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the tribune stouffville ont thursday jan 7th 1943 ujl imtffmu uwumne established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to twelve pages weekly circulation 1850 copies subscription kates per year in advance in canada 200 in usjv 8260 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments xmas is poor contraction the use of xmas for christmas a use happily dying out arose from the fact that the greek capital letter repre senting kh with which christs name in that language begins is x hence also the old abbreviation xian for christian as capital k in greek is p the first two letters of christs name are xp and that abbreviation for christ as well as xpen for christen have been used the monogram ihs is an approximation of the three first letters of jesus in greek capitals but only an approximation since the capital 3 in greek has a somewhat different form the tribune does not make use of the abbreviation for christmas the electors extended acclamations it is rather remarkable ttiat there is not a single muni cipal election in any of the townships surrounding stouff ville take whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge and we find acclamations are the order of the day how much better satisfied are the electors with the fact that they gave the acclamation for a second or third term- to these councils rather than having one forced on them by law we are certain that had markham township council been oper ating on the two year term with no election this year it would have been said that the law was all that could have saved the sitting council from a contest as it was those who might have issued that threat could not do so be cause they had their chance of contest it was a sensible thing for the ontario government to repeal the act which gave councils the right to sit for two years whether the electors wanted them or not the govern ment saw their error and was honest enough to abolish the two year term from the statutes why this time nuisance as the winter plods by there isan increasing anger be ing aroused over the so called fast time which time is justifiable in summer but totally out of place in the winter season the adoption of fast time during the winter has resulted in many schools changing their opening hours as young children were being asked to start off for school in some rural sections before daylight even in towns children have to be gotten up while it is still dark which all in all makes for hardship that seems to us so unnecessary the argument that fast time is saving hydro would appear to be so much bunk so far as the winter is concerned as it now stands everybody gets up in the dark and there fore electricity is consumed in the mornings that might be consumed- at night street lamps have to operate to a later hour in the mornings than when we are on standard time therefore there is a direct demand for this extra current which is unfavorable to the whole setup it may be too much to hope that the government will sense the unnecessary trouble that fast time is causing in the winter and before another fall season comes around change back to standard time for the dark mornings everybody is willing to sacrifice when that sacrifice is ben efitting our war effort in any way but tampering with standard time over the winter season is doing no one any good so let us have standard time for winter and fast time- fofthe summer the use of coupons coupons for sugar tea or coffee and butler in cunent ration books and temporary ration cards all came due on monday december 28 no 2 coupons on the spare c sheet was good on mon day for the purchase of a halfpound of butter one weeks ration these expired on jan 3 which was also the expiry date for no 1 coupons after that date butter coupons fall due in pairs at fortnightly intervals the butter coupons all are good for two weeks after they become due excepting no 2 good only for the week december 28january 3 the sugar coupon red and the tea or coffee coupons green also come due in pairs but at intervals of four weeks as each is good for two weeks rationne pound of sugar two ounces of tea or eight ounces of coffee num bers 9 and 10 are good from last monday and there is no time limit on their use earlier coupons not yet expended are still good the board said only the first two and the fourth sheets of ration books now are in use the board reminded consumers no coupons should be detached from other sheets colored blucor grey advertising topic the largest advertisers did the largest business a fact which should not be lost upon the merchants in the case of the tribune we learn that our largest advertiser of generl al goods exceeded thebusiness done a year ago despite the fact there is such shortage in many lines the old saying that it pays to advertise is well bourne out right here on main street sunday school lesson tdmiu 1 f0m by stanley lesson for january 10 1043 jesus instructs a great teacher the lesson as a whole the doctrine and reality of a new- spiritual birth is fundamental to christianity other religious systems may consist of certain ceremonial observances and adherence to some particular tenets but the gospel of the lord jesus christ is not to be confounded with or compared to any or all of these it comes to men who are morally and spiritually dead thus alienated from the life of god and offers to them nay insists upon their receiving a new and divine life apart from which they