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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1928-1-11, Page 2'WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11th, 1928. You may not be able to get ":yAO„A{t)A” Orange Pekoe Blend iin every store, but most good grocers sell Rt. A great may people do slot maze that such a tea Es on the market—"SALADA" is much the IRt fest Orange Palm 3Ren4 you can buy. 2a8 Sunday School Lesson (‘_ BY CHARLES G. Tench isULt (editor of Tho sand 1y school Tor.es) ( JESUS AND SINNERS Sunday, Jan. 13.—Mark 2:147. Golden Text I carie not to call therighteous, but sinners to rel ent;r::ce. (Mark 2:17.) The moment we say "Saviour" w:' declare that there are sinners. if there were no sinners, there could be no Saviour. A Saviour must ,save, and it is from sin that the great and only Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, is able to save, The human name that God, before His birth, directed should be given to Hini proves this: "Thou shalt call His name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins" (Matt. 1:21.) In last week's lesson we found this Saviour dealing omnipotently and healingly with certain conse- quences of sin—physical sickness. and demon possession. No ennse- quence of sin could stand before Him; it was triumphantly conquer- ed, done away with. In this week's lesson the Lord goes even farther and deals, not with sin's consequences, but with sin it- ee1f. Who could attempt this but God Himself? Can man deal with sin? The encounter of the Saviour with. reply, but He uttered the. tremen- dous statement that HIe was now going to give a de'monetration of the fact th.tt .He had power on earth to forgive sins: and He E anmlanded the helpless paralytic to arise, carry ]lis bed, and go to his house. In.tantiy the man obeyed. It was a stupendous double miracle. The man's body and spirit were foul and impotent with sin, and thee, as hostile critics watched, his body be- came clean and powerful, his spirit whiter than snow, as "immediately he arose, took up his bed, and went forth before thein all; insomuch that they were all amazed." But another significant word is added just mere, Not only were they amazed, but they "glorified God saying, We never saw it in this fashion." When God is being blas- phemed, men do not glorify Him. Had "this man" spoken blas- phemies? Or had the Cape"naum crowd seen God the Son glorify God the Father? A company of sinners is the ideal ,place for a Saviour. He would rather be with sinners than with any one else, for there only can He fulfil the mission that is dearest to His heart, Why should any one be sur- prised therefore, that Christ singled out a sinner, Levi the son of AI phaeus, a publican or tax collector. doubtless a mercenary grafter." and said to Him, "Follow Me." Why sin came unexpectedly, sensations- should we be surprised that "`many ally, dramatically. He was in publicans and sinners sat alio to house in Capernaum the place with Jesus and His dielples':" where He had so successfully healed es a self-righteous people of Multitudes of the sick people that th that day noticed this, and condemn - whole city had t out toer see ed Christ for it, His answer was, un - Him. It was not strange, therefore, that as soon as people learned He was again in their midst they crowd• ed together to see and hear Him. He was preaching "the word" to them, and there was not room for another listener, "no not so much as about the door." en camee thrt hnmo Th al four friends, carrying a helpless paralytic. "And when they could not come nigh unto Him for the press, they uncovered the roof where He was and when they had broken it up they let down the bed whereir the sick of the palsy lay." Because of the faith of the sick man's four friends, Christ was ready to do everything for them. We are told that it was "when Jesus saw their faith," not the sick man's faith. What a challenge and en- couragem,'nt that is to us inprayel•. as we peer for some loved one. God can reanh one who has no comeione- ness of deed if tee pray themtr:h in :faith, end faint not. Put 'he word that the Lord ::put • 'was um:er^tree 11 ,11,1 nor ill •rl the 1110e: li • said: Sun, thy stns he forgiven thee.', net is. He h al, d )tins spitneene inetl:ad of i- cally. F. i, is lr to Ole t' t`t,e 'Ii •tirt,.? Tehe u_:.her..;i;t•s girl a„I',•i.,. dee &rrihe. vav, w OW, ne ' , , a• the er. we'r. At one;+. lir ..; : elle , in their they aero t •d (:htl •t of bitemIt' rry "Who t en fee 0 sins het tied nuly?” 11 1 tt'l:<•l themselves. They were right in their po itiort that only God can forgive sin. San cannot do it. And if this Jean. of Nazarth 1<.tto only a man, then they were right in saying that He