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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1930-01-07, Page 3?'7•''''.71777t.litl't sesse ?ti ti No premiums with Salaicla but finest quality instead 'Fre7rEA, sh from the gardens' Si! LESSON THE' SUNDAY. SCHOOLESSON 'LESSON II JANUARY 12 Baptism and Temptation of • Jesus.-- Matthew esus.—Matthew 3:1-4; 11. Golden Text.- This is my beloved Son; in. Whom • I ain well pleased.— Matt. 3:17. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING. Time.—Ministry of John the Bap tist, begun in the summer of A.D. 26. Baptism' of Jesus, January, •A D. 27, Temptation of Jesus, January -Febru- ary, A. D. 27. Place. -John preached in the Wild- erness of Judaea. Baptista of Jesus, the fords of the Jordan near Jericho: The temptation, the Wilderness of 'Jtidaea, 'southeast of Jerusalem. THE BAPTISM OF JESUS Then cometh Jesus from Galilee. The carpenter's shop was the will of God for Jesus, and therefore He ab- ode in that shop and did the work incidental to it. To the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. It was a journey' on foot of about sixty-six miles, for John was baptizing at the ford of the Jordan near Jericho not far from Bethabara (Bethany), the place : where the Israelites under Joshua: crossed miraculously into the Promised Land, and where Elijah and Elisha miraculously crossed just be- fore Elijah e-fore,Elijah was taken to heaven. But John would have hindered him. Jesus had quietly presented Himself as a candidate for baptism. "I knew Hini not," said John afterward, clear- ly implying that this was his first meeting with his cousin, Jesus, a fact easily accounted for by John's soli- tary habits and the distance between Nazareth and the wilderness of Jud- aea where John had dwelt. But the Holy Spirit had instantly revealed to him the divine nature of the Nazar- ene, Saying I have need to be bap- tized of thee, and contest thou to me? John cannot understand how the sin- less Messiah should seek the baptism. of repentance at the hands of a sin- ful man, nor how the Messiah who baptizes with the Holy Spirit should seek John's symbolic preparatory bap- tism. Brut Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becorneth us to fulfil all righteousness. As a good man Jesus should : do this righteous act commanded of God through. John. It was true that He had no sins to confess, as John had instinctively realized, nor did Jesus confess any. Baptism" in the case of 'Jesus lacked therefore its full sym- bolic significance. But not to be bap- tized would be to put one in the posi- tion of the Pharisees and ` Saducees, who rejected John's baptism;As the. Messiah it was appropriate for Jesus to give this sanction to the work of His forerunner and herald. Then he suffereth him. To protest further would be for John to exalt his own wisdom above Christ's. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water. He went upon the bank of the river, and Luke 3:21 tells us that He was praying as He went. End lo, the heavens were opened . unto him. What ever veil of sense kept our Lord in His earthly body from seeing the glory of the Father and the heav- enly home from which He came, was removed. Andhe saw the Spirit of God. John also saw Him, as he af- terward testified. Descending as a dove, and coming upon him. Not des- cending in a dove -like way, but "in a bodily form, as a dove," The dove symbolized gentleness, meekness, tenderness, love, purity, peace. And lo, a voice out of the heavens. This was the first of the three record- ed occasions when a voice from a- bove spoke to Jesus, the other two being at His transfiguration, and when the Greeks carne to Him in the temple shortly before His crucifixion. Say, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. The same testimony was given at the transfig- uration. THE TEMPTATION OF JESUSThen was Jesus led up of the Spirit: In' the prayer which Christ gave us as our model we are taught to pray God not to lead us into any temptation but 'such as He. will de- liver tis from,' Into the wilderness. Up from the valley of the Jordan to the little village of Bethany hard by Jerusalem, stretches the Wilderness of Judaea, To be tempted 'of the devil. Our knowledge of the tempta- tion must he derived from- Christ Himself, as He was there alone, so that this account testifies (as do many other passages in the Gospels) to Christ's belief ',in a personal devil. And when he had fasted forty days and fortynights. n8'hts. Both Mases and Elijah fasted for forty days, and mod- ern fasters, in hunger strikes, or for scientific purposes, have equalled and even far. surpassed this record, and survived. He afterwards hungered. The onsetf hunger after a longfast o g a t is a terrible experience, amounting of- ten to a frenzy. It was the severest possible temptation on the physical side. And the tempter came and said un- to him, If thou art the Son of God. This, it must be remembered, is the essence of the entire struggle in the Wilderness, Satan seeking, at the very outset of Christ's ministry, to plant in His mind such doubts as :to His divine origin, power, and mission as would render• all His work futile, The devil has no moreeffective weapon than an "if," Command that these stones become bread. The place fur- nishes many round, flat pieces of stone looking much like the round, flat cakes which were the "loaves"" of Palestinian bread. To Christ's famished body the very appearance of those stones would furnish a temp tation, But he answered and said, It is written. Our Lord knew His Bible. He was always ready with a quota- tion from it, for comfort, for exhor- tation, for rebuke, or, as here, to meet the wiles of the devil. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that procedeth out of the. mouth of God. Thus spake He who was Himself the Bread of Life. Then the devil taketh him into the holy city. Matthew is the only writer who navies Jerusalem thus. The jour- ney may have been made in body or in mind, And he set him on the pin- nacle of the temple. "Pinnacle, lit- erally 'a little wing' is an architectur- al term for a wing -like projection." And saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God. Again the devil's "If," insinuating doubt as to the fun- damentals of Christ's nature and work: Cast thyself down. Probably not into the valley, but into the tem- ple court, where a great crowd would witness His safe descent and acknow- ledge the miracle. For it is Written, He shall give his angels charge con- -cerning thee. Taking his cue from Jesus, the devil shows that he also. can quote Scripture—but he 'it -tests it from its purpose and meanings And 1 p, On their hands they sp al+ bear thee COLONEL J. S. DENNIS orlon RETIRES r! M ,�� ,}� 0 x d f R tw,A Colonel J. S. Dennis, C.MG., Chief Commissioner of Colonization and Development, Canadian Pacific Railway,will retire January 1s after 28 years with the company, according to the recent announcement made by E. W. Beatty, chairman and president of the system, ys n, an d the department will then be divided into the Department of Immigration and Colonization and the Department of Development. a. N. K. Macalister, at present assistant chief eommissioner of Colonization and Development, will be chief co n- missioner of • the Department of Immigration and Colonization :and Major G. G. Ommanney will be the. director of the Department } of Development. Colonel Dennis, or J.S. as be is known to old- timers was 73 yearsold last October, and has had .a,neolorful a career as. any man in Canada. He went '`gest in 1872 at the age of 16 on survey work and in 1385 saw service against Louis Riel as commander of the Dominion Land, Survey Intelligence Corps which during the rebellion was known as "Dennis' Scouts". Among the outstanding work in which he was engaged was the laying out of irrigation systems later construeted in the Lethbridge region and in the teat. Bassano Dam irrigation projeet of the Canadian 'acific Railway,east of Cal ar . His unriv llod knowledge of Canadian economic and agrarian level- opment has caused Colonel Dennis' name :to be placed among, the foremost, of .Empire builders. Although airing : as active headof the Colonization and Dove'. oprnent of the Canadian Pacific Railway system, he will still participate in the future development of the departmentartnent since he will act in an advisory capa citY to the company's directors. Mr.Maalster has for more ore than 22 years given close attention to colonization p roblem . Since1906 s he has been immediatelyinterested