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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-01-05, Page 3I Ht fe.Xbl.bH I lMEb-AM^Ol AI E THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1938 JESUS HEGINS HIS WORK International Uniform Sunday School Lesson, January 8) makers in Corinth or a run-away slave in Rome, speaking also in sy­ nagogues, group mettings in houses or crowded court rooms, Christians workers must use both private in­ terviews and public meetings, There is a place for both methods. Golden Text of God is at hand believe the gospel,’ and the repent —Mark PASSAGE: Mark 1 12-20' “The time is fulfilled, kingdom ye, and 1515. LESSON “I have seen A curious child, who ewelt tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lip­ ped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; for from with­ in were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expresesd Mysterious union with its native sea, Even such a shell the universe it­ self Is to the ear of faith; and there are times, I doubt not, when to you it doth impart Authentic tidings of invisible things, Of ebb and flow, and ever-endur­ ing power, And central peace, subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation.” —■William Wordsworth upon a And now for turkey soup. • * * * * • * • 1933> is getting nicely started. • ***»••« We have no idle gossips in our town. No siree! • •*• • Ufe’s Contracts 12, 13 ■such are the contrasts often experience live. • Life double Let us avoid fatty degeneration ** *** of * our sympathies, * •"Fresh from the Gardens" Andrew, another pair of Their discipleship with not cause any family div- rather cemented their brotherhood. 'They could Let us take such jobs ♦ ♦ as we ** find * or * make and do them well, * ♦ Already our hustling taking. merchants are well on with the stock- Twh Pairs of Brothers 19, 20 In a certain Canadian Church there are nearly two dozen pairs of brothers in the ministry. How much their fellowship has meant to them in college days and in their Christ­ ian work! John and Charles Wes­ ley stand out as a notable pair of brothers cooperating in Christian work. In the first disciple group there were two pairs of brothers: James and John sons, of Zebedee; Peter and brothers. Christ did ision but bonds of talk freely to each other as they dis­ cussed the Master’s teaching. They could bring into the ct’sciple group the spirit of brotherhood which would spread among those who were not blood relatives. Occasionally, however, there was the danger of a clique, spirit arising as when James and John sought first place for themselves, but that spirit was soon rebuked. It it always a tragedy when religion divides a home .or es­ tranges members of a family. Christ’s fellowship is enhanced when members of a family are able to share their Christian experience one with the other. Questions for Discussion 1. Do our most dangerous tempt­ ations come to us in youth or in age? 2. Why did Jesus choose His dis­ ciples from the working class? 3. Is it necessary to confess our sins to our friends? 4. What was it in Jesus that at­ tracted his disciples and led them to become His followers? 5. Is there any better way of hav­ ing home religion than the old cus­ tom of family worship? BIRTHDAY SURPRISE What contrasts there are in life, plenty and poverty, health and sick­ ness, war and peace? When Jesus began his public ministry, the worship was being carried on in Jer­ usalem in all its splendour, but Je­ sus went to the wilderness to be alone. For forty days he was tempt­ ed. Mark tells us that Jesus was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered unto him. Wild beasts, and angels- amid which we seems to be a with opposites linked together as closely as the sides of a dish, are able to unify these conflicting forces and see how they may be made to work together in a common purpose that we are able to see life steadily and see it whole. • Repentance and Faith 14, 15 Times of extravagan ce,jire follow­ ed by a call to repentance/When Je­ sus began his public ministry, Her­ od was in power in Jerusalem and ruled with great magnificence; the Roman Empire held wide sway, but the hearts of spiritual people were not satisfied with political power, or the display of great wealth. The most important happening of the day was not a decision reached in the Senate of Rome or a spectacle stag­ ed 1>y Herod in Jerusalem; it was then Jesus, a carpenter, went thro’ Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God. His word was not a counsel to get riches or power; it was a call to repentance and faith. We are living amid the same gener­ al conditions. We are citizens of an Empire-..about which we have boasted proudly. We live in a scien­ tific age in which miracles have be­ come commonplace. We have pass­ ed through a period of prosperity in which extravagance and self-indul­ gence have been ripe.. To Canada have come a group of Christian Evangelists proclaiming a revival by' methods different in many ways from the past. They have confessed el Copeland and that they are “fed up” with sins of, and Victor Chatten, all of London; the flesh and empty pleasures and'Miss Ruby Brethour, of Kitchener; have found peace by confessing their sins and listening seeking working on a colossal scale is the hope of the world. And strangely enough in our modern world scientifically power­ ful, philosophically proud, individ­ uals are finding a new way of life through repentance and belief, a scientific philosopher said a years ago that people were not wor­ rying about their sins. Now that they have begun to be in want many people are worrying about little else Christ’s message of repentance and faith still holds good. Why Fishermen? 