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the tribune stouffviue ovv thursday december 2 194s the stouffviue tribune established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as sccocd dux mall post office department ottawa issued every thursdav at stouffviue ontario in canada 200 in usa s250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments why not leave them vacant fourteen unfilled senatorships in canada at the present time why not leave them unfilled and save the country a cold hundred thousand dollars a year if the people had the say in this matter and not parliament the vacancies would go on forever then too mr king didnt see fit to fill them strange thing comes to light in the disclosure of a dead body being found in an unused basement room in the ontario mental hospital at whitby that had been there for five months leaves much to ponder over in the minds of the public the girl was a patient who was allowed more freedom than is accorded many others suddenly disappeared and an intensive search failed to find- her an electrician or somebody who had occasion to go into a room always kept locked since danger ous or live wiring was exposed there found the body which must have been in a badly decomposed condition evidently reasonable precaution had been taken to keep inmates out of the airconditioning room as they called it but how a decomposed body could remain there for five months and not be discovered is something few people can understand surely had an innocent skunk gotten in there he would have been hunted down and removed because of the odors that must have emitted from the place yet here was a human body lying there for five months and nobody noticed horse in the house there is something impressive about the charge we read from the old country the other day where a resident was fined for maintaining a nuisance the nuisance was that of keeping a horse in the house neighbors told the police and when the officer knocked on the door the horse stuck its head through the window and neighed it has been suggested that the animal must have per formed in a circus sometime or other since it put on such a good trick however keeping a horse in a home was the offence but in the early days in england it certainly was no offence and one is impressed by the fact that such a charge should eminate from the country where old dobbin lived closer to the family kitchen than he ever did in can ada the writer of this column recalls being with a press party in england visiting the home and birthplace of robert burns at ayr we havent forgot that the famous poet slept in a bit of hallway separated from the family cow by only a slim partition we thought as we looked at the setup where the stable adjoined the house was like being in the next room that health authorities would never condone the layout today but health or no health laws the condition gave the world a bobbie burns g 3- farmers want one milk price toronto star milk producers in the toronto area who ship their milk to city dairies have long been forced to accept two prices for their product top price is paid by the dairies for milk they sell for fluid consumption milk used in the manufacture of various milk products brings considerably less the farmers have now decided that this twoprice system must be revised they are determined to do away with the graduated prices and establish one price for all the milk they sell since the dairies oppose the change it has been necessary to refer the matter to a board of arbi tration the farmers point out that it costs just as much to produce milk used in the manufacture of milk products as it does to produce milk sold in the fluid state the present price for fluid milk is 405 per 100 pounds the price for socalled manufacturing milk is only 290 per 100 pounds in many cases as much as 20 per cent of a farmers total production is sold at the secondary price this means in effect that the farmer is penalized for increasing his production beyond a certain point by having to accept a lower price the dairies in opposing the request for a uniform price claim the farmers demands would lead to an in crease in the consumer price of standard milk spokesmen for the farmers dispute this they argue that an increase in the price dairies pay for secondary milk or manufactur ing milk need not affect the price of fluid milk whatever the merits of these respective claims one salient fact stands out milk production is falling and it will continue to fall until farmers receive what they con sider a fair price the very fact that milk production is falling is evidence that present prices are not attractive truman and canada whatever else may be said about the victory of president truman states the financial post there are two important things in this event for canada there will be no delay on important international matters such as would have occurred if a new president couldnt get his hands on the helm until after the jan uary inaugural and until after a widespread changeover of senior officials had been accomplished secondly there is now much less uncertainty here about us policy on matters of the utmost importance to canada particularly mutual trade and defense in the past it was always the republicans who spon sored higher tariffs and other restrictions which did so much to cripple our how of exports to the united states- while governor dewey made it plain that he was opposed to reinstating that sort of policy there were many who doubted whether he could control the element of his party which held other views at best with a dewey win we could hope that there would be no sudden reversal in the hullroosevelttruman program of lowering tariffs and other trade barriers but that would not be enough if canada and the united states are to prosper as they might and should there must be a further removal of these barriers if these two countries are to buy freely of each others goods if they are to become full partners in the development of our joint north american economy and defense with a truman win there will be less uneasiness on this point and others where canada and the united states must work together on mutual defense on aid to europe on a military alliance with those other world democracies which think as we think we have reason to believe the truman administration will continue its past policies sunday school lesson lesson for december 5 golden tevt go ye therefore and make diiplc of ail the nations matt 28 19 kv the lesson as a whole approach to the lesson the book of acts is the great expressed their fellowship with barnabas and sau by the laying on of hands a sign of identification and commendation and sent them forth with their confidence and blessing chap 109 come over into macedonia and help us these words came to paul in a night vision in which he beheld a man the old home town by stanley historical book of the new te7taj macedonian garb pleading for mem setting forth the rise and ii was god o progress of the church during a period of about thirty years in the first part cnapters 1 to 12 peter is the outstanding leader in the second part chapters 13 to 2s it is paul who occupies the pre eminent place the reason is plain in the beginning god was dealing specially with israel for although as a nation israel had been set to one side because of the rejection of christ matt 23373 yet the spirit of god gave abundant testi mony in order that individuals from among the oncefavored people might renounce the sin of the nation and find salvation in christ in the second part we see the gospel of grace going out to the gentiles largely through the ministry of paul and his associates in preparation for the carrying on