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the tribune stouffville ont thursday jan 27th 1944 sunday school lesson jksus fkkds the multitudes r golden text i ain the bread of life he that conieth to uie sliall never hunger anil he that believeth on me bhall never thirst john 035 j the lessov as a whole approach to the lesson of the promised messiah it was written long centuries before he came into the world i will satisfy her poor with bread psa 13215 and again he shall teed his flock ilka a sheperd isa 4011 the feeding of the multitudes on two separate occasions must have recall ed these prophecies to the minds of the people and caused them towond- er whether jesus christ might not be the one whose coming had been so long foretold when god brought israel out of egypt he spread for them a table in the wilderness psa 7819 the lord jesus gave the hungry crowds who had followed and listened tc i him all day long a sample of the same omnipotent power it is pitiable to note how unbelieving critics attempt to turn the edge of these testimonies to our lords creatorial byinsinuating that after all it was just a case of each sharing a lunch already provided with his neighbors who had forgotten or neglected to bring any so that as all ate to gether it seemed to them as though the food had been multiplied in a marvelous manner scripture tells us that at the mouth of two or three witnesses shall the matter be established deut 1915 and striking enough the first of these miracles is one of the few given by each of the four evangelists these men whose integrity cannot be questioned and who were either pres ent on the occasions depicted or had been accurately informed by others all describe it as a supernatural occ urrence when he who multiplies the corn on thousands of hillsides and the fishes in all the seas did in a few moments what is ordinarily acc omplished through his divine power and wisdom in weeks or months of time thus were the multitudes taught the compassion and the abil ity of god as seen in jesus christ to meet every need of the soul as he met the needs of the body verse by verse mark 635 the time is far pas sed the disciples were concerned about the hungry people who had been with the- lord jesus all day and many of whom were far from homes the night was- coming on andit seemed to be thepart both of kindness and prudencvto urge them to return at once to their different abodes verse 36 send them away that theymayfgo arid buy- themselves bread if- they were to procure pro per- food before the night fell they should hurry away for there was no provision made for them in that desert place verse 37 give ye them to eat our lords command must have a- stonlshed his disciples they had nothing to share with others and they knew not where to obtain it itwas his desire to exercise them as to the need of the people and their responsibility in regard to it even as he would have us concerned today about the spiritual dearth all about us and our responsibility to seek to do our part in meeting its de mands verse 38 how many loaves have ye we know from other records that andrew had discovered a lad with five of the flat loaves to which the people were accustomed and two small fishes someone has suggested that it was the boys own lunch all of which he gave up that others might be fed little as it was jesus christ could use it in a large way verses 39 and 40 he commands them to sit down with a voice of authority the saviour called upon theinultitude to sit down in groups upon the green grass where all could be properly fed they obeyed r his voice and sat down by hundreds and by fifties doubtless wondering whattwoiild happen next and ques tioning why he had hindered their hasty return to their homes verse 11 he looked up to hea ven and blessed and brake and gave receiving the food from the hands of andrewor of the expectant lad the loidjesusgave thanks and began to break- the bread and to divide the fishes handing supplies to the disciples that they iii turn might pass them out to the hungry folk as ahey looked wohdoringly on verse42 they did eat and were filled thero proved to be an abundant supply for all nono were disappointed no one ever needtogo hungry f rom the table that the lord jesus spreads verse 43 they took up twelve baskets ctill of fragments and of the fishes not only wore all satis fied but when the meal was over there wore as many baskotfuls left as there were disciples yet the twelve had wondered where food could be procured forso many verse 44 they that did eat t were about five thousand men mat thew adds beside women and child ren so that actually the number was even more than five thousand though doubtless not manywomen andchildren would boout inhe de sert to hear the greauteacherthat day chap 81 the multitude being very great and having nothing to eatvthe circumstances wero-slml- lar to the occasion of some months v before yet it is evident the disciples had forgotten as we often do the infew 1944- members of york county council when york county council opened its january session in the county building adelaide street east it included nine men who were not on the 1943 coun cil the majority of them