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page six the tribune stouffville ont thursday nov 21 1940 toronto goodwood flashes walter davey 8 stanton ave toronto imiss eva latcham spent the week end with her father our friend mrs bewell from uniouvllle has returned from st cartherines and is now visiting mr and mrs george lee and mr and mrs harry flumerfelt mrs e j hill who has been visiting with mr and mrs e j davey in stouffville has returned to toronto and is visiting the davey homes on stanton avenue miss johnston of manitoulin is land is visiting with mr and mrs george wilson on the 4th very pleased to see our little friend lois reilley out for her first after her illness of several weeks robert brown nephew of alex brown who lives at markdale is visiting at the brown home broad view avenue our friend walter brown we understand is employed at camp borden so no doubt when he re turns to goodwood our folks will be singing welcome home tonight sargeant major mrs charles nye of pairport beach at frenchmans bay visited mr and mrs walter davey on tuesday mr and mrs lang blueman spent a few days at their farm on scugog island mr floyd mcdonald of oshawa spent sunday at home mr and mrs clarence jones spent sunday with mr and mrs alger maye fred imiddleton sold a separator over on scugog island a long way from home mr roy mcdonald and mr clate davis of stouffville spent sunday at he home of mr alt mcdonald mr charles blueman attended the united fowl supper he is from woodstock mr and mrs kirk also mrs r mead all of toronto spent sunday with mr henry holtby happy birthday mr tom armstrong is now living at seattle wash he reads the tribune weekly sorry to hear of the sudden death of walter norton our friend ed norton from the fourth line is enjoying himself hunt ing back north miss laura ashenhurst visited her parents mr and mrs a ashenhurst on the 4th line helen feasby daughter of air and mrs m feasby of sandford was taken to the sick childrens hospital on nov 13 with a broken arm to this young lady the scribe sends his sympathy birthday greetings to our friends mrs charles feasfoy george robin son and jimmie harper goodwood john robert hockley annie miller and mra forest stiner roseville gordon lemon lemonville well ington smalley sandford john haynes milliken joan wilson brougham hugh pugh whltevale clifford dunkeld atha baker long who for years was a builder in toronto died nov 12 in his slst year before his retirement he built a large number of homes in the district north of the danforth he attonded the pentecostal mission on gerrard street east born in uxbridge mr long had lived for moro than a half a century in tor onto surviving are a daughter mrs bryan in toronto and a son jos in moose jaw sask stouffville turned out in force for the church supper last week and did their share to devour those hundred birds the old landmark george dowswell was about giving a cheery hand to all his old friends then there was mrs watson and ever so many moro from the south in our own party there were 21 persons the stouffville tribune recolved considerable publicity in the play and mary did all the happenings were centred around places and things told ahout in this paper too bad only half the folk were able to got in the church as the crowd was very large however thats a fine complaint very pleased to greet mr and mrs wellington smalley at the hot euppcr also miss bertha and mr and mrs sam whittlcton sam went to this church when only a lad oh yes there was a little incident in the church worth mentioning on the side mrs smalley placed an order with mr nolan for 1000 butter wrappers she gave him her first order nearly 30 years ago when he first started in business as only a young man proprietor of the ux bridge paper wonder how many pounds of butter mrs smalley has made over all those years itwould be around 25000 pounds the new stouffville merchant at the shaw store imr carswell was in goodwood for the supper and intro duced a couple of guests from lon don to friends as the work of the 1940 municip al council draws to a close we ex tend to the officials congratulations for the thought and effort put for ward and if we have a new reeve and other new faces on the council next year we will not forset the old one good deed this year was the erection of the goodwood sidewalk the platform blew off the park stage now then get it replaced be fore further damage is done christmas prize will be given to the first three sending in the largest list of birthday dates before dec 10 mail to flash correspondent and get a prize edgar latcham shot a bear near key jet while deer hunting with the- mount albert club at the beginning of the war last year there was a popular ditty roll out the barrel and we did not like the sound of it we did not know just what it indicated prob ably something like what was implied in a wee doch an doris at the time of the previous war when there was a sound of revelry by night it betokened no good to the efficiency of the army to the stamina of the soldiers to their good conduct in and out of camp to their alertness and vigor in action nor to their good name and general morale reports in regard to patronage given to drinking places in towns adjacent to some camps and to the provision made for wet canteens and beverage rooms in certain camps at least were ominous as drawbacks to training says the mount forest confederate on the other hand we should be glad if roll out che barrel should be used as a slogan to get rid of the barrel the bottle the jug the glass the cup the bowl the flask the decanter the schooner the sal oon the barroom the beverage room and other terms that have been used in connection with dispen sing intoxicating liquor we should like to see the barrel ruled out and rolled out not only of the army but of society in general complimentary banquet in tor the agricultural committee of the york county council in cooperation with the three plowing associations of york county are combining to tender a complimentary banquet to mr fred timbers champion plow man of america theaffair will take place at the king edward hotel toronto on thursday dec 5 be- gining at 730 dst the guest speak er will be mr j a carroll man ager of the ontario plowmens association and our famous inter national plowing match mr carroll and his treasurer clark young accompanied the plowmen to iowa and will have an interesting story of their experiences there the committee under the chair manship of james rennie reeve of markham is putting tickets in the hands of a number of directors of the plowmens associations and the agricultural representative an interesting evenings programme will include a number of outstand ing entertainers the banquet is open to ail including the ladies sundayschool lesson dont forget the mile of coppers drive on main st here next satur day night the lesson as a whole this