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aenmttact btosusm not iom ubf m a tft whkttvw be tart amon th jeers utvjfclaep owettmae ui1 attnlng wkiwnrdmibb aeeau ue or what were let hsia toa one day tk ita polauant meanin- tor uuti omneu litwih ear tbamct tuut atain wealth mar have taken wins yet shd hun are clear w to tow with eendle- ubt itaw ar bmejia for tariusda and a tuna a white ate thaw man eaelent etory to be told tjiere are kind worde and eheerihe ward i m bo haw on ota chrlh chlmi the acton free press mo tmmt to up aou little flr tree lifted havtht imn la no heart too heavy nor too bad but some man tlft of low can mala it dan and tan am homeeweet noma where lanthtar rlnsi and oem umt the carob aa of old ajmwettio eastern bay moll orowell the ou man twenty years ago f fee rrw pnm of ifetnosay dmw1w ssut 1011 mhnr ojirtatmasi 1 some ftunimb in the nelgfibortiaod ri- mne pfcnrinr on monday the ro ourtcey of the chrutmaa trade mi sold at ifcxnery a evans meat market on saturday it weighed so potmdi end at the prevailing pries of 40c oost the customer 91300 pte leonard atkinson of the 184th battalion pte heber wlllumi gunner a u fitntth pte arthur want arrived home from dvoisboj during the week santa clous oame loaded to the beard- more cbrlftmu tree last thureday afternoon and evening cope tbrranoe beardmore was pres ented vtth a bm watdh by the reoep- tlon oonuaittee at the ohrlitimu tree entertainment a cwo imleome in tendered pte root w etewart at the hlffh school at home on friday mrmoag when the clttsens committee presented him with a cold watoh at the annual mewing of the horti cultural society the offtcrni for the past year were reelected a chttlbtmas frayeb lord give our hearts their youth at chrlatniatlde lot ue believe aa did the three who went to lay their gifts their honor and their pride before n child we who have richly pent the coin of yean need now replenished ton of simple faith and hearts that seek the light twer too would stand beside- an open door 1 to see the glow that circled earths dark night wanted omiotnal thinking that a most thoughtprovoking plea for original thinking which sir prederiekrbanttaff made to the students at the university of saskatchewan trie other day counselling them to take a serious view of their training he said you will be master of the country to morrow and m the face of all the isms chabengtug the world you must ktep your feet on the ground sir frederick banting remarks at saskatoon were made when on a nation wide tour of inspection of faculties for medical research ln colleges and hoe- pttals with sir frederic as chairman en associate oommlttee on uedteal re search was recently established by the national research council and it la confidently expected that this forward wove will ktlmulsxe original resrih in canada this country has already given the world some of the great bless- lnga of sclentlne study including sir frederick bantings insulin and it will be matter of further pride if in the future canada should lead the world in medical discoveries cancer for ex ample wua mentioned by sir frederick j t daj of anticipation and then aa presenting a ircmendou challenbe lo i ruijuton to children a seemingly cn0aa time to some of us older onus all too shorw whatever your age make it the merriest you can circumstance under which you obstne it are no doubt different than from last year or oth r jtara circumstances mij be unerenc next year awhile heard the first notes of the organ j arsl so entered 4 i believe that it is more than thirty years since x was in an english church on christmas iky the old time and the old fanes lived again for me i saw rnyaelf on the far side of the abyss of years that self which is not myself at all though i mark points of kindred be tween the beings of then and now ue who in that other world sat to bear the christmas gospel either heeded it not at all rat lnhle own won or listened only as one hi whose blood was heresy be loved the notes of the organ but even ut his childish mind distinguished clearly between the muato and its local motive more than that he could separ ate the melody of word and of thought from their dogmatic significance enjoy ing the cm whilst wholly rejecting the other on earth peace goodwill to men already that line was among the trea sures of his intellect but only no doubt because of its rhytlam its soneruy life to him was a hsif conscious striving for the harmonic in thought and speech and through what a tumult of unmelodi- ous circumstances was he beginning to fight his way today i listen with no taereuoal promptings the music whether of organ or of word is more to me than ever the literal meaning causes me no resttve- the sunday school lesson sunday december 25 10u gods oraarr love golden text god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever belleveth on him should not perish but have eternal life john a is w lesson text matthew 2 113 expoautoft i the wise men seek ing jesus to worship him 1 a the certainty of gods word comes out remarkably in this passage seven hundred years before mieah had pro- phosied that he that was tor be ruler in israel whose goings forth have been from old everlasting was to come forth out or bethlehem mlc 5 3 but she that was chosen to be the mother of jesus did not live in bethelhem but for away