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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-02-28, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES.AOVOCATE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 38, ip33 WESTERN CANADA fcSfif EXCURSIONS From AR Stations in the East GOING DAILY-MARCH 1 to 14 inclusive Return Limit: 30 days CENT A MILE — EACH WAY _________________GOOD IN COACHES ONLY_________________ Where sleeping car space is required, the following slightly higher fares apply: (a) tourist Sleeping Cars at approximately 1 Kc per mile, plus regular berth rate. v*) Standard Sleeping Cars at approximately 1 Mic per mile, plus regular berth rate, BAGGAGE CHECKED. Stopovera at Port Arthur, Armstrong and. west. tmi Tickelt, Sleeping Car reservations, and all information from any agent. ASK FOR HAN DRILL, CANADIAN NATIONAL,------ , ■■ u . ,r. ...... ....... .....O Sunday School PETER UNMASKS FALSEHOOD AND HYPROCRISY Sunday, March 3.—.Acts, 5:1-42; 8:4-25. Golden Text Wherefore putting away lying speak every man truth with his neighbor; for we are members one of another. (Eph. 4:25.) Let us never forget that Christ the Savior is also Christ the Judge, The Lamb of God is also the ‘Lion of the Tribe of Judah. He Who died to save men from .their sins spoke with stern authority when 1-Ie said that the Father had “given Him (the Sen; authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of m.an” (John 5:27). The next terrible words of judgment to be found anywhere in the Bible comi'e from the lips of “tlxe meek ail'd gentle Jesus.” He came in. .grace the first time; He will .come in judgment the second time, “when the Lord Jesus shall be .revealed from Heaven with His mighty angels, in' flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord' Je­ sus Christ; who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power.” (2 Thess. 1:7-9.) In last week’s lesson- Peter, speak­ ing in the name of Christ, graciously healed a man who had been “lame from his mother's- womb.” In this week’s lesson the same Peter, speak­ ing in the same Name, 'uttered the i&tern judgment of death upon a hus­ band and wife who deliberately lied to God. It is well to have these two lessons in succession, that we may be vividly remin’ded of the two- in- reparable sides of the character of God and Christ, the Father and the ■Pon; tiheir infinite grace, and their inexorable righteousness. Grace brings salvation to all who .will re­ ceive God’s gift to His Son. Law brings condemnation to all who re­ ject God’s grace. 'The close of Acts 4 tells us of the consecration of the early Christians, that “as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid down at the apostles’ feet; and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.” Acts 5 tells of a husband and wife Ananias and Sapphira, who sold a piece of property and then ‘kept back part of the price . . , and brought' a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.” ■From the context it is evident that ■they intended to have the aposles .they intended to have the apostles lrad done, and were bringing the whole price of the property sold as a gift to the Church. Peter sternly rebuked Ananias, and told him plain­ ly that Satan had filled his heart “to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land.” Peter made it plain that Ananias had a perfect right to- keep the pro­ perty if he wished, and after it was sold he had a perfect right to keep the price of it. But he had no right to act deceitfully. “Thou .hast not lied unto- men, but unto God,” Said Peter. And as the guilty man lis­ tened to these words, he fell dead before the .apostles. Some three hours later the man's wife -Sapphira, came to the apostles, “not knowing what was done.” Peter 'asked her whether they had sold the land “for so much?” She answered that they had (that i®', for the small amount that Ananias had brought) And Peter, evidently1 acting under the direction of the Holy Spirit, pro­ nounced the death sentence upon her; How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.” The condemned woman fell in death, and her bedy was carried out and buried by that of her husband. This may seem to us entirely too harsh and severe a punishment for ■the sin of lying. But we must re­ member that, as the Bible show®, God dealt in an extreme way with cer­ tain individual sins from time to time in the history of His people, making such cases .ob'ject-lessonis for all time, to show the deadly nature ■of unrepented sin—“the wages of sin is death.” Then when the children of Israel had entered the Promised (Land, and had had their first great victory in the conquests of Jericho, and an Is­ raelite named Acb-an" disobeyed God by taking and keeping loot from' an­ other conquered city, God command­ ed that Aclian be put to death. Not every case of stealing, not every liar, is thus dealt with by God; but it is only God's grace and mercy and long-suffering patience that stay His hand. The case'' of Ananias and Sapphira made for «a purified church: the po­ wer of a holy church:” was seen in many signs and wonders, miracles, wrought among the people. 