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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1931-07-02, Page 7‘Sunday School Lesson (EHR <3JET OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Sunday, July 5—-Acts 1:6-14; 2:1-47 Golden Text Ye shall receive power, after that .the Holy Ghost is some upon you; and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, . and in Samaria, and unto the utter­ most parts of the earth. (Acts 1:8.) "The greatest book of action in the Bible” Acts has been called. We .are to study it for almost six months. Jt is another of those rich opportu­ nities-for comprehensive book study -coffered by the International Uniform Lessons, Teacher and class may well take this opportunity to master the book -—that is, go to grasp th© contents . as to be able to “think'the book thro* without opening the Bible,” Have we ever read a book of the Bible through at one sitting?! We get a new grasp of the meaning of any book when we’ do so. Acts can be read through in an hoitr. To quote from a preview of the book that has just been published in the Sunday School Times, “The whole of the Old Testament and the I four Gospels point forward to the -great day of the new dispensation of the Holy Spirit.” This article shows that the history of the early church «et down here is that of ;a prolong­ ed conflict with the Jews, whose re­ jection of the Gospel forced Peter ,;and Pau) to turn away (from them ■■and go to the Gentiles. Acts begins, 'by telling us of the Lord Jesus Christ’s resurrection appearances to the apostles during forty days. He told them of things "pertaining to the Kingdom of God,’’ and commanded them not to leave Jerusalem,, but to wait there “for 'the promise of the Father” which was that they should be baptized With the Holy Ghost. They asked Him a question: ‘Lord wilt Thou at this time restore again the Kingdom to Israel?” What was His reply, and its meaning? People constantly misunderstand this, and talk as though the Lord said that the disciples were wrong in the sup­ position that an earthly kingdom was ■ever going to be restored to Israel But the Old Testament* is full of ^promises that day going to and as it has must be' done. His word. What the Lord did say was: “It is not for you to know the times or the season.” ■ In other words, the Kingdom is going to be restored again to Israel, but you are not to be concerned as to the time. The Father"* has that in' His own power. The- great fact for you to know, for the present, is that “ye shall I’eceive power, after that the Holy Ghost is -come upon you'; and ye shall be. wit­ nesses unto Me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and. unto the uttermost parts of the earth.” That is the key verse of the Book of Acts. It has been been called the Great Commission of Acts, similiar rto that given by the Lord in Mat­ thew 28:19, 20. After the Lord had spoken these words He was taken up into Heaven before their eyes, "and a cloud received Him out of • their ■sight.” As the disciples looked up’ in won­ der at the ascending Lord, two men :ln white apparel stood by them and said: "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into Heaven?” This question of the angels is often thought of as a rebuke. The late Dr. A. J. Gordon pointed out, with the Kingdom is some be restored to Israel; not yet been done, it For God always keeps know why they were gazing up into Heaven. To do 'was Tight; the normal look for the angels gave disciples rightly we should keep looking up: game Jesus, which is. taken UP from you into Heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye haye seen Him go i into Heaven.” The disciples obeyed the Lord’s ; command, returning to Jerusalem and meeting together in an upper room while they continued in prayer with other believers, including "the 1 women, and Mary the mother of Je­ sus, and with His brethren.” About ■ one hundred and. twenty thus met together. , Ten days later, or fifty flays later the resurrection, the day of Pente- cost had 'come, and one of the stu­ pendous events of all history occur­ red, As the incarnation and birth of the babe Jesus at Bthlehem has been called the nativity of Christ the Son of God, so -the flay of Pentecost has been called the nativity of the Holy Spirit. Christ’s earthly birth, when the eternal Son of God first became man, can never be<. repeated. t The day of Pentecost, when the third per­ son of the'" Trinity, the Holy Spirit, came upon the Church, the Body of Christ, to abide forever, <can never be repeated. The. Holy Spirit dqes from time to time come into the* life of individuals for the first time when they receive Christ as Saviour and are born again into the family of God: but this coming of the Holy Spirit into an individual life i§ -es­ sentially different from that which occurred in a corporate way for the body of believers as a whole, the Church, Extraordinary signs accompanied the unique act of God. "There came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind,” filling the entire house; "cloven tongues like as of fire” rested upon each believer, and "they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with each other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” A result or this was that the many foreigners W'lio were in Jerusalem at this time, Jewish proslytes, speaking various languages, all heard the believers speak in their own languages, and they hear gue, was God, history of the world. so was natural, and upward look is. the the Christian. Then