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PAGE EIGHT ® THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE | SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1947 Job Faces Problem of Suffering SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1947 By NEWMAN CAMPBELL (The International Uniform Les- son on the above topic for July 20 is Job 1.6-3:26; 13:15.19; 21:7-26; 23:1-6; 42; James 5.11; the Memory Verse being Ephesians 4:32, "Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other.") 4 THE STORY of Satan's cyni- cal remark to the Lord about Job, who, he sald, would not continue his faith in God if he lost his riches and was greatly afflicted was told in this column two wi ago to explain how it happened that these trials came upon him. 'The whole problem of how evil came into the world and why some people who are wicked prosper and others who lead exemplary lives are the preys of misfortune, is discussed but not determined, unless it is by the assumption that suffering often is a purifier for those who take their trials in the spirit of Job, although even he ame very mel- ancholy and.felt rted -- as who wouldn't, with ali his afflictions? In the first place, Satan was told he might afflict Job by taking away his material possessions and even his children, but that his person was not to be touched. After the various messengers told him that first his oxen, plowing in the field, and his asses, had been taken by the Sabeans and the servants tend- ing them killed, except the one mes- | senger who escaped; that fire from heaven had killed his sheep and the servants with them; that the Chaldeans had carried off the cam- els, and worst of all, that his sons and daughters had been killed when a strong wind crashed their house down upon them, Job "rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground and worshipped, And sald, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: 'the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. In all this job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly." Satan Suggests Another Affliction When God called Satan's atten- tion 'to Job's trust and loyalty after these disasters, Satan craftily sug- gested, "put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse Thee to Thy face." "Behold, he is in thine hand," the Lord answered, "but save his life." So Job was afflicted with "sore bolls from the sole of his foot unto his crown." At this Job's wife sald to him, "Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die." This is the only mention we have of his wife, and she certainly did nothing to uphold and comfort him. Job, however, answered her. "Thou speakest as one of the foolish wo- men speakest. What? shall we re- ceive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" Three of Job's friends came to comfort and mourn with him. Eli- phaz, the Temanite, Bildad, the Shuhite, and Zophar, the Naama- thite. At first they sat silent, and "none spake a word unto him, for they saw that his grief was very great." There are a number of chapters ~ devoted to their dis courses, their theory being that Job must have sinned, and that these troubles came upon him as punish- menti_Job disagreed with them and told them so. Suffering unspeakably in mind and body, Job "opened his mouth and cursed day." He wished that he had died when he was born. "For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept, then had I been at rest." As the three friends argued with him, insisting that he must have done evil to account for his plight, Job lost patience, saying, "Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will." following this with a sublime expression of faith in God. "Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him: but I will maintain mine own ways before Him." The Lord Talks to Job Finally, out of the worldwind came the voice of the Lord to this suffering man, telling him of the extent and wonder of the world and all that it contains, and show- ing him how he, Job, is only a tiny part of it all. Job acknowledged the greatness of Jehovah. "I know that Thou canst do all things. And that no purpose of Thine can be re- strained." i The Lord rebuked Job's tHree friends and told to offer sac- rifices for their salvation; and He told Job to pray for them, which he did. Then Job was rewarded for all his suffering by being given "twice as much as he had before." His relatives and old friends who had forsaken him in his adversity, probably thinking, like