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En Oat We Decern A Word The Week RthniH Clink so Two young approach Bethlehem Situated a the crest of a ridge of Hack hills terraced with vineyards what a stream of patriotic memories mixed with the inspiration flowing out of a sense of ancestry must have flooded the hearts of Joseph and Mary There lay the Gelds where the gentle who had accompanied Naomi in her return from a foreign land had gleaned the leftover beads of grain to support herself and her beloved motherinlaw And in those gorges and fields the young est of Jesses seven sons had learned to sling his stones and sing his Palm had been prepared for the future that lay before him Look there too by the gate is the famous well of Bethlehem from which David had longed to drink but faint thought be was would not because the drawing of its water bad been at the cost of strength blood and life Through all this the young couple near the place of which prophesy had said Out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to he ruler in Israel whose goings forth are from of old from everlasting Equipped with knowledge from the Most High forwarded through his messenger Gabriel Joseph and Mary knew that the fulfill ment of that prophesy was about to be realized in fact it was very near at hand Where must they go because its obviously high time they find rest They find there is no room in the hotel for such as they The necessity becomes increasingly urgent so finally their refuge is the sheep and donkeys The manger becomes the cradle for the King of Kings From this humble scene Luke in bis gospel record takes his readers to the long grassy slopes which stretch to the east of the Jewish city There in some nook of these slopes i shepherds looking after their flocks perhaps in deep and lonely thought unaware for the moment that something very special is shaping up all around them There is a hush through nature and suddenly the quiet is broken by myriad myriads of shining An angel of the Lord appears to these simple workmen and in the brightness of the glory that enshrouds them a message of the gospel good for all ages is poured into their hearts Today there was born for you in the city of David a Saviour who is Christ the Lord And this is a token for you you will find the baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger Then armies of angels break loose and their blessed song rolled across Ephratbas fields and reverberated from the hills of Davids royal city Glory to God in the highest peace on earth good will toward men This is the glory of Gods works that the Son should empty himself of all glory and appear in the image of a servant upon the earth The Lord set in motion his great work of renewal in his world corrupted and polluted by wickedness and sin Here all the lines of world history are drawn together it is the glory of Gods liberating work Christmas celebration preparations again good deal of our time and energy but does the divine proclamation really make any sense in a troubled world of suspicious and hatred revolutions and fearful possibilities for destruction Can Christmas more than Lets eat and drink and have fun because tomorrow we may die Indeed it makes no sense unless we hear in Christmas Gods call like that of a clear bell like sound of a trumpet calling men to repentance confes sion and devoted service to God and each other The sin of all sins is the rejection of God as the Lord and the utterly false and foolish pretense of our autonomy O that the true meaning of Christmas may flood our community Christ Saviour from sin King of our lives That is glory also among men Crate wins or SUTTON Lloyd Crate of Keswick is the new owner of a Cutlass Crate purchued one of tickets sold at the car Tickets for and entitled the bear er and someone else to at at the Twin Seasons Hotel in Jacksons Point Three hundred of an estimated people at tended the draw Four tele vision were alio given away on the drawing of the 150th and ticket UNICEF cards available here donate their work for con sideration for the renown ed Greeting Card collection The 1970 selection of cards features work from paintings by the well talented included in the collection been produced from Noel Kneeling An gel a wood Carving he Quebec Gallery in also includes a pec which was submitted by the children from the Childrens Village in Switzerland cards and calenders are now available from Mrs Ann Belfry Dr in Newmarket and from Shirley 12 Al gonquin Cr in Aurora BIBLICAL DANCES Eighty separate school teachers from York County schools are taking a religious education course at Notre Dame school in Newmarket this winter During the course the teachers learn Biblical dances so when they return to class they can make Bible lessons more meaningful- Above from left Mary Lou and Bob Zokey of Notre Dame Pat dance from the Old Testament the late Marc Aurele For- whose work is perma nently represented in the Ottawa Montreal and Que bec City museums at Queens University and in Paris A striking painting Eskimo Fishing from the Robins I Prescription I Picked Up and Promptly Delivered I PRICED GIFT SUGGESTIONS PRICED FROM fins Kits