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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
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CHANGING OVER THE LIVING ROOM
The housewife who wants her liv-
-ittg room to radiate hospitality while'
zit maintains an air of dignity', may
well choosepanelled walls as a back -
;;ground for the furnishings. A room
that has become tiresome will take
on new life with the added' distinction
-of panelled walls.
One housewife decided on this
,means of bringing the interior of her
?house up to modern fashion. She did
not feel that the expense of making
...structural changes to the house was
..justified, so•concentrated her efforts
' .on the rooms in which the family
• spent most of its time.
The wall panels used were in an in-
-teresting design. The wood was not
..of a uniform size and the irregularity
--kept the room from too formal an
•=atmosphere. Over the mantel small
sign, . obviating the necessity of any
wall decoration.
Chinese tiles were used in the fire-
place, striking a note of colour against
the sombre background of the wood,
The floor was refinished and leaded
windows replaced the regulation ones
which had formerly graced the room.
When the transformation of the
room had been completed the owner
had gay chintz covers made, for the
furniture and matching drapes hung.
No curtains were used at the leaded
windows. The entire character of the
room was changed and the family
had an individual room which stood
out from others of the neighborhood.
Funds for modernization and rede-
coration of the home are now avail-
able under the generous terms of the
:=;squares of the panelling formed a de- Hom Improvement Plan.
Mrs. Mitchell F. Hepburn
(Article written by L. B. Birdsall, The Tines Journal, St. Thomas, Ont.)
.Successful homemaker, devoted wife
rand mother, and a business woman of
^proven ability, Premier M. F. Hepburn
has its Airs. Hepburn an assistant and Co-
worker. whose worth' cannot be 'under-
estimated. The First Lady of the Pro-
vine is a quiet, home -loving woman, a
.$raoious hostess to the many who. visit
•o the Hepburn farm residence, four miles
south-east of the city of St. Thomas.
1 Both she and the Premier are the very
,• soul of hospitality. Their home is al-
, ways open to, their friends and acquaint-
.• ances—atgd be it said to their credit that
their warmest friends are.still the people
', who have known thein for years. Like
J' her popular husband, the Premier, Mrs.
Hepburn has not permitted political
success to turn her head. She is the
a same unaffected person she was 12 years
i. -ago when Mitch" Hepburn was just a
1 hustling young Elgin county farmer.
Pride 'In Home
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COOKING
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
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Lesson Text -1 John 3:1-6; 18-24,, is my righteousness- before God, and
I .can receive the . same and make it
my own in no other way than by
faith only,"
Again we ask, What the is faith?
And now we are prepared to answer
that, in view of its Object (Jesus
Christ in whom alone we come to life
and enter into sonship), faith is itself
the work of God within the heart of
;man. Calvin is right when he says,
"It is accounted by the world exceed-
ingly paradoxical when it is affirmed
that no one can believe in Christ but
he to whom it is given." But faith
itself knows that before God it is
robbed of every conceivable possibil-
ityof boasting and gladly confesses,
though the world deride it, that it is
wholly dependentupon the grace of
God. The man of faith joyfully ac-
knowledges that the Life which is
his, whether of heart or mind or soul,
is born not of "blood' nor of the will
of .the flesh, nor of the will' of man,
but of God." (John 1:13). Christian
sonship in its entirety comes "from
above" (John 3:3 A. V. margin). The
"sons of God" are "born of the •Spi-
rit"John 3:5).
Turning briefly to the writings of
St. Paul we see that he sets before.
us the non -meritoriousness of faith
as a human: work in the most clear-
cut words, as for example, Eph. 2:8,
"For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves, it
Golden. Text—John 1:12.
The .title of this week's lesson is,
'Christian Sonship'. The texts are
taken from the Epistle and the Gos-
pel of John. In all the Johannine
writings there is a very definite Pur-
pose before the mind of the author.
We are told what is this purpose in,
John 20:30,31, and in 1 John 5:18.
We quote the former passage, "Many
other signs truly did Jesus , , . which
are not written in this book; but
these: are written that ye ;night be-
lieve. that Jesus is the Christ, ,the
Son of God: and that believing ye
might have life through his name."
