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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1938-04-21, Page 7YAP•.,itIL 21, 1938. lonammmemparimmumoseem THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS r THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON APRIL 24TH. Introduction to the Lesson by REV. GORDON A. PEDDIE, B.A. 0;,,rDiR_Ilial_��tlrl,i0w1,_II_R.�11_Y.4o�.n_it_ t�0_R�Ri11sRs11_OOI,Y f Golden Text. -=Mark 9:7. Lessen Text—Mark 9.2-10 In the .opening verses of the pis tie to the Romans • Paul" declares that Jesus Christ who "was made of the -seed of David according to the flesh," was "declared to be the Son .of God withpower, according- to the Spirit of Holiness, by the resurrection from the dead." There • can be" no doubt :that it is only in the light of the Ris- en Christ that the New Testament 'writers see the significance of the man, . Jesus of Nazareth. It is the Resur- rection that enables the Apostles to find in the despised and rejected, cru- cified, Son of Man the Eternal Son of ales. We are told that they were God. Yet there are not lacking evi- sore afraid; and that Peter talked dentes to show that even before the resurrection there were certain mani- festations given to, the Apostles which pointed, even before the event, beyond themselves to the hidden Christ; and by which manifestations it was given to the Apostles, to confess, however feebly, their Lord, The miracles of Jesus may be re- garded (as we saw in our lesson on Mark 1:29-45) as "signs" pointing '.beyond themselves to the ABSOLUTE miracle of the resurrection. The in- sight bestowed upon Peter by the • Father •in heaven whereby the Apos- tle is enabled to confess Jesus as the ly what is indicated. in our lesson text. Just as, out of the darkness of the crucifixion, in which, in the flesh. of Jesus, the ;law and the prophets are put to death, there emerges in the resurrection the glorious Christ as sole Victor; so, also out of the cloud which overshadows Moses and Elijah and Jesus' there comes a voice giving authority to ONE only, as the Word to be heard: and there remains no man, save Jesus only, with the Apostles. (Mark 9:7,8). One further word, The glory of the transfiguration of Jesus and the ap- pearance of Moses and Elijah is too much for Peter, and the other Apos- nonsense—for he did not know what to say. (Mark 9:6). "Let us make three tabernacles," said Peter, "one for thee, and o n e f o r Moses, one for Elijah." (9:6). Peter did greatly err: first though Jesus is named first and thus given pre-emi- nence, yet Moses and Elijah are also put in the 'same class with their Lord. Let the modern Church which ascribes the pre-eminent place in God's scheme of revelation to Jesus, but at the sante time finds certain elements of goodness and beauty and truth (in just a lower degree) in the Old Testament and indeed in all re - Christ (Mark 8:29; Matt. 16:17) is ligions, learn again that the Scripture yet another disclosure to the Apostles, says of such a word, You do not know before the resurrection, of that which what you say! And Peter's second historically does not come to pass until Christ is risen. The subject of this week's lesson, the Transfigure- tion of Jesus, must also be regarded in this light,—that is, it provides the nothing save impious idolatry. Not apostles with a glimpse, before the only is this desire a denial of the • time, into the glory of the Risen Lord l Lord: it is also a misunderstanding while yet, until after the crucifixion,�of the Law and the Prophets. Yet they shall know him only as the hu -,our age is prone to just such a de- miliated, suffering, servant of flesh nial of Jesus Christ by our desire"to and Mood. It is because, these tnani-,make Ris li:ingdom VISIBLE by giv- festations, including the Transfigur- ing visibility to • Moses '. on the one ation, are just glimpses of an event hand and to Elijah on the other. We • not yet accomplished within this seek to erect Moses' tabernacle when world, and of a glory not yet reveal-; the take the written word of Scrip - ed, that causes our Lord to say (as he'ture and, forgetful of the Lord to • said also on many occasions of his whom it witnesses and the Spirit :miracles) "that they should tell no whick alone gives it life, we bow be. • man what things they had seen, til'( fore the BIBLE as though IT were the Sou of .man were risen from the our LORD—there is an.idolatry of dead." (Mark 9:9). the, the most pious may be guilty; The writer of the Epistle to the and its name is BIBLIO'LATRY: e Hebrews begins with the words, "God,' worship of the: letter, a visible taber- who at sundry times and in divers' nacle, of