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expiianatiox needed cpl william lay of chicago had isetter have a good excuse ready when he returns to his home in chicago mrs lay shown here with the determin ed attitude has seen that pic ture of her husband being greeted in a friendly manner by a parisian mademoiselle and says that the corporal had better start talking fast when he arrives back home sunday school lesson lesson for october v iolilciv text i am the light of the world he that followelli me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the llrlil or life john 812 the wesson as a- whole approach to the ijcsson que of the best ways to get a proper understanding of the ex pression used by our lord i am the light of the world john 95 is to try to imagine what the world would be in this twentieth century of the christian era if he had never come into this scene at all in the first place there never would have been a christian era it was his appearance among men that divided time into bc and a d when he came judaism the brightest testimony god had ever committed to man up to that time was in almost total eclipse sad- ducean materialism on the one hand and hypocritical phariseeism on the other had nearly extinguish ed whatever light israel had form- erly enjoyed and displayed before the nations instead of attracting people to the one true and living god that glorious name was blasphemed among the gentiles through their inconsistencies rom i 2 24 in the roman em pire philosophical chaos and al most universal agnosticism pre vailed men had to a great extent lost faith in the old gods and had found nothing else to fill the void while in the barbarous nations be yond the confines of the empire the same fear and cruelty ever connected with animism and fetish ism that prevails today among tribes neither evangelized nor civilized prevailed truly dark ness covered the earth and gross darkness the people isa co 2 it was into such a world jesus came and by the luster of his life the purity of his teaching the atoning value of his death and the power of his resurrection he sent forth into all the world rays of light above the splendor of the noon day sun that illumined the darken ed hearts and minds of men pet 2 9 and cast light upon the evil things that the wicked indulged in so that they became ashamed to do in- the daytime of gospel testimony what they indulged in unblushinglyi in the night of ignorance and superstition eph 53 today v even the most self- willed and v goddefying men re cognize the beauty of the life of christ the life was the light of men john 1 4 and even though they reject the propitiatory value of his death they see in it the greatest example of selfsacrifice the world has everknown verso by verse john 91 jesus saw a man which was blind from his birth the sad physical condition of this man suffering from congenital blindness was but a picture of the true spiritual condition of all men until brought into contact with jesus by a living faith eph 417 verse 2 who did sin this manor his parents that he was born blind some of the rabbis taught that achildi could sin be fore birth they based it on gen esis 2526 andhosea 123 this was supposed to explain why some people were born with certain handicaps such as lameness or inherited tendency to disease verse 3 that the works of god should be manifested in him godly expositors have differed as to the exact application of these words most take them as conclud ing the sentence that begins neither has this man sinned nor his parents but etc this would imply that god in his allwise pro vidence- had permitted the child to be borri blind that he might be glorified in due time through givi ing him sight miraculously others i notably dr g campbell morgan connect the words with the verse that follows making it read but that the works of god should be manifest in him i must- work- the greek text might bear either arrangement it is largely a quest this tells of our responsibility io verse 4 the night cometh when no man canwbrk lifoon earth is likened to the daytime when our lord was busy in the work the father had sent him to accomplish when the bight of death came such labor would be at an end verse 5 as long as i ani in the world i am the light of the world while he ministered among men he was- the visible manifestation of light his holy life casting light on every man with whom he came in contact john 19 a are shown up in the light of his perfection as being sinful and un righteous the true light casts light upon every man when our lord looked on to the testimony to be carried on after his return to heaven he said ye are the light of the world matt 514 this tells of our reesponsibility to shine as lights in a dark scene phil 215 verse c he made clay and anointed the eyes of the blind man it was a picture of the incarnation he had in grace stoop ed to become like us a man in a body like ours but this mystery of the incarnation is beyond human understanding just as damp clay put upon the eyes would seem to make the condition of the man worse instead of better so men are if we may say so render ed more blind than ever as they contemplate the secret of godli ness god manifest in flesh but what is darkness to the rationalist becomes light to the man of faith vers go wash in the pool of siloam we are told that the name means sent it is the appre hension of the lord jesus as the sent one of the father john 8 29 that gives spiritual sight to those in natures darkness this blind man went to siloam and washed away the clay- and he came back seeing the light- had penetrated his darkened eyeballs and more than that had enlight ened his soul forever verse 13 they brought to the pharisees him that aforetime was blind these legalists wore as blind spiritually as the man had been naturally matt 23 16 17 19 24 26 luke 639 to them the neighbors of the healed man brought their friend that he might be examined by them verse 34 thou wast altogether born in sins and dost thou teach us after a lengthy altercation the pharisees dismissed the case in anger and indignation refusing in their pride and haughtiness to be taught by an unlettered man he had met their arguments by a splendid testimony as he declared one thing i