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DEATH OF MRS. GREB
Mrs. Caroline Agatha Greb, belov
ed wife of juderman
Kitchener
recently,
tige. Upon
an 1883
Mr. Charles Greb, now an
and a former mayor of
passed away at her home
Deceased was 67 years of
her marriage to Mr. Grek
they moved to Zurich where
they resided until 1909 -when they
tootk; up residence in Kitchener,
sides her husband, one son also
«ister survive.
Be-
one
DWELLING BURNED
The fine large brick dwelling own
ed by Mr. Jas. Regier on the Goshen
Bine south of Zurich was burned to
the ground last week. The fire
.started at the roof around the kit
chen chimney and wih a strong wind
•Mowing at the time it quickly spread
The Zurich fire brigade was called
Lut as the supply tof water was lim
ited little .could be done except to
4save the near-by buildings. Most of
the contents were saved.
Sunday School Lesson
BUS DAMAGED
One of the big Arrow Line busses
running between Stratford and
Goderich came- to grief when about
half way between Clinton and Go
derich. The driver, who was alone
in the bus, said the steering gear
locked and lie could not control the
big vehicle. The car took to the
ditch and struck a hydro pole,
breaking it off and threw it over the
fence. The front of the bus was
damaged but the driver escaped with
out injury.
(’LINTON NURSES GRADUATE
The annual graduation exercises
of Clinton Hospital took place last
week in the Ontario Street United
Church. The church -which was
beautifully decorated was well-filled
and the pastor, Rev. F. G. Farrill,
was in charge of the program. The
graduates were: Miss Ella Kerr, of
Brussels and Miss Dorothy Marquis
of Clinton.
JESUS IN GETHSEMANE
Sunday, Muy 31.—-Luke 22;24-71
c>Golden Text
Father, if Thou be willing, re
move this cup from me; neverthe
less not My will but Thine, do done.:
(Luke 22:24.)
The evening before our Lord died
oft the cross was a time of the strang
est, most unbelievable contrasts this
world lias ever seen. The Father
and the Son were about to make a
sacrifice, because of Their love fqr
men who were Thine enemies, the
costliness of which was beyond hu
man reckoning, experience, or com
prehension. The Lord had been tell
ing His disciples something about
this; He had partaken of the Pass-
over Supper with them, the last pass-
over before He, as the passover Lamb
should be slain for them, and for us;
He had ask them to partake of the
bread and the cup as standing for
His broken body and His shed blood
of the morrow; and now these dis
ciples, having known and loved Him,
and having been, trained under Him
for three years, were quarelling
among themselves as to “which of
them should be accounted the great
est!” How the Lord must have suf
fered again because of their slowness
to learn, their selfishness,
pride and covetousness. Quietly
rebuked them for behaving
though they were mere Gentiles
not God’s own people and His
ciples; if they would be great,
said, let them become servants,
“I am among you as He that serv-
eth.”
The-n the Lord made amazing pre
dictions, and they were bound to be
fulfilled, as God’s prophecies’ la
mentable exhibition of shameful fail
ure He promised them, because they
'had continued with Him in His earth
ly time of testing, a Kingdom, as ap
pointed by His Father; and He prom
ised that should eat and drink at His
table in His Kingdom, and “sit on
thrones judging the twelve tribes of
lsiael.”Let us not make the mistake
of thinking of this as a mere figure
cf speech or symbolism. It was un
questionably a prediction that will be
fulfilled literally, here op this earth,
when Christ has returned and has es
tablished His Kingdom on the earth
and. over Israel, and when Israel
shall be the greatest nation among
all the nations of the earth and' men
shall be- proud to know any Jew and
count him as their friend.
Another prediction followed. Si
mon Peter, boastful, impetuous lead
er of the disciples, was to deny his
Lord three times .that very night.
Satan wanted Peter, but, said the
Lord, “I have prayed for thee, that
thy faith fail not.”
Do we wish we might have the
Lord praying for us?
God
that
able
and
“He
uttermost that come unto ‘God by
Him, seeing He ever livetli to make
intercession for them.” (Heb. 7:2<5.)
Christ’s third prophecy was that
I-Je must fulfil the Scriptures that
were written about Himself that ‘He
was reckoned among the transgres
sors; for the things concerning Me
have an end.”
