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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-09-14, Page 71 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1933 ■7717, Sunday School Lesson SOLOMON Sunday, Sept. 10.—1 Kings 5.8 Golden Text Enter into His gates with thanks­ giving and into His courts with praise.— (Psa. 100:4. I 1 ♦ of he pastures and a hundred sheep beside harts, and roebucks, and fai- lowdeer and fatted fowl,” From time to time God remindeq Solomon of the vital sonal and natural Prosperity means for to men than adversity. Solomon signalized 50 YEARS AGO September 13, 1883 ARMITAGE FAMILY REUNION heed of per­ right eousn ess greater peri! his amazing reign by building two great and im­ posing structures. One was a house for Qod, the other a house for him­ self: The temple of the Lord and the palace of the king. He spent seven years in building the temple—and he spent thirteen years in building his own palace. If we think of a nation in those days a thousand years before Christ as crude and primitive, it will disil­ lusion us to read these chapters de­ scribing Solomon’s reign, and hlE buildings, and the way he organiz­ ed and administered his government There was nothing crude or haphaz­ ard abouit it. When he decided to begin build­ ing the temple, he sent to King Hi­ ram of Tyre and placed an order with him • for the necessary timber cedar trees of Lebanon: knowest,” he said there is not among skill to new timber donians.” Solomon 30,0'00 men to manage this timbef shipment alone; 000 each month, the north; and “bare burdens,” ■ wood in the mountains. j After seven years and six months Early in his temple was finished. Probably “for thou to Hiram, “that us any that can like unto the Si- raised a levy oi He was far in important But he 'haa an unusual. he sent them, 10,- in regular order to some 70,'000 men and 80,000 hewed Messrs, Aiken & Sons, having sold out their stock here, leave shortly for St. Marys where they intend go­ ing more extensively into business. Messrs. Stewart and Manning have purchased a bicycle and op Tuesday last gave a free exhibition of fancy riding on Main Street. Mr. Leonard Hunter recently sold one 2-year-old and two 3-year-oiQ entire colts of the coach horse class to Mr. Fisher, of Goderich, for the handsome sum of $10i07.'50. This community has experienajp very severe frosts the past few nights On Monday evening a 14-year-oia son of Mr. John Bell, of this place had his arm badly 'broken. He was in a tree endeavoring to obtain a bird’s nest when the branch upon which he was standing broke, caus­ ing him to fall heavily to the ground Judge Toms, of Goderich, was in town Saturday. Mr. G. Moir, Principal of the St Marys’ public school has been visit­ ing his father in Usborne. Mr. (Silas Whitlock hais gone east to attend the wedding of his brother Rev, F. M. Whitlock, of Cleveland formerly of Hensail. Rev. L. Wickett, of London, has been rusticating here Rev. W. S. Pascoe England on Tuesday, tion tendered him a Miss Aggie Henderson, of Goder­ ich, passed through Monday iast, on her where she intends Normal School. a few days, returned from His congrega- reOeption. There is an extraordinary charac­ ter study in Solomon, below his father David elements of greatness, admirable qualities of sort; and he showed also pride, and lust and selfishness, royal career he showed true humil- there bas been no building to equal ity in a rare degree. His wisdom lias never been equalled before or ’since his day. The splendor and wealth of his reign and kingdom are con­ spicuous in the history of the world ; He was a true believer, humbly wor-i , ___J x______xi~ „ ' it in splendor and magnificence. It is described in great detail in these chapters. “And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had fin­ ished.” It was a great day in the nation shipping and trusting God, yet fall-, Wben the temple was dedicated, and ing into grievous sin and staining ^ie ar^ of tjie LOrd was brought up his record irrevocably. | As children we have all tried to^ say what we would choose if We could have, anything we wished for j Think of having the opportunity' really come to one! Solomon had it I The Lord appeared to him’ in a dream And God said, “Ask what I shall give thee.” It was a severe test, and Solomon met it well. -The verses giving his prayer in answer to the Lord shoulaj be read aloud to the class: 1 Kings found in the Bible. 