know that whereas i was blind now r see v 2ojxi their rancorous opposition they became guilty of a gross pervers ion of scripture as they accused him of being born in sins no one is born in sins but are born in sin psa 51 5 but accuracy counts little with- heated theological bigots verse 35 dost thoubelieveon the son of god cast out by the pharisees the man who had re ceived his sight was found by jesus who ever has a welcome for those whom the world whether religious or secular rejects his pointed question was designed to make manifest whether the man realized who it was through whom he had been healed verse 36 who is ho lord that i might believe on him in a spirit of humility and as one anxi ous for the truth the man inquir ed as to who the son of god was upon whom he was expected to be lieve verse 37 is is he that talketh with thee jrj simple direct langu age jesus made himself known in the mystery of his person as the son of come down among men in grace verse 38 lord i believe in a moment the eyes of the mans soul were opened he gazed upon the face of jesus in faith and worshiped him- verse 39 for judgment i am come into this world it is not present condemnatory judgment john 3 17 but judgment in the sense- of discrimination and ex- lehmans shoe store footwear for all the family shoe repairing womens hosiery gloves shoes socks boots and mitts stouffville phone 4301 opposite the town clock stouffville floral roses weddingbouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop telephone 7001 7002 lieut general guy simonds of winnipeg commander of a canadian corps in france wat ches his armoured units in the drive eastward through france pose of conditions as they really are the light reveals the darkness those who receive the light are made to see those who reject it are shut up to judicial blindness john 826 47 verse 40 some of the phar isees l said are we blind also the question showed how- hard were their hearts and how seared their consciences going on in smug complacency they had no sight of god verse 41 if ye were blind ye should have no sin that is if they woreutterly without the light of conscience or of revelation they would not have been responsible but they prided themselves on thier knowledge while yet refusing the savvior therefore they were doubly guilty their sin remained uncleansed and unforgiven the heart of the lesson having come into the world the lord jesus christ is the touch stone of all hearts he is incarnate light revealing god to man and manifesting the true condition of those to whom he ministered when men come into the light and face their sins before god there is cleansing and forgiveness for them when it is a question of our daily walk he is still the light as we follow him we find our way through the darkness of this scene on to the heavenly city marmiu excello laying mash birds- may lay well for a short time on an inferior rat- ion but for steady high production over a long period without moults slumps or heavy mortality something better is required actually it costs no more to feed a good ration than a poor one because on- the poor feed the pullets or hens eat more while producing jess naturally a ration made up of selected ingredients carefully balanced to contain the necessary proteins minerals vitamins and other materials in just thp right proportion for highest results cannot he pre- pared for the same price per hundred pounds as the inferior ration yet measured in feed cost per dozen eggs it is much cheaper after all it is your returns over your feed costs that make the profits central feed store stouffviiildb phonjql 27t j -j- m v vil ihe pugdf sstox i s fourfifths of the sugar canada this map shows whcrccanadagreatbritain and the united states got their sugar in the good old days of peace our tbreeeountrics take practically all the ex- y portable sugar from these major sugarexporting areas but supplies have cither been cut off by enemy occu- aiion of the country as in the case of java and the hilippincs or their production radically reduced by shortage of workers as in the case of hawaii porto rico australia trinidad fiji consumes has to be imported even the production of beet sugar in canada anii the united states has been drastically cut by labour shortage in ijotli countries the 43 sugar beet crop was forty per cent less than in 41- the only coujnjry to show an important increase is cuba where output had for years been deliberately restricted but ijf increase has not been sufficient to offset the losses elsewhere let alone meet the increased demand- rolling thewar has brought some unusual demands on the united nations sugar pool vast quantities have been taken for making industrial alcohol used in the manufacture of synthetic rubber tires etc as well as tnt and smokeless powdcrfor instance the explosive to fill five 16inch shells requires as much sugar as the supply is shared all sugar supplies arc pooled and under the control of tha combined food board of the united nations which allots supplies to canada united states and great britain on a uniform basis on sugar is produced on an acre of the finest sugar land this year cuban sugar alone used for making industrial alcohol will equal canadav- normal sugar imports for more than two years u v vi iiiiinik v vs wu n y in z iij v v i j k do we need more sugar a century ago the whole world didnt consume as- much sugar as canada does today our sweet tooth has been acquired in quite recent times sugar rates high for its energy vatoc but starchy food is a good substitute were living on our sugar capital j at the timo of pearl harbour the united nations had a reserve stockpile of about 3 million tons but for the last 3 ears weve been using more than has produced and dipping heavily into reserve liberated nations will have to dip in too extra good crops could improve the situation bat greatly- increased supplies are not in sight if current consumption keep on we could be very short of sugar next year we most po t utmost to conserve our supplies jij rationing was started because of shortage of ships it must be continued because world stocks 4bi0eflcjjult im is one ofastts of annpuhombnsomg the facts about m the wartime prices and trade board v y vv jfcswv3frs yfrkvsn lfefavg