in' opportunities of development and colonization in the west and entered Canadian Pacific service in 1907. He has done much work in the United States drawing attention to the unparalleled opportunities offered by the Canadian West. He was appointed assistant commissioner of the department in 1926, His ability in his chosen field was recently recognized by colonization experts from allp arts of the continent when theyelected him chairman of the immigration committee f the Ameri- can Railway Development Association. Major Ommanney Joined the Canadian Pacific Rail- way in 1907. As a qualified civilengineer he had previous to that date done work all over the world. In 1914 he was appointed special engineer to the president, and :from 1915 to 1919 was overseas with the Royal Engineers Imperial units. On his return from the war he was appointed to Colonel Dennis' department as development engineer, to bring the natural resources of territories .covered by the Can- adian Paeifie Railway into commercial use. He was �eappointed Director. of Development Branch of the Department fColonization' i.. J'an. ar i`r nt o & Development iri nav'+y',: 1928., up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone, Satan is quoting. .Jesus said unto 'him, Again it is written. Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God, • The conclu- sion of the command in Deuteronomy is, "as ye tempted him in Massah," which goes .back to the incident of Num. 20:7-12, when Moses claimed for hintself the credit of the Miracle of drawing water from the rock, and 'therefore was forbidden to enter the promised laid. Christ refused to fall intoin' the sin' Moses, making a di- vine, providence an occasion and ex- cuse for His own pride. Again, the devil taketh hint unto an exceeding high mountain. Mount Hermon visible from all parts of the Holy Land, is the loftiest summit in Palestine; but of course thereis no mountain , from whose top all the world can be literally seen. It was "not a geographical mountain, but "a mountain of the spirit." And show eth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the .glory of them. It was a tem- ptation for a king. Remember the Saviour's one ambition, to establish on earth the kingdom of heaven. ' And he said unto hint, All these' things will I give thee. Well did the devil know his power over the hearts of men. If thou wilt fall down and worship me. Thethird of Satan's fiendish "Ifs:" Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan. The devil, by this suggestion that Jesus worship him, had revealed himself in his true na- ture, in his most repulsive and- crafty form: therefore our Lord repels him with extreme indignation. He will not listen to another word from him. For it is written. In Deut. 6:13. Thou shalt worship the Lord, thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." By that worship and service, and by that a- lone, can the real kingdom of God be established on the earth. All wor- ship and service of Satan will end only in disappointment and ruin. Then the devil leaveth him. "For a season." The struggle had lasted through forty days, wit!- h,:rruuierable temptations. Those the!. Christ selec- ted td tell about were: only typical ones, and there must have been many others. Satan had dome his utmost, and had to admit his atter defeat. And behold, angles came and. ministered unto him. Probably anpplyinig Him with food, as an angii administered to Elijah in his flight .feom Jezebel. The miracle Christ would not work •fr-r himself is accomplis,heol for Him after His' victory. GLENhNNAN Mr. Aly.;, Baird of "-iint, Michigan, has been visiting during the holidays at the hent.- of Mr. Edgar Baird. • Mies Mildred Stewart of Howick, tp..nt a few days last week at Mr. Richard Jeffrey's. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Willitts and family, also Mr. and Mrs, Hugh Ed- gar, spent Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Will. H: 1larsliall, Mr, and Mrs. Cecil 'McNeil of Bel - more visited on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs, Dict: Cullitt.n. Mr. Robert ::shirr has returned to Ft. William aftir spending the Xmas holidays here. Miss Olive McEwen and Mr, Har- old Foxton we -e guests at the home of Mr, and Mrs, Oliver Stokes. 