'Then persecution came again. The Jewish leaders cast .the apostles in­ to prison. But God’s people cannot be kept in prison when it is His will to let them out. .and “the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison door .and brought them forth, and said: Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.” So the preaching of Christ courag­ eously continued. Al case of insincerity and hypocrisy was dealt with later, though not in such an extreme way. In the City of Samaria, where Philip preached Christ and wrought miracles and many were saved, a man named Si­ mon, a sorcerer or magician, was numbered among the believers. He was impressed by the miracle work­ ing-owner, and wanted the same pow­ er for himself, and after Peter and John had joined Philip he canne to the apostles and offered them money if they would confer this gifts upon him. Peter answered sternly: “iThy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor .lot in this matter; for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.” As Peter- exhorted the man to re­ pent, he asked that they pray for him, “that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.” - So the early Church was cleansed and protected from open -or tolerat­ ed sin at the beginning. A New Industry (Huron Expositor) i A new industry has located in the ! Township of Hay and is known as the Hillsgreen Fuel and Peat Work®. The persons interested have purchas­ ed outright 5 0 acres in the big swamp on the north boundary from Mr. Al­ bert Key®' and have leased another 17 5 acres from the Canada Company located 1% miles south-of the bound­ ary in the swamp. Much work has already been done on the land, cut­ ting brush, populars and removing roots', and it is expected that peat will be produced by spring. The nec­ essary equipment .has been purchased and will soon be on the ground. Peat has been produced and sold for many years in Perth County and it is said if properly made and dried it is near­ ly equal to coal, although much cheaper. It is expected that the sel­ ling price locally will be $6 per ton at the plant. Edwardsburg cucroy FOOD that ua * NOURISHED MORE CANADIAN CHILDREN THAN ANY OTHER CORN - v Syrup 4 product <ij The CANADA STARCH GO., Limited EDITORIAL ---r-s--------------------.------------------------------------1-*-.,... ................. ......................11 Blustery old February ran true to form. We iliave gone sadly to seed on the relief situation. * * * * * * ♦ * John Thrift is getting out his maple syrup dinkuses. ♦ *♦•*»♦* “Speculation never made a people great; venture has.” »«***♦♦♦ There is a limit to extravagance and to mistaken generosity. * * * * * et * * We have not conquered the air, no, not by a considerable sight. ******** .Some American crooks are not thinking pleasant thought® re­ garding Canadian justice, ******** During the icy weather our local merchants had a lively sale of pillows and cushions. ******** •These .heavy snow falls are just the thing for the fall wheat and the pasture® and for crops, generally. ******** Dear friends, the backbencher® down there in Toronto, let us see what you -are doing to earn your money. * * * * * * * * “Early to bed and early to rj®e, Makes -a. sensible man healthy, wealthy and wise.” And now, you higher I5p in the churches, who not call off those winter meetings of the powers that be.? You have had .a broad hint. *«.**•«*« A whole lot of people iare confusing a severe cold with influenza There’s a difference. 'The severe cold i® what we are having this winter, for the most part. The Influenza is what we may look for next winter. ******** There are two kinds of nuisance—the men who see only their own business and those who see everybody’s business but their own. now has a blend for every purse Yellow Label 28c - i lb BROWN LABEL * 33c ’Alb. ORANGE PEKOE * 40c Vz lb. All leaders in their class .. Folks in the future who care to look over the pictures of the present era will wonder at the bad taste shown by a whole lot of people who happen to -get before a camera in action, It seems that the proper thing now is for women to be photographed' displaying their teeth and for men to be taken smoking or grinning. Any­ one who knows anything about picture taking knows that such camera folk are posed. Hence the senselessness -of the smoking and the ivory display and the grinning. ******** WOMAN TRIUMPHANT Mitch, or no Mitch, the ladies had their cup of tea. Mitch may sell a whole fleet of government cars, fire an army of civil servants, visit and fondle the immoratal quintuplets and make faces at Chor- ley Park, but when it comes to separating lovely woman from her cup of tea, he’s a dead failure, A BENEFACTOR Despite all warnings, there are some folk who thought early in the winter that a cold could be fooled with. They have changed their minds. ****** * * The freer sale of liquor in this province is not popular with the butcher and the baker and the clothing people and the mothers and childreh. ******** Cautious Sandy finds it hard .to decide which is the greater public enemy, softheartedness or spftheadedness. He says they make a. terrible combination. ******** We wonder wlrat the old boy® who visit Exeter this summer would say were they to find our good town preparing to reforest the banks of >the Aux Sable? ******** When buying wood this winter, would it not be wise to lay in an extra cord? You will likely need it. You are running a little short just now in your fuel supply. ******** ALL’S WELL Well the provincial parliament has been opened. Really, the world still wags and that’s a great relief. ******* * Had it not been fo,r the hard work and the sound senses of some men in Downing (Street, London, Italy and Abyssinia would have been at each other’s throats long before this. * * * ***** The Hepburn .government did the right thing the other day when it told the Hamilton people, in so many words, “you got your­ selves into your1 present municipal hobble; now get yourselves out.” *♦**«:*** “Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; 'Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour—and to wait.” ******** The Exeter groundhog, according to last reports, was sleeping soundly. He and his family do n-oit go by the calendar so much as they .go- by the season. He has a standing order with our local grocers for a steady supply -of greens till .the weather is much warmer.******** THE WORK TEST .'One of our most charitably inclined citizens told us the other day that he is greatly in favour of applying the work test before giving relief. For 30 years he has kept a sawhorse and a saw and a woodpile handy by. When anyone applied for relief he always pointed to the woodpile and it’s equipment. During the 30 yeans he has*,had but one applicant for relief who Was willing to work. Why should not every citizen follow the example of the citizen we have mentioned? Why should not every village have its wood­ pile and its stonepile where self-respecting folk in need of a bit of help may earn what they require? There is no degradation accom­ panying earning one’s bread. • * * * * * * * * NEED OF STIFFENING The way Ontario treats her drunken car drivers is a joke, pure and simple. What does a. drunken -car driver care for -a paltry fine of ten dollars? Now listen to this for the (treatment of such a driv­ er as given by the St. Thomas Times-Journal: A doctor at Tynemouth while under the influence of liquor drove his car past a stop-light -and collided with two other cats. Nobody was hurt, but: He was fined $250 for driving while drunk; another $250 for dangerous driving; another $250 for being drunk while in charge of a car; $10 for failing to stop after an accident, and another $10 for passing the stop-light-—a ■total of $770. A Conservative Member of Parliament for .a London constituency, a man who might be supposed to have a bit of “pull,” if “pull” has any value over there (which it hasn’t) was found by a policeman sitting in his car at 4,30 a.m. 011 a quiet street, too drunk apparently to even attempt to ■start the motor. He was fined $250, with an alternative of three months* imprisonment for being drunk while in charge of a car, and liis driver’s license was suspended for two years. When an officer finds a man drunk in charge of a oar the of­ fenders should bo treated at least as severely as the parties mention­ ed in the foregoing clipping. The sooner Ontario .got® down to busi­ ness in this particular, the better. Now, how about next winter’s supply of wood? For an all­ round benefiter we commend the well-used bucksaw. That worthy implement is one of -the .greatest sleep producers yet discovered. 'The druggist likes it for he sells the liniment. The grocer dikes it for he sells the groceries. The farmer like® it for he sells -the wood and gets the cash. The sawer likes it for he has something to boast about -over the checkerboard. The doctor likes it for he sews up the cuts and mollifies the bruises. The coal man like® it, because he’ll soon be making more saels. Madam likes it, for it keeps -the -old man out of the road. Business men like it because it keeps the loafer out of the iscorners’ corner. If we had more buck­ saws there would be moire bills paid and a considerable lessening, of the tramp nuisance and-of the criminal fraternity. Centralia W. M. S. The February meeting of the W. M. S. was held in basement -of <the Church on Tuesday, February 12th. Mrs. Skelton led the devotional ex­ ercises, opening the meeting with the use -of hymn 90. After which Mrs. Rev. Stewart led in prayer. The Scripture lesson fouuc6. in -St. John Sth chapter was read by Mrs. Blair. The devotional leaflet was read by Mrs. Hicks. A vocal solo wa® sung by Mrs. Fletcher. The talk on the Study Book was given by Mrs. Ollie M-c'Falls. The temperance secretary, Mrs, F. Bowden gave a short talk. It was decided to .keep the next meeting day in line with the World’s Wide Day of Prayer for prayer service. It was decided to- do the same as last year for prog, for each month by tak­ ing four names to be responsible for program each month. It was also de­ cided to hold a -St: Patrick’s Supper around the 17th of March, hymn 1-68 was sung in closing with prayer by ■the president. WALTER MANNING The death occurred in Clinton of Walter Henry Manning, in his 78-th year following an illness of five months. Born in Wales he came to Canada at the age of two and a half years with his parents, the late Rev, J. W. and Mrs.‘Manning. Mr. W. H. Manning cauue to Clinton in 1882 taking a position with the Doherty Organ Co. His -outstanding service for the -community was in connection with the Public Library. In 1884 he married Margaret Gemme.1 who sur­ vives together with two sons, Lewis in Toronto and James W. in (Clinton and one -sister in Almonte. INJURES DEG While working in the bush on the farm -of Mr. Harry Tyndall, recently, Harry Stewart, Egmondville, suffer­ ed a serious injury -to his leg, when a pole which he was using to pry a log, slipped -and struck him on the knee. FIVE CASES FOR SPRING ASSIZES NOW IN SESSION AT GODERICH Five cases—one criminal and four civil—are set down for hearing at the spring assizes which opened in ■Goderich on Tuesday, Justice Hope, presiding. S. F. Davidson, Brussels hardware merchant, faces a perjury charge, arising out of a statement he alleg­ edly made on the witness stand in a county court civil action. A slander action will be heard by a jury. Abraham Z-apfe, Stanley Township farm hand, is seeking $1,200 balm for alleged false and. malicious statement made by his former employer. 'Clifford Keyes, same Township. The plaintiff also asks $300 wages he says are owing under a verbal .agrement. J. J, Hug- g-ard, 'Seaforth, for plaintiff; Frank Finglapd, Clinton, for defendant. Mrs. Ismay Thompson McLean, of Goderich, is suing Edward Schweit­ zer of London, and Wesley Walker, of Goderich, for, $648.25, the amount of an insurance policy, pledged by her father, deceased, for oil stock which she says has proved to be worthless. Plaintiff is a beneficiary under the will of her father, whom she claims was not in a mental or physical condition to conduct hie business at the time of the transac­ tion. L. E. Dancey, Goderich, for plaintiff; J. M. Donahue, for defence. Tenry Pierce, farmer, Morris Twp. seeks to repossess a farm from Mrs. Earl Empey, London, under a .mort­ gage of $45,000. The farm is located on the 7th concession of Morris Twp. L. E. Dancy, for plaintiff. An action against the administra­ tion of an estate is that of Mrs. Te­ resa Brewer, Morris Twp,, against John Ellis and Aneebel Draper. The plaintiff seeks possession of a farm on which she lived with her father, the late John R. Miller. Plaintiff claims existence of an areement by which she was to come into posses­ sion of the farm upon her father’s death. L. E. Dancy for plaintiff, E. D. Bell, Brussels, for dewendants. Women are Recognizing A Friend and Benefactor From girlhood to old ago, through tho trying time of a woman’s life, Milburn’s H. ■& N. Pills are becoming recognized, moto and more, as their great friend and benefactor. To the pale, thin, bloodless checks they Supply the iron so necessary to make rich, red blood, and bring back the glow of health. To tired, weak, worn out, run down women they help bring back strength and energy, and Tevivo their drooping spirits. Ask your druggist or dealer about Milburn’> II. & N. Pills.