epeke blasphemy. Men .try to prove today that Clu•i.;t eh'r+1 not claim to he God; but the Jews of' His day knew that He did. "Mutt i.s why they accused Him of blasphemy. That is why they crucified Him. The Lord discerned suuernatur- ally what they were saying within themselves, and He asked them why. Ile gave them no opportunity to answer, but asked them another question: which was easier, " to say •to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins :beforgiven thee; or to say, Arise, :and take up thy bed and. walk"? Again He gave no opportunity for answerable: "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to re- pentance." If we are conscious of any sin in our lives, conscious of any weakness, comcious of any need, let us praise God. He gave Son to die and from the dead, saved. And He the uttermost." His only begotten to be raised again that we might be is "able to save to 0 Celebrates r Birthday SIR JOHN GIBSON Celebrated itis Rath. birthday last Sunday. Although confined to his holm with a cold, 110 is still hale and hearty and takes an active ill teret in his law business and the many financial and industrial con - Cents he is connected with. ......-..--0 FAILURE -PROOF When making Mayanaise add one tablespoon of bubbling, boiling water sifter you have thoroughly mixed some oi'1 with the egg yokes. SAGGING SEATS When cane seats first begin to sag, nub them until thoroughly soaked with hot soap suds, Turn chair! upside down and dry in the titin, THE BRUSSELS POST THE COMM OF INA LIVE IN BF!lit)'1'l, JUNGLES 01' HILLY TU; WT. By Nature They Are Mild t111d Gen- tle, But )`heir Religious Beliefs Are Carlow; In the. Extreme ---The Marriage (Jeronimo 1" Simple. In the shadow nr the Satpura Range, India, dwell it primitive pen. plc, believed 1>, bebintr to 00 un- '•iviltzed rr :richt of ti"' lira Minn race, says a writer in the Times of lndia. Hidden In remote jungles of hilly tracts, the Rends live In Ignorance of the forward march of civilization and cling still to many of their old superstitions. By nature the Gond Is mild and gentle, and in the pres- ence of strangers, reserved and timid. His religious beliefs are curious in the extreme, On the number of gods he worships depends the special group or family to which he belongs; and connected with this are the fam- ilies into which] he may marry. Worshippers of seven gods may • not marry into their 0111 group, but must select partners from among the six -god, five -god, or four -god fami- lies. Bbera Pen, also called 1laha- deva, is recognized as the creator 01 the world. As, however, he is a kindly being, he Is seldom wor- shipped. The gods the Gond has to reckon with are those malignant spirits whish are always on the alert to take offence and do him harm. These are the spirits that must be propitiated. and hence it is obvious that the main religious acts of the Goads are in- spired by fear. In olden days human saerlfices were not uncommon. As lately as 1842 when the Rajah of Baster went on a long journey, twenty-five human victims were sacrificed to secure for him an undisturbed journey, If a woman Is suspected of being a witch, she is thrown into the nearest tank or pool. If she remains under the water, while a man shoots three ar- rows in the air, she is innocent, but. if she comes to the surface before that she is proved to be a witch. Her two front teeth are then knocked out; her head shaved; and she is banished from the village. One curious thing all over the Gond country in its wildest regions is the setting up of a clay image of a tiger to mark the place where a man has been slain by one of these wild animals. The idea is that the image of the tiger called "Waghoba" is indwelt by the soul of the dead man, who, in hatred of his slayer, w111 act as a village guardian, The belief in totems is everywhere found amongst the Gonds, and many are the plants and animals which are regarded as "sacred." The rout -god Gonds regard the tortoise and cro- codile as their totem; the five -god Gonds, the iguana, the six -god Gonds, the tiger, and the seven -god Gonds, the porcupine. The position of women is one of equality with the opposite sex, the woman being free to marry the man of her choice. Among the Maria Gonda there is a bachelors' quarter in every village where the young men are shut up at night. After a short time the parents and village elders step in, and a bethrothal 1s arranged. The bridegroom's party then plant a spear in the courtyard of the bride's house. If the bride's party consent, water is poured over the spear by the girl's father, Should he fail to do this it is regarded as an insult, and he is fined heavily. The marriage ceremony Is ex- tremely simple. A platform of