16-18 The followers of Isaak Walton fre­ quently recall the met that Jesus chose fishermen to be his disciples They speak of fishermen as men who are humble and patient, who know what kind of bait to use and when to cast their line. The Tishermen, however, whom Jesus called to be his disciples were not sportsmen but men whose very existence depended upon their work. Jesus said that he would make them fishers of Were they to become net or fisermen? As a matter of fact, were both, just as thou* Master both methods. Jesus talked much to individuals—to Nicodemus, to Zacchaeus, to the rich young ruler to the woman at the well, but he al­ so taught in the synagogue, on the hillside and on the seashore and in the Temple courts in Jerusalem. The disciples also used both methods, Philip could teach the Ethiopian alone in the desert, Peter could preach to crowds on the day of Pen­ tecost, Paul was always ready to use both methods winning fellow tent- concave and convex It is only when we Twenty ladies of the Women’s In­ stitute gathered at the home of Mrs. E. Rowcliffe, one of their very active members on Friday, Dec. 23 and sur­ prised her and Mrs. J. Snell the oc­ casion being their birthdays. There were many pretty little gifts given them and everyone spent a very jolly time. The slogan among the ladies of this very energetic organization is now “When is your pirthday?” and no one will tell, but it is always found out in some other way. Lunch was served and a social half spent. hour WOODHAM held spite I spending an hour each day to the Spirit of God and divine guidance. Their policy is that life changing * ** * ** * * H. W. Arnold tells us,“The worst bankrupt in the world is the man who has lost his enthusiasm.” 4 * There is no dullness say, he runs into a great * * about the life of a truck driver. As they interesting people. * * * * * * Our new council is doing some serious thinking for. the wel­ fare of this good town. Let the rest of us help all we can. ******** “A kindly word and a cheery smile, Will shorten life’s journey by many a mile.” * * ** * * * * Is there a Santa Claus?Yes indeed there is. If in doubt ask the children or anyone who really dug in to aid in Child Welfare or Poor Relief. *•» We have been asked the difference between a musy railroad and a modern home. Well, the railroad has a frequently-used switch. • »«« You can’t fight influenza standing up. We can give a long list of those who have attempted this foolish thing but who have weakened hearts and such disabilities as souvenirs of their folly. ** * ♦ * ♦ * * A SUGGESTION an aquarium with a clear glass partition. He section and minnows in the other. The bass A naturalist divided put a lusty bass in one would strike every time a minnow approached the glass partition. After three days of fruitless lunging, which netted him only bruises, he ceased his efforts and subsided on the food that was dropped in. Then the naturalist removed the glass partition. The min­ nows swam all around the bass, but he did not striks at a single business was bad.one. He was throroughly sold on the idea that******** THOSE RIFLES Accidents from firearms are becoming all manner of stories are getting abroad. Let it be kown that shotguns and rifles are too common. made to kill. All (Crowded out last week) Our Christmas concert was here Friday night, Dec. 23. In of the icy roads, the hall was al­ most filled. The program, which consisted of recitations, solos, in­ strumentals, monologues, dialogues and drills was taken mostly by the children and 'enjoyed immensely by all. After the concert the younger children were glad to see that Santa was able to visit Woodham as well as other places and help unload the glittering tree laden with gaily wrapped gifts. Miss Carrie Wynn left Saturday to spend the Christmas holidays with her sister, Evelyn at Ottawa. 'Visitors home for Christmas were as follows: Miss Dorothy Camm, of Ship'ka; Misses Alda and Violet Squire; Mis’s Netta Shier; Miss Eth- Messrs. Raymond, i4 and IMr. Grant Hern, of Kingston. Mr. James Squire, who has been bed with an attack of lumbago able to be out again. in is SHSPKA (Crowded out last week) Evelyn Sweitzer, Miss Virgin-Miss _, ia Moore and Miss Edith Ball have few‘ returned to London after spending a ‘ Merry Christmas at their home. The regular meeting and election of officers of the Ladies Aid will be held at the home of Mrs. Arthur Firikbeiner on Wednesday, January 4th, 1933 at 2 p.m, Mrs. Isaiah Tetreau thank the Ladies’ Aid for the box sent Christmas season. Next Sunday will' be day in the Sunday School. A special program will be given. Mr. Thos. Lamport, of London, visited this week at the home of his parents, Mr. ant? Mrs. E. Lam­ port. Quite a number in this community are confined to their homes with heavy colds.men. line they used her wishes to very kindly during the Missionary The Doctor’s Advice Just a little smile, Smile, try hard! It’s a wonderful drawing card. Now grin a little. Grin some more! There that’s fore. Next, laugh C’mon show *ve got, alternate these three dozen times a day, much surprised you’ll be How troubles pass away. better’ll you’ve done be- a little. Laugh a lot! ’em what a mouth you- Now A And ________ _ Fur- • ther, these weapons are easily discharged and for that reason they should never be allowed in the hands/ of the careless or of