the law. We seek to erect manners spake in time past unto thea tabernacle for Elijah, the prophet, fathers by the prophets, hath in when we think that the Kingdom of these last days spoken unto us by God becomes visible in our religious His Son" (Heb. 1:1,2). In our leHand "spiritual" experiences, and chains son text we are brought face to face, for man some natural and inherent with the prophet Moses as lawgiver) faith, or power of will. We crave a and the prophet Elijah (as represene direct visible authority in the Bible tative of the other prophets)and San (as law)in our veli 'sus experiences g i (by whom God hath spoken in these (as typified by the "prophetical" els last days). We must face the Ones- Ment) and consequently crave also 'tion, What is the relationship between visibility for our Lard and His I{ing- Moses and Elijah and Jesus; between dom. It is not, then, without reason the law and the prophets and the Son that the modern Church, like Peter, of God? knows net what it does. error.lay in this, that he would build earthly tabernacles for men received into glory, and for the Lord of glory Himself. This' could have resulted in The relationship may be said to be twofold: first, the law and the proph- ets are not contrary - to, but agree with, -Jesus Christ, The Son of God collie's not to destroy, but to fulffiI • that to which the law and the proph- ets witness (Matt. 5:1'7). Jesus What of the Future? Canadahasaccepted all the apper- tenances of nationhood withdut ac- Christ, the Eternal Word of God is cepting the responsibility. the hidden meaning, the true signifi- . In a world that seems headed away Bance, of the law and the prophets from peace towards war, Canada (see John 5:46; 1 Cor^, 10:1-4). God's stands alone and defenceless. Other revelation of Himself does not "pro- nations are casting eyes on Canada, grass" from lower to higher stages a land- with vast resources' and room (as the modern church would have us for notch more postulation. Three na- believe) as we pass from the Old to tions already have overflowed their -the New Testament; but rather the national borders in a quest for new Old and New Testaments are ONE land. WORD, the reality and harmony of I If we, the people of Canada, are which is Jesus Christ. This mutual knot prepared to defend this land, who, agreement of the law and the pro- then is? phets with Jesus Christ '• as their real-' Britain, involved in the east and in ity is indicated in our lesson text by a turbulent and. tremulous ErTope is the fact that Moses and Elijah appear 'not m a position to give defense' to with Jesus and talk with him, .The Caatada in a time of emergency. parallel passage in Luke tells us that l The position. of Canada has been the subject of the conversation was' seen clearly by Hon. Ian Mackenzie, .Jesus' "decease which he should ac minister of national defense: He hart complish at Jerusalem". (Luke' 9:31).'summed un that position forcibly in Bythis it is clearly indicated that the ' a manner with which all those inter - law and the ;^rophets not only haveestecl must agree. Christ as their true thence, but also Isere are his wordy: that, evenbefore the time,they point , Wa opal decide on the breed de - to Christ in His capacity of the fel- fensive requirements necessary to ;filler of the law by means of bring- 1 give effective protection to those ing it to an end in Inc sacrificial ;national interests, which, if necessary, • death. should be protected liy force of atinns This brings us to the second aspect We must define the individual ane. of the relationship between the law collective functions of each part of ',and the prophets' and.' Jesus: `that as, the broad defensive organization. We since Jesus is in agreement with the must decide on the organization, law and the prophets as the true con -strength, composition, equipment and 4,ent of theirtestimony, he is there -i distribution of the sea. land and cal - fore in Himself also 'the" END of 'the lective tasks. Our policy must pro - 'law and 'the prophets... Raving tests- I vide, for not only the activities of the fled to Him, and having testified to three, fighting services in peace and His death (by which death they twat but of the whole national effort themselves are brought to an end) of war. We must be prepared to pro - 'the law and -the prophets, ,'that is -Vide the funds necessary to give ef- PAGE,7; HEALTH ROAD SIGNS Even though, we experienced a snow storm early in April which would have done .credit to January, yet •by the calendar we know 'that Spring is here, and Scanner is first over the crest of the hill. Those who have cars think of.sum- mer as a time of