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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1934-08-30, Page 6THURSDAY, AUGUST BOTH, 1931 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Funeral Service of the late Rev. Dr. Strang ' Address given, by requests, by, Rev. .Samuel Farley, Minister, First' Presbyterian Church, Regina, Sask.. •on July 19th, 1934, in Westminster i United Church. Regina, at the fun-t eral of the late Rev. Peter Strang, | D.D., Superintendent of Home Mis-1 sions in Southern Saskatchewan for ; th 6 Presbyterian Church in Canada ; 1911-1925 and the United Church of Canada 1925-1928. Dr. Strang was a brother of Mr. Henry Strang ■of Usborne and Mrs. M. E. Gardiner of Regina, is a sister. This article appears somewhat late. We have had it set up for some time but through lack of space we have been unable to print it. We trust it will still be of interest to our readers. scholar. Think of the boy born in a log house in old Huron who went forth to become the prizeman of his ye ar i n muthemiMies i n Tpronto U ill­ ve rsit v, the me dalist at gradu ation inmn Manitoba Univtwsit;y and the lu >nor graduate in Th eolc>gy of Man- it..ba College.With sue h an e quip-H1‘ent,together with his> massterly In;isim >ss ability,, Dr.Sti•ang inight W(>11 :have been one ■of the great In appearing in this pulpit by re­ quest I am not insensible to the im­ port of this kindly gesture, nor am I unmindful of the courtesy of the Regina Presbytery of the United Church in asquiesceing to it. In saying I am not a stranger here let it also be said this happy state of affairs is due in a large measure to the fine Christian spirit of the Rev. Mr. MacKenzie who has done so much to bring about the day of {kindlier relations between our re­ spective churches.We have come together to pay tribute, ere we carry his dear dust to its last resting place, to one of the builders of Canada, particularly in this West land. In the larger sense it is impossible to pay tribute. Peter Strang requires no eulogy. His life, and the record of his work, is in itself the finest eulogy. Nor is this a time fQr tears. Rather is it one for thanksgiving.“Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wailOr knock the breast; nothing but well and fair., And' what may quiet us in death so noble.” And here you will permit an in­ timate, presonal word. I am here because of my deep respect for one who was to me as a father. In com­ ing to this city in 1925 Dr. Strang was the first minister to call at our home to welcome and to wish us well. We shall never forget the sincerity of that welcome, nor his fatherly courtesy. Throughout the intervening years he watched our work with interest. Time and again he manifested that interest by wor­ shipping with us. One of his fixed engagements was to attend and take ■.part in the Communion service of the Presibyatrian church once a year, and no visitor was more wel­ come than he. As our Communion season comes around he will be missed, for his place will be vacant, but we will remember him as one who lived “far ben” with God. In the realm of social life, as time permitted, we had most delightful fellowship. Nothing was allowed to mar that fellowship. He never forgot and always took a deep in­ terest in his old associates. Only the other day it was my privilege to call at his home with a Toronto minister who was passing through the city and had expressed a desire •to see him. What a joy it was to see the light in his eye,as he greet­ ed this former co-workr. None ap­ preciated these calls more than he. On that same occasion, and as an­other evidence of his interest and affection for his old friends, he ask­ ed me in his own vivacious way, “Have you secured the life of Dr. D. G. McQueen yet?” On answering “Not yet, but I expect to ere many days,” he said, “You will be sure to give me a reading of it/’ It was not given him so to do as he heard His Father’s call and is now with his friend in the presence of Him ■they loved and served so well. It is not for me to review his work as Home Mission Superinten­ dent as that has been done by the President of your Conference. The message I have read from the Mod­ erator of the Presbyterian Church speaks more eloquently than any words of mine of the warm appre­ ciation of our church for the late