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Won & Bex _â€"_The S.S. Lesson YÂ¥e shall see heaven open. Again Christ compares Nathaneal to Israâ€" el (Jacob), this time â€" to the patriâ€" arch‘s vision of angels at Bethel not far distant from the place where Jesus then was. The Son of the Living God Of all the disciples, Simon Peter was the first to assert formally his belief that Jesus . was "Christ, the Son of the living God." John may have been.the first to think it, but the outspoken Peter was the readiest to gg've utterance to the thought. P Sone en ie i esn NTAE Out . of . Nazareth. This town where Jesus lived in Galilee,, all whose people "were despised for their want of culture, their rude dialect, and contact with Gentiles." Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the King of Israel. â€" Thus early in Christ‘s ministry appear those ideas of an earthly, political kingdom which did so much to hinder Christ‘s work and bring it‘ to a tragic end. ‘The Brightness of His Glory. Not only is Christ‘s relation to the Father to be recognized, but the splendor of it must fill the Christian‘s life with sunshine. He first findeth .. . Simon. y good life work, if Andrew never did anything else! We have found the Messiah. In Jewish lips this was the most comprehensive of all Eureâ€" kas. It asserted that Jesus was the in,c?.rnation of the Deity, symbolizâ€" ed by the paschal lamb, the brazen serpent, the Jewish sacrifices; foreâ€" told by David, ‘Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and many another prophet; eagerly expected for centuries by the Hebrew race. Follow Me. ‘That is Christ‘s sumâ€" mons to us â€" all. Followâ€"into â€" all peril, but He goes before. Follow â€" not philosophies, ‘not human teachâ€" ers, not fancies, but the Son of God. Followâ€"not promise, not dream, not procrastinate, but g0. Followâ€"not take your own way, but in all points His. In the Likeness of Men Into Christ‘s majesty comes a note of humility, upon His splendor falls the shadow of the cross; His deity is mingled with His humanity. A Saviour The story of Christ‘s birth, suggestâ€" ed as a part of the primary depart> ment lesson, is "so detailed, so true to historic facts, so simple and winsome, that it has always moved men toward conviction of Christ‘s claims. _ We see how appropriate it all was, but a false writrr would have hbhad the Son of God come to earth in royal splendor, amid soldiers and courtiers,‘ the rich and great. He would be proclaimed a King and not a Saviour. Life, Light, Word Luke was a historian, John a philâ€" osopher; the . .diverse openings of their Gospels show this. John saw things in pictures, as the book of Revelation makes manifest. He saw Christ in three pictorial ways, as Life, Light, and Word. Wherever God has thrown light upon the dark ways of men, John saw there the Son of God. : Thus Light speaks to the feelâ€" ing, but words speak to the intellect. Men cannot see God, but they can see Christ; or hear God, any more than our dull ears can hear the highest and . deepest sounds; but Christ speaks God‘s words over for our unâ€" derstanding. Christ‘s life is God‘s language of love. What simile could be more beautiful than this? & Behold an Israelite indeed, a man worthy of descent from Isracl, a trueâ€"hearted Hebrew. _ C Come and see, said Jesus when Johg’s disciples: ~asked . where He lived. Don‘t stand/off and philosoâ€" phize or criticize, but follow Him. to His home, the church, live with Him, and. you will soon be as thoroughly convinced of His deity as Andrew and John were. Golden Text: "God ;so loved the world that He gave His only begotâ€" ten Son, that whosoever believeth on I,Iim should not perish, but have eterâ€" nal life.""