In declaring his purpose John thus
gives voice to a twofold word — he
states that only in the name of Je-
sus, Christ is life to be found, and
.that this Jesus is known as the Christ
only through faith. Thus 'Christian
sonship', according to the Johannine
writings (and here they are in strict
agreement with the Scriptures as a
whole) is a "right" o r "privilege",
which sinful man has only in Jesus
Christ; and in Him .only by faith.
"That mien as such are the children
of God, that God is a Father to them
as such, neither the Old nor the New
Testament states. But according to
the Old Testament Israel is chosen
and called out of the mass of the na-
tions to . be the children of Jehovah.
As Hosea 11:1 says, 'Out of Egypt is the gift of God." While faith as a
have I called my son.' (Our last "saving grace" wrought in us "from
quarter's lessons ought to have pre- above' is asserted -with equal clarity
pared us for this word). And by a when he says, "The things of God
"new birth", and so by a re-founda- icnoweth no ratan but the spirit of Goch,
tion of his natural existence, man, and spiritual things are spiritually
according to the New Testament„ is discerned", (1. Coy. 2:1.1,14). The
transposed into ,this sonship" (Karl whole anatter is sunned up by the
Barth). Men receive "power to be-
come the sons of God" only by the
re-creating act of God 'Himself upon
man. But we are told that this "son -
ship" finds entrance into man's life
by faith -in view of this seemingly
contradictory fact it is evident that
we must ask in all sosiiousness,"What
is this 'faith' by which such a nighty
and blessed work of God becomes
ours?" Has every ratan faith? That
would be to deny the truth that men God!" (1 John 3:1). It is out of
become the sons of God only through such faith that there will arise with -
faith. Is faith a natural capacity in in the Church a prayerful, expectant
waiting for the "appearing of the
Lord" (v.2), and for the "manifesta-
tion of the sons of God" (v.2 and
Rom: 8:19). It is out of such faith
tht there will emerge within the
Church a people whose daily fight it
is to "purify itself" (v,3); a people
who will know that it is "God who
worketh in them both to will and to
do of His good pleasure" (Phil. 2:13).
It is out of such faith --the veritable
act of the Love of God—that His chil-
dren will arise to "love one another,
not in word, neither in tongue, but
in deed and in truth." (v.18). It is
out of such faith, and out of the obed-
ience which it brings, that God's peo-
ple will draw near to the throne of
grace with boldness (Heb. 4;16)
knowing that "whatsoever they ask,.
Remaining at Ibe helm while the Pre-
mier was attending to the affairs of state
at Queen's Park, Toronto, has hot les,'
served ivtts. 1lepburn'srpride in home, nor
n the things that hear the stamp of the
gentlewoman, Her hone and home sur-
roundings both claim her attention. She
is an ardent horticulturist. To her the
finest recreation is to get out in her spa-
cious gardens, with her two happy chil-
dren, six-year-old Peter, and three-year-
old Patricia, working among her flowers,
or supervising some new . landscaping
scheme or decorative unit. A great job
entered the Hepburn household with the
arrival of the Premier's and Mrs; Hep-
burn's adopted son and daughter. Denied
children 5f -their own, both Have opened
their hearts to the two• children. Peter
was the first to arrive, a sturdy little
boy, always asking questions pertaining
to the toughed and one wonders of his
new life and every inch' a yoong.farmer.
Then carne Palaic ia, sunny -tempered
little Patricia with more than a glint of
red gold in'her curled tresses. No mother.
could be more devoted to the 'welfare
of Inc childen, Every Sunday morning
when theyare at hone, Peter and Patsy
accompany their mother to the little vil-
lage of 'Union to attend Sunday' School in.
the little United church that. stands not
far distant from the little country school
where Premier Hepburn acquired his
first knowledge of the alphabet and
words of one syllable. 'Mrs. Hepburn
was brought up in the Presbyterian faith
—good Scottish Presbyterianism, but fol-
lowing church union she affiliated with
the United church,. attending the little
church in Union where Peter and Patsy,
now attend Sunday School. Incidentally,
it was the sante church that the Premier
attended in his boyhood'*
Onlya comparatively few people know
and appreciate Mrs Hepburn's business
ability. Inning the Position of Prime
Minister of Ontario, treasurer of the
1 province, president of the cabinet couu-
• til, as well as looking after two or three
. other portfolios within • the . last few
• months hasn't given . Premier Hepburn
much time to devote 1.0 his farming oper-
•, ations-•not nearly as much as he would
•• like to devote to them. And Pi'entier
' Hepburn isn't' a small farmer: He has'
' nearly 1,000 acres of land under cultiva
tion or under...pasturage in South Yar-
mouth, while his farming activities are
diversified, to say the least. Somebody
had to manage that' big farm during the
Premier's absence on official duty and
'the responsibility fell on Mrs. Hepburn.
