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page six stouffville ontario thursday january 5 1939 sunday school lesson sunday january 8 1939 peter commended and rebuked golden text thou art the christ the son of the living god matt 1616 the lesson as a whole the truth embodied in peters great confession thou art the christ the son of the living god is the rock of our salva tion upon this the church is builded apart from a divine saviour there would be no church of god in the world it is noticeable that jesus himself elicited this confession by direct questioning he knew well both the attitude of men in general regarding his true character and also that which his disciples knew him to be but he would have them put themselves on record and so peter was led to speak for them all it meant much to the lord jesus to dis cern the working of grace in their souls ffnd their growth in spiritual intelligence on the other hand it grieved him deep ly when they failed to enter in to the truth concerning the work of redemption as readily as they had grasped something of the glory of his person hence his severe rebuke when peter would have turned him aside had it been possible from the death of the cross the blunder of peter as to this might well give us pause as we realize how untrustworthy are the views of even the best of men unless they are the recipients of divine revelation how good that god has given us his word thus revealing wondrous mysteries kept secret from the worlds foundation the historical setting it was in iturea in the region of cesarea philippi a city of considerable prominence large ly populated by gentiles that jesus interviewed his disciples as here related for over a year they had seen his works and heard his words ere he asked for a definite confession the date was possibly ad 32 verse by verse matt 1613 whom do men say that i am it is allim portant that one have a right understanding regarding the lord jesus he knew well what men thought but he desired his disciples to learn to try the things that differ phil 110 literal rendering in order that they might give him his right ful place in their hearts verse 14 some say opin ions differed very widely some thought him to be a reincarna tion of some one who had pre ceded him others that he was a prophet who had come to call the people back to god verse 15 whom say ye that i am they had been with him for over a year what effct had his life and teaching made upon them had they penetrat ed the mystery of his person verse 16 the christ the son of the livng god peters confession came full and clear he had been in jesus the prom ised messiah a supernatural person the son of god there fore divine nothing short of this will do christ jesus is either the son of god become flesh for our redemption or he is unworthy of our trust and confidence verse 17 flesh and blood hath not revealed it not by mere intuition had this under standing come to peter the father himslef had revealed it by his holy spirit see matt 1127 it is the father alone who really knows the mystery of the incarnation verse 18 upon this rock peter was indeed a stone or rock to be builded into the house of god but christ himself is the foundation rock of our salva tion the church is to be build ed upon him whom peter con fessed note that jesus speaks of the building of his church as a future thing that church was destined to be invincible the power of evil would be scatter ed before its armies verse 19 binding and loos ing the lord did not commit the keys of heaven to peter the kingdom of heaven is the sphere where christs authority is recognized on earth binging the rabbis by the preaching of the word men are loosed from their sins if they believe but if they spurn the gospel mess age they are bound in their sins verse 20 tell no man it was evident already that the jews would not receive him as their messiah so that message was to be held in abeyance for a time after his resurrection peter proclaimed this truth anew acts 236 verse 21 jesus must be killed and be raised again he had come into the world for this very purpose matt 2028 the rejected messiah must die for the salvation of mankind but he would rise in triumph to fulfill all gods counsels verse 22 peter began to rebuke him he who when taught of god declared the precious truth of christs per son now when actuated by the flesh dared even to seek to withstand the carrying out of the purpose of god it was a sad instance of spiritual pride succeeding a high and holy mood verse 23 get thee behind me satan christ recognized the seductive voice of the devil speaking through peter seeking to turn him aside from the cross where he must die to make pro pitiation for our sins it was the human will in conflict with divine revelation yet both ex pressed by the same rrian and he is chosen apostle verse 24 take up his cross the path of discipleship is that of selfrenunciation even unto death a man carying a cross in that old roman world was a man going out to die so the follower of jesus is to take place of indentfication with the repcted one and to accept the place of death refusing to own the claims of the carnal nature and the world that has cast out the son of god verse 25 whosoever will save his life shall lose it he who lives to gratify self will lose all at last but he who renounc es sefinterest for the glory of christ and the blessing of others will enjoy life at its best both here and hereafter the heart of the lesson until we know the lord jesus as the christ the son of the living god we do not know him at all he is truly the son of man for he has taken our hum anity in grace apart from sin into union with his deity but he is also the anointed of jehovah the eternal son of the father who became man with outceasing to be god in order that he might redeem sinful men from the judgment that their iniquities have righteously deserved so the second great truth of divine revelation is that the son of man must suffer only by his sacrificial death could expiation be made for iniquity and no one could make propitiation for sinners but one who was himself sinless man and absolute god he had to be who he was in order to do what he did i i fm v zfrsnk jfdb w davey 8 stanton ave toronto goodwood f l a s h e s milk products in the summer period june to august 1938 41200000 pounds of wholemilk produce were manufactured in canada and 14400000 pounds of con centrated milk byproducts reg istering advances of approxim ately 14 per cent and 35 per cent respectively over the correspon ding period of 1937 in the whole milk group the most important product was evaporated milk the output of which amounted to 36700000 pounds or 89 per cent of the total the production of skimmilk powder which ranks first among the milk by products amounted to 9700000 pounds representing 67 per cent of the total we orovided an item on the death of j h c todd and his wife which will appear in this issue as so often truly said trouble never comes single- handed and here is a case where two deaths were almost together you will read the west despatch in this issue the birthday book reports mrs arthur dowswell jan7th and herb stewart of foxwar- ren maii jan 4 happy birth day greetings to these old friends mr and mrs arthur lee and family of rochester ny are visiting in toronto he was right on the job is what we say about mr