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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1928-1-25, Page 3THE BRUSSELS PAST "Orange rage Pekoe" ¢s esnlly the tame given to a s6ze of leaf-- -Some god, many poor, Orange Pek(r4e3 are soOd The most ecoi1ogr Uca6 and yet the fines jtiiavoureyl rs "SALIU)A" Orange Pekoe •Seai)esal 6av metal pure --fresh •riche ons 43c per '-66:1). Fi 7i GNB;.`va" r4 Sunday School Lesson BY CHARLES G. TRUMBULL (Editor of Tho aunday School Thrice) THE GROWING FAME OF JESUS. Sunday, Jan. 29: Mark 3: 7-12; 6: 53-56, Golden Text. The common people heard Him gladly. (Mark 12: 37.) Was "the growing fame of Jesus" something that He welcomed, or was it a hindrance? It might seems to ire the everything lee would most desire. On the other hand, He seemed con- tinnally to try to prevent it. Why? Let us look back over the few chapters we have had in Mark's Gospel, When a (lemon -possessed man in the Capernaum synagogue cried out to the Lord Josus before the calve congregation: "I know Thee who Thou are, the Holy One of God" (Mark 1:24), the Lord commanded him, "Hold thy peace," Was this merely because it was the testimony of an evil spirit, or was it because Christ die] not wish publicity given to the fact of His identity? `peter a Sabbath clay of healing multitudes in Capernnum, so that , "all the city was gathered together," the next morning the Lord withdrew to a solitary place; and when Isis dis- ciples found Him and said to Him, "All then seek for Thee," His reply WAS, "Let us go into the next towns" (1: 38). Why did not the Lord take advantage of the immense publicity He had in Capernautr ? When He had healed a leper by His miracle touch, at once He tont him away, not letting him remain with Iiim, and He commanded: "See thou say nothing to any man," The leper disobeyed Him, "and began to publish it much and to blaze abroad th matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places; and they came to Aim from every quar- ter' (1: 45). Why the command to the leper? A little inter, "Jesus withdraw Himself with His disciples to the, sett, and a groat multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea, end from Jerusalem, and from Ideal:um and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great mul- titude" (3: 7, 8). Yet when He had healed many of those, anti "unclean spirits, when they saw Him, fell down before Hint, and cried, saying: Thou are the San of God," again the Lord "straitly charged them that they should not make Him Known" (8: .12), And so we find it, on through the entire Gospel. When He raised the daughter of Jairus, "He charged them straitly that no man should know it" (5: 43.) It would seem that "the growing fame of Jesus" was a barrier rather than a help to that which }Ie wanted to accomplish. He was indeed ready with lavish grace and power, to help all who came to Him. He healed all; there was no limit to His power or Hie Iove, But a ministry of bodily healing was not His chief purpose at this time in coining from Heaven to earth. His supreme purpose, the great and sole objective of His incar-', nation, was His death. This was neither an accident nor an incident in Christ's earthly experience, It was more than permitted! it was de- termined and ordained by God. When Moses and Elijah appeared with Christ on the Mount of Trans- figuration they talked "of His do- cease which Ile should AGCOM- PLI'SH at Jerusalem" 'Luke 9 t31).. On the Day of Pentecost Peter told the convicted multitude that Christ had been delivered to death and crucifixion "by the determinate coun- sel and foreknowledge of God" (Acts 2,28). And Christ knew that there wore bet few men and worsen who could receive Him and believe on Hint as the Son of God during His minis- try en earth. He did not want the superficial en- thusiasm and hero-worship of a great popular following. He was not after the crowds, for He knew "mob psychology" and the few individuals, here and there, whom He could call ono by one into His personal disciple- ship. The apostles were handpicked; guardedly He disclosed His identity to such as the woman at the well of Samaria, Mary and Martha, Nicode- mac, and other few. Tremendous publicity concerning His true Person and ministry was in the nature of casting pearls before swine, a mis- take that He warned His disciples a- gainst (Matt. 7:6). The other side. of the case is that, after the death and resurrection of our Lord, and after the Holy Spirit had come upon the few believers in power on the Day of Pentecost, then undoubtedly many of those multitu- des who bad had a mistaken, superi]- cal interest in Jesus wore reached by the preaching of the apostles and by the individual soul -winning of in- dividual believers. But we know that our Lord never made any mis- takes; and when fee avoided publicity and commanded those who knew Hint not to disclose His identity, He was doing that which best served His real mission at the