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the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 9 1950 business directory brierbush hospital pay and night service maternity medical and surgical meaber of the allied private hospital association government licensed maim street east stouffville dental m0nteith monteith chartered accountants j7 king st east oshawa phone 4911h 3126 atk cordon w riehl ca resident partner auctioneers sellers atkinson i asia 201w2 ph stouff 290 incensed auctioneers 25 years experience bates conducted anywhere special- mas in farm stock furniture and steven sales all sales personally tahri od advertised bills prepared and posted k8n clarke prentice auctioneers licensed and authorized tor the oomties of york and ontario farm 3ock implements household fmbitiire real estate sales our apaclali7 at fair and reasonable rates s dual services for the price of one mlulkes po ph agincourt 52w3 jjoribani po ph markham 206 so aale too big or too small prentices have been established auctioneers since 1890 neil c smith lds dds graduate of university of toronto office over canadian eank of commerce telephone 107 stouffville sunday school lesson for march 12 church organization and leadership golden text study to shew thyself approved unto god a workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth 2 tim 215 tfe lesson as a whole e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office over marie jacks beauty parlor phone 274w markham every tuesday medical a s farmer licensed auctioneer trk mmnty uxbridge pickering townatips farm stock and furni fare sales a specialty address gormley po telephone stouffville 67312 real estate consult j a willoughby sons for complete real estate service maad kdisce toronto 56 ttage st ad 0605 olty md country homes i fterbu and small acreages i fadjisttial business properties harvey mover la your local representative phone s3j2 stouffville dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office corner obrien main phone 196 coroner for york county dr f j button stouffville ontario telephone 371 xray hours daily 9 to 12 am tuesday thursday saturday evenings 79 pm and by appointment office over button blk dr herbert b freel physician telephone 164 xray hours daily except sunday 9 to 12 am tuesday thursday saturday 700 to 900 a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday and friday 9 to 12 am optometrical when buying or selling real estate taiaas residences business properties see george w allison eed real estate broker phone s7jl for real estate see wm grove marfthiun rr2 stouff 05505 representing viotok a hall son agency realtor flotog uat phone 32 e a grubin ro optometrist picton ontario phone enquiries to stouffville 25jl dates of visits to stouffville office announced in local columns w c mcdonald ro optometrist toronto ontario at stouffville every saturday 1000 am to 900 pm at rear of marie jack beauty salon phone 176wl insurance birkett son general insurance agency stouffville ontario insurance in reliable companies at reasonable rates prompt service phones 259wl and 259w2 funeral directors i e oneill stouffville funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day or night phone stouffville 9swl giendening dixon funeral chapel markham phone 90 ambulance service j xv dixon prop h 0 klinck phone 39wl stouffville fire auto burglary sickness and accident fidelity bonds the standard life assurance co the pioneer of canadian life insurance a mutual company with 117 years experience strength arid service unexcelled d a beer insurance of all kinds 20th anniversary ph pickering 241w2 address brougham ont f m pugh phone 3sw2 stouffville life fire auto the mutual lite of canada was ea tablished in 1869 and has always been a mutual company it enjoys an excellent reputation for outstand ing returns to policyholders prompt and courteous service stouffville machine tool works telephone 53 rear of cnr station electric and acetylene welding 7arm machinery machinery repairs kooooooooooooooa f g alsop life auto fire sickness and accident insurance phone 50w2 taxi service george coltham ontario land surveyor municipal and farm surveys and general engineering box 113 aurora phone 8642 stouffville monument works orders promptly executed p tanr proprietor telephone slwi approach to the lesson it is a wellknown fact that the greek word ekklesia translated church in our english bibles meansliterally a select or calledout company the same word is rendered assembly in acts 1s41 this of course referred to the group gathered together by demetrius in the unroar which he incited against paul in acts 73s stephen speaks of the con gregation of israel as the church in the wilderness the general use of the word however throughout the new testament is a designation of the christian company either as a whole or locally the church which is his body eph 122 23 includes all believers from pentecost until the lords return for his own 1 thess 41313 in this sense it is never used in the plural but the same word is used to designate local groups of christians as the church of god which is at corinth 1 cor 12 the seven churches which are in asia rev 14 the churches of god in judaea 1 thess 14 to the church as a whole the edification of all eph 411 12 these gifted men may be found in various local companies or may be ministering in the regions beyond they are directly responsible to the lord himself who may place them in the churches as he sees fit the new testament also recognizes divinely appointed oflicers in the churches such as elders also called bishops and deacons 1 tim 3 and titus 1 we do not have any speci fic instructions as to how these offi cial ministers should be selected or inducted into office but it is evident that in beginning they were chosen by apostolic direction and that- they were men characterized by spiritual ity and administrative ability who were able to guide the affairs of the church the elders or bishops seem to have had oversight in spiritual things while the special responsibil ities of the deacons concerned tem poral affairs the seven men chosen to administer the daily distribution of food to the needy were all deacons that is they were appointed to be servants of the church the historical settiiif the book of acts covers the first generation or about thirty years of the history of the church during this time the gospel was carried by the apostles and others throughout the entire known world col 16 23 during that short