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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-10-12, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., OCT:12; 1939 ' . . YOUR WORLD AND MINE k (copyright) by; JOHN C. KIRKWOOD terniannenneneelnineneneennannseWANWineenneWinneneneWienne if had it -of reading the the inspiration of Isaian differed Most of us have loot the habit-/ when this doctrine was debated, how f we e Bible, yet there are still many, moat -Inman the inspiration of Shakespeare, ly old people, who read a chapter of or of St. Augustine. There was never the ,Bible each day, and there real any very satisfactery answer. It was mains a few whose Practice it is Wince asking hovv the genius en the read the Bible from front to back one differed from the genius of the each year, i others. The 'Spirit of God', as it says in the Old Testament, was upon •Nowe it hardly needs to be said them all;- also upon Michael tangelo, thatenucla in the Bible can be skinned and Raphael, Faun Copernicus and by the devout reader, and so there New. ran, upon Washington and Lin. aretoday Bibles to be had which coin,. Eani, of these men was so un - omit those portions whose reading commonly filled with power, or with by the ordinary layman wolld be a wis . awn, or with inAight, or with the sheer waste of his time. These ab- knowledge of the truth, that he per- breviated Bibles are printed after the eeived, and his neighbours perceived, manner of other books. The number- also, that he was moved by God. That ing a the "verses" ie omitted; also seemed the most direct and simple the marginal notes. (Here let it be explanation the divine impulse and Med that the insertiore of verse num- . nne the divine guidance did not relieve bers was begun by °In It'nne" them from the necessity of work; Estienne, a French printer, who used neither did it insane them against this device for the sake of easy nionin; anistak„; neither did it ob- reference in a nmairdance which he literate their individuality; rather it had planned to bring out.) Another emphasized it. What it did was so arbitrary and irritating practice was to vitalize them, so to enrich and the use of italics for certain words. strengthen their souls, that they were In the new readers' Bibles -intended able to do great deeds and to think for reading as literature - the ar- great thoughts. These men, whether rangentent of the text conforms to they wrote the books of the Bible, the way of printing novels, histories, or built character, or ruled states, or poetry. All this is gain. Even SO' made any other contribution to the these edited Bibles are not widely progress of the world, were inspired read. It is the old King James ver- of nen,/ sion, with all its irritations of verse paragraphing and numbering, and the faulty divisioning of. chapters, There remain many Christian and the setting of poems as prose, who insist that the very words of which remains the preferred Bible -,the King names version of the Bible the best-selling Bible. are God -inspired. I wonder what these persons have to say about the diffeaings words of the translations Preachers and teachers me trying from the original writings of Caed- to help us read the Bible more intel- mon, nnycliffe, Tyndal, , Coverdale, ligently-with a sounder understand- and of the men who in this present ing of its various books. Yet I won- century translated the Bible from der if there is any spiritual profit original documents - Richard G. in reading the Bible with a highly- Moulton, J. M. Fowls Smith, Edgar inforrned understanding of it regard- T. Goodspeed, and James Moffatt; ed as history, as literature. Thus, also a the men who produced the will it help one spiritually to know "revised version" of the Bible in the that Malachi is an anonymous book 80's of last century. And what have of prophetic utterances, dating from they to say about the textual inspire - the building of the temple (516 BC.) non of the Bibles as used in France, and before 444 B.C.; that the prophet Germany, SPAM and Italy, and in the denounces insincere Worshipt, regards Scandinavian countries? divorce with abhorrence, announces the approach of the day of judgment,' I do not wish to be misunderstood. emphasizes the necessity of tithes and offerings; and prophesies pros- fsarn.not trying to diseredit the 13ible. perity for the faithful? 0 that Hosea On nnn centrerY, I believe that the was an 8th century prophet who em- Bible is the word of God, that it remains the supreme book in all tne , phasiied the love and compassion. of world, that it more than any other ship between Jehovah and Israel? Jehovah and the personal relation- book reveals God to man and Inc I will concerning• man. I want to see grant readily that preachers and the )3ible exalted, to see its old-time teachers should know everything pos- influeace restored and 'widened; and sible about the Bible; and I should welcome a short introduction to each 50 1 like that book written in the , book of the Bible to inform me about 90's of last century by DrHenry Van Dyke, famous American preach - it in certain ways, so that could er and author, entitled "The Gospel understand it better; but it is the from an Age of Doubt'. The contents spiritual content which is of supreme importance to the world. I of this book are Dr. Van