time. We may be sure that there was loss, and not gain, when men disobeyed Him, and mis- takenly "began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter.' It was from the common people, rather than among the "intelligent- sia" that most of our Lord's true fol- lowers came. Jit is good to road in the Golden Text that "the common people heard Him gladly." They are more Likely to have a sense of need than those who, by reason of riches or culture, are liable to be self sat- isfied, "Not many , wise men attar he flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called; but God hath chos- n the foolish things of the world to confound the wise" (I. Cor, 1:26, 7). Yet, as some one has said, we nay well be thankful that this Srrip- ure does not say "not any" but "not nany." Nieodemus and the Apostle aul were among the "not many wise sten who e called 1 and who itt t - veered. t e 2 t ft P DRQ CLAY'S CONDITION REPORTED AS SERIOUS Moderator of Presbyterian General Assembly 111 at Winnipeg • Winnipeg', Jaii. 30—The condition of Pow Dr, Leslie Clay, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Cane ads, was eeporteld as serious tonight. He is suffering from a heart attach, and is a patient in a local hospital Rev. Dr. Clay was removed from 'the train here Thursday morning suffering from a heart attack. He was enroute from Vancouver to Ot- tawa. Owing to Dr. Clay's adv jiced age anxiety was felt by his friends. Dr. Clay was on his way to attend the State dinner held et Ottawa -in c0neeetion with the opening of the Dominion Parliament, 4.11 his en- gagements have been postponed. Dr. .flay is in his sixty-fifth year and has been it minister in Victoria since 1804. lee was elected Moder- ator at the General Assembly gather- ing last June, Asks Pa lilt)tg of Street Lucas, Jan, 19 — Roy Stanley, reeve of the village, Walter Gibson, clerk, and It. T. 'Reycraft, reeve of Biddulph Township, are in Toronto this week, to interview the deputy minister of highways in regard to having the main road through the village paved next year" • Linen manufacturers of Northern Ireland aro making tablecloths and bodspreads 01 rayon and lined, 'Y(`.t"r"Mt •,':r'+:c: 111, WHEY, 'U7. 11' 1 'r ,i 1m,'+••fnnR" ilii 1 .1>,•fi,, ,.tt li, „r:,.. • 1. f,.• tenter,— ee t 11' 11 II st �qt r f,,,. I- •' 1l13 � , "Lest de:"! :,1'Y', :m '.1 '. , 1. ':1! 1.1! 'I" , nrlP.' of 71 �.,,•: elq(1IP� ,X IPfl: r:101,I•t.W lire VW a1 W,,I! V:h! •i- i e:f br 40. 7:, '1 !'ti rut eene , •,, I:r'! .l+counte behind. U'irsl of these was knows at thr• w'11," from the town or •.tt:•1', near w' let. he operated--- • ugh 11 +,', .•• tt,,t s t ;'r that tie• vat' called at the pot riffle„ for mail. In the nine yare that he roamed Ile surrounding country he killed ver $25,000 worth of live stock, and 10 one ran guess how omen game. A reward of $500 was offered for him for years. Finally, after eight 'tenths at the job, a hunter, II, P. Williams, from uncle Sam's Biologi- 'al Survey, managed to trap and :hoot the outlaw. More famous still was the Harding County wolf, known as "Three Toes." Early in life he was nipped in a trap, and one foot maimed, so that thence- forth his track with that foot show- ed only three toes. He was a prince of animal assas- sins. He killed for the love of kill- ing. In one year be killed registered breeding sheep valued at $3,465, He jumped into a pasture where thirty- four registered Rambouillet rams were kept, They had been bought less than a month before at $35 each. Three Toes killed them all 1n one night. There was a grim humor to some of his performances, one writer on the subject tells us. Once, wben a hunter was attempting to run him down with relays of seven saddle horses, Three Toes took time or in the afternoon to stop at a ranch and kill Sfteen sheep, On another occasion he doubled back at night and killed the best saddle horse that had been chasing him. Ile was trapped at last, in July, 1923, by another of Uncle Sam's hunters, Clyde F. Briggs, who used for a lure the natural scent of the female wolf. SPIRIT OF THE " M0UN'EIF,9 " Major Fane, Though Wounded, Saw That His Men Were Safe. Lieut -Gen, Sir Arcbibald Mac- donell, who tools over the command of the Canadian division from Gen. Genie during the Great War, told the following interesting story recent- ly to illustrate the spirit of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, of which he was a member for twenty years. During a tremendous barrage from the Germans on the Canadian front line trenches, Major I'ane, formerly of the R.N.W,M,P„ was very danger- ously wounded. The men were car- rying ]rim out on a stretcher when he regained, his senses. "Hold Up," he said, "what is happening?" "You have been dangerously wounded and we are carrying you to the roar," the bearers told him; Major Fano was bleeding to death but he commanded, "Wait a moment or two, Give me a chance to think." Then he asked, "Were mauy of the men hurt?" "Yes," they