jaunting, a time When the picnic basket is packed, the family piled into the car' and the sun- shine and cool air of the country is sought. As we travel along the roads we notice with a great deal of interest the different road signs. How true to life they are! There are signs pointing out the different highways, and we know by experience that if we get on to the wrong highway we will find ourselves perhaps miles from our destination. We are forced to come back `to 'the right highway in order to reach our objective.. So it is in life, we have Jesus Christ as our aim,, but temptations creep in, and like Christian in "Pil- grims :Progress," we are lured out of mu- strai} ht path on tie the broad way, and before we can have the comfort of our Christian hope we mustcome back to the narrow way.' We notice too as we drive along a great sign like a checker board. We know that this means imminent dang- er. If eve persist indriving into that sign nue will in all probability run into a steep embankment or some- thing equally dangerous. Iu our lives the Bible is our guide, and as eve read its pages and follow its injunctions, we are able, to: see temptation ahead of us and by con- stant prayer to Him who knows all our temptations `and who was tempt- ed like as we are; we are able to rise above everything that would pull us down. Sometimes this checker board of danger is unheeded and death results. So, if we eontipue'to ignore the teach- ings of the Bible, we can have no hope of Eternal life with Jesus Christ. Near Owen Sound there is a sign with the admonition, "Beep to the Right, You are responsible." That is a warning full of truth. We live our own individual lives and we alone are responsible to God for our doings here on Earth. If we follow some one else's guiding acid da wrong we cannot put the blame anywhere but on ourselves. We have God's word as ourguide, and if we refuse to ,read it and be led by it, then we must bear the consequences of our folly Let us beware lest we so act that we may lead some one else bete wrong. "To every man there openeth A way, and ways, and a way. cl irn hi The high soul climbs its the highway y And the low soul gropes the low, And in between on the misty flats The rest drift too and fro, But every man decideth which way His soul shall go." —"PEG." That Sweepstakes Legislation Ontario stands amazed at what her legislators have done in the way of promoting sweepstakes legislation. Yet facts are stubborn. things . and cannot be evaded. It must not be .ov- olooked that the voting in favour of gambling was done by men who were elected by the voters of this province. These legislators are not dull men, ignorant of the state of 'public opin- ion, -These men are not eager to vote themselves to stay at home, Their vote was not a snapshot affair but one taken after each voter had an op- portunity of "getting word from horse" as to what their' constituents thought on the matter. No vote in the Ontario legislature ever was more deliberately taken. The vote was cast with the full knowledge of the folk in every constituency "who run things." The unconsulted folk in this matter were set down as "these who don't count but who; will cone round all right on election day.';' There is, of course, the other side to this. The last word, the Ontario members of parliament know rests with the Dominion, parliament. With this in view the Ontario politicians, say: ' It'S up to 'King and Bennett. Our vote is just a straw affair,. Why not be on good terms with both the hare and the hounds." Then there is the third side; Gamb- ing is wrong. It is an offence against all that is good: It's slimy trail leaves ruin in its wake. Yet we have the vote of the Ontaria legislature; a vote made by. men for whose election the vote1 s of this Province are re- sponsible,. What have these voters Moses and may disappear,feet to the above requirements;' — to say about this situation? 'arm scene. And Ibis' is precise- 'Iti ncardme News. 1 -Exeter Times -Advocate. eeeteetteeelateleeteetetteeesteatieleteae 3« ": +_. Tested «x = 9 . 