Dr. Strang. Let this much be said that in a very real sense “he scorn­ ed delights and lived ^laborious days” in the interest of the church ■he loved. While Canada owes much to the courage and heroism of the pioneers, the men who blazed the trails across those prairies, who built our railroads, tunneled our moutains. and bridged our rivers, she owes a debt she can never pay to those trail blazers in the realm of the spirit, like Dr. Strang, without whose sacrifice and labor of love, this land would not be what it is. Like his Master he was ever on his Father's business. He endured hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ and that there might be on these wide spaces a people whose God is Lord. In all thi> work he was ably sup­ ported by his devoted wife and family. To-day the sympathy and prayers of our people in this Prov­ ince and beyond are with these dear ones in their hour of deep sorrow. When the full record of the fchurch is written I hope the historian of the future will give credit to the work and contribution of those faithful women, like Mrs. Strang, who have served the church in the quiet places. Then too we shall always remem­ ber and--think of Dr, Strang as the captains of industry but he dedicat­ ed his gifts of heart and mine to the greater task of making men. It is not too much to say his own love of learning, and his personal attain­ ments as a scholar, gave higher education a decided impetus in this new Province. In view of all these facts it was a great source of pleasure -to his many friends when his Alma Mater in recognition of his scholastic ability, and his devot­ ed services to the church of the living God, bestowed upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. To this high academic distinction he came with all the necessary pre-re­ quisites, and none were such honors with more becoming modesty. Great as were his gifts of schol­ arship and administration it will be as the man of God he will be most remembered. He was a true am­bassador of the Cross. He loved to preach. At all times he was on business bent, and that business was the establishing of the King­ dom of God in this land and (be­ yond. To that high task he brought the full measure of his well stored and well trained mind. He lived with his God and with his Bible. Ana because he knew his Bible, and possessed rare exegetical gifts, he brought forth practical messages for a very difficult age. To him preach­ ing was a serious business. He scorned sensationalism in the pulpit His one aim was to lift up Jesus Christ and Him Crucified, to instruct people in vital religion and to help the weary, the sad and the burdened to face life with new hope and cour­ age. Such was Dr. Strang as I knew him. In his passing we are all reminded that “the night cometh.” May God in his great mercy comfort his lov­ ed ones, his brothers and his sisters and grant to us grace to hold aloft the torch of truth, as faithfully as he did, which he has thrown into our hands. As we said of the sainted Morrison of Wellington Church Glas­ gow, so may we say with equal fit­ ness of our departed friend: “Ye’re hame. A weel-bund shief o’gowden grain, Rie, Ripe for G-od; and God alone, Wha waled ye for his very ain, An’ took ye hame. Ye’re hame. The whusperin’ hills o’ this dear airt, Brocht ye awee frae a’ apairt, An’ God an* you spak hairt to hairt, 0’ His dear hame. * Ye’re hame. But, oh, hoo blithe and hameward road, Hoo licht the unco heavy load, To you wha walked sae ne’er to God The hale road hame. Ye’re hame. But hame is no’ sae far .away. Ye’re safely doon Life’s staney brae Ayont daith's 'burn whaur niclit is day, An’ God is hame. A BARBER WHO HAD RHEUMATISM Tells How He Carried On A barber who had been “a martyr to rheumatism” writes:— “I have been a martyr to rheuma­ tism for some ten years. For five years I was so .affected that it was with the greatest difficulty 1 was able to carry an my business. I may say 1 am a barber by trade. After having tried numerous remedies, 1 was finally advised to try Kruschen. I am pleased to say that after hav­ ing, used Kruschen for some twelve months, I am now freer from aches und pains than I have been for some ten years. In fact, I consider I am rid of rheumatism, thanks to Krus>- chen Salts.”—W. M. Two of the lngreuients of Krus­ chen Salts are the most effectual salventsi of uric acid known to med­ ical science. They swiftly dull the sharp edges of the painful crystals then convert them into a harmless solution. Other ingredients of these Salts have a stimulating effect upon the kidneys, and aslsist them to ex-1 pel the dissolved uratic needles through the natural channel. erlmard would be green and yellow with pasture land and harvested wheat fields, whereas now the sec­ tions are burned to a crisp in seared yell >w and brown blotches like pot­ ter ’t> clay. In a few rivers there are muddy triqkles of water, but in most there is nothing but yellow, reddish or dirty gray clay at the river bottoms. There has been no wheat crop to ■speaik of in his section. As the pilot nurses 'the plane down for the scheduled top at Am- arilla, one notices that even 'the fields of vegetables near the airport which seemed green from an 'alti­ tude, are mere straggling things, streaked through and through with brown marks of the burning sun. Here is his description of the great agricultural state of Kansas: The situation in Kansas is spotty. The rivers and lakes have a little more water in them ‘than further to the southwest, and underground streams are flowing to a consider­ able extent, and not all of the soil has that brown and reddish burned and cracked look characteristic of the Texas and Oklahoma plains un­ der the drought. Cattle ranges in Southern Kansas are packed, ome of the wheat in West and Central Kansas fields, where a crop has already been har­ vested, seems in fair condition. All through the State most of the corn fields, which .should be green with ripening grain at ’this time, are •brown or dark yellow with, dead or dying stalks. EDDIE, THE AD MAN OMCE A MERCHANTS HEALTH BROKE POWM FROM OVER­ WORK. HIS DOCTOR. YOLO HIM HE MUST HANG QUIET AMD REST, SO HE QUIT ADVERTlSIMGr AMD PRETTV GOON HIS STORE WAS THE QUIETEST PLACE IM TOWM Here’s value WALTON WINS CUP Walton defeated Birucefield 2-1 in the deciding game for the Stephen­ son Trophy, emblematic for the Hilron Football leadership at the Seaforth recreation grounds. The game was a real struggle and was played before a crowd', estimated at more than 1,000. Walton’s victory gave them the lead in goals as the two teams were tied 2-2 before the game. Brucefield lost on their home grounds 2-1 and then handed Wal­ ton their only defeat of the season 1-0, in Walton, WESTOWAY—-PATRICK A quiet pretty wedding was sol­ emnized in Knox United Church, Agincourt, when Rena Rose, daugh­ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery Patrick, Seaforth, became the bride of Charles Percival Westoway, of Hamilton. The ceremony was per­ formed by Rev. W- D. MacDonald. After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Westoway left by mtotor to Mont­ real then by boat to New York. On their return they will reside in Hamilton. Shingles! DECISION MADE The town council in Goderich de­ finitely decided at an adjourned special meeting to contest the Su­ preme Court .action instituted by the Collegiate Board to compel the town to accept its 1934 estimates and to pay over to the Board $5,000 over­ due. Council authorize^ Mayor Lee and Reeve Munnings to .attend a special meeting of the Collegiate Board, and if possible, to, affect a settlement which, however, must be on the basis that the ‘board reduce teachers’ salaries five per cent, as requested by Council. Drought in the Mid Western States British Columbia XV io** to* y -Au JV. JX. -Zk Best grade at $3.60 per square A. J. CLATWORTHV Vbone .Nd.-12,. GRANTON NEW EDUCATIONAL PLAN MAKES CERTAIN STUDIES OPTIONAL Toronto—Hon. J. L. Simpson, Ontario Minister of education stated he had before him a new educational plan for this province that may re­ sult in making optional the study in high schools of Latin, geometry and trigonometry. The plan, ho said, contains provi­ sions to empliasiie the study of ar­ ithmetic, Idea behind the plan is to provide more vocational training. Dr. Simpson said the plan would be studied for several months and will not be made effective before •September 1.936, ......................... . Yes sir, there’s more for your money in Speedway! More mileage, more satisfac­ tion, more safety—and it’s made by Goodyear. Guaran­ teed for 9 months. GOOELfYEAR SPEEDWAY F. W. Clark, M. Peariso, Crediton Grand Rend G. F. Penwarden, Centralia Biddulph Old Boys 'The Old Boys’ Reunion at tralia drew representatives of eer families of Biddulph Township, Middlesex Township. Among these were three sturdy MeFalls brothers, Alex aged 84, Robert 82, and John 80, all hiale and hearty. These “old boys” are grandsons of Robert MeFalls, who came north of Ireland in 1820 tied with his family on the cession of Biddulph, near His son, John succeeded to and in 183 7 w.as‘ married Rollins, sister, of Dr. Exeter. Their family nine children. The three above-men­ tioned; Mrs. Thomas Lintott, St. Thomas; Oscar, Lucan and Albert on the homestead. Three have pass­ ed away. Mrs. Mary Jane Boyle, William and Mrs. Charles Atkinson The father died at the age of 89 years and the mother at 6il. The brothers inherit long life from both the Rollins and MeFalls families. Three of the Rollins brothers died at ages 89, 87, 85 whiie the MeFalls brothers .and sisters were nearly all well over the 80 mariki. , These men, while young, well schooled in trees as the axe was the help in clearing the land, times they attended bees where a log house o.r barn was being built. Robert left the farm when quite young and drove a stage between Exeter and London, before the Lon- ;don, Huron and Bruce Railway was i built, while Alex and John worked on the construction of the railroad. I Alex was married to Jennie Mur- | doeli 63 years ago. For some years : he farmed, then moved to Lucan, where he operated a hotel and liv- I ary barn, first the Queen’s next the j Central. A number of years ago he j retired from business and -still lives ! in Lucan. Robert married Esther A STRANGE WORD (Do you know how many words in the English language mean “crowd” Well, a few of them are given here: A crowd of ships is termed a fleet; a 'fleet of sheep is called a •flock; a flock of girls is called a bevy; a bevy of wolves is called a pack; a pack of thieves is called a gang; a gang of soldiers is called a host; a host of porpoises is called a shoal; a shoal of buffaloes is call­ ed a herd; a herd of children is call­ ed a troop; a troop of portridge is called a covey; a covey of beauties is called a galaxy; a galaxy of ruff­ ians is called a horde; a horde of rubbish is called a heap; a heap of oxen is called a drove; a drove of hoodlums is called a mob; a mob of whales js called a school; a school of worshippers is called a congreg­ ation; a congregation of engineers is called a corps; a corps of robbers is called a band; a band of bees is called a swarm; a swarm of people is called a crowd. Cen- pion-We may think we have ’had drought to Western Ontario, this a green paradise compared with the mid-west and the southwestern States. Russell b. Porter, a corres­ pondent of The New York Times, has taken an airplane trip across the drought stricken States and gives a graphic picture of the desolation in these once prosperous1 and fertile states. Today, he writes, the whole landscape i,s a picture of desolation. For hundreds of miles over one State after another, hardly a drop of water was visible. In many long reaches not a tree was to be seen not a blade of green grass, not an animal of any kind, not a single living ‘thing. Below, he writes, laid the beds of empty rivers’ and streams for all the world as if they were caked hard by the scorching sun and winding across the country­ side as if they were impressions in the gound made gome sort of pre­ historic serpents. “One sees,” he adds, the empty inverted shells of lakes .and ponds hallowed out of the soil. In every direction the dry, wasted land extends further than the eye can reach. It malke® one think of a stricken giant, stretched out flat upon his, back, thirsting for water, starjng blindly into t‘he mer­ cilessly hot sun .and gasping for breath. Before one’s very eyes a 'whole section of the country lies dying. One cannot' help joining the" people who live there in a silent prayer of life.” The first part of the plane trip, after leaving Southern California, lies over the always barren desert regions of Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. Then one comes to the farm lands and cattle ranges of the Panhandle only to find that the drought and the terrible heat of the past few weeks have dried and scorched them into a state of arid­ ity which is practically