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i \ ^j SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON „^n- t -' JANUARY 7th MAT. 2:13-23 Golden Text.â€" Gen., 28:16. Joseph Is Warned * At the birth of Jesus in Bethle- h«m, Wise men from the east came to worship the new King. Follow- ing their departure an angel of the Lord appeared in a d»eam to Joseph, warning him of Herod's Intentions to slay tlie child, and directing him to take the babe with Mary tlve mother down to Egypt where they would be safe from the hands of Herod. In fleeing to Egypt with the Christ child, Joseph was not only flinding a place of safety, but was fulfilling words of prophecy •poken over i.even hundred years previously by the Prophet Hosea, Out of Egypt have I called my Son", Before he could be called out k was necessary for Him to (o into Egypt. Lamentation and Weeping Herod had commanded the Wise men to bring him word once they 'Bi4a4ew»4â€" *^ new born TCing, with the pretence that he, too, would go and v.'orship him. God knew the intents of Hii heart, and imrned the Wm? nwn not to return to Herod but to travel borne another way. Upon realizing that the Wise men had bypassed kim on their return home, Herod was exceeding v^oth. In hia rage he sought to slay the Chriit Child, and sent forth and flew all the Children in Bethlehem and vici- nity of two years old and under. It was a dreadful act and little can we imagine the sorrow to the mothers whose children were alaughtered. Jerertjiah b.Q.d toid ot thk event many years before. "In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping, and freat mourning, Rachel weeping lor her children, and would not be comforted because they arc not." Jesus, The Nazarene It was not God's will that His •on should be raised in Egypt, and after the death of Herod, an angel o/ the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to take the dhild with its mother back to the land of Israel. As directed Joseph returned to his native land with Jesus and his mother, Mary. When Joseph heard that Herod's •oq Archelaus was reigning he was fearful lest the new king seek the young child's life. It does not mention where Joseph had intended living in Israel, but it may have beien near Bethlehem, the former lu>me of Mary. However, because of hit fear of what Archelaus might do, he turned aside from his original plan and settled in Naz- areth. Here, too, we can see the hand of God, for it had been fore- told "He shall be called a Naz- arene". "And behold, I am with thee, and keep thee in all places whither thou goest". Bread Stays Fresh For Two Weeks One thing to look forward to af- ter the war is bread that won't get atale. It will stay fresh for two weeks â€" just as fresh a* when it came out of the oven. Girls in the British Army are al- ready making this nev/ kind of processed bread. In fact, it was supplied to invasion troops who landed in Normandy. THE|||R GOAL: HOMES IN U. S. A. Here are a few of the 1200 Australian wives and children of Amer- ican fighting men who hopefully await the day when they can come to America. Jamming Australia's port cities in hopes oi obtaining •arly passage, many of the wives will have to wait a year before they will be able to see their future homes in U. S. A. Wat ^m^ j^^l^ ^^t^ ^^jigy jMtt^ ^t*^ ^gjoi- ^Mm ^jtm^ ^tgg^ ^11^^ 4K^^ ^il^^ JK^ ^KW m^^ ^il^r tSI^ jlt^ mll^ jsll^ JSH^ ,im^ ^bI^ JKI^ ^t9^ The Jade God By .MARY IMLAY TAYLOR CHAPTER III Thajr were in the house now, it was softly lit; there was a buzz •I conversation, the alluring sound •f distant music, beautifully gown- ad women, distinguished looking men. Ifark suddenly perceived the girl who stood beside the stately, whlt*-haired hostess. There arc moments when the rush of an •motion makes a man change col- or; ilark Grant â€" knowing how he came there and why â€" went white when he first taw Pamela Rod- ney. The next moment Landon was reluctantly presenting him to Mrs. Lynn. Mark noticed that he omitted the words, "my friend," he said only: "Stewart Byram," the nam* Teddy Banks had given him. "One of the Utica Byrams, I presume?" she said. • ♦ ♦ Mark bowed; he was only con- scious of the presence next to her, and that he hated the whole busi- nessl "I know one of your aunts, I think," said the suave voice, and Mark cursed Teddy Banks for playing some trick on thorn. Then he heard Mrs. Lynn again. "Pani, dear, let me present a friend of Archie's, Stewart Byram. Mr. By- ram, my niece. Miss Rodney." Again Mark bowed. Pam had just passed Archie Landon on to a young girl in pink, and she turned with a radiant smile for the newcomer. Mark scarcely heard the words of her little conventional greeting; he was listening to her voice; it .seem- ed as lovely as her face. He had been too long in prison to turn his tongue easily to social inani- ties, but he found sonulliing to say to her. "I've hetn out of the gay world so long I feel dumb," he told her, "hut Bahiani's .