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page six stouffville ontario thursday december 29 1938 sunday school lesson lesson for january 1 1939 peter called to serve golden text come ye after me and i will make you to be come fishers of men john 140 andrew simon peters brother we do not know much about andrews qualifications for platform ministry but he was a quiet personal worker who will al ways be remembered as the one who introduced his more bril liant brother simon to christ yerse 41 the messias the christ both words mean the anointed the one being from the hebrew the other from the greek it was the lesson as a whole in studying the life and min istry of simon peter we shall see how god can make an out standing witness to his truth from most unlikely material who would have thought of the andrews high privilege to know rugged impetuous profane christ first and then to lead his fisherman simon ever becoming the eloquent spiritual preacher whose burning words would be used to the conversion of thous ands of souls but god works with what he brings not simply with what he finds simon the fisherman regenerated be comes peter the apostle to whose sermons and letters the whole world owes a debt that it can never pay while his min istry was primarily toward the jews yet the branches run over the wall gen 4922 and he was the one specially chosen of god to open the door of faith to the gentiles acts 157 a man of strong prejudices his narrow views were superseded by remarkable breadth of vision when taught by the holy spirit like his brother apostle paul he delighted in the true grace of god 1 pet 512 which knows no national or racial boundaries hence his messages are the delight of believers from among the nations whom he once despised as well as among those of jewry who have found in the lord jesus the promised messiah the historical setting we do not know how old sim on was when he was first brought to jesus from that day on which was in the beginning brother into that knowledge verse 42 thou shalt be called cephas a stone cephas and peter are synony mous the first aramaic the second greek both mean the same thing peter himself calls all believers living stones built on christ himself 1 pet 2 4 5 jesus doubtless referred to the rocklike character which would replace his natural vacillation luke 51 by the lake of gennesaret that is the sea of galilee on the northwestern shore of which this incident took place verse 2 two ships stand ing by the lord looked for a vantage place where he might take his stand as he instructed the throng that pressed to the waters edge verse 3 one of the ships which was simons while simon was a disciple of jesus he had not yet been called to fulltime service as we say to day he was carrying on as usual in the fishing business jesus entered his ship and when it was thrust out from the land it became his pulpit verse 4 launch out let down jesus knew that simon did not as yet really know him thought he was ready to be of our lords public ministry he taught by him- he took charge was identified prominently with of affairs and told the experien- the testimony of christ until ced fishermen to do what was his martyrdom probably by unusual launch out and let crucifixion in rome about addown the nets in broad day- 67 or shortly afterward i light verse by verse j verse 5 nevertheless at thy word surprised simon at first seemed about to protest but thought he evidently con sidered it unlikely that he would get a catch he obeyed and let down the net verse 6 their net brake as the finny treasure of the deep rushed into the net it proved too weak to stand the strain verse 7 beckoned unto their partners another ship owned by the same firm was near to whom they signaled for help but so great were the numbers of fish taken that both ships were filled and began to sink verse 8 i am a sinful man in a moment simons eyes were opened he realized that only a supernatural person could have thus commanded the fish of the sea to enter his net after the fruitless efforts of the night before with this came a crushing sense of his own un- worthiness which brought him down in repentance at the feet of jesus verse 9 he was astonished and all that were with him but evidently his companions were not all affected as he was it is one thing to be amazed at the power of christ but quite another to be abased before him verse 10 thou shalt catch men this was simons call to the apostolate he was to be come an efficient angler for the souls of men the language of the lord would appeal to him because of his calling his ener gies were now to be turned into new channels for blessing to mankind verse 11 they forsook all and followed him t were four men definitely called and separated to christs service that day andrew and peter and also james and john hence forth they were to go about with jesus and prepared for a wide and blessed ministry of soul- winning one raid our old frame building shook with the concussion and as the airplanes continued right on for us we thought for sure we were for it my knees were shaking like leaves but they passed over without dropping more bombs i wish you would make it known to the chinese of toron to mr brace stated that canton was sold out by its local government most of the tor onto chinese are cantonese and will be very interested in that all precautions were taken for complete defence before the onslaught of the japanese thousands of troops were sent there and canton was prepared for a long siege that in all pro bability would have resulted in successful defence city was sold out by a general who had full command at the time he ordered his troops to retreat the general was shot by officers of his own army right now the united states is selling japan about 50 per cent of ammunition used in the war china is getting about 17 per cent japan is conducting effective blockades but the country is not beaten yet and in my opinion never will be round trip bargain fares january 6 and 7 from stouffville to