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PLEASED AS PUNCH When it comes to passing Elliott, stationed at an Army air it up hot and loves it. (Official the ammunition, Corp. Raymond base in the New Hebrides, serves U. S. Army Air Forces photo.) SU NDA Y SCHOOL LESSON LESSON 51 THE BIRTH OF JESUS Luke 2:1-20 PRINTED TEXT Luke 2:8-20 GOLDEN TEXT Thou (hall call his name Jesus, for It it he that hall save his people from their in*. Matthew 1:21. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. Our Lord was born prob- ably 4 or 5 B.C. Place. Joseph and Mary lived In Galilee, but the birth of Jesus occurred Jn Bethlehem, six miles couth of Jerusalem. THE MESSAGE t. "And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the fields, and keeping watch by night over their flock. 9. And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid." Why should the shep- herds be told of the event trans- piring In Bethlehem? No such an- nouncement was made In Caesar's palace or to any others In hljrh authority. The shepherds would ho glad to hear the message and would act upon it in other words, their hearts were ready to belie-ve what God said. Be Not Afraid 10. "And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great Joy which shall be to all the people: 11. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who Is Christ the Lord. 12. And this Is the sign unto you: Ye shall flnd a babe wrapped in waddling clothes, and lying in a manger." Three titles are given to Jesus by the angel a Saviour. Christ, the Lord the llrst referring to the work of Christ, the second referring to His work as the- Mes- siah anointing Him to be Prophet, Priest and King, and the third re- ferring to His glory. Gloria In Excelsis 13. "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. and saying: 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men In whom he is well pleased." Salvation must come from God, and not from man. Salvation must come out of the heavens to the earth ; It cannot arise out of the earth and climb to the heavens. Glory to God is a necessity as It Is a fact. Shepherds Answer Message 15. "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 711.1.1,- known unto us. 16. And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger." A revelation from God is not only to be believed, but to be act- ed upon. When, in an hour of spiritual exaltation, we hear God telling us to do something, when we see a vision of something which we know we ought to do. and when the vision is gone, we do not obey It, then the joy which we had hi the vision experience will wilt, and that which was meant to be a blessing to us will only be- come something about which we boast and beyond which we never advance. The shepherds did ex- actly what they should have done. . They went down to Betihlehem to see this Ilabe. Wonderful as it was to have heard the angel and the angels. It la far more wonder- ful, a far greater privilege, infin- itely more Important, to behold the Lord Jesus. What they did. they tl I in-itaiil l> Bearing Witness 17. "And when they saw It. they made known concerning the say- Ing which was spoken to the-m about this child. 18. And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds." Bearing witness to what we have seen and heard and experienced in relation to the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour is a natural part of every normal believer's life; a privilege as well as a duty, not only something we should do, but something we feel compelled to do. Mary Kept Silent 18. "But Mary kept all these say- ings, pondering them in her heart." The word here trans- lated "pondered" means casting to- gether, by which we would under- stand that Mary compared and considered all these amazing events, testimonies, and acts of worship, overwhelmed as she must have been in the midst of these supernatural manifestations, for she surely knew that her Babe was the Lord of Glory. It was just as natural for Mary, the mother, to keep these things in her heart, as it was for the shpeherds to pro- claim what they had seen and heard. She had a different rela- tionship at this time to Jesus than they had. He was her Son. and a wise mother does not proclaim to the world, when her son is still a babe, any tokens of or humanly expressed predictions of the ulti- mate greatness of her babe. The Shepherds' Return 