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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-05-30, Page 7OUR DAY OF WORSHIP Sunday, June 2—Gen. 2:2, 3; Ex­ od. 20:8-11; psa. 100; John 4:20- 24; Acts 20:7; Col. 3:15-17. Golden Text God is .a Spirit; and they that wor­ ship Him must worship Him in spir­ it and in truth- (John 4:24.) What is our “Day of Worship”? Is it the Sabbath day? And if the sab­ bath, it is the seventh or the first day of the week? Do Christians who worship on the first day of the week observe a sabbath; or is sab­ bath observance limited to the Jews and to such few Christian denomina­ tions as observe Saturday, not Sun­ day—that is, the -seventh, and not the first day of the week? These questions offer an interest­ ing opportunity for discussions in the Sunday School class at the be­ ginning of the lesson. Let members of the class give their views in ans­ wer to these questions, then, suggest a careful study of the lesson pas­ sages and other Scriptures to see what the Bible says. 'The first chapter of Genesis tells us that God carried on Hi® creative work, both of the heavens and of the earth and of all living things, in six days, and then that God “rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God bles­ sed the seventh day, and sanctified it.” There is the first mention in the .Bible of a seventh day as a day of Some 1,500 years later, at the time of Noah and the flood, we find a mention of seven-day periods, when God gave Noah seven days’ notice immediately before the actual begin­ ning of the flood; and there are other intimations of seven-day per­ iods during the flood narrative. Ex­ cept for this, there is no mention of any “sabbath” for the first 2,500 years of man’s history on earth. It is then mentioned in the time ■of Moses, when the children of Israel were told to gather twice as much manna on the sixth day as on ordin­ ary days, so that they should not need to gather any on the seventh day, which, they were told, “is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord.” (Exod. 16:23.) And then, soon after in the ex­ perience of Irsael under Moses, God gave the Ten Commandments, and one of these is the sab'bath com­ mandment. “Remember the sab­ bath day to keej) it holy,” said this Law of God. Six days the Israelit­ es should labor and do all their work but the seventh day was God’s sab- ibath. In it, work of every sort was strictly forbidden. The sabbath was a’ day of complete and rigidly enforced rest—and that is the mean­ ing of the Hebrew word “sabbath”; St means “rest.” The reason for the sabbath com­ mandment is given, and turns us back to this second chapter of Gen­ esis reminding us that in six days the Lord did His creative wark, “and rested, the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sab'bath day, and hallowed it.” The word “hallow” is the same as •“sanctify,” and mean© to consecrate, dedicate, set apart, make holy or separate. • 1 * ,So strict was God’s sabbath law for Israel that, as He plainly de­ clared later to Moses, “whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put' to death.” (Exod. 31:15.) The day was to be “a sign, between Me and the children of Israel for­ ever.” Perhaps we begin to see the an­ swer to one of our questions. Christian people today do not ob­ serve the sabbath in any such way as God’s holy and righteo-us law concerning the sabbath required. What, then, is the day of worship for most Christians? And how should it be observed? Sonne 1,50 0. years after Moses’ .time the Son of God became man, took the name of Jesus as the Christ or the Messiah, was crucified by God’s chosen people Israel to whom He came, died for men’s sins ion the cross, and on the third day rose again from the dead. What was that third day? It was ““■the first day of the week.” It be­ came the most wonderful day in all history to the disciples and to all ■believers in Christ. No- wonder they began to observe the first day of the week as their day of worship. Thus in the lesson passage friom Acts we read: “And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them.” ;S’o this first’ day, which we now call Sunday, replaced the seventh or sabbath day in the .observance of the Church, after Christ by His earthly ministry, death and r-esur- kDANCINC KINARD'S LINimeNI S«Im Af«nht Mwbld F. RHAte ’ * C®.» Limited, Toronte . 77 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE “Reputation begins every day.” ♦ * * * * ♦ * * An antique? A radio bought on the instalment plan. ^♦*****> Adversity is a test of friendship; prosperity is a test of charac­ ter, ******** It's a mistake to estimate the value of a farm crop before the money therefor is in the bank. ♦ *•♦***.