41 Recipes 3; t i�,, et Tomato Sauce 2 cups tomatoes 1 onion 1 tablespoon flour 1 tableslioon butter Quarter teaspoon salt Eighth teaspoon pepper. Simmer " tomatoes, olden, salt and pepper. Strain through a sieve;. add better and flour mixed with a little water. Cook until smooth. Baked Pork Tenderloin Half Ib. fat pork 4 large pork tenderloins 1 cup cracker crumbs 1 cup boiling water 2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon salt Half teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning. Wipe tenderloins with damp cloth. With sharp knife make deep pocket lengthwise in each tender- loin (laying tenderloin flat on mak- ing incision along the side). Melt butter in water, . add seasonings and cracker crumbs,combining all thor- oughly and fill sockets. Gut point into long thin strips and lay on top of tenderloins; place in 'baking pan and bake in moderate oven of 375 de- grees for 45 minute', basting fre- quently. Chicken Fricassee 1 chicken (at least 1 year old) Butter 1 teaspoon lemon juice Half teaspoon celery• salt Flour 1 cup cream or milk 1 egg Quarter teaspoon pepper. Singe, dress and wash chicken. Cut into pieces and wipe each piece with damp cloth; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roll in flour and brown in butter•. Cover with boiling water and simmer for forty minutes. Remove chicken and reduce stock to 2 cups. Melt 1 tablespoon butter; add 2 tab- lespoons flour, and seasonings; grad- ually add broth and lemon juice, stir- ring constantly, and cook until smooth. Add eream or milk scalded and pour slowly over dlell-beaten egg. Arrange chicken .on hot platter and pour hot sauce over it. Garnish with. toast points. Tip Top Ginger Cake cup butter or shortening Half cup molasses Quarter teaspoon salt Half cup white sugar 2 eggs 1% cups pastry flour 1 teaspoon ginger P g g Half cup cold water 1 teaspoon socia 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Cream butter, or shortening, and sugar; add beaten egg. , 2 -Combine soda and 'molasses and add to mixture No. 1. 3 -Sift flow; with ginger, cin- namon and salt and add, alternately, with water, to mixture No. 2. 4 - Bake in moderate oven of 350 de- grees for 85 minutes. Trifle. Stale cake Fruit 1 tablespoon white sugar 2 :tablespoons powderedsugar 1 cue milk 2 eggs Flavouring - Eighth teaspoon salt. Cut calce into slices and arrange layers- of cake and fruit in buttered casserole, having cake on. top,, Beat egg yolks; add salt, white sugar, milk and flavouring and pour over cake and fruit. Let stand 15 minutes, Shen' bake in moderate oven of 360 degrees until almost firm. Cover with meringue of stiffly beaten egg whites and 2 tablespoons powdered sugar. Bake in slow even of a00 de- grees until golden brown. Dutch Apple Pudding Quarter cup butter 1 egg Half; teaspoon salt Quarter cup white sugar 2-3 cup milk 2 tuns, Bout, 31 .teaspoons baking powder 1-8 teaspoon' cinnamon. 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 apples. 1 Cream butter and sugar, add well - beaten egg. Sift flour: with baking powder and salt and add, alternately, with milk, to first mixture. Pour in greased pan,. Core apples, pare and cut into, eights and place in rowson batter, pressing sharp edges into ,it. Sprinkle with brown sugar, mixed with cinnamon, Bake in moderate: oven 350 degrees for 30 to 40 min- utes. Serve hot with cream or pud- ding sauce. COOKING CARE OF CHILDREN SUBSTITUTES liES Even those of us who are not scien- tists are becoming quite familiar with two words, that mean a great deal to the present generation'anal are likely to prove of very much greater value to the generations to come. Synthet- ics add plastica are fast becoming household words. By synthetics we mean compounds formerly obtained from natural sources,, that are now built up artificially by the union of simpler compounds or elements. For ordinary•pwposes however the words alternatives or 'substitutes seem to convey the meaning. For example, we all know what rubber is, and that we, M this coun- try, gob most 01 the raw material front British Malaya. We know that there is now such a thing as synthetic tubber, a compound' which can be made to take the place -of rubber. We know` that indigo blue was ob- tained originally from a plant in In- dia. It is one of the oldest known dyes, but it, has been largely sup- planted by various synthetic blues, in- cluding indigo. Chemists have given us the artificial varieties and, since the beginning of the present century, natural indigo cultivation has greatly declined. A plastic is a synthetic substance that can be moulded under heat and pressure to any desired shape and which, when cooled, retains that shape. It begomes useless for any other purpose. One of these is plas- aacele which snakes the new boxes so light in weight, durable and easy to clean—a great thing for the dressing room for you can see what is con- tained in the boxes without opening them. They are just as clear as glass. These new raw materials tell us golden stories of progress that in the hurley burley of modern life we light- ly consider. • The scientist gives us the stories of substitutes in a way all his own. He is an adventurer just as much as' Was Cook or Magellan. He is urged to his task by the thrill