serv ing tor the first time they are neal richmond mil deputy sam wright long branch who shown above top row left to right reeve frank a burkholder markham village deputy reeve a a cook aurora reeve william reeve walter proctor east gwillimbury township deputy reeve john hostrawser of vaughan township bottom row left to right reeve returns after an absence of two years reeve robt clark lea- side deputy reeve horace c purdy long branch and de puty reeve george s treadway remarkable manifestation of divine power which they had seen at that time verse 2 i have compassion on the multitude the heart of jesus christ was touched by the need of the multitude and his heart ever controlled his band for three days they had flocked about him and paid attention to his teaching until their food supplies had given out so that they were left with noth ing tojeat he could not bear to leave them in tha tidesolate condition verse 3 if i send them away fasting they will faint by the way- many people lived at quite a distance from the place in which they were to go- home hungry would work a real hardship on them verse 4 from whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness it was the- expres sion of the unbelief of the hearts of the disciples that they should so soon have forgotten tlieir former in cident would seem incredible if we did not know some of tne untrust- worthiness and the unbelief of our own hearts verse 5 how many loaves have ye and they said seven it was the provision they had made for their own need bvt they were to have the privilege of sharing it with others observe that this time they did not procure the food from someone else verse 6 he took the seven loaves and gave thanks and brake and gave following the same pro cedure as before the people were arranged upon the ground and af ter thanksgiving jesus broke the bread and gave it to his disciples to distribute to the multitude verse 7 they had a few small fishes why were these not mention ed before could it be that they had i been withheld by the doubting disi ciples until they saw how the bread was multiplied apparently the fishes were blessed separately and then distributed as the bread had i outstanding speakers for convention a great galaxy of speakers will give leadership to the annual meet ings of the ontario agricultural societies association and ihe ont ario plowmens association in tor onto early next month one of the outstanding agricultural authorities coming to these two meetings is dr ii h bennett of washington chief of the soils division of the united states department of agri culture he will speak at a joint meeting of the ontario plowmens association and the ontario crop improvement association on feb ruary 8th and to the ontario assoc iation of agricultural societies on feb lotli among the other speakers who will be heardat the plowmens associat- been verses they did eat and were rilled and they took up of the bro ken meat seven baskets again there was an abundance for of what remained of the bread and fishes en trusted to him to dispense the dis ciples received seven hampers of food in return sufficient to last a long time verse 9 they that had eaten were about four thousand again mathew adds beside women and children the heart of he lesson one of jehovahs namesof old was el shaddai the god allsufficient our lord was manifesting himself as the incarnate god abundantly able to meet every need when he fed the multitudes who on these two occ asions flocked to hear him preach the gospel of the kingdom his sup plies are unlimited what we need is faith to count upon the riches of his mercy and to draw from his abundant store i ion annual meeting on february 8 will be hon t l kennedy minister of agriculture h h bloom farm machinery administrator wartime prices and trade board dr g i christie president of the oac guelph and alex mckinney jr brampton president of the ontario federation of agriculture in addition to dr bennett the speakers to the association of agri cultural societies on february 10th and 11th will include hon john brachen leader of the progressive- conservative party toronto goodwood flashes every unused ration coupon mean3 greater ability on the part of the prices board to maintain civilian ra tion allowance and meet the demand for supplies from the armed forces and the red cross heroine promoted airs marion patterson toron to who received the george medal for high courage overseas in this war in her new uniform as lieutenant of civic defense she was promoted from corpor al since being decorated ross watson is able to be up each day lately since his recent illness mrs fred woodland called on mrs williard slack and mrsw hender son in goodwood mrs john ashenhurst was in tor onto on a recent visit goqdwoodcoal dealers have had a good season and have been getting coal through recently with the mildest winter we can remember around goodwood the fuel situation has not proved the problem it was feared it might be several of our township people and some in good wood bought wood lots so no one will freeze next winter either a wartime prices and trade board man was in goodwood checking on prices and looking up coupons robert gulliver