20. "And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken to them." Great joy we have In under- standing what the Word of God means, believing It with all our hearts, but an even greater joy is experienced, and a deepening of our faith, when the Word of God becomes a living reality, its prom- ises a daily experience in our own life. The shepherds might not have been believed if they had simply told of what they heard from the angel, but they were bound to be believed when they told not only what they heard from one who came from Heaven, but what they had seen in the manger In Bethlehem. All do not have revelations through an angel, in fact, very few, but all may have a definite, transforming, redeem- ing experience with the Lord Jesus Christ. Hong Kong Captives Get Relief Supplies The Red Cross and St. John Ambulance Associaion announced last week it bad been advised by Geneva that relief supplies for prisoners of war in Hong Kong had been delivered at the Fort Stanley Camp, and partly distri- buted. R. Zindel. International Red Cross delegate at Hong Kong, said the goods were received with great enthusiasm. The consignment In- cluded 1.000 tons of food, clothing and drugs from Britain and the Dominions. After Hong Kong fell the Japs reported taking 1,689 Canadian prisoners of the 1.9S5 Canadian officers and men sent to the Far Eat. In Canadian Defence Depart- ment recent casualty lists, 1,594 Canadians had been officially listed prisoners of war at Hong Kong. Send Special Gifts To War Prisoners Christmas Parcels Supple- mentary to Regular Parcels Arrangements are being made by the Canadian Red Cross Society and the British Red Croat, to send a special Christmas parcel "from the people of Canada" to each Canadian prisoner of war in enemy hanils. T parcels are supplementary to ihe parcels sent regularly by next-of-kin and the Canadian Red Cross Society. Chief article in each parcel for prisoners of war in Europe will be a sweater of an appropriate color for each of the services, the announcement said khaki for army, lig-ht blue for air force, dark bluo for navy, and blue-black or black for merchant seamen. The parcels, which are being packed in the United Kingdom, will also contain cigarettes, chocolate, soap and other small comforts and extras. Far East Prisoners The parcels for distribution to prisoners of war in the Far East will be purchased in Japan by the delegate of the International Red Cross and will be made up there. It is not known exactly what they will contain, the department said, but the Canadian authorities have suggested to the International Red Cross Committee that they should be made up as far as pos- sible of foodstuffs, especially can- ned goods, and warm clothing. Gifts From Germany The International Red Cross .- also acting as an Intermediary to provide Christmas gifts to prison- ers of war in Canada. Arrange- ments now are under way where- by every German coiabatant pris- oner of war will receive a Christ- mas gift from Germany. Already some carloads of Christ- mas packages provided by the Ger- man Red Cross have been received in Canada for distribution at Christmas time and the delegate of the International Red Cross is making arrangements to provide a supplementary gift to each Ger- man combatant prisoner of war. Huns Could Land On St. Lawrence "It is quite possible that a sab- marine might land a few people at remote points along the St. Lawrence," Hon. Angus L. Mac- donald, minister of naval services, admitted recently. "They landed some in the United States last summer, and General Clark and his group landed in North Africa and pot off all right," he said, referring to the saboteurs taken in the United States and to the United States-Anglo group wlilch got into North Africa to make contact with the French and plan invasion. "If any were landed, it would probably be done with a view to sabotage. There is no evidence that any submarines have landed men to buy provisions along the gulf or river. They would not need to do this, as we know they can carry enough provisions across." What Is A Boy? The Big Brother Movement lays: He is a person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting, and when you are gone attend to '- >se tilings you think are so i. ant. You c.. , ;;dopt all the policies you please, but how they will be carried on depends on him. Even if you make leagues and