period christ ian churches were established in all the principal cities of the roman empire many of these were large and flourishing and were ministered to by gifted preachers and teachers acts 131 the elders and deacons were elected in order that the ser vice of god both in spiritual and tem poral things might be carried on in an orderly way they thus became patterns for other churches to follow throughout the coming centuries the epistles f paul give special in struction in these matters verse by verso acts 61 there arose a mur muring if satan cannot intimidate christians and destroy churches by persecution from without he will seek to arouse dissension within it was thus that he wrought in the jer usalem church by arousing suspicion and jealousy on the part of conver ted jews of the dispersion against those who were born in judea verse 2- it is not reason that we should leave the word of god and serve tables when god calls men to the gospel ministry it is not fitt ing that they should give their time to regulating the s temporal affairs of the church too frequently this principle is overlooked today and ministers of christ are loaded down with innumerable duties which im pair their efficiency as teachers and preachers of the word of god verse 3 look ye out seven men of honest report full of the holy ghost and wisdom whom we may appoint over this business the business referred to was that of min istering to the needy and it is in structive to notice the apostles dir ection that those who were to attend to these matters should not only be men of wisdom but also of consis tent lives and full of the spirit of god in selecting deacons today these qualifications should always be kept in view verse 4 prayer and the ministry of the word these are tho preeminent responsibilities of thoso who have been called of god to the high and holy office of the christian ministry note that prayer is given the priority for a prayeiless ministry will be a fruitless one no matter how eloquent or scriptural public addres ses may be verse 5 the saying pleased the whole multitude the apostles sug gestion met with the immediate ap proval of the whole church and sev en men were appointed to attend to these matters it is noticeable that all of the seven selected bore greek names which would seem to imply that they were elcnists that is jews born outside the land of palestine verse 6 when they had prayed they laid their hands on them the seven were formally dedicated to their special work by prayer and tho laying on of the apostles hands thus a serious crisis had been met in wisdom and grace in order that the work of god might go on unhindered aets 2017 he called the elders of the church we have had ihe work of deacons brought before us now we read of the elders of ephesus who were summoned to meet paul at miletus these were the spiritual leaders and were appointed in due time in every church titus 15 verse is ye know after what manner i have been with you we often say example is better than precept and here paul cites the character of his own ministry acts 201921 in order to impress upon these elders the true nature of spiritual leadership verse 2s the holy ghost hath made you overseers the word ren dered overseers is elsewhere trans lated bishop 1 tim 31 2 this makes it clear that elders and bish ops were one and the same in the early church the were responsible to feed the flock of god even as the lord had commissioned peter john 211517 and he in turn instructed others 1 pet 514 1 cor 1227 ye are the body of christ and members in particular this embraces both the corporate and individual responsibilities of all believers in the power of one spirit they have all been baptized into the body of christ and should thus be under the direct control of their glori fied head of heaven each separate member has his own place in the body to function for the good of all verse 2s god hath set some in the church all the various spiritual gifts here mentioned are given by god as he sees fit some of these signgifts may no longer be necessary since we have the completed word of god to guide us in the beginning they were given in order to authenti cate the message of the gospel the gifts mentioned in ephesians 411 are to continue as long as theehurch is here on earth the heart of the lesson it should ever be borne in mind that the church of god is a divinely equipped organism not a humanly devised organization the body of christ is united to its head by the holy spirit who is the true vicar of christ on earth this office has never been deputed to any man the holy fesiiiifif concrete blocks sjsimsl concrete bricks jjl- cinder blocks backup tile quality economy beauty maple block tile ltd maple ontakio plaza 3373 phone maple kenwood 0373 spirit guides through the scriptures which are the revealed will of god while in local churcliei theio must of necessity be latitude for the use of sanctified common sense the clos er the word is adhered to the great er will be the blessing in his love for his church christ has by the spirit given all needful gifts for its efficiency and edification he has also indicated his will that men of recog nized probity and godliness should be raised up in these local churches to guide in both spiritual and tem poral affairs these men should be selected with great care after mrnj est prayer for divine guidance un- spiritual leadership has often been the cause of grievous failure and dis sension worldly minded church offi cials cannot be expected to be help ful in building up a real testimony for god on the contrary they will prove a positive hinderanee and det riment to the work of the lord hoooofiooqoooooooc monthly service in stoufiville and district income tax annual statements gkltald r hattox and associates accountants and auditors reasonable rates 648a vonge st ph ka 6875 boooooofioeoeeooooi white eggs wanted a 2c premium is being paid by p hutton for grade a large white eggs cases supplied free pickup and prompt returns 40 kenworthy ave toronto gr8970 iii mm it happens in your community an automobile crash an accident in a factory a sudden hemorrhage in childbirth or deep surgery emergencies where immediate blood or plasma transfusions mean the dramatic difference between life or death immi b bl service this lifegiving service has already been established and has well proven its worth in most provinces in canada soon all hospitals will have it available without 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