the inex­ perienced. Folk who know the lethal powers of gun and rifle dread the .consequences when they see two or three boys abroad with a rifle. Anything may happen from the loss of a finger to the or­ dering of a casket. “Boys will 'be boys!” Of course. Then some­ times they’re killers. * ** . * * * Speaking of the present situation with its perplexity and sor- sow and pain Senator Borah uses these ominous words: “Men may, and do, dispute the divinity of Jesus of Nazareth; science may seek to impeach the authenticity of His inspired mis­ sion, but no sane man or woman will undervalue the transcendent beauty and the incalculable worth of the rules of human conduct which He announced during His brief ministry on earth. To the extent that these rules and precepts are accepted and put in practice, peoples and nations advance in the scale of civiliza­ tion and in human happiness. To the extent and in proportion that these rules and precepts are disowned, or discarded, people and nations descend toward the dead level of barbarism and of human misery.” These are the words of a serious-minded statesmen. It’s high time for others to take notice. ****** ** WHY ITALY IS WINNING We clip the following exceedingly good story from the Readers’s Digest: “An English lady bought a lovely watch in Rome and paid £35 for it. Proud of her buy, she took it to a London shop to have it ap­ praised before insuring it. The jeweler told her the watch might be worth a pound, but no great bargain at that. Enraged, the English lady could think of only one thing to do. She sat down and wrote direct to IMussolini, telling of the decep­ tion and adding bitterly that she didn’t think ruling such a people was anything to brag about. In a couple of weeks, oack came a letter from II Duce apologizing for the incident, hoping that the lady didnt’ really judge all his countrymen by the one bad example she met, and inclosing his own check for the amount of £3 4. A couple of weeks later the lady got another letter from' Italy —but it wasn’t from Signor Mussolini. It was from the brigand who had sold her the watch. The government, he said, had closed down his shop, fined him, and was about to escort him to jail to do a six months’ stretch. Would the lady please intercede? The lady, very much awed, decided she wouldn’t.” ******* ** GET AFTER IT •Surprise was expressed that the Russian government had se­ cured an enormous order for lumlber from British merchants. Canadians felt that the money for such an order should have come to Canadian dealers, to Canadian workmen, to benefit all Canadians. When complaint was made the reply was made, “The British lum­ ber trade is there for Canadians but they must go after it. British merchants, like others, are likely to deal where they get most for their money. There seems to be no reply to that statement. The sooner all wake up to the fact that there is no sentiment in good business, the better for everybody. In grave emergencies business men may im­ poverish themselves for patriotic purposes, but such occasions are grave emergencies, and must be treated as emergencies. The laws of business are as inevitable as the law of gravity or the law of cohesion. A boy still cannot eat his cake and have it. A business man cannot loaf and get the trade. Things are aS they are and consequences will be what they will be. Why, then, should we seek to deceive ourselves If a lum­ ber merchant or peanut vendor wants business he must get after it. The man with the best vhlue to,.Offer gets the deal, provided lie makes his offer known to the mai|/who wants to buy. NEED IN SASKATCHEWAN III.. f F l 1 Many of our readers will be inter- A LcttCF 11*0111 tllgl(llld ested in the following news from Saskatchewan, It is an extract from a letter, received by Mrs. Johnston from Mrs. E, J. Chute, Aylmer, the mother-in-law of the Rev. Mr. Brown, who was partly supported by the James Street congregation in his charge in Saskatchewan. The paragraph shows the great need of clothing there. It is as follows: ; “Mr. Brown writes that there are many needy people there though not so many as last year, out of 800 people there are not more than 50 who can buy their own clothes. This is the fourth year of crop failure for them. There are many children who cannot go to school because they have no warm clothes to wear. They need shoes and stockings very much as well as other clothes. Some of the older people have one suit of underwear but nothing to 'Change while others have nothing but rags. The Ladies’ Aid here (Aylmer) sent a bale of clothing to Mr. Brown for the needy people In his district and two more bales tu other parts of; res ..............................f'O ductive they are, with no ploughing for on it though. Prices for milk whole- The following interesting letter has been received from Mrs. F. Gol- lings, of Farquhar, who is at present visiting in England, Mrs. Gollings sends the Season’s Greetings to her many friends. Mr. Editor: Dear Friends: Southview, Deddington Oxfordshire, Eng. Dec. 6, 1932 Time is rolling along very quick­ ly and Yuletide almost here and my thoughts fly home amongst you all. Hoping things are cheering up a bi^ in marketable goods. I am spend­ ing a few days on a very old fash­ ioned farm (dairying) where they feed up to fifty head of cows. One old gentleman told me he had never seen this time, and last year, from one farm ploughed up in his one year, I think it was thirty-jfive tons of hay field of twenty-three ac- gives you a little idea how pro­ Saskatchewan. It is dreadful (think of people suffering so clothes, food and fuel when we in sale is one shilling one and a half Ontario have so much. This will not pence (27c.) be a very “Merry Christmas” for them.” Former companions of Mr. Brown’s children will be pleased to know that , and better tone in prices of stock the two boys have completed their'.was felt yesterday. Tilings have fourth form examinations in High been so very flat so long.School while Leona, who is house-1 keeper is studying music and is do-, ing well. I.