Dyke's lectures on preaehing delivered be - Viewed as literature the Bible is fore the divinity students oi Yale magnificent --I meaning the King' University. In his preface to his James version, but emphasizing the book Dr. Van Dyke says: "Th d e au - literary aspect and value of the Bible. Mame s in the Yale chapel appealed to is mispiaced and wrong etnphasis sel me less as students of theology than far as the man in the street -or an the trenches -is concerned. as young men with a life to live and a work to do in the modern world inthe piesent age. Around them I felt the pressure of those'great rnys- -Use and Care of the Tractor During Winter (Experimental Farms News) The tractor represents a major in- veetment in any farm business and must be woeked a maximum number a hours eaeh year to pay greatest returns on this inveetment. Winter use of farm tractors has been in- creased in many areas by the adope tion of track type tractors or farm tractor tires on wheel type tractors. The increasing winter use has brought out the need for epecial care and sorvicing during a period when ordinary farra power units are laid up, states G. N. Denike, Dominio.n Experimental Station, Swift Current, Sask. Tractors with imprOved .cooling aystente and thermostatic control as Yen' as reduced motor and chassis vibeation may be filled with a gooa grade of anti -freeze solution to pro- tect the power plant against the dangera of sudden temperatures or load changes throughout the freezing 8e300118. Cold weather tractor operation de- mands the same motor care as cold weather car or truck operation. Light weight crankcase oil, S.A.E. 10w- or 20w is essential to proper motor lub- rication. Light weight gear grease in transmiesion lend differential is equally important. The change -over to winter lubri- cants in motor, transmission, differ- ential mar pressure gun should take place as soma as the temperature normally reaches freezing. Light ubrieants of good quality will with- etand relatively high temperatures better than the heavier lubricants will vsittistand lower temperatures.; An early change -over a lubricants in the tractor which is liable to be run during the winter will reduce main- tenance costs by thorough lubrication at all times and by flushing out the accumulation of normal summer wear Which remains suspended in the heavy summer lubricants. Storage in shop or shed where the temperature may be kept above freezing will help greatly to 'reduce motor wear as well as prove very convenient. Tractors, whether hounee or not, should be given a warin-up period of from 5 to 20 minutest be- fore putting under load during ad- verse weather. Lower temperatures increase this warnaup period while warm storage will reduce it. Many long haul jobs which were formerly rushed to completion during the busy fall season may be extended through the winter to make better year-round use of the farm tweeter. Viehen weather and travel conditions become impossible for tractor use the machine will be in suitable condition for careful overhaul. This should be done each year to ensure trouble-free use during these seasons when delays are most costly. If the tractor is not to be used during cold weather, careful storage n a convenient place for overhaul is highly important. Rubber tired trac- tors should be blocked up with the weight off the 'wheels; use el a good rubber paint after cleaning will help preserve the tires; tire valves should be teamed to the top where they may be conveniently checked for air pres- sure before the blocks are removed in the spring; if only water is used in the tires as weight, it should be drained before freezing weather, and a quart of pure anti -freeze eolution placed in the tube to prevent damage from that portion of the water which cannot be thoroughly drained out. Thorough waehing and cleaning down of all parts of the motor and chassis before storage, together with fresh grease in all bearings will help prevent the rusting and coating of essential parts. Fresh paint on all worn or eeratched surfaces will pre- serve the finish and improve the value of the whole machine. I confess that I was much disturbee terious forces which are silently when I read in a book by an eminent changing the current of human literary man, Henry Seidel Canby, thought and: the face of human so - these words: "The Bible is dying. I ciety. I wanted to show that there do not mean theology, nor its hist- is a message in religion especially orieal or spiritual content. I do not fitted to meet the needs of our times. assert that its moral values have de- There is a newness in the old gospel which shines out like a sunrise upon clined, nor that as great literature it is one whit less than our ancestors the darkness and despondency that believed it to be. But an qualinea. overshadows so much of modern life. 