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unday choo tub sun of god becomes man john 1 151 golden text the word became flesh and dwelt among us john 1 14 the lesson in its setting time the prologue of johns gospel cntends back to eternity the birth of jesus and of john the bap tist took place in bc 5 the minis try of john the baptist and the early ministry of jesus here recorded are all to be placed in january and feb ruary ad 27 place practically everything in this lesson took place in bethany be yond jordan 2 the same was in the beginning with god this is simply an empha tic summary of the preceding verse 3 all things were made through him and without him was not any thing made that hath been made notice carefully that the word was not made there was no time when he was without existence 4 in him was life no one knows today what life is but we do know- life when we see it in christ is every form of life intellectual mor al spiritual and eternal and the life was the light of men here inhn passes fron the relation of the word to the world at large to his relation ship to men 5 and the light shineth in the darkness darkness is the result of sin and the environment in which sin flourishes in the dark men stum ble and are possessed by fear yet gods grace does not cease where darkness has fallen and the dark ness apprehended it not however powerful the hold of sin unpn men might be and however deep the dark ness satan has created nevertheless that darkness has never been able to extinguish the ight of gods truth and trace in jesus christ g there came a man sent f god whese name was john the baptist was the final recapitulation of all prophetic forces concerning christ the great witness of christs advent the forerunner 7 the same came for witness that he might bear witness of the light that all might believe through him belief rests on testimony johns testimony turned mens eyes to christ and convinced those who be lieved cf 4 42 8 he was not the light but came that he might bear witness of the light all ministers and sunday school teachers should remember that they themselves are not the light but are simply sent to bear witness of the light all of our ministry and teaching of the word is simply to point men to the light the lord jesus christ 0 there was the true light even the light which lighteth every man coming into the world if john meant as i believe he did mean that there is a light that lighteth every man that no man is utterly finally without l and that when jesus came that itghtj in some new sense came into the world then i think i have here a clear and remarkab statement of the truth that there is some vasuro of hmit in everv hu man below irrespective of incidental differences 10 lie was in the world and the world was made through him and the world knew him not 11 he came unto his own and they that vre ms own received him not when the creator hmself the word of god came into the world the world knew lim not cf rom 1 19 20 the rhnse his own is more ac- ctiratolv translated in the mrgin irs own things and refers prinei- paly to the kingdom of israel which was his hv right and the land of is rael which was also his and all the things pertaining to the temple and the worship of jehovah including the priesthood the phrase they that were hs own refers to the peonle of israel in general 12 but as many as received him this refers not only to the people of israel hut to all hum elsewhere the individual relationship takes the place of the national to them gave he the right to become children of god even to them that believe on his name this is one place in the gospel where we find the phrase children of god which is often found in the same writers first epistle especially chapters 3 and 5 it is true that all men are the child ren of god by creation but all men arc also prodigals who have left the father who have forfeited their rights nnd who by their sins have no right to the privileges of sonship 13 who were born tho margin more accurately translates who were begotten this birth referring of course not to our first and natural birth but to our second and spiritual birth by which we arc made the sons of god which spiritual birth is one not of blood ie it is not a physical birth the blood being mentioned ns tho seat of natural life nor of the will of tho flesh nor of the will of man ie not by the human will con trolled by fleshly nature but of god the higher spiritual eternal life is the immediate gift of god to ob tain it that divine begetting is need ed by which god communicates his own nature 14 and the word became flesh the word did not cease to be god when he became flesh but when he was made in the likenes- of sinful flesh rom 8 3 which means of course that he became a man he then was both god and man and dwelt among us the origins word describes properly the occupation of a temporary habitation the tent or tabernacle was easily fixed and easily removed and hence it furnished a natural term for mans bodily frame and we beheld his glory glory as of the only begotten from the father the glory of god is such part of his majesty and power and grace as men are able to behold men saw in christ such manifesta tions of power holiness and grace and majesty that he had a glor like unto that which men beheld in god the father full of grace and truth in the old testament the two es sential features which in johns view distinguish the human life and the word made flesh 15 john beareth witness of him the baptists testimony to christ is recorded by all of the evangelists matt 3 112 mark 1 18 luke 3 120 and crieth saying this was he of whom i said he that com eth after me is become before me in other words his successor has be come his predecessor though be came after john in point of time he really became one superior to john in influence in holiness of char acter and in finality of his mission for he was before roe the original phrase is very remarkable it express- ses not only relative but absolute priority 16 for of his fulness we all re ceived as christ has all the full ness of god col 1 19 2 9 the church has all the fullness of christ john is here looking back and sta ting that he and all the other believ ers were simply empty vessels which christ had filled and grace for grace each blessing appropriated became the foundation of a greater blessing 17 for the law was given through moses grace and truth came tlrough jesus christ grace and truth are superior to law and the one who brought grace and truth to man is infinitely superior to the one through whom the law was given 18 no man hath seen god at any time the meaning here is that no man has ever beheld god with his physical eye because infinite spirit cannot be the object of human natur al vision dcut 4 12 the only be gotten son who is in the bosom ol the father literally the preposition here is into suggesting the ten der intimate relation between child ren and parents or bosom friends christs relationship to the father