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iv f the gwi hmu wednesday dec 1 1 th 1 946 m all uuougb tee holiday a fclcphoftc operator w31 be on duty and all long distance lines in service ijo handle the thousands of extra caua we know will be made most of theae calls wdl be completed promptly occasionally however tiwrc wfflbe some delays if yaw christmas call is one of those which cannot be put through un mediately you may be suit well do everything possible to keep delays to a minimum coavjunr of omm smdty school ussoe jk uhtob on ow8- try her b- a todd that attbough be tom hewsom de laval milking machines and cream separators woods electrical equipment milkers grinders coolers firestone tires and accessories cockshutt farm implements universal farm jeep 4 machines in one light truck car tractor and power unit whjjoughby real estate agency office on mul streets just around the corner from the bank of commerce telephone office 332w residence 332 this letter paul write to xtaue men a ctoriathan oluaen ot colossae of oneeftxaue a slave who bun apparently rim away after steal- from bis master coming m con tact wttti the otorisuaiis at rome irtun puut is a prisoner be cotnes un der the influence of ttaul and la con verted paul penmades mm to return and make amends to bis master wbue be paul writes a miter appealing to philemon to forgive him ap philemons reputation for christ- ian love paul pleads that the slave be not only forgiven taut received as a brother in ver 69 be says that while be nrigfbt be bold enough in christ to ooiibttaod this yet cor loves sake fat rather appeals to his affec tions the word repeatedly transla ted bowels in the king james ver sion should be rendered heart for in those days the bowels were regar ded as the seat of the affections paul gpes an to guarantee full pay ment at whatever loss has been occa sioned by oneslmus be will himself repay though be might remind phi lemon that be owes bis very exis tence as a christian to paul vs 18 19 the issue is a very delicate one of course slavery was an old estab lished custom and paul has to handle this matter wisely we see that while he is prepared to exert his authority in the cburoh be prefems tat phile mon show christian grace towards oneslmus voluntarily in the same way ithat tiie grace of god was shown to wards both of them not merely out of obedience to a command that bas the force of law or through i of obligation to paul but as a han man philemon ought to show christian love to his runaway slave who is himself a member of the chris tian church in v 21 paul seems to lilnt that he hope philemon will give oneslmus his freedom knowing that thou wilt also do more than i say but he does not specifically command this nor does he say anything against slavery as such paul seems to opun enance the institution of slavery here is a member of the christian church one whose faith and manner of life von the commendation of the apostle openly continuing the prac tise of slavery and yet paul says no thing against it we are not justified however in assuming a holler than thou attitude towards paul and the christian church of his day for it is not true to say that the church bore no wit ness against slavery and while paul flneajmnw toe toss no moral right be cause s enowsar4atlmns they stand an equal tooting before the throne of cod ptotwanon tit not merely to forflgtve oneshtnus his offences b is to accept ham as a brother it hardly needs to be pointed out what the consequences social economic and political for oneslmus wouer be the relation of ghrlstlan to christian is such aban an institution like slavery is bound to dissolve christianity was able to make in roads upon slavery just because it did not regard the freeing of slaves as the most urgent issue at stake paul and his contemporaries in the christian faith were primarily concerned that master and slave alike should come in faith in christ the slave was made free already if he believed the gospel just as paul in prison could write as a free man so the slave in bondage could find in christ such li berty ae the world could not give i was not particularly the concern ot the early church to urge slaves to re volt against their masters for the church preached a greater deliver ance a deliverance from sin slavery was indeed a social issue and a live one but it could be solved only when slaves and masters alike discovered their unity and equality in jesus christ then the institution could be attacked and destroyed just so in our day there are many social issues crying out to be solved they can never be solved in a chris tian way and so far as we are con cerned in a satisfactory way until we have laid the basis in christian faith and fellowship it is nonsens to talk about a christian social order so long o living christian faith lies dormant in the church we cannot hope for world brotherhood without knowing what it means in the church to be members one of another world unity can be achieved only in christ and unity in christ can be only on the basts of a common confession of him as lord it is well to remember also that liberty is not an external thing pri marily not a matter of law a man be free though a slave or in prl who was freer than those a various resistance movements in europe though their countries were crushed under the iron heel of hitler freedom is essentially a matter of the soul of a man and the man who has to ctte for his faith in the man who has really asserted his freedom christianity has always asserted and nhvajs will assert that freedom is a matter of the soul of a man and where mens souls are held in bondage to sin then deliverance from sin is the ultimate victory for which to strive today we cannot put off the problem of delivering mens souls as though euchre tthe- areka rose room every tuesday night door prize all pro everybody welcome 8 pit admission 25c its a date tie time every saturday night the place georgetown arenas lovely roseoom the price 50c per person modern and old tyme dancing with modern aires orchestra sweet and swing does not speak against it in this leu that were a secondary matter to tor he implies by his teaching that considered the better world so many slavery cannot well be practised by members of the church without making a direct frontal- attack iyn 1 and wli more so than the veterans the institution i dont worry about coal shortages oil is available install a torridheat oil burner in your furnace quick and efficient service b f murfin fatnace work eavestroughs tinsnutfamg sheet metal work dust collecting systems shop at rear of latoie knitting phone 138 res 428w have dreamed of and regarding which bo many are so utterly disillusioned christianity was al- tready effle lunxxerminlng the tiling we can see it reflected m the edstle to philemon for paul is here fine diamonds dresser sets compacts watches pens l a keuleman i jeweler phone 456 brampton reupholstering wat make that old fui look eke new ws redesign chesterfields phone 89 for estimate tic upholsterer 1 acetylene welding s steel cast iron brass bronze aluminum etc s as tyaa of tana h a 5 expert cotoaiod body and lender repairs s auto spraying 1 lincoln auto body s 8 oar t to the oddfellow hab get your lanes gravelled now tdickenson phone 92 r 32 glen williams who were promised so much and have received so little will never be at tained until attention is given first of all to the redemption through christ from the power of sin whatever else the church may do regarding ubenby and other social issues it cannot evade its fundamental responsibility that of preaching jesus christ but if it attends to that there will come social consequences which will surprise and disturb the radical and conservative alike the present situation with re gard to industrial unrest is a complex one it is not disposed of by saying one party is right and another is wrong that one ought to be fined and imprisoned while the other wears a halo it b far too complex for that and those who would se dispose of it are only instigating civil rebellion while it is clear that responsibility for the present struggle between eco- norhic and social classes lies to a very great extent at the door of the more fortunate in society who have clung to their privileges too long and greed ily seek for more and while the his tory books of the next century will show labour to have been absolutely in ihe right the problem is not going to be solved by either aide fighting for rights this does not mean that rights should not be fought for simp ly that fighting for them does not solve the problem what we are ex periencing today is only a modem as pect of an old unsolved problem and it will never be solved until men find community of interest and an equal footing in jesus christ exhibition i hockey see the seasons opener i georgetown grimsby friday dec 13 grimsby arena 830 pm acton junior farmers to sponsor short courses at acton according to elwood johnston pre sident of the hahon junior farmers there 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