lindsay and peterboro to guelph kitchener stratford goderich kincardine southamp ton owen sound and all intermediate points beyond guelph to niagara falls buffalo london mediate points beyond hamilton sarnia chatham and all inter- carman brace returns home v toronto- y goodwood j1f f l fs a s h e w davev s 8 stanton ave to barrie north bay meaford coliingwood penetang midland to sudbury longlac geraldton beardmore january 7 to toronto and hamilton fares tickets return limits and train information from agents january 7 hockey boston bruins vs toronto maple leafs fare ticket return limits and train information from agents ask for handbill canadian national adnot 355 b toronto buffalo pittsburgh st louis chicago 2785 detroit toronto tickets and information at mansion house stouffville gray coach lines i shell iisiisi5iiii happy new year to all clean rest rooms boadways service station phone 265 stouffville all you have ever heard about japanese brutality in the present war with china is true and then some t merest taste of victory for the japanese means they absolutely run amok and the horrors are in describable this is the word brought back from china by carman s brace technical en- gineer who returned to toron to last week mrs brace who spent sever al years with her husband in china fled from nanking with her two children georgina 4 and garnet 2 a few days be fore the city was pillaged and fired by japanese on her re turn to toronto another son was born ronald now aged eight months it was to rejoin his family that mr brace left his position as technical engin eering adviser on the staff of general chiang kaishek to re turn to toronto more than half of his lifetime has been spent in china mr brace is a son of dr aj brace secy of national council of the ymca in toronto carman braces mother is the former blanche obrien of stouffville and he attended school here when the family resided in the house now own ed and occupied by mrs irwin gray on joining the forces of chiang kaishek he organized and operated a complete mobile service unit for the mechanized forces of the chinese army after instructing chinese he was transferred by madame kaishek to the transportation department of the air force which she directs it was during his stay at changsha between hankow and canton that bombs came so close that his knees quaked as he tried to take pictures of the scene we were on a second floor of a small building when the airplanes went over he said and wherf they got to the thickly populated part of the city they dropped their bombs about 400 were killed in that one of the best ventures ever sponsored in stouffville by the merchants is the way toronto folk visited the christmas market at stouffville made reference to the day and so we congratulate jack hodgins and all his staff of workers while at the st lawrence market the other day we were purchasing one of the fine home cured hams from a kind faced lady wearing one of the dutch bonnets we did not know her name but she said to us are you the gentleman who writes the flashes in the stouffville tribune you see folks a peison is recognized and we learned then that our esteemed lady came from the 8th of markham we hear lots of interesting things over the radio but what is more interesting is the fact that in uxbridge township there is a man named elwood wagg who goes about the township cleaning wells although he weighs 227 pounds while we are on weights why not elect jack rae to the council he is the second biggest man in the township and would grace a municipal seat as it ought to be while his chances of a heavy vote are minimized by so many in the field from goodwood mr rae should run up a large vote for he is a man of sound judg ment of course there are other first class candidates too so all in all a real fight is on the correspondent of flash es was highly honoured we are told by the ladies of the insti tute who proposed a toast to him at their regular meeting held at the harper home last thursday that was a kindly act and one which stirs our warmth of heart we sincerely thank the ladies and wish for them a bigger and better year than ever in 1939 at this meet ing on thursday te lady of the house also treated the guests in an unusual way for which every member is highly appreciative alex brown was in stouff ville for the christmas market and spent the day with his brother these old goodwood stalwarts met many from the home village at the big poultry market happy birthday to you miss jean slack goodwood and to herbert stewart foxwarren man also t porter and e j davey dates dec 31 and jan 4 for the three men some good natured person sent to our home a brand new furnace shovel prepaid we accepted it as a christmas gift and as the toronto cop would say i think i have my eye on him meaning the giver in this case the phillips family of rose- ville have moved over to vivian to reside one of the widely known men of uxbridge township is wes ley matthews of whom we ex tend congratulations in his 96th birthday living south of ux bridge his life partner for years peddled vegetables in the town well folks it certainly takes old christmas season to bring about a raft of cards and letters from old friends as we look about ourselves here at home we are surrounded by hundreds of cards coming as they have from folks of whom we have not heard in many years they came from coast to coast and down in the usa for the most part these well wishers are all read ers of the tribune to one and all we wish a happy new year and may i say thank you for your cooperation in any way business directory medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for york county dental neil c smith ldsd jxf office over bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 noon and 130 to 630 pm phone office phone residence 1001 1015 clarcmono every tuesday office over wilkinsons store phone claremont 1401 e s barker lds dda honor graduate of royal colleg of dental surgeons and of 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