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Sunday School Lesson
PHILLIPS’S MISSIONARY LABORS
Sunday, Aug. 2.—Acts 8:5-40
Gohlen Text
Therefore they that were scattered
abroad went everywhere preaching
the word.—Acts 8:4.
Seven striking teaching points
stand out in the portion of this chap
ter that we study.
1. Persecution never stops the
preaching of t'he Gospel, but multi
plies it. The 'Christians at Jerusal
em were ‘‘scattered abroad” by the
persecution, and they went every
where preaching the word.”
2. As the iS'cofield Reference Bible
ncrftjS: “The Jews having rejected
Stephen’s witness to, and of, them,
the Gospel now begins to go out to
all nations. So persecution began to
fulfil Christ’s own prediction and
command: “Ye shall be witnesses un
to Me both in Jerusalem and in all
Judaea and in Samaria and unto the
uttermost parts of the earth.”
3. The first 'city-wide revival in
Christian history now occurred.
“Phillip went down to the City of
Samaria and preached Christ unto
them. And the people with one ac
cord gave heed unto those things
which Pliilij) spake.” Jonah’s preach
ing to Ninevah, in Old Testament
times, transformed a great city
completely; and other great cities
have had similar experiences. Surely
we should pray, in these dark and
sinful days in which we live, that
God may graciously send again city
wide revivals.
4. Miracles opened the people’s
eyes and convinced them that Christ
is Saviour. Incurable diseases of
many kinds were cured and unclean
spirits were cast out of people.
There is no sin, and no consequence
of in that God cannot overcome or
cure. Spiritual miracles today,
transforming people’s lives, are con
vincing evidence that Christ is Sav
iour and Lord.
5. But large numbers are not al
ways the most important thing in
God’s sight. While the great work
in Samaria was .going on, and Philip
was the divinely commissioned lead
er, God suddenly took him out of it
all and told him to “go toward the
south unto the way that goeth down
from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is
< desert.” There was just one man
there whom God wanted to reach,
and Philip was the man to reach
him. So Philip was commanded to
stop preaching the Gospel to multi
tudes and give it to a single individ
ual.
6. The Old Testament gives us the
same Gospel of salvation to be re
ceived by faith in the shed blood
and death of Christ that we find in
the New Testament.
There in the desert was a man of
Ethiopia, “of great authority” un
der the Queen of the Ethiopians,
“who had the charge of all her trea
sure, and had come to Jerusalem for
to woiship.” The Holy Spirit said to
Philip: “Go near, and join thyself
to this chariot.”
The Ethiopian was sitting in his
chariot and reading from the Old
Testament book of Isaiah. “Under-
standest thou what thou readest?”
asked Philip.
“How caw I, except some man
should guide me ” answered the
Ethiopian: and he asked Philip to
join him in the chariot and explain
the Bible passage.
It was from the wonderful fifty-
'3 rd chapter of Isaiah. Some modern
critics of the Bible would tell us that
this chapter has no reference to
Christ, but simply describes Israel
as a nation. The Holy Spirit who
wrote the Bible knows better than
the critics, and He tells us, through
Philip what that chapter means. The
Ethiopian was reading the words:
“Was led as a sheep to the slaughter
and like a lamb dumb before his
shearer, so opened he not his mouth.’
The Ethiopian could not understand
this, and asked Philip of whom the
prophet was .speaking—“Of himself,
or of some other man?” Philip’s
answer, directed by the Holy Spirit,
leaves us in no doubt; for “Philip
■opened his mouth, and began at the
same scripture, and preached unto
him Jesus.” That chapter' in Isaiah
is a divinely inspired account of Je
sus Christ’s substitutionary death in
the place of sinners, that sinners
might be saved.
7. Salvation, by the new birth
■i’Jfrom above, can be received instan-
* “teously by simple faith in Christ as
Saviour.
The Ethiopian’s heart was ready
and eager to receive the truth and
to receive the truth, and to receive
Christ as his personal Saviour. There
was no argument, no shallow and
superficial reasoning against the
truth, such as we often hear today.