of discovery and he works on and on and on, dominat- ed by the desire to find something that will be of benefit to his fellow men. So, it is not unexpected to find that these (hardworking adventurers preface the -announcement of the re- cycle of their achievements with sim- ple, easily remembered tales. In the year 1868, billiard players were alarmed at the prospect of a shortage of elephant tusks from Af- rica. Billiard balls were made from that ivory. To protect the growing market for billiard balls and piano keys a manufacturer _offered a prize of ten thousand' dollars to anyone who could find a reliable ivory substitute. A young American. printer, John Hy- att, found it. By treating cotton linters with nitric acid, Hyatt pro- duced a cellulose nitrate solid which filled the bill. It wasthe world's first plastic. Young girls of today, practising their piano exercises, touch with their fingers beautiful cream -white keys, but their mothers and grandmothers fingered keys that were yellow with age, for natural ivory became yellow very quickly. The • first time you have a chance to examine an old spin- et, 'look at the keys. What we call the white ones, will be brownish. The arrival of substitutes was one welcomed by all, particularly by those who are forever searching for gems. The Hindus prize the ruby above all other precious stones. It is said to bring its wearer, health, wealth, wis- dom and happiness, and is the emblem of true love.: It is called the most previous of the twelve stones God created when He made all creatures. By the Lord's coin Band the ruby was placed on Aaron's neck. Synthetic rubies were first placed on the market in 1900 and synthetic sapphires about ten years later. Those which most perfectly reproduc- ed the genuine were exported to the Orient where they were cut by natives and often sold to tourists as genuine ones. A zealous 'young missionary, with a sparse pocketbook, once pur- chased a ruby ring for his lady, and when he returned hone to Termite to marry her, presentedthe ring to her. She learned later on that it was an imitation, but, like the true' lady she was, she never told her husband that he had been gypped.: Nowadays we have all sorts of sub stitntee for tlae oxeensive jewellery that at one time could only be pur- chased by the rich. They are very beautiful, which after all is the main object . and, when a young girl can ;procure for a few cents what her mother had to pay as many dollars for, why not? The pleasure is hers just the same, rind she is adorned ;just as much as her wealthy sisters,. Go into a ten -cent store and you will see baubles on display that a' king's ran- som couldn't have bought before syn- thetics arrived and yet a robber would not think it worth while to steal. The scientists have done much to put all people on a level. They are great socialists. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. THE HOUSE OF HAPPINESS Take what God gives, 0 heart of mine, And build your house of happiness. Perchance some have been given more; But many have been given less. The treasure lying at your feet, Whose value you but faintly guess, Another builder, looking on, Would barter heaven to possess. Have you found work that you can do? Is there a heart that loves you best? Is there a spot somewhere called home Where, spent and worn, your soul may rest? A friendly tree? A book? A song? A dog that loves your hand's car- ess? A store of health to meet life's needs.? Oh, build your house of happiness! Trust not tomorrow's dawn to• brin The dreamed -of joy for which y wait; You have enough of pleasant thin To house your soul in goodly state; Tomorrow 'Time's relentless stream May bear what now you have away; Take what God gives; 0 heart, and build • Your house of happiness today! —B, Y, Williams, POOL PICTURES After a rain, when the sky is soft blue With racing white clouds and the sun's peeping through, Gay little pools are left, shining and bright Like mirrors with pictures, for children's delight, Of people and houses, of clouds, and of trees. The pictures are ruffled and blur- red by the breeze As though they were dancing and wanting to play— , And that's why the bright little pools are so gay! —Marian Parker. g au What need of any haste?" we say, gs "Tomorrow's longer than today," —St. John Adcock.- THE dcock.- TEE DAY BEYOND When youth is with us, all thing seem But lightly to be wishedand won;.' We snare tomorrow in a dream, And take our toll for work undone "For life is long, and time a stream ,That sleeps and sparkles in the sun— What need of any haste?" we say, "Tomorrow's Ionger than today." And when tomorrow shall destroy That heaven of our dreams, in vain Our hurrying manhood we employ To build the vanished bliss again: We, have io leisure to enjoy: "So few the years that yet remain; So much to do, and ah!" we say, "Tomorrow's shorter than today." And when our hands are worn and weak, And still our labors seen unblest, And time goes past us like a break Last twilight waning to the west; "Itis not here—the blisswe seek, Too brief is life for happy rest; BEFORE THE DAY In that one darkest hour before the dawn is here Each soul of us goes sailing close to the coast of Fear. There is the windless quiet, from out the folded black, The thingshave w e h ve fetgotten — or would forget—come back. Old sovrows, long abandoned, or kept with lock and key, Steal from their prison places to bear us company, All softly come our little sins— our scarlet sins—and grey, To keep with us a vigil till breaking of the day. Anti there are velvet footsteps or oft we seeps to hear Light garments brush against the dark, so near—so very near. From out the red confusion where men long watches keep, New shadows come: we know they come—and in the dark we weep. Then heavily, as weighed by tears, each haunted moment goes,' For Dawn steps down the morning sky in robes of grey and rose. 0 fairies of the moonlight and elves no eye hath seen, Brew us a magic Motion of deep and fairy power, A draught of Lete—for one night--. , to tide us past that hour. • -Visna, Sheard, NO PAGAN CHRIST Isaiah: 52-53 — II Cor,, 3:18 How strange is truth; The pagan will contrive To paint a Christ that childish eyes regard As beautiful int symmetry. 'Tis hard To disenchant a child of four cit• five, Not this the Christ the Bible cloth describe, When I reread Isaiah, prophet -bard, I read of One whose visage was so marred More than the face of any man alive. Since the character is stamped upon the face, Recording angels mark in faces all The soul has suffered, mastered,sac- rificed; So it becomes that they who, merit grade ' Must grow in Iove, according tog Saint Paul, In likens . to t esthe eimage afthe Chriat . --James Campbell Guthrie.. AT EVENING SHALL BE LIGHT All day the sable clouds had cast o'er earth a sable hue— My heart was heavy with its load, and darkened all my view; But as the day waned to its, close, 10! in the West there came The glory of a roseate glow and therm a burst of flame, Which soon suffused those sable clouds w 11 h colors dazzling bright, - Recalling to my drooping heart, "at evening shall be light." The ruddy sun sank slowly to its crimson nest, Upon the rippling waters of old Lake • Huron's breast— A sphere of molten gold in form, a fairy -land it seemed, Peopled with all bright visions which poet -minds had dreamed Its fiery rays streamed widely o'er water and o'er sky, As if from, out the open (loots of mansions up on high Had issued forth on gold -tipped feet, angelic cohorts vast, Their faces bright with heavenly light, 'their burnished arms out- cast, Topledge anewGod's sg1scions Word, with hopeful promise bright— That to earth's weary weeping ones "al'evening shall be light!" —Exchange. ,'hap -and -Water Baths for Orchids In Canada, within twenty-five miles of Toronto, is the largest collec- tion of orchids in the world. In. grow- ing orchids commercially, this firm Mee to emulate as far as possible, Nature's way of producing these gorgeous flowers. The glass of the hothouses is covered with a 'white coating so that the sunshine can fil- ter through like the light in the jun- gle. No earth is used but the roots of the orchid are plantecl'in a massy substance, usually chapped -up peat. The potted plants are set on the steps of a "grandstand" and arewat- ered by means of a fine spray from, below. Here, again, nature has been copied, and the rising' steam from the, jungle swamp is duplicated as closely as .possibly. The orchid breathes through its leaves and the dust and dirt,from the: air collect on the leaves and tend to smother the plants. These leaves are big and shiny and hard, and must be washed with soap and water to clean them. The orchid blooms but once a year and on eachplant be from' _ a there may one to two dozen, bloom. Every shade and colour of the spectrum is seem in the thousands of varieties of or - Odds. MODERN SAILOR SCORNS OLD-TIME SUPERSTITIONS The modern sailor has few super- stitions.' In square rigger days a sailor always wore a charm and wale forever on the watch against evil ore - ens. The drowning of a ship's cat foretold catastrophe and if the cap- tain stumbled on the gangplank squalls would beset the voyage. But all thatis gone, say the skippers of today. Sailors will set sail on Fri+ day orany other day. ,;�.: ' ,lei