\ss spoke when the angel stood in the way." His bluntness caught her; slie laughed delightedly. "I wonder wliere you've been?" she said;, then she cauglit the fire that played in his eyes and flushed prettily. "You look romantic; as if you'd journeyed far â€" in strange lands and done â€" " she laughed again softly â€" "strange deeds!" "You're right," said Mark, "I've been to Noinaiisland and lived in a castle there." Pam laughed back at him, her r Watiifng- Walcli out for sniffly HeadCoUsi Head coUs can cause mudi suffer- ing. 1*0 promptly^ relieve the n&Hy, mttty, stuffy distreasâ€" putallttkVa-tio-nolupeaciino*- Iril.Va-tro-nol works right where trouble is to soothe irritationâ€" reduce swelling â€" make brea tiling easier. Try it I Also helps prevent many colds from devctoping if used in time. Poltow ^ ^ *««..»«*. VICKi VMR» •yes shining. She was small and •lender, with an crtct head and bright brown hair. "I haven't danced in fifteen years," he said in a low voice, "few do in Nomansland. But will you sit out one dance with me â€" just one?" "Not danced in fifteen years?" she breathed her quick surprise; It seemed immensely, long to her. "Why, I was only six years old." Then she blushed furiously; "you've made me tell my age I Yes I can give you this dance; I kept it for Teddy Banks, and Ar- chie Landon's just told me he can't come â€" " She stopped short, glancing aside at her aunt. Mrs. Lynn, in the midst of new arrivals, had turned to a tall, gray- headed man wlio had just taken his place beside her. Mark stared at him. He knew that profile, but he scarcely knew the face. Could this old, stooping, broken man be Burleson? Fifteen years had wrought fearful havoc; he looked forty years older. Could it be tiie man? The man wlio had testified against the boy of seventeen? "Thero's Uncle Herbert," said Pam. "It's lucky; it he hadn't come Aunt Henrietta would keep me here! You haven't seen the con- servatory. Conic, lot's go and look at the banana tree!" "If. Mr. Burleson your uncle, then?" Mark asked, as thoy thread- ed their way through the gay throng; stopped here and there by first one guest and then another, all eager to greet the girl. ".â- \o, his wife â€" she died three yens ago â€" was my aunt; he's my guardian, that's all," Pam ex- plained, "l)ut lie's good to me â€" oh, wonilcrfully! He's always good, you'll like him." "S'.iall I?" Mark pondered, smil- ing down at the dark head below him. Then he caught Landon's eye across the dancers in the ballroom and read vvratli in it. In a flash he understood. I.aiuloi; was jeal- ous! » * * They were in the conservatory now, alone in tlie sweet scented aisles, and .«;nnu'thing in his look, in the tense hardness of his face â€" seen in ihi.'s li.c;ht â€" ^ravc her a de- licious thrill oi frij'.h'. She was yoiMig, and the louoh of mystery about liini intrieucd her fancy. He was so different! "We've only just met, you know!" she said, as lightly as she could, but her lip trembled; she was caught too in the tide of an emotion that swept tlicni together like two chips in a torrent. "I've known you all your life," Mark answered, wlili .i deep note in liis voice. â-  Tlie ai>lcs of the conservatory were tropical; tall ferns and palms waved their fronds about them; lights shone like stars in the high arches overhead; a fountain played amid the full blown blossoms of the lotus, its heavy scent filling the air with the opium of madness. Music came to them softly, seduc- tively, and Mark's hands close* on hers and held them. * * * Her warm, soft hands trembled in his; he knew wliy her dark lash- es swept her flushed young cheeks; " " ' • • ' '*â€" th« tide had caught them both. Madness leaped up in him; In a moment he would have kissed her, h« would have dared even that, for he knew she was in a dream, car- ried away; then, suddenly, his san- ity cried out within