldtimers of our day who lovingly recall the old 100th or duke street tunes from their childhood still used today in the collection are some sing ingclass books containing also instructions for the teacher of the class probably used by some of sharons famed choirs of particular interest are several copies of two patriotic numbers the words and music both by j doan graham sharon a grand son of john doan the builder of the ark in the temple they are entitled canadas jubilee greet ing written in 1897 in honor of queen victoria and the flag of canada written in 1899 but still a timely subject miss helena daly newmar ket has given portraits of jacob lundy and his wife hannah doan lundy a candle snuffer two pairs of spectacles a skirt holder a china teapot and sugar bowl sunday school lesson the way of christian love 1 corinthian- 1227 to 1313 i lesson for december 16 1 golden text and now abide h faith hope charity these three but the greatest of these is charity 1 cor 1313 the lesson as a whole approach to the lesion to appreciate this great and greatly loved chapter the 13th of 1 corinthians we must con sider it in its setting it is in that section of the epistle chap ters 12 through 14 in which the apostle paul speaks of spiritual gifts these spiritual gifts or more literally spirituals are ministries or special capacities for ministry bestowed upon var ious members of the church in chapter 12 paul likens the church to a body with its di verse members and the gifts to the functions of various mem bers two lists of these spirit- bestowed gifts are given in verses 812 the catalogue in cludes the word of wisdom the word of knowledge faith heal ing miracles prophecy discern ing of spirits tongues and in terpretation of tongues the sec ond list in verse 28 embraces apostles prophets teachers mir acles healings helps govern ments and tongues the fact that these lists differ so consid erably indicates that neither one of them is intended to be ex haustive and probably the two together would not make a com plete catalogue of the gifts in chapter 14 the apostle takes up particularly the gift of tongues which apparently was greatly stressed in the corinth ian church till it actually be came a snare the apostle in sists that prophecy is a greater gift than tongues because it offers more edification to the church he does not forbid the exercise of the gift of tongues but indicates that where it is exercised it must be held in rigid control it is quite appar ent that paul although prac- exciting new tweed mist toilet water concentrate pine orchard mr and mrs frank gibney and two wee kiddies of drake sask are visiting their aunt and uncle mrs w reld and mr sam gibney mr and mrs doug hope and family were recent visitors with her brother and family at ot tawa mrs harold eveleigh was a weekend visitor with her par ents mr and mrs chapman a social evening was held in the union church on wednes day night last week in honour of rev dix and mrs dix who owing to ill health had to resign from our church and have now moved to scarboro a purse of money was presented during the evening our best wishes go with the dix family rev harold meddle is taking the church service mr moddle preached here during his stu dent days so comes as no stran ger to our community and we all welcome him back we arc pleased to report that mr colin widdlfield is improv ing in health spray twead mist toilet water all over you and ail round your room youll feelsoveor elegant spray it on from head to loe cloudx of fragrance whereer you got tweed mist 2 50 houstons the rcxall drug store phone 229 ticed in the gift of tongues more than all the saints in corinth yet regards prophecy as vastly superior in 1231 he says cov et earnestly the best gifts and in 1439 covet to prophesy likewise in 141 he exhorts desire spiritual gifts but ra ther that ye may prophesy this gift of prophecy played a very important part in the ministry of the primitive church in those days before the new testament canon was complet ed the prophets bridged the gap between direct apostolic ministry and the possessing of the completed word of god but despite the importance of the gift rf prophecy or the use fulness of any other gift the apostle paul recognized that there was still something more important what he called a more excellent way 1231 it was the way of love this way he expounds in the thirteenth chapter right in the heart of his treatise on spiritual gifts many have been the disputations on the gifts but if the more excellent way hrd been recog nized and followed there should have been little need for such disputations therefore let us follow after love verse by verso 1 cor 131 tongues and have not charity sound ing bass tinkling cymbal reference is to the gift of tongues mentioned in 1210 28 30 and enlarged upon in chap ter 14 for tinkling read clin ging for charity read love throughout the chapter verse 2 prophecy all faith and have not char ity i am nothing prophecy in the primitive church seems to have been inspired sometimes ecstatic utterance see direc tions for its control in 142933 our lord said that faith as a grain of mustard would remove mountains matt 1720 verse 3 bestow all my goods i give my body to be burned it profiteth me noth ing benevolences and even martyrdom may lack the one great essential love charity may have an eye to ones own reputation while cold determin ation may motivate dying for- the faith the lack of love can cels the value of both in heav ens reckoning verse 4 charity suffereth long kind envieth not vaunteth not itself is not puffed up here are loves patience and kindness and its freedom from envy selfdisplay and pride verse 5 not unseem ly seeketh not her own not provoked thinketh no evil love is modest and un selfish omit easily love is not thrown into a tantrum but is mild for thinketh read reckoneth love is not sus picious or quick to attach blame verse 6 rejoiceth not in iniquity but in the truth love has no secret satisfaction or delight in wrongdoing but stands alongside truth and re joices with it the verb carries a prefix which indicates this meaning verse 7 beareth believ- eth hopeth endureth note the difference between beareth and endureth the verb translated beareth car ries the sense of containing without leaking love does not spill its wrongs all over every body who will listen but con tains them covers them over with silence endureth means staying under not quitting love is also trustful and optim istic verse s never faiieth prophecies shall fail tongues shall cease knowledge shall vanish away love never faills out like petals dropping from a the stouffville tribune thwsdjy december 13 1956 pace 7 away here is the same word as i fail las applied to prophecies and vanish away in verse s put away in verse 11 is also the same so in the greek the same word appears four times and is translated by four differ ent phrases in the king james version verse 11 when i was a child i spake understood thought as a child i became a man this verse is a parable this present life is our child hood eternity will find us full- grown men verse 12 glass darkly in part the stouffville tribune flower or a runner dropping out of a race a different word is used of prophecies signifying to be done away with when all is fulfilled the same of knowledge when the imperfect gives place to the perfect v 10 appropriately tongues are said to cease verse 9 for we know prophesy in part here is the reason for the statement of verse 8 concerning prophecies and knowledge verse 10 perfect is come in part shall be done away and this gives the ex planation which we anticipated in commenting on verse 8 done through a i face to face i as also 1 am known some hold that abid- eth indicates the permanence in time of faith hope and love as differentiated from such spir- itual gifts as tongues and pro phecies which passed away with the apostolic age others see a place for faith and hope as well as for love in eternity ami why not shall we lose faith and hope in heaven the heart of the loson love is the great indispens able spiritual gifts may have value for the church but only as they are exercised in love tongues are not necessarily the i mark of spirituality without love they are just so much noise j one may have a profound in- j sight into the truth so that he is much sought after as a prea- cher or one may have a remark able measure of faith but if these are not exercised in love they are utterly lacking in val- tie even the most lavish benevo- 1 lences and the ultimate of devo- 1 tion may lack the recognition of heaven if tiiese have not been accompanied by love in our lesson the character of true love is set forth in a cluster of phrases which indi cates its excellence here we see loves patience loves good- protective wll 60000tom carrier any housewife woutd hae thought of it but credit goes to the builders of the us navys mighty new carrier uss ranger for using aluminum foil to keep their product fresh during construction a ship rests on wooden blocks which absorb a lot of moisture to proiect their cosily steel hull from rust and corrosion during the ismonth construction pe riod the navy simply coered the blocks with ordinary house hold foil this brainwave wax a rutural for a marine builder since nowadays he uses shiny noncorroding aluminum so widely for superstructures life boats and other important ship building components aluminum company of canada ltd alcan ness loves modesty loves hu mility loves unselfishness its mildness sincerity rectitude uy 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