He heard the Word of God, and he
believed, and he asked Philip to
baptise him. The chariot was stop
ped. “They went down both into the
water.” for a soul had been born
again.
It must have been a strange, uni
que experience for Philip, for w6
read that “the Spirit of the Lord
caught away Philip,” and perhaps
he and the Ethiopian never saw each
other again in this life. But they had
begun a friendship that will never
end, and they have doubtless remi
nisced together about that wonderful
day, while the presence of the Lord.
Lord.
The Ethiopian “went on his way
rejoicing,” and probably became an
evangelist to his own nation, which
may be one of the reasons why
Ethiopia has been nominally Chris
tian through the centuries.
STEPHEN COUNCIL
The council of tihe Township of
Stephen met in the Town Hall, in
Crediton, on Tuesday, July 21st,
1936, at 8 o’clock p.m. All mem
bers were present. The minutes of
the previous meeting were read and
adopted.
Moved by Roy Ratz, seconded by
Edward Lamport:
That Leslie Ireland be awarded
contract to haul 20 cords of gravel
on the 4th Side Road between Cons.
9 and 10 for $2.00 a cord and 20
cords on the 4th Side Road between
Con. 11 and 12 for $1.80 a 'cord;
and that Norman Vincent’s tender
to build retaining walls to certain
culverts as advertised .for $3.50 a
cubic yard be accepted. Carried.
Moved by Chester Mawhinney, se
conded by Edward Lamport.
That the following Pay Sheets and
Orders be passed:
W. J. Stanlake, road 2, $170,59;
Lawrence Hill, roa4 4, $146.62;
Stephen Morrison, road 13, $19.9 0;
Ben McCann, road 12, $3.95; Den
nis O’Rourke, road 11, $8.00; Earl
Gaiser, gravel $3.75; Joseph Mc
Keever, gravel $11.25; Huston Es
tate, gravel $80.20; Pay Sheet, road
5, 60c.; George Eilber, Su.pt., sal
ary $43.50; Huston's Pit expenses
$227.27; total $715.63.
Orders—Treas. County of Huron,
inulgent hospital account re Broken-
shire $34.10; E. K. Fahrner, groc
eries, $215 0; Edward Wiilert, acct,
as Weed Inspector $32.Id. Carried.
The Council adjourned co meet
again in the Town Hall, Crediton,
on Tuesday, August 4th, A.D., 193 6,
at S o'clock p.m.
Herbert K. Eilber
Township Clerk
Worden Reunion
The home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Fell, Staffa, was the scene of a happy
event when members of the Worden
family assembled for their seventh
annual reunion with about 6 0 pres
ent. A splendid time -was enjoyed
by all. A game of baseball was
played during the afternoon.
Sport events resulted as follows:
Boys and girls under 5, Gordon
Miller, Margaret Miller, Lome Fell;
boys and girls, 6-8, Marion Hodgert,
Ross Hodgert, Lois Fell; girls 9-11,
Betty Miller, jean Hodgert; boys 9-
14, Frank Miller, Alex Miller; boys,
12-14; Roy Hodgert, Raymond Mc
Curdy, Bob McCurdy; young men's
Anthony Allen, Cliff Miller; young
ladies, Lillian Hodgert, A. Worden;
bottle race, W. Miller; ball contest,
Milton Hodgert; straw contest, Lil
lian Hodgert; gum drop contest, An
thony Allen; guessing contest, Mrs.
Frank Allen.
Minutes of the last meeting were
read by the secretary, Ada Miller
and officers were appointed for the
coming year as follows: Pres., Jas.
Worden; secretary, Mrs. Roy Miller;
treas., Will Worden; sports commit
tee, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Worden,
Cliff and Ada Miller. The picnic is
to be held next year at) Will Worden’s
the 3rd Wednesday in July.
RETURNING TO CHINA
Miss Caroline Wellwood, who has
been on 'furlough for the past year
from Chengtu, China, has returned
to her field of labor. The congre
gation of Wingham United church on
Sunday presented her with a purse
of money. The presentation was
made by Mrs. Peter Gowans and the
address read by Dr. R. C. Redmond.
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The increase for the first six months
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The increasing popularity of arti
ficial silk, of which Canada Is an
important manufacturer, is given as
one of the chief causes for the world
decline in the demand .for mohair
fabrics, made principally from the
long silk hair of Angora goats. The
leading mohair producing countries
are the United States, the Union of
South Africa, Turkey, and Basuto
land.
Kirkton Wins Trophy
For the fourth year in succession,
Kirkton softball nine won the Perth
County Council Trophy at the annual
Rotary-Farmer picnic at Queen’s
Park, Stratford, on Wednesday.
The softball tournament drew
four teams, Kirkton meeting a team
from Black Creek in the final event
in the evening, turning aside the
Downie players to the tune of 10-6
in a thrilling game in whmh the de
cision hung iir the balance until al
most the last inning.
In the afternoon Kirkton defeated
a North Easthope team of younger
players, who .put up a good fight,
considering the strength of the op
eration. The score was 22-6 with
heavy slugging on the part of the
Kirkton nine.
Beat Downie Champs
Black Creek nine earned the right
to meet Kirkton' by defeating a
strong team from No. 6 Downie by
the score of 8-4. Until the closing
few minutes of the game, the decis
ion was in the balance. Downie scor
ing three runs in the last inning,
making a dangerous threat to their
opponents.
The final game between Kirkton
and Black Creek diew a capacity
crowd which almost surrounded the
Queen’s park diamond.
For the first two innings it looked
as if is were going to be a battle be
tween the two hurlers. Gray l'or
Block Creek and Hammond for Kirk
ton. It was Gray’s second game of
the day and Hammond was fresh.
Start to Work
The game went scoreless until the
fourth frame, when Black Creek
players started hitting in great style.
Atchison pounded out a long run,,
scoring S. Lupton and Gray.
McEwan in> centre field for the
Black Creek team was sensational
in some of his catches, nabbing off
balls which looked impossible and
saving more home runs than one.
Kirkton entered the scoring list
also in the fourth, Russell hitting
a three-baser scoring Christie. He al
so scored, making it two for Kirk
ton. The winning Kirkton team
went to town in real style in the
fifth, when five runs were scored.
They were hitting with monotous
regularity. Then again in the sixth
G. Cluff clouted out a home run,
scoring S. Paul, making the score
9-3 for the winning team. McEwan
scored a run in the seventh, making
it 9-4 and then in the eighth Black
Creek made a partial comeback with
two more runs. Atchison getting his
second home run. Kirkton scored
the tenth run in the last half of the
eighth,
Hammond had seven strike-outs
and Gray, five.
INTEREST REDUCED ON
FARM WANS
Good news for 5,000 borrowers
from the Canadian Farm Loan
Board is announced by Acting-Fman-
ce Minister Cierar in the reduction
of the interest rate to five per cent
Those who had hoi rowed prior to
Octobei 12, 1934, on first mortgage,
have been paying at the rate of Ci
per cent, and those borrowing be
tween O<t. 12, 193 4 and May 22,
1935, raid at the rate of 5£ per cent,
Effective as fiom July 31, 1936,
all first mortgage loans will bear the
rate of five per cent. which lias been
in effect on loans negotiating since
May 22, 1935.
Prior tn leaving for Europe Fin
ance Minister Dunning .onipkted
arrangements for refinancing, at a
reduced cost to the board, of out
standing bonds issued by the board
previous to 1935, an-d held by the
Dominion Government.
This refinancing was completed
on July 1, enabling the Government
to pass the saving along to the bor
rowers who continued to pay inter
est at the high rates in effect in the
earlier years of the board's opera
tions.
Approximately $10,000,060 in
outstanding loans will be affected by
the interest reduction some of them
going back to the start of the board’s
operations in 1929.
Primarily the Farm Loan Board
operated only in those provinces in
which the Provincial Government
enacted supplementary legislation.
Ontario, Saskatchewan and Prince
Edward Island did not come under
the act.
DRIVER INJURED
Alvin McAllister, of Clinton, driv
er for Epps Transport, is in Kincar
dine Hospital in a critical condition
as a result of injuries received in a
motor car accident on Thursday last.
The full extent of his injuries was
not determined but known injuries
include a fractured right leg. He was
unconscious during the evening but
later regained consciousness.
He was in a crash on the Blue
Water Highway five miles south of
Kincardine when his truck ran into
a cement bridge.
Eyewitnesses said the truck seem
ed to wobble and then strike the
abutment. The driver of the truck
was thrown over the steering wheel
and through the windshield.
Goods in transport were tossed in
to the river and the truck was almost
completely demolished. Rushed to
the hospital, it was found the driver
had received a fractured leg and in
ternal injuries. He was unable to
give his name when taken to the hos
pital.
Huron County Picnic
After an all-morning drizzling rain
with an overcast sky, it turned out
fine and warm for the annual picnic
of Huron County Council, held at
Harbour park. Warden Robert Bow
man, of Brussels, the reeves, deputy
reeves, former wardens and reeves,
county officials and others, with
wives and families, made up a happy
gathering < f over 156.
The private launch of Tlws. Bandy
was kept busy all afternoon on short
ciuises with parties of picnickers,
Softball, races, lunch and speaking,
a.terwaids completed the enjoyable
program.
Teams captained by Reeve L. Car
diff, of Morris, bowed to the nine
led bj Reeve George McNall, Blytli,
to the tune of 33-16. Traffic officer
Norman Lever umpired.
Reeve George Feagan, of Colborne
running his first race in 20 years
nosed out Reeve Fred Davidson in
the sprint by the proverbial hair.
Mrs. R. Kennedy won the married
ladies’ race, with Mrs. Vanwyck se
cond. There was a long list of chil
dren’s races and a girls’ softball
game.
After lunch, with Warden Bow
man presiding, J. T. Curry, of West
Wawanosh, first warden after the
commission form of county govern
ment was abolished 30 years ago,
said he was one of the eight who
formed that council still living.
Other speakers were Reeve O. Geig
er, Hensail; B. W. F. Beavers, J.P.,
Exeter; Reeve George Elliott, Clin
ton, all former -wardens; Mayor Han
na, Wingham; J. M, Govenlock, in
spector of the county home and
others. C. A. Robertson', M.L.A.,
and Nelson Trewartha, ex-M.L.A.,
both former wardens, were also pres
ent.
An interesting visitor was little
“Miss Huron” a baby adopted by the
County Council three years ago now
toddling around, strong and healthy.
Council has been paying for her care
in a private home.
of fame's tfaw
Spectacles of absorbing interest
will surround you at the Exhi
bition of 1936 . ,, Rudy Vallee’s
great show and sponsored
broadcasts will transcend any
thing he has ever attempted ...
England’s famous Kneller Hall,
Band will dedicate the gorgeous
ly illuminated band shell.,.
Interplanetary communication
of 200 yearsjfence portrayed in
pageant by 1500
. Startling inno-
ROGERS
President
Hcrfse Show will enthral
trons.
charactw)
eneral Manager
RToklets and folders
Renew Now I
The committee in charge were
Reeves J. J. Molier, R. E. Turner,
Wilmot Haacke, George Feagan.
Warden Bowman, County Clerk J.
M. Roberts, Treasurer, A. H. Erskine
and J. B. Reynolds.
EXHIBITION
TORONTO
AUG.28 TO SEPT.I2..I93S
The season’s .first carload of Brit
ish Columbia asparagus for Great
Britain was shipped from Montreal
cn June 18 in fine condition.
Kidney Weakness Responsible ,
ForXlot faring
Youj^kidneys are sentinels of your
health? They arjm^irefilters of ^our blood, there- foreMt.is^«weAj^lokee'p careful watch over them.
If tfieyfai^ro fully perform their function, body >
poisons are left in the blood and without tn.4-f
proper elimination good health is not possible.
Doan’s Kidney Pills being a stimulant diuretic,
act directly on the kidneys and assist them in 1
flushing away irritating body poisons. Give them \
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