She has looked after the farm manage-
,. 'tient exceptionally well, attending to
1r the various' details as capably as any ex-
, r .i erienced man cottltl.
The Premier placesimplicit faith in
C. hersound jadgment. Born and raised
• 'on a farm, daughter of the of the nost
•.progressive and • praeticai 'farmers in
Southwold township, Mrs. Hepburn has
s a practical 'knowledge of farming and-
-farm
nd-farm life Sat has stood her in good
stead,
CARE OF CHILDREN
In most gardens at this time of the
year there is a plentiful supply, of
carrots,. and even if the supply has
lien depleted, they can, be easily and
cheaply purchased, so that there is
no need for anyone to do without this
Wholesome vegetable. There is an
old saying to the effect that carrots
makes curly locks; this may be true,
and then again, it may not, but it is•
true that carrots are good for •bne,
and that they do help . in preserving
that schoolgirl complexion. Here are
some tempting ways two serve them.
Carrots au Gratin
2 cups cooked diced carrots
1 tbsp. minced onion
1-3 cup grated cheese.
1-4 tsp, 'paprika �•`
Cream sauce.
• Make a cream sauce by using 14.
cups milk, 2 tbsp. butter and 2 tbsp.
flour. Cook until thick. To this add
the cheese, onion and paprika, and
finally, the diced carrots. Mix well,
place in a buttered baking dish and
cover with buttered crumbs. Bake in
a moderate oven for 25 minutes.
Note: To cook old carrots, boil for
20 to 40 minutes, and young carrots
should be boiled for 30 to 40 minutes.
Apostle in 1 Cor. 12:3 when he says,
"No man can say that Jesus' is the
Lord, ,but by the Holy Ghost." (See
also Matt. 16;13-18).
It is out of such faith that the glor-
ious words of John will find an echo
in the Church to -day, "Behold what
manner of love the Father hath be-
stowed upon us"—altogethor help-
less, utterly unworthy as we are—
"that we should be called the sons of
the heart of man? That would be to
deny our dependence for sonship up-
on an act of God, and would bring a
human work to the fdrefront as the
life-saving power.. Has the man of
faith something in himself in which
he may glory over against the man
of unbelief? That would be to deny
that the "calling" and the "giving"
issued of God's free grace alone, and
would place some men above the soli-
darity . of sin from which no man in
reality is free.
What then is faith? The Shorter
Catechism answers, "Faith in Jesus
Christ is a saving grace,+whereby we
receive and rest upon Him alone for
salvation, 'es He is offered us in the
gospel. "Now the Heidelberg Cate-
chism perceives that even such a
phrase as, "upon Him alone" may not the shall receive of Him" (v.22). It
suffiee to prevent the natural pian is out of such faith that there will
from talcing some little merit to him arise within the Church a new confi-
self by reason of the fact that be be-
lieves, and, therefore, in answer to
the question, "Why sayest thou' that
thou are righteous only by faith'?" it
states, in antaingly.cleat terms; "Not
that I em acceptable to God on ac-
count of the worthiness of 'my faith;
but because only the \satisfaction,
righteousness, and holiness of Christ they cry, "Abba Father" (Rom 8:15).
The First Lady of_Ontario is a busy
woman — bosy farm woman. She has
no ' time for snobbery but always time
to welcome and entertain old friends.
She is the same Eva Burton Hepburn
who was born on the old Port Stanley
Highway in Southwold township, near
the historic village of Fingal, a little
better than 37 years ago. She is the
same girl whom the future Premier of
Ontario courted about 18 years ago and
took to 'oral dances, church socials and leads to Life Eternal. The choosing
garden parties in ;lie;, old family 'flivver.
dente in the "abiding presence of
Christ"—a confidence which this faith
shall ascribe, not to itself, but to the
"Spirit which He hath given us"
(v.24). It is out of such faith that
the sons of God, having "received the
Spirit of adoption", will lift up their
hearts daily in unspeakable joy, while
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THIS MODEST CORNER IIS DEDICATED
TO THE FOErQS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs -Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad ,But Always Helpful
and Inspiring.