___ I yesterday and tend, in fact single fares. The market was held all the farmers at- the railways issue A very much firmer I CONFEDERATION LIFE REPORTS INCREASED BUSINESS IN | WESTERN ONTARIO I I am in a very historical part of England around quaint and old, able. This home and the church wonderful carving is in these old churches beautifully preserved. here. Houses are warm and comfort- is dated from 173 8 from 1600. Some to be found and they are Most interest-Evidence of improvement in- con-^ng is the cathedral’of Cirencester, ditions in Western Ontario is seen In the old days it came under Crom- in the results of the London divis- well’s control and much property ion of the Confederation Life Assoc- was destroyed. Churches were de­ lation, -Which reports an increase spoiled and beams and do-ors were over 19 31 in paid-for new life in-;used ]3y the people to restore their surance in the agency year just homes again. A home we visited closed. The London division, man-,'on gunday night, after church, was aged by E. C. Ward, and locally re- quite a roomy one. The walls from presenter by F. J. ~Delbridge,^com- j the ceiling to the floor were sixteen feet high and large lead windows set in stone and huge cupboards. The fireplace was set on the floor and the log was the length of /word­ wood so you can guess it was'airy. I felt it was rather large. You can understand how the furniture is dwarfed in such large houses, also the work involved. The present own­ er succeeds five generations of his forfathers, so some farms go not gc out of the family often, but go from son to son. through the are covered banks of the I am told snowdrops and small wild­ flowers abound in some forty var­ ieties. The weather at present is very nice, though we have had con­ siderable rain. Cattle are pastur­ ing out. Wiltshire, I am told, is a county rarely yisited by snow. We were out to church Sunday and I wonder how many would like the opportunity to go this way; get bas­ kets and pack up your best shoes; then get into long rubber hoots and walk for ten or fifteen minutes at a good smart pace. Reaching the road we change our boots and walk nearly two miles and then repeat on the return home. It has been my experience twice. I might say, as this is a dairy farm the buildings are in teh middle of the farm—175 acres. It’s getting evening now and four o’clock has arrived so I prepare that afternoon tea as left in charge today. With kind regards and best wishes this Christmas time. Yours sincerely, M. Gollings S.—I get the Times-Advocate week and it is very welcome away from home. presenter by F. J. Delbridge, < prises the five counties of Middle­ sex, Elgin, Huron, Lambton and Perth, including both rural urban territory, and reports gratifying re-! suits from all sections. i The Association as a whole has experienced a successful year and announces that the same liberal div­ idends to policyholders are to be maintained during 1933. COMMUNICATION Editor Times-Advocate,— . Exeter, Ont. May I, through your news columns, •be permitted to thank the people of your district for the way they have ‘“played the game” under the trying conditions of the past twelve months and frankly, sincerely to Invite them On behalf of the government through­ out the difficult year ahead of us, an even greater measure of confidence and co-operation. This is no time for playing poli­ tics. Governments are far too busy endeavouring to save the country to concern themselves with petty parti­ sanship. Problems unprecedented in magnitude and cnaracteristics confront us in Ontario. With every citizen “pulling an oar” we should feel confident our ship of State will weather the difficult sea with which it is now contending. Only through cooperation not the cooperation of any political party in particular but the patience and tol­ erance and “Fair plsty” of all right minded people regardless of creed and whether they be ban or agriculture ts can our ride again. While we maud that cooperation, eminent at the helm we appeal ly for people. It is beautiful walking country. The roadsides with ferns also the ditches. In springtime must I am many to all unreservedly and this contribution ur- ship de­ go v- least cannot as the can at unashamed- rrom our P. every when GEORGE S. HENRY Prime Minister of Ontario “Do you plead guilty or not guil­ ty?” “Er—what else have you got?” Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup Long Standing Cough Was Completely Relieved Mr. J. E. Russell, Dominion No. 4, N.S« writes:— I have on several occasions, each Fall and Winter, had severe colds and coughs, and used to have a hard time getting rid of them. I had tried many cough remedies, until several years ago a friend recommended Dr. Wood’s Norway Fine Syrup. After the first bottle I felt an improvement, and the second bottle completely relieved me of my lohg standing cough.” Price 35c. a bottle) large family size 65c.; at all drug and general stores; put up only by The T. Milbum Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.