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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 29 1950 sunday school lesson lesson for july 2 golden lyt behold i am with thr and ivill keep thee in all places whither thou goest eu 28 15 approach to the lesson in jacob we see a man who was her sister miss minnie all his life under the discipline of walker retired principal of esther god but who profited by the ehas- howe school had tea with prof temng he endured so that at lat heje a and mrs smith on fridav manifested the same true pilgrim i miss w walker was highly eom- gormley june 22 prof e a and mrs smith entertained over the weekend miss x williams exchange teach er from england and their daugh ter mrs peggy moynihan both on staff at browns school avenue lid toronto miss walker assistant principal at browns school avenue rd mended by the governor general of canada for her work with the under privileged children of tor onto sons had roused the ire and stirred the hatred of the people who were character that was seen in his father and grandfather through out his checkered life however one thing seems manifest he set a high value on the things of the spirit although he was in con stant struggle with the power of the flesh until subdued by divine l of w had occurred at grace in this he was very different shechem some time from his brother esau to whom but god himseif restrained eternal things never seemed to from creaking vengeance on have much appeal but who appear- the caravan of j as it huvetl ed in many respects the superior toward bethel of jacob in his breadth of human i verse ewaeob came to interests it is often so in the lje what memories must world but in the last analysis it is have een hu as eneamped in the life of the spirit that has last- p vvnere god had met ing value jacob realized this more vi1 him he fled tou pacum and more as the years went on vin alone upon tne u i ground with a stone for a pillow he had beheld in a dream the were the transitory things of the life of the flesh after many grievous failures and sad dis appointments he became indeed israel as he learned to mortify the jacob nature when as recorded in genesis 28 he was obliged to flee to padanaram to escape his offended brothers wrath he met god at bethel but his bargaining spirit was still manifest he sought to put the lord himself in the place of a debtor promising that he would honor him on his return journey providing he would prosper him in a temporal way whie he was absent from the land of promise the vision of god had not yet subdued the carnality of jacob even though he recognized him as the god of his fathers abraham and isaac but he did not yield his own life to him though promising to do so if he were divinely favored in the country to which he was going after his return to canaan he allowed con siderable time to elapse and had many varied experiences before going up to bethel to build an altar there and to worship god in accordance with his promise tho historical setting jacob and esau his twin brother were the children of isaac and rebecca born to them about 1800 bc he was about forty years of age when he deceived his father in order to get the blessing of abraham because of the wrath of his brother he fled to padanaram and there served his uncle laban twenty years he had been back in the land of canaan about eight years before he went up to bethel to fulfill his vow verse by verso gen 351 god said arise go up to bethel it was god him self who reminded jacob of the promise made so long ago and commanded him to go up to bethel and there to build an altar in memory of his past deliverance verse 2 put away the strange gods that are among you and be clean it is evident that idolatry in one form or another had been tolerated and condoned in jacobs own family and among his servants but now that he was about to make a new start he called upon them all to put away their false gods and to purify themselves from all uncleanness that they might be in a fit condi tion to worship tho god who had protected jacob through all the past years verse 3 let us arise and go 1 will make there an altar responding to the call of god without any further delay jacob prepared to fulfill the vow which he had neglected during all the years since his return to canaan verse 1 jacob hid them under the oak there he buried the evidences of the failure of his household henceforth it was his determination to lead them in the worship of the one true and living god verse 5 they did not pursue after the sons of jacob these vision of the ascent to heaven and heard the voice of god promising his protecting care xow he was surrounded by him family and his servants and possessed abundant wealth surely lie must have real ized how marvelously god had fulfilled his promise verse 7 he called the place elbethel it was jacob him self who changed the name of luz to bethel chap 28 19 so over whelmed was lie with the sense- of gods presence there now it was god himself who filled the vision of his soul therefore he called the place elbethel that is the god of the house of god verse 9 god appeared unto jacob again once more god made himself known to jacob and blessed him as he built his altar and sought his face verse 10 israel shall be thy name thus was the word con firmed which had come to him at peniel gen 32 2s god sought to impress upon him the responsi bility of living henceforth as a prince of god instead of as a supplanter verse 11 i am god almighty the lord now reaffirmed to israel the promise made to abraham his grandfather he declared himself again under the name el shaddai that is the allsufficient god who