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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-08-06, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th, 103G ‘SAUL CONVERTED AND COMMISSIONED FDITHRT A I Sunday, Aug, 9— Acts 9:1-31; 22:3- 51; Gal. 1:11->17; I Tim. 1:12-17. Golden Text I was not disobedient unto the hea­ venly vision,—'Acts 26:19. There is no question that the con­ version of Saul is the most remark­ able in all Christian history. It is is­ olated, unique, having a significance beyond that of any other conversion that has ever occurred. For one thing, it is undoubtedly a type, long in alvance, of the con­ version of Israel as a nation. Paul •says of his conversion that he was *‘b8Mi out of due time” (I Cor. 15:- 8). That is, he was born ahead of time as an Israelite, for the conver­ sion of Israel as a nation will not oc-cur until Christ comes again, “And so all Israel shall be saved” (Rom. 11:26). These lessons are filled with the sharpest contrasts in black and white sin and righteousness, death and life Two weeks ago we saw Stephen stoned to death because of his testi­ mony to Israel’s true Messiah, Jesus Christ. Last week we saw Phillip bringing life to- an Ethiopian “dead in tres­ passes and sins” by leading him to Christ as his .Saviour. And this week we begin with the words: “And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord.” Saul was conscientiously committed to killing all the Christians he could—but God had other plans for him. 'On his way to Damascus, on his mission of persecution and death, Christ appeared to him. A light from heaven shone upon him, so dazzling that he fell to the ground. A voice spoke: “’Saul, .Saul, why persecutest thou Me?” In reply to Saul’s question, “Who art Thou, Lord?” the answer came: *1 am Jesus whom thou persecutest.' “Jesus” was the human, earthly name of the Son of God, the Messiah’ of Israel, the Saviour of the world. A great many people knew the man Jesus of Nazareth without knowing that He was the .Son of God, Messiah and Saviour. It is significant that His human name is used repeatedly in- these early chapters of Acts; for the great and all-important fact that tli Jews and the Gentiles needed to lea-rn was the identity of the Jesus. Saul must have recognized deity of Jesus at once, for he peatedly calls Him “Lord.” Blinded by the supernatural and divine light in the person of Christ, Saul had to be led by the hand and brought to Damascus. Having seen Christ, he was physically blind to all else for three days, and spiritually blind to all else for the rest of his life. There is infinite and eternal bless­ ing in seeing “no man, save Jesus only.”. When God calls one man to do a certain thing. He usually calls an­ other man to co-operate. He told a disciple at Damascus, named Ananias what had happened to Saul, and gave Ananias instructions what to do for this new disciple. (Saul, “is a chosen vessel unto Me, to bear My name be­ fore the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel,” said the Lord to Ananias. Pasteurized Be on the sate side Our price is only one cent per quart more than raw milk. Protect yourself and children DRINK KRIM-KO new chocolate drink madeA from whole pasteurized milk. It is delicious, wholesome and nu- tritrious. Get it from the drivers W. HATTER DAIRY Nothing like frequent showers to perk up -pastures. ******** Times, for a great many people, certainly are better. ******** “Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.” ******** ■Our turn for a really soaking rain is just about here. . ******** A busy day—the one President Roosevelt spent in Quebec, ******** We still have August and September for summery weather. ******** “There’s a lot of prosperity in a hoe,” Hans Thrifty tells us. ******* * “Manners do not make the man but they reveal the man.” • *«**.**« We gravely suspect that Spain is not overrun by tourists this summer, ******** The old farmer says that a bit of land is the honestest thing in the world, ******** About the best way to get through with a hot day is to keep reasonably busy. CONGRATULATIONS That was a fine job done by the Owen Sound and provincial police in capturing -of those warehouse thieves operating in wiarton The officers were not satisfied with finding clues, as has been the fashion far too long, but actually got their men. Work like this makes for law and order. In this country every man who breaks the law should be given the lawbreaker’s reward. Those Escapes This story of escaping criminals and lunatics gives decent people a headache reading. We are aware that there are guards that are inefficient. These should be got rid of and got 'rid of at once. Why not imprison the inefficient guard till the party escap­ ing is captured, and then some? Said an experienced officer to us the other day. “T-here is no excuse for those escapes.” “But” we protested, “surely there are trusties’.” "How did these people come to be in confinement?" he shot -back at us. “What are houses of detention and guards for? We confess we had not much to say in reply. **•••**• WHICH WA Y, YOUTH Youth is affected by the way governments are scouting about for taxes. This is the way the situation catches them. Fifty years ago young people were encouraged to save their money in order that they set up housekeeping on their own account. When once they were started on their own theii’ ambition was to save a little as they went along in order that they might have enough to keejj them going when they were old. The taxing business has spoiled nearly all that sort of thing. Young and middle aged people see the older people taxed to help down and outs who are well able to. rustle for themselves. From the haves is taken money to keep the have nots going. In a great many instances the-good-for-somethings are taxed to feed the turns and cover the backs of the good-for-nothings. Mid­ dle-aged and young people see this and refuse to labout for those who neither toil nor spin. For this reason the industrious are spending as they go in the hope that when they are feeble that some young haves will be ready to support them in their have not days. This is a most unhappy condition of affairs. That land is not facing in the right direction that places a premium upon prodi­ gality and lack of enterprise. Yet’that is the very course over rulers are driving the youth of the land to follow, “Why have a bank ac­ count youth says, “when it will be seized to feed some incompe­ tent?’’ Will anyone give a sufficient answer? How was Saul saved? By being shown Jesus Christ and believing in Him, He was saved, as all others are saved, instanteously by faith. In what ways was Saul “changed'1 In every way, as all others may be changed who receive Christ as their Saviour and Lord. He abandoned his past and entered upon an entirely new life. That is the miracle of the new birth from above, so that a man is “a new creation, old things are , passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Cor. 5:17). Let us never forget that becoming a Chris­ tian means not only going to heaven instead of hell after this life, but a .complete, miraculously changed life here on earth. Saul, like all true Christians, now came to love the things he had hated and to hate the things he had loved. Ananias and the other disciples were naturally enugh, afraid of Saul at first,, for he had been their great­ est enemy. But he soon convinced them of the miraculous change in liis life and that he whs indeed a disciple of their Messiah and .Saviour. What a contrast beteen verses 1 and 20 in Acts 9; “And Saul, yet breathing out threatening and slaughter the disciples of the Lord.” straightway he preached Christ the synagogues, that He is the of God.” All true disciples of Christ bound to be persecuted sooner later, and Paul knew this experience to the full. The Lord had said to Ananias about Saul: “I will shew him ho-w great things he must suffer for My name’s sake.” And Saul now began teaching so powerfully, prov­ ing that Jesus was the very Christ, the Messiah of Israel, that the un­ believing Jews could not answer him —and so they hated him; we read that “the Jews took. counsel to kill him.” Another contrast. After a long lifetime of faithful service as an am­ bassador .of 'Christ, thirty ywrs af­ ter his conversion, (Saul, now named Paul, who had become the greatest -of the apostles, wrote to Timothy, a young 'Christian; “This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance that 'Christ Jesus came into the world to save--sinners, of whom I am chief.” True greatness goes with true hu­ mility. The greatest of Christians never forgets that he is “only a sin­ ner saved by grace.” J man. the re- against “And in Son are or • * *** * » No bad storms thus far profound gratitude. in this region. Another reason for * * **** ♦ * A droughty season shows the pool' article in that line. up the good farmers and shows down » * **•* * • The hay was fine, the fall wheat splendid, and now the barley and oats are coming right along. ******** And how the pastures and the corn and the roots have respond­ ed to. the rains and the tempered air! Bert says Tf yer knows of a better -place than thii, 'op to it! If yer doesn’t, jolly well get down to yer job!” ******** And those new potatoes! And the blueberry pie! And the el­ derberries! And the tomatoes! What a country! ******** We came across a farmer with a fine crop. We asked him how he did the trick. He failed to do so, saying that ihe was loo busy putting the finishing touches on his corn field. **»««*»* We met a man who was tired and out of temper and going about his own work with the enthusiasm of a bear with a sore nose. He was recuperating slowly and wearily after his holidays. ******** The Cause of the trouble in Spain? Intolerance centures ago, absentee ownership, self-indulgence on the part of the privileged classes, too few Sunday Schools and too many agitators, too much propaganda and too little work. ******** I SEE US TODAY 1 MAGINE!1 1 1 TODAY YOU CAN BUY A GOODRICH TIRE FOR ONLY |1 YOU’LL GET We’ve seen plenty of tire “buys” /ipUt here’s One you can’t go wrong on g real Goodrich quality tire at these amazingly low prices. Come look at F these sturdy Goodrich Commanders. ★Price: subject to change without notice ♦SATIRES “BEST IN THE LONG RUN” BY-PRODUCTS OF HOGS GIVE BIG INCOME In modern days very little of the hog is wasted. In- Canada alone, by­ products of the hog that were pre­ viously -consideed and treated as waste now represent millions of dol- a.rs of additional income to the live­ stock industry. The by products of the hoig include skins, from which are manufactured bristles, pig-skin, hair, curled hair, upholstering, plas­ ter retardent, felting, glue, sausage gelatin, gloves, belts, straps, pocket books and shoe counters. From the fats are manufactured lard, oleomargarine, benzoinated lard, salves, cosmetics, cracklings, poultry and animal feeds, fertilizer, tankage, grease, lard oil, t stearine, stearic acid, grease oil, lubricants, machine oil, -candles, gelatin, glycerin red oil, -wool finishers, fatty acid, tar for roofing and paving purposes, me­ tal polish and soap. Among the many other imisellaneous by-products are pharmaceutical preparations such as pepsin, medicinal tablets, supraren- alin, ahtl insulin. These, and many otlmi' by products of the hog, are in addition to its capacity as a food provided in the shape of ham, ba- can, pork, tongue, heart, liver, kid­ ney, chitterlings and manufactured fancy meats and meat specialities. Garage SOO Exeter, Phones House 200 Ontario 'Canada ihas only one two-hundredth of the population of the world and yet it is second in gold production, second In .platinum, first in asbes­ tos, second in aluminum, third in copper, third in load, third in aine, third in silver, first in nl\kol and has t high ranking in many other metals. VANDALS We know of a raspberry patoh that supplied four families. This year every berry was gathered by city thieves on Sunday afternoon when the owners were at church. Grave faced authority insists that this sort of thing is all right. If however, tihe owners of these berries should r-oib a fruit stand or -the,pantry of one of the berry thieves there would be stiff fines handed out. ******** AT IT AGAIN And now we have word of another youngster of ten who. ser­ iously wounded his companion of sixteen with a .22 rifle. Well, the youngster is not to be blamed any farther than that he had the mis­ fortune to be horn into a community where a (kid and a rifle are al­ lowed to be together. We pity that youngster. What is to become of him for being allowed abroad in a community of such little sense. When we see a kid and rifle together we always say that we know one 'community where the fool killer has not been on his job for at least one generation. ******** THE NEED Canada cannot afford to go on doing nothing for her protec­ tion against the tyranny that may strike at her very heart al­ most any day. She cannot maintain her self-respect and offer as her sole protection against foreign aggression British guns and Bri­ tish men for whose support she does not contribute a single dollar. What she can do and what she should do, is build an airplane that is the equal if not the superior to any other in existence. She would not ibe exceeding what may be reasonably expected of her should she build three such planes. No1 one can estimate the value of such war equipment in the interest of peace, let alone the value of such really first class machines in time of war or threatened ag­ gression. Canada must bear her share of the white man’s burden or sink in the scale of nations. Loyalty that costs nothing is a cheap and nasty affair. ******** ARE WE MISINFORMED.. A party just home from Muskoka Lakes tells us that the folk manipulating those speed boats away up there are not possessed of licenses. They tell us that any irresponsible kid is allowed to get aboard ono of those boats and steer where he bally well pleases. He does mighty little steering, we have been told. He just opens the throttle and lets the craft go where it pleases. If a .rowboat or a canoe is* in the road, so much the worse for the rowboat or th® canoe! Has not the gasoline launch the right of way, and must not all lesser folk take shelter or get out of the way of the sporting man’s chmth boat7 We may be wrong about the licenses end of this sort of thing, but we ate right when we say that speed boats have no place neat the summer resorts where tired people are taking leisurely and health-building recreation in towboats or canoes. Preserve Health When You Can Fruits and vegetables every day in the year and every meal in the day are necessary to perfect health. To assure this one must look ahead and prepare now for the coming winter. Canning is one of the labors of the home which show results, and successful food peservation depends on destruction of bacteria, yeasts and molds, and prevention of further development. To accomplish this the food must be thoroughly heated to destroy the organisms and must be kept sealed and air tight to pre­ vent the entry of other organisms. (Sugar, salt, vinegar are all aids to preservation of foods but years of experiment have shown that steril­ izing the food in- jars or cans in which it is to be stored is the most successful method of home canning. This is really an easier way of can­ ning than the old open kettle meth­ od, also, the product keeps its natur­ al color, shape and flavoir better. El­ aborate equipment is unnecessary if care is exercised. Some housewives use a steamer, others like the heat controlled oven, still others prefer to use the water bath. Of course, the pressure cooker is quickest and sure, but every housewife does not possess one. There are a few points which should be emphasized rather than the usual “don’ts.” 1. Use fresh products. 2. Handle small quantities at a time, pack and sterilize as soon as possible after blanching or pre-cook­ ing. 3. Test all jars before using. 4. Buy new rubbers each year. Test each one before using. Be sure that the rubbers fit the type of jar. Wide rubbers foi' spring jars—nar­ row ones for screw, top jars. 5. If the water bath is used keep jars covered with water—2 inches above the top. 6. Keep the water boiling or the oven heat regular, 7. Use approved methods and al­ low full time for sterilization. 8. Remove the jars at the end of required time. 9. .Seal jars tightly at once. 10. When cool, store in a dry cool dark place. Full directions for canning are given in the new Bulletin 534 “Can­ ning Fruits and Vegetables” which is in the press and will be available in few weeks time from the Pubilicity and Extension Branch, Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. 600 POUND WEIGHT FALLS IN CATHEDRAL Hurtling down the tower -of St. Paul’s Cathedral, (London, a 600 lb. clock weight which had broken loose from its cable, tore into the ceiling of the vestibule, ripping ceiling boards off. The weight broke away from its cable while it was being wound 'up, falling over thirty feet. The quarter-hour bell chimes rein­ stalled only a few months ago were operated by the weight. Production of pears in Canada is confined chiefly to Ontario and Bri­ tish Columbia, and tjhese two pro­ vinces .produce most of the peaches and cherries. Ontario accounts for practically all -the grapes, while Que­ bec, British Columbia and Ontario together grow most of the strawber­ ries and raspberries. a 'P ■HEAT REDUCER crackle On warm summer days a bowlful of Kellogg’s Rice Krispies provides real nourishment in delicious, cooling form. So crisp they crackle in milk or cream. Easy to serve. Easy to di­ gest. At supper or bedtime they promote restful sleep. At grocers every wherein the Mother G^s^story y Kellogg ntario. Quality guaranteed. p»Cf*ck(«S IM C*CAM y. ill* ipation is one of the greatest host neglected You may keep your bowels rogxilar by using Milburn’s Laxa-Livor Pills, ns they help to regulate the Mow of bile to act properly on the livor, and thus prevent and remove eon.* stipatlon and its allied ailments. Keep a vial in your medicine ehost.