â€"John 3: 16. The Teacher and the Class Pupils of all ages need to have a elear idea of who. Christ was and what He game to do. This is a great lesson for making Christians, and the evangelistic impulse may well be most prominent in the teacher‘s preâ€" j Who Christ Was _ Christ‘s entrance upon I/:Iis minisâ€" try. was fittingly marked â€" with a declaration of His nature and charâ€" acter by «the great herald of Chrisâ€" tianity, the noble prophet, John the Baptist. & ! They followed Jesus. John unselâ€" fishly tuirned his own followers toâ€" ward the greater Teacher. paration Christ came to earth, this central text says (1) because Godi loved; not because God was a stern Judge needing Christ‘s death to satisfy His desire for revenge, but because God is the supreme Lover. (2) Because God loves all the world, ‘"Whosoâ€" ever," ‘and wanted to reach all the world as He could . not through a merely human teacher and leader. (3) Because God is generous, eager to give, lavish in pouring out upon us what wa have not earned and are not entitled to, anxious to bestow upon us His best.and dearest, the life of His life, the outgoing of His own, self, His onlyâ€"begotten Son. Christ. is explained only by this uniâ€" versal, generous love of God. & To Save Sinners Paul‘s statement of the. reason for Christ‘s coming to earth is unâ€" equivocal: He came to save sinners. It is also intensely personal: ‘"of whom I am chief." Christ will never mean much to any one until he is conâ€" vinced of his sinfulness, of his terâ€" rible need to be saved from sin, and of his powerlessness to save himself. All that Believe Christ does not , force any one to be saved; if He did, ‘such a person wouldâ€"cease to be a free agent and would become a mere puppet! in Christ‘s hands. Paul says. that the Christian is more than a conqueror over ‘"tribuâ€" lation, ‘distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, sword." If he conâ€" quered them in his own strength he would be a conqueror; but conquerâ€" ing them, as he must, in Christ‘s strength, he has added Christ‘s power to himself, and so is far more than any human conqueror could be. Surely the Christian has a right to hold his head high! JRIST OUR _ SAVIOURâ€"Matthew 20: 27, 28; John 1: 35â€"51; 3: 16; Romans 8: 31, 32. ] More Than Conquerors Why Christ Came said Jesus â€" when Simon. A. The arrow is much more wonderful than the bow, for it shows an attempt at a principle known. to the users of the modern rifle. The feathers that make it carry, consist of a round quill split in three pieces, that are fastened firmly to the shaft of the arrow by the same kind of bark that is bound about the bow. They are very>flat where they are fastened to the shaft, but allowed to round out between. The peculiar thing about the shaft is that it is grooved along the length in opâ€" posed semiâ€"circles, the opposite of the spiral grooving that makes a bullet leave the end of a rifle in a spiral flight. The opposed semiâ€"circles inâ€" sure the straight flight of the arrow. Several very fine specimens of Inâ€" dian pottery are among the collecâ€" tion, two of them being examples of the Indian idea of a thermos bottle. The Indian, however, is mainly conâ€" cerned, in that hot climate, in keeping water cool. ~He therefore makes a bottle that branches into, four legs,, and the airâ€"circulating,about theslatâ€" ter, which are porous, causes suffiâ€" cient evaporation to keep the water at usable temperature. To carry water in a basket would be a feat supposedâ€" ly worthy of the mind of a Simple Simon. The Indian has managed the feat by coating the inside of a shapeâ€" ly and artisticgrass basket with, an aromatic gun, which does not spoil the flavor of the water, and which enables Mrs. Indian to carry a conâ€" siderable quanitity of water in the basket which she poises on her head. One of the articles (brought back by Mrs. McRuer is a doll made: ‘by the Indians. It is about fifteen inches long, with a head and feet very tiny in proportion to the length, but the Indian instinct to decorate with beads is strongly marked, for the doll wears moccasins heavily beaded, and has its features marked\ with beads. A bow and arrow is ranother interâ€" esting study. The, bow has handâ€" grips made by binding the centre of the bow with very fine strands of the inner bark of/the birch.. These â€" are put on at reg‘ular intervals, and the binding shows a thoughtful attention to detail that may be