dan wagg superintendent of the baptist sunday school good wood for he attended 51 sun days in the year dan is just a chip off the old block as the boys say for we knew his fath er so well as a very fine man oh yes that one sunday school that dan was missing from the school was due to ill health which is no fault of his we certainly appreciated those fine letters from mr jones and el- wood foskett who came in for small gifts and because small we feared would not be appre ciated but the warm thanks makes us feel our little effort was appreciated the type of men here mentioned are the backbone of our nationhood our interest in the goodwood hockey is keen and we were de lighted to read the boys had en tered the league iagain now then see that you have a re porter for the tribune along at every game so we will be able to follow the puck with you exreeve albert james will not soon be forgotten he is a man of fine qualities and graced the head table of the township with dignity and wis dom had he chose to run again he would have polled a big vote but he had given his promise when the time came and he did just that miss anne davey toronto spent new years in ottawa we had a bit of news from the north end of the township in that delightful district of rose- ville the school meeting on dec 2s for roseville transacted quite a bit of business we are told forrest stiner was app ointed caretaker at s88 and george stewart was reelected secretarytreasurer with pay of 20 which is a raise of 10 on account of the extra work ow ing to building the wood con tract was let to dave hockley for hard wood at 2 and to f stiner at 175 for soft we al so learned that a snowplow pas sed through roseville for the first time in history you see the road runhing from ux- bridge through siloam in now a county affair so the plow was sent and the folks were delight ed to have the way cleared for their cars miss dorothy so the women say has completed her first quilt and an excellent job is the result with a very pretty pattern an aged horse belong ing to george scriveners be came strayed and was found wandering over the hills on the sandford sideroad and was taken in by kindhearted mr pearson who the good samari tan that he is watered fed and warmed the beast when the owner called the bill said no charge thats the spirit that is wholesome and sound of course at the time of writ ing we fairly have the jitters about the election results a lot of good men are on the ballot it seems and now you will know exactly how people think on the matter owing to the storm sunday night roads were not very good and we antici pated a light vote were we right daughter mrs russell elliott wadena sash also five sisters of whom one is mrs j c robin son brandon the others are living in ontario dr todd iii four months brandon manitoba dee 13 j h c todd vs of grand- view died at brandon hospital tuesday the deceased was 77 years of age and ill for four months mr todd we understand was the son of thomas todd who owned the farm now occupied by cecil lee married 66 years christmas eve died on morning of wifes funeral the flash correspondent sends a printed item taken from the free press winnipeg which reads j h c todd vs whose wife died here sun day aged 61 passed in brandon hospital tuesday morning mrs todds funeral took place december 13 under the auspices of the rebekah lodge she hav ing been long a member and in 1933 president of the manitoba grand lodge she was born in brockville ontario was married in 1897 coming with her hus band and two children to mani toba she is survived by her son to make way for another man john r of kamloop bc and a merry christmas and many more years of happiness together this was the wish of many friends when they visited mr and mrs john stephenson of columbus who were married 66 years on december the 24th it was the day before christ mas in 1872 when rev a clarke of the bible christian church joined in matrimony sarah anne platten and john stephenson at the home of the brides parents on scugog island after the ceremony the brid al couple were besieged with neighbors who wished them a merry christmas and a long married life after living on scugog island for 20 years they moved to myrtle and in 1895 to picker ing where they stayed for 35 years mr stephenson farmed until 1930 when they retired and moved to the village of colum bus now their home members of the methodist church until union the couple now attend the united church in columbus mr stephenson is a staunch liberal and an active member of the ioof seven of their ten children are living mrs henry wilson columbus mrs charles harras orono mrs randel ellicott oshawa james claremont samuel and ernest oshawa and thomas richmond hill 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 jd office over bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 noon and 130 to 530 pm phone office phone resideno 1001 1015 claremone every tuesday office over wilkinsons store phone claremont 1401 e s barker lds dda honor graduate or royal college of dental surgeons and of the university ot toronto office in grubins block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office in wear block a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday fridays 9 to 12 am insurance see h o klinck obrien aver for your insurance needs in fire life automobile burglary and all casualty lines premier hepburn admits it would be physically impossible for him to lead a session of the ontario legislature in his pre sent state of health but hopes to feel better when he returns from australia when a mans health breaks the position of premier of this province is not the proper place for a speedy recovery a young wiarton lad is in the hospital with a fractured skull the result of coming out of a side street on his handsled and run ning into the side of a passing car and fracturing his skull naturally the driver of the car was not held but there may be trouble if the boy dies this may be taken as a warning to those who practice the same habit in and loosing were terms used bv our own town each year a group of prom inent and discriminating dress designers meets in paris to nominate ten women whom they consider to be the worlds queens of fashion last year thomas birkett general insurance agency representing reliable companies including lloyds of londan england phone stouffville 25902 a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co -also- automobile and fire stewart beare radio service of newmarket formerly of markham in stouffville every wednesday at bratbwaitea hardware phone 9601 office phone 3160 residence phone 3514 arthur w s greer barrister icltor notary public 6 king st east oshwa ontario resident partner branch office wc poilardkc port perry ont oxbridge ontario phone 264 mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers etc buttons block stouffville money to iran they nominated the dutchess of windsor to first place this year the duchess took second place to make way for senora antenor patino left who took top honors third in their lists was the duchess of kent centre fifth in the poll was the gegum aga khan right formerly a paris mannequin l e oneill 8touffvillb funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day and night business phone residence phone r g clendening funeral director ambulance service phone markham 9000