the three friends, that he had been wicked and was being punished, flocked to his home to eat and drink with him, and to bring him gifts. Seven more sons and three beau- tiful daughters were born to him, and he lived to a very great age. Our last reference is to James 5:11, "Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy." By T.C. VALLEY OF NO ECHO Bridges CHAPTER XXII PERILS OF THE LOST RIVER The flood wave reached the point of the landslide before Keith was anywhere near the rim' of the cliff. Its roar rose to thunder as it smashed through the narrowed channel. "Chet!" Keith shouted desper- ately, but the crash of the flood was so loud he could hardly hear hig own voice. Yet Chet and Tuzu must have heard the wave. They would never be able to save the canoe but Keith hoped fiercely that they themselves were safe. . He reached the rim and looked down. The ledge on which they three had landed was covered with a swirl of yellow, foam-speckled water, Of Chet and Tuzu there was no sign. Hig gaze went out across the torrent and then he saw them. They were clinging to the canoe which was full of water and they and it were being swept down the rushing flood at = frightful speed. Keith did not waste a moment. He started along the cliff top, run- ning as fast as the ground allowed. In places the slope was steep as a . house roof /and the thin turf dan- gerously wet and slippery; here and there remains of half-melted snow- drifts barred his way; twice he had to climb across ridges of rock simi. lar to that from which he had first seen the flood wave. Struggle as he might, it was im- possible to keep the canot in sight and, before he had gone a hundred yards, it had been swept round a bend and he could see it no longer. "Panting, slipping and stumbling, he forced himself on until suddenly he was on the edge of a ravine too wide to jump and with sides too deep and steep to climb. He tried to go round it only to meet with sheer cliff, Completely spent, Keith dropped full length on the sopping grass and, for perhaps the first time in his life, gave way to despair, Dur- ing the past weeks Chet had be- come almost as dear to him as a younger brother and 'little Tuzu had gained Keith's friendship by his unfailing cheerfulness and pluck. Now they both were gone, for even if the canoe kept them afloat for a little they could not long survive the icy chill of the snow water. And, so far as Keith could remember, there was no pos- sible landing place for two miles or more beyond the bend. How long Keith lay there he never knew. When he dropped he had been wet with sweat from his furious exertions; the cold wind had chilled him to the bone when he struggled stiffly to his feet. By degrees hie began to realize his own plight. He had no food, no wea- pon except his revolver. Matches he had but no fuel of which to make a fire. Even if provided with food fit was out of the question to return to the river mouth, for sheer cliffs - barred the way while, if he went upstream, the prospect was equally hopeless. True, Tuzu had spoken of the Valley of No Echo where lived the mysterious "Tamer," but that could be reached only by water. The rims of the deep can- yon through which Lost River flow- ed did not seem passable by a man on foot, however well equipped. Keith's thoughts turned to Mar- rable's guards posted, so Tuzu had said, a little way up the narrow gorge called "The Slit." They, at any rate, would have shelter and food. They certainly would not share these good things willingly. Yet their cabin was Keith's only hope for life, so he began to plan how to get the better of them. Tuzu had said that they were post- ed some little way up the side stream, out of sight of the main river, and that one kept watch while the other rested. It seemed clear to Keith that his only chance was to wait until darkmess fell, then crawl up to the cabin, What would happen after that was im- possible to prophesy. He would have to take hig chances and at, present these looked remarkably slim, He turned and made bark along the edge of the cliff. As he picked his way over the perilous slopes he wondered how he had travelled down them at such speed without coming to grief. One slip meant a drop of a hundred feet or more into the racing river below. . KEITH'S ONLY CHANCE Not that Keith cared. He was so utterly depressed at the loss of his companions that he was sorry he had not shared their fate, At last he won back to the rock ridge from which he had first seen the flood wave