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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1934-03-01, Page 758tli WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Edmund McPherson of Greenway, are today, Feb. 22nd, quietly celebrating the 5 8th anni­ versary of their wedding, They are the oldest pioneers of this commun­ ity, ■ Mr. McPherson being 87 and Mrs, McPherson 77, and in spite oi their advanced years, both are en­ joying fairly good health, and take a keen interest in the life of the community. In 1874 Mr. McPher­ son “hewed” out of the forest a home and in 1876 he brought his bride, Kerenhappuck Mollard, eld­ est daughter of the late Mr. ana Mrs. James Mollard, of the Mollara Line and here they have lived con­ tinually for 5 8 years, meeting to­ gether life’s joys and sorrows. Mrs. Macpherson is the second eldest in a family of eleven, of which three are living, John IMiollard of Cali­ fornia and Melissa, of Sask. She attended Grand Bend the first Hueston, one of Exeter’s izens, taught there, of nine children six are living, Mrs. Fred Shetler, of Buffalo; Mrs. Chas. Grieve, of Adelaide, Australia, who is sailing April 26th to spend the summer with her parents; Mrs. Geo. Saunders, of Sask.; Mrs. Ray Pol­ lock, Kerwood; Mrs. Elgin Webb, Grand Bend and Robert Macpher­ son, of Buffalo. 'One son gave his life in the Great War. Their many friends and neighbors wish them joy on this happy occasion and contin­ ued health and happiness. Watrous, school at year (Mr. oldest cit- ■Of their family FIVE-INCH SPLINTER PENETRATES THIGH When the toboggan on which was riding broke, a splinter 1 inches long penetrated the thigh of Ted Jordan, Mitchell High School student. The spinter was removed by Drs. Aberhart and Gillrie. i he five RURAL MAIL CARRIER HAS FINE RECORD OF SERVICE IH) L K fr- i R I IMES-Ab VOCATE ^——*—11 III Ilium III .... THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1934 He sent mes- j1 * IMessiah, the Christ. sengers to ask Christ: “Art Thou He that should come or do we look foi' another?” Our Lord’s answer was not a ‘Yes’ or a ‘No.’ He gave John evidences. His own credentials. He told the ■messengers to go back to John and tell him of “Those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, the lame ^valkj the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them’. And said the Lord, that offense to Me. man is blessed who finds no cause of The Gospels tell us that Christ’s miracles were signs of His Messiah- shi,p, His diety. No case of need ever brought to Him was too much .for Him—He healed all. He made another tremendous claim for Himself. God had put all things into His hands, He said: and no man truly knew the Son except the Father: “neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Sqn, and he to whomsoever the Son will re­ veal Him.” In other words no human, being can know God the Father excepe through I Christ. 'Those who claim to know God but who reject Christ or not, and cannot, knotv Cod. This is the plain, inescapable teaching . of the entire New Testament. Only Diety can reveal Diety. The night before He died on the cross the Lord said: “No man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). The temple at Jerusalem, sancti­ fied by God Himself, was a sacred place; yet the Lord Jesus said to the Jews who were criticizing him: “In this place is one greater than the temple.” They knew He was speak­ ing of Himself. The Sabbeth day was ordained of God. The Lord did certain things, on the Sabbath day for which the ■ Jews criticized him sharply. “The Son of man,” he answered, “is Lord even of the Sabbath d'ay.” When He cast out demons, or ev!> spirits, the pharisees, who were now fearing and hating Him more and more, said: “This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beezlebub the prince of the devils.” They accused Christ of being in league with Sa­ tan. And Christ made answer in words of such scorching condemna­ tion that men have trembled who read them, from that day to this. First the Lord showed1 the impossi­ bility and absurdity of supposing that a man in league with Satan would be casting out the servants oi Satan, or evil spirits.” If Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against him­ self.” Then He described the un­ pardonable sin, which is the ident­ ifying of the Holy Spirt with Satan. Any 'man who cannot see any differ­ ence beteen the works of the Holy Spirit and the works of Satan has so hardened himself against God that he cannot be saved. “Wherefore I say unto you,” said the Lord, “all manner of sin and blasphemy be forgiven unto men; but the phemy against the Holy Ghost not be forgiven unto men neither in his world, neither in the world to come.” When certain Jewish leaders de­ manded that Christ give them a sign, He answered that no sign should be given to them but that of the prophet Jonah and He declared that as Jonah was nights in the great Son of Man, should and three nights in earth.” The resurrection of Christ from, the dead, in other words, declares and authenticates His Deity. At the same time Christ put His seal upon Jonah’s experience as actual history and miracle, and1 as the' Old Testa­ ment type of the greatest New Tes­ tament miracle. Christ’s resurrec­ tion from the dead. No. wonder Sa­ tan has tried to turn men against the resurrection, or the heart of the Gospel, by causing them to ridicule the story of Jonah. The last word in this chapter no our Lord’s declaration that “who­ soever shall do the will of my Father which is in Heaven, the same is my brother and sister and mother,” In other words, whoever does God’s will is Christ’s kin—for Christ is God; SHIPKA William C. 