was highest in his class at st thomas air field a for mer goodwood lad he makes us very proud regret to report that john lat- chain is reported very ill at the home of his daughter at west hill flash correspondent was in good wood on saturday the roads in uxbridge are just about the same now as they were this period last year for travelling on baptist prayer meetings have boon held twice in a row at the home of mr and mrs dan wagg their home is accommodating a battle cry sounds out from the fourth liners they want to meet all coiners with tlieir hockey sticks in hand collins pond would pro vide the battle ground we liear that some of the good wood men who bought wood lots can hardly be persuaded to come out of the underbrush when night falls and for some time they have been prac tically living in the bush great place these wonderful days our old friend calvin stafford also mrs george maye are recover ing nicely now thats fine mr and mrs j cooper spent a weekend at bethany with mr and mrs eh mairs the gallant xorton family suffered bereavement in dec in the death of cpl jack norton while an older bro ther ralph isreported wounded they are sons of mrnand mrs wm xorton and brothers of the late cpl jos xorton fatally wounded in italy last july mr and mrs s pilkey and grant of oshawa spent sunday with mr and mrs geo coppins wm whittleton who has been staying at the home of sam whittle- ton has been quite ill arthur hall employed by contrac tor morley symes was taken to the hospital in toronto suffering from apparent blood poison in the foot some time ago whileat work he ran a nail in the foot and it never healed properly we understand goodwood boys took in the free agr1 cultural course at stouffville last week when 175 students registered by way of addition to the saying that truth is no respecter of persons the peterboroexaminer remarks that many persons are no respecters of truth too many people discover that one sure thing to stop an auto from skidding is a lamp post marmill vr 18 percent protein marmill chick starter is a starting ration that has given satisfactory results year after year rapid growth strong bone good feather devel opment thase result from the feeding of mar- mill chick starter it contains every ingredient essential for good growth health and vitality all scientifically balanced coal and beat moss let us book your order for starter and brooder coalnow order your peat moss now as our sup ply is limited all orders taken subject toi our ability to supply central feed store phone 277 stouffville wptb questions typical questions consumers have asked the wartime prices and trade board this week are answered below by the central ontario consumer branch committee q i waschnrged40c pound for fresh salmon have purchased salmon at 30c a pound previous- iy was i overcharged not necessarily 40c does not seem too high for a pound of fresh salmon these prices are controlled by the board there are many different cuts of salmon which might account for the difference in price q i purchased a reconditioned watch for my boy tills watch was priced at 800 in the store and wlieii i made the purchase i was charged 10007 the store- keeper said the extra s2 whs tax and ho could not sell the watch without charging this is thiscorrect 1 a yes the price is correct there is a 25 percent merchandise tax on watches in your case the tax would amount to 2 the dealer could not make the salo without charging the tax q is there a ceiling price on sau sage i paid 45c for 1 ji lbs and gave one meat coupon a the price of sausage is control led if you bought the best grade 13c was not too much for ivi lbs you must surrender one meat coupon for this am ount of sausage q i bought one brand of tomato juice last saturday for 10c and another brand for 15c the cans were both lio same size i think 15c is much too high a yes 15c is too high for a can of tomato juice particularly when the same size in another brand is 10c please write to us again giving the name of your grocer and we will have his prices checked q my boy received two pairs of skis for christmas i returned one pair within twelve days of tho dnto of tho sale and the i storekeeper told mc ho wouii bo breaking tho wartime prices kcgulations if ho refunded my money is this correct a no this is not correct by order of the board no money can be refunded after a period of twelve business days has e- iapsed from the date of sale your dealer does not have to either take the merchandise or refund your money hut if he wishes to do so within the 12 day limit he is not violating the regulations q my small son went to a grocery store tills week where there were chocolate bars on display they refused to sell film one unless ho purchased otliei-nicr- clinndise in tho store as lie only had the nionoy for one bar they did not sell if to him is this lawful a certainly not such sales as you mention are prohibited i7 law the display of merchandise on the counter does not put a mer chant under any obligation to sell the fact that he offered the chocolate bar if your son made another purchase is illegal and as you gave us the name of the grocer we have passed your letter along for investigation i r v