12th LIVE, HO ICK Mr, Wes. Underwood has treated himself to a driver, ter a Ncw Year's gift. Mise Margaret Montgomery rttttru- ed to her home after spending a few weeks with Mr, and Mrs. Robert Hays. Mrs, Jaynes Underwood treated the oung foils of this vicinity to a New '`ar' . party wild). was a great 'suc Henry and Sterling Finlay, vis- ited "Dry'Corners this week. Mr. John Finlay was an Orange hill vi ' ot• this s, t s vveek, Mrs. Villiarr .1-Iays has returned to tY Corners after visiting ftr_r cs ere, • The;'Chini.le. ministt'.r. in Landon, Dr. W. Chen; ` telle amusing stories in perfect Engeishs Ono that he is fond of relating concerns ,a Wells' known society wo,nan who started to patronize a Chinest laundry recently established in Soho One 'day she called in person to lot cse a mild com- plaint, om plait- n. 1 i , and thinking tl. 1: miter only knew pidgin English alt tried it on hirir. n -o likee my wash o blottgl'>t l iii )1 � , ttpiiie Iltclay, she .said° ,iJby you tis blingee wasltee '1'latirscl'a ,And the sauve Chini tri n er., ,t a rph.tt, Madam, I regret it was its t yi,tt venienf," ,. GORRIE Mrs. Rob:. Hastie is visiting with her daughter in Kitchener, Mr, James Shera was in. Moore- field this week attending the funeral of his uncle, Miss C. 'Evans is visiting with relatives at Beaverton, Mr, C. ` Pritchard has rented' Mrs. J. Bingham's store and Lias commenc- ed Work as a practical shoe maker.. Norman Craik returned to Belle- villeo r n Monday, where v e h e is attend- ing Albert College. -Mr. Geo: Wylie returned to Kings- ton on Tuesday after spending a cou- ple of weeks with his mother. George is attending Queen's University, Miss Jean Spalding has returned to Stratford where she is attending Nor- mal School. {. Communion service will .be observ- ed in the United Church next Sunday morning at 11 a,m. Members are urg- ed to be in attendance at this im- portant service. At the evening ser- vice ervice: the minister will give the sec- ond address in the series—Quief^°talls on vital themes., subject -"God is now willing; are you?" The monthly meeting of the W. M. S. will be held at the . home. of Mrs: Max Abram on Thursd'"after- noon at 3 n pz Th roll Thecal( will be 1. answered with a New Year thought. Miss Bessie 'Wylie has returned to her studies at Toronto Normal 1 Mr. C. Pritchard preached an ex- cellent sermon in the Presbyterian church last Sunday afternoon, taking the place of his brother, R@v. John I Pritchard: Mr. A. Brown of Elora commenc- ed his duties this week as principal I of Gorrie school. The •village trustees for 1930 are: Dr. L. N. Whitley, Mr. John Tlynd- man and Mr. Ben. McGuire. Mr. and Mrs. Bast have located in Gorrie, moving in from the faun near Mayne. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. -13rade ,.:1_ .leave this week for an extended visit to California. Their destination is Los Angeles, 'where they expect to spend a couple of months with their son, Mr. Harold Bradnock, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Strong intcnd. to leave in a few days time for Cali- fornia, where they intend to visit re- laitves for some time. Chinch services were well attended last Sunday ,as was also the Sunday School. Awe, -Ls will be given in the United Courch Sunday School for. 1930. Get the church -going habit for the coining year. ONE TREE -25 BARRELS - In Mr. Kenny Cameron's orchard near Luck'tiow is a Northern Spy tree which has a record to be proud of— if a tree could be proud of anything.. This tree was planted away back in 1859 and when every boy and girl was hungry for apples and wagon- loads of fruit were not left to rot on the: ground as they are this year. • Well, this 70 -year-old tree is not quitting work by any means, but con- tinues to add to its record. This year there Bung- on its branches at pick- ing time 25 barrels of apples. Twen- ty barrels went into the first grade, three barrels were fairly good, and there were about two barrels of poor or damaged apples on the ground, In the past 12 years this old tree has produced 169 barrels of good ap- ples and in the eight years, 1918 to 1925, it produced 120 barrels. TWINS ARE BITTEN ON FACE BY RAT Harriston, Dec. 29. --Seriously bit- ten on their faces by a rat 'vas the e.sperience of the five -months -old twin sons