answered, "quite a few•" "How many," be asked and on be- ing told that there were twenty-eight of his men wounded, he commanded them to carry hurl to the communi- catteg trench and put down the stretcher there, "Now," he paid, "I will wait here until I can count twenty-eight stretolter s harried by. The Mounted Pollee never go out un- til their men are safe," FOR THOSE IN DARKNESS, First Library For the Blind Estab- lished In a Little Rooth, The British National Library for the Blind has a romantic history. It has grown out of a library for the blind which was established in a lit- tle room in Hampstead forty years ago, Some of the greatest benefactors or the blind have been themselves deprived of the gift of sight, and this was so in the case of the lady who formed the original library, Since then the motrentont for lend- ing books to the blind has grown enormously, and there are now over 137,000 volumes in the National Lib- rary. The number is always growing, because new Braille books are con- stantly being produced by voluntary Workers throughout Britain. These volunteers Work in their spare time in their own homes, Tho Carnegie 'frust has done a great deal for blind literature -lovers. It made a grant of $60,000 for the erection of the National Library, and has contributed a still larger sum towards the cost of the extension. Grants have also been made for the printing of books In Moon and Braille. The turnover of the Nation- al Library is over 1,200 volumes a day, or two tons of books, Animal :Engineers. Pew people realise that many in- sects and animals have definite. trades. Bees are geometricians. They construct their honey cella so that with the least quantity of comb ma- terial they have the largest spaces and leant possible loss by gaps. Wasps and hornets manutactnre paper, and it is said that a Mon- golian got the idea of making the first paper from watching hornets build theirenests out of a pulp they dbtained frofr, weeds, site*, and other vegetation. The bearer is an architect, builder, and woodcutter, while the marmot is a civil enginleer. He builds houses and construejs eetledeete alai drains to keep th ft 'dry. ^ . - etc And J. n r.,.,. hent ud et I1 r 0, 1 i:< t117•:=,- 11 11 111 1 .1('! ;-r p,1Lu.- 0 o: 11, r , r(;^ He 11 11th. , ilforris Aekermmr, lt„I now': d ;,•,1 as one of the leading 11121 11': i' •,n fishing and hunting on this-amtio- ant. urges protection and a dose +•a son for great northern 1,55e, grey trout and dere in Outarie and re. duction of number allowed to be caught in a clay below the 1igur•e of four epeeim,•ns now permitted. Otherwise depletion will cause heavy Loss in diminished tourist traffic. French-Canadian folk songs are becoming more and more popular as was shown by the recent recital at the Jacob Sleeper Hal], Boston, ad- dressed by J. Murray Gibbon and illustrated by songs by Charles Mar- chand, well-known singer of French- Canadian songs, Boston University students and many members of the Canadian Club and of Boston Musi- cal societies attended the recital. Ottawa—A shipment of six bacon type pure-bred swine from Canadian farms to New Zealand has recently been made. Three of the hogs were Canadian type Berkshires from Ridgetown, Ontario, and were prize winners at the Royal Pair. The other three were Tarnworths from Ontario and Quebec breeders. This is the first year that hogs have been imported into New Zealand from North America since 1916. Other shipments are expected to 1011040 shortly. The annual clog -racing classic-- the lassic—the Eastern International Dog -Sled Derby—will again be run in Quebec City, February 20-22 next under the auspices of the Winter Sports as- sociation of that oity, It will cover 120 miles in the three days and al- ready some of the best known mush - ars in the United States and Can- ada are entered for the race which carries a cash prize 01 $1,000 and custody for a year of a handsome gold cup. Calgary — More than $500,000 worth of cattle from the farms of the province of Alberta were ex- ported to the United States between July 1st and November 30, 1927, ac- cording to the report of the Ameri- can Consul at Calgary, The ship- ments include some 12,000 head, conprising stockers, feeders and butcher cattle. The American mar- kets at the present tune are very inviting to stockmen in Western Canada and shipments have shown greater activity during the past six months than in any similar period since 1922. Canadian Pacific Express, railway and steamships and finally an air- plane were employed to carry two boxes of roses from Brampton, Ont. to Paris, France as a gift at Christ- mas. They were sent by Lt -Col. J. B. Maclean of Toronto to Princess Carolyn de Faucigny-Lucinge and to Countess Odon de Lubersac and only the heavy snowfall that swept Great Britain at that time prevented them from being placed on these ladies' breakfast tables on Christmas morn- ing, As it was, they arrived two days