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5uset5f5i mm oat mursoay october o ivov sunday school lesson lesson for october 8 golden text to me to live la christ- phu 121 the lesson as a whole approach to the lesson it is one thing to trust the lord jesus as saviour it is quite another to give him his rightful place as lord of ones life salvation is by pure grace apart altogether from human merit eph 2s 9 titus 35 but those who have been redeemed to god by the blood of christ are called upon to present their bodies as living sacrifices holy accept able unto god rom 121 be cause we are bought with a price we are admonished to glorify god in our bodies and in our spirits which are his 1 cor 620 our blessed lord asks his disciples to commit tbem- elves wholly to his authority it has been well said if he is not lord of all he is not lord at all self- interest should have no place in the lives of his followers we should not think it a matter of hardship thus to come under the con trol of our blessed lord but rather as a great and glorious privilege to be identified with him in his shame and suffering as we remember that it was for our blessing that he en dured earths scorn and hatred to bear the cross after him simply means that we seek to share with him in his rejection by the world and recognize our identification with him in his death the saintly samuel rutherford when enduring perse cution because of his faithfulness to his lord wrote from his prison in aberdeen christs cross is to be such a burden as wings are to a bird and as fins are to a fish it was but another way of saying what paul declared so long before god for bid that i should glory save in the cross of our lord jesus christ by whom the world is crucified unto me and i unto the world gal 614 to follow the lord in loyal devotion will often mean present suffering and misunderstanding but in the coming day of manifestation none will regret that he has endured too much for christs names sake and will rejoice in that he was counted worthy to follow in his train the historical setting christs challenge to his disciples for wholehearted devotion followed closely upon peters great confession and christs rebuke when he failed to recognize the necessity of his coming crucifixion this ocurred during our lords ministry in the region near caesarea philippi in the summer of ad 29 the call of simon and andrew and james and john took place by the sea of galilee near capernaum in the winter of the previous year the letter to the philippians was written while panl was a prisoner in rome probably in ad 64 verse by verse matt 1624let him deny him self the path of disclpleship is one of constant selfabnegation the lord was preparing his followers for the responsibilities that would be theirs when his prophetic words con cerning himself were fulfilled they would be called upon to ignore fleshly claims and to take up the cross which meant accepting the place of rejection with him and thus they were to follow in his steps verse 2 5 whosoever will save his life shall lose it he who would think to better his condition by a- voiding persecution for christs sake and so to save his life would really lose it but he who was ready even to lay down his life for christs sake would keep it unto life eternal death in this world would be only the introduction to everlasting glory mark l16he saw simon and andrew casting a net into the sea these brothers had met with jesus a short time before but had not then been called to leave all to follow him now they had reached a crisis in their lives when they must make a great decision observe that it was the lord jesus not they who took the initiative john 1516 verse 17come ye after me and i will make you fishers of men it is a mistake to attempt to apply these words to all disciples of the lord jesus christ in a special way he selected these two and oth ers later for a great soulwinning ministry but we may be assured that all who follow htm faithfully will be used of him in some way verse 18straightway they for sook their nets and followed him their hearts had already been won for him now when the call came for fulltime public service there was no hesitancy it is true they had not much to leave but for his names sake they turned from whatever they had in the way of earthly pros pects and he made them valiant and competent workmen in the great task of winning souls to himself verse 20strnightway ho called them and they left their father and went after him this was a real test they doubtless loved their fath er zebedee intensely but they put christ and his claims first and so forsook home and business for his sake phil 119 20my salvation through your prayer these two verses show us how paul relied upon the prayers of the people of god and how encouraged he was by the reali zation that they were remembering him in this way while he was in prison for christs sake he felt stouffville livestock exchange at the new stouffville sales arena saturday october 14th auction sale every saturday at 1 oclock livestock our specialty phone us pickup and delivery service can be arranged farm implements tractors furniture a little of everything yob bring st weul sell it first sale of its kind ever held in york county 2 sales rings in operation at same time have installed the latest in speaking systems in the sales arena grand prizes free lucky draw ladies free afternoon tea 330 5 come and see the latest telephone refreshments page service sale at 1 oclock sharp everybody welcome for information call stouffville 290w2 sellers atkinson auctioneers that it presaged his own deliverance and pointed to the time when he would be free again according to his earnest expectation and hope to preach christ openly and widely it it should be the will of god or else to glorify him in a martyrs death he had but one ambition that christ himseu should be magnified in his body whether by life or by death verse 21for to me to live is christ christ meant so much to paul that his whole heart was devot ed to glorifying him this should be true of all believers and if so it will result in the richest possible christian experience it implies a surrendered will and the body yield ed to the lord who redeemed it that it may be used only to his praise to die is gain death is no enemy to the one to whom christ is all to live gives opportunity to manifest christ down here to die is to be with christ than which nothing could be more precious verses 22 23what i shall choose i wot not the apostre himself was in a dilemma as to which of these he would prefer were the choice left to him ir permitted to continue in the body he would have further opportunity of service for him who had claimed him to this ministry on ihe other hand he longel to de part and to be with christ which is far better his had been a life of toil and suffering for christs sake such as only a spiritsustained man could have endured without fainting and as he lay in