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.W-" Â Kfii Sunday School : ââ Lesson 1 LESSON XU. The Birth of Je«ue.--Luke 2:1-20 Printed Text Luke 2:8-20. Golden Text.--There is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.-- Luke 2:11. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.--B.C, 5. Place.--Nazareth in Galilee, the home of Mary and Joseph, and Bethlehem Bethlehem in Judaea, where Jesus was born. While, o.» the one hand, the stery of our Lord's birth is recognized as the most beautiful and exquisite story of all literature, marked by great simplicity and holiness, and, we might say, heavenlinesa, yet the first two verses of this story in Luke's account only record bare, historical data. The Roman census was taken at this time every fourteen years, and this fact also fits in perfectly with the historical facts which are in our possession. The World's True Bread Now Joseph, the husband of Mary, "was of the house and family of David," Israel's great king, and David's David's original residence was in Beth- > lehem, and it was necessary for him to go down to this lovely city from Nazareth where he was residing, to be enrolled in such a census as was now being: taken. Joseph took Mary, soon to become a mother, with him, not leaving her in the care of others. The word "Bethlehem" means "house of bread," because near by were large grain fields. Here was to be born the true Bread of the world. We must not interpret the word "betrothed" "betrothed" as identical with our word "engaged," "Betrothal was virtually virtually marriage, lacking only that the bridegroom take his bride to his, home. How almost pathetically is the birth of the Son of God recorded by the physician Luke ! There is nothing nothing miraculous in tire description of the birth itself, though the details reveal a loneliness, if not a poverty and an ignorance on the part of the world round about, of what was happening happening that can be taken as indicative indicative of all the future experience of the One here born, "No Room at the Inn" "There was no room in the inn" for the holy family, it is. not to be understood "to mean merely that there was no room for the Child; but that the inn in which they could have found lodging lacked a suitable room for the birth, as well as a suitable suitable bed for the babe, so that they had to leave the inn and find refuge in a crib in the stable. In the East today the dwelling place of man and beast is often in one and the same room. But this is not how the Evangelist Evangelist conceived it to have been ; he imagines that the manger was outside the inn in some particular stable, such as are used today for camels sometimes, but more rarely, for sheep. He takes it for granted that the stable was empty as would be natural during the time when sheep spent the night in the open. Testimony of Heaven And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock. In Palestine flocks are allowed allowed to graze the land only while the fields are still un plowed. The shepherds shepherds sleep in their clothes in the midst of their flocks when they are out all of the night. And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. These shepherds were simple, unsophisticated pastoral men. They were engaged in their common occupation when they received received the wonderful revelation from heaven. It is not when speculating about abstract doctrines or dreaming about heavenly vision that heaven draws near to us and reveals itself to us. - It is when engaged in daily duty, doing the work of the appointed hour that is laid to our hand. "And the angel said unto them 3e not afraid." That was heaven's |irst word to earth after the birth of tesus. It was the voice of an un- jallen spirit sounding anew the keynote keynote of the music of hope among finning men. "For behold"-- it is natural for men to be afraid in the presence of God, in the manifestation manifestation of that which is supernatural. 'I bring you good tidings of great |oy which shall be to all the people." The word here translated "good tidings," tidings," means, literally, "good news" jmd is, in the Greek, the word from Which comes our English word evangelist. evangelist. It was an angel who announced announced the evangel. "For there is born to you."--Jesus was born for all men. It was because he loved men that he came into the world. In saying he is bom for us, we mean that he was born for our good, for our enrichment, and, for our salvation. "This day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord."-- In the Old Testament, God is often referred to as the Saviour ( 2 Sam. 22: 8; Isa. 43: 8, 11; 45: 15, 21; Hosea 13: 4, etc.). A Saviour is one who saves. Jesus came to deliver us from every evil power, and to bestow upon us an eternal life. The word Christ means anointed by the Holy Spirit for his great work of redemption. It should never be forgotten and cannot be over-emphasized that it is a voice from heaven which declares these wonderful things about the babe bom in Bethlehem, These titles were not given to Jesus by his followers, followers, or by himself, or by later writers, but by the angel of the Lord, sent of God. "And this is the sign unto you; did not reason or debate with themselves themselves who should keep the wolf from the sheep in the meantime, but" did as they were commanded, and committed committed their sheep to him whose pleasure they obeyed. "And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger." "And when they saw it, they made known concerning the saying which was spoken to them about this child. And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds."--The shepherds shepherds not only made known what they had heard concerning Jesus to Mary and Joseph, but undoubtedly they proclaimed their message to all the inhabitants of Bethlehem. "And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them. ,,; --To glorify God is to acknowledge, acknowledge, to extol, and to worship him for what he is. Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multittido of the heavenly host praising God, and saying."--Thousands saying."--Thousands of angels appeared appeared filling the expanse of sky. Luke does not actually say that the angels sang, but the angels' words are in poetical form. Peace and Good-Will "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased."--This is the meaning of the coming of this child, the meaning of the Saviour, Christ, Lord. Men everywhere are talking about peace, and they are trying to produce peace. There is no peace for the earth except among men in whom God is well plea/ad. "And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath known unto us." -- Often we miss such great blessings in life by not immediately acting upon some divinely sent urge within our hearts to do this or that. The shepherds appears no more in the Gospel story. We see them returning returning to their task 'glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen,' and then the mantle of a deep silence falls upon them. Mary'* Meditation "But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart."--The action of Mary is here contrasted with that of the shepherds. In their surprise , and astonishment, they immediately immediately published what they had heard and saw. Mary was not astonished because she knew the significance of the babe to which she was to give birth from previous annunciations annunciations to her and to Joseph by the angel. The word "pondered" means "to bring together in one's mind," "to consider." The roll of the coming years would pass before the mind of Mary as she looked into the face of her own "little Lord Jesus." And Mary had "all these sayings" to help her see God in the Babe of Bethlehem, of the river, "holed through" and met within one-quarter of an inch. Hard-boiled "sandhogs, ' who risk death from the dread "bends" in their eerie subterranean work chambers, chambers, chfeered at the marvel of engineering engineering efficiency. The Stars And You By A. R. WEIR What the Stars Foretell for Those Born on December 10, 1Î, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 *¥* What the STARS foretell for those born on December 17, 18, 19, 20, 2-1, 22 and 23 If the date of your birth is December 17, 18, 19 or 20, Sagittarius is your Zodiac sign. This gives you a philosophic, religious nature and high ideals. If,December 2.1, 22 or 2d is your birth date Capricorn is your Zodiac period. This gives you a quiet and determined character and great ambition. You achieve success by persistence and industry, YOUR OWN BIRTH DATE: DECEMBER 17--Some very pleasant news, from a long distance may necessitate a very long journey. There, may be disputes over a loan or debt and with -workmates and servants. Indications are good socially socially and for business generally. You are extremely restless and have a tendency to overdo things. DECEMBER 18---While you would, be ill advised to rely on friends, relatives should benefit you as the year is good for social and domestic matters. Your lucky number is 4 and your most beneficial days the 4th, 13th, 22nd, and 81st of each month. DECEMBER 19--Yob should gain by correspondence and documents but you will be secretive about them. A few months hence a removal of residence is indicated. You are quick to adopt new ideas and neW surroundings and will welcome this change. DECEMBER 20--Although you may have obstacles to overcome, mainly through property and elderly people, there is a sudden change for the better bringing more prosperity and contentment. You afle sincere and will succeed in life because you are not afraid of hard work and know that prosperity must come through your own efforts, DECEMBER 21--You prefer to live quietly, rather shirking responsibilities. responsibilities. A very important change is shown in your business affairs and some woman may attempt to hinder you. DECEMBER 22--An influential woman will help you and you will gain by an important contract or agreement. Much happiness is shown in love. You are keen to save money, are economical and thrifty. DECEMBER 23--You should gain through elderly friends and experience experience promotion in'business."" The coming twelve months should be a prosperous period though exciting and sometimes bewildering. Though you are not very demonstrative in nature you are sincere and dignified in manner. IF YOUR BIRTH DATE IS NOT LISTED ABOVE and you would like your personal Horoscope or if you wish a complete Horoscope for any date listed above, send 10c (coin preferred), to A. E. Weir, 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto, Ont, Please print your name, address and BIRTH DATE plainly. "Writhe" in Their Beds The mammoth tubes, sunk 75 feet below the river surface, packed in 25 to 40 feet, of silt, will not lie inert. Like sluggish monsters of the deep, they will actually "writhe" in their muddy beds, rising and falling about an eighth of an inch with the daily tides, rising a quarter of an inch more in summer and sinking the same distance in winter. . The shell itself is 14 inches thick, made of cast iron and cast steel, with a diameter of 31 feet, reinforced reinforced by a lining of concrete. Iron and steel used in the whole project total 101,400 tons. The first tube, handling about 2,000 vehicles an hour and some.