the reason why the looked up and why “This exclaimed'in amazemnt: “How we every man in our own ton- wherein we were born?” It a miraculous sign, wrought by introducing a new era in the SLATS’pi ARY Friday—Peggy Sand stopped in .font of are house tonite becuz she had a Flat tar on I,- of the wheels- of ' masheen and ’’Ant Emmy sawn- tered out tp chat a wilfe- wjith her and she sed Well Peggy I herd you was .marryed one day last week is that true and she replyed and sed that is an putrag- ious faltshood be­ cuz we was mar­ ryed fer to days and then my hus­ band tuk a trip to Reno, For a de- vors I gess. Saterday — pa was to tired tonite after he had play­ ed golf to take a. ride in the 2nd handed ford so he bot a segar and set on the poarch sed he was mitey rare illumination, ‘that it was not | the old fashioned a rebuke, but an explanation. The come back. 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Sunday—Are Sunday skool teach­ er sed this a.h. that he herd that a sierftist predicks that the world will cum to an end in seventy milyun yrs. At 1st I was alarmed becuz I thot he sed only seven milyun years. Munday—They Xciteing times in town today becuz Mrs. Flitch from shot her husband right amuhg the eyes. I gess. she is. pritty proud becuz this is the 1st time she over shot at anything like a husband. And shored suchy fine hit. Tuesday—Well the doctor has or­ dered Mr. Gillem. to take a 6 mo. rest on a'cet. of he is very nervus so he told pa tonite hewas a going down to the city and try to-get a job on the piece force. Wenesday-^well I gess Bud Mas­ on wont get to go to collige next yr. on acct, wile he was on his way home frum collige yesterday his fli- ver cot fire and his coon Skin coat got burnt up. And his. pance cuffs and and lowd ‘tie and etc. was skor- ched,' Thirsday—well if pa holes his job on the noose paper alter the mistake he made today it will be a Wander, He set up a add for the Pure Food Grocery ahd he let it go in the noose paper as. the Poor Food Grocery. acrost the river No Friend of His tJsher (to cold, dignified lady)*— "Are you a friend of the groom?” The lady—"No indeed! I’m the bride’s mother.” mqmirt tot m iflsi and women from now* till THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE ** form menlotof * 4 *- * Labor will be the the last of October. *♦ • * * • • * • » * * * * She is still prouder of the own- >* * * The luscious strawberry make a happy combination along with enterprising ladies 'and good music when it comes to raising church funds. '• ’ These are great days, for the old swimming hole ♦ * THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY, LTD. * ♦ And now for the haying and the fall wheat 'harvesting! these crops give promise of satisfactory yields. Exeter is proud of her roses. ers who allow the rest of us to enjoy their fragrance and their beauty of form and 'color. * » * The best way to have the butter and egg special restored is to show that there. is business for it. Railways, after all, depend up- oii\the financial returns to keep the track in repair and to provide fuel and axle grease. • « • « The Exeter groundhog declares that the clover and factory peas are a splendid crop. He and his family have sent .in a peti­ tion to our geni'al M. P., Thos. McMillan, asking him to use the full weight of his influence in favor of the abolition of al] rifles and shotguns and 'canning factories. S* * <ls* * * 6‘ , NEED JACKING UR ' Warning after warning goes unheeded in regard to our traf­ fic laws. Just the other day a number of farmers were gathered on the road to give aid in a*serious accident. Just as the little group were busy with the relief efforts, an autoist drove through the crowd .at a rate of not less than forty miles an- hour, narrowly missing three helpers. This sort of thing is going on constantly, particu­ larly on Sundays when folk are leaving public worship. Traffic laws and warnings are not jokes but serious efforts to save life. The’remedy? Stiff fines together with " ■J1 * ’ driver’s permit, leaving the parties in the home as best they can. ' # .:S s|S. sS * sc :» ■the withdrawal of the Car to find their way Dominion Day finds us. hopeful but anxious, hut more hopeful than anxious. We live in a land of plenty, yet in a land where, will­ ing workers by the thousands must go jobless. Opportunities for acquiring material wealth are as good as in any land where the sun shines and the rain falls. Nevertheless, whole districts there­ in are stricken with conditions tlrat speak of biting and gnawing poverty. We have as fine a system of railways and lakes and rivers and canals 'as any country could wish for, .Still there is an unequal distribution of the necessities of life. Stranger 'still amidst all these contradictions no one sterns, to know the remedy, though we are justly proud of our public and high schools and of our journals. Never wias the- heed greater for the man who- will kindle the vision of Canadians with the .prospect of^resent duty and of future service. The man who will show' the way out will do Canada and ■the world, a greater service than wias rendered the United States when Lincoln opened ’ the do-or to emancipation. An evil en­ chantment has, settled upon civilization. , We seem to have every­ thing but the mehod Of freeing the human spirit. “I accept the universe!” a gushing sentimentalist siaid to Thomas Carlyle. '“Egad, you had better!” the dour old’ Scotchman'.answered. Is there not a hint in his reply to Canadians, at this present moment? When man becomes less