in nazareth men who were utterly unconscious of gods purposes and prophecies but many decrees and ways worked together so that mary was brought to bethlehem st the time of of our lord s birth and thus ood s word was fulfilled and his eternal plan car ried out cf luke 2 14 fi 7fl u the sure word or prophecy was spoken over seven oenturles before by s man ness i felt only glad that i had yielded who was bom along by the holy spirit to the summons of the christmas bens o thus fulfilled to the very letter in i sot among a congregation of shadows spite of all the cruming of great men not in the great cathedral btlt in a little through their very wickedness gods parish church far from here when i came forth it astonished me to see the softly radiant sky and to tread on the moist earth my dream expected purposes and words were fulfilled these wise men from the east were the ancient mogt they were students of the stars astrologers they sought to live up to windswept canopy of cold grey and ail the best light they had and god met beneath it the gleam of newfallen snow it is a piety to turn a while and live with the dead and who can so well in dulge it as he whose christmas is passed in no unhappy solitude i would not now if i might be one of a joyous com pany it is better to hear the long- silent voices and to smile at happy thmgs which i alone remember when i was scarce old enough to understand i heard read by the fireside the christ mas sonzas of in memorlam to night i have taken down the volume them where they were and gave them mo e light it la always so he that lives up to the light he has will get more cf acta 10 15 30 32 hut the man who refuses to live up to the light that he has will lose even that matt 25 20 2 thes 2 11 12 as they studied the stars god led them by a star the light that led them on was dim only starlight but lb was the best they had and as they followed it faithfully god gave them fuller light that of his revealed word lord hejp us find again the longlost me to know poetry the voice which never y i spoke to me but of good and noble things thatod to wonder in the wwoome woj1 omtxmi protnrlondly w aomethlos of the toy llvliib toneue however weloome lte bound at another time jealouily i guard andufe ve of oiia7tuiread adollowlnsr that they nod him who i to me o aams t no otherl jno voice ever did that voice which taught comradely spirit that we used to know the star shines on for those with eyes to see a finite gleam toward all infinity eleanor auetta chaffee young or old this is a busy week weve all read the poem about the night before christinas but it seems to me that if i were poetically inclined i would write another about the week before chris mas with so much going on m preparation about our house mary scarcely allows me time to get settled down to write my screed for the paper lvc been saying merry christmas for a good many years i ve tried many dlf ferent ways of saying trie same thing each year might i just say that 1 did enjoy that christmas edition last week of our own paper and i liked the stories that were contributed by mrs clarke of oinger farm there were a lot of other features i enjoyed loo when you read this there will be just two days before the great event christ- science experimentation in the pure science of physics had been the begin ning of radium treatment of this disease in industry too the university sui dents could render national service as they did in oermany before the war when they were called upon to solve many industrial problems as this eminent authority so well ex pressed it science today was the re search of yesterday there u no better barometer of the standing of a unlver alty areuntry than its contributions lo science outlining some of the char sretrristics which he held to be essential in every rese worker he listed a transparent honesty so that the scientist could uot decrle even himself an unselflshneas leaving room for team a ork and cooperation an observant mind tenacity imagination a sacrificial nature and above all else common sensjts any one of us he declared will accomplish within reason all we set out to do li we work hard enough and long enough there will be increased interest in medical research in canada as a result of uw new ottawa project and can adians generally will no doubt agree with sir fe banting when he suggests that the drafters of university curricula provide for opportunities tor students to do some original tmsuttng canadian fotatoks in china canada is ecttvety engaged in the chinese potato trade and this is how it came about prior to the disturbances in korth china japan was the principal supplier of potatoes to hong kong on account of her ability to offer produce at prices which wen competitive even with the following meditation about christ mas is taken from oeorge gassings the private papers of henry ryecroft an english classic first printed in 1903 george gjlaaing was a dstinguishld british novelist whose books continue to be read by the discerning few the christmas bells dre me forth this morning with but half formed purpose i walked through soft hasysun- fthlne towards the city and come into the cathedral dose and after lingering i 4 king my christmas solitude from one who has seen many christ mases under many circumstances mary and x wish you all the very merriest