- thing like 7,500,000 a year, will fill a long-standing need in bringing motorists motorists into the mid-town heart of Manhattan instead of the southern extremity via the 10-year-old Holland. Tunnel, or the north via the George Washington Bridge. The tube is "air-conditioned" by 32 giant blowers, sweeping 150 tons of fresh air per minute through the unseen ventilation ducts below the roadway. Among up-to-the-minute innovations is the roof of glittering" glass tile--a far cry from the rude mud-brick used by Assyrian slaves in the Babylon tunnel of 4,000 years ago. The surface area of the moon is one-fourtèenth that of the earth. The diameter is only 2163 miles, or about one-fourth the diameter of the earth. Music is an incentive to increased outputs in factories, according to the Medical Research Council. And 1 lively lively music is better for this purpose than the quieter kind. and threw him into a well. Shanghai is the sixth largest city and the third greatest seaport, in the world. Indian Tribes Knew Geometry Knowledge of Science Found Among Memfcers of Ancient Race in British Columbia, Notions of geometry quite comparable comparable to what is generally used today and a considerable knowledge of science science were to be found among the British British Columbia Indians, Prof. Franz Boas, ethnologist, told a gathering at the University of Montreal last week, The speaker dealt yesterday with the mode of living among the coastal coastal and inland ■ tribes. There was a considerable contrast between the coast and inland tribes, one subsisted subsisted on fish, a little game and vegetable vegetable products; the others were essentially essentially hunters. The inland tribes lived mostly in tents, the others were adept carpenters and built for themselves. themselves. This is where their scientific knowledge was exemplified, for in the laying of a house they followed geometric principles, as they also did in the making of boxes. Speak Six Languages The various tribes throughout the province speak no fewer than six languages, fundamentally different, he said, with .a blending from the East coast of Asia, a large part of Siberia and the whole American coast from Alaska, down to California. California. "The linguistic differences," he added, "show that extended migrations migrations occurred on the coast. There is little doubt that at an early time the inland people started down the Fraser River and occupied part of its lower regions, displacing the older inhabitants. inhabitants. The distribution of language language and archaeological remains furnish abundant evidence of these migrations, he concluded. B--3 LISTEN. Canada- El IMPERIAL TOBACCO'S ' rfA ||B IMSPIRIMQ PROOBAM J||jl Every Friday Night on a national coast to coast network. . Suitor Silent For. : Half A Century Jilted Lover Has Sulked for Fifty Years A girl left William (Silent Bill) Perry, of Audubon, Iowa, now 76 years old, at the altar for another man 50 years ago, and he hasn't uttered uttered a voluntary word since. Since the day the girl quit him, Perry has shunned society, preferring preferring to be alone -.with his memories. He has a separate room'at the Audubon Audubon County Home, where he has lived at different intervals for the last 27 years. U';- ■ - The suit of .clothes which was to have been his wedding suit is neatly put away and he wears it only on Sundays when he walks two miles to town where he tends church. . Perry adheres to his vow not to speak until his girl returns to him-- and that may be never. A few times recently, however, he has been forced to express his wants by whispering a single word. Won't Countenance M Worldly ?? School Defiant Religious, Cult in Pénnsyl- via Reject All 'Compromise The embattled "Plain People" refusing refusing an offer by the Pennsylvania State to re-open five of their ten- one-room schoolhouses breathed- new defiance today at the East LampV.or Township school board which built a modern consolidated school against their will. Scheduled to meet with the hoard to get its approval of the offer, the' frugal Amish and Mennonite l'armfolk insisted in a letter to State' officials, that Governor George H. Earle make good his "solemn covenant" to reopen all 10 buildings. The Plain People hate carried their opposition to the $125,000 building, erected last summer with, tits' aid of Federal Funds, to Washington, to the courts and finally to the Governor's Office. Their religious beliefs, they say, forbid "needless charity," and a great many have kept their children home from the new "worldly school." *h x . 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