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the georgetown heram wednesday dec i oth 1947 georgetown stores are filled with beautiful gift suggestions lucky strike bowling club ladies wa particularly ivt ywn to oaa tka tmuj aa1 tauraoat aftaraooaa wbaa thara k frasa 1 fa 7 pva yaall ajr thai haahhful racraatjoa- open bowling schedule 1 to 7 j pal boka friday 4 a 7 aaa ta 11 sa all afay 10 t 11 where a snack has a smack everyone says our hot dogs are the best in town v dnplmmttmmbmmirfim rcacanber wnetner yon bowl or not you are ahmqra w at oar m attack bar i t a hal gibson lanes haulage you call we haul no job too big no job too small american cement for sale phone 5 sunday school lesson sthadfastnes of ufe by rot b c todd lbsson rev chaps 1 7 around the end of the first cen tury cfarutianb throughout the bo- man empire were enduring- better persecution under the emperor do- mitian the origin of this persecu tion lay in the demand made hy the soman state that the peoples of all its dominions render tribute to cae sar in the form of worship at the temples dedicated to the divine per son of the emperor worship of other gods was tolerated but the worship of caesar was required as a declaration of political loyalty christians refused to share in what they regarded at pagan worship and so were persecuted as political cri minals the persecution varied m intensity according to the leal of local officials in enforcing the im perial edicts but ever the followers of jesus were in danger of losing both property and life those who for one reason or the other disliked or hated the chris tians such as the jews and certain pagan sects often took advantage of the situation by causing not for which christians were blamed oar by demanding the penalty for not observing the worship of the em peror during this period of trial john who himself was suffering for his faith as an exile on the penal island of patmos wrote a tract for tfce times in apocalyptic form today probably he would have written it as a novel it is full of strange fi gures and fancies not easily under stood today but familiar to the people to whom john wrote in the churches and their use probably helped to deceive the roman cen sore the purpose of the book of rev elation is clear however and it carries message of timeless im portance to the church its author seeks to strengthen the persecuted with the conviction that the pocal struggle in which thej are engaged m a part of the vast and ageold conflict between good and evil and that the final outcome aj assured bj the character and purpose and power of god the preponderance of materia force might be on the side of the evtl but mightier than the resource of a great empire axe the resources of god and in the end they must carry the day int gl6nous head of the church would bring help in the tune of need and linal vindication would come and oaesars edicts would be unable any more to scatter families or cause torture or death this weeks lesson contains a passage of the book which was writ ten particularly to the christians in smyrna rec 2 811 smyrna was a city devoted to caesar wor ship and in such a place persecution was bound to be severe and unto the death polycarp first bishop oi bmyma suffered martyrdom in 166 in the stadium of bat city on that occasion the jews of the city- and there was a large jewish population joined with the pagans m clamour ing that the christian leader he cast to the lions or burned to death he was burned snd although his death took place on a sabbath the jews were the foremost in carrying faggots into the stadium see rev 2 9 it has been said that more chris tiana have died for their faith in europe and asia during the past ten years than during the persecu tions under the roman empire and it should be noted that m our pres ent day world too the persecution of christians has usually been lin ked with the pagan claims of the state the christians of germany were persecuted ant many perished in concentration camps because the refused to admit that the nasi state had the power to dictate to the individual conscience in matters of faith and in matters of right and wrong in our day christian and jew have been persecuted to gether for today both realize mat they must stand together in resist ing the evtl influence of paganism wherever the state sets itself up as being above the criticism of christian conscience and the word of god persecution is bound to fol low and the end of the war has not brought an end to this threat last fall a young protestant stood outside a downtown iresbytenan church in argentina distributing leaflets inviting people to come to the service he was approached by one of dictator perons men who said come with me the invita tion was made more pressing by him ihowinp a revolver he carried m hib pocket not thirty yards an ay makes seed corn their business 0 0 dekalb developed and controlled parent seed stock dekalb controlled seed r production dekalb controlled testing inspeetlon and processing o dekalb hybrid corn is sold only through authorized dealers donald mcnabb georgetown ontario s was useless to appeal to hnn for pagan society though protection he was taken to nat- state does not intend to implement lonalist headquarters and there the laws of cod which this pious estioned as to whether he was a i group would hae all men obey for their own rood the christian him jew or a communist neither he said i am a christian no matter what you do to me i shall forgive you and try to love you apparent ly this disconcerted the inquisitors thej took his leaflets away threa tened him and let him go it is said that his arrest and inquisition was due to the instigation of another rt ligioub body which say thej arc christians but are not but are the sjnagogue of satan rev 2 9 10 1 thi case suggests the kind of police officer wa directing response that a christian must mak traffic but the young man knew it to the threat and persecution of 5 self must obex them there are some forms of coercion and social pressure just us difficult to resist as a revolver yarrnd in the pocket and some of thtm are not unknown in canada nor is the sjrmgogue of satan unkrfown in thtir conflict with caesar and the tiil hn tian can count on the prestneef and help of him who is the alphaand tht omega the first and the last who was crucified and livt for tirmorc jesus him self knew death as tht price of loy- alt to the cause of od from it he arose in the tiiumph of the resur rection if christians now share hi his sufftring the will likewise fiharc in his glorv the dying year t gifts for everyone s make your christmas shopping easy a regular galaxy of gifts to choose elizabeth arden presents christmas gifts of distinction we invite you to visit our coametic department and chooe that special gift give the gift that always pleases give stationery warwick deluxe stationery beautiful boxes of superb quality to see is to buy for the discriminating writer the parker 51 a fine writing instrument styled by skilled craftsmen jut arrived the new parker 51 for ladies maccormacks drug store phone 327 main street georgetown the winds of chill december wail o er the djing ear and tonight fond hearts remember the boys who to them were dear who self and self interests scorning life for them had scarcely begun marched over tht hills of their morning to tht rattling roll of the drum neath far off skit- now ire they sleeping jungle and sta ind plain are we their ideals keeping or hae the died in vain till nih i ioiilnt rages profits ind loses and gains nations in ftud engaging dividing tht hills and the plains piact seems as umou as ever in spite of tht promists made it would stem not much honest en deavor mistiu t and envj instead unrtst mut jou be with us ere haunting each night and day must we lone our company never or ait ou heie to sta peace seems remote as ever hate iccord of tragic pages was it that only you could lie from the far back ages so strong jour sinue and thew fcnvj and greed and malice can it be that only they vengeful of heart and callous have triumphed o er decay there is good in each man and na tion will it ever on earth prevail and bring to each rank and station peace instead of travail could some forbearance not bpeak softly in love sweet tone lose some of our dread of tonomv regain some trust that seems cone the music of peace and its gladness would vibrate in hearts again healing the hurts and sadness with the notes of a sweet refrain mistruct and greed could we banish many ills that assail us here would tarn the old earth lilies along with tfie dying year b t georgetown lions christmas tee saturday dbcekbu so