treaties, he will have to manage them. He will assume control of your cities, states and nation. He is going to move in and take over your prisons, churches, schools, universities and corpora- tions. All your work is going to be judged and praised or condemned by him. Your reputation and your fu- ture are in his hands. All your work is for him, and the fate oi the nations and of humanity is in his hands. So it might be as well to pay him some attention. VOICE OF THE PRESS WORSE TO COME The new winter uniforms of the Nazis in Russia appear to be no better than the Fuehrer's promises. Moscow reports that many Ger- man troops are shivering and suf- fering from the cold, are pathetic figures wrapped in bits of shawls and surrender gladly when their captors come upon them. This is only December. What of the Rus- sian winter a few weeks hence? Hamilton Spectator. YOUTH'S STRONG POINTS The St. Catharines Standard states a military fact when it says the calling of very young men into the tight ing forces is based on the realization that "their response to leadership, their quick recovery from fatigue, their aggressiveness, their enthusiasm, and their flair for soldiering far exceed such qualties in other age groups." Brantford Expositor. TIDBITS FOR "TINY" Goering. who says Germany won't go short of food, is making sure he won't go short himself. From Istanbul comes a report Uiut Goering's personal plane visits that city every Thursday to load up with lobsters and caviar at $7.50 each and $15 a pound, respectively. Sault Ste. Marie Siar. LIVING SPACE IDEAS According to statistics recently published by the City Council of Warsaw, the average number of Jews compelled to live in one room In the Warsaw ghetto has, in the summer of 1942, reached the un- heard of number of 14. Hitler has badly warped ideas about living space. Kitchener Record. SOME GOOD IN ITALIANS A Canadian who flew at Malta says the Italian airmen fight "like gentlemen." not like the Huns. Italians as a race have, in fact, a streak of decency which not even Mussolini could wholly eradicate and dwent Italians hate the Ger- mans like poison. Ottawa Journal. SOMETHING TO REMEMBER Manufacturers and merchants who violently dislike the price ceiling may get a different slant on things when they learn that. aft**>r the inflation of the last war. over 21.000 small Independent mer- chant a and manufacturers went out of business in 19-1. CUesley Enterprise. GIVE THEM A CHANCE An Italian newspaper recently stated that the Italian people have got very little out of the war. The Italian people complain that they haven't got out of the war at all. Montreal Star. THE BOOK SHELF HIS MAJESTY'S YANKEES By Thorn.. H. Raddall His Majesty's Yankees deals with the part played in the Ameri- can Revolution by the Yankeeii of N'ova Scotia, that maritime province which was to be a re- fuge for homeless American tories. With real perspective the author presents a thrilling adventure story, an affecting romance and a segment from the American past which has remained untouched by contemporary novelists. The story is told by David Strang and recounts his efforts to join No\a Scotia to her rebel- lious sisters in the south. The story moves through land cam- paigns and breathless adventures on a privateer, with David Strang' s love affair adding coun- terpoint to the main thome of this remarkable first novel. Hi* Maje*ty' Yankees . . . By Thoma. H. Raddall . . . McClelland and Stewart . . . Price $3.00. RADIO REPORTER By REX FROST LISTEN TO "COUNTRY NEWS" Item* of Intorett Fro:;i Ontario Weekly Newspaper* EACH SUNDAY AT 2 P.M. CFRB 860 on your dial For the next two weeks, the Christmas note will dominate the air waves. Here is one programme the youngsters won't want to miss . . . "The Magic Cord." The stories of "The Magic Cord" were first heard last year over the C.B.C. network on the nine days immediately preceding Christmas Day. Many of Canada's younger generation will have noticed that those popular characters Billy and Bunty, and Topsy, the darling doll, and Scooty, the dear little mouse, together with Cocoa, the clown, and dozens of other fond characters of the nursery tales have already made their welcome reappearance over C.B.C. stations this Christmas season at 6.30 in the evening. The first programmes were heard last Monday, and they will continue to occupy the same spot every week night