'nom aside, the English Bible, and This aspect of Christianity centres an specifically the King James version, the person of Jesus Christ as the is losing, or has already lost, a power human life of God." over the imagination almost unex- ampled in history. It was couched I conclude this contribution to the in a prose so eich with the genius News -Record with these words, takee of a great language, arid was eta in- variably read with reverence, love or from the last chapter of a book with fear, that there is perhaps no eguly- Vile, "Biography of the Bible'', by alent instanae of the style and sub- Ernest Sutherland Bates: stance of a single book influeneing, "After periods of madness come periods of sanity. How much of what and sometimes dominating, the mold of thought and form of expression exises must quickly perish no one can foresee, but of one thing we may be of a whole people. The attitude of reverence for the Bible is gone, arulsure: if only shards and broken, pieces what is more important, tele wide and of our civilization should re - continual and often ex,clusive reading among them would still be of the Bible is gone. The Word found the Bible, whole and uninjured. win always have power, but the power of a Classic, net of a Scripture. The Bible and Biblical English will stay, will stir our emotions, but the word as an influence of privileged might and universal acceptance in dying; its moral dominion is gone." I have been reading another book about the Bible -"The Literature of the Bible", by Wilbur Owen Sypherd, professor of English, the University of Delaware -a truly excellent book about the Bible and its books, yet a book which does not pretend to deal ' with the spiritual essence at influence or teachings on the Bible. It is a study, of the Bible regarded as lit- erature, yet it does contain 5 quota- tion from the writings of Dean George Hodges which I want to pass on to my readers. Thi e extract re- letes to the "inapiration" of the Bible: were the waiters of the boons of the Bible "inspired by God"? "This vital Inspiration," says, Dean fledges, "is not pearlier to religion,. Neither is it essentially different in religion from what it is in other fields of life. People used to ask, ‘‘\\AVIA‘q\N‘ASk\kktkIPIt" g *it, s "YOUR HOME STATION" C N X 1200 kes. WINGIIAM 250 Metres WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Fri., Oct. lath: 11,15 am. Bing Crosby; 610 p.m. Farmer's, News; 7.00 Ted Steele's Novatones. Sat., Oet. 14th: 9.30 a.m. Kiddies' Party; 12,45 p.m, HilhBillies, 7.45 Barn Dame. Sum, Oct. 15th: 11.00 a.m. Dr. C. 11. Dickison, 1.00 pan. Guy Lombardo Circle; 6.00 Kay Kyser Orch; 6.15 Freddie Nfattin Orch. Mon., Oct. 16th: 11.45 a.m. "Vic- toria Regina"; 12.45 pan. The Bell Boys; 6.3p "Heart Throbs"; 7.00 "Light Up & Listen". Tues., Ott. 17th: 11.45 a.m. Dick Todd; 12.45 p.m. O'Daniel's Hillbil- lies; 1.30 Glad Tidings; 6.45 Sunset Hawaiians: Wed., Oct. 18th: t11.45 a.m. "Vic- toria Regina"; 12.45 pan. The Bell Boys; 6.10 Farmer's News; 8.00 CKNX Little Band. Thurs., Oct. 19th: 8.30 a.m. Brent - fast Club; 1.44 Lawrence Welk (nab.; 6.30 pan. "Heart Throbs"; 7.0e Carole Weyman. Happy Gang's "Goon Club" is now 300 etrong and, Hugh Bartlett, the programme's popular announcer, re- ports that since the Club was first startea during the first week in September, "goon" stories (pointless as possible) have been pouring in from Vancouver, San Francisco and all points east. The Happy Gang programme, heard five days a week on CBC network stations at 1.00 to 1.30 pare EST, from Toronto, pre - sante "goon" stories on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday at present. Continuing its highlight series de- voted to the natural resources of Canada, CBC's Feature Department announces "The Story of Furs', dramatic, sequences with music, deal- ing with the story of Canadian fere. Frank Willis is producer in charge of the series, which hae included a broadcast devoted to gold,and one giving the story of 'wheat. "The BUY CANADIAN Canadians, going to tile 'United States at present are experieteing difficulty, because of the rate of ex- change, which is against Canedian currency. Feanful of losing from Canadian 'money they may accept, many busi- ness places on the American side of the border a re declining Canadian funds: and insisting that all purchases be paid for in Aenerican funds. Since these are not procurable here, The book that outlived the Roman it pieces nonoebno who wo„ie, visit Empire will outlive any destruction; and bey in the United States in a that impenns. No nation ha,,e so as- peculiar and embarrasing prediction- sured a future, as hone had: so great nit When tourists :found this coedit:ion existed, .some of them were given gasoline on credit by American ser- vice stations, so- that they mild get. hem°. , Under these eonditions, it some THE GREATEST WORRY t the logical and oele wise tiling to do ie buy Canadian goods in Canadine, A business, man tells of a friend stores. who said to him one day: "Life- In SO doiegt the purebaser is %weld - well, it's just not worth living; ing A lot of ttonblo ansi incontvo.ne just one trouble after another. But , untx arid iStwig ,tottne, time he!ping, I'm going to try .out a 'new scheme I the ne„,teeni eon- „en Leo °neon, „ I've just engaged a young Malty penae, and whenever 1 have a worry, len a ror the &nation of the war, buy going to pass it 'ort to him, and he'll nanonion non boy Then& Inn will have to take care, of it." help win, too, "Now, thane a good idea," said the , other. "What are you going to pay WORDS OF WiS50111 him?" , Molielm was onee estked why it "A thousand a Yearn was that in inane couetriee a knee "What's` that? Yon COMPlain of was judged to be eit to goeornt wile» bad trade, And pay a man a thousami he wae eoereeen, but 