was prepared to fufiill every prom ise he made verse 12 to thee and to thy seed after thee will i give this land this promise has never been repealed it abides as israels title deed to the land of canaan even at the present time and as long as the world stands the heart of the lesson in the life of jacob we see exemplified h saint under the discipline of god a man of conflict ing emotions and often unhappily of mixed motives he was never theless throughout all the years of his maturity one who valued the things of god and appreciated the covenanted blessings promised to abraham and his seed named a supplanter or heelcatcher which is the literal meaning of jacob because of what took place at his birth gen 2525 26 hos 123 he manifested the same traits of crafty selfinterest in many things and yet we see him a chastened man at the last to whom the things of god were very real and precious the truth of the two natures in the believer is evidenced in his experiences in a very definite manner the old jacob nature in conflict with the israel nature so that at times we see the former dominating his ways and at other times the new life is graciously manifested in ihe return to bethel preceded by the putting away of all false gods jacob responded to the divine call and carried out the promise which had been so long forgotten at least twice weekly aircraft from alaska fly to the north pole and back to make weather obser vations your building supplies joist studding sheeting siding flooring trim moulding cement lime wallboard masonite arborite tileboard plywood brie siding asphalt shingles asphalt rolls doors sash prefit window units blue coal p r wilson lvmber fuel locust hill phone markham 72j3 ottawa utter by j e smith mp ottawa as the capital city of can ada has the privilege of entertain ing many famous people soldiers statemen scientists and men and women leaders in the world affairs in all countries from time to time visit here a couple of weeks ago it was sir basil brooke prime minister of northern ireland and last week it was liaquat all khan pakistans prime minister and man of destiny the scholarly mohammedan statesman wearing a tight lamb skin cap addressed the members of the canadian parliament giving in perfect english an inspiring message full of hope in democracy the leader of the new indepen dent dominion of some 80million moslems said pakistan treasures its association in the common- wealth of nations and is resolved to safeguard its freedom at all costs whatever the threat and whatever the quarter of aggression may face us j the distinguished visitor was accompanied by his charming wife who like her famous husband has been an active force in the establishment of this new state j the government of pakistan faces many problems a country of some so million people only ten per cent are literate disease and poverty abound and there is a great scarcity of doctors nurses and teachers their housing prob lem can be gauged from the state ment of the premier that the country at present is trying to look after 7 million refugees the progress and prosperity of this new country is of vital interest to all the world it is strategically located in asia where the inroads of communism are causing international concern the prime minister said the ideals of his country could be epitomized in three words peace progress and cooperation there could be no progress without peace no peace without progress and without removing the economic disequili brium so apparent in asia which keeps more than half the world in poverty and the ferment of discon tent the visit of the pakistan prime minister served once again to emphasize here at the capital that the problem of peace is a world problem that we must make progress solving the problems of the peoples of the world before we can have a world at peace the problem of starving and diseaseridden moslems in pakis tan is not only a problem for liaquat ah khan it is a problem for canadians and everyone j dancing every saturday 6lendale pavilion south share musselmans lake norm burling and his 10piece orchestra t44ssssisssasssssiss4siissssss4s3s the only woman held in really low esteem by the berbers is the gobetween although she is only employed in the respectable task of arranging marriages the present rate of erosion is sufficient to reduce the level of the entire mississippi river drainage basin 114 million square miles one foot in 0000 years markham township centennial celebration 1850 1950 saturday and sunday july 1 2 a day you will long remember be sure to come to markham on saturday and join your neighbors in celebrating the townships 100th birthday meet all your old friends and make new ones a rousing time is promised bands parades the best time you have had for years well be seeing you saturdays program in markham village at 1 so p mammoth parade three bands in attendance colorful floats oxen six horse teams stage coach farm machinery new old school children girl guides boy scouts decorated bicycles and doll carriages sports baseball racing folk dancing ferris wheel merrygoround fish ponds tug- owar bingo etc guest speaker hon geo s henry public schools speaking contest in the evening centennial dance old time and modern music by wwb and orchestra in rainbow gardens admission 50c sundays program divine service in crosby memorial arena at unionville o p service conducted by rev norman rowan supported by all ministers of the township massed choir accompanied by the queens york rangers band veterans parade chas hooper chairman program committee reeve win timbers chairman centennial committee chas hoover secretary centennial committee b83ccbcwbasagbs