later, as fresh as though they had just been plucked. • CHEERFUL FACTS 'There was nothing particularly at tractive about abate r I f o govertnnen reports that were issued the othe day. Yet a little digging amonglthem changed the whole point of view from which they were first regarded. Here are just a few of the facts they re- vealed about Canada in 1927: That 22 new industries began op- erations in the city of 'Winnipeg, and district, and that Manitoba's indus- trial plants hada total output of $170,000,000. That Canada at the end of the year, hard a total turbine installation producing nearly 5,000,000 horse- power of electrical energy; that the water power industry represented ne investment of $900,000,000 against 7121,000,000 in 1910. That a total of $418,057,600 was spent in building construction during the year. That saving deposits in the charter- ed banks totalled $1,406,000,000, or over $140 per head of the population, That total foreign trade increased ibyi 747,000,000, That mineral production reached a new high record of 7241,778,000, and that indications are for a stili higher output this year. That between July 1, and Nov. 30 over $500,000 worth of cattle was shipped. to the United States from Alberta alone, that the demand is, likely to grow fo rstock from the west and other parts of the country.. That immigration showed a sub- stantial increase, totalling almost 150,000 persons" The list ori statistical Areas that there is progress in this country might be extended almost indefin- toly. Yet it is a safe prediction that, with the opening of parliainent there are a number of politicians gathering data In the hope of convincing people that this country is rushing to the rocks of disaster, Reduction of the t r• with January, April and July each hesitating on that day. This happens only in the case of leap years which begin on Sunday- Several undaySeveral good features are also of- fered by the calendar, including four double holidays. New Year's head- ed the list. Dominion Day comes on Sunday, giving an additional holiday on Monday; Labor Day which ahvays provides a double holiday by coming on Monday and Armistice day falls on Sunday this year, giving a double holiday over Novemiber 11 and 12, TO PLEASE THE CH!! DREN Nursesy Rhyme China for Children on C. N.R. Montreal, Jan. 21—Special atten- tion to the kiddies who travel with their elders on tr'alns of the Canadian National Railways, wreich has includ- ed the provision of special 'menus, ,le- corated with nursery rhyme pictures, from which the children may choose their own steals, have for some time been a feature of service on Cana- dian National dining cars. Now another attraction for the children has been provided with the placing on each of the diners of special china services for the child- ren, each of the pieces being ap- propriately decorated with paintings from the nursery rhyme books. High chairs for the convenience of child- ren who are too small to be seated at the reguler table are also part of the equipment on every standard dining ear, NOT THE FIRST ONE She: How dale you l Papa said he would kill the first man who kissed me. He: How interesting. And did ho? A TREAT ALL ROUND Visitor: It is not often that I get such a good dinner. Bobby: Neither do we, Mr. Jonas, CP A SO CARELESS OF HIM "I've brought your husband home, Mrs. Cann. He's badly shaken. His car ran into a loaded brewer's dray." "There nowt and it was only this morning that the doctor warned him to be sure to avoid all intoxicants," THE MODERN ONE. George: "What would you do if I kissed you?" Grace: "I'd call grandma — dear old grandma, who is so very `leaf," MEOW, MEOW. Joan: "Last night Jack told me I looked sweet enough to eat," Sane: "Yes, Jack is fond of plain food." • SLIGHTLY MIXED "Did you hear the joke about that cinema actress?" "No; what was it?" "Her secretary didn't keep the re- cords straight, and now she finds she has had two more divorces than she's had weddings," national debt, intimations of some further decreases in taxation, and the plain evidences of expeonsion of in- dustries based upon our natural re- saurees, will not stop them, They become prophets of gloom, and it is expecting too nmucle to hope that they can change their nature. 