him: "Thief; thief! You can't steal her love â€" you're a convict, let her go â€" you fool, you fool!" He heard the voice and he let her hands drop. But he was sway- ing on his feet, sheer madness had him. After fifteen year-; of misery he Iqved â€" loved at first sight! "I'm mad," he said, "stark mad" â€"then he bent humbly and crush- ed her fingers against his lips â€" "forgive me!" She was not angry; he felt that as he looked up at her. Her eyes were clear and bright, her face had softened, her lips curved; she looked at him a moment, silent, and then, softly: "You've been unhappy â€" there's a mystery about your life. I can see itl" Suddenly she laid her soft fingers lightly, a touch like thistle- down, on his short crisp hair. "Some time you'll tell me, won't you?" * * * Mark mastered himself. He dar- ed not take her hand again then. •Yes," he said bluntly, "I'll tell yoti some time and then, perhaps, you'll hate me for coming here to- day!" She did not in the least under- stand; he had swept her off her feet; there was something about him that fired her imagination; his evidently huge strength, his heath- •nish disregard of the conventions, the hint of unhappiness and prqud endurance in his face: all these things captured her fancy. That half hour in the conservatory, twi- light and fragrant as its aisles, was a kind of dream. She was still in a dream when someone came to lake her off for a dance, In a dream ch« saw Mark, standing there in the ballroom door^ watch-. jng her. His eyes followed her wherever she went, and there was that flame of life in them. The girl, young and romantic, was car- ried away with it; she had never ••en quite such a man. Among the ballroom dancers he towered like a giant. "I wonder who he is?" she thought, and could not keep her •yei away from the corner where he stood. She was angry with her- self; she was caught like a girl of sixteen! Caught by the mystery about him. "He'd be a wonderful loverl" she thought, dancing with Archie Lan- don, and she blushed softly. Archie thought the blush was for him, but an instant later, whirl- ing around in the dance, he saw that they had been passing Mark Grant. Landon set his teeth. "I'll get him out soon now!" he Ihought. But he reckoned without his hostess. When another dance claimed Pam, he found himself near Mrs. Lynn. She was gracious, "f want you to stay to dinner, Archie. I've just asked your friend, Mr. Byram. He's so unusual. Mr. Burleson thinks him interesting. You're a good boy for bringing him here." Landon reddened furiously. "I don't believe he can stay to din- ner," he sai_d hastily; "I know he's got an engagement â€" absolutely." * m * She looked frankly incredulous. "Why, Archie, he's ju?t accepted! I sent him to tell Pam just now, 80 she wouldn't invite another per- son. We're twelve as il is." "You sent him â€" " Landon pru- dently choked down the words; he was raging at tlie tliouglit of Grant again with Pam. "The fellow's mad; he'll make love tc. her!" But aloud: "I'll speak to him about it." "I shan't let him off," Mrs. Lynn replied coldly, "there's the tele- phone â€" he can cancel his enga.c;e- ment," ::.nd slie turned to speed a parting guest. Landon, caught in the tlirong about her, could not ;it first dis- engage himself. Then he saw Mark Grant leaning over Pam, his el- bow rested on the high mantel, his fine head was bent. Lanilon could not see his face, bu*. hers was flushed and intent; slic was drink- ing in Mark's words, whatever they were, with the wide intent eyes of a child. Landon raged again. "Curse him!" lie said to him- self; "I'll have to get him out or break â-  his neck!" (To Be Continued) No Harpy Homes To ^ me Home To Permission by the ministry of home security for evacuees from Britain's "Shellfire Corner" around Dover to return home brouglit no plans for happy hcmeconiings. "There is no place foi the 18,000 evacuees to come to," said a Dover official. "The 20,000 who are here now occupy damaged lunises which are repaired almost daily as new damage comes to light. Ninety- eight per cent of Dover's homes were struck by shells, bombs or splinters." The moth of the silkworm has lost the ability to fly and is Com- pletely dependent \\\w\\ man for survival. pr fiuality Yoa*U Jp SALAD TEA CHHONICLES of GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clarke V/ell, it's the day after Christmas "and all through the