and climbing cautiously over it was able to look down into The Slit. A ghastly placel It wag a full hundred feet deep and not much more than that in breadth at the top. At the bottom its width was only abou ten paces, and the river that filled it looked black as ink except for the gouts of yellow foam that raced on its surface. One glance was enough to show that nothing living could climb down into its depths, and Keith's spirits sank to their lowest, for it seemed to him that he wag marooned on this bare slope without food or shel- ter. Strong as he was, he would hardly survive a night in this bitter cold and, to make matters even worse, the sky looked as if a fresh storm was sweeping down off the A Tittle € Way up, The 8lit curved sharply to the left. Tuzu had said that Marrable's guards were sta- tioned beyond that bend. Keeping far enough back from the rim rock to avoid anyone seeing him from below. Keith walked up stream. He reached the bend, passed be- yond it and, going down on hands and knees, crawled to the edge. His eyes widened. This was such a change as h¢ could hardly have be- lieved possible for here the canyon was four or five times as wide as at the entrance and on a broad ledge of rock immediately beneath him stood a small but solidly built shack from the chimney of which a curl of smoke arose. Whoever wag inside was cooking, for even at this height, Keith could plainly smell frying bacon and the rich scent of hot coffee. Poor Tuzu had been right) and this was Marrable's guard house. Close to the shack, pulled up well from the river was a canoe. The paddles lay in ft. That and a stack LETS ALL GO TO CHURCH REGULARLY, The Golden Text Jab receiving the presents of his friends upon the restoration to prosperity.' "Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving aach other." '~Eph. 4:32, - By The Canadian Press Weather prospects were dull today for thousands of Orangemen pre- paring to participate in the annual Orange celebrations as weathermen forecast thunderstorms and showers likely to mar the highly colorful parades scheduled in every Cana- dian province except Quebec. Honoring the memory of King William IIT, Prince of Orange, who fought the Battle of Aughrim in Ireland in 1691 for the cause of Protestanism in England and Ire- land, the annual Orangemen cele- bration presents a spectacle of bril- liant orange bunting and uniforms rich in splendor accompanied by the militant airs of fife and drum. The Battle of the Boyne, in which Prince Willlam of Orange, later to become King William III of Eng- land, defeated the French supported Irish partisans defending the claim on the throne of James II, was fought on July 1, historians claim. A revision of the British calendar in 1750 pushed events ahead 11 days, making the time-honored date of Weather Prospects Dull For Orange Parades the celebration. July 12, which has been the accepted date since. The Battle of Aughrim, the same sources reveal, was fought on July 12 under "King Billy's" generalship and it is this battle that is actually celebrated although Orangemen sing the praises of the Boyne. Orange societies flourish in all parts of Canada except predomi- nantly Catholic Quebec. The lodges perpetuate the memory of William and the defenders of Protestantism who established a Protestant dyarchy on the Throne of England. In Ontario, long the seat of Cana- dian Orangeism, four major cele- brations are scheduled for 50,000 marchers with the largest planned for Toronto where an estimated 12,000 will parade from the Parlia- ment buildings to the Canadian Na. tional Exhibition grounds where speeches will be made by prominent lodge officials, Port Hope will be the scene of another celebration by 12,000 mem- bers of many Orange lodge chapters who will hold a parade and picnic. of cordwood were the only objects visible besides the shack. Keith looked at the cliff. It was steep enough, that was plain, but was broken with many small ledges. He had little doubt that he could climb down, always supposing that the occupants of the shack did not spot him and take pot shots at him on the way. He took a second look at the cliff and realized that he would need daylight to tackle it. It would be suicide to try it in the dark. But the climb would take some time and, whilé he was on the cliff face, he would be at the mercy of the guards. Once more it seemed to Keith that his case was hopeless. (To be Continued) Siberian Plants Now Turning Out Farm Equipment By MICHAEL O'MARA Canadian Press Staff Writer London (CP).