right up till Christmas Eve. Story-teller Mary Urannan, whose "Children's Scrapbook" and "Just Mary" stor- ies are very familiar to thousands of children all over Canada and the United States promises that her Yule-tide "Magic Cord" series this Christmas, will be brighter and breezier than ever. Make sure that the children have an opportunity of enjoying this charming- 6.30, C.B.C. prelude to the Season of Goodwill. * * * Late listeners will have an ex- ceptional opportunity of hearing a fine rendering of the "Messiah" in the early hours of the morning of Tuesday. December 22nd, 12.05 to 1 a.m. Handel's musical mas- terpiece is to be presented on that occasion from the Stona Church, Kansas City, Mo. over the Colum- bia Broadcasting System, includ- ing CFRB, ToruiiLu. Another spe- cial Yuletide treat is in store for those who in the early hours of Christmas morning tune in the Annual Carol service from 12.05 to 1 a.m. over the same network. * CFRB announces that this year there will be no curtailment of programmes dedicated to the spirit of Christmas Good Cheer and th interpretation of that motive of "Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward Men." In spite of the fact that the world at large is plunged into war, the feeling is that we should maintain and proclaim the spiri- tual values which long have dedi- cated the spirit of Christmas to the highest, most humanitarian principles of mankind. So most of the time honoured Christmas programmes will be continued thi season. However, in the case of New Year, important changes will be noticed, reflecting the more reserved aspect of a world en- gaged in the greatest war in his- tory. As long as radio broadcast- ing has been national and inter- national in scope, the Columbia) Broadcasting System has present- ed an all-night New Years Eva dancing party from coast to coast. But it is to be dropped this year. All stations affiliated with the C.B.S. will curtail their activities, not only to save power, but be- cause also the feeling exists that undue levity at the dawning of a New Year should be restrained in the consciousness of the traiic iy of world strife which surrounds us. Stations, including CFRB, Toronto will go off the air at 1 a.m. New Years morning. Ail- night radio dancing sessions are to be banished for the duration. The greatest work in all violin literature is to be heard over the National network of the C.B.C. on Thursuay, December 17th at 10.15 p.m. when Sir Ernest Mac- Millan and Kathleen Parlow with the concert orchestra play the Beethoven Violin Concerto in D. This will be the main programme item of the C.B.C. Concert Hour which opens with the orchestra playing the charming "Surprise Symphony" of Joseph Haydn. Lovers of fine music in general, and of the violin in particular should make a note of this in- triguing air performance. A SPANISH KING HORIZONTAL 1 Spanish king who died an exile. 8 He designated his son, ^ . his heir. 14 To appoint. 15 Reluctant. 16 Curious inspection. 17 Latticework for plants. 19 Epoch. 21 Musical term. 22 Chewed. 23 Eye tumor. 25 Bore. 26 To handle. 27 Genus of blue grass. 29 To harden. 31 Cry of distress. 33 Street boy. 35 Wheel hub. 37 Harness part. 38 Side conduit. 40 Baking dish. 41 Magic syllable. 42 Short hair cut. 43 Dog's foot. 45 Paid publicity. 46 Dyer's pot. 47 Vegetable. Answer to Previous Puzzle 49 Asterisk. 52 In bed. 54 Olive shrub. 56 His country was recently torn by war. 53 His started at birth. 59 Fortification. 61 Summed up. 62 Father. VERTICAL 2 Zoological term. 3 To cook in fat. 4 Alleged power. 5 Neat. 6 Male ancestor. 7 Single thing. 8 Split pea. 9 Genus of sheep. 10 Birds' homes. 11 Junior (abbr.). 12 Custom. 13 Pertaining to air. 16 He was known as a or lover of fun (pi.). 18 Wove. 20 He the throne at 16. 22 High mountain. 24 Japanese coin. 26 To place. 27 Butter lump. 28 Ozone. 30 To make lace 32 Intention. 33 To gossip. 34 Pile of cloth. 36 By way of. 38 Quantity. 39 To drink dog- fashion. 42 Gauzelike fabric. 44 Maker of cloth. 46 Founded on fact. 48 To dwell. 50 Having toes. 51 Before Christ} (abbr.). 53 Enthusiasm. 55 Connecting word. 57 God of war. 58 Sun deity. 60 New Testa- ment (abbr.)., Bluey and Curley of the Anzacs 'Imagine that now!" By Gurney (Australia) PUT MORE PEP INTO IT. - YOU HE BAYONE.TIM& HITLER - OR SOME OTHETi STUPH WHO DID IMAGINE. IT WAS YOU Hi TWlRP// *tf-S~W