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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-04-23, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE EDITORIALJm Jwv JL JL W A *•>. W JESUS LOOKS AT WEALTH AND POVERTY Sunday, April 26—Luke 16. -■■■*■*■......................................... ................ It’s about time for the shearing of a few more Iambs. ******.** Exeter can 'be talked up toiuite as easily -as it can be talked do wn ******** Those poccasional patches of green grass are welcome sights. ******** Well, the farmers have no reason to complain of a lack of mois­ ture. Golden Text ■The rich anid the ip'oor meet gather. The /Lord is the maker them all. (Pirov. 22:2.) *******♦ The crocuses and the snowdrops have have a hard time this spring.* of it ******* A new saying; “As welcome as a blizzard when you look sunshine.” for ******* * C Strange, that imine should have collapsed just as those sre in it ******** Where is tnat man who said that we’d have a fine April and an •early seeding? men calls calls This the ******** The condition of a man’s backyard is Baid to be a fair index to his character. The rabbits lion (plantation. * have * * worked * * untold « ♦- * damage in many a reforesta- completely looking at plenty of « Oh for a couple of temperature just right! * * ♦ weeks * * » Of * * » really sunshiny weather with the [also come into this place of tor- meat.” Abraham answered: have Moses and the prophets them hear them.” Dives, made a fin­ al plea, which was that if some one like Lazarus had died, returned to these -men from, the dead^ they would surely repent. But there -came the solemn and final word from Abra­ ham:* “If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead,” It is terribly true. As a common tator on! the parable had well said ‘^Another Lazarus was allowed to re­ turn, but the result was that the priests consulted that they might put Lazarus to death. They were no 'more ready* to- believe in the Lord Jesus 'Christ than they had been be­ fore.” CALDWELL-™COLEMAN 'They let S!¥l All youngsters love to hear Kellogg’s Rice Krispies crackle in milk or cream. They love their delicious flavor too—and the Mother Goose stories on the hacks of Rice Krispies packages. Buy Rice Krispies today. Sold by grocers every- Where. Made by Kellogg . in London, Ontario. QuaM^ A very quiet and pretty wedding took place at the Presbyterian Manse, Cromarty, when Margaret Beatrice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coleman, was united in mar­ riage to William Walton, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Caldwell, of near Brucefield. The pastor, Rev. James Reidie, officiated. The’ bride looked lovely in a navy blue triple sheer crepe suit with matching hat and .n'avy accessories, She carried a bouquet .of Briarcliffe roses and maidenhair fern. They were attend­ ed by Miss Annette Sinclair, R.N., of Clinton, -cousin of the groom, and Mr. Harold Coleman, brother of the bride. Following the ceremony a delicious dinner was served at the •bride's home to the immediate rela- tives^ by two girl friends of the bride Misses Mary Allen and Thelma El- gie. ILater in the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell left for a motor trip to Niagara Falls and Rochester N.Y. The bride wore a pretty marina blue crepe dress, navy accessories and wore a skipper blue tweed coat. On their return they will reside on the groom’s farm in Stanley. Prior to her marriage she was the guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower given by Mrs. Cecil Murray and Thelma Elgie at her home on Satur­ day afternoon. The bride received ■many useful and pretty gifts showing the high esteem she is held in the community. possessions CHILDREN’S CHOICE crackle & F P P man of the exceptional* ♦ ♦ « a 'Dutch Admiral who swept the ♦ us see, 'Was there not of the British navy? * * * * away hills look green­ eye of the spectator. Ever tested this? ** ****** “■Germany,” he said, “is the language of the future. Of a very 3bad future.”—From a novel by Colin iBrogan. ******** ISo Mussolini seems to he the dictator .of Europe! While the rest of us were sleeping, he stole ouir prestige. * * * * * * ♦ * The trouble with most Canadians is that we are busy about a great many things that don’t need to be done. * * * We icame across a man wino had secured a neat bit of money in a business deal. He thought he was clever. Instead, he was lucky. Let Channel Far * * * * The greenness, however, is in the (Some farmers have made maple syrup of exceptionally high duality. The man who did not tap his trees did not get much sap. The in-and-outers does not get very far in any business. ******** Since hell first yawned and men first practiced' meanness has there been a ini-ore abominable affair than Italy’s war on Ethiopia. For cililization this is the darkest day .kinown to history. She will pay dear for her supineness. ******** We came across a farmer who had set .out about an hundred trees without taking, the precaution to summer-fallow the land. The mice have girdled every tree. Some men never will learn, while vermin never forget. ******** And now there is a power in Europe that is saying “British ships shall sail only where we give them leave.” Canadians are mighty sorry that this should be the case, but their sorrow does .not make up for their utter lack to support that navy. ******* Co-operation ‘is a Line -thing when it works tout- in everybody's- helping the worker. When it results in the in tho lazy and the the -cunning living off the thrifty and the industrious it becomes nuisance number one. j ******** We cannot but wondei* how many British folk wish they had in good English manufactures and transportation facilites a great deal of the money loaned to foregxi powers to break British sup­ remacy by land, by sea and in the air, Talk about cutting a irod to- beat one’s own back! * * * * * * * We saw,a man seeking the icash of a widow, a retired minister, a retired farmer and a school teacher. He was well dressed and well barbered. He .could pray -out of one side -of his mouth and of­ fer phoney stuff-out of the other. He’s very much abroad. ******** “Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again. The eternal years of iGod are hers, But error, wounded, writhes in' pain, • And dies amid hex’ worshippers.” * * * * * * * * It .looks as if German diplomacy has won its way. It has suc­ ceeded in driving a wedge .between Britain and France, with the result that the" Nazis have just‘about won’a'free hand in Central Europe. While. Britain was snoring Hitlex’ was busy, very busy and apparently successful. Britain woke up 12 years too late. And now Hitler -proposes to spenld tone billion five hundred millioxx pounds in three years -on armaments. Must be some cash in 'Germany. But -does anyone think-fol' one moment that Hitler is looking to Germany to raise this sum Italy to pay for the invasion of Ethiopia? dler? * * **• * * Does 'Mussolini expect Who is to pay the fid­ *♦■»*«** Whe -used to say that anyone who twisted the British lion’s tail had better be prepared to fight. Now the lion invites anyone who meddles his caudal appendage to have a conference. After the conference the li'om invites the twister to give his tail another yank. Truly these are great days! A lion with neither teeth nor claws does not command much respect.*»•*•♦*• TWO MISTAKES Two mistakes are being made this year regarding the potato. One mistake is made by those who are hoarding their marketaple supplies. The other is made by those who are laying large quan­ tities for home .consumption. There will be enough for everybody, but there will be few to spare.******** WHY THE FARMER? This talk of fweinig men on relief to take farm jobs is nearly all wrong. Just now, for instance, what place ion a farm is there for the green man. Such help cannot drive- horses without running the risk of over-driving or of getting the animals ruined by getting them mixed up with the machinery, to- everyone’s loss. In such cases the farmer runs all the risk, both for the damage to machin­ ery and animals and 'for damages to the green help. When it comes to- farm choring, the case is more difficult still, for farm choring. is Work requiring constant and detailed, experienced supervision. The worst feature of the situation is the way the farmer is ex­ pected to pay for such alleged services. Wages are asked that the farmer simply cannot afford to pay. |Al great -deal of the help should pay for its instruction, and is dear at that, It is high time that the problem of relief was dealt with -by men of sense. CAUSTIC BUT TRUE The immediate effect of the clash of views between England and France on the League Council has been to disillusion a number io£ States which had co-operated in sanctions against Italy in the hope that the League would stand together when confronted with a. more difficult test. All the States with German frontiers now wait in terror wondering which treaty Hitler will next choose to violate, while the pro-Nazi element in Austria, Roland, Jugoslavia and Rumania will certainly bo strengthened by Hitler’s success in driving a wedge between England and France. Europe watches cynically while Italy offers to come into a collective system on con­ dition that sanctions are called off. If that happens, all Is over in Abyssinia—except the fighting. The Italians will go on ruthless­ ly bombing a helpless population. Tho Abyssinians will go ton re­ sisting; they are not the kind of people to take civilization lying down.-—The Statesman and Nation There are many sharp} striking contrasts in this lesson, and one of them is in two words in the lesson title, wealth and poverty. What the world calls wealth, the Lord poverty; and what the world poverty tho Lord calls wealth, is because God and men see same things in very different lights. God sees things as they really are: men often see things -as they are not at all, and s'o men are as deceived as if they were a mirage. By wealth men mean earthly possessions. But God means ■by wealth plenty of spiritual and eternal possessions, and by proverty. He means the lack of that will last forever. A pitoiminent 'Christian last generations who had ability in several lines especially in the field of money-making, and who was offered a tempting and legitim­ ate opportunity to- make a great deal of money, decided that with God’s help he would ntot leave his children rich. He deliberately turned aside from money-making and invested his life- in the Lords' service in remark­ able ways. When he died he did not leave much money, but he left his children a spiritual fortune, and they have recognized the wisdom of his decision. ■Our Lord told His disciples the story ioT a certain rich man and a certain beggar. Bible .teachers dif­ fer -as to whether this story, of Dives and Lazarus, was a parable, many similiar stories told by the Lord, or a recital of actual There are reasons ini support of both views, and the lessons to -be drawn froimi the narrative are the same in either Let trusts men; 1. Using the word Dives (riches) for the rich men', we see the sharp contrast at the beginning in the de­ signations of the two men: “A cer­ tain rich man”; “a certain beggar.” 2. Dives was inside his palatial htome, enjoying all its comforts and riches. Lazarus was outside, “laid at his gate.” 3. Dives had the most exnensiv.fi and ...abundant clothing and ft “clothed in purple and fine li and fared sumptuously every d Lazarus, doubtless ini rags and enough to he “fed with the crux which fell fromii the rich m1 table.” It is interesting just here to x the prominence given by our Lor the sumptuous food and elothin the rich man, in the light of - Lord’s teaching in the Sermon on Mount, telling His disciples to no anxious thought about shall we eat?” or “What shall drink?” or “Wherewithal shall w clothed?” (Matt. 9:31.) . When the two men died, w told simply that the rich man buried,” -but that Lazarus the bbggar. had an angel escort: he “was carried by the angels” into the .mext world. ,5. And Dives’s place or arrival, after he died, was “in hell,” or hades meaning the unseen world, the place of departed spirits, but not the lake of fire, while Lazarus was taken by his angel escort “into Abraham’s bosoimi”—that is, -to Paradise, the place tof .the blessed dead. 6. What a contrast now in the ex­ perience of the two men! “in torments,” in this flame,” arus, “now he peace and joy blessing. 7. Abraham speaks the final word of contrast, saying to Dives; “Re­ member that thou in thy lifetime re- ceivest thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and thtau are tormented.” Good things versus evil things dur­ ing the short earthly life; evil things versus good things for all etrenity. Interwoven with these seven sharp contrasts are two- great identios of experience; two things which came alike to- the two men. One of those is death. “The beg­ gar died . . . the rich mam also died Except for those who “arc alive and remain” until the coming of the Lord death comes to all men, the rich and the poor, the lost and the saved. -Ftor “it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Ileb. 9:27), And each of the two men was se­ parated from the other by “a great .gulf fixed.” There is no “second ■chance” beyond this life. Dives could not go to Lazarus, and Lazarus could wot go to Dives. How paltry and trifling and worth groat worldly riches are seen to bo in tho hour of death—and for­ ever after! 'Comparatively few can -be rich in this World’s goods. Everyone who will can make sure of tho eternal riches, by accepting Christ as Sav­ iour and Lord. When tho rich man pleaded with LAbraham to send Lazarus to his (the rich .man’s) five brothers, 'that ho may testify unto them, lost they crackles in crcam.cream MINISTER CALLED they actually crackle in milk or like fact. case. us look at seven sharp .con- in the expedience of the two The Victoria Avenue United Church at Chatham have extended ani unan­ imous call to Rev. Charles Malcolm B.A., B.D., of Egmondville United C'hurtoh, to' become their minister at the end of the conference year. He will succeed Rev. perd who tendered his several weeks ago and take effect in Junto. A. W Shep- resignation which British Columbia apples made the largest single contribution. $5,201,- 000) to- the gross value of the Cana­ dian 1935 fruit crop. Nova Scotia, with a soewhat larger production but a lower value per barrel was a good second $4^66,000), while On­ tario’s apple crop $1,999,200) was the only other item that passed the million dollar mark. However, Que­ bec applies yielded the highest re­ turn sto growers with axil average of $4 pei* barrel. Dives is “for I am tormented he said, As for Laz- is comforted, “in and abundance of S83^ Geo. Lawson T&mager. There s OJow!D W$?Joan has just heard be tinkle of the telephone bell. Daddy-away fr< borne a lot on business is so wrapped up m little Joan that he calls home by Long Distance every even­ ing and listens to some of her chatter before she 8 put to bed. And Joan ib on the lookout every evening for Daddy’s call. e Erpcnsiye? Not at Rates begm at 7 nol they are surprisingly low, especially on "Anyone calls.