the roman prison he longed for release a release which would mean to be forever with christ labor for christ was sweet but rest with christ would be sweeter verse 24to abide in the flesh is more needful for you pauls un selfishness comes out strikingly here as he weighs everything he sees the need of ministering to the church of god rather than seeking rest for himself verses 25 26 that your re joicing may be more abundant by my coming to you again it is clear that paul fully expected that the lord would permit him to re visit philippi that the rejoicing of the saints there might bo more a- bundant on his behalf they were his children in the faith as a ten der father he yearned over them and longed to see them once more before closing his earthly ministry we have no record in the word of god as to whether this desire was ful filled but there are earthly church traditions which indicate that it was the heart of the lesson commitment to jesus christ in volves placing oneself entirely at his disposal to be guided and directed by him through the holy spirit and the written word of god a mistake made by many is to profess to yield themselves to christ for some spec ial service it is not for us to choose what we should do for him or where we should go one might for instance offer himself to the lord for the christian ministry without be ing called of god for that work or qualified to do it another might present himself to the lord to go as a foreign missionary who had neither health nor ability for such strenuous service the important thing is to be willing to serve in whatever capacity christ himself may choose for us elizabeth buchanan wins calf climaxing a ticket selling cam paign by the york county junior farmers association the fall dance marking the close of the season at cedar beach gardens musselmans lake brought out some five hun dred on saturday night last in spite of the frigid weather which no doubt kept many away after a rollicking square dance the weather seemed to turn milder tenyearold elizabeth buchanan of 35 metcalfe st aurora was the winner of the registered holstein heifer calf donated toy geo w henry of oriole lodge farm tod- morden and jos darlington hol stein county salesman also of todmorden agricultural repre sentative w m cockburn new market called on mrs geo henry to draw the winning ticket to decide the future home of the calf oriole lodge marion texal incidentally elizabeth bought her ticket from her cousin nelson buchanan of the victoria square junior farmers club the executive expects to be able to forward about one hundred and fifty dollars from the dance to the ontario junior farmers winnipeg flood fund jpss nims aluminum serves breakfast in bed 2 i0m hi njjf hospitals select eqtripment with unusual care thafs why aluminum utensils are used in hospital kitchens everywhere health authorities recommend aluminum because it meets every need of hygienic food preparation enjoy this food protection in your home too no other metal is more foodfriendly than aluminum hints to the 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critic of the opposition and one from m j coldwell smooth urbane imperturbable as usual 16 words every one of them i have used them before mr coldwell believes in planning and like many of us has lived long enough to realize that the best laid plans of mice and men f gang aft agley who knows what may happen a hundred years from today mr coldwells views may be accepted in that distant age butwlio wants to be the posthumous father of a cataclysm the house of commons is a difficult place in which to make a speech who wants to listen to house of commons speeches except the ones who make them the chances are that he has mumbled his own so often to him self that he has learned to hate his child before it is delivered i have spoken to audiences in every province of canada except two twice in the united states once in england the worst speeches i ever made were in the house of commons may they sleep well in the deep tomes of hansard in which they are now entombed no one wiil disturb them no one dis turbs past speeches except a few ghouls who want to shove them down the throats of those who made them just to prove that they- were wiser then than now they probably were so far as the speeches are concerned let us hope after lifes fitful fever they sleep well the cue for this year so far as parliamentary speeches are con cerned is the cost of government why bring this up it may be tiresome but theres a reason for it there has been a war costs have gone up and among the first casualties of war is economy of governments having become accustomed to lavish expenditures they find it difficult to curb the flow and so for years afterwards or at least until the postwar boom is ended there is no real move ment towards the reduction of government expenditures there is a pleasure in spending we love to squander we despise the one who pinches pennies there is some thing else spending is a loving task parsimony as burke once said requires no providence no sagacity no powers of combina tion no judgment it differs from spending when we think of spending there comes to every man whether he be scotch or irish the idea of economy he wants to know how he can get the most for his money it was in the last paragraph of the amendment to the speech from the throne moved by mr macdonnell and read as follows 3 this house regrets that the policies of the government make no provision for a program of national development without which there can be no hope of a reduction of taxation and the present high cost of living there is the straight road the national effort should be concen trated not on providing grants of spending money for certain assumed purposes but by spending calculated to strengthen the capac ity to produce take for instance the present manitoba flood i know nothing of the engineering prob lem involved but by joint action between canada and the united states the chances are that a solu tion could be found this is only one of many problems success in these reasoned efforts means strengthening the economy elim inating waste lowering the cost of living increasing the capacity to produce the mere transfer of money from one group to another from the state to all will function only to weaken not to strengthen the national economy and may well make conditions worse not better the prime minister speaking at granby pq a few days ago in the course of his remarks said those who complained about the present financial setup were only complaining of responsibil ities which every adult person should have it is easy for those who through merit alone have risen to high positions of great responsibility to think lightly of the responsibili ties of others i do not know how a sense of responsibility can be inculcated by shifting the most sacred of all responsibilities the care of their own families from those on whom it naturally lies and putting it on others