cow - dung cakes is built, on which a blanket is spread. On this the young couple stand and exchange vows. The bridegroom puts an iron ring on one of the bride's fingers, and the ceremony is over. The marriage of widows Is per- mitted. The ceremony in this case Is that the couple stand under the eaveea of the bridegroom's hut with an upright spear between them. Tu- me,rfc, mixed with oil, ie poured over the bridegroom's head and on the spearhead, and the bridegroom ties a string of beads around the bride's neck and conducts her as his wife in- to his hut. The Coeds elt.her bn•y or burr: their dead. Their burial ground or burning gflat ie generally- to the t:•ast of the village. Their dead are some- times belled with their feet towards the north; the explanation of t111s practice beiu•. 0 tradition that their !tome was 0110e in the ,forth, '1'hr belief In tree to ration in now gaining 7a011771. When a (fond is dyln_ he is 1, i, nv, dr from his siin- iib b; -d and laid on ,h,• ;;,o1nd, Un- der his head is pit 'd :1 meell quan- tity of t '-,iirt. After Ids death, when the bo.iy is removed, an inv,.t'ted lias- k-1. i;; placed Over this latae or main, On the following day the village eldest examine it, and the wire amonest thorn believe that they can deter.t the footprints of the 011111101 intro which the soul of the deceased has entered. Spirits Of the dead are regarded 0104'- wlt.h fear than with. veneration. Especially are those dreaded who die violent or unnatural deaths, The spirit of the woman who Iiad died in childbirths, or of the plan who'has been Kish by a wild beast, are often regarded as specially malignant and dangerous. Another Terminal Iiillova,tor. The Alberta Wheat Pool is build- ing a terminal elevator at Vancouver, which will cost a million d flare, have a capacity of 2,500,000 b ishels and will be Toady for the 192: crop. Around the World in 1927 UNITED STATES The Miselssippi valley was swept by ilk: trot's floods . Crop and material hares mounted unto the billings; thousan is of families were driven from their Immo: anti scores died in the Pool i 11'010rs. President"Coolidge annoum',,'h he would not he a candidate for Pre- idert in 1928. Congress late 111 the year struck from the nation's tax bill emu:. ti'1bo,0nn.00o. Crops, with the exception of cot- ton were as good as. 1926, textile industries showed improvements, the steel industry materially V increased ser l its production, as did the motor industry, there was a decrease in unemployment, and imports and ex- ports kept pace with those of 1926. FRANCE On February 7, Poine:u'e announc- ed France would increase her war debt payments to Britain On April 1, the strike of French miners was settled by government intervention. On May 2, Poincare made en an- nouncement against stabilization of the franc and on June 8 the presi- dent deflated the currency by 10,- 000,000,000 francs. France and Unitech States- ex- changed notes on France's refusal to grant the United States favored !nation privileges, unless reciprocal concessions were made by Washing- ton. The Poincare government put the new budget through the chamber and senate by a safe majority., The year brought France its most stable government since Clemen- ceau's retirement. Unemployment was reduced. se 0 se 0 GERMANY Riots in Berlin on May 1, when 60,000 monarchists paraded. Hindenburg's birthday on October 2, brought further monarchists de- monstrations and militant speeches. Stresemann presided at the open- ing of the council of the League of Nations, on March 7. The coal miners strike, involving 80,000 men was settled October 16. On October 1, the reichstag pass- ed the compulsory insurance bill, affecting 16,000,000 people, Canada's Tonrlst 'rias The Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics finds tourist trade steads y grow- ing from $88,784,000 spent •y tour- ists in 1020 to $190,402,000 in 1926. ,7 (chile\',. budget, amounting to more than 3,000 000,000 marks, one. third of width was for (11:1': reparatiotee l]• sets l the reit i stag in the ::ring. ITALY On June 2, the Mussolini govern• rant stabalized the lira at its then value. The treaty, signed by Albania and Italy, under which Albania came under Italian prostwti al aroused re- sentment in Jut'o Slavin. De Pifedo made iris five continent- / flight The yeer brought inow:teed pros- perity, and made the Fascist grip on Fascist or- ganization s Italy more firm. The Fa. in October counted 1,000,000 active men members in its ranks: y '2' •: RUSSIA ' Rnseia celebrated ten years of Bolshevik rule. Joseph Stalin, secretary-general, and Nicholas Bukharin, his chief lieutenant, maintained a firm grip on government reins, and Trotelry was expelled from the Third