placed to the credit of Indian nature. â€" The old fairy stories told of a magâ€" ic carpet that would transport anyâ€" one what sat upon it to distant and wonderful countries.. Mrs. McRuer of Wellington Street has the magic carâ€" pet, in the shape of some very beauâ€" tiful Navajo blankets and rugs that she brought from Denver, Colorado, and seated upon one of the rugs anyâ€" one might be ‘easily« transported by the sight of the curios she has brought back from that wonderful land, and by the stories she tells of the inhabiâ€" tants of long ago, the Indians, and of the present inhabitants, the people who seek health in the west. j â€"In the collection are a large numâ€" ber of photos of Indian collections in the west, and also of the reproduced cliff dwellings. These show a fair atâ€" tempt by people who lived when Pomâ€" peii was destroyed, to build houses on the modern principle. How they built them at such an . elevation or how they got into them when built, thousâ€" ands of feet above the level ground, is as much a mystery as the mystery of the pyramids. Primitive man has been for ages expressing in plastic clay or enduring stone his idea of God. One of the ideas held by these southwestern Inâ€" dians has‘ been placed in the collecâ€" tion. It consists of a peculiar comâ€" position of clay and sand, which has somewhat the appearance of hematite. Inserted in this composition are strips of a peculiar metal, that cannot be silver because it does not tarnish, and cannot be tin, because no climate rusts it This metal is not unlike aluminum in appearance, and â€"may be a composition of platinum, which the Indians have been able .to form. The strips have a peculiar crimped appearance. The god is as ugly: as such creations of the primitive mind usually are, but displays an idea, a symmetry, and an invenâ€" ton on the. part .of its. crea; tor that place him high among the primitive peoples for intelligence. Te blankets and rugs are an inâ€" teresting study in textiles. The wool employed in weaving them is of a peâ€" culiarly soft texture, and, the diamonds and triangles that . form the . usual pattern are evidently woven in separâ€" ately, as the bits of wool on the surâ€" face testify. But of most interest are the photos of Denver and the‘ stories connected with them, which Mrs. McRuer tells of the people who go to the west to restore failing health or to snatch at health that seems to be fleeting. Litâ€" tle cottages high in. the mountains are each of them the scene of a tragâ€" edy, of youth dying before its â€"high hopes have been achieved, of. age striving for a few, more months_ of that most coveted of all man‘s posâ€" sessionsâ€"life, j CURIOS FROM COLORADO Denver its'e,lf, a magnificent city, Mrs. McRuer pictures as one of the replicas of Eden." Its situation, its natâ€" ural park, its beautiful bwildings, all unite in making it a city to be desirâ€" ed as a residence by anyone. A curious fact that Mrs. McRuer tells of the city is, its devotion to the cult of Christian Science. There is a most beautiful church there in which the followers of Mrs. Eddy worship. That the population of Denver should incline to this cult is easily underâ€" stood by those who remember that Christian Science strengthens the hope of health indwelling in every human breast, and that a very large percentage of the people who live in Denver are there because ordinary physicians have told them that there is no hope for them in this world. Gasoline vapor is heavier_than air, consequently it <will float along near the ground and may carry 30 feet, or more, and under favorable conditions ignite. Five gallons of gasoline will generâ€" ate 8,000. cubic feet of gas; or enough to fill a room 20x40 feet and 10 feet high. When ignited it immediately expands to four thousand times that space. This would cause a most deâ€" structive explosion ‘with probable loss of life. One gallon of gasoline has substanâ€" tially the power equal to 83 to 88 2â€"3 pounds of dynamite. Gasoline will give off 130 times its bulk in vapor; and when vaporized will convert 1,560 times its