HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-07-16, Page 7Sunday School Lesson
SOCIAL SERVICE IN THE EARLY
CHURCH
Sunday, July 19.—Acts 4:32
1-7; 9:36-39; 2 Cor. 8:1-9;
3:13-18.
351 6:-
1 John
and Sapphira, told
immediately after
church did care for
Golden Text
He said: It is more blessed
than- to receive. (Acts 20:35b.)
True soul-winning always results
in true social service, Evangelistic
campaigns are the best campaigns
for social service that have ever
been conducted. When Spurgeon,
or Mgody, of Torrey, of Chapman, or Billy. s'nd ay conducted city
wide and^liation-wide and world
wide campaigns for
ing of Jesus Christ as the only Sav
iour for lost sinners, social service
of^the most practical and fruitful
sort always resulted. When sinners
are saved, one of t'he first things
they think of is their neighbors, and
what they can do for them.
But social service as taught and
conducted by many modern apostles
of social service, puts the cart be
fore the horse. To use another figure
it puts the fruit ahead of the root.
It even tries to produce fruit without
any root—and that is never very suc
cessful.
The so-called Social Gospel makes
its purpose and objective the reform
ing or improving of 'human society
in the mass, in a wholesome way,
without any reference to the saving
of souls individually. That is why
the Social Gospel is a failure. There
is only one way by which society,
the -community, t'he social life of a
people can ibe lifted and made what
it ought to be: and that is by bring
ing the
society,
Saviour
attempt
ful building without any foundations
“And the multitude of t’hem that
believed were of one lieart and of
one soul; neither any of them thatj
o-uglit of the things which he posses
sed was his own; but they had all
things common.” This is the first
verse in the Scripture passages chos
en for this lesson on social service
in the early Church. A very impor
tant and 'basic factor is here; the
multitude who went in for this
Christian social service consisted on-
“of them that believed.” Their be-
in Christ as Saviour came first;
their social service followed,
root 'had to proceed the fruit.
And the next verse tells us
“with great power gave the apostles
witness of the resurrection of the
Lord Jesus.” What a different thing
much of our social service and many
of our social settlements today would
be if their great, dominant message
were “the resurrection of the Lord
Jesus.”
There was a form of Christian
Communion for a short while in the
early Church, described in these
verses. The believers had “all things
common.” and they saw to it that
none among them lacked anything.
Those who owned lands or houses
sold them, brouht the proceeds to the
apostles, and distribution was made
unto every man according to his
need.” That was vastly different
from any communion in Russia to
day or anywhere else in the world.
The movement rested solidly upon
the foundation- -of personal belief in
Christ crucified for
raised from
cation.
But even
taught even
ism as the ealy Church for a while
practised, nor do we find any teach-
in or recommendation of Commun
ion anywhere in the inspired Epis
tles of t'he New Testament. It was
a voluntary thing on the part of
these early Christians and appar
ently, it lasted only a short while,
■for it drops out of the history of
the early church a n eb no comment
to give
t'he preach
individuals that make up
one by one to Christ as the
and Lord. Otherwise it is an
to er.ect a great and beauti-
The
that
our sins and
t'he dead for our justifi-
so, Christ Himself never
such Christian Commun-
RIJRDOCK
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Bitters
upon it is found in the Scriptures
of either approval or disapproval.
Furthermore, it was open to grave
and harmful abuse, as in the inci
dent of Ananias
in the passage
Acts 4.
But the early
its needy members, and the privilege
andjjuty of caring for those in need
is plainly and repeatedly enjoined
in the New Testament. The church
learned that an organized and sys
tematic oaring for Christians in po
verty was necessary if the matter
was to be properly administered.
It was not right for the apostles to
whom Christ had committed the
preaching of the Gospel and the
teaching of the Word of God, to give
t'heir time to financial work, there
fore, they directed
should be appointed
honest .report, full
Ghost and wisdom,
appoint over this business.'
Here again, what a contrast
much of the business administration
found today in local dhurches.
Church trustees and other officers
responsible for the care of church
property and financial matters are
often chosen without any references
to their spiritual life—indeed, such
men are often not even members of
in
the
“of
the
that deacons
“seven men of
of the
whom we
Holy
may
to so
beautiful bit of social
the early church is that
a woman “full of good
almsdeeds.” When she, a
generous
approval
He rais-
response
the Church, But these men
charge of distributing money in
early church had to be not only
honest report” but also “full of
Holy Ghost.” And it is significant
that he first Christian martyr, who
died rather than deviate from his
Christian faith and testimony, was
Stephen,-one of these seven deacons
Another
service in
of Dorcas,
works and
true Christian woman died, and Pe
ter was sent for, “all the widows
stood by 'him weeping, and shewing
the coats and garments which Dor
cas made, while she was with them.”
Here is tireless, costly,
social service. God’s seal of
was upon it so directly that
ed Dorcas from the dead in
to Peter’s prayer of faith.
And the Christian churches of
Macedonia, ' long afterwards when
Paul had led many to Christ in Asia
Minor and Europe were second to
none in their sacrificial social ser
vice. Paul writes of them “that in a
great trial of affliction' the abun
dance of their joy and their deep
poverty abounded unto the richness
of their liberality.” The secret of
their service is disclosed in this that
they “first gave their own selves to
the Lord.” We can give of our mon
ey and our service to the Lord ac
ceptably only after we have first
given ourselves, to Him.
These Macedonia Chirstians were
poor in this world’s goods, yet gen
erous beyond measure. It has been
well said that “Only God and the
poor know what the poor do for the
poor.”
Hodgson-Gourlay
A quiet but pretty wedding was
solemnized on Saturday, July 4th, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Gour-
lay, when their youngest daughter
Elsie Viola, was united in marriage
to Wilbur Herman Hodgson, young
est son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Hodgon,
of Centralia. The ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. J. Riddell.
T'he bridal party took their place
before a bank of ferns and flowers
The bride who was given away by
her father,- was becomingly gowned
in white lace over satin and wore the
conventional veil and carried a bou
quet of Johnanna roses and valley
lillies. The bridesmaid gowned in
pink satin and hat to match, carried
deep pink roses. The little Misses
Janet Hodgson-, niece of the groom,
and Jean Armstrong, niece of the
bride, made charming flower girls
in white dotted net and carrying a
basket of pink and blue cornflowers
and baby zbreath. The bridegroom
was attended by Mr. Douglas Hossie,
College friend of the groom.
Mrs. Lloyd Hodgson, sister-in-law
of the groom, played the wedding
music. During t'he signing of the reg
san g, “O
served to
the Blue-
the bride
ister, Mr. Lloyd Hodgson
Promise Me.”
A wedding luncheon was
the immediate relatives at
bird Cafe.
The bridegroom’s gift to
was a cheque, to the bridesmaid a
sterling silver bracelet, to the
groomsman, a leather bill-fold, to
each of the flower girls a dainty
bracelet, to t'he pianist a necklace
and to the soloist a leather belt.
Mid showers of confetti, Mr. and
Mrs. Hodgson left on a honeymoon
trip to Muskoka district. The bride’s
travelling costume was grey with
navy accessories. On their return
they will reside on t'he room’s farm
near Centralia,—fit, Marys Journal-
Argus.
How You MayG
Those Pain
THURSDAY, JULY 16th, 1930THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
Use
Pasteurized
Milk
Be on the sate side
Protect yourself and children
Our price is only one cent per
quart more than raw milk,* * *
currents and the gooseberries and the cherries just gave
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But how bravely the farme
as b
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For the most part, dad’s po
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How much of our equipme
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That drought made a sad i
~ The
up.
Hope wont make up for showers.
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Extremes try men’s souls and outfits.
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It was just t'he thing for the rheumatism.
Nothing like a severe drought to teach humility.
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Let nothing be lost.
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Gather up the fragments,
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The drought will not
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At any rate we’re not
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The
affair,
It was
anyway.
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Canadian who fails
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great for the corn.
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. in his
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i duty
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to the tourist is a poor
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We’ll 'have a little corn meal mush,
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now the orange lilies and the ■hollyhocks. This land is justAnd
one lovely thing after another.
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And still no concerted action on the part of municipalities to
secure an adequate year-throug'h water supply!
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a’e been provided for
wull we yet.”
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We know
many farmers
apple tree.
that the weather was hard to put up with,
knocked off work and found the shade
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It does the rest of us good'as
in the stores to think that some
breezes of Muskoka and her lakes.
we swelter in the hay
people are enjoying
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Those tourists are leaving us a lot of money,
climatic privileges for all we’re worth,
about‘Ontario as a resort, we’re not overdoing
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When
“It always has been in my observation
fields and
t'he cool
Let us
we say
it.
boost our
our best
of human nature,
that a man who- has any good reason to believe in himself never
flourishes himself before the faces of other people in order that
they may believe in him.”—Dickens.
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WHERE GREATLY NEEDED
We were out t'he other evening when the thermometer was at
88 trying to get cooled down after an afternoon’s stiff work. As we
were hitting about 35 miles on one of our country roads we met
an autoist who was making 75. What made the situation all the
more precarious was our being on a curve. His car skidded and
missed our car by inches. We are glad of the inches but our hearts
was in our months.
Such reckless driving is by no means unusual. Supervision of
rural roads is badly needed.
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WHOLESOME
The youth was driving dad’s car the other evening. As the of
ficer overtook him he was hitting 75 miles per hour. The youth
and his “friend” were quite huffy but the officer was inexorable.
Baid the magistrate, “Why t'he hurry?”
“I was late for my date ”
“$10.00 and costs and three months’ cancellation of your per
mit. It’s time you got up in time and that you had a little sense.
Next time I’ll be severe.”
Boils
oils start to brea
the blood is
and re
with im-
be thoroughly
medicine.
no better blood
cdicino than Burdock Blood
It helps to remove the foul matter
3 bloodj and onoe the blood is
purified the boils disappear and your misery
at an end, Try it!
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LET’S BUCKLE TO
This isn’t the first season that hopes 'have been blighted over
night. No, indeed. Nor will it be the first season that Ontario
people have turned reverses into very good fortune. Unless the
unprecedented happens and rains are long-delayed, we may yet
get some very good supplies laid in. There always is some favour
ed spot in the garden where “tilings. grow late.” Let’s make use
of them. Every farm has its sheltered field where stock may be
■fed unto the snow flies. This is being written late in the week
with t!he thermomeer at 916 in the shade. The fall wheat lias rip
ened prematurely, the turnips have stopped .growing and are disap
pearing. Beete. are withering while the small fruits are falling
from the bushes. There is no sign of rain. Pastures are as bare
as the road. Everyone is saying “If 'it would only rain!” Yet we’re
not discouraged. Even if some hay must be fed at once, our barns
are well supplied. In any case we’ve resolved to make the best of
a situation that is difficult enough. Weeds are being killed and
already some rape is waiting for the rain. Crazy crops may be sown
for forage. Odds and ends will be made use of. Someway we'll get
on. Our fathers faced far more trying conditions and fought a
winning battle. It may be small comfort to know it, but where
we have one difficulty 'hundreds of Westerners have 50.
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WELL DONE!
Premier Hepburn has the support of the 'healthy minded folk
of this province in his recent action against lawlessness. We be
lieve in free speech. Whether girt by friend or foe, it is the Bri
tisher’s right to say t'he thing he will. Further, it is the Britisher’s
right to go about his lawful business unmolested. He who, with
out authority, lays violent or detaining hands upon any of His Ma
jesty’s. lawabiding subjects cannot be too sternly dealt with in the
terms of the laws of t'he land.
Let it be known that this province and its municipalities have
dealt generously by the unemployed in days that have tried men’s
souls. Every effort has been put forward to provide food for the
hungry and sufficient clothing for t'he naked and the near-naked.
Everything that fair minded men can do to provide remunerative
work for all who can work has been done. Why, then, should any
jh or any class of men be allowed to stir up trouble by poison-
the minds of citizens against lawfully constituted authority.
Why should men for whom there is plenty of work, were they not
pickers and choosers, be allowed to practice kidnappin? Premier
Hepburn says that lawlessness in this Province must cease. In
this regard the Prime Minister must have the support of the voters
by 100 per cent, and then some. It is the privilege of t'he citizens
of this province to state their needs. It is the botinden duty of
their government to consider these needs. To the credit of the
government, that is t'he very thing it does. Neither government
nor -citizens are perfect but for the most part the average citizen and
the government are accustomed to mutual consideration, In this
way fair play is given to all. There is no room nor acclaim for
violence, and Prime Minister Hepburn is right, right up to the
hilt, in insisting that no violence shall be tolerated.
AFTER EVERY
MEAL
STEPHEN COUNCIL
The Council of the Township of
Stephen met in the Town Hall, Cred-
iton, on Monday, the 6th day of
July A, D. 193 6 at 1 p.m. All mem
bers were present. The minutes of
the previous meeting were read and
adopted.
Moved by Chester Mawhinney, se
conded by Edward Lamport: That
the special rate to be levied to meet
the ordinary expenses of the Town
ship for the present year be 1 1-2
mills on the dollar and that the spec
ial grant to be made to the Police
Vilages be 1 mill on the Dollar on
the rateable assessment of each Po
lice Village. Carried.
The Council decided to call for
tenders to haul 20 cords of gravel
from Ziler’s Pit on each of the two
divisions on the 4th Side Road be
tween Cons. 9 and 10 and Cons. 11
and 12 and also for building re
taining walls for t'he culverts locat
ed as follows:
2 culverts in 1st 1% miles north
of Corbett, Cons. 18 and 19; 1 cul
vert opposite Lots 6, Cons. 18 and
19; 1 (Culvert at Preston Dearing’s
opposite Lots 23, Cons. 2 and 3;
Tenders to be received by the Clerk
not later than July 21st at 7 p.m.
Moved by Roy Ratz, seconded by
Edward Lamport: That the follow
ing Pay Sheets and Vouchers be
passed: -Sandford White, road 3, $9.-
50; Lawrence Hill, road 4, $3.10;
John Smith, orad 6, 88c; Clayton
Sims, road 5, 88c.; Ed, Chambers
road 7, $3.55; Lome Finkbeiner, rd.
8, $4.30; Harry Yearley, road 9, $5.-
40; Peter Regier, road 10, $2.80;
Placid Desjardine, road 16, $223.14;
Placid Desjardine, road 16, $32.40;
William Hodgins, road 17, $3.80;
William Desjardine road 21, $7 8.79;
John Klumpp, road 26, $5.90; Geo.
Eilber, Supt., salary $31.'5O; pay
sheet, Crediton Police Village, $10.;
Ed. Fahner, Huston’s Pit $85.00; D.
Stebbins, gravel $68.63: Nelson
Baker, road 23, $43.00; Nelson Ba
ker, road 1, $>6.05; Nelson Baker,
road 1, $4.83; Earl Gaiser, road 24,
$271.33; Pay sheet, expense Steb-
bin’s pit, $52.00; Isaiah'Tetreau rd.
14, $'6.80; M. C. Sweitzer, road 15,
$11.69; Augustus Latta road IS, $6,-
35; H. K. Eilber, Tp. Treas., Excise
Stamps $15.00; pay sheet, gravel pit
$'51.80; total $1038.42
Orders—Municipal World, supp.
$2.40; H. K. Eilber,. pt. salary as
clerk and treasurer/$250.00; Les
lie Turnbull, drawing gravel for tp.
yard $7.50; Canadian Bank of Com
merce, cashing road .cheques $1.80;
County Treasurer, indigent hospital
account Pollock $20.10, McGregor,
$3.50, total $23.60; Preston- Dear
ing 1 ewe killed by dogs $12.00; AV.
Kleinstiver, sheep valuator $1.80;
E. Guettinger, account re Holtzman
$3.00. Carried.
The Council adjourned to meet
again in the Town Hall, Crediton, on
Tuesday, the 21st-day of July A.D.,
1936, at 7.30 p.m.
Herbert K. Eilber, Twp. Clerk
SCHOOLBOY BONERS
From “The World’s Best Jokes,” by
Lewis Copeland
Bigotry is having two wives
one time.
The chief cause Of divorce is mar
riage.
The principal parts
the mote and beam.
The hardships of
were w'hat they came
The American government finally
decided to put all the Indians in res
ervoirs.
Woman is the animal which pos
sesses the greatest attachment for
man.
In order to keep milk from turn
ing sour it should be left in the cow.
The single tax is a
lors.
The Moratorium is
ocean liner.
The only article of
by Ghandi is the sirloin.
An omelet is a charm worn around
the neck in India.
Fiction are books which are fixed
on the shelves and cannot be remov
ed.
Chicago is almost at t'he bottom of
Lake Michigan.
Golcondas are boats on the canals
of Venus.
A planet is a body of earth en
tirely surrounded il>y sky.
of the eye are
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DAIRY
JOSEPH JEFFERY, OF
GODERICH, SUCCUMBS
Joseph Jeffery, who was operated
on for the removal of his appendix on
Monday night, passed away at Alex
andra Hospital recently. Mr.
frey, who was 65 years of age,
a well-known railway man. He
15-years with the C.N.R. and
superannuated in January of
year. He was married to Leah Den-
omme and came to Goderich 2 8 years
His wife died in 1917 and six
'he married Elizabeth
of Goderich. Surviving
father, are eight child-
and Mrs. William Wil-
Jef-
was
was
was
this
ago.
years later
McConnell,
besides his
ren, Melvin
loughby, Windsor; John and Ernest,
Kingston; Mrs. R. Wisser, Goderich
and Edward, Irene and Phyllis, at
home; 10 brothers and sisters, Mrs.
Regis Denomme, M'hs. Ed. Bresson,
Mrs. Joseph Ducharme, Mrs. David
Ducharme and John Jeffrey, all of
Hay Township; George, Stanley Tp.
Arthur, Frank and Mrs. G. Plante,
Goderich and Peter, Grand Forks,
N.D. Requiem high mass was sung
in St. Peter’s church on Monday
wit'll interment in Colborne R. C.
cemetery.
GaODMEAK
the Puritans
over in,
tax on bache-
the largest
clotliing worn
MARK ANNIVERSARY
Rev, H, B. Parnaby and Mrs. Par
naby, formerly of the parsonage at
Elhnville, quietly celebrated their
27tli wedding anniversary at their
home in Merlin where Mr, Parnaby
lias been stationed for the past few
years. Mr. and
three children,
of London and
Mrs. Parnaby have
Evelyn and Clayton,
Walter at home.
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