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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-09-26, Page 7THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER gfj, 1935THE EXETER TIMES-APVOCATE Sunday School Lesson JOHN (the Minister anfl His people) Sunday, Sept. 29.—John 3. This was the first a frequent New Testament expies- I sion for Christian believers, mem­ bers of the family of God by faith in Christ, therefore spiritual broth­ ers and sisters to one another. Chris­ tians have a special responsibility for each other. Gaius was meeting this responsibility. And stranger® are to be consideration and h-cspitality 12:12; I Tm. 3:2). We are “Be not forgetful’ to entertain gers; for thereby some have tained angels unawares” (Heb, 13: 2). Gaius was, a hospitable man, and John -commended fiim for this. We must remember that, in those early days of the church, the minis­ try of Christian brethren was needed and this .minietry was carried on iby Christians who- travelled from place to place. It was the duty and privi­ lege of every local church to receive such visiting brethren hospitably, to welcome them and have fellowship with them, and to provide ftir them in temporal matters, financially and otherwise, according to their need. Gaius was doing this, and John com­ mended him for it. The apostle said: "We therefore ought to ceive such, that we helpers to truth.” But there was a trephes, who had himself at the head of a church to which John had written a letter. This man, said John, "loveth to have the pre-eminence among them.” and would not recognize the apostolic authority that had been conferred by Ch'rist Himself. He ".receiveth us not.” said the a^postle. Not only that ‘ he talked maliciously against John; he declined to receive visiting breth­ ren, and he forbade members of his church to; receive any such “and cas- teth them out of the church.” John spoke with divine authority when he said: ‘Wherefore if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth.” Discipline is needed in the church, yet seldom found today; Churches would be stronger and do more effective work iif those in charge were more ready to exercise needed discipline. In contrast with Diotrephes, John wrote: "Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself.” He was living and walking "in the truth”—that is, in Christ and ac­ cording to God’s Word. Others1 spoke well of him; and his own life spoke well of shown (Rom. told: stran- enter- re­ might be fellow- man named Dio- evidently placed Golden Text Beloved, follow net that which 'is evil, but that which is gcod. He that (Keth good is of God; he that doeth evil hath not seen God (John 2:11). Only fourteen verses leng its . this Third Letter of the Apostle John, but it is packed with rich truth. It was divinely inspired, cf course, like all the Scriptures; but inspiration did not take away the naturalness, and humanity, and tender affection of the inspired writers. These human touches appear in this brief Epistle, together with profound wisdom and stern condemnation. Dr. iSc-o.field, in his Reference Bible throws a flood of light on this Epistle. The letter was written al­ most sixty years after the death and resurrection of Christ, therefore John must have been an aged man. It was written to. a 'much-loved per­ sonal friend, Gaius, who was in a church dominated by a man named Diotrephes, who was rejecting the divinely given authority of the apostles, setting himself up as a law to himself and the church, refusing the ministry of visiting Christian brethren, and casting out those who received him. appearance of that sort of domineer­ ing ecclesiastical control, which has been seen off too1 often during the Christian centuries since then and today. The key word of the Epistle is "the truth,” occurring six times in the fourteen verses. By “the truth” John means "the body of revealed truth, the Scriptures.” The commentator .mentioned above divided this Epic-tie into four parts: Personal Greetings. Concerning Ministering Brethren. The Domineering Diotrephes. The Good Demetrius. Let us .remember that the Apostle John was one of the inner circle of three Disciples who were the most intimate with the Lord Jesus Christ. He was permitted * to lean on the Lord’s bosom at the sacred list sup­ per (John L3:23). The Lord honor­ ed him with confidences given to no one else. Arid he was the Apostle chosen as the channel of "The Re­ velation of Jesus Christ,” that mar­ velous and divine prediction of the "things to come” that makes the last book and climax of the Bible. Such a letter as this, therefore, from the Apostle John, has extraordinary sig­ nificance. He calls himself "the elder” and writes to "thei> well-beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.” That the consecrated leaders of the' early Church, and Apostle of Christ, were interested in the bodies a® well as the souls of their friends and loved ones is seen in John’s tender solici­ tude; "Beloved, I wish that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prosper- eth. John then pays a high tribute to his -friend Giaus, saying that other Christians have told him of the ■steadfast character and conduct "of his friend, who walks ‘in the truth’; and the aged Apostle adds: "I have no greater joy than to hear that my . children walk in the truth.” 0 - -What is it to walk in the truth? ' predation for the honor^ and good Christ is the truth; and the Bible is the truth, because it is the Word of God. To walk in- the truth is to have received Jesus Christ as Sav- iouF then io have surrended one’s life fully to H'is mastery and lord­ ship, and then to walk or live ac­ cording to His will, which is reveal­ ed in the Scripture. Then one can say, as Paul said, "To' me to live is Christ.” John commended Gaius for being faithful and laving "to the brethren and to strangers1.” “The brethren” 'is I HI'* him. BIDDULPH COUPLE MARK THEIR SILVER WEDDING A happy event took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hod­ gins,. second concession, Biddulph, when a large crowd of their relatives and friends assembled there to hon­ or them, it being the 20th anniver­ sary of their marriage. Mrs. Hodgins was assisted in re­ ceiving the guests by Mrs. Wilbert Revington, of Lucan, the rooms be­ ing prettily decorated with flowers far the occasion. During the even­ ing a program of music and songs was given, Rev. Canon C. C. Simp­ son, uncle of the bride, acting chair man.Then an address of gratulatione and good wishes read by Mrs. R. Isherwood, of Owen Sound, and (presentation was made of a lovely silver tea service and two beautiful bread trays to Mr. and Mrs. Hodgins, the gift® being pre­ sented by Mrs. Wesley Revington. Mr. Hodgins expressed his deep ap- as con- was NO ACCOUNTING for things That big thunderstorm did not bring cooler weather!******** Have Canadians done their’duty by their underprivileged mass­ es?CORN SYRUP Madam has been heard singing of that place "Where ’matoes cease from bubbling and the 'peaches are at rest," I don’t believe in kicking, It doe®1 not make for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking Is the wheel that gets the grease. **••«*«* WE DON’T BLAME HIM News item heading "Monkey ibite® off a man's finger, man must have been, crooning in fr nt of the monkey’s cage. CLERGY FOOD ThAt NOURISHED MORE CANADIAN CHILDREN THAN ANY OTHER CORN SYRUP A product of The CANADA STARCH CO.. Limited sye-"I am convinced that degeneracy follows every autocratic cyr tern of violence, for violence 'inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proved that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by scoun­ drels. For this reason I have always been passionately opposed to such regimes as exist in Russia and Italy today.”—Einstein. • • * ♦ • * * » THER’S ALWIZ SUMPTIN* ” Jack and Gill went to the fair— Their fun, no one could baulk it! Gill got hot dogs and pink ice cream And Jack an empty pocket. ’Bout the finest sight we have witnessed at the fairs has been the real thing in a swain and his best girl munching peanuts, drink­ ing lemonade, taking in all the sideshows, sitting snug and tight on the grandstand, going to the movies at night winding up with a ibig supper wlien the show was over followed by the unforgettable drive Jay unalloyed, to say nothing of dev- iBut it was worth it all even if the swain must ’ ~ __’ back the borrowed money. home. Bliss, iperfect bliss! astating expense. F ' " work hard for six months to pay♦ * * • (The following is from "During the past few years The New York Times) . . . 'manufacturers have been drivenout of the industry by the thousands,” he pointed out. “According to government figures, the total number of cigar manufacturers in the United States has declined from 14,57-8 in 11921 to- 6,620 in 1933. Since 1933 this decline has continued. “Total cigar consumption has fallen from 18,096,000,000 in 1920 to 4,597,000,000 in 1934, a decrease of 43 per cent. The total dol­ lar volume of cigar sales' has decreased from $688,228,000 in 1920 to $229,860,000- in 1934, a -decrease of 67 per cent. "The ratio' of raw material costs has 'Increased from 43.8 per cent, in 1927 to 52.2 per cent, in 1933,” WE DON’T AGREE A distinguished contemporary thinks that the average unem­ ployed person would be well advised to take a leaf from the book of the fellow who is seeking political honours at the polls. This writer points out that the candidate- spares neither cash nor peace of mind nor shoe leather nor gasoline nor horseflesh nor words nor sleep nor -Sunday nor fair day nor anything else to win h'is place. So far so. good. But only about 25 per cent.-of the aspirants in the pres­ ent campaign for parliamentary distinction can win. Of this 25 per cent, only a beggarly percentage continue to hold their jobs, being improverished meanwhile, to say nothing of their being turned into punching bags for their trouble. The unemployed should seek for something better than the reward the average politician received from the commonwealth. a *• • » * « IBf | wishes tendered Mrs. Hodgins, his ’ family, and himself, for the beauti­ ful gifts and -the great pleasure of entertaining them in his home on this occasion. A pleasant 'hour was spent d,uring the lunch, which wa® very dainty and ^enjoyable, and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. Mr. and Mrs. Hodigins have a family of four, one daughter, Miss Edith Hod­ gins, R.N., of .Sarnia General Hospit­ al ,and three sons, Arthur, Joseph and Roy, all at holme. Relatives from a distance included Mr. and Mrs. D. McCallum arid family, Glencoe; Rev. Canon C. C. ^Simipson, Conist-on; Mr. and Mrs.4 Cecil MciFalls, Lon­ don; Mr. and Mrs. R. Isherwood, Owen Sound, and Mr. and Mrs. A- Hodgins and family, of Hamilton. Mr. Hodgins is the only son of the late A. King Hodgins, former M..L.A., for East Middlesex, and re­ sides on the old homestead. Mrs. Hodgins is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James MoRann, cf Biddulph Township. WHY HE LOST Our big brother, The Ottawa Journal, in accounting for the loss of the tennis crown by Fred Perry to Wilmer Allison, lays the defeat of Perry to the fact that he had an off day. He simply was not up to his average performance that day and there is no ac­ counting for his failure other than on the theory that he was off his game for the day, because lady luck or some such influence withdrew her benign sm'ile. We -confess that 'we do not like this sort of talk. There are those who say that luck was against Napoleon at Waterloo. Ac­ cordingly he and his battalions went down before Wellington and his thin red l'i'ne. And so the devotees continue their ing. a Were it not better to frankly state that men are cause they have met a better man in their opponent? speaking of sickness or of accident. Perry was not was h'fe leg broken nor was his arm in a sling. If he was cut of condition because he neglected the rules: of the game, lady luck did not put in her oar. Allifeon trimmed Perry, and that because on that day—the day they met in fair conflict on an open field, Alli­ son played the better game. Why fuss about ft? Perry went down before an opponent who played better tennis than he played. On that day lAllison was the better man. The (game proves this. Let no one befool himself. All games to the one who plays them best. way of talk- defeated be- We are not sick, neither HE GIVES HIS REASONS Tommy Keith of The St. Thomas Times-Journal never hides fist, and when a fight is on. takes a good grip on feels it. Lately one of his Rather, Irishman like, he spits on h’is1 his lead pencil and looks for a head, into the lOc WHY PAY MORE Best of all fly killers. Clean, quick, sure, cheap. Ask your Drug­ gist, Grocer or General Store. Mrs. Victor French, Wetaskiwin, Alta., who has been visiting with Mr®. IF. French, of town, and with relatives in Exeter, left Tuesday for her home in the West. She accom­ panied her daughter, Miss Florence, who has also been visiting her grandmother here, to Guelph,‘where she ha® entered for a 2-year course at MacDonald Hall.— fClinton News- Record.) THE WILSON FLY PAD CO., HAMILTON. ONT. correspondents has thought to put him a corner over the Italo-Ethiopian controversy by asking him following questions, after speaking of Britain’s "Evident attempt to- get into war,” and of "her desire to draw the Empire into war.” The correspondent asks, "Should (Canada aquiesce and get into the war” or "get -out of European quarrels which seem endless.” The Times-Journal replies by saying that Canada is a member of The League of Nations and would make a poor showing by shun­ ning her responsibility at the titet minute her adherence .to the League’s undertakings become costly. To do so would be to range herself on the side of Mussolini. (Some people find it mighty fine to ran'ge themselves on the side of the weaker cause till the guns begin to shoot, regardless of given word or written covenant. . In this connection The Times-Journal has this rousing state­ ment to make: "(Supposing Mussolini, instead of picking on Ethiopia, had Said to himself—‘There’s Canada, a country with practically no army or navy, a vast granary and with vast developed and undeveloped gold, silver, capper, nickel and other .deposits. We’ll invade that country and exploit it for our own benefit.’ Of course, he wouldn’t; for a very obvious reason. He would know for a certainty that he would have to fight Great Britain, which, for business as well as sentimen­ tal reasons, would fight Canada’s battle .for freedom. But it would be a big job, because Italy being in the Mediterranean could men­ ace the Empire communications ‘East of Suez’ and cause a wide dissipation of British strength. Italy has stupendous strength in the a’h’, and the feat which she performed two' years ago of sending a mass squadron of plane® across the ocean, across Canada to Chi­ cago and back, could ibe repeated on a much larger scale now. Our great seaports at Halifax, Quebec, Montreal and even Vancouver, could be completely destroyed and our main line railways so1 damag­ ed that they would be iiisless for trans-continental transport; for our aerial forces, are abo.ut as weak as our militia and navy. 'That is no fantastic vision. Under the terms of the League Covenant Great Britain would be entitled to call upon the other nations to invoke ‘sanctitons’ against the aggressor, And what would the people of this Domin­ ion th'fnk if the other nations said: "We’ll keep out of this business. Our interests are Which means, of for us.” Great words, "So Canada must not affected, Canada can fight for her freedom’? course, 'dragging in Great Britain’ to do the job my masters. Nothing better has appeared so far support the covenant.” The Times-Journal adds. "Yes, she must support; the coven­ ant or lose her soul, How the support is to be given will best be determined by wise and sober salesmen who know how best to take occasion by the hand. Peace may be bought at too great a price.” FUNERAL OF RORT. DALRYMPLE The following account of the fun­ eral service cf the late Robert Dal­ rymple, of Moose Jaw, Sask., appear­ ed in the Moose-Jaw Times-Herald: A large number of friend® of the family attended the funeral services conducted on Friday, September 6, at St. Andrew's Church cf the late Robert Dalrymple, pioneer of the Archydal district, who passed away suddenly Sunday, September 1st. De­ ceased came to the Moose Jaw plains in 1893, where he farmed success­ fully until 1910, when he retired and took up residence in Moose Jaw. In 1898 he married Isabella Moir, of Hensail, Ont., who 'predeceased him 14 year® ago. In 1923 he married Mrs. Helen Walters, cf Hensail, who survives him. He aso leaves two brothers, John, living at Boissevain, Man., and George at Hensall, Ont., and two' half-sisters residing at Cro­ marty. Ont. A private service for the family and immediate friends, held in the Bellamy funeral home, proceded a public service at 2 p.m. in St. Andrew’s Church. The large numbers present bore silent tribute to the high regard in .which the de­ ceased was held. Rev. Geoffery Glo­ ver, minister of the church, officiat­ ed. The long procession of cars that wended its way to the cemetery and the wealth of beautiful flowers were striking tributes to a pioneer of the city and district, the memory of whom will not soon fade.— (Clinton News-ReccTd. ONCE THRIVING CENTRE Old copies of the Godspeed maga­ zines published in the early days of the last century have many refer­ ences to hamlets and villages which then existed in this ■pai’Tof Ontario. In regard to. Elginfield, the cross­ road hamlet at the junction of Nos. 4 and 7 Highways, just south of Lu­ can is described in one of these pa­ pers as a town of 301 inhabitant®, engaged in the following business, enterprises: Matthew Glass, ipost- master and hotel proprietor; Pat­ rick Mangle, cheese manufacturer; Elias Blake, brick manufacturer; James Burtch, cabinet maker; Dr. William McCombs, veterinary surg­ eon; James Hawkins, blacksmith and iStephen McCormick, merchant. In 1857 the population was rated at 50 and the business listed in the or­ der a® follows: Dagg and Holloway, blacksmiths; James Hawkins, black­ smith; George Eighembrot, shoe­ maker; Andrew Gardener, tailOT; Farrell and Smibert, merchants; Claudius Hamilton, merchant; Wm. Frank, postmaster and merchant, W. H. Ryan, tavern keeper; Rev. P. Crinan, rector of Catholic parish; Rev. James Scott, pastor of New' Connexion Methodist Church. —(St. Marys Journal-Argus ZURICH HURON COUNTY PAYS FOUR YEARS That Huron County is (prepared to pay the fees of a student for a period of four years covering at­ tendance at a secondary school was the chief point of discussion decided upon at a meeting of the Educational Committee of Huron County Coun­ cil, at the Courthouse, Goderich, on Saturday of last week. The .meet­ ing was presided over by Reeve Wm. Archibald, chairman of the commit­ tee. The interpretation of second­ ary school training as laid down in the motion includes time spent in a high .school or a technical school. At the conclusion of the four years training, the student must pay 50 per cent, of the tuition received, the county to.< continue to pay the other 50 .per cent. This decision of the committee ends a strong ipoint of contention be­ tween London Technical School au­ thorities and the Huron County Council. At the January sessions of the council the matter was left ia the hands of the Educational Committee to deal with and to re­ port upon. In June, that commit­ tee reported that the Technical School asked that the county pay 90 per cent, of the fees but they had stuck to their bargain of paying 50 per cent. The council was of the opinion that as they had contributed to the building of the Technical School, they should be accorded some privileges regarding students receiving training there. However, the above arrangement disposes of the matter for the ent. JOHN D. EMERY, OF McGillivray dies pres- PARKHILL—The death occurred early Thursday of last week at the home of his eon, S .M. Emery, Mc­ Gillivray Twp., of John D. Emery, in his 77 th year. He had been in failing health for several months. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. James Bennett, of Clarkston, Mich., and a son, Sidney of McGillivray. His wife predeceased him 10 years The funeral was held from the resi­ dence of his son, on Saturday, inter­ ment in Parkhill Cemetery. The engagement is announced of Reta Marion, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hbdgins, Granton, tc Andrew Francis Standeaven, only sion of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stand­ eaven, of St. Marys, the marriage to take (Place early in October. McDonald spent the her mother near Kin- Finkbeiner and her Hazel, of Stratford, visitors at the home Mr. Oliver Johnson, of Goderich, visited at the home of Mrs. Thomas Johnson on Sunday. Miss Jessie week-end with cardine. Mrs. W. F. daughter Miss were week-end of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hoffman. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Schilbe have returned from a pleasant visit with friends in Cleveland and other parts of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. John Preeter and Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Knechtel, of Kit­ chener, were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Sie­ bert. Mrs. Flora Brown who has been visiting in Zurich returned to home in Kitchener with them. Mr. and Mrs. Lennis O’Brien family, of Exeter, were itors with the former's and Mrs. W. O’Brien. Mrs. Kuno Hartman, shen Line, south, who recently derwent an operation In .St. Joseph’s Hospital, has returned home. Miss Gertrude .Schade, of Lon­ don, is spending a few weeks’ vaca­ tion at her home on the Blue Water Highway. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Steinbach, of Holly, Michigan, visited for a few days with Zurich friends. Mrs. Barbara Gerber, of the Bron­ son Line, who1 recently underwent an operation at the Kitchener hos­ pital has been removed to the home of her brother, Mrs. Chris. Swartz- entruber. Sunday ■parents of the her and vis- Mr. Go- un- 10 BROTHERS GE,T MEDALS Having fought throughout the World War and still living to tell of it, 10 brothers in Germany have juist been decorated with the newly-insti­ tuted Cross of Hono« for active ser­ vice fn the great conflict. They were considered Germany’s luckiest sol­ dier family. Only one was slightly wounded n the four years of hostil­ ities. The brothers’ family name is Rack and they live in Kildorf near Bad Homburg. The 10 are, Jacob, Heinrich, George, Joseph, Valentine, Peter, Gerbard, Wilhelm, Jean and Ferdinand. They never met each other throughout the war, but kept in touch through their sister at home who wrote letters with family news. The marriage is announced of va Lorraine, only daughter of and Mrs. William Jahn Cook Franklin Carter Mutch, son of and Mrs. Fred Mutch, all of Clinton, which took place at St. Andrew’s manse, (Stratford, by the Rev. Geo. P. Duncan. El- Mr. to Mr. Don’t Let the Mother’s Nerves Upset the Whole Household A M k Mother grows sick and tired o£ the daily routine of household drudgery. It gets on her nerves and she becomes cross and irritable. 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