yolume of air imto an explosâ€" ive mixture, which will ignite from a flame or spark. E. K. R. Green, son of the late Hetâ€" ty Greaen, has leased 64,000 acros of land near Del Rio, Teras, amd will aril for eil. WHY TAKE A CHANCE? Cars leave West Toronto.for Weston and Mount Dennis every 20 minutes: on the hour, 20 after and 20 to. Leave Weston on half hour, 10 to and10 after the hour. Cars leave West To.onto every 15 minutes: on the hour, quarter past, half hour and quarter to. Leave Lambton on the hour, quarter past, half hour, and quarter to. Davenport Cars leave West Toronto on quarter to and after the hour. Leave Bathurst Street on quarter to. and after the hour. F ie Woodbridge Cars leave West Toronto for Woodâ€" bridge every two hours: first car 6 A.M.; last car 10 P.M. Leave Woodâ€" bridge: first car 7 P.M. last 11 P.M. Motorists in the U. S. pay $44,496," 232 annually for licenses, New York State leading with California second.â€" Trains Going North 8‘.?8 a.m. (Daily except S 9.45 a.m. (Daily except S: 5.53 a.m. (Daily except S Trains Going South 7.40 a.m. Daily 11.05. a.m. (Daily except S 6.14 p.m. (Daily except S T.43 p.m. (Daily except S THISTLETOWN & ETOBECOKE P a.m. 8.30 Office open from 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 r A. J. BARKER, P.M. In August, 1914, his Highness the ) Maharajah of Gwalior visited Bhopal and arranged with the Begum Sahiba to. present the Government with a hospital ship, to be called "Loyalty," to which the Chiefs of India were to be asked to subscribe. The offer was gratefully accepted, but there was considerable delay in procuring a suitable ship. Eventually the ship chosen was the "Empress of India," built by the Naval Construction & Armaments Company, of Barrowâ€"inâ€" Furness, in 1891, for the Canadian Pacific Railway‘s Pacific Ocean trades. Together with her sister ships "Emâ€" press of China" and "Empress of Japan," she was specially designed, built on very handsome lines, and fitted most luxuriously with everyâ€" thing considered necessary for the comfort of passengers of all classes. The matter of engine power and speed was kept specially in view, so that the ships in their time were the fastest in the Pacific trade, and earned a great name for the quick transmission of passengers, mails and fine goods, such as silk and tea, between Hong Kong, Japan anc Vancouyver, and thence to various points by the Canaâ€" dian Pacific Railway across the North American Continent. It will thus be seen that the "Loyalty," prior to beâ€" coming a hospital ship, took a great part as "Empress of India," in the opening up and developing of comâ€" merce in one of the outlying parts of the Empire. Incidentally she ha the homor of carrying King George as &‘ passenger when he was Prince. of Wales. y _ T would almost seem to be in the UITE recently the hospital ship "Loyalty"‘ has been converted in Bombay into a troopship, and the occasion appears to justify publication of some account of her career as a hospital ship, a career which was not only oneof great service, but which reflects in a very remarkâ€" able way the great generosity of his Highness, the Maharajah of G@walior. sUBUREBAN TINE TABLE T.15â€"G.TR., $.327â€"C.P.R., 9.10â€"CG.T.R., 10.22â€"â€"G.T.R £.45â€"CGTER., 7.05â€"=C.T.R., 7.05â€"â€"G.T.R., T.50â€"C.P.R., No. 28. 8.2Tâ€"C.P.R., No. 705. $.10â€"â€"G.T.R., No. 31. 10.22â€"G.T.R., No. 28. 5.53â€"â€"C.P.R., No. 707. 7.05â€"â€"G.T.R., No. 37. 7.05â€"G.T.R., No. 34. Mt. Dennis received o a.mw., 11.10 p.m., 6:10 Despatched a.m., 8.50 p.m., 5.30 . P. R. TIME TABLE The Hospital Ship "Loyalty‘ & HER INTERESTING CAREER RECALLED o MAILs RECEIVED a.m. 12 (noon) DISFATCHED ‘ Received Going West T.16 a.m. x. 9.10 a.m. d 1.1F p.m. x. 4.45 p.m. x. 7.05 p.m. x. Going East 7 Despatched Weston 4 Lambton 1915, exâ€"R.M.S. ‘‘Empress of India.‘‘ Hospital ship ‘‘Loyalty,‘‘ Bombay, daily. daily 29. 705. 33. 28. 189. 37. 