'Coade, mail carrier, of rural route No. 2, Mitchell, has never ' missed a day in 21 years and matter how cold weather, he never complains, covers 18 miles daily and in a year has travelled 5,616 miles. It is doubt­ ful if there is another mail carrier with such a record. no or stormy the He Sunday School Lesson JESUS’ Sunday, >>HI' TESTIMONY CONCERNING HIMSEIfF March 4.—Matt. 11:2 to 12.50 Golden Text unto me, all ye that laboi' heavy laden, and I will give Come and are you rest.—Matt. 11:28. Why was Christ crucified? Because of Hie testimony concerning Himself He said He was God, and because of this the Jews called Him a blasphem­ er and sentenced Him to death. His very name, as we saw in the first lesson of this year in Matthew’s Gos­ pel, testified to this: “Emanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us” (Matt. 1:23.) When we come' to the end of these studies in Mat­ thew we shall find the High Priest and the .Sanhedrn declared, “‘Ye have heard His blasphemy,” and pronouncing the verdict: “He is guilty of death,” This week’s lesson therefore, is of vital imporatnee if we would understand the Person and mission of Christ. John the Baptist, who had borne such a courageous and uncomprom­ ising testimony to Jesus as the Son of God and the Lamb of God, was now cast into prison because he dar­ ed tell King Herod the truth about his sin of adultery. Perhaps he ex­ pected Christ to come to his prison and set him free, or to establish His Kingdom at once for force, as He will in His /Second Coming. But •Christ’s first coming was in gentle­ ness and grace, not in judgment, and He let His disciples have His' own experience of persecution and'1 suffering. So He did not deliver I Il'ohn: as He said in last week’s les-1 son. “It is enough for the disciple' that he be as his Master.” And John’s faith wavered. Evidently he wondered whether he had been mis­ taken in thinking that Jesus was the shall blas- shall three days and fish, so he, the “be three days” the heart of the ■ Constipation and Headaches Suffered For Two Years For sale at all drug and general steres; Tor/' Ont. Mr. E. K. Devlin, Winnipeg, Man., Writes:—“I feel it tny duty^to let you know of the help I received after having taken two vials of Milburn’s Laxa-Liver Pills. For two years I had Suffered dread* fully from constipation and headaches, and was advised to try your treatment. I strongly advise all sufferers to use Laxa-Liver Pills and feel well again.” put up only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Good-bye, February! You have made it pretty hard for us! ******** Timidity is as much an occasion for reproach as recklessness1. ******* * Some churches are balancing their budgets by rendering less service. re- of A. * * The Eligible Maidens cum costs money.♦ ♦ ♦* are not • * * favour of severe winters. Tal- *** * * * ♦ ♦ Cautious Sandy affairms that the smallest teapit is the shunest heated an’ the quickest emptied.****** It is not necessary for capitalism to disappear. 1 It is impera­ tive for it to adopt better principles.******* There’s one good thing about this cold led the lazy to. take exercise by shivering. * * * * * * * ♦ winter, it has compel- * The counsel to eliminate “the profit motive" is1 not pointing way to general well being but to chaos. ******** Few people find the way to the poor house by seeing to it that best they can do is the worst they ever do. ******** Business proves that capitalism’s major mistake has been its frequent unjustifiable alliance with politics. ******** A very good cure for a “sour stomach” is the free and regular ■ of the bucksaw, no matter what the weather, ******** It is impossible to reform any system, municipal, provincial, federal, monetary, without reforming the men who direct them. ******* H" February has at least made a name for itself that will live in this community until the mercury drops to a new low record. ******** In these days'when so much attention is rightly directed to our duty to the unfortunate, let us not forget that we have a duty to the strong. the the too use ******** Cautious Sandy’s competitor, Paddy |McGraw, says that a straw- live under it, the cows tap av it. stack is a foine thing eat the stride av it and * ontoirely. The pigs the hins1 live aff the f****** HANDS OFF! * governments of one sort and another have to do with better for both the government and for business. The less business, the . „ Government is at its best when it does not meddle with sound busi­ ness or good business men. The practice of having the govern­ ment insure houses and corporations and individuals against finan­ cial risks is liable to be mischievous, of very grave forme of prise. Such a course is the mother injustice as well asi the assassin of enter- ******** THINK OF IT! in the United States, all of them under 16 years of age, are receiving public relief. That is 30 per cent, of the population of the great republic are learning lessons of depend­ ence with every mouthful they eat and every shoe they put on. This twelve and a half millions of people are learning to be con­ sumers rather than inventors and producers; to adopt the economic and social outlook of the savage rather than that of the civilized man. Now it is unhinkable that these children should go unfed and unsheltered. Anglo Saxons never can tolerate that sort of thing. Yet what is the future of folk who are reared in an atmosphere where initiative isi not required? [What is1 the future moral of per­ sons so nurtured? [How are these children to be trained to be genuinely self-respecting and self-supporting? Upon the answer to these questions depends, much of the future welfare of the Unit­ ed States. 