♦ “If I am not able to do the job the way I think it should be done I don’t want to attempt it.”—R. B, Bennett ******** A good name simply does not stay put. A wind storm may destroy a building that required a lifetime to build. A reputation may be ruined by a single stepping aside. * * * * * * * * DISCOURAGING Frosty nights followed by high, dry, bleak winds from the North blight many a farmer's outlo.ok, ******** The Department of Agriculture at Ottawa has issued a bulletin regarding methods of controlling drifting soil. And none too soon. We already see evidences of the necessity for such control in Old Ontario. But will township and county councils never-wake up? ******** SLOW GROWTH F.or the most part crop growth has been slow during the month of May. For weeks on end the nights have been cool while the days have been bright but lacking in that kindly warmth and mois­ ture that means sprightliness in'plant life. Unless warm days and warm showers come, and icome soon, the farmers will face the harvest with considerable anxiety. ******** Canadians and their visiting friends during 1934 are alleged to have used 4,822,405,065 cigarettes; 114,352,000 cigars and 17,- 983,000 pounds of pipe tobacco. Oh, dear me! We attempted one cigar with disastrous results but 114,352,000. And the statistician from whom we quote says nothin’ of the “chawin’ ” variety. One bite was enough for us. The moon didn't come up, but everything else did. ******** “LOUSY BUT LOYAL” M. H. Halton, London /correspondent of the Toronto Daily Star, cables his paper that London’s slums now display much tawdy bunting and many banners welcome the King and Queen on their jubilee drives. One banner, bears this strange device: “Damn cap­ italism, but God Save the King.” Another pr-ovides London’s best laugh: “Lousy but loyal.” —iSt. Thoma# Times-Journal ******** STUNTING Shocking beyond all description was the accident that overtook the enormous Russian airplane, entailing as it did the loss .of millions of dollars and more than two ecore lives. The worst feature of the calamity is that the disaster was utterly unnecessary. The pilot was warned to keep his mind on his own business but superciliously informed his mentor that he knew his business and that advice was not needed. That is the way stunting goes. Disaster haunts the trail of such adventurers. Bicycle riders stunted and broke their necks, oi* ruined their health. ■> Business men stunt' and ere long become the principal feature of a first class funeral or bankrupt loo-urt. Churches stunt and lose their moral and spiritual power. Railway crews stunt and wreck the lives and property committed to their care. Governments stunt and involve their constituents in disaster. In­ deed, the Great Depression is due to stunting more than to anything else. The stunter is public nuisance number one. ******** A CLEAN REUNION That enemy of every good enterprise, the party who. never opens his mouth without knocking someone, has been getting in. his worki regarding the Cid Boys and Old Girls Reunion soon, to be held by this good town. This bird of bad song has been saying Exeter is to be a wide open town, during her carnival days with liquor as abundant as water and rowdyism in evidence everywhere. The statement is made out of whole cloth. Exeter’s sons and daughters are not that sort of people. This well built and well kept town with its lovely environs tells the story of industry, good char­ acter and sobriety. Exeter will welcome her visitors with a hos­ pitality that will warm the heart of and excite the envy of a High­ lander. We’ll have fun to no end. Laughing clothes will be re­ quired every hour. The eats and the games and the processions will be of the best. Not a dull hour will be spent. But there will be the best of order. Rowdies and shysters and the infamous are given a straight tip to stay away. Should they come they'll be taken care of and given the best' opportunity in the world to pay handsomely for their whistle. This doesn’t mean maybe. If you have any doubt on this line consult our reeve. ■' *****«,«* THOSE TWO GRADUATES Two young men in the spring of 192'9 graduated from the engineering department of Toronto University. The one young man was tired and concluded that he must rest up for a month, The other young fellow rested for a week1 took a little money from the family purse and started out with the word, “Dad, I’ll not come home till I get a job, and in my own line.” His first job was stok­ ing coal And wiping up and doing odd jobs about a big firm where engineers in his line were employed. He paid .His way but he near­ ly starved, and he went shabby. In a year his wages were better. Now lie has a good job whose worth he really knows- and society-ap­ preciates. In the meantime he did not get a cent from home. He made good on his own. Youth number tw.o. had a sense of dignity. “I’ve .prepared my­ self fo.r a special line of work add I’ll not do* anything else,” he told ■his parents. Well, he hasn’t a job yet. He’s away out of the run­ ning. His knowledge is out of date. He’s one of the unemployed and soon will be an old man who is totally good for nothing. So there you are. Much depends upn the boy himself or the man himself when it comes to getting and to keeping a job. rection, had fulfilled the law (Matt'. 5:17), so that believers thereafter “are not under the law, but undei4 grace” (Rom. 6:14). The Lord’s day, or Christian, day worship, is very different in essen­ tial details from the Old Testament sabbath day. That was originally a day of rest, or cessation from wiork. The Christian’s day of worship- is one of activity in the service of the Lord, It is also a day of worship and thanksgiving to God: “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.” The Scofield Reference Bible gives a summary of Scripture teaching on the sabbath and on the first day of the week, in part, as follows: “The Christian first day perpetu­ ates In the dispensation of grace the principle that one-seventh of the time is especially sacred, but in all other respects is in contrasts with the sabbath. One is the seventh day, the other the first. The sabbath common*- ates God’s creation rest, the first day Christ’s resurrection. On the seventh day God rested, on the first day Christ was ceaselessly active. The sabbath commemorates a finished creation, the first day a finished re­ demption. ’The sabbath was a day of legal obligation, the first day of vol­ untary worship and service.” The engagement is announced of Ruby Lillian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jeeves, of Toronto, to Mr. Robert Laird Borden Joynt B.A., C.A., son of Mrs. Joynt and the late Mr. George Joynt, of Hensall, the marriage will take place Saturday, June 15th, 1988. western counties baseball LEAGUE SCHEDULE At a meeting held at Lucan re­ cently Hensail was admitted for the present year' to the Western Coun­ ties Baseball Association and was grouped with Lucan, Ailsa Craig and Ilderton. Hensall has been an en­ thusiastic baseball town, for many years and should provide keen com­ petition for the other team of the group. The schedule of the Western group of the Wetern Counties Baseball As­ sociation follows: Muy 24—Ilderton at Ailsa Craig. May 27-—Lucan at Hensall May 28—Ailsa Craig at Ilderton, May 31—Hensall at Ailsa Craig. June 1—Lucan at Ilderton. June 7—'Hensall at Lucan June 12—Lucan at Ilderton June 14—Hensall at Aalsa Craig June 17—Ailsa Craig at Ilderton. June 17—Lucan at Hensall June 21—Ilderton at Lucan June 2<1—Ailsa Craig at Hensall June 24—Lucan at Ailsa Craig June 24—Hensall at Ilderton June 28—Ilderton at Hensall July 1—Ailsa Craig at Hensall July 4—Ilderton at Ailsa Craig July 5—Hensall at Lucan July 9—Ilderton at Lucan July 11—'Hensall at Ilderton July 12—Lucan at Ailsa Craig July 15—Ilderton at Hensall July 16—Alisa Craig at Lucan, MORE TELEPHONE CALLS IN CANADA More telephones calls are made by Canadians than by the people of any other country. The latest figures, compiled from official sources by the Bell System as of January 1, '1934, show that 214 telephone calls were held in Canada for every man, woman and child in this dominion. This record is approached only by the United States where the compar­ able figure for the year was 191,4. It is a matter of interest that Den­ mark with 158.7 and Sweden With 137.4 conversation per capita were next in the line among the largest telephone-using countries of the world. Canada’s outstanding telephone development in the larger centres is a feature of the statistics presented in this world-wide telephone survey. With 19.33 telephones per 100 pop­ ulation in communities of 50,000 and more, Canada ranks second to' Swe­ den which has a comparable devel­ opment of 22.59 telephones, Den­ mark is third with 19.24 and is fol­ lowed, in order, by Norway, 18.88; Switzerland, 18.82 and the United States in sixth position with 18.54 telephones1 per hundred population in the ’larger cities. Canada ranks high also in tele­ phones in the smaller communities with 7.43 per 100 population in com­ munities’ of less .than 50,000 popula­ tion, this Dominion is led by the United .States with 9.76 and New Zealand with 9.29 telephones in these less peopled areas. if HELPING TO BUILD THE BRITISH ’’ROUND-THE-WORLD HIGHWAY Iif I88Ot rhetCarwdian Pacific Railway was organized far die' purpose'df completing a line to span the continent. Th*, Bank's directors,“confident of the future of (he Dominion, placed a generous share of the Bank’s resources behind the project, Which Was completed tn 1886 and fotmed the transcontinental link in the "British ’Round- the-World Highway." Subsequent events have shown that tin’s undertaking contributed more than any other to th'e settlement and development of Western Canada. The Bank promptly opened branches at Vancouver jnd Victoria, subsequently at points along the railway which Since have become thriving cities. This is one of many experiences showing ho-w the Bank of Montreal, looking forward with Canada from the be-1 ginning, has been a usefol factor in the development of the country. In the future, the Bank expects ’to continue that usefulness—-to continue to look forward with Canada, toward the nation's future destiny. OF MONTREAL ESTABLISHED 1817 HEAD OFFICE • • MONTREAL MODERN, EFFICIENT BANKING SERVICE....the Outcome of 117 Years' Successful Operation Exeter Branch: T. S. WOODS, Manager THURSDAY, MAY 30th, 1935 DIONNE QUINTUPLETS ESTATE IS VALUED AT $175,000 NORTH BAY, Ont.—An estate va­ lued at $175,000.00 has been ac­ cumulated or the Dionne quintuplets in the period July 26, 1934, to March 31, 1935. This figure was revealed in the Surrogate Court of the District' of Nipissing by H. R. Valin, solicitor for the former guard­ ians of the five little sisters. The accounts before Judge T. F. Battle for passing April 30. They cover all business transacted for the quintuplets by W. A. Aldrson, G. K, Morrison and Oliver Dionne, the for­ mer guardians. Tabulated the estate consists of contracts valued at 3114,750; cash in bank $15,728; Dafoe Hosptal, $9,112; Province of Ontario1 Bond, $10,000; gifts, $1,596, Gifts, varying from fire extinguish­ ers to frying pans, were sent' to the famous babies during the period in which the now retired guardians Id sway. In addition to this the hospital was built and equipped by monies and donation obtained thro’ the efforts .of the guardians. Contracts Still Due Contracts which are still due will bring in> $414,750. They include-: Car­ nation Company Ltd., Toronto' $2,- 000; Pathe News Incorporated, New York, $90,000; Gordon. V. Thompson- Limited, Toronto, $500; Merrill Pu­ blishing Company, Chicago, $100; N.E.A., Service, Inc., $3,650; Lehn Or. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup & Fink Limited, $1,000; George S. Dingle, Limited, Toronto, $15,000 &? Alexander Doll Company, New York, $2,500. Cash receipts in the period of July 1934, to March 31, 1935, totaled, $30,590. Of this amount, the Tor­ onto Daily-Star paid $1,598 on a non­ profit basis foi’ still picture rights in the eight-month period. For the privilege of taking moving pictures, Pathe News Incorporated paid $7,- 974. Cash disbursements aggregated $14,862. These monies were paid out for medical fees, legal fees, light and power, .coal, food supplies, re­ pairs, drilling a well, petty cash, etc. For his services covering the period from the babies’ birth until the end of April, Dr. A. R. Dafoe was paid $2,200. HYDE-BLAKE A pretty May wedding was solemn­ ized Thursday afternoon, May 18, at the United Church parsonage, Credit- on, when Cora May Blake-, eldest daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Blake, of Ailsa Cra'ig, became the bride of Lionel Hyde, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hyde, of Forest’ Ontario. Rev. J. Johnson perform­ ed the ceremony. She was prettily gowned in poudre blue crepe with accessories. Immediately after the ceremony the couple left by motor for Toronto and Trout Creek. On their return they will reside on the groom’s farm near Forest. The Obstinate Cough That Keeps You Awake It’s the coughzthat sticks; the cough that hangs on, in spite of what you do to get rid of it that causes the nerve and throat wraeking coughing that keeps you awake at night. Why not get a bottle of Dr. Wood’s Norway Pino Syrup and see how quickly it will relieve this cough­ ing condition.It loosens the germ carrying phlegm, soothes the irritated membranes, strengthens the bronchial organs, and when this is done there is no more lying awake With the irritating cough. For sale at all drug and general stores^