3 * 6-J) flrtrl Env rillif ITT o ' ~ him on the throne; he seemed tremble with the sense of responsi-1 earth? bil'ity; he said: “I, am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in.” And he asked for wis­ dom, that he might have “an under­ standing heart” to rule God’s people wisely. We are told plainly that speecih pleased the Lord,” Solomon had asked for this for long life or riches', or over his enemies. God granted ins prayer beyond even what Solomon had asked. “I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that thee neither after thee shall any rise like would give Solomon also what he had not asked, “both riches and hon­ our,” beyond all living kings. Fur­ thermore, if Solomon would do God’s will and walk in'His ways, God would give him long life. The historical record of Solomon’s life abundantly bears this out. Not only did he show his practical wis­ dom in brought tlior of a wide natural world, being a keen botanist, orni­ thologist and zoologist. “And there came of all people to hear the wis­ dom of (Solomon, from all kings oi the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.” v' Israel as a nation prospered amaz­ ingly under him. David was a man of war, iSolomon a man of peace Wealth poured in upon himself and his people. Somq of his possessions are listed in these chapter. The daily provision for his royal palace and household, for example, included “ten fat oxen and twenty oxen out to Jerusalem to be placed in the holy of holies. As years before in a similiar ceremony at the tabernacle i ntlie wilderness, so now, “the cloud filled the house of the Lord,” and “the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.” It was the she- kinah glory indicating the actual presence of the Lord. Solomon’s prayer of dedication should be read carefully—one of the great and wonderful prayers to be Pleading with He thanked God for putting1 God in behalf of his people, he said: to | “But will God indeed dwell on the Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?” Yet humbly, reverently, iSolomon asked: “That Thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day even toward the place of which Thou hast asked, My name shall be there; that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant shall make toward this place.” If Israel should sin, ed God’s forgiveness storing of the people, protection against Even if they should fail so complete­ ly that they would have to be ’carried captive to other lands, Solomon ask­ ed God to forgive his people store them to their land. It was a divinely inspired and God has been answering that day to this—with the when Israel recognizes a descendant of Solomon as her Messiah, Nazareth, “and the King shall come in.” “the because and not victory Solomon ask- and His re- He asked for their enemiesthere was none like thee before unto thee.” And God said he adjudicating difficult cases before him; he was the au- 3,000 proverbs; and he had range of knowledge, in the as well as the spiritual and re­ prayer it from future Jesus of of glory PARTRIDGE SEASON * IN ONTARIO OCTOBER 9 TO 19 Hunting of partridge will be per­ mitted from October 9 to 19 in On­ tario, according to an order-in-coun­ cil made public recently by Hon. Geo H. Chailies, provincial secretary. Shooting is permitted in all areas except crown game reserves, provin­ cial parks and other lands where hunting is prohibited. Special pro­ visions are made for deer and moose hunters, permitting them to s’hoot partridge for six days of the hunt­ ing season. This privilege will be enjoyed by American as well as Can­ adian hunters. Looseness of the Bowels Always Dangerous When the bowels become loose and diarrhoea, dysen­ tery, summer complaint and other bowel troubles set in, immediate attention should be given and the discharges checked before they become serious. To check these unnatural discharges there, is a remedy in Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry, a remedy that hah been on the market for the past 88 years. It is rapid, reliable and effective in its action. A few doses is generally all that is required to give relief. Get it at yow drug or general store; put up only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. this place on way to Toronto attending the The 12th annual reunion of the Armitage .family took place on lot 13, con. 4, Biddulph on Labor Day Over 135 descendants were present including Miss Margaret J. Armitage youngest and only surviving daugh­ ter of John Armitage, who, with his wife Anne Robinson, emigrated from Cloughjordan Co,, Tipperary, Ire­ land, in 1827 to Kingston, later settl­ ing in Biddulph in 1849. Brief ad­ dresses were given by Henry Hod­ gins and Herman Powe. Spencer Sceli gave an interestion description ■of Chester, England, a city of 40,- 000 or more, where he visiting last spring. Rev. Mervyn Elston also addressed the gathering recalling memories of those who have passea on. A fine program of sports were ar­ ranged and carried out by those from Stephen Township. Winners oi prizes were as follows: Children under 5, Earl Greenlee; boys under 8, Elmer Powe, Charlie Weir; girls under 8, Donna Armitage Nadene Armitage; girls under 12 Amy Abbott, Dona'lda Hod,gins; boys under 12, Arnold Lewis, Alden Walk­ er; married men’ race, Wilmer Arm­ itage, Sylvester Mardlin; married women’s race, Mrs. Heber Davis, Mrs L. Hodgins, Mrs. A. Walker; cat-tai] race, Mrs. E. Lewis, Mrs. E. Arm­ itage; picking out the slipper, Mr and Mrs. E. Armitage; hanging out the wash, Heber Davis, Gordon Armi­ tage; secret race, Mrs. H. Armitage and Elmer Armitage, Clara Airmitage and H. Godbolt; clothes pin race Mr. and Mrs. Alton Isaac. Relay races which brought forth peals or laughter were: sack race, bean bag race, black and white race, filling bottles with water, suit case race. Officers for 1934 were elected as follows: Pres., Henry Hodgins; Vice Pres,, H. Powe; Treas., P. Armitage; $ec’y„ Mrs. H. Powe; committee, Mrs F. Armitage, Mrs. H- Hodgins, Mrs L. Hodgins, Mrs. W. Isaac, Mrs. J Turner, Mrs. W. Davis. Sports committee those from London Town­ ship. 100 applicants 'Tho contest for the position of is­ suer of auto licenses, made vacant by the death of M J. Childs, of King St. London, is said to be very keen There are more than 100 applicants but those in the running are sam to be Gordon Reid, Secretary of the London Conservative Association; J C. Doidge, a member of the Public Utilities Commission and Charles White, a brother of J. Frank White M.P. CLAIMING DAMAGES FOR HURTS FROM ACCIDENTS Claiming unstated damages, Wil­ iam John Nagle, of R. R. No. 3, Lu­ can, had filed a Supreme Court writ against John J. and Leo Conlin, ot Biddulph Township, and H. A. Ball S. H. Ball and H. A. Ball & Son, or Toronto. The suit is over injuries received by Nagle in an accident which occurred on No. 4 highway near Elginfield on November 15 last Nagle was riding in a car said tc have been driven by Leo Conlin when it crashed into the rear of a truck owned by H A. Ball & Son. He suf­ fered severe injuries and' was in a London hospital for some time after the accident. Gunn & Sjinith, Lon­ don, act for Nagle. The regular meeting of the village council was held on Tuesday evening of last week in the 'Council Chambers of the Town Hall with all members present except Councillor Spencer. Minutes of the previous meeting were read. Petty & Jones: That minutes be adopted as read. F. G. Bonthron tax collector, reported re unpaid tax­ es as having received some arrears of same. Communications were read from the following: Dept, of Agri­ culture; Deputy Minister of Health; Avon Dairies same filed. Mickle and Jones: That by-law number 15, 1933 ammending by-law 12, 1932 and by­ law number 4, 1933 be given first and second reading. Carried. Petty & Jones: That by-law num­ ber 5, 19'3i3 be given third and final reading. Carried. Bills and accounts were read as follows: G. Parker streets $4.00; School Board, current expenses $200 C. Hudson, streets $3.40; J, Pass- more, hydro $4.39; J. Priest, weed cutting $3.20; E. Sheffer, streets $4 G. M. Case, coal and cartage $'53.85; W. R. Davidson, seal 44.33; J. Pat­ erson, premium on bond $8.00; to­ tal $325.17. Petty & Jones: That we call for tenders for the painting of the Tqwn Hall, same to be in the hands of the clerk on or before Sep- tember 11th at 8 p.m. Carried. Petty & Jones: That the Council now adjourn to meet again on Sept 11th at 8 p.m. Carried Jas. A. Paterson, Clerk Miss Bertha Wills, aged 77, Mit­ chell, died Saturday after being in failing health for a year. arrived home Saturday ITS EASY TO f SEE WHY CHEVROLET Mr. Alt held a grounds 25 YEARS AGO September 10, 1908 Mr. Herb Harrell has returned from Windsor, where he spent some months. Mrs. Wm. Hawkshaw and daughter Miss Jean, form a trip to Brandon, Man. Mr. Geo. H. Powell, who recently purchased a 17-acre celery farm near Thedford, was here part of the week Mrs. T. H. McCallum and daugh­ ter, Miss Elsie, arrived home Satur­ day evening from an extended trip to British Columbia. Miss Birdie Hall has gone to Man­ celona, Mich., where she will be en­ gaged in the tailor .shop of Davidson. The local tennis players tournament .on t’he rectory on Labor Day. The double champion­ ship was won by H. A. Palmer and O Southcott and the singles :by H. A Palmer. Palmer and O. Southcott defeated Case Howard and Harry Rendle. 7-5, 6-2 and H. Southcott and Elmore Senior 6-4, 6-3. On the Gun grounds on Laor Day the shooters had a number of inter­ esting events several visitors being present from a distance. John Trieb- ner won in the 10 live bird event getting 10 straight with F. Kerr and S. Webb 8; S. Fitton and W. Johns 7. In the rook events F. Kerr ana J. Triebner tied for high average with S. Webb 3rd. 15 YEARS AGO 1918September 12, Mr. Wm. Hatter has three lots and stable father’s home from Mrs. R. Downle Mr. Thos. Boyle is having a sale of his household effects on Saturday Mrs. Swartz has sold the Queen’s Hotel at Wingham to Andrew Tay­ lor formerly of Belgrave. Mr. Frank Bissett, son of Mr. R Bissett, of London, is again confin­ ed to the .hospital owing to an illness after the nature of a stroke. Mr. Fred Fairhall has purchased Mr. E. 'Colwill’s store in Ceiitralia and will commence business at once Mr. Chas. Tom, of Golden, B. C. a former Exeter Old Boy, is visiting with his mother Mrs. C. Tom. It is sixteen years since Mr. Tom visited his native town. purchased the north of his SEAFORTH BAILIFF DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS SEAFORTH—Following a heart illness of seven months, James Fred­ erick Welsh, a highly esteemed and lifelong resident of Seaforth, died at his home on North Main street. The deceased was a. son of the late John and Catherine Welsh'and was born in Seaforth 60 years ago. For twenty- one years he filled the offices of bailiff and county constable. Thirty-five years ago he was unit­ ed in marriage to Miss Bertha Mc- Diarmid, of Seaforth, who survives along with an adopted son. 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