--The Ural Moun- tains and Siberia--"the arsenal of the Soviet Army during the war'-- now are "the arsenal of agricul. tural mechanization," Peter Gore- mykin, Russian minister of agricul- tural machine' building, reports, "The largest of the Siberian plants which during the war turned out millions of shells has been re- converted and is producing 5,000 cultivators, 1,000 seeders, 1,000 sort- ing machines, 350 husking machines and millions of roubles worth of spare parts every month," Goremy- kin said in an interview with the Soviet News Service. "The job of reconversion, of course, is not an easy one. It is true that we are not threatened with economic crises or with the impossibility of giving full play to our pre-war and wartime production capacities. Nor are we threatened by unemployment of a decline in purchasing power since the purpose of our industry is not to pile up profits but to meet the growing needs of the population . , . "(But) naturally we have our own specific difficulties, due mainly to the gigantic destruction and the necessity for thorough-going re- organization of techniques .. . "Our agriculture sustained heavy losses in the districts occupied by the Nazis. All the machines were destroyed and these had to be re- placed." With a "retraining school" turn. ing out 1,000 top-grade mechanics yearly and many plants training "as many as 70,000 workers," tha building of agricultural machinery og go forward at an increased rate. "This year we will turn out 34,000 tractors and 510,000,000 roubles ($102,000,000) worth of various other agricultural machinery, including 32,000 tractor-drawn plows, 80,000 horse-drawn plows, 7,000 harvester combines, 115,000 tractor and horse. drawn cultivators and 55,000 horse- drawn mowing machines. "The mechanization of agricul. ture had been practically com- pleted before the war . . , three. quarter; of the sowing and more than half the plowing was done with the aid of tractors. Half the grain harvest was gathered by combines . . . "We will continue to increase the mechanization of farming until the pre-war level has been regained and exceeded." = The Church -- With™a Challenge ALBERT STREET UNITED CHURCH Calls, "COME TOMORROW" REV, E. DONOVAN JONES, B.A. Pastor MRS. ROBERT HOLDEN Music Director 11 AM. MORNING WORSHIP Communion PARENTS--Bring the children. A nursery is provided where the little tots may enjoy themselves; while Junior Church is a real treat for the older children. Friends are cordially invited to Join with us. Sunday School at 10 am. RADIO SERVICE at 1 p.m. ! INSPIRING MUSIC and MESSAGE * SERMON "It's Easy . .. Really It is!" The second and final part of a iessage which has "set people thinking." » Ladies This is the Ladies' Service. Mrs. C, Lee will bring greetings from Why not cal up a attend this Sale of New Autos Is Increasing--Ottawa Ottawa (CP). -- Sales of new motor vehicles, which this year reached record proportions for any first quarter, continued to gain in April and May, about 18,400 being sold in each month, the Dominion Bureau' of Statistics reported. To. tal sales for the first five months were 81,654 vehicles. Retall value of sales in April and May were slightly above $32,000,000 each month, while the aggregate for the five months amounted to $140,982,132. Sales in April last year were 9,482 vehicles with a value of $13,500,935 and in May 11,566 at $17,256,421. Aggregate for the five-month period last year was 35,306 units retailed GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 150 ALBERT ST. Rev, N. Kritsch, Pastor 10.00 am.--Sunday School 1100 am. --Morning Service . Count the Cost Holy Communion to be Cele~ No Evening Worship During July and August. * SPIRITUALIST CHURCH The Guiding Star LO.F, Hall, 20 King St. W, Services Sun., July 13 7 p.m. Speakers: ANNIE CUTHBERT Message Bearer -MRS. COROS Everybody welcome. CEDARDALE UNITED CHURCH Mr. Philip Smith Student Min, CENTRE MR. NORMAN Organist and Choir Leader 201 College Ave. Phone 3278R 11 A.M. PUBLIC WORSHIP Service conducted by The Rev. W. P. Fletcher, D.D. 11 AM. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL THE I'RIENDLY CHURCH 'Pastor--Rev. T, H, P, Anderson 169 Athol St. EB. Phone 3135R ST. UNITED CHURCH 10 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL 11 A.M. MORNING SERVICE "Christ's Answer to Fear" 7PM. : EVENING SERVICE "Thy Kingdom Come" PHILIP SMITH, B.A. Student Pastor Come one, come all, let us hear the word of God and praise Him, KNOX CHURCH (PRESBYTERIAN) ° Rev. H, F. Davidson, M.A, Minister Mr. David Jenkins, Organist and Choirmaster 10.00 AM.