christmas you have ever had trfkv r prompt action of indian agent atrts ivnioid ever epidemic how the prompt acton of the indian agrnt stationed at edmonton ajbtrta averted a possible typhpid fever epidemic ut the wibomui reserve sixty milts west of edmontoii lias bn reported to he lxexirtnitnt jf mines ut d rtourci ottuua i wher word of an outbrt ik of typhoid revcr ut the wubaimm indian reswt leached the indian atfent in bdmantan on september bti he immediately ob talmd utiti typhoid vaccine and proceed ed to the reserve accompanied by u doctor who irxulotcd 1m indians lining on the rvntrve on the following day in their earnestness to find the kii they took a long weary journey but their labor was obundantly rewarded they mode a far better use of their little light than the chief priests and scribes did of their fuller light they came for the best purposta to worship him h herod seekng jesus to kill him 38 the tidings that came to herod that the king was come should nave brought him joy but in reality they troubled him for he wanted to be king himself so many a heart today that ought to welcome christ as king with joy is troubled at the declaration that christ is kins for we wish to be king our selves but not only herod was troubled but all jerusalem as well jerusalem the city of the great king whose whole glory was to center in htm was un willing to receive his corning instead of rejoicing at it jno l 11 how many in the church would be troubled if they knew jesus was coming i to morrow herod thought the proper place to go for information about the christ was lo the scriptureo in that lu uos right jno 5 3d if hi had studied the bible as he ought for him relf it would not have been necessary for him to go to the chltf p tests und scribes to uu him but many klrws and many common people instead oi search lng the- scrlpturus for themselves dejxnd upon the theologians for their lnforma tlon herod as very thorough in hb search to find out about chris tne sought again god leads them by the star and leads them to the very spot where the young child was they were more aeeustomed to be led by stars than any other way and ood adapts hts leading to our necessity while herod and jerusalem had been troubled at the thought that christ was come the wise men of the bast rejoiced with exceeding great joy to find him those who enjoy the largest privluges oftentimes least appreciate them and those who have the least light are most eager for more cf matt 8 10 11 there is an eager ness to hear about christ today in heathen lands that is sometimes lack ing in sovalled christian lands there is no greater joy than that of finding jesus when they entered the house they fell down and worshiped jesus they saw mary his mother but they did not worship her worship may not have meant to them all it means to us but it is right to worship jesus heb 1 8 when they had worshiped they pres ented to him their gifts that la the true order first worship then giving tphey gave him their very best gold and fnuiklncense and myrrh cf pi 79 1011 they were wis men in deed 1 they sought jesus 2 they found jesus 3 they rejoiced over jesus 4 they worshiped jesus 5 they gave gifts to jesus it should wobk bessie 111 get even with her jessie how bessie i d tell her she must nave been rather pretty as a grl once they hid behind beards here are two members of the very flashy 103830 edition of new york rangers classed by lester patrick as the bestbalanced team he has ever led this pair stops in coming forwards in the neighbor hood of the blue line and not se ions ago were doing it with the aid of beards which they hid behind until the feminine fans at madison square garden expressed their dis approval mun patrick son of the ranger boss is seen above while alongside is art coulter his part ner on one of the blueshlrtr de fence pairs the indian vgept took sampus of watt r from two cells the creek running guthe ed all the chief priests sna all through the resene and lakl wubamun ule inquired diligently r which vcr delivered to the provincial labpratoo in edmonton for bee erto logical analysis one week laur the agent again returned to the reserve ac companled by the doctor when the second inoculuton was given the third imd final inoculation was ptvm m ei- kmber 22d only foui dtunlti ctaes if tuou lever developed w hkjl w ulmluixi u to hospital in edmonton all of thetx palienu made rapid recovery and ruitc since beein discharged the whole res crte was placed under quarantine und a nurse was luulontd at hie reserve where she umaiiied on duty until all danger of a fur her t utbrea wua mn fullowuig the reports of the water an btyses prtcautlonajy instructions were issued o the indians and correc ive measures applied u the wells on the reserve the wise men he told them to a and sturch diligently he laid his plans with great skill he was bound to make sun he thought he had left no loop hole in his achtimes but he hod left god out uf his culculutiono the bcrltxa were well instructed from hr scrlpturtv jjici perectiy or l hod x tliev km w just whese the christ should be born but they had no interest in his coming there is much of that sort of tocrtp ure knowledge and orthodexv still it did the scribes no good christ must be bprn in bethlehem for thus it was 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