Inter- national on October 18. The Soviet signed a .uroaty with Latvia on March 11, Russia accepted' the invitation of the League of Nations to attend the disarmament session at Geneva, and proposed "complete abolition of all armies and navies." Relations, broken by Britain, May 12, after .the Areos raid, remained severed at the end of the year. e .p .y SPAIN Spain's budget, aanonnting to over $500,000,000, was the largest in her history, and her deficit of $10,000,- 000 was the smallest in many years. On May 17, there were national celebrations in honor of Ring _ll- fonso's 25th anniversary of his ac- cession. On May 8, Rivera announced that the work of the dictatorship would continue, but on October 10, after many delays and postponements, the national assembly met. Under Rivera it is a consultative, but not a legislative body. BALKANS Ring Ferdinand died in July. Crown Prince Carol was passed Prt ` 3eau 'ifiel Silverware is a ✓`Yloderaz 7ecessiiy ANo what better indication of service of celebrated taste end refinealeut thus a COMMUNITY PLATE, T/tc Ta0Fera ere De Lace Ily reason of our complete stocks this store is fast becoming known as headquerrsrs for this delight- ful were. Prices Most Reasonable J. R. WENDT Jeweler Wroxeter — Ontario over in and esion e t] e use Ina six- s yeas• -old son, Michael, was proclaim- ed king, under a regency. There were rumors Carol intended to roturn to claim the throne, but . Premier Bratianu was adamant, and , Carol remained in Paris. In Novem- ber Bratainu died suddenly and was succeedd by his brother. Carol is still in exile in Paris. JAPAN Japan obtained valuable conces- sions of oil and timber in Northern Sakhalin from Russia.' A disastrous earthquake in March killed 2,275 people and injured more than 3,000 in the province of Ryoto. A new government under Premier !Tanaka was formed in March, fol- lowing disastrous bank failures. TURKEY - On January 14, a treaty with So- viet Russia was signed dealing with disputed questions of the rights on waters in the Caucasus• region. ' On March 1 Kemal announced that he would abolish the old sys- tem of ealis territorial counts, and this was approved by the assembly of the League on Maroh 7. Turkey signed a commercial treaty with Germany on June 22. On October 14 Mustapha - Kemal. broke all records by delivering a five-day speech. r•. y. IRISH FREE STATE Kevin O'Higgins, ;strong man in the Cosgrave cabinet was assas- sinated July 10. De Valera's fol•• lowers, after announcing they would not take the oath of the Dail, swore allegiance, "in the prescribed form," on August 11, and took their seats, '1Cosgrave gev- Au xs the On August 17, c in gov- ernment was saved from defeat the Dail by the casting vote of the Speaker. On August 25 Cosgrave announced dissolution of parliament and a now election. The election was held September 15, and the government was sus- ta.ined by a slightly larger majority The by -electron early in. October brought the government majority to seven. ,011 December 9 it was announced Tim Healy, first governor-general of the Free State, would leave office on completion of his statutory term. • 0 ❖ 0 ? AUSTRALASIA Canberra, the new federal capital was opened by the Duke of York, on May 9. An 'important agreement was reached by the prime minister' of the Commonwealth of States by which the Commonwealth will take over all state debts on July 1, 1929, and a compulsory loan council will be created to supervise the payment of present debts and the construct- ing of new loans. In May Premier Coates announced bhwt New Zealand would make vol- untary contribution to the naval de- fence of the Empire, amounting to 1,000,000 pounds. 0 TO REMOVE GREASE Cornstarch will remove ' 'grease stains from cloth. Rub a little dry cornstarch into the soiled places and It will at once begin to absorb tin grease. Brush bile first used off carefully and .proceed in the salve way until the spot disarmers. ,FIRST AUTHENTIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE NEW FORD CAR The six body models and chassis of the new Ford car are shown above. The new car has graceful, distinctive lines, exceptional power, unusual speed and getaway. It has been driven at more than sixty miles per hour; accelerates from 5 to 25 miles per hour in 8tz seconds in high gear; travels 40 miles per hour in second gear; is fitted with three -speed transmission of Lincoln design and is completely equipped, Each model is offered in a number of bright optional color combina tions: No. 1 is the new Tudor; 2 the new Phaeton; 3, front view of the new Tudor; 4, the new Chassis; 5, rear view of the Phaeton; 6, the new Sport Roadster; 7, the new Sport Coupe; 8, the new Fordor Sedan and 9, the new Coupe.