house, not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse". Partner and John are out at the barn; the Jiomecomers are sleeping as only city folk know how to sleep; Mitchie is content- edly licking her paws in satis- factory reminiscence of yesterday s Christmas fare â€" and no doubt hoping for more to come. The tree i« still pretty witli its tinsel and gold but its base is conspicuously bare. An array of cards adorns the mantelshelf and here and there a gift card or a piece of ribbon be- trays an unswept floor. Outside the tun is shining clear and cold on what has been very much "a white Christmas". We didn't have to dream of one â€" it was very much with us. Did you have a good Christmas? I sincerely hope so. But maybe it was like ours â€" quiet but happy. We missed our soldier son, spen- ding his first Christmas away from Canada. Our thoughts were ' often with him and we hoped he managed to get leave so that he could at least spend the day witn •ome of our numerous relations in England. * • * Meeting this one and that be- fore Christmas I thought >o often bow different this Christmas and K«w Year will be for so many. There was the young English wl£e with her baby â€" her first Christmas in Canada with her returned airman-husband , . . an- other, a Canadian bride, the first Christmas in her married hfe â€" and her husband already overseas. The family of a young soldier -~ so pitifully young â€" once reported missing but now known to be a prisoner of war in Germany. The happy mother with her sailor son home on furlough from the Seven Seas. And alas, the saddened family to whom word has come for the second time â€" "We regret to inform you . . ." There are, too, families spending their first, sec- ond or perhaps third Christmas, with the hope that the age for miracles is not yet past and that from the "underground" will even- tually emerge those reported mis- sing. Truly, we should be very W iuU oviry \\i.):ii,in wants â€" a good, all-piirpo.sc shirtwaist frock. Pattern 450S has time-saving front buttoning. Note wide size range. Pattern 4508 romcs in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 21); ;!0. ;12, 34, 36. 38, 40, 42, 44, 40, 48. Size 36 takes 3.5-^ yards 3,")-inch fabric. Send twenty cents (20c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Room 421, 73 .\de- laide St. West, Toronto. Print plainly size, name, address, style number. British Consols PIPE TOBACCO CIGARETTE TOBACCO thankful if we can say "We spen| a quiet, but happy Christmas". And now it is time to say Happy New Year to you all". A I am sure we all hope that W will see the turning of the tide. â€" a tide to bring victory a^jid peace to Allied nations and liberation to the oppressed peoples if the world. A happy new yeai^it is a wish that we express ><J glibly, isn't itT, I wonder ji^w often the wish 1« follovid^b'y action. I mean, when we wish someone a happy new. year is it just meaningless phrase prompted by custom, or do we intend to do our part toward* making this a happy year for the people to whom we speak. Per- haps you will say â€" "That's ridi- culous â€" we can't take part in the life of every person we meet." That is true to a certain extent, our in- fluence is limited by the closeness of our contact, but if we know a person well enough to pass along •a new year's greeting then we know them well enough to irnpart a sincerity in our greeting that they will be quick to recogniseâ€" of sympathy, encouragement, or just cheery goodwHl. I cannot know which applies to each of you who read this column â€" I can only repeat that I wish the best for you â€" and only you can know what that "best" should bt. And so, until next year good- bye and good wishes. Children Of Burma Keep Routes Open Hundred of Arkanese children armed with tin cans, kept the sup- ply routes Jrom blowing away i^ the Allies prepa^pd for the cu; rent western B^.tw ^pffensi-,' against the Japanese. "^ The main supply road on the Mayu Peninsula is deep in dust at this time oi the year, and with winds sweeping across tlie Penin- sula there was danger of the road being blown away. The children, however, sprinkled tlie route with water laboriously hauled from the paddy fields. They made a game of it but the Army gives them credit for keeping the trucks rolling in the critical prc-offensive period when supplies had to be stored up forward. 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