The Scofield Reference Bible has
an illuminating comment on Peter
Let us thank
that Peter had no monoply on
great blessing. The Lord was
to save Petei* to the uttermost,
He will do- he same for us, for
is able also to save them to the
their
He
as
and
d'is-
He
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and the causes that we can see lead
ing to his failure. “Peter was sleep
ing while his Master was praying
(Luk'e 22:45); resisting while His
Master was submitting (vs. 49-51);
he followed afar; sat down among
the Lord’s enemies; and denied his
Lord, the faith, and the brotherhood,’
Then Gethsemane. The very word
should bo spoken with a hushed
voice. What did Gethsemane mean
to? the Son of God? (Surely no one
in this life can understanr just what
it meant, We are told, by infallible
inspiration, the prayer
in His
of His
it had
(Matt.
He prayer
sweat was as it were great drops of
blood falling down tp. the ground.”
We are told that having asked His
three dearest .friends and disciples to
watch with Him while He prayed and
having told them that His soul was
“exceeding sorrowful, even unto
death,” He found them sleeping each
time He came to them after each
prayer, • ' |
This was the prayer; “Father, if
Thou be willing, remove this cup
from Me; nevertheless not My will,
but Thine, be done.”
What was the “cup”? From what
did the Lord Shrink? What caused
His agony? There have been var
ious reverent interpretations. Some
believe the Lord was shrinking from
the possibility of premature physical
death, fearing that He might break
down and die before reaching the
cross, and thus fail to,carry out the
purpose for which He had coms
from Heaven to earth. Others be
lieve He was shrinking back from
the awful horror of bearing the sills
of the world, of being made .sin for
us and thereby being separated from
the Father. Surely we dare not
dogmatize about this. It is a holy
’of holies, into which the Holy Spirit,
by. writing this record, has permit
ted us to look- But we know that
our Lord’s agony in the
Gethsemane was unique,
other thgn Himself—and
only God-Man—Jias ever
agony, or ever
never speak' of
There lias been but one, there can
be but one, in time and eternity.
The betrayal and the denial fol
low, as the Lord permits Himself to
be arrested after the Judas kiss, and
Peter, who has boastfully declared
he would stand by even unto death,
denies liis Lord with oaths as he is
taunted tor his discipleship by a
maid.
But Peter repented with a broken
heart and came back to the Lord;
Judas, stricken by remorse, left his
Lord forever by suicide.
that our Lord
We are told
■prayer, until
three times
We are told as
. His
agony prayed,
repeating this
been offered
26; 39-44),
more earnestly . .
can be piled on a truck and taken
right through. Here everything has
.pt be carried by coolies, even our
furniture. Getting all the loads the
right weight re,quires some figuring.
We hope though that by the time
you get this letter, we will be safely
moved to Penglisien.
We have been having quite a spell
of dry weather recently, and the
spring harvest is maturing too early,
The people are all- anxious for rainy
and are proclaiming feats, holding
dragon parades and in other ways
praying for rain, If the spring har
vest is poor, the cost of living goes
up.
The country continues fairly quietr
There is some military trouble down
in Central Szechwan, but it is not
liik’ely to affect us here.
Edith has been watching me write--
“and says she wants to send
to grandma
So do we all,
As Ever
her love
Jack
April 12, 1931
Easter Sunday
I did not man-
to the field and
too, no interrup-
We cannot es- ■
0
Garden of
No man
He is the
had that
can have. Let us
“our Gethsemane.”
HELPING VACATIONISTS
Holidays were coming and Doreen
had made no- plans. Everything was
up in the air. 'One day she decided
to make inquiries for herself and
girl friend, so she telephoned a num
ber of resort places. Thanks to Long
Distance, it was easy for the girls
to find a desirable pla,ce.
Letters from China
The following interesting letters
have been received by Mrs. William
Walker from her son Rev. John A.