Carrot Fritters
2 eups cooked mashed carrots
1 tsp. sugar
1-2 tsp. salt
1 egg we11 beaten
1-16 tsp. white pepper
1-2 cup flour.
Combine the hot, finely trashed
carrots well with the sugar, salt, pep-
per and egg. Stir the flour in thor-
oughly. Shape by rounding table-
spoonfuls. Fry deep fat, 375 F„ for
two minutes. Drain on soft paper.
has been voluntary. Jesus will never
AUTUMN force Himself on anyone. lie is wait-
ing ,to acdept us, but we must ask
Him to come into our hearts.
The sap going, into the branches
signifies that we should not keep
the Gospel of, Jesus to ourselves. We
must'pass it on to others.It may bo
that God will give us the opportunity
Summer is fast leaving us. The to speak a word for Him which will
flowers which have given fts so mond bring someone into His keeping.
pleasure are drooping and dying, As some leaves fall early, so some
the time of the :falling of the leaf will lives are cut off In 'childhood' For
soon be in evidence throughout our reasons unknown to us ether lives are
countrsi. th
sore to prolonged until e full time of the
It` is indeed a}eat plea falling of the leaf, that is when the
hive through the. different districts
troll. their Autumn sap returns into the trunk and down
ansee tees u into the root. Others are left here
grandeur, when hues of every colot,
until the time when the frost of old
are ,visible.age comes, and reach tkte life span
We Wright eomitare these to our of three ,score years arid ten. What
Christian ,Life: 1 a privilege it is to have the years in
In the. Spring the sap comes up which to weak for Him, and Isow
from the; ;:oat of the tree, up throuhie, thankful -we should be that each Au- As we grow older ..:. how the little
the trunk and into the branches, tumn He gives' us the, pleasure of things
buds Lorm, and later the leaves but seeing the beauty of the season, Loom bigunto our sight ...for living
Bear, at first small and unfolded, .
then they flattest:out and; grow to eA haze on the far horizon, brings the fret and
full size..' � The infinite tender sky,' A, kindly tolerance
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As the say comes into the tree, so The ripe rich tint of. the corn field,. fuss finder souls of us,
to love of God comes into our And wild geese sailing, high. ; Beat vainly on the k
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hearts. It indeed a joyous time And all in the uplands and lowlands We are content with less . our
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e turnedsheen of the g olden rod. small desires,
when we realize that we have, The g
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our hacks on the world and have Some' of as call it Autumn, Only the wermthof love and lighted+
started on the narrow way which Others call it God." " fires
--PEG. " —Edna Jaques, in "The Chatelaine."
Spring is the tiine of reviving life
and autumn the season of decay. What
beauty there is in autumn, and what
lessons inay be learned from it!
A very appropriate subject for our
talk is "We all do fade as a leaf."
For dessert you might like to try
this tasty recipe. It is easy to pre-
pare, and the whole family will enjoy
it.
Pineapple Banana' Shortcake
One cup thinly sliced bananas
One tbsp. lemon juice
Half tsp. vanilla extract
3 tsps. powdered sugar
One cup heavy cream, whipped
Half cup light cream
Six shredded wheat biscuits
One No. 2 can crushed pineapple
4 tbsps. softened butter.
Drain the pineapple and reserve.
the juice. Split the biscuits, spread
each half with 1 tsp. of butter and
sprinkle with 1 tsp. of pineapple
juice. Heat in a moderate oven of
375 F. 10 min. Meanwhile 'combine
the drained pineapple, the bananas,
and the lemon juice. Add the vanilla
and 2 tsps. of the sugar to the whip-
ped cream and combine with the pine-
apple mixture. Fill the split hot bis-
cuits with half, this mixture, placing
the top halves hollow side up; fill
with the remaining pineapple mixture.
Serve with the light cream mixed with
half cup of the drained pineapple
juice and sweetened with 1 tsp. pow-
dered sugar. Serves. 6.
THE TAIL OF A MONICBY
The Ark sprung a leak when the
storm was the worst—
The monkey, observing the accident
first,
Inserted his tail in the break in the
wood
r
Averting the danger as long as he
could. l•
But cold grew the water, and cold
grew the blast,
Forcing the monk to give over at last,
Withdrawing his tail, which young
monkeys are told,
Because of his gallantry always is
cold.