--SUNDAY SCHOOL 11.00 AM.--PUBLIC WORSHIP BROADCAST CKDO No Evening Service During JULY and AUGUST BAND SHELL SERVICE SUNDAY EVENING 8.30 P.M, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CORNER KING AND MARY STREETS PASTOR--REV.. RALPH F. WILLSON ORGANIST AND CHOIR LEADER--MRS, F. VANDER-VOOT 9.56 AM.--SUNDAY SCHOOL 11 AM.--THE POOR MAN'S MARKET 7 P.M.--IT"S A DATE SUMMER VISITORS -- WELCOME Rev, L, E. Fletcher Pastor Free Methodist Church 17 ERIE ST.-Opposite Cedardale Fire Station wav. SUNDAY SCHO Cordially Invited Mr. J. ALDOUS and 1MAM.| = 7 PM. peaking ® Warm Fellowship ® Special and Congregational Singing Parents and Children on Vacation in Oshawa MR. J. W. MINNS, "Only Once a Stranger at the Services" CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH "INDEPENDENT--EVANGELISTIC--MISSIONARY"" Centre and John Streets Rev. ALBERT H. WHITEHEAD The Pastor, Will Preach At Both Services. 11 A.M.--The Secret to Revival 7 P.M.--Saved in the Nick of Time 9.45 AM.--SUNDAY SCHOOL. WEDNESDAY, 8 P.M.--Prayer and Praise Meeting SATURDAY, 8 P.M.--PRAYER MEETING. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE First Church -- 64 Colborne St. E. SUNDAY SERVICE AT 11:00 AM, 0 Subject: SACRAMENT Wednesday evening meeting at 8:00 o'clock includes testimonies of healing through Christian Sclence, The reading room at 1 Simcoe St. South Room No. 3, (upstairs In Bassett Block) will be open dally from 2 to 5 p.m. and on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. excepting Sundays and legal hoil- days, where the Bible and Christian Science literature may be studied and purchased, and subscriptions placed for periodicals. 245 Simcoe St. 8. THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Pastor: R. A. BOMBAY ST. ANDREW'S UNITED CHURCH REV. GEORGE TELFORD, M.A, B.D., Minister C. J. W. TAYLOR, D.C.M,, Organist and Choirmaster SUN. 11 A.M. and 7 P.M. MON. 8 PM.--YOUNG PEOPLE WED. 8 P.M.--PRAYER A WELCOME AWAITS YOU SERVICES OF WORSHIP, SUNDAY, JULY 13th Simcoe Street and St. Andrew's Congregations in St. Andrew's Church at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Rev. G. Telford will Conduct the Services. The Sunday ©-hool Will Worship with the Congregation at 11 a.m. A CORDIAL WELCOME TO ALL NORTHMINSTER Rev. B. 8. Morwood, Minister UNITED CHURCH COR. SIMCOE AND ARLINGTON Kelvin James, A.T.C.M., Organist COME TO MORNING WORSHIP AT 11 A.M. with REV. J. S. I. WILSON IN CHARGE CHURCH SCHOOL -- All Departments Meet at 11 am. in the Auditorium, No Evening Service During July and August. ALL ARE WELCOME. NASSAU STREET COSPEL HAL SUNDAY. -- 7 P.M. Gospel Service Speaker: MR. H. FLETCHER, of Toronto WED., 8 P.M.--BIBLE READING. FRI, 8 PM.---PRAYER MEETING A Very Hearty Welcome to All LISTEN TO CKDO, THURSDAY, 9.15 P.M. THE SALVATION ARMY Corner Oak and Simcoe Streets MAJOR AND MRS, H. G. ROBERTS, Commanding Officers. - Phone 4455 .. SUNDAY SUMMER SERVICES 11 AM. BIBLE CLASSES AND SUNDAY SCHOOL ! 2 P.M. ~The Band will play at Lakeview Park during the afternoon. 7PM. KING STREET UNITED CHURCH REV. J. V. McNEELY, M.A, B.D., Minister WALTER H. JACKSON, Organist and Choirmaster Morning Worship 11 A.M.--The Wing and the Hand SOLOIST--MRS. RALPH TAYLOR Mrs. Harvey Stone in charge of Music The Church School Meets During Worship 8.30 P.M.--Service at the Band Shell A Welcome Awaits You ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY.SCHOOL LESSON : 'Befiptire--Job 1:6-3:26; 18:15; 10: 21:7-26; 28:1-6; 42; J as a sinless man, but Satan said the Lord favored him and if he lost his. wealth he would curse Him. The Lord gave Satan leave to take away his pos- sessions and even _his_children.., Job's possessions were taken away and his children killed, but when Job re- ceived the news, he shaved his head. fell upon the ground and said, "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath, taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. ~ Job's friends argued that he must have ' done something wicked and was being. punished for it, but Job disagreed, and) answered, "Though He slay me, yét will JIstrust in Him; but I will maintain mine own ways before Him.' By-Alfred J. Buescher { | ~ Because' of his faith in affliction, the Lord restored all Job's possessions, and added more, and all his friends came; 'and brought him gifts, and seven sons and three daughters were born to him. VUEMORY_VERSE--Ephesians 4:32,