Walker, 'missionary in West China,
who is well known to our readers.
this
V
Chengtu, West China
March, 29, 193,1
Mrs. Wm. Walker,
Hay P. O., Ont., Canada
Dear Mother:
I am home in Chengtu for
week-end, but leave again on Tues
day, to be Way in Pengshien for
Easter week. We are having a
I week of special services, finishing
I Easter Sunday. Miss Sparling and
two Chinese Bible'Women are going
up to look after the women’s work
and Rev. Thos. Torrance, of the
American Bible Society is comitfg to
help in the men’s work. We are
expecting to have a good time with
some real results.
We have been getting the church
in Pengshien fixed up. It had been
rather neglected for the past few
years and some of the windows were
broken during the troubled days. So
it lias taken quite a lot of work to
get it back in shape again. The
work is about completed nbw and
we will be in good shape l'or our
meetings. Our house is also com
ing along Q K and will soon be ha
bitable. V
Mrs. Bridgman and the two young-’
er children arrived Thursday in
Chengtu. Jean the oldest girl has
been here in school since .September.
Mr. Bridgman is still with the boat,
coming along slowly, but ought to
be here some time next week. Mrs.
Bridgman and the children came by
bus from Krating, having left the
boat there. ,She is going up to
Pengshien. this Week to get their
house in shape. We shall not he
able to move until the first week
in May.
April is a fairly quiet month among
the farmers and business people, so
We are having special services in
quite a number of our churches on
the District. We shall have to wait | until they are over before attempt-
| ing to move. Moving is not so
I simple as at home, where everything
Chengtu,
Dear Mother,—
Last Sunday was
and such a busy day
age to get a letter written, We were
having a series of special services in
Pengshien and the morning services
lasted from nine until twelvd forty-
five, which was a full morning. Mr.
Torrance of the American Bible So
ciety came up to help and Miss Sparl- •
ing helped in the women’s work. She1
had 5two Chinese. Bible Women,with
her, and several of our Chinese Pas
tors came in from their own churches
to help with the public meetings. We
had the best crowds we have had
since I came back
the order was good
tions of any kind.
timate as yet how much we gained
from such a series*of meetings, We'
have some new inquirers, but we
can only tell as time goes on, how ’
serious they are in their desire to-
learn.
■' Easter Monday was what the •
Chinese call the opening of spring.
The Chinese custom is to offer up-
incense and cast paper on the graves?
of their ancestors. The Christians
do not do this, but decided to have?
a Decoration Day Service to honor
the memory of their friends. We
planted' flowers on the graves and.
saw that they were in proper condi
tion Bobby Hughes’ grave is there
too. Outsiders gathered around and
in a few addresses we .told of what
Easter meant to the Christian world.
Tuesday I returned to Chengtu af- -
ter an absence of eight days. The
Bridgmans had arrived and on
Thursday got away with most of
their stuff to Penghsien. He will
come down again tomorrow to take
up the rest of .their stuff. Next
Thursday I go again to Sinfan one
of our other churches to help in a
series of meetings, from which I ex- •
pect to get abek the following Tues
day. This time of year is most suit- •
able for these meetings, but it means-
we have to' delay our moving until
after they are over. We hope to-*
get moved up 'about the 7th of May,
before the real hot or very wet
weather comes.
There has been some fighting in
the Province, this past two weeksr
but it has not come near Chengtu
and seems to be,over for the present.
There is a long hard struggle ahead
in China before she js* properly unit
ed politically.
Your letter does not mention that
you have .received my Chungking
letter saying that we were to move
back to Pengshien.' Your mail sent
directly there will be arriving just'
about the time we get moved up'5
Give our love to them all, as you
see them or write. Same to you
from all cf us.
As Ever
Pengshien, West China.
DEED IN GODERICH
Jack
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'The death occurred recently
Robert Young at the home of
sister-in-law, Mrs. James Young
Goderich. Mr. Young had been
poor health for more than a year and
last week he suffered a stroke of ’
paralysis which resulted in his death.
Seventy-three years ago Mr.- Young
was born in Brucefield. For some
years he was a section employee of
the C. N. R. in the village, where he
married Miss Elizabeth Caldwell, al- '
so of Brucefield, who predeceased
him by fourteen years. About eight
or nine years ago lie went to Gode
rich to live. Out of a family of six
brothers and Six sisters only one
brother and one sister survive. The
funeral took place on Friday of last1
week interment in Baird’s cemetery,
at Bruc.efield.
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