1928 Calendar Has 3 Unlucky Fridays Those who regard Friday the 13th with awe are in for considerable wor- ry during 1928, for the hoodoo date occurs three times this year, January, April and July each providing one. Statisticians whose hobby leans to- wards calendar eccentricities premise that this won't happen again until 1956. This is a particular kind of year ,they declare. In addition to being leap year, which is partly to blame for the three unlucky Fridays, tate year began on Sunday, The will u Year have 53 Sundays The first cleek was invented in 996 by Pope Sylvester, M Afredo Agache, a French ex- pert, is laying out a new city plan for Recife, Brazil; WI:IlN1:SllAy, JAN. 2:ith, 1028. Sea stzfrel Salve? fayre is 11 eliodC572 2\66 ANA what better in.1 a mitt` sof cats an, tc to ':.;iW 0441, a aervite of eetr:btrtied COMMUNITY PLATE 7•bt Tatman. Da Law By reason of ot;r complete stocks this store to fast becoming known as headquarters for this delight. Fitt ware, Prices Most Reasonable J. R. WENDT Jeweler Wroxeter — Ontario i FIZ4-111c1Lt Sit :sksli:• sh etg I The Car Owner's Scrap -Book (Be the Left Hand Monkey Wrench) WINTER OIL CHANGES service stations only at long intervals Even if the car is equipped with and where telephones .are scarce. an oil filter that eliminates the ne- When no tiro tools, spare tubes and cessity for changing oil so often due- pump are carried, or when no one in ing the summer, it is well to remem the car has the strength or skill to die ber that every 500 miles is the right mount and mount casings on rims. time for a new supply in winter. The One hasn't a 'supply of ready cast' filter is designed to remove only with which to buy a new casting and' solids from the oil, and this it does to pay for emergency tire service. effectively at all seasons. In winter, however, the oil is attacked by liquids VALVE TROUBLES such as gasoline, water and acids, Ill-fitting valves mean high fuel' and these will do damage if allowed consumption and low power output to dilute the oil for a long period, Troubles will first originate in the The filter does not remove them. valves and push rods, but after long service the valve -operating mechan- ism will also give trouble. The prin- cipal attention necessary will consist of grinding, adjusting and timing the valves. As carbon accumulates in the engine it will pit the valves and their seats and thus prevent them from seating properly, while excessive heat. may cause them to warp. In time wear will take place between the valve stem and its guide, while the springs will lose their temper, become weak or broken, and are thus unable to hold the valve closed. The valve may stick, clue to its stem becomiang. bent, or by carbon accumulating in the guide. The push -rod adjustment may be disarranged in some manner and,affeet the valve timing. If the engine backfires, the valves may be. so timed as to open too early, and if the engine is sluggish and overheats, they open too late. This is often the case after they have been grounda number of times, because they are lowered in their seats, due to the grinding, and in making adjustments the clearanceis too great, causing the engine to lose its snappy action. Too great a clearance will also make the valves very noisy. Insufficient clearance at the valve stems will: cause serious troubles, because the valves will not be permitted to seat, thus causing a loss of power and a waste of fuel, and if this continues for any length of time the valvesI ,vet be burned and the un known to be in any way unreliable. 11 groctory ae- When one is to drive where there are E trop of the engine kill grow worse. from day to day. CAUSE OF LEAKY CARBURETOR A leaky carburetor is, in most cases caused by a little dirt lodged between the valve that the float operates and its seat, thus prevent- ing the closing of the valve. Re- move the float -chamber cover, hold something under the carburetor to catch escaping gasoline, and push down on the float, thus opening the valve and allowing gasoline to flush rapidly through the float -valve, in the hope that dirt will thus be removed. If this does not stop the trouble, drain the vacuum tank and see if the float seems to have liquid in it. in case it does, it will have to be re- placed, as it is too heavy to shut off the gasoline supply. 13y removing the valve mechanism it is possible to see if it is worn so that it does not Beat tightly. CARRY MORE THAN ONE SPARE Under favorable conditions one can carry a single spare tire and rim and "get away with it,' without much likelihood of long and annoying de- lays on the road from punctures or blowouts. The single spare is inad- equate to meet more than one tire trouble. Two spares should be car- ried as a precautionary Measure when conditions are unfavorable in any of the following respects: When any of the•ir t es that are in use are old or tche Is usually one done in a hurry, by a cut•rat:e printer, who wee not able to submit a proof to the buyer of the printing. The price at which the job was done /necessitated quick work and the; minimum attention to detail. Result ! The customer rases the printed matter much against his will,. and possibly to his detriment so far as his customers are concerned, all because the printing was done by a printer at a distance, and that the job was not checked before printing. Insist on Proofs Your home printer will always gladly submit proofs of all'. work so that it may be carefully cheeped for errors and alt- ered for appeart;nce if deemed advisable, while . any desired additions or deductions may be.freely made. 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