a continua­ tion of the desert.”Mr. Porter goes On to write: jiu nuuau nvuwi marneu usujer Almost the only visible difference j ■^'^.inson" -®e moved to the west for is that the topography of the coun-!a tune but iretwrned and went into try further west is varied between I ike hotel business in Corbet, where table lands and rugged terrain with) his wife’s death occurred. He mov- serrated buttes and mesas, whereas, i ed from there to London where he from the Texas-New Mexico border; no.w resides. John married Mary north and east, it is all flat lands. ■ Anne Rollins 5 8 years ago. They ”Ky'”+ .inn farmed on the 2nd concession of Biddiulpli until 115' years ago, when they retired and now live in Cen- trailia. a but from the and set- 2nd con- Centralia .the farm to Eliza Rollins, of consisted of were chopping down greatest . Many A LITTLE PRAYER Just for today Is all my need; Just for today In thought and deed, Be with me, Lord, Along my way In wish and word, Just for today! This hope I hold, This dream of good, Let us ungold In every mood You grant me through This day you stand; Keep me near you Till this day's end! MT. CARMEL Mr. and Mrs. P, Sullivan and family spent the week-end with Mirs. , Sullivan’s .mother Mrs. Kerns, of Wallacetown. Miss Aginus Quarry, of London, is visiting her sister Mrs. M. Doyle. Mrs. M. Madden is visiting her daughter Miss Winnifred Madden and other friend's in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Cohan and two sons of Detroit, spent last week-end with Mrs. Cohan’s mother Mrs. Mairtha McPhee and other relatives. Mrs. Donald Stuart and family, of Detroit, called on friends here last week. Messrs. Gooding Bros., of Park­ hill, spent Sunday with their brother Norbett Gooding. Mr. Roach, of Hamilton, spent the week-end at the home of the Misses Carey. Vincent Quarry, of London, call­ ed on friends here. Thomas James Stephens, son of Thomas “Dad” Stephens, of the Queen’s. Hotel, Seaforth, died recent" ly after a brief illness. Happiness In the Home Depends On Mother's Health Beginning about *100 miles west' of; Amarilla, Texas, the view below is something like that which a vast checkerboard would present, if it I were limitless to the eye, if it were! laid out in squares, rectangles, ‘tri-’ angles and other geometricals forms/ instead of square .sections, and if; Who is not interested in automo- the sections were painted in differ- biles these days? All the new ent shades of brown and yellow j •‘slants (and developments jin -.the with .a very few green, instead of in automotive field are seen at the two colors. ‘ " Parched Ranges Absorb Rain .. .. ... the show in the magnificent million jol- theParched Ranges Absorb Rain I ian Automotive Building at With adequate rainfall this check- Canadian National Exhibition. There can be no happiness in the homo where the Mother is worried and irritated by tho care of the household. She becomes run down, nervous, irritable, and gets up in the morning feeling as tired as when she went to bed, and becomes down-liearted and discouraged. Milburn’s H. & N. Pills should soon convince women it is not necessary to suiter from pains and sickness, as they help to build up the nervous sys­ tem, and bring them back to robust health. Thon her household duties become a pleasure instead of a burden. Ask your druggist for Milburn’s H. & N. Pills, ThE Canadian National Exhibition is the rendezvous of champions, amateur and pro­ fessional. Famous athletes repre­ senting many nations compete for medals and money prizes in keen athletic contests on land and water. Here’s what you’ll see. Sculling race for world’s professional championship, three miles, preliminary heats Aug. 24; finals, Aug. 31 .. . International power boat rac­ ing, Sept. 4,5, 6.., Ninth Colonel F. H. Deacon, President. ARCHERY Sc- world’s champion­ ship Marathon swims, men’s Aug. 29, women’s Aug. 30 .... Harness races featuring $6000 Futurities, Sept. 4, 5, 6 and 1... Archcry tournament, Aug. to 31 ...Canada’s oldest and largest track meet Sept. 1. Rowing, sculling and canoeing regatta; yacht and dinghy racing, and other spectacular sports events. There’s some­ thing to interest every sports enthusiast. This is the big year at your Exhibition. Elwood A. Hughes, General Manager. NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS®