HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-11-14, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1935
Religious Education
Convention
On Friday, November 1st at the
Gree..way United Chui ch there was
held annther very successful gather
ing •.’£ the .Sunday school workers of
this district, in ns way lacking the
warm enthusiasm that has been
prevalent, thrcughnnit -cur past con
ventions, a splendid attendance was
registered, despite the inclement
weather.
The afterncn session was open
ed at 2.30 with a service of worship
led 'by Rev. J. B. Moore, pastor of
the convention church. He chose as
hi& theme the great ‘Love’ chapter
•of 1st Corinthians dwelling particu
larly on the verse ‘And new 'obideth,
faith, hope and love, these three;
but the greatest of all is 1-ove.” He
stressed the fact that while faith
and hope were real bulwarks in the
Sunday School efforts, the greatest
virtue of all was love, for without
a deep love tor the pupils, efforts to
’help them would "be unavailing.
Following this fifteen minutes of
thoughful worship. Mr. Cecil Skin
ner, of Centralia, the president of
the Association took charge of the
meeting. In this short message to
the delegates he taught them the
slogan “What kind of a Sunday
School would o’ur school be, if every
‘ person was just like me”, .remind
ing them very often we are inclined
to blame someone else if interest in
special projects, missions, etc., seem
ed to he iwaning when probably we
were not doing oar own work satis
factorily.
The minutes of last year’s conven
tion and the secretary treasurer’s re
port were read and adopted.
This was followed 'by a very inter
esting address by Rev. Wm. Mair, of
Thames Road on “The Church on
the Frontier.” Like a breath of fresh
air from the great out-of-doors came
his message of work and achieve
ment in Northern Ontario. Services
held in schoolrooms,^without musical
instruments or choir, long trips thro’
woodland trails to outlying congre
gations, warm hospitality, though
the hem^ be only a one-room cabin,
all became real to the delegates as
Mr. Mair painted his word pictures
of this, work on the frontier. His
message closed on the note of opti
mism and courage, urging that the
Church must need go on till the
whole North Country is given the
privilege of a church in their own
community.
Further business was transacted
in the roll call, to which fourteen
schools cf the 15 now comprising
our union, answered with a stand
of delegates and the various" com
mittees were nominated.
The Association was (more than
fortunate in securing Rev. John F.
Anderson, of Wingham, as their out
side speaker. Coming as a stranger
to most of the delegates he quickly
won their friendship by his vivid
personality and interesting messages
In his first address he attacked that
difficult problem “The holding of
the ’teen age in. the Church.” He
stressed the fact that one big reason
for the losing of this, age was the
fact that usually they were given
no definite work to do. They were
made to feel that the church was for
adults and therefore their interest
waned. He urged that a closer
st'udy ‘be made of this, difficult age
so that leaders, better understand
ing their personality would be able
to map cut a program including
something for their interest and
needs.
This was followed by a round
table conference led by the speaker
and the reports oif the departmental
superintendants.
For the third successive year,
which speaks for. itself as to our en
joyment of this atom', we were able
to. secure the Rev. ;S. R. Johnston,
of Lucan, as our supper hour
speaker. His subject was “Peptim-
ism” and (With his own inimitable
mixture of wit and wisdom he set
before the guests the difference be
tween. “Optimism,” “Pessimism” and
“Peptimism.”
The evening service was opened
With a sing song led by Rev. J. R.
Peters and ’'his Eliimville choir.
Rev. A. E. Pletch, of the Crediton
Evangelical church conducted the
fifteen min'ute worship service. In
a few words he outlined the cost of
being a follower o.f the Christ, and
then on the other hand the cost of
not being a follower, contrasting the
two conditions very clearly.
The reports of the committees
were read and adopted and the of
ficers for. the ensuing year were in
stalled into, their various offices in
a service let by Rev. Arthur Page, of
James St., Exeter. Rev. Anderson’s
evening address was “Building a
New World”, and he divided this in
to groups, the .older men and (women
who build today, and the youth who
build the world of tomorrow. He
pointed out that youth must he giv
en the Visioiii of a pure, clean world
if that is the kind they are expected
to Ibu-ild. It had been the youth of
the world who have always seen the
visions, and our. modern Christian
education helps to fit youth to carry
o'ut these dreams. A new world
without national .barriers, racial pre
judice, hatred and jealousy, higher
moral and spiritual standards is the
dream of youth for the world of to
morrow. 'Can we help them make
that dream come true? As has
been our custom during the past
few years, the convention found 'a
Climax in a Biblical drama. Then
year the girls from the James St.
United church, Exeter, presented
their drama “Lydia the .Seller of
Purple.” The story was well port
rayed and brought our gathering to
and excellent closing 'The offering
tor the day amounted to thirteen
dollars and sixty-nine cents. Offic
ers for- the ensuing year are; Presi
don.:, Mr. Cecil Skinner, Centralia;
vice-president, Mr. Horace Delbridge
Woodham; sec’y-treas., Ruby Fink4*
b jitter, Crediton, Dept, Headers:
Children’s, Mrs, T, 0. .Southcott,
Exeter; Boy’s ,Isaac Restat'd, Jr.,
Grand Bend; Girl’s, Mrs, Merwin
Tieman, Dashwood; Y. P., James
Francis, Exeter; Adult and Home,
Mrs. Langford, Lucan; Temperance,
Wilbert Yeung, Parkhill; Mission
ary, Wm. Moodie, Exeter; Teachers'
Training, Rev. R. N. .Stewart, Cen
tralia,
WOULD MAKE BOXING DAY
FEDERAL LEGAL holiday
Retail merchants may seek to have
Boxing Day (day after Christmas)
written into the statute books as a
new legal holiday, it was. said in
London'. »
A great many, shopkeeper® as well
as *a good number throughout the
country decided bo remain closed on
Boxing Day of last year. They have
decided bo do it again this year on a
more general scale.
SENTENCED
After expressing the opinion that
Edgar Durr, of Parkhill, was the
ringleader of a grciup of four men
found guilty of thefts in Huron Co.,
Magistrate J. A. Makins sentenced
the young man to three years in the
Portsmouth penitentiary. Sentences
was concurrent on each of the seven
Charges. Durr has yet to- face a
number of charges tor alleged Mid
dlesex County thefts.. It was his
third sentence tor theft in the last
12 year®. c
Two weeks ago Durr confessed to
the series of thefts and involved his
brother, Alvin, Kenneth Morley and
Leon Deering.
Morley, aged 22, was sentenced to
three months at hard labor. He
pleaded guilty to five charges of
theft. It was his first offence. Sus
pended sentence was imposed on
Alvin Durr. , <>
SO YEARS AGO
November 12 th, 1885
R. Glidden, of Usborne, has mov
ed to Holmesville, his former home,
he settles on the Potter place.
No'i’they-Prout—At the parsonage
Elimville, .on the 5th inst., by the
Rev. W. H. Gane, Mr. Thomas Nor-
they to Charlotte, daughter of John
Pr'out, Esq., all of Usborne.
■ 'On Thursday evening the Domin
ion roller rink was opened and not
withstanding the inclemency of the
weather there were a great many
present. The Exeter brass and har
monic bands were present and fur
nished music for the .occasion.
A number of Exeter sports accom
panied by Mr. Shof.f, P.M., of Clan-
deboye, left tor the sand hills on
Tuesday morning on a hunting ex
pedition.
Mr. A. Tyndall, of the Thames
■Road has removed to a farm near
Egmondville, this county.
1 Hereafter the Hay mail will leave
the Exeter office in the morning in
stead of the evening as usually.
' A new street has been opened at
the south oif Mr. W. H. Verity’s resi
dence, Exeter North.
■ The residences of J. J. Pickard
and Alex McPherson, Exeter North,
are fast nearing completion and will
add much to the appearance of the
North End.
■ Mr. W. F. May, torlmerly of Ex
eter, has been re-engaged as head
teacher of the Granton public school
at an. increased salary.
25 YEARS AGO
November 10 th, 1910.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. K. McLeod,
who. have been visiting at Simcoe
and Ingersoll for a couple of weeks
returned home last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Smith, Cleve
land, O?, »are visiting the former's
parents, London Road, 'South.
Mr. Alex Fraser, of Australia, who
is .on a tour of .the world, was in
Exeter Monday to see a number of
old acquaintances, Messrs. Alex Dow
T. Russell, Al. MoiDonell and others.
He had, while in Scotland, sold con
siderable stociki to. these gentlemen
and also to the late William Bawden
The annual pow-w»w of the Indian
Chiefs remaining in the counties of
Middle-sex, Lambton and Huron was
held ’on the .banks of the once mighty
Aux iSauible river below Grand Bend
last week. Two Exeter Chiefs were
in the number.
The bank barn owned by Mr. Roibt.
Wood on the 7th .concession of Us
borne was totally destroyed ,by fire
no Tuesday afternoon. The fire is
supposed to have originated frolin a
spark from the threshing machine.
Mr. John W.> Taylor was elected
Reeve by acclamation for the balance
of the year to succeed the late Win.
Bawden. ■
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. P. Gowan, .teacher at White
church, formerly, of Usborne, has
been appointed town clerk of Wing
ham. y
Mi’. Ed. Snely and .family moved
to Sarnia on Wednesday to live with
her mother.
Miss Charlotte. Dearing left Satur
day for Detroit where she will spend
the winter.
Messrs, Herman Dayman and Al
bert Kernick are on. a trip through
Northern Ontario Hunting deer.
Mr. Will Crocker has returned to
his home in Toronto after visiting
With relatives here .tor some weeks.
Mr. Richard Bissett, of London,
spent Monday in. town. Mr. and Mrs.
John Bissett, of London, are visiting
relative®' here for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hewitt have
returned from Kitchener and are liv
ing in the McDonell block in the
rooms recently vacated by Dr. Ward.
Mr. Peter Moir who has been as
sisting his ®ons near Crystal City,
Man., to take off the harvest, re
turned homo Monday.
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EDITORIAL
Perhaps a mild winter and perhap® not.
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“Never give, lend or invest under pressure,"
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Altruism and com’mon sense make a good mixture.
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Well, that’s not the way they talked about Mitch, before he
t-ofth sick.
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Spy? apples are selling tor 75c per basket. Lucky the farmer
who has them.
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You may auto a voter to the polling place, but you can't make
him vote—as you wish.
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And now tor gettiny done those last things that should be at
tended to. before the advent of winter.
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Times have 'been picking up. Let’s (watch tor the bright man
who 'ha® something special to sell.
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Those winter resorts “away down south” are all very fine till
storms take the bit in their teeth.
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Many Ontario Magistrates have a glassy eye and a marble
heart when thievish midnight prowlers come before them.
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•Some farmers are burning sweet clover and alfalfa. ’ Why,
Some of us can 'remember away back last fall when..........
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Twe heads are rarely better than one, that is when both of
them wear bobbed hair and set out to -run the same household.
Now that Italy 'has grabbed or is grabbing off all she wants
in Ethiopia, she is talking politely to London and Paris. How
have the mighty fallen!
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What about those thieves who are believed to have charted this
region for poultry and grain and fruit? Ar they whiting till the
rest of us have gone sound asleep?
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Those aviators bent on breaking speed records are finding dif
ficulties in their way. The craze tor speed invites danger. He goes
farthest and longest who goes wisely. Wrecking crews confirm
this statement.
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It is quite evident from recent statetaients made Iby such men
as Mr. Ramsay Macdonald and IMr. Stanley Baldwin that the
“Peace-at-any-Pricers” and the “We-must-disarmers” and the
“Pacifists” generally must bear 'the major share o.f guilt for the
effusion of iblood in Manchuria and' Ethiopia.
■Sir 'Charles Higham, British advertising specialist, speaking of
women in business says:
“Admirable managers—they mind their own busi
ness; they worjki harder than men; are very loyal, should
get sabre pay as a man for similar work,
“Young4 women today are beating the young men be- '
cause they keep themselves in better health, while
men are merely grumbling about it.”
If the foregoing is not all quite in accordance with the facts,
there is truth enough in it to cause a lot of people to give their
brain gray matter some lively action.
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A delicate matter
What is Washington going to do about the war Italy is waging
on Ethiopia? When Italy fired her first gun upon Ethiopia, ac
cording to Mr. Frank Kellogg, she used war as an instrument of
national policy, thereby violating a treaty with the United 'States
Already the U. .Secretary of State has1 secured the cancellation
of the Ethiopian oil lease granting a concession of certain oil in
terests to American oil dealers. Already the U. S. President has
warned U. S. traders that if they trade either with Italy or Ethiopia
that they do- so unprotected by the American flag. So far so. good.
But has the U. S. done 'her whole duty 'by doing no more? Civili
zation awaits the answer.
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I
, GOOD SENSE
We interviewied a big firm. of professional men regarding the
(murder of the Toronto .girl wha was set upon as she left her work
at a late 'hour the other night. This is what the head of the firm
told us:
“There are times when we find it necessary to have our help
remain till late in the night. When we do so we send word to the
parents. In the case of my own stenographer I see to it that she
gets her suipper at my expense. I send her home in imy own car or t
under the care of a taxi driver whom I know, to be trustworthy.
Once a young Iman I did iknow offered to drive my help home. I
replied, “You may be all right, but I don’t know you from Adam.
This young lady is going, home under my protection. “On another
occasion the young lady said “I’ll be all right!” I replied, “I’ll see
that you are.” I always telephone to t'he house to see that my help
arrives home in safety when I keep them beyond the usual hours.
I take no chances.”
The help in this office “walk-chalk” ibut they walk in safety.
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SHOULD STOP AND JT.IHNK
Uncle ’Sam should stop and think of his present action in re-
gaid to world ipeace. Mr. Stanley Baldwin 'has stated that it is
necessary, just now, that the United :States should give the League
of Nations her sympathetic support. To this' request Secretary
Hull of t'he Washington governknent, has- replied as follows:
“I may point out,” he said, “that the Government
of the United States put 'forth every practicable effort to
aid in the preservation of peace, through conferences,
official acts, diplomatic communications' and public state
ments, and emphasized particularly the principals of the
■ Fact of Faris and the high legal and moral obligations of
the signatories thereto.”
This sounds suspiciously like a rattling of a 'typewriter rather
than t'he action of a great natl n that solemnly declares she does
hot care to exist were certain things to (perish from the earth. Con
ference, official acts, diplomatic icommuiiicatians and public state
ments are poor trash when a nation is abroad bent on robbery, mur**
der and arson. A nation may. refuse the white man*s burden and
thereby so doing lose her soul.
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Sunday School Lesson
THE RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY
Sunday, Nov. 17—Jeremiah 29:4-14
Ezra 1:1-11; Psalm 126: 1-6.
Golden Text
The Lord hath done great things
for u®; whereof we are glad (Psalm
126:3).
There is nothing new in prophecy,
Since the world began, men have
claimed to be prophets and have ut
tered many and various prophecies.
Many such proj/hets have failed to
materialize. The remarkable thing
about the prophecies that God gave
to men is that they have always
come true just when God said they
Wvuld.
Our lesson gives us one of the
most remarkable prophecies in all
hitsory, and one of the most remark
able fulfillments of such prophecy.
We have learned to know Jere
miah, the courageous, uncompromis
ing prophet, who told the truth to
Judah, the southern part of the king
dom of Israel, and was hated for it.
He told thehn that unless they
turned away- from their false gods
•‘and came back to God in repentance
faith and obedience, their kingdom
would fall and t'hey would be taken
into captivity by Babylon and the
king, Nebuchadnezzar. Judah ignored
Jeremiah and the prophets predic
tion of judgment and captivity came
ot pass, as we saw two weeks ago.
New the prophet has a still more
remarkable prophecy to deliver. To
hi®. people in captivity he gives God’s
command and God’s prediction. It
was the divine will that they should
settle down peaceably in their cap
tivity, build houses, plant gardens
and eat the fruit, take wives, 'beget
sons and daughters, “that ye may be
increased there, and not diminished.
And seek the peace o.f the city whith
er I ‘have caused you to be carried
away captives, and pray unto the
Lord for it; for in the peace thereof
shall ye have peace.”
The Jews in exile and captivty
were to be good citizen®, in other
words, and help in the prosperity ot
the land to which they had been car
ried.
But tnat was not all. “For thus
sait'h the Lord, That after seventy
years be accomplished at Babylon I
will visit you, and perforlm My good
word towatol you, in causing you to
return to this place. For I know the
thoughts that I think toward you,
sait'h the Lord, thoughts of peace,
and, not of evil, to give you an ex
pected end.”
Then Jeremiah’® pr phecy looks
down the ages far beyond the seven
ty years, wen to. the day in which
we are living in A.D. 1935, and be
yond) this. Here is that amazing
prophecy, (beginning to be fulfilled
in our own generation:
“Then shall ye call upon Me, and
ye shall go and pray unto Me, and I
will hearken unto you . . .
“And I will be found of you, saith
the o/Lrd; and I will turn away your
captivity, and I will gather you from
all the nations, and from all the
places whither* I have driven you,
saith the Lord; and I will bring you
again into the place Whence I caus
ed you to be carried away captive.”
“Zionism” is the beginning of the
fulfillment of this end-of-the-age
prophecy. The JefWts are returning to
God’s covenanted land, Palestine, as
never before since Jeremiah uttered
this prophey 2,500 years ago. They
are, as yet, returning in unbelief, but
the time i® coming and soon, when
they will turn to God and their Mes
siah, Jesus. Christ as their King Je
sus returns to reign, over them and
over the whole -world.
But before that far-flung prophecy
could Ibe fulfilled, what about the
prophecy of the Jew’s return from
Babylon to Palestine after seventy
years of their captivity?
Our lesson shows us the startling,
convincing fulfillment of that pro
phecy in minutest details. We turn
frohn Jeremiah to the book of Ezra,
and read:
“Now in t'he first year of Cyrus,
King of Persia, that the word of the
Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah
might be fulfilled, t'he Lord stirred
up the spirit of Cyrus, King .of Per
sia, that he made a (proclamation
throughout all his kingdom and put
it also in writing, saying, thus eaith
Cyrus,.King of Persia, the Lord God
I of Heaven hath given me all the
kingdoms .of the earth; and He hat'h
charged me to build Him an house
at Jerusalem, which is in. Judah.
Who is there among you of all His
people? His God be with him and
let him go up to Jerusalem, which
is in Judah, and build the house of
the Lord of Israel (He is the God),
which is in Jerusalem.”
We know from the Scriptures that
God moves Kings to do His will,
whether or not they know Him or
recognize Him, More than a -cen
tury before Jeremiah’s prophecy and
before Cyrus was born, Isaiah pre
dicted that God was going to . use
Cyrus for His purpose of blessing to
His people. (Isa. 45:1-6.)
Cyrus commanded that Jews who
might not accept his permission and
return to their own land should help
those who were returning, by giving
them silver, and gold, and goods and
beasts of burden, and a “free-will of
fering for the house .of God that is
in Jerusalem.”
Godly-Jews o<f the tribes of Judah
and Benjamin rose up with thanks
giving to obey the command and ac
cept the royal permission of King
Cyrus. Other Jews loaded them
with silver and gold, and all that
they needed tor the journey and
t'heir great 'undertaking. Cyrus sent
with thm the vessels of gold and
silver that Nebucharnezzar had tak
en from the Temple of Jerusalem
long before.
And so the “more sure word of
prophedy” was fulfilled in infallible
and detailed accuracy. It had to be,
tor it had come from the lips of God.
HURON’S LARGEST FAMILY
'■ ftWith the arrival of a son at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. James Maase,
cn the Blue Watei* Highway, north
of Grand Bend, they are undisputed
parents of Huron County’® largest
family, making it an even twenty.
Mr. and Mrs. Maase operate a large
farm on the Blue Water Highway.
There are ten daughters and ten
sons. One girl and one boy are mar
ried and two others are away from
home, leaving sixteen children at
the falmily. residence.
FIFTIETH ANNH’ERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gascho, of
Zurich, on Thursday, October 24th,
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
of their wedded life. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Gascho are active and - quite
hale and hearty. It was fifty years
ago in Ellis Township, North Perth
when Rev. John Gerber united in
marriage Miss Barbara Eilb, of that,
place, to Mr. Joseph GasdhiO, of Hay
Township, living on the farm on the
14th con., now owned by Mr. Henry
Krueger, until twelve years ago when
they sold out and moved to-Zurich.
During these fifty years this couple
have seen many changes in the vi
cinity’ as well as in general world
conditions. N,o autom&biles, and the
good roads we nqw enjoy. The day
wa® spent quietly at holme in the
form of a family reunion, and their
entire family were present with the
grandchildren. This 'happy union
is blessed with eight children, who
are five sons: John E., Joel and Ed.
win of Zurich; Norman of Byron
Hospital, London and Samuel, of
Hariston; three daughters, Mrs. O.
Burenus, tof Zurich; Mrs. P. Clarke,
of Windsor and Mrs. Peter Ravelle,
of Grand Bend, all being present for
the occasion.
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EXETER
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Healthy bile in sufficient quantity
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