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page eight the tribune stouffville ont thursday october 16 1941 thief doused and mauled ere he escaped agincourt postmaster and wife provide hot reception tor nocturnal intruder loses hat report an increase in summer fires hut losses doivu since first of year doused by a pail of water and smarting from the blows he had re celved a thief whose noisy entrance to the store of roy shadlock agin court wednesday night awakened the postmaster and his wife made good his escape early today after the couple drove him from the store mr and mrs shadlock were in bed when the intruder was heard in the hallway outside their room he was trying to opn the door leading to the store when mr shadlock heard him the postmaster found the thief in the hallway trying to get back to the cellar where he had gained ad mittance through a forced window i began to grapple with the man who threatened to shoot said mr shadlock it was dark and i do not know whether he was armed or not ontarios fire losses for july aug ust and september as compiled by the fire marshal result of 3978 fires was 2208936 an increase of 4690s5 over the corresponding period in 1940 when there were s37 fewer fires for the first nine mouths of the year however losses of 6- 09u392 represented a decrease of 266012 compared with last year and 11949 fires were a decrease of 126 among causes of fires smokin 1057 led all the way with light niug 654 next in the quarter 17 lives were lost and 2s persons injured due to fire then mrs shadlock who was right behind me picked up a pa of water and threw it on him the man broke away to find his way blocked by my wifehe continu ed he grabbed her but she broke away when she scratched him on the face the man ran down the cellar and escaped through the window where he had entered the man lost his hat in the struggle gratituoe from victoria square give thanks good people of the land for life and all we hold so dear for health and strength for shelter food and peace and hope and cheer and as you offer thanks then pray for eyes to see the pure and good hearts to love and strength to serve the spirit of true gratitude hearts that love the pure and noble show tueir thank yous every day lips that speak the truth in kindness gratitude in all things say hands that seek to help another prone their thanks in daily living lines that lift and cheer and comfort are the only true thanksgiving m lucille ford sunday schoolj lesson auto makkkrs being sent early this ykar automobile markers for 1942 will have an orange background with fig ures and letters in black supplies of the new plates are already going forward ifrora the ontario reform atory at guelph where they are manufactured to license bureaus throughout the province tribune classified advs you cant afford to miss them every week there are new opportunities for you october 10 ihk holy spirit our helper golden text as many as are led by the spirit of god they are the sons of god rom s14 the lesson as a whole by h a ironside litt d it should be with a sense of deep est awe and reverence that we con sider the theme of the holy spirit who has come from heaven to in dwell believers here on earth and to take of the things of christ and show them unto us in all ages as now new birth has been effected by the operation of the holy spirit and he has ever been with the people of god but during the present dispensation of grace he is in them john 1417 it is by one spirit we are all bap tized into one body 1 cor 1213 and by the same spirit we are seal ed as believers eph 113 adopted into the full blessing of sonship al 45 and anointed for en abled to produce fruit ifor the glory of the father gal 522 23 we need daily to be filled with the spirit eph 5 18 that our lives may be fragant with grace of christ for this it is allimportant that we realize and act upon the blessed truth that the holy spirit is not simply an influence front god but that he is a divine person one in the eternal trinity of the god head matt 2819 who with the father and the son is concerned in maintaining us in the place of testi mony and communion here iu the woild 2 cor 1314 the historical letting the passages chosen do not lend themselves very well to an historical analysis but we might observe that they come to us through three differ ent human instruments john wrote his gospel late in the first century of the christian era paul wrote his epistle to the galatians about ad 5s and romans several years later luke wrote the acts sometime after pauls first imprisonment but prob ably before his martyrdom all alike are inspired by god verse by verse john 35 born of water and of the spirit the water symbol izes the word of god john 414 rev 2217 the holy spirit uses regeneration by the word itself ture never teaches sacraments but by jas 118 verse 6 that which is born of the flesh is flesh it can never be come anything else even god hliu- sell cannot cnge flesh into spirit there must be a new birth to pro duce a new spiritual life that which is born of the spirit is spirit by this second birth man becomes a child of god being nude a partaker of the divine nature 2 pet 14 verse 7 ye must be bom again this is absolutely necessary if one would enter the kingdom of god v 3 until this great miracle of regeneration by the word and spirit takes place no one is a christian or a child of god verse s so is every one that is horn of the spirit christ uses the parable of the uuseen yet powerful wiud to illustrate the work of the- unseen holy spirit whose power is manifest in the conviction slon and regeneration or titus 35 convcr- sinners lightenment and service 1 john 32 27 as we walk in the spirit the word to produce the new birth to buy or sell something theyre on we are delivered from the power of 1 pet 12325 he causes it to page ten of this issue fleshly lusts gal 516 and en- spring up into everlasting life scrip anniversary special mattress an attractive anniversary special it has 242 deep coils prebuilt edges ventilators velvo 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holy spirit is largely wasted energy rom s26 the spirit also help- eth our infirmities the indwelling comforter is the power for prayer jude 20 even when we are too bewildered to know what is best lie who indwells us is constantly employed iu presenting our real needs before god and christ pre sents these petitions as our high j priest and intercessor above adding lo them the fragrant incense of his own perfection thus the answer is jsiire and far beyond our poor thoughts c- expectations verse 27- he miketh interces sion according to the will of god because the spirit is himself a person in hie godhead his plead ing on our behalf must be in accord- anee with god the fathers will j therefore his intercession can never be in vain verso 2s all things work to gether for good not for every body but lo them tliaulove god nothing will he permitted to come into a believers life that will not work out for blessing faith lays hold of tliis and triumphs over all obstacles and bitter experiences we may be called upon to endure gal 522 the fruit of the spir it not that scripture speaks hot of fruits but of fruit all that follows iu this verse and the next is precious fruit produced in the life by the holy spirit when he is not grieved or hindered in any way he delights to make our hearts like watered gar dens isa 5s11 producing this lovely fruit for the lords own enjoy ment song of sol 412 to 51 verse 23 against such there is no law that is law is not needed to curb the new nature as the chris tian yields himself unto god in glad surrender fruit bearing becomes a spontaneous thing and the old nature is practically dormant verse 24 they that are christs have crucified the flesh it was at calvary that god condemned sin in the flesh he saw our old man all tha we were by nature crucified when jesus died in our place faith lays hold of this and reckons ones self indeed unto sins but living un to god in christ jesus rom cll thus the flesh is crucified practically and its affections and lusts are powerful to control the yielded soul verse 25 if we live in tho spirit that is if it be true that we have received life through the spirit in new birth then we are responsible to be controlled by the same spirit we enjoy a life of victory over sin as we walk in the spirit in obedience to him as the vicegerent of the god head here on earth verse 2g let us not be desirous of vain glory pride vanity haughtiness conceit and jealousy are all incompatible with a spirit- filled life ho who is still character ized by these things is walking in tho flesh that is according to the old nature not in the spirit who is the power oil the new life the heart of the lesson the holy spirit a divine person has been sent to earth by the father and son john 1416 1526 to guide the church through this pre sent scene all believers are born of the spirit and baptized by him into christs body he indwells them in dividually and is the one who re veals the truth makes christ pre cious and enables them to triumph daily over all the power of the en emy all believers have the holy spirit thus dwelling in them but it is another thing to be filled with tho spirit he wants to have complete control of the- life that every thought may be conformed to tho obedience of christ as we yield our selves unto god in true surrender and reckon ourselves dead to sin in the death of christ the holy spirit becomes the power for holiness and guards us from the evil that is in the world