The dog to the peril sublimely arose,
Defending the breach with a resolute
•
nose.
Till even too cold to.bark at a cat,
Ile sank with a frost-bitten muzzle,
and that
Is why as all friends of the dog un-
derstand
His nose is so cold on the back of
your hand,
Then rose Mrs. Noah with cries of
alarm,
She plugged up the hole with a lily-
white arm,
But cold grew the brine as a logical
fact,
Forcing the skipper's good nate to
retract.
A. limb so unduringly frigid, that still
The feminine elbow is pointedly chill.
HOME AT NIGHT
When I come home at, night the house
is sweet, a
With the warm feel of love and wil-
ling feet,
The Little Comrade rums to take my
coat,
Her voice holds .such a cheerful
laughing' note.
She sets my slippers by the oven door,
Picks up a few odd papers from the
floor. ,
The table glows . . . the cat walks
• here and there,
Lifting her feet with such a stately
air,
As if she knew the nicest time of day
Was still to. come . . . with supper
cleared away,
And us around the fire safe and warm
Shut in from all the lostely night and
storm.
The grandma rocks in old contented
grace
(She gives an' air of comfort to the
place),
Her -wrinkled hands, like fine old
weathered, silk,
Lie, idle in her lap as warm as milk,
Blue -veined like marble, there against
her dress,
With her old silver hair and loveli-
ness.
HOW IRELAND GOT ITS NAME
Have you ever heard the story
How Ireland got its name?
I'll tell you so you'll understand
From whence old Ireland came.
No wonder that we're proud of that
dear land across the sea,
For here's the way my dear old
mother told the tale to me.
Shure a little bit of heaven fell from
out the sky one day
And nestled on the ocean in a spot
so far away.
And when the angels found it, shure
it looked so 'sweet and fair .
They said suppose we leave it forit
looks so peaceful there..
So they sprinkled it with stardust
Just to make the shamrocks grow,
'Tis the only place you'll find them,
No matter where you go.
Theft they dotted it with silver
To make its lakes so grand.
And when they had it finished
Shure they called it Ireland.
Exchange.
Then calve Captain Noah, ';was time
that he carne,
For big was the aperture, and wide
was the same,
And bigger and broacher and wider it
grew
And Noah sat down where the water
came through.
He sat while the cattle wallowed and
huffed,
While porpoises gamboled, and gram-
puses puffed.
He sat in the tempest, whilst billows
ran high,
And navies of icebergs rode glittering
by.
Through all of the cruise he endur-
ingly sat,
Until the Arlt grounded at Mount
Ararat.
He sat in the wet, so you needn't in-
quire
Why men always stand with their
backs to the fire.
—Anon.
WEAVERS
Thetissue of the life to be
We weave with colors all our own,
And in the field of destiny,
We reap as we have sown.
—Whittier.
MY FRIEND
Bis may be six kinds of a liar,
Ile may be ten kinds of a fool,
He may be a blooming high flier
Without any reason or rule.
There may be a shadow' above him
Of ruin and woes that impend,
I may not respect, but I love him;
I love hint because he's my friend.
I knock him, I know, but I do it
The satire to his face as away,
And if other folk knock—well they;
rue it
And wish they'd had nothing to say.
I never make diagrams of hint,
No maps of his soul have I penned;
I dent analyze—I just love him,
Because—well, because he's my,
friend.
—Exchange.
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MY WIFE
Trusty, dusky, vivid, tree,
With eyes of gold and bramble -dew;
Steel -true and blade -straight,
The great Artificer
Made my nate.
Honor, angel, valor, fire;
A love that life could never tire,
Death quench, or evil stir,
The mighty Master
Gave to her. '
Teacher, tender comrade, wife,
A fellow -fever true through life,
Heart -whole and soul -free,
The august Father
Gave to me.
—R. L. Stephenson
Colleen 1 oo e at Vatic
c•
uver
Deelaring she had no regrets
in leaving the films, Colleen
Moore was enthusiastically greet-
ed by a host of friends upon her
arrival recently in Vancouver by
Traha.-5enada Air Linea, She told
reporters who met her at the
'plane that She was supremely,
happy with the exhibitions of her,
famed doll's house, the proceedtt
of which go, to olid e!cippled, obit"
dren, -