of the great missionary enterprise our attention is first directed to our lords promise of the coming of the holy spirit o empower his ser vants to preach with conviction and assurance so that the world might believe that their message was from heaven following the crucifixion and resurrection of jesus christ a great change took place which was not clearly predicted in the old testa ment israel nationally having rejected her messiah was set aside by god for the present age any who repented and turned to christ for deliverance found sala- tion but not as jews rather as poor sinners needing a saviour these were by baptism separated govornmentally from the nation as such and formed the nucleus of the church or assembly of god a new company united to christ by the spirit in the present age of grace of this the book of acts treats in its opening chapters then the stream of grace broadens to take in believing gentiles and as the wonderful story unfolds we see paul a chosen vessel and other workers reaching out to the utter most parts of the earth the historical setting for a period of forty days after his resurrection our lord remained in this scene though not revealed to the world he appeared to his disciples and taught them and left them with the promise of the spirit which was fulfilled ten days later on pentecost the fiftieth day this was in the spring of ad 30 lukes account ends some thirty or more years later with paul a prisoner in rome verse by verso acts 18 ye shall receive power after that the holy ghost is come upon you the clearest reading here is ye shall receive the power of the holy spirit coming upon you in view of their wit ness testimony they were to be empowered by the holy spirit then they would be prepared to begin the work of evangelization which was destined to spread from jerusalem into judea then samaria and thence to the utter most part of the earth in other words they were first to proclaim peace to those who had crucified the lord of glory if they would repent and believe in his name and the circle of blessing was to grow wider and deeper until it took in all mankind chap 1 1 as they spake unto the people this was some days after pentecost when a great throng gathered about peter and john following the healing of ai lame man at the gate of the temple in jerusalem among these were many priests and other leaders many of whom were sadducees verse 2 being grieved that i they taught the resurrection from the dead the sadducees were angry when they heard peter pro claim the resurrection of jesus from the dead this if true nulli fied their whole matrialistic philos ophy acts 238 verse 3 they put them in ward rv arresting peter and john they were placed in a tem porary prison until they could be brought to trial on the following day verse many believed and the number of the men was about live thousand or literally be came five thousand so many had been won for christ in addition to the three thousand who were bap- tied on pentecost thus gods word was reaching multitudes in spite of persecution chap 132 the holy ghost said separate me barnabas and saul it is the prerogative of the holy spirit christs true viceger ent to qualify and send out laborers into the great harvest field he indicated to the church his will that thee two men should be set aside for the special work of evangelizing the gentiles verse 3 they laid their hands on them and sent them away when the mind of god was church acquiesced and eason waiting upon him in prayer and fasting they indicating to his servant that the time had come to carry the gospel message into europe verse 10 we endeavoured to go into macedonia the use of the pronoun we indicates that luke the writer of acts had now joined pauls company from this time on he was almost always with the apostle in his various missions l chap 28 16 we came to rome paul had looked forward to visiting rome for some time rom i 11012 after waiting for some years he went there as a prisoner and it might have seemed that he would be unable to witness for christ under such circumstances verse 30 paul received all that came in unto him god in his providence had so arranged that paul although a prisoner awaiting trial should not at this time be confined in some almost inaccess ible dungeon but was permitted to live under guard in a rented house where he was free to preach the gospel and expound the scriptures to all who came to visit him verse 31 preaching the king dom of god it is important to see that the kingdom of god as now proclaimed is the recognition of the divine authority over the lives of all who were born again john 33 it is not the establishment of a new world order as many claim for we read the kingdom of god is not meat and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the holy ghost rom 14 17 the heart of the lesson in the book of acts we have the history of early gospel days the ever widening stream of blessing going out into all the world the grace of god overleaps all boun daries of nation race or religion his glad tidings are for all men everywhere because god hath concluded them all in unbelief that he might have mercy upon all rom 1132 no matter how ignorant and degraded men may be on the one hand nor how cultured and morally advanced on the other it remains true that all have sinned and come short of the glory of god rom 323 seeking the lost jesus came into this world luke 1910 he came not to call the righteous but sinners to repen tance luke 532 his sacrifice on calvary was for all men every where he gave himself a ransom for all 1 tim 20 now as the risen and glorified one he sends his messengers out as ambassadors from the high court of heaven to beseech those living in enmity against to be reconciled to god 2 cor 520 we who know his saving power are guilty of gross disobedience to his word if we are neglectful of the tremendous responsibility that rests upon us to give the gospel to all who are within the circle of our influence wants wardens elected by secret ballot york county council last week went on record favoring a secret ballot for the election of a warden and other topranking officers elected annually by county coun cils under present legislation secret ballot is prohibited election must be by a show of hands or by standing vote reeve vern griffin sponsored the resolution no one could suggest why such legislation is on the statutes but its there the request for a change in the law was passed by a unanimous vote reeve nolan told the council that ontario counts council had passed a simitar request this fall declaring that the open vote made for bad friends and was not wholly democratic people who laugh and grow cat dont think its anything to laugh at 1 live live wire has the chance to brightly says a banker especially when he has good con nections to the city school teachers in canada stay on one job for an average of ten years rural school teachers move from one school to another or out of teaching altogether every two years or less the mechanical liedetector is not more than 75 per cent efficient says a police commissioner it isnt nearly so efficient as the original liedetector rigged up centuries ago out of a mans rib santa claus parade ai stouffville on saturday dec 11th auspices of the stouffviue business mens association iaais legion fowl bingo yes bob well save hydro how why thats simple everybody for miles around will be at the veterans memorial hall for the big fowl bingo when why friday night dec 3 1 0 1 7 of course at 830 pm what for dont be silly lovely fat turkeys delicious plump ducks and big tender chickens of course yum yum be early to get a seat see you at the vets memorial hall stouffviue friday night at 830 sharp i