parable of the sower and the seed should be both a warning and an encouragement to all who en deavour to labor in the gospel a warning against the folly of taking at face value every profession of faith in christ but an encourage ment when many who profess prove unreal as we remember that even when the divinehuman preacher was the sower of the gospel seed there were many who heard in vain and who never brought forth fruit unto perfection it is our business to sow under all circumstances eccles 116 knowing that the seed is incorruptible 1 pet 123 and that though many give but momentary thought to the message it will accomplish the purpose of god isa 5s11 and that all who hear in faith will be saved john 524 the word tests as well as saves where the heart is occupied with other things such as the cares of this world or the decoitfulness of riches there will be little appreci ation of that message which speaks cf another scene altogether and of 1941 motor vehicle permits and drivers licenses are now available secure yours early and avoid the usual last minute rush there has been no increase in the fees for permits and licenses the fees charged in ontario are still lower than in any other province of canada or in the neighbouring states table of comparison of fees in ontario and two neighbouring provinces and states for three popular makes of passenger cars car ontario quebec manitoba new york michiuan no 1 4 cyl 200 1780 1400 1200 840 no 26 cyl 700 2200 1650 1500 1050 no 38 cyl 1000 2130 1650 1450 1015 ontarios highway system is the largest in the dominion and for the very reasonable fees indicated above a great highway system comprising over 20000 miles is maintained and made available to the motorists of ontario and visitors from other parts of america the revenue collected from motorists by way of registration and license fees and the gasoline tax has made possible the construc tion and maintenance of this great system of highways for the convenience of motorists permits and licenses are issued through the offices of 189 agents located throughout the province toronto nov 18 1940 t b mcquesten minister of highways a special request to motorstswhen driving along the highways these increasingly cold days and nights give our soldier boys a ride riches that can never pass away where possible the preacher is to j break up the fallow ground and sowj not among thorns jer 43 oui the other hand he is to be instant in season and out of season 2 tim 42 even though this involves some seed falling upon hard unprej pared hearts only to be devoured by the birds of the air fit pictures of satan and his demon host who are ever on the alert to hinder the progress of the gospel because theyj know that if men believe the rues- sage they will be saved it is wellj too for those who profess faith inj christ to test themselves and make sure that theirs is a faith that works mere empty by love and not credulity verse by verse chapter s4 he spake by a parable the lords use of parables was for a double purpose it illu strated truth in a way that fixed their attention and it challenged the sincerity of his hearers where they were in earnest they ivould seek to know the meaning of the par able and this gave him the oppor tunity he desired to open up gods truth to honest inquirers where there was no such integrity of heart the parable would only make their minds darker matt 131315 verse 5 a sower went but to sow his seed this is the ideal gospel preacher primarily it was christ himself who was the sower but every evangelist is called to the the same character of service some fell by the way side it is taken for granted that all men are not pre pared to ieceive the message sin has made their hearts as unrecep- tive as the hardtrodden highway where no seed takes root but it is devoured by the birds verse 6 some fell upon a rock the rock would be covered by i thin coaling of soil but not sufficient to hold the moisture needed tc cause the seed to develop properly verse 7 some fell anions thorns these rank weeds woult so crowd and overshadow the seec as to prevent the young plants com ing to perfection verse 8 other fell on gooc ground and bare fruit goot ground is prepared it represent the heart that has been plowed ut by conviction and is ready for thi truth of grace into such soil the good seed of the word falls an brings forth fruit unto life eternal verse 9 his disciples askei him this was exactly what h wanted them to do the parable wa a challenge to men to inquire furl ther if they had an honest desire ti know the truth of god which hi was so ready to reveal to seekins souls but which must ever be hid den from careless cavilers verse 10 the mysteries of thi kingdom of god the secret thing of the kingdom are kept from tin natural man who cannot apprehenc the things of god because they an spiritually discerned 1 cor 214 but it is the lords delight to opei them up to those who come a honest inquirers seeking the truth that they may walk in it join 717 verse 11 the seed is the won of god that is why we are com manded to preach the word tha word convicts converts and pro motes growth this is the appoint ed agency whereby god calls men i himself faith cometh by a repor and the report by the word of godi crom 1017 lit trans verse 12 lest they should be lieve and be saved men may ques tion whether salvation is possible b simply believing but satan knows i so well that he does everything ii his power to hinder people fron rutting their faith in the word o the truth of the gospel verse 13 for a while believe there is a faith that is unto salva tionheb 1038 30 on the othel hand there is a faith which is no grounded and rooted in christ him self as that of simon magus act 81322 who believed when h heard philip preach but was still i the gall of bitterness and the bon of iniquity acts 823 exercised in measure about splritu verities but to whom the acquisitio of wealth tlhe seeking of pleasun or occupation with worldly care mean more than tho things of go and the power of the gospel verse 15 an honest and goo heart that is the heart of one wh is sincerely seeking for light froi heaven and is determined to b obedient to the heavenly vision act 2619 to such an one god give enlightening grace that he may b saved and as a believer bear fru to his glory tho heart of tho lesson the seed fs the same in each it stance it is tho attitude of the heai ei that it is different some ar utterly careless others effervescer and easily moved but vaclllatini others again are in earnest to begl with but allow other interests t crowd out spiritual things the there are those who are seekln to know god and aro ready t receive his word when it is preson cd to them these bear fruit to pc fection and so glorify the fathe fruit bearing is the proof of splrl ual life if thore no fruit profcsslo is a men sham as the after expei knee soon make manifest