chesty 'and more devout we may look for better times. Chestiness and big business have got us into our muddle. Humility and reverent diligence will not hinder our get­ ting onto better ground, to say the very least, dropped a good many qualities that it will The fault is not in .the times, but in ourselves. Tlie man who incites the people- of this public enemy. Wanton destruction of life, and property never yet fed the’hungry nor clothed the naked., We appear to have pay us to pick up. country to- riot is‘a ZURICH Hess was the Assoc- is in Lon- up the art Mr. Albert Rittenhouse was a week-end visitor with friends at Kit­ chener. Mr. and Mrs. Roswell O’Brien and family, of the west, are .visiting with the former’s brother, Mr. _and Mrs. Wm. O’Brien. Messrs. Andrew F. Hess and Harry G. Hess, representing the Hay Tele­ phone System, attended the Ontario Telephone Convention held in 'Lon­ don recently. _ Mr. A. F'/ elected vice-president of iation. Miss Lottie Turkheim don where she is taking of hair dressing. Mr. Albert Schwalm and two sons, of Humbolt," Siask., are visiting in and around Zurich for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Ruby, of Kit­ chener, visited recently with the former’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S. Ruiby. Mr. Garfield Witmer has returned home after visiting for a few weeks with friends at Preston. f Mr. and Mrs. Josiah .Hunsberger, of Dunnville, visited with his brother- in-law, Mr. Albert Rittenhouse dur­ ing the past week., Mr. and Mrs. Simon Grob arid fam­ ily and Mrs. Hugh Love visited re­ cently at Kinde, Mich.* Mrs, Gfeb who had been visiting there, return­ ed with them. Messrs, L61and Surerus and Eu­ gene Kalbfleiseh have returned to their homes after spending a few Weeks in Northern Ontario oil a hunting and1 trapping trip. Mr. tend Mrs. Henry. Raegle end son Fred, of Stratford, spent Sunday at the liome of Mr. and Mrs. William Wein. Zurich have again organized a baseball team with L. fit. Rader, Hon, * President and 'Wm. O’Brien, presi­ dent. MRS. JOHN BARNETT The death occured in Seaforth of Mrs. John Barnett at the age of 81 years. Deceased had always enjoy­ ed fine health until five weeks ago when she contracted influenza which proved too much for her advanced years. About sixty years ago was married to Mr. Barnett who died thirteen years ago. TWo sons two daughters survive; also brothers and three sisters. she and two KHIVA Mrs, J. Hanover is visiting Buffalo at present and attended the wedtXng, of her daughter, Lavina which took place on Thursday, June 25th in Buffalo. Miss M. Knight spent the week­ end at her home near Sitrathroy. ■Mr, Wm. Witzel attended the horse races in Forest on Thursday. Miss Florence Hanover and friend motored to Kitchener on Wednesday, Mr; Jas. Eagleson and family, of Parkhill, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. Willert. Mr, and Mrs. Jas. Flynn attended the funeral of the latter’s aunt, the late Barabra Scott, of McGillivray. Khiva annual Schol picinc which was held 'at Grand Bend, on Friday, June 19th was-, well attended, "Anyone Who' finds a whifeh ^brings up Closer to eternal secrets1 partakes of grace,”—Albert Einstein. in thought nature’s a great Canadian Shredded Wheat if 100% Canadian grain. Eat TWO Shredded Wheat Biscuits <t day and help Canada’s Prosperity, Brighten the breakfast with berries. *‘I pile luscious red straw­ berries on our Shredded# Wheat Biscuits and then pour cream or whole milk over them. The flavory shreds blend with the juices of the berries in such a way as to stimulate themostjaded appetite. Shredded Wheat is sohealthful and wholesome.^ SHREDDED WHEAT ■r WITH ALL THE BRAN OF THE WHOLE WHEAT ASHTON—STEVENS A quiet June wedding took place at the Manse, Seaforth, when Annie Eliziabeth Stevens, eldest daughtei’ of iMr. and Mrs. Daniel Stevens, of Hullett, was united in marriage to Harvey E. Ashton, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ashton, .of Tuckersmith. Rev. I. B. Kaine, officiated. The young couple will reside, in Clinton. MOTHER KNOWS BEST Mother was inclined to worry and whenever anyone, went away, insist­ ed that 'they keep her posted on everything. “It’s so easy these days,” said mother sensibily, “one is always near a telephone, and Long Distance is so quick and satisfactory. I don’t know what I’d do without it!” PRESENTATION A surprise party was held recent-' ly at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Ro­ bert Dobbs, McKillop, when a larger number of friends and neighbors’ gathered to bid farewell to Miss An­ nie E." Strong, who- lias resigned hew duties as teacher at S. S, No. 12, Mc­ Killop. An address was read by" Eliabeth McFarlane and«Margaret Habkirk and Agnes Case presented!’ her with a’ beautiful, silver tga jser- vice. 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They were so bad there Were days X could not work, and” sometimes I had to stay in bed. “For months I tried, different remedies Which had no effect, ill fact they only seemed to get worse. 4 ‘ On6 day a friend recommended Burdock Blood Bitters, and aftox1 taking', two bottles I Was complete­ ly relieved; the boils disappeared, and X have never been bothered .with them Since. “There is nothing so wonderful as Burdock Blood Bitters, and X would recommend it to all those? troubled With boils.” j 1TTERS Far tha past S2 year* . MAlUIFACTUREO (ONLY BY THE 'Trf MILBURN CO.* LlMed Toronto* Unt. r I ••• s. He who thinks he is raising a mound, may only in reality be dig­ ging a pit.-—Cliinese^jproverb.