112,500,000 persons ******** ANXIOUS DAYS These are times that are giving a great many thoughtful people a good deal of concern. War may break out any day in Europe. If this is not a reasonable possibility, explain the presence of heav­ ily armed troops on the borders of some one else’s country. If bur­ densome taxation is not to be looked for in England, why Neville Chamberlain’s announcement that there is to be no lightening or the load of taxes1 for at least another year? Then what of those rumors in Canada of additional taxation on the incomes and the savings of the people? If hard times are not to be faced, what is to be^done about the feed-shortage in this province and in other portions of the Dominion? The sooner we face up to what is ahead of us the better. How some men in authority have the assurance to batten on the worker’s living passes all belief. Yet the people delight to have it so. This Dominion can carry on without any difficulty, provided she carries on rationally, by managing her af­ fairs rationally, federaly, provincially, municipally, in business, in „ church and private life. ******** FACE THE MUSIC number of people with eyes1 in their heads were not going right financially as far as of the Dominion were concerned. These folk provinces were discounting their future at ___________ ___i__. Farmers who knew about soil and its possibilities pointed out the folly of devoting certain areas1 to gen­ eral agriculture. Over and over again those provinces were re­ minded that they were inviting ruin by undertaking certain enter­ prises, such as the erection of outrageously costly public ouildings1 and undertaking educational and highway undertakings out of all proportion to the development of the country either immediate or prospective. Eastern Canada extended credit to the Western prov­ inces to an extent that savoured of fatuity. Discretion, financially, was thrown to the winds. When the west was spoken or written of, outstanding orators inflated themselves to the bursting point. Meanwhile the east was carrying the burden. Financial fools _ in the East rushed in where business sages feared to tread. Warning after warning was given only tO' result in the parties who urgea caution being dubbed croakers and pessimists. According to The .London Free Press this folly has resulted as follows: “British Columbia’s deficit on current account for the year 1932-33 was $2,836,377. Shortage in sinking fund of $1,440,625 and unemployment relief charges to capital expenditure of $3,648,- 407 bring the total deficit to $7,925,436. This is a painful story1 for a province whose total population is no more than the city of Toronto. It is an intolerable situation which cannot continue.’’ Mark well these words: “It is an intolerable situation which cannot continue.” Worse still it is a situaion that need nevei’ have developed. Worse still, it is a situation that gives little hope of bettering. The Free Press continues, “However, none of the other Western provinces are in a much better position than British Colum­ bia.” Well, if any of our readers are inclined to doubt tho quota­tions made, let them dig up a few facts. Public records are avail­ able for this purpose. It is high time for Canadians to face the stern music of these times.iLet us see, didn’t we hear some time ago language something like this: “There is no God west of Winnipeg!” Our suggestion? That the West get over playing the pitiful game of politics and give tho reins of government into hands that can use them. This may mean, first, that the Western provinces amalgamate till their debts are well nigh paid. 'Second, it may moan that the provinces give over the game they have so utterly failed in, the game of governing themselves and ask the British parliament to appoint a government to do for them what they have so far demon­ strated that they cannot do for themselves. This way we know would be humiliating but humiliation before now has been the first step on the way to happiness and prosperity. Tho Federal Government i» burdened to the limit, IMany East­ ern business men, as far as the west is concerned, have extended credit to the breaking point. For some time a have seen that things the Western provinces pointed out that those a pace that meant disaster. History of Sunday School At the close of the Sunday School on Sunday Mf. Matthew Sweitzer read a paper on the history of Shlp- ka Sunday School which he had ceiyed from Mr; A. 'M-. Wilson, Greenway which is as follows,— In October 1887, Mr, and Mrs. M. Wilson attended a S. S. conven­ tion in London and were strongly impressed that they should do some definite work for the church. The following item was taken from a diary kept by Mrs. Wilson, Novem­ ber 9th, 1887: “After prayer for direction my husband and I started for Shipka, where there never has been a Sunday School or Church or any denomination. We first went to Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins to see if they would let us have Sunday School m their home and they willingly con­ sented. Some suggested meeting in the 'School House, which was then about three-quarters of a mile south but Mr. Wilson thought it wiser to meet in the village as it was more central. We then called on Mr. and Mrs. Heitzman, Mr. I. Lamport, Mr. Baxter and Mr. A. Dun* and urged them all to come to Sunday School next Sunday at 10 o’clock. Praise God for such a thirsting for know­ ledge of the Scriptures. November 13, 1887, Sunday, we drove out to Shipka to Mr. Hawkin’s home and found 24 present and organized a Sunday School with the following executive: Supt., Mr. A. Durr; sec.- treas., Mr. Thos. Lamport; teachers Mr. Thos. Keys, Mr. ,S. Hawkins. 1 Mrs. Heitzman, Mrs. Robt. Keys. Then Mr. taught the adults in the and I taught the children kitchen.‘November 20, 1887 up early, did up our work and drove to Shipka. There were 41 present and 40 cents for collection. The people all seem so thankful for get­ ting help". May God bless them. Lat­ er Mr. Alfred Day, of Toronto, who was then secretary of the Sunday School Association Shipka, gave an address couraged When he told his about the Shipka and he shipped three dozen hymn books, one dozen bibles and forty-three library books, which was a generous gift from one indi­ vidual. Soon all felt the need of more room for the Sunday School as it was growing in members and interest so they cleared the rubbish out of the loft over Mr. S. Hawkins blacksmith shop, put sawdust on the floor and arranged seats of lumber resting on blocks, while a email stand served as a pulpit. The loft was reached by an outside stairway that was put in repair. On Christ­ mas Sunday, 18 87, Mr. A. M. Wil­ son conducted the first church ser­ I Mr. ,S. Hawkins. Mrs. Hawkins and Wilson parlour in the we got Ontario visited and en- dfforts.them in their returned to Toronto he friend, Mr. Woodhouse new Sunday School at vice and preached the first sermon There was a large attentive audien­ ce and they all expreseed a desire to live a better life by standing when the opportunity was given. Soon regular service was given to the new congregation by the Pastor, Rev. P. W. Jones, of the Grand Bend Church and the staff of local preachers.. Good results were soon evident in the higher moral tone ot the whole community and the dis­ continuance of Sunday games, ber­ ry picking, etc. PRESENTATION AND ADDRESS On Wednesday, February 14th, the regular meeting of the Clande- boye Women’s Institute met at the home of Mrs. Andrew Paton, debOye. D;uing the meeting Grant Brook was asked to forward, when Mrs. James read an address and Mrs. Cunningham presented her with a beautiful linen table cloth. The following addess was read: Dear Mrs. Brook:- We are gathered here to-day for our regular meeting, also to do you honor and to offer to you our congratulations on this your* first meeting since your marriage. You have been a regular attendant since coming to the community and we hope you will continue to do so. Now we ask you to accept this small gift, namely table linen, not for its value, but for a rememberance from our branch. Again wishing you ■many happy years of wedded life. Signed on behalf of Clandeboye Women’s Institute. Mrs. Omar Cunningham, Pres. Mrs. James Paton, Sec. Mrs. Brook expressed her thanks in a few well chosen words and in­ vited them all to come and see her, after which the members sang “For she’s a jolly good fellow.” Clan- Mrs. ■come Paton Omar DIED IN CLINTON Alexander Morris passed away re­ cently at his home in Clinton in his 76 th from sides year. He suffered a stroke which he failed to rally. Be­ llis wife one daughter .survives. INTERESTING HOBBY Mr. R. Grosch. chemist -with the St. Maryg Cement Co., for a number of years has taken a deep interest in astronomy. Mr. Grosch makes his own telescopes. The largest of the telescopes has a lens of 10 £ inches across. It took many months of spare time in which to grind the lens. A variation of even a million part of an inch would be disastrous as far as results were concerned. Such an instrument would cost, if purchased from an optical firm, about $5,000, Mr. Grosch hasi five other telescopes of varying sizes and he is preparing to make one larger still. “Does Everything a Flour Should Do” “Adds Flavour and Character to All Foods Baked With It!” "Five Roses does everything a flour should do — mixes smoothly, rises evenly, gives a nice golden brown sur­ face to bread and cake and a tender white crumb, and it adds flavour and character to all foods baked with it,” Mrs. Dan Anger, Perth County Cake Champion in the Five Roses Baking Contest told us . . . with 30 years experience in the use of Five Roses to back her opinion. And Miss Emma Buttery, Perth County Bread Cham­ pion, thinks Five Roses is the best, among the many flours on the market. "Certainly it is the only one I have used over a long period with never a failure, and depend­ able quality means a great deal,” she explained. 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