of Mr .and tars. (George' Reid, residing in an apartment above the Jackson garage in Elmira, Saturday morning ono of the child- ren awoke with a number of marks on his :face which could not be accounted for by the parents. who .houghl: they alight inn(' ball ceased by seratches. Later to in theeveningthe pareets were awakened by sercattis of the little ones site 111)011 111T"eStit;'ating found the little boy ° bleeding^ from •sotire 18 , Wm:M(ls upon, his face about the eyes. The first child attacked by the rat had some 'nine marks of teeth on his face. lar, Wagner was appealed tc, and iii e :not consider any further- selopntent '. "1'lie parents had ,not knowvets of the presence of 01, 'the premises, btu upon in ret; tigating to rated ii hole, which hats ,since i)ce,n sealed top. ' ' Vv'iC,e, (,cttetyi rg paper): 'inc'horse 1 backe.1 1'; .-narked with :a star, dar- ling. 'What does that means?" :i- ctsband (studying time table): "Only rusts on Sattirdayt,• deaf.," TO DRAIN tl,000,000 ACRS. South Australia to Convert Grazing ',Erects Into Small Farms. By raising a special loan in Lon- don, add 'carrying legislation to com- pel owners to subdivide their large estates, the Government hopes to peo- ple the unused, but wonderfully for- tile, lands in the southeastern portion of the state, .v rites a correspondent of the Chistian Science Moni;or from Adelaide, South Australia. The area is subject to heavy talus and, being low-lying, becomes so waterlogged in the winteri that cultivation is impos- sible. sible. Efforts to drain the land hith- erto have not been successful but now the work is to be placed In the hanlIs' of .a body of engineering experts, and an extensive and prosperous commun- ity will result. At present the Government has under survey in other parts of South Australia 370,000 acres but the state does not contain a very large area suitable for closer settlement. The southeast offers a splendid opportun- ity to increase South Australia's 20,- 000 primary 0,000-primary producers and her pop- ulation of nearly 600,000. Root crops grow luxuriantly in this favor- ed district but too much country is held for purely grazing purposes. The Government hopes to break up these large holdings. The success which has already marked the Government's afforesta- tion scheme is proof of what the soil of the southeast can do. Extensive planting is going on under agreement with the development and migration - commission which has authority to recommend expenditure in connection with the £32,000,900 advance prom- ised by the British Government: If the - scheme is approved it will be one of the largest of its kind in Australia as there may be 3,000,900 acres involved. THE VILLAGE HERO. Alsatian Dog Was Disliked Until Re Saved Child from Drowning. Probably England's proudest clog Just now is Luke, an Alsatian that not very long ago :was the most dis- liked occupant of the village! For a long time Luke struck terror into the hearts of all the children around, just because he happened to be an Alsa- tion, the type of dept that has manag- ed to nuke sue: a bad name for Itself of late yvel • Now he is the hero of t',e s ellag . and this is b- w the traasforn,a•ir°a •tine about. Luke was out walk. wlth his roaster, and ,s hris. . msing a canal bridgehe saw s•Naot t. ng that :wade him hasten front his ',ciaster's side. Io: vain he was called ;t,ttd coaxed— ho simply did not reran,. His mas- te_^, puzzled and slit h ti'r annoyed, hurried off in the dir4 c, t, 'n, the dog had disappeared, and ha •e,. on the bank of the canal, he in tad Luke standing over a small eb-hl Whom he had just rescued from tha t1 roar! From that day the Mile rttrl and Luke have become the ver tr+meet of friends, and all the other militants litants of abe village trent Luke as .,1 °zeroes I should be treatol—with. aa.. e, tt tation and respect. CROSSINGS OF WIND 1WS. Made Voyage from Australia t • hu - lard Its 93 Days. The four -masted barque Arch. Russell, which recently carried a a go of wheat from Melbourne, A. rt • tralia, to Queenstown, Ireland, in. '1S days, was eorupliz.icnted on makla: a fine voyage. An old tar commentin.° on the trip, said: "We should no. have thought much of it in the old days, when there were regular sail- ings front. London and Ltverