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Sunday School Lesson
BY CHARLES G. TRUMBULL
(Editor of The Sunday School Tunes)
PRAYER.
Sunday, Feb. 17—Genesis 18: 23-
33, Exodus 32: 31, 32, Nehemiah 1:
4-11, Daniel 6: 10, Matthew 6: 5-
15, Luke 18: 1-14, John 17: 1-26. I.
Thessalonians 5: 17, I. John 5: 14,
15.
Golden Text
If ye abide in Me, and My word"
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye
will and it shall be done unto you
(John 15: 7.)
It would be difficult to bring to-
gether from the inspired Word nine
passages on prayer so rich, searching
and revealing as these that make up
the lesson, Sunday school workers
everywhere should be grateful to the
International Lesson Committee Inc
this year's lessons; it is one of the
finest courses in the more than half
a century since the Uniform Lesson,'
began.
As has often been said, the Ilible
never explains or defends prayer: 't
simply takes it for granted as a fun•
damental, axiomatic thing. Almost
all men have prayed ,ince the woad
began, and always will. But there
right prayer and wrong; useless pray
er and prayer .t'iat gets result.;
prayer that dishonor, God; and
prayer that honors Him. This Ie.. -
son shows us the prayer that pre-
vails,
Prayer is reasonable. not unmet
sonable. In one of t1'e earliest
prayers recorded in the Bible Afire -
ham urged upon God a certain rea-
son why God should answer his pray-
er, and God accepted his reason. It.
was a righteous reason. Evidently
God welcomes our praying in this
way, for when Abraham urged that
Sodom ought to be spared if fifty
righteous men were found there. or
forty or thirty or even ten. God
accepted this reasoning each time.
It is significant that God revealed
His purposes in advance to Abra-
ham, thus making it possible for
Abraham to pray about the matter.
And God has done that for us, in
His Word. His purposes for affil
future events and judgments are (!'e -
closed to us, that we may pray in-
telligently. Those ;pray most who
study God's Word most.
Moses and Paul, prayed in a way
unique in Scripture history. Each
offered to he lost eternally if only
their people, Israel, might thus 01
saved. Paul'e unspoken prayer is
found in Romans 9: 1-3. Farb of
these men of God thus typified Chri:t
Himself, who took the place of the
sinner and was "made a cure., lite.
us" (Gal. 3: 131. interctseory prey-
er can rear'1 no greater heileht.
Nehemiah, though a man of he'v
and righteous life, identified him, • if
with the sins of his pro lc. a. 14
prayed for them, So dor.e eleee.
true intercessor. Sueh preyr -
fere with those who are prayed !u.
Nr,l emiah went in hie Morrow Inc hi
people, rte ma"y a great mission*.'y
and soul -winner itis done: when peer -
hue out his heart in inteacoedon fee
god's mercy to others. And Nr he"u-
ieh reminded God of certain prom'.
ie. God had made, and pleaded. thee..
;•omi:•'•.t,, res God always wants us t•,
do when we pray.
Prevailing prayer prays through
persecution, as Daniel did when :ee.
1cnrw that if he kent on prtayin,r to
Gori, it meant his death. When the
dr„rve for his death had been signed
by the King, before an open window,
as usual, so that all matd see hies,
"he kneeled upon his knees three
times a day, and prayed, and gave
thanks before hi: God, as he did a
foretime," Notice, too that his prn,v-
er was not one of groaning mid re-
signation, but of thanksgiving, That
is a secret of answered prayer,
T°'e Lord's Prayer, which :might
better be called the Disciples' Pray-
er, given to them by the Lord—for
it is one He could not use Himself—
is to be studied in detail; it sets forth
foundation principles of true prayer.
It is significant that it begins and
ends with the worship of God.
Our Lord taught "that men ought
always to pray, and not to faint";
and Paul, by inspiration of the Holy
Spirit, laid on us the command,
"Pray without ceasing." What has
been called "praying through," is
essential to effective, prevailing pray-
er. It must not break down, or give
up in discouragement, for that be-
trays failure to trust God. We are
to pray as long as life is in us.
There are many wonderful pray-
er, in the Bible, but one that stands
out wholly by itslf, unique and un•
approachable. is that of the Son of
God on the night before His crucifi-
xion. We are in the Holy of Holies
here. It is a prayer that no cleated
human being could ever pray. Yet
it reveals eternal principles of pray
er that we can and must use if we
would truly pray. There are certain
parts of this prayer that we ?an
make our own, in contrast wiee three
parts that only Christ could use; it
is a rich and rewarding study to go
through the seventeenth chapter of
John with this in mind, and dieting•
uieh the two lines throughout. For
example, erre is a prayer that Orly
Christ could make: "0 Father, glori-
fy Thou Me with Thine own Self
with the glory which I had with Thee
before the world was." And here
is a prayer that every child of Cod
can pray for others: "Sanctify them
through Thy truth: Thy Word is
truth."
A fitting summary of :scriptural
prayer is given in the last lesson re-
ference. If we ask anything accord-
ing to God's will, we may ask in
confidence and boldness knowing that
He hears us: and if we know that
He hears us, we know that we have
—as soon as we ask—that for which
we have prayed. Row vitally im-
portant, then, to know what God's
will is. Only His Word, illumin-
ated by tire Holy Spirit, can we
know this. But what an unspeak-
able privilege God offers us in pre-
vailing prayer.
FINANCIER IS DEAD
F. W. Molaon, win d •:1 at 1,1'-
tr'ul. He wa- •: dr,'atnr of the c, 1 .
laid el tete 1014311 of 1it.,nt =• :i.
AWARD CONTRACT FOR
CDDERWWH ELEVATE.
Directors to Increase the Capacity of
Structure by 1,000,000 Bushel:!
At a meeting of the r}irec tore of
the, Goderie h Elevator rnmptint, held
in Toronto hest week and presided
over by J. I. A. Hunt, of London, 11.
was derided to erect an addition to
the present plant with a total capae
ity of .1,000,000 hush, -e. 'Phis wie
bring the. capacity of the elevator nn
to 3,000,000. Tie contract Inc the
eonadruction work was awarded t:
Metcalfe & Cr,, of Montreal, at i
rose of $35,000.
GRASS CLOTG
Soft all the Softest Down, Fine lis
Silk, and (grunge): Than
Beet Centric,
D1'asa111g in grass cloth, exquisite
and filmy, is almost as Old tie the
country in witiela. it la manufae.ured,
writes N. Touruour" in the Boston
Tranccrlpt. To -dee laduetrlal seien-
tists are reviewing it ase substitute
to cotton. One ent'rprisieg firm of
shippers was planning the Intrudnc-
lion of it into elle Attune= and
European markt* s on a large ,scale,
previous to .the g, ural uplie:cval
throughout Cin!. Then would the
ateliers of our costumes, and others,
have been showing 8c a yc,l the most
oharuting fabrius over used for gar-
prentiug.
Grass cloth, tea filmy to texture
that tissue is the better word, hag
gone to clothe the 'folk of China fol'
four thoueaud years and more, :and
they ere so wedded to It that they
will not make use of a subslllute. 1u
the Far haat and 1n India oleo, this
cloth, which is. as soft as the softest
down, fine as the finest silk, and
stronger and tougher Chau the best
cambric, Is very extensively used, be -
Ing from its serene; h and fineness pe-
culiarly fitted for clothing during the
hot season. But, out of Asia this
Important ,extile is only seen, and
that but seldom.
The material of it is surprising in
view of the contbmpt usually given
to the plant—outside China, Little
1s known, however, of Many of the
fabrics popular among millions In
distant parts of the old and new
worlds. Among numerous others, for
Instance, for many years the material
from which the so-called Manila
handkerchiefs are made puzzled
everyone, and wiseacres refused to
believe that its basis is fibre. In.
England, experts declined to accept
it as the fibre of the pineapple, be-
cause efforts to maunfaeture the fab-
ric had not proved successful! But
pineapple fibre this fabric is.
The grass cloth 01 China, that flue,
silky tissue, is the produce of a net-
tle—the "Boehtne•ria (t'rtica) nivea"
—which is much cultivated, csperial-
ly in central China, for textile pur-
poses. The d,•Iicaeyto .he touch,
for strengtb and beauty, the gees:
cloth of the Chinese competes to ]1•
with their best silks, while the plies-
of it is astonishingly low.
In these dogs of research towar.l
the advancement of commerce the
"L'rtieacae," or nettle famnily, appears
to have been overlooked. Set Its
various commercial gn.alitu, have
been long known, end the nettle e-
Infinitely easier =o r 11+n a:.= than flax
or cotton Some sixty )ears ago, be-
fore the snip es of the ,;,;;e't-mark•
ing show In the Crystal Palace has
frittered out, the Irish Ila:: 11tp cvr-
ment: Snci e1y, 13-41ae , took in hand
propagation of the •Bo"hmerla." Be'
that a weed "such as the mettle is of
asco)t in comment? • (outside Ciiina)
has yet to be established, al hong::
the common nettle has been ]one
known to yle..d Prem its stem a
strong fibre from which a kind of
hemp is produced here.
When West Europeans orad them-
selves in skins and Britons daubed
themselves with clay and colors, ;hie
gossamer fabric we: in use among
the Chinese. Directions for growing
the nettle, obtaining ils fibres, and
weaving them into,,elolh, are laid
down explirlty in the high prehistoric
"Imperial Trea.ise of Chinese Agri-
culture."
RLVAI;S MARY'S LAMB.
Lady In England Has Sheep That
Never Ate Grass.
A grown sheep that never ate grille
to almost as much of an anomaly as a
oow that never tasted hay. Yet, such
a sheep is said to exls: in Worcester-
shire, England. A visitor in the
home of a lady named Hochkiss, war
astounded to see a long-tailed black
sheep curled up asleep on the hearth.
Observing his astonished look.
Mrs, Heel:kiss remarked In an uncun-
corned manner—"That le my pet, and
was given me when it was quite a
little lamb. I brought it up on the
bottle, and used to take it out in my
arms as ladies carry dogs. It has
become one of the family now. and I
should feel it very much if I had to
part with IL"
Asked what the anileyel lived on
now, she replied, "I feed It on dog
hlseuits and scraps of bread. It has
never had grass in 1,er 111".
"The sheep tufa=, e x,rrcise in the
yard attached to tie. 1,1133, end rias
lee—ane thoroughly ,1o111)Slient,•11. and
eemes to me whenever I roll. When
I eh ippir.g I look the does' and
oft,=n leave my I''' by ih:• lirt•plar:.
Ween I get eek eveeytelree Ir to
pelt, et nrder."
Strange Int1i•t r Tribe.
Tt
Peel Ito' .11 t 4•
' vr. flo. l'On t Yet:en rnnn ..
•:R e, ,i.; i,la' .l4
i:,!.,til d a
,_,,..•.
Th,N loou,1 "1 their
bl"d:.ndi'l's'11m,u,ix•iit •„r,.. £.
WIe thee Ir.+p air. ea off?i: ,r,: r1
10=• llinrl t 1'''' e*r '1'' '• tub,e t a
18110 come• up the el,
fro,o 1,r, 'fief;” 47,t ri•:' v i b.•••a
1.:h 11. I'.. day
• eel ''!tel eel teed ie 1 15 p"
n .4,1.11'11 3311, Like the
of I l''"ir.lt, heuever, they ire
ieeiehteg le femme of 111e1r ent,p oily
I ,ward intermarrying with o,haer
Iudluns,
Greatest Styles Avlelanehe.
The greatest: of Swiss alt lalt(:het
eienrrc-d .t century ago when five= mil-
lion tons of ice fell from the Alfas
glacier ata speed of three hundred
mites an hour from a height of five
thousand feet. Ice fi'agmenls wee,
flung fifteen hundred feet up the
nppdsite mountain slde,
"Positive;"
"A sensible man &ruble everything.
Only a fool is certain of what he
says="
"Are you certain of that?"
"Positive! "--Been Humor, Madrid.
THE IRU$5E4.5 ?OST
Huron County Council
(Continued from Last Week)
LEGI$LATIV11 COMMITTEE
The Legislative Committee report-
ed its concurrence in the resolution
from the city of Oshawa looking to
the assumption by the. Province of
fifty per cent, of the cost of upkeep
of county goals; in the resolution
from the County of Simeoe asking
that the highways Act be amended
so that the road superintendent Of,n
township real he discharged by un-
animous vote of the township' coun-
cil without the consent of the Min-
ister of Highways; and in the resol-
utions from the -counties of .Bruce
and Hastings respecting the admis-
sion of indigent patients to 'hospitals
and urged legislation by the Provin
Bial Legislature to safeguard the
counties and local municipallies a-
gainst impositions and excessive
charges. Re Magistrate Reid's re-
port, the committee recommended
that in. the case of children of tender
years every reasonable method of
correction be tried before sending
these children to indvetrial school,
for a town of years. :;1 the matter
of the report of the Special Com-
mittee, the adoption of a system of
quarterly audit and payment of
Children's Shelter accounts was re'
commended, also that the appoint
ment of a Liquor Control Act eo'
foreement officer be left to the coon.
cll. Another recommendation was
that a bylaw be passed in accord.
once with the request of the town-
ship of Stephen giving that towns'li:
certain rights under Provincial leg-
islation as to the sale of lands fat
arrears of taxes.
REPORT OF THE GAOLER
Jas, B. Reynolds, gaoler, reports•.1
there had been 116 prisoners corn
mitted in 1928, for offences as stat.
ed:—Intoxicated, 21; theft, 16; hav-
ing
aying liquor for sale, 12; vagrant, 11;
assault, 10; intoxicated with- car, 31;
insane, 6; breaking and entering, 6;
indecent assault, 4; reckless car driv
ing, 3; carnal knowledge, 3; ear
theft, 3; false pretences, 2; peddling
without license, 2; Hotel Act, 2; In.
land Revenue Act, 2; speeding with
car, 1; car without light, 1; robbery
1; giving ligoul' to minor, 1; having
liquor unlawfully, 1. There were
nine prisoners in custody at the
time of reporting. Cost of daily
daily rations per prisoner, 13,t.c,
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
The Education Committee recon-
mended that the following trustees
be appointed: R. S. Hays, Seafortlt
Collegiate Institute; H. B. Chant,
Clinton Collegiate Institute; A. I.
Irwin, Wingham High School; "Wil-
liam May, Exeter High School; J. J.
Robertson, Goderich Collegiate In-
stitute. Other recommendations
were: That arbitrators be appoint-
ed to determine the boundaries of U.
S. S. No. 14,• Tuinbeury and Howick
and that no action be taken regard-
ing the proposal for compulsory ap-
pointment of a trustee for each .high
school or Collegiate institute front ,
outside the school district. The ar-
bitrators by the council in accord •
ante with the recommendation in
this report were Dr. Field, I. P. S.,
chairman, D. C. Ross, Brussels, and
N, W. Trewartha, Clinton.
ion's Home at London, Ont,; $50 to
the School Trustees' and Ratepayers'
' Association; $50 to the National In-
stitute for the Blind; $200 to the
Agricultural Representative for jun-
ior extension work; $25 far upkeep
of fiowerbods around the court house
225 to earth school fair, Tho az-
eoptanee• of tenders as follows was
recommended; Printing, The Signal;
bread for the gaol, E. Il. Cleveland;
',groceries, 0, M. Robertson,
I The following salaries and allow
ems were recommended: Warden,
$100; clerk, $1700; treasures',
$1650; Crown Attorney, $1100; Co.
Engineer, • $3600; gaoler (with fuel
and light, $1000; matron of gaol,
' $225; gaol physician, $120; turn-
key (with " no extras for fuel, and
light), $900; manager of house of
refuge, $750 and $100 for upkeep
of car; matron of house of refuge,
$700; assistant matron, ' $400; in-
Spector of refuge, $300; physican of
house of refuge, $400; school in-
spectors, for expenses, each, $525;'
auditors criminal justice account:,
$5 per day each and 10c per mile
one way travelled; auditors county
accounts, $50 each; caretaker of
court house and registry office, $900;
county councillors, $5 per day each
and 10c per mile one way travelled.
COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION
The County Road Commission re-
commended, with regard to a num-
ber of motions referred to the com-
mission that these be given consid-
eration when preparing the program
of work for the year. This applied.
to the motion of Messrs, Henderson
and Stalker re bridge at Belgrave,
the notion of Messrs. Mole and Mc-
Kenz!e that the road north of Dun-
gannon be rebulit this year, the
motion of Messrs. McKibboi and
Henderson that the road construct-
ion easterly from. Wingham be con-
tinued to Bluevale, the notion of
Messrs. Craigie and Sweitzer that
the work on the bridge hill road at
Goderich be completed, the motion
of Messrs. Ballantyne and Sweitzer
that the Thames road bridge be re-
built, and the motion of Messrs.
Snell and Higgins regarding improve
minis to the Exeter bridge and ap-
proaches. Regarding the motion of
Messrs. Collins and Keys, asking that
certain additions ..be made to the
county road system, the recommend-
ation was that no action be taken
until a further report is had from
• the Highways Advisory Board. With
reference to the motion of Messrs.
Turner and MacKenzie, asking the
Province to take over the Blue Water
Highway, the recommendation was
"that action on this matter be referr-
ed, as the council of 1927 had enter -
(Continued on Page 5)
CHILDREN'S SHELTER COM•
The Children's Shelter Commit
tee reported that they had visited
bhe Shelter aha nae', :mina it in first
class condition excepting the kitch-
en, where some painting and new
floor ',evening were recommended.
There were nine children in the I
Shelter—seven boys and two girls—
ranging in age from seven months to
13 years. They all seemed to be in
[rood health and seven of them were
.11 -tending sr11on1. '1'110 matron, Mrs.
Elliott. was keeping the home and
children in goad condition, and the
Committee regretted that she had
eended In her reoiLnalion,
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Ph,• T"n+ince Cau'nlittee reeotn-
mended that no debentures he issued
`n mem* the (1, 6311 let the Provinrinl
highway acrount, but that the, amount
be. /reel out of general revenue >ts
niurh Its possible nach year; that f•' e•
rate for county road purposes be two
miles on the dollar and that the corn-
mission he, strongly urged to keep
within this estimate.
F,XFCUT1VE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee 1'ecom-
e," ,l •;1 the following wants: 4100
to each agricultural soriety holding
a fall fair; 3100 to each spring fair:
8.100 ent•11 to the South Huron had
North Huron Plowmen's Associa-
tions; $25 to eac=h public library 'n
the, county; 3750 to each hospital in
the county recognised by the Gov-
'•rnment; $25 each to the Mensa!]
and Wingham seed fairs; $150 to the,
Salvation Army Rescue and Child-
ELGow'1'ED BANK DIRECTOR
Hon. F. B. McCurdy rP. C., for-
mer Minister of ;Public Works in
the Dominion Government, who lura
been elected a director of the Bank
of Nova Scotia. Mr. McCurdy 14
well known in business and financial
circles, having established the finan-
cial house of F. B. McCurdy & Co.
in 1901.
— PEACE DECLARED
Cardinal Gasparri, will sign the a-
greement with Mussolini on behalf
of the Pope, This will end a con-
flict that-fias waxed and waned be-
tween the temporal and spiritual
powers of Italy for more thanfifty
years is at hand. Acceptance by
Pope Piux XI of the plot of ground
on the southeastern side of the Vt1t-
iean as far as the colonnade of St.
Peter's will enable the Popo to leave
the Vatican without a sacrifice of
principle. Ever since 1870, when
Pope Pius IX entered into voluntary
confinement the Popes have always
,remained within the papal grounds
as a protest against the loss of the
papal states. The' agreement to be
signed Sunday between Premier Mus-
solini and the Pope's representative,
Cardinal Gasparri, will give th'
.Pope all that hd and -his four pee -
1 decessors back to the time of Pious
IX have considered to be their right.
r
Alberta Coal.
The second movement of coal
from Alberta to Ontario since the
'establishing of the freight rate of
1$6.75 per ton is now under way and
;in the course of a few days Alberta
coal will again be available to On-
tario coal consumers. It must be re-
membered that the 6.75 freight rat.:
granted during 1928, applied to a
period of three months only, namely,
from April 15th to July 15th, the
worst three months period through-
out
hroughout the year in the coal industry in-
sofar as the consumer is concerned.
;This year the same rate has been
granted for a six months period,
from January 15th to July 15th, and
it is confidently expected that a
greatly increased tonnage will be
moved east.- In Ontario a large per-
centage of the total coal consump-
tion of the entire year ocours from
January 1st to May 1st. Alberta coal
should therefore, this year be a
Eyes of Blue
--true' to you •
Eyes of Gray
* —love whit away
What are YOUR eyes
saying today
'Your eyes have no voice, bac
they speak — they show moods
and temper, They do more, they
-show your physical condition.
Aro they clear, bright, aporknng with
health—or dull, with s yellowish dap.
the whites? This yellowish tinge i4
the !isnot of intestinal sluggpishnoaa--
auto•tntoxlwdon and livor trouble. Don't
noglecc this warning of poor health to
follow,
03 t'
a
Try y a regular daily
comae for a ttiott 4 T' getable
ported. YoureyeewiU
toll the Story. Product
Bead about CIgraattir from the Eyes in
future Beecham A voreise,nevts,
Saks (4gent0r Harold P. Ritchie & Co.,
Limited Toronto 924
greater factor in the fuel require-
ments of the coal consumers than
during 1928. As Alberta coal is 'a
Canadian product Ontario house-
holders should give .it a fair trial..
Many of those who have done so
thus far have become permanent
customers of the Alberta product.
The maharajah of Patiala, India,
has spent $5,000 for dogs so far this
year.
In recent months France pro,
duced nearly 5,000,000 tons of cora
and liginite.
Sixteen different operations are
required to make an ordinary sew-
ing needle.
Botanists say that no two 'leaves
and no two blades of grass have ever
been found to correspond exactly.
0
CALLED BY DEATH
Thomas Roden, Prominent Manu-
facturer of Toronto, who died sud-
denly last Tuesday night.
What Makes a Town ?
l r'mperous rural population which demands a community
carate where may be established business, educational, relig-
ious Sad entertainment facilities. Where these flourish ,u:d
are act;ve it is safe to surmise that the people of that section
realize and appreciate the value to them of such a centre.
What Maintains It ?
The towns are largely maintained by the surrounding districts,
But the organization, the direction, and to a great measure the
up -keep. of the inct uttions in such towns are in the lisuids
of the business interests, together with those directly and in-
directly connected therewith. Without the active business and
professional men to supervise and govern these public institu-
tion. and undertakings no town could thrive.
Who is '' aonly 4 ected?
Every citizen either in of about a town should be concerned
in cueing to it that they do their part in carrying on any good
cause which may be promoted, either by financial or active
sup;'ort. Only in this way will any town prosper and develop
as it she'ald.
MOM
Publicity is Requ red
Ir. promotion worst your local paper takes the leading part.
It s ever the ehampinn of worthy causes and philanthrapie
and patriotic +undertakings. But to function properly, and
fully carry out its natural prerogatives, it must in turn have the
financial support of the community it serves. 'When needing
adverti fin(: or printed mutter always first think of
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