34. Sunday) Sunday) Sunday) Sunday) Sunday) Sunday) natural order of events that the good ship "Empress of India," after carryâ€" ing on such useful commercial work for 23 years, and being relieved on the Pacific station by a larger and more modern style of ship (the new "Empress of Asta") should come on the scene at the outbreak of the preâ€" sent war, just when his Highness the Maharajah of Gwalior decided to reâ€" peat his loyal and munificent act of 1900, by presenting a hospital shin of 300 beds capacity for use during the war, Most appropriately the ship was acquired from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. The Director of the Royal India Marine and his offiâ€" cers acted for his Highness in the matter of buying, altering and refitâ€" ting, the "Empress of India," of Lonâ€" don, and changing her name to the "Loyalty" of Bombay. This was done in October, 1914, and ~within four months from the time war was deâ€" clared the hospital ship "Loyalty" was ready to begin her good work and assist in the relief of suffering huâ€" manity. Record of Four Years. The "Loyalty" sailed from the Perâ€" sian Gulf on November 29th, 1914, having been renamed by Lady Wilâ€" lingdon on the previous day, and from that time up to nearly the end of last year she was in commission.. On her first voyage she was deflected to Karaâ€" chi, where she stayed till December 24th, when she left for England. Durâ€" ing this time the ship was bought outâ€" right for the Chiefs, and subsequently remained their property. or four I. M. S.officess and one miliâ€" tary assistaptsurgeon, and one maâ€" tren and four to six nursing sisters ard â€" subâ€"assistantâ€"surgeons, â€" comâ€" In the four years she was i1 comâ€" mission as a hospital ship she sailed 41 voyages and carried 15,406 patients British, Indians, Chinese, West Indiâ€" an, East and West African, and Gerâ€" man, Turkish and Arab prisoners of The hospital was staffed with three ns S S . fftenrtt \\ 3 o sysrfpEcrst \N & z_ stt \\\\ i@g\\\\q\\\\\§\\\\§>\\ e ssSsSssSsss, \ R $ ;;:;;5;‘,;;;;;;:;-,:;;;:;::-,;;;;;;;5;:}\)\;5::::?&\\@\ G \ \\\\‘\\\ stt pounders, ward orderlies, etc.. A few lent by the Government of India, the rest being recruited from â€"G@walior, Indore, Dhar and Bharatpur States, and the balance locally in Bombay. The costâ€"of buying and fitting out the ship ‘was approximately $600,000, and her upkeep for four years was $1,800,â€" 000, the total being nearly two and a half million dollars, of which by far the greater part was paid by H. H. the Mabarajah of Gwalior, though conâ€" tributions were made from other States. Unique as part of the ship‘s lifeâ€" saving work was the rescueâ€"of the crew of the steamship "Ben Vorlich," after that ship had been shelled and torpedoed by a German submarine near ‘ Ushant, on August I1st, 1915. This incident and the sinking of the steamship "Clintonia‘"‘ were witnessed by the "Loyaity" from a distance of about 1% miles, when she was full of badly wounded men (British cases from the Dardanelles) on her zay down Alexandria and Malta to Southâ€" ampton. When plying in Indian waters, the "Loyalty" had the good fortune to render assistance to a transport which took fire and was abandoned at sea, the "Edavana." Hearing the distressed vessel‘s messages on the wireless, the ‘"Loyalty" proceeded with all speed to the place indicated and picked up 70 of the burning ship‘s people in three boats during the night, afterwards transferring them to the steamship ‘"Madras," which was bound for Bombay. . Hadâ€"the "Loyalty" not been an hospital ship she would have towed the "Edavana‘" into Bembay, but, of course, could not do this without infringing the Geneva Red Cress Convention. ; She also rendered assistance to several India ard native craft met at sea during her voyage, short of water and provigions, and to a lighthous crew in the Red Sea. Incidents at Sea. Remember everybody eats good Candy and everybody likes our candies... Try a pound, Just the thingbfor Greenhouse Fires or to burn in the Kitchen Range. ; + * Phone Weston 130 WESTON‘S HARDWARE STORE MAIN STREET PH! PROMPT SERVICE Everything in the hardware line sold at prices to meet the most exacting buyer. â€" Give us a call. 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