cannot be recognized as the children of god at all that this new ibirth is in every case a miracle goes without saying no man can by any ipossible effort produce the new life in himself he must be born from above and this it was of which jesus spoke to nlcodem as the jewish leader a mian of im portance in the religious circles of his day tout who needed to be regen erated just as any other poor sinner needs it in order to enter into and apprehend the iblessedness of the kingdom of god men hate the doctrine of the new birth because it writes failure on all their best efforts itmakes abso lutely nothing of man and every thing of god it leaves no ground for selfconfidence or boastfulness because it is entirelyof god a work wrought by his spirit through the word therefore all the glory must necessarily be the lords man can only own his utterly lost con dition and receive by faith in the meekness of repentance the en grafted word which alone is able to save the soul jas 121 this was the lesson nicodemus had to learn that he did learn it his after life seems to prove verso by verse john 31 there was a man of the pharisees named nicodemus the name in this instance indicat ed the mails station nicodemus means ruler of the people this outstanding pharisee to blameless life was a suited example through whom to emphasize the imperative necessity of the birth from above verse 2 the same came to jesus by night i see no evidence of cowardice here as some have supposed but rather of determined purpose all day the lord was bus- ily ministering- to the physical and spiritual needs of men nicodemus sought him out by night when the toil of the day was over for a heart- toheart talk he approached him courteously arid as recognizing his remarkable personality rabbi he said we know that thou art a teacher come from god this he based upon his works of power verse 3 except a man be born again he cannot see while doubtless appreciating the earnest ness of nicodemus the lord broke in on his laudatory introduction by a declaration that must have aston ished this religious leader the words of jesus indicated that all his morality and spiritual culture counted ifor nothing there must be a new life what was needed was not simply a teacher but a lifegiv ing saviour till born again one is blind to the realities of gods king dom verse 4 how can a man be born when he is old the amazed pharisee raised a very natural question how was this new birth to be brought about could one go tfirough the whole process of nature a second time and so be born anew verse 5 except a man be born of water and of the spirit he can not enter into the kingdom of god water is tlie wellknown symbol as used in both testaments of the word of god which gives life and clean ses see psalm llfl9and ezekiel 3025 26 compare john 414 and ephesians 526 no matter if one could be born a second time accord ing to the natural order he would be no better off than before the birth of which jesus spoke must be produced by the word and spirit of god see 1 peter i 2325 and jasi 118 compare with these titus 35 verse 6 born of the flesh born of the spirit the two are contrasted the birth sifter the flesh produces flesh the birth after the spirit produces spirit a new spirit ual nature see this amplified- in galatians 51724 nothing can change flesh into spirit there must be a now life altogether verse 7ye must be born again this is- the only way by which one born after theflesh may become a new creature in tenriy- sonss maud he cries out- oh for a man to arise in me that the man that i am may cease ito be this is exactly what occurs when one receives the gospel message in faith then the spirit of god pro duces the now life and the main is horn again v verse 5 the wind blowcth thou nearest the sound jesus draws a lesson from nature the wind is unseen and no man compre hends its origin or its activity so it is with the new birth when one is born again the change is seen in his behavior and attitude toward god and man but none can analyze or explain the spiritual reality that has taken place verse 9 how can these things be the question of nicodemus indicates both his bewilderment and his concern he had received a new idea of what is involved in relation ship to god but how was it to be brought about verse 10 art thou a master arid knowest not these things jesus drives home the fact that all his learning has fallen short of the mark for though- familiar with the letter of scripture nica- demus had never realized its spirit ual import is riot this true of many today verse 11 we speak that we do know and testify that we have seen jesus dealt not in religious theories or sacramental vagaries he bore witness to realities for all down through the centuries of the past god had been producing this new- birth in those who received his word as the scriptures bear wit ness but this the doctor of the law had failed to realize verse 12 earthly things heavenly things the necessity of the new birth was not a strange and novel doctrine it was linked with the entire earthly system given by moses david knew this when he cried create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit with me psa 5110 but the fuller revelation of eternal life connected with the birth from above was a new and heavenly revelation which was characteristic of our lords ministry this he was about to un fold to nicodemus though he seem ed as yet unready to leceive it disposition op surplus funds ix jvater works account there was a strong agitation at one time in stouffville against the municipal council using surplus funds earned by the local water works system for the general bene fit of the taxpayer as much as 1000 annually was taken from the water account arid used to keep the tax rate down and this was done only a few years ago by a recent action brought by the township of stamford against the public utilities commission the right to use such surplus earnings was wholly vindicated sunplus monies of the com mission alfter providing for expen ses and maintenance are directed by statute to be paid over to the treasurer of the municipality and if not required for purposes of the public utility work are to form part of the general funds of the corpora tion business directory dental e s barker ldj3 dj honor graduate of royal collesa of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grubius block phone 274 markham every tuesday office in wear block medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien and juin phone 196 coroner for york county dr arthur l hore surgeon general medicine and obstetrics r eye ear nose and throat eyestested glasses fitted and repaired markham ont phone st insurance thomas birkett son general insurance agency stouffville ontario established 1908 insurance in reliable companies at reasonable rates promt service phone 25902 stouffrth now a refugee small insurance fee removes risk ix giving free redes to troofs exception is taken by a corres pondent to the urging o motorists to give free rides to members of the armed foices who may happen to be going their way he writes that he has been in the habit of doing so to the extent of hundreds in a year but that a policeman had warned him that he was taking grave ribks j the suiss ludio reports that albert since the federal authorities would lcriiin the last president of tlio sue and recover heavy damages it french republic liid taken refuge an accident occurred and a member in n neutral country of the armed forces was injured the policeman cited a case where a benevolent motoiist had to sell his house to get enough to pay the judg ment all of which is true but the motorist who desires to help out the armed forces by providing free transportation may protect himself by securing the addition of a passen ger harard clause to his insurance policy at a cost of less than 125 a year prior to 1935 most insurance policies included this clause but in that year a provincial act cancelled any liability to gratuitous passen gers on tire part of the motorist and many drivers allowed this clauscto lape tt is still possible for a motorist to give free rides to civilians with out liability but in cases where the gratuitous passengers are mem bers of the armed forces the feder al government has taken the posi tion that it must be reimbursed in case of injury to the men it has trained the effect of the govern ments attitude is to glveclvllians a preference in regard to free trans portation unless the authorities can be induced to change their attitude the motorist should know that in self protection he should see that his insurance includes the passenger hazard before he offers rides to the men who most deserve them toronto telegram h o klinck stouffville ont phone 130 for your insurance needs in fire life automobile burglar and all casualty lines a c burkholder insurance v canada life assurance co -also- automobile and bire barristers lehmans shoe store footwear for all the family womens hosiery gloves shoes socks boots and mitts stouffville phone 4301 opposite the town clock stouffville marble granite works orders promptly executed p tarr proprietor phone 4303 office phone residence phono 3160 3514 arthur w s greer barrister solicitor notary pabliic o king street east osnawa ontario resident partner branch office wcpolalrdkc port perry uxbridge ontario phone 25 office phone elgin 7021 residence phono mo 6235 samuel d bqrins barrister solicitor etc 503 temple bldg 62 richmond street west toronto brierbush hospital government licensed main street enst stouftvflle maternity medical and surgical cases taken ambulance service registerde nurses and 24 hoar service mrs e r good- phone 191 for avill hasten wav bracken while not desiring to interfere with the privileges of the electors of any constituency prime minister wlm king saysearly action will be taken by the government to fix a date for byelections in selkirk man and humboldt sask primar ily to make it possible for john braekon the newly elected leader of the progressive conservative parly to seek a seatin the house of com mons t at the best it will require forty days to complete a bye- election which will make it imposs ible for hon mr- bracken to be present on the opening of parlia ment on january 27th next ackennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday friday 9 to 12 aim r g clendening funeral director ambulance service phone markham 9000 l e oneill stouffviiiie funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day and night a s farmer licensed austioneer 20 years experience 20 20 years experience york county uxbridge and picker ing townships farm stock and furniture sales a specialty telephone stouffville 7309 1 address gormley po clarke prentice rhonc agincoirrt r2 v mihiben licensed auctioneer for the counties of york and on tario successor for corpl ken prentice of casf and of the late j h prentice former prentice prentice farm and farm stock sales a specialty at fair and reason able rales