is one of closest fellowship in knowl edge and love christ as the only begotten son of god knowing god as no other being ever could know him living with god from eternity dwelling in the very bosom of gods love is certainly one who can unveil the glory and truth of god the father mystery surrounds fate of chinese premier insofar as actual quantity is con in spite of the factthat canada was corned japan is selfsufficient in excluded by trade policies from the wheat having produced over 47900- market for half of 1935 the do- 000 bushels in 1935 but 10318000 minion supplied 1929029 bushels in bushels were imported for blending that year i widely differing reports as to the fate of general chiang kaishek feature dispa as intermediary between the rebel marshal earlier patches from the far east today w l donald tho australian who has been acting changhauehliang and the nanking government declares he saw the premier alive and well reports from japanese sources qoote chang as announcing he had executed chiang transcript of changs radio speech released by nanking contains no such statement tho naukiug government has rushed 150000 soldiers to sianfu headquarters of the rebel war lord with orders to rescue kaishek it lie is alive or take revenge get chang their orders say this photograph shows chiang kaishek with his wife who is a graduate of a womans college in the united states not a treatment ndianapolis news a horse will eat an apple a day with never a thought of keeping the doctor away yreck the engineer of this train was instantly killed ty j 1bshf s been ers are shown clambering over tho wreck searching foi any possible victims mat hidden near the debris airliner wrecked by crash b3 hero is the wreckage of the eastern air lines transport aeroplane that crashed into the side of a mountain near port jcrvls ny dick merrill famed transatlantic flier who was at the controls save the livift of himself and the eight passengers aboard tho ncroplane by making a pancake landing after the craft had torn off us wings as it plowed through trees on the mountainside none of tha passengers was injured and merrill himself was only slight hurt bombs spread havoc in madrid a view of the street in the spanish capita showing the devas uuon wrought by aerial bombs and artillery fire in almost lady bo nbard mentl despite the terrific hammering the city jgg forces it is no nearer to capture than it was a month ago the ueaiii ol cannoibe estimated owing to difiiculty of extracting victims ftom wrecked buildings village threaened a halfcollapsed house on the cliff edge at pokcficld eng where crumbling cliffs are threatening to destroy the village word comes of missing sea otters the vancouver province writes a despatch from washington tells of the discovery by a united states coastguard cutter of an isolated alaska island with a colony of at least three thousand otters so that is where the sea otter has gone it was at one time a british columbia animal and so important to this province historically that it has as much right to a place oa o coat of arms as the buffalo has oa the coat of arms of manitoba it was the sea otter that led to the settlement of this coast it was the sea otter that inaugurated british columbias foreign trade both her trade with the orient and her trade with great britain when captain cook came to this coast in 1777 and tied up at xocka sound to refit his ships his men went trading with the indians the indians had furs that seemed attt- tive big skins with dark brown silky hair that shone in the sun the fur of the sea otter at nootka and later in alaska the sailors gave bits of metal and trinkets for the fur and having got it cheaply did not value it highly they used the skins as bed clothes and to patch their jackets and trousers and tool very little care of them when the resolution and discov ery reached macao on the homeward voyage some of the sailors offered their furs to the chinese merchants tnd were astonished at the lavish prices offered so astonished indeed that they wished to eturn to this coast a once for more and there was an incipient mutiny when the official report of cooks voyage was issued in 1784 the ac count of this new reservoir of furs of which there had been rumors be fore came definitely to the notice of the world and the next few years saw the development of a consider able trade in sea otter furs first with china and then with great britain and the vpntie coist r the united ktitcs britain the tinted states russia and spain were all in terested in this coast and strove for the mastery and the incentive wa3 not timber or gold or fertile lands but the soft and shiny pelt of tie little sea otter the results there were several of them first was the practical ex tinction of the sea otter the begn- ning of a long and not very credit able campaign of spoliation of natural resources in the secol place the ships engaged in the fur trade and their masters nnd officers gave their names to a best of geographical features on this covt and there names remain a memento of an industry that is gone finally the four nations divided the coast among them russia in the north britain next then the united states an i spain at length spain and russia withdrew leaving tho coast divided as it is today vimy names the thousands of canadian names carved on the vimy memorial are those of canadian soldiers killed in france and whose bodies never were recovered for separate burial in marked graves it may not be generally known that the british legion will supply photographs of individual names on the memorial at the moderate price of five shillings for one print one shilling for each additional print ob serves the ottawa journal the journal has seen one of these photographs it is about three inches by six mounted on cardboard which bears the crest of the british legion and shows a panel of names which includes the one in which the pur chaser of this picture was especially interested the journal gives publicity to this service of the legion because it feels many ottawa families will want these souvenirs of their gallant dead whose deathless fame is recorded at vimy remittances and orders shoud go to capt w g willcox mbe tho british legation 29 cromwell road south kensington london s- w 7 credii guernsey cow with butterfat record onkonta ny john middles- worth superintendent of the cathe dral farms here said friday that cathedral rosalie guernsey cow has broken tho worlds record for buttcrfat production by a guernsey with 115729 pounds this year middlesworth said the oil record of 11558 was set last year by nor- inda milkmaid of the iockshire farms at cress- rosalie wth 25 days to go yet thi3 year should set a 193g nark of about 1210 pounds middlesworth said she is milked three times daily the cow is owned by ii ii buckley rosalie set a record for may mid dlesworth said with 2113 pounds of milk of which 12151 were butter- fat 175000 articles are left each year in public service chiclcs in london