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the tribune stouffville ont thursday october 20 1949 the stouffville tribune established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as second class mall post office department ottawa issued every thursday at stouffville ontario in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments why anuual license plates highway officials in british columbia are investigating the proposal to use permanent automobile license plates most motorists of that province will hope that action follows says the financial post the move would save a substantial sum of money for the taxpayer and for the car owner the messy annual job of struggling with rusted bolts and discarding a set of perfectly good plates and replacing with another in the neighboring state of washington points out the vancouver province an annual saving of 200000 has been reported from the use of semipermanent plates if there is any good reason for maintaining the policy of annual changing the authorities certainly have kept the secret well car thieves like it but the honest motorist does not as for giving work to our reformatories which make the plates in certain provinces surely there are more useful tasks waiting for these institutions it should be no more difficult for the highway authorities to keep tab on the annual tax paid by the motorists in this way than it is for municipal officials to make sure that the taxes are paid on real estate under the present system a car owner hardiy gets to the stage where he can remember the number which has been assigned to his vehicle before it is necessary to secure and start memorizing another sunday observance the city council of toronto has stepped outside the field of municipal jurisdiction in providing that the electors of that city shall vote on whether they are in favor of legislation to make amateur professional and other forms of commercial sport legal on sunday the question to be put before them on january 2 next is whether the city of toronto should seek legislation towards this end the placing of this question before the toronto electors seems to take it for granted that this can be made a question of local option for each municipality to decide there is no such provision in the lords day act which is a dominion statute if any change is to be made in the law it will have to be made by the federal parliament we cannot conceive of parliament passing such legislation to suit the whims of a single ontario municipality the situation is very much like that which developed two or three years ago when the toronto city council sought to take a plebiscite on the question of liquor sale the courts decided that such a question was beyond the cope of municipal juris diction so the plebiscite was abandoned it would seem as if this present question is in the same category in any event a vote in toronto could not possibly be regarded as being representative of public opinion through ontaro or throughout the entire dominion it is our firm belief that the great majority of canadians are in favor of retaining sunday on its present basis as a day of rest protected by the lords day act to relax that legislation at the request of one municipality would be unthinkable jurors over sixty last week at battleford the chief justice of the court of kings bench was embarrassed through no slip or fault of his own he was obliged to do something distasteful to himself because the law which he has served with distinction for a great many years and which he still serves well had written something with which he totally disagreed he was required to ask a juryman to step out of his seat in the jury box with courtesy and graciousness yet with admitted embarrassment as one gentleman to another he apologized to the juryman for following a course of action wherein he had no alternative the case was rex vs michael hydlukewich a trial for manslaughter the judge was hon chief justice j t brown the jury had been empanelled and the trial had proceeded through its first mornings hearing when the chief justice learned that one of the jurors might be over the legal age for jurymen after the midday recess he put the question to them he told them that the age limit was 60 years and one of them immediately rose and said that be was 65 years of age he added that he was not aware of this age limit or otherwise he would have informed the sheriff the chief justice replied that he readily accepted that statement he could have added had he wished that no one was more aware than he of the efforts many people exercise to be excused jury duty and of the ofttimes shallow excuses offered i consider that the law which will not permit a man to serve on a jury after he has passed 60 years he said is absurd men do not reach the peak of acumen or of their abilities until they have reached 60 but this is the law and i have no choice but to follow it i apologize to you sir and to the jury for any inconvenience that this may cause you it was handsomely done this newspaper and the public will agree only last week the editor of this paper acting in the capacity of reeve of stouffville was called upon to assist in naming about twenty citizens who would be eligible to act as jurymen we decided on two men who were later stricken from the list because they were between sixty and seventy years of age yet they were in our opinion perhaps the most capable men to be found among the whole twenty chosen the section of the public that was in that battleford court room last week would be the first to agree with our view chief justice brown himself is many years past sixty yet he was to be in charge of that jury and was expected to enable them to get a good grasp of the case if the law is right that a mans think ing power lessens after sixty then why not remove all the judges fact is they all render their best service after that age a lawyer usually reaches his fame after sixty yet other people are expected according to this law to deteriorate canadas sheep are fading out from the lethbridge herald canadas sheep populaton has been a war casualty before the war canada had some 3500000 sheep today the population is down to about 2500000 we havent as many sheep in the whole of canada as are to be found in the state of montana we have a million less sheep today than we had at the time of con federation 82 years ago its a sad story one of the reasons for the decline in our sheep population is that labor was hard to get during the war and sheep ranch ing requires specialized labor another is that the government at ottawa for war reasons stepped in during the war and through the wool board bought wool at practically a fixed price it was a low price so low in fact that the alberta government felt impelled to give a wool bonus of some four cents a pound to keep the industry alive canada being in the north temperate zone is a heavy user of wool our annual needs are around six pounds per persons or about 75000000 pounds last year we produced only 1-1000- 000 pounds for an agricultural country that indeed is a sad story and one which evidences lack of national understanding before the war south alberta with its short grass country part of which is particularly suitable for sheep production used to ship between 2500000 and 3500000 pounds of wool annually sheep ranchingwas big business in certain areas where sheep could process the native grass better than any other class of animaltoday there are very few of the big flocks to be found and unless something occuifsto give the industry a fillip it threatens to die out altogether which would be an even sadder story sunday school lesson lesson for october 23 golden text i will trust and not be afraid for the lord jehovah is my strength and my song isa 122 approach to the lesson although isaiah like all the rest of the goodly company of the prophets rebuked sin sternly and declared in no uncertain terms gods indignation with idolatry and his detestation of hypocrisy in all its forms he nevertheless never lost the sense of the glorious vision of the final triumph of righteousness and the extension of the kingdom of god in manifest power over all the world because of this he exhorted israel and judah to walk in the light of the lord isa 25 to trust even when the darkness seemed great est and when all hope seemed in vain god had not abrogated his throne as the unseen ruler of the universe and the day was soon to come when redemption would be accomplished and gods righteous ness be vindicated no matter how difficult the times or how present circumstances might try the soul there was no need to be cast down in despair the one who knew god could look up in faith assured that he was ever concerned about his own and overruling all for their good faith is just taking god at his word resting on his promises knowing that he cannot deny himself and therefore the gifts and calling of god are without repentance rom 1129 his word abides as a sheet anchor to the soul enabling one to say i will trust and not be afraid isa 122 or if fear still assails be cause of the frailty of the flesh to declare what time i am afraid i will trust in thee psa 563 in a day like the present when mens hearts are failing them for fear luke 2126 they who know god as revealed in the lord jesus christ need to exercise the same confidence in his unchanging purpose that sustained the saints in isaiahs day the historical setting the twelfth chapter from which the first part of our lesson is taken was part of a somewhat lengthy prophecy embracing chapters 9 to 12 given in the days of the ungod ly king ahaz about 748 bc it is not possible to decide definitely on the time of chapters 26 and 30 but usshers chronology suggests 712 bc for both verso by verse isa 122 i will trust and not be afraid fear often unreason able and unfounded is at the root of much mental distress the cure for fear is implicit confidence in god when we know him as the one in whom we have found our salvation we can look up in con fidence knowing that he who redeemed us will undertake for us in every hour of trial confidence in god is never misplaced nor will it ever be betrayed chap 261 we have a strong city the soul that places its trust in the lord is as one securely sheltered in a strongwalled city against whose gates and towers the enemy attacks in vain with god himself as our refuge what have we to dread he is ever- on guard to protect his dependent people verse 2 open ye the gates that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter the gates that are barred against every hostile power are opened to receive those who walk before god in righteousness primarily isaiah had in mind the nation of israel when in the latter days they shall turn to the lord and forsaking all iniquity shall cleave to him in the integrity of their hearts but the proise goes beyond israel and can be counted on for the protection of all who obey the word of god verse 3 thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee true peace is found as one learns to commit everything to god knoving that he is ever true to his promises link philippians 46 and 7 with this verse the peace of god garri sons the heart of the trustful be liever verse 4 in the lord jehovah is everlasting strength it is god himself who is his peoples refuge to know him and to live in fellowship with him lifts one above all circumstances and gives strength to overcome in every hour of testing verse 5 he bringeth down them that dwell on high god exalts the lowly he raises up those who are of an humble spirit but those that walk in pride he abases in due tim though the enemies of the righteous may exalt themselves and imagine they are immune from all danger god will bring them down to the dust and give them to realize at last that none can fight against him and corquer verse 6 the foot shall tread it down when the persecutors of the righteous are brought to the dust the feet of the poor and needy- shall tread upon them in triumph as they realize how marvelously god intervenes on behalf of those who trust him verse 7 thou most upright dost weigh the path of the just when a man is justified by faith his faith makes him just char acter is developed as one learns to appreciate the grace and power of here is the new home of all future prime ministers of canada it is the stately victorian mansion at rockcliffe just outside of ottawa once the resident of the lumber king senator w c edwards it will now be the official home of louis st laurent canadas prime minister one member of parliament protested purchase on ground that it would become big enter tainment house taking up too much of the prime ministers time god it is he who produces prac tical righteousness in his people and he takes knowledge of every step his people take in obedience to his word chap 301 woe to the rebell ious children saith the lord that take counsel but not of me no one has any right to count on gods protection or his loving care who walks in the path of self- will taking counsel of his own heart and not of the word of the lord verse 2 and have not asked at my mouth we may try all kinds of schemes and plans where by to achieve our own desires but there can be no real blessing from god until we forsake our 1 own ways and yield obedience his holy will verse 15 in returning are rest shall ye be saved in quietnef and in confidence shall be yoi strength when wearied of a else we turn back to god himsel we find him ready to save c deliver it is not the salvation the soul that is here in view b deliverance from the trials of tr way and from the fears that woul crush us down to the very dust a we learn to wait upon god in qui confidence we will see ho wonderfully he will work out oil salvation from those thinj which seemed so hopeless depressing and so terribly difficu to face verse 1c but ye said no i their folly and selfwill buoyed u by a misplaced confidence in the own wisdom israel refused tli path of obedience and so failed 1 enjoy the rest of heart and mil that might have been theirs as we not in constant danger of fa ing in the same way verse 17 one thousand sha flee at the rebuke of one becaus of disobedience there would be r power to stand against the enemj of old god had promised isra that if they obeyed his law or should chase a thousand ar two put ten thousand to flighj deut 3230 but now the vei opposite was true because thi failed to trust in him the liviri god and refused to obey h voice the heart of the lesson confidence in the god of oi salvation is developed as we wal in the path of obedience to hi holy word and rely upon hi faithfulness he has promised j protect and undertake for hi obedient children whatever tl circumstances they may be callu upon to face but it is idle to prf fess to trust him while refusing obey his voice selfwill leads defeat 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