'WAR not 7010W, - ed to merry nein lie was elebtoom a past. And when in the ear distant future humanity itself shall perish, it may well be that it will leave be- hind no monument any nobler than the Bible." dollars a year to take care of your woreies. Where inc you going to get the moneY to pay him?" "Well," said the friend, "T reckon thane going to be his first worry." "Because," reptiod Molten, "it io move diffieult to lent Mao t4,wilo than: a kthkgaOnle°"Willl Slated loop- It144' , I I . Story of Furst" will be head over the national network on Friday, Oc- tober 20, at 9a0 pan. Somewhere In Canada: "A Day In The Life Of A Recruit", sound pic- tures ponsenting incidents and rou- tine in the young soldier's day from reveille to ligletle out, will be the subject of a special series of broad- casts arranged by the CBC in co- operation with the Department of National Defence. The first broaa- caet, to be heard the latter part of October (tine to be announced) will explain to listeners just whet hap- pens when Ur. John Smith becomes Private Smith. With the use of concealed microphones, the aetuel scenes of the recruit's first day will be presented, from the time young Smith offers himself at the recruit- ing station to the moment of attesta- tion, when he takes the oath of al- legiance. Later broadcasts will carry forward the story of his training, with the raw recruit emerging a healthy, alert, well -disciplined sol- dier.. Plans fon his health, recrea- tion and study as well as the busi- ness of becoming an efficient man in uniform, will be dealt with in these broadcasts from "Semewbere in Canada." CBC is scheduling the rollowing daily news periods: 800 to 8.15 a.m.; 12.15 to 12.30 p.m., 6.30 to 6.45 p.m., and 11.00 to 11.15 pan, (EST). The news is heard on Sundays at 9.00 to 905 a.m., 1230 to 12.35 pm., 6.45 to 6.50 p.m., and 11.00 to 11.15 p.m. (EST). These periods have been ar- ranged in co-operation with the Can- adian. Press. The special rebroadcast of BBC News, from London, Eng- land, is heard every day except Sun- day from 4.45 to 5.15 p.m. EST over the National Network. Wedding bells will ring for Robert Farnon, one of radioland's most gift- ed young artists and Doris Veale, for- mer staff pianist for Gl3C, at Tor- onto. The marriage will take place in Toronto, October 20. "Bob" Farnon is one of the original members of the "Happy Gang" and has achieved notable success during the past two yeaes as an meanger. Bob has his own ;weekly feature this season, dir- ecting and arranging the music for the "Six Spades", a 'novelty instru- mental group heard Monday at '7.30 p.m. EST, from Toronto, with Luc- ille Cameron as vocalist. "VICTORIA REGINA" TO BE BROADCAST Victoria., Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- land, and Empress of India! With, the crowning of this royal young lady, just le years old at her corona- tion in 1838, there began one of the most glorious epochs in the annals of the British Esnpire. Victoria the Good! Victoria the Green -Her royal, human qualities won the hearts of her guineas. The length of her reign, nearly 64 years, Ws unprecedented in the world's history. The life of Victoria was studded with brilliant incidents that wove themselves into an intense, thrilling story for fixture generations of Brit- ish people. When the motion picture, "Victoria Regina" was released last year, wherever it was showed, vast were the throngs that claneoured to see her story on the silver screen. Broadcasting studios envisioned the momentous possibilities of a radio drama embracing the same thrilling story of the great queen. Months were spent on research into history, on casting, rehearsing, and finishing the beautiful drama. When completed, there were 13 chapters in the play, and it was decided to pre- sent it as a serial. Listeners in this vicinity are foe- tanate, for arrangements have been made with Your Home Station, nKNX, Wingham, to broadcast this entire story. "Victoria Regina" will start Monday, October 16th, and will be heard each Monday, Wednesday, and: Friday morning at 11.45 a.m. from CKNX (1200 kcs.) VI'RGIN IA Fine CutTobacco Pnen045 "ReatThrobs or ills" gefiixv e 'radio star in 8n'ne.cnite.son nrsteirtilnedte gnpisegrrrito, ,,, CKNX GETTING BACIn; AT THE SELLING RACKET (Chatham News) Scene time ago a well-known physi- cian received three necktiesefrom an eastern mail order house in the fol- lowing letter: "Dear Doctor -We are taking the liberty of sending you three excep- tionally fine ties. Because these ties thave the approval of thousands of discriminating dressers, we know you will like them. Please send WM"' The doctor replied as follows: "I am taking the liberty of sending you $2.00 worth of extra fine pills. These pills have helped thousands and I am sure you will appreciate my thought- fulness in sending them. Please ae- ceet -them in payment Inc the ties s which you sent me recently." The Toronto Better Business Bur- eau points out that you can eliminate the "Unordered Merchandise" racket by refusing to pay for, or return the mereliandise which you have received.. !RADIO'S 1940 SENSATION 9e- ' 'CAVALCADE OF DRAMA"' Alt Star Cast in Love, intri:gue, Roman'Adventure,Huo and Historical Facts TRE LIFE oF QUEEN VICTOR'S CKNX " MOIIIAMW-ED11.45FAal. 110 TOUR PART TO WI) THE WAR BUY CANADIAN and BUY