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the tribune stouflfville ont thursday dec 9th 1943 6it dtbe seatee ihousands of men and women in uniform will be telephoning home this christmas this means a huge additional load on long distance facilities especially long haul lines already busy carrying essential war calls again this year we urge you to send your christmas greetings by mail you can help the post office people too by arranging to send them early should there be an outoftown call you must make please telephone as many days before christmas as pos sible in this way you will help us to handle promptly the hood of eager holiday greetings which will pour in from military camps all over the country thank you ill girutp mittfs to- melds sunday school lesson approach to tlio lesson some have spoken of the lords admonition to love one another as the eleventh commandment others eeo in it a summingup of all the commandments inasmuch as love is the fulfilling of the law rom 1310 it is the new commandment because it is the one outstanding command ment of tho new dispensation o grace it embraces the entirety of christian living so far as our rela tionship one with another is concern ed for if we love others we will not only refrain from all that would be injurious or in any way unkind but we will be characterized by ac tive benevolence and readiness to do all we can for the blessing of our brethren when speaking of this new com mandment in his first epistle the apostle john uses the rather strange expression which thing is true in him and in you 1 john 2s i take it he means that in commanding us to love one another the lord jesus was simply telling us to do that which as children of god is now as natural to us as breathing we can not but love since his love lias been shed abroad in our hearts by the holy spirit which is given unto us prom55 tt is not a question of legal effort it is as though one com manded a devoted mother to love her children the thing that she always delighted in doing where love does not rule the heart one might well question if the new birth had ever taken place god is love this is his nature not sim ply one of his attributes as belie vers are partakers of the divine na ture 2 pet 14 they love one ano ther even as they themselves are lov ed by god- tlie historical setting our lords interview with the scribe concerning the first command ment of all took place in the court ot the temple where he was teaching during his last- week on earth in april ad 30 his instruction to his disciples was given after eatiug the passover with them either in the upper room or on their way out to the garden of gethsemane on his last night before his crucifixion vers by verse mark 1228 one of the scribes came he seems to have been an honest man he had been impressed by the sincerity of jesus christ and the clearness of his answer to the questions of others he came inquir ing which is the first command ment ot all he meant of course hot first in order but first in impor tance verses 29 and 30 jesus ans wered the lord our god is one lord thou shalt love the lord thy god with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind and with all thy strength in these words quoted from deuteronomy 64 5 our lord epitomized all of the commandments that deal specifically with mans duty toward other men he who loves godsupremely will not willingly dishonor him in anything verse 31 the second thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself this commandment was cited from leviticus 1918 it epitomizes all the precepts that have to do with mans duty toward other men he who loves his neighbor will not de sire to wrong lim in any particular verse 32 master thou hast said the truth the scribe was deeply impressed and at once declared his sincere appreciation of the answer the lord jesus had given he had affirmed the unity of the godhead this all scripturetaught jews held as a cardinal truth verse 33 to love him and to love his neighbour as himself is more than all whole burntofferings and sacrifices there was real spir- tual discernment manifested by this scribe nothing in the sacrificial ritual of tlie law was of any value in tlie sight of god if love were lack ing to love him and to love ones neighbor wholeheartedly was that which pleased god above all else verse 34 thou art not far from the kingdom of god nevertheless with all his appreciation of the spiri tuality of the teaching of the lord jesus christ this scribe was not yet in the kingdom he was as twere just outside the door to step in would mean to receive christ for himself to trust him as saviour and own him as lord john 1334 love one another as i have loved you this is the breadth of the new commandment no natural men ever attained it only one regenerated by the word and spirit of god could manifest a love like this it is the ideal before every disciple of our blessed lord and we should never be content with any lesser experience verse 35 by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples it ye have love one to another judged by this standard what a sorry pic ture professed christians hare often presented to the world it is as be lievers walk together in lore and un ity that honest seekers after the truth recognize that it is found alone with those who know the sariour and that the opponents of the gospel realize their utter inability to destroy the testimony such seek to maintain phil 127 28 john 1510 if ye keep my com mandments ye shall abide in n7 love this refers to that lore of complacency which our lord has for all his obedient disciples he loves all his own alike in one sense but there is the abiding enjoyment of his satisfaction in those who honor him in obedience to his rerealed will verse 11 these things hare i spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you and that your joy might be full the bellerer who walks in love and is characterized by real heart devotion to christ fills him with joy and in turn has a deep sense of the joy ot the lord welling up in his own soul an obedl ent christian is a joyous christian always verse 12 this is my command ment it is the one thing above every other that he longs to have us do it grieves his spirit if we are unkind to one another it gladdens him when we love our brethren as he has loved us s verse 13 greater love hath no man than this he was speaking of man as such the natural man for such an one voluntarily to lay down his life to save his friends from dis aster is the highest expression of love that transcends this in christ he laid down his life for his enemies for that is what we all are by na ture ironi 510 there was in us nothing that warranted such love but he looked upon us in our deep need and in his infinite grace he gave himself to be the propitiation for our sins 1 john 410 since he has thus given himself for us the least we can do in return is to be ready to lay down our lives for the brethren 1 john 316 when the love of christ constrains us no sa crifice will be considered too great on behalf of others 2 cor 514 verse 14 ye are my friends if though once his enemies he now esteems us as his friends we manifest our friendship to him by obedience to his word to prate q loving the lord jesus svhile living in selfishness and disobedience is but to deceive ourselves the best ot love is devotion to another toronto goodwood flashes stouffv1lle marble granite works orders promptly executed p tarr proprietor phone 4303 fred middleton visited flash cor respondent one evening recently in toronto miss blanche bacon was home from toronto for the weekend birthday greetings to stanley slack who celebrated chalked up an ther on nov 29 very sorry to hear that mr ed taylor is in the hospital very hi hope soon for improvement geo c taylor a goodwood old boy passed away at 230 riverdale ave toronto his wife was sophrona shaver and known years ago as mrs wellington pearson geo taylor was burled from the funeral home of a e cook in st johns cemetery quite a number of neighbors on the third line south enjoyed a quilt ing at mrs stanley slacks sorry to report many folks have the flu on the third concession south buy your spare tribune at wat sons store mr and mrs cecil latcham and girls visited with mr and mrs caiu and john latcham west hill fte albert yakely is at home now from the army mrs sinclair and granddaughterot cherrywood called on her sistermrs wm maye last week mr and mrs harry woodlandalso mr and mrs everett hockley spent a day in oshawa last week sorry to learn that miss grace wagg has been very sick the baptist sunday school busi ness meeting was held at mr and mrs dan waggs sixteen were pre sent and a good meeting resulted fourth line young people report good skating on the local pond ro binsons pond was s frozen over floyd lewis son of walter and mrs lewis of dinsmore sask and a member of the rcaf has return ed home to canada from england- where he will train to be a pilot after visiting mr and mrs abrown in toronto he has left for home where his father and mother farm best of good wishes to earl cook as he comes to toronto maple leaf baseball team from portland usa a number from goodwood were at the stouffville high school open night ive got it we will send mum and dad the tribune as a christmas present they will at least think of us 5 2 times a year mr and mrs clayton hill visited with her parents mr and mrs as- henhurst on sunday mr and mrs reuben maye and kenneth had tea with her parents mr and mrs baldwin many former goodwood folk at tended the funeral of the late geo taylor sorry to hear mrs norman wagg has been on the sick list mrs john rae has been looking after the libr ary in her absence mr and mrs walter todd have moved into their home formerly the henderson property business dental e s barker lds dj8 honor graduate ot royal collect of dental surgeons and at the university of toronto office in grublns block phone 274 markham every tuesday office in wear block medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien and mali phone 196 coroner for york county dr arthur l hore physician and surgeon general medicine and obstetric also eye ear nose and throat byes tested glasses fluid school children tested free markham ont phone t a c kennedy i chiropractor church street stoufftius monday wednesday fridays 9 to 12 am 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 address gormley po other is practical as well as sentimental about christmas and these are gifts shell enjoy more this year than ever the mother in your family wants this to be a practical christmas shed like her cvn presents and the youngsters too to be things that are needed and they can be wonderfully at tractive too of course think for instance how mother would delight in a smart new purse lovely stockings elegant gloves or dainty new hankies editor follows canadian products overseas n we have all these and many more practical christmas gifts such as anice warm dressing gown for mother or daughter or little sister also ski coats womens lovely warni sweater coats womens smocks house dresses aprons for grown ups and kiddies silver- plated ware in casseroles pie plates butter dishes pickle dishes pepper and salt c a fine new ship ment of beautiful pictures and useful tea trays these are just some of the items we carry which are favorites and make a welcome christmas remem brance at roderick s kennedy editor of the family herald and weekly star is at present making an extended tour of the united kingdom during which he will prepare tt series of articles on such vital timely subjects as how canadian products are distri buted and used how british farmers have achieved their startling increase in home production and how the boys in our army and air force are feel- ingand living from wherever he happens to be in england scotland or ireland mr kennedy will write on what hesees ills articles which will run consecu tively for two or three months will be liberally illustrated by his own photographs and will be exclusive to the family herald and weekly star clarke prentice phone aglncourt 32 w3 millikea licensed auctioneer for the counties of york and on tario successor for corpl ken prentice of casjf and of the late j h prentice former prentice prentice farm and farm stock sales a specialty at fair and reason able rates insurance thomas birkett general insurance agency stouffville ontario established 1908 insurance in reliable companies at reasonable rates promt service phone 25902 stouffrlus brierbush hospital government licensed member of the allied private hospital association main street east stouffville maternity medical and surgical ambulance service day and night service mrs e r good phone 191 r g glendening funeral director h q klinck phone 3307 stoafcrlu fire auto burglary sickness and accident fidelity bonds the standard lifo assurance oo the pioneer of canadian life insurance a mutual company with 117 yean experience strength and service unexcelled a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co -also- automobile and fire barristers ambulance service markham ontario phone 9000 office phone residence phoas 3160 3614 arthur w s greer barrister solicitor notary pnbllle o king street east oshawa ontario resident partner branch office w c pollard k c port perry uxbridge ontario phone ii the w h shaw store lehmans shoe store footwear for all the family shoe repairing womens hosiery gloves shoes socks boots and mitts stouftvliie phone 4301 opposite the town clock office phone elgin 7021 samuel d borins residence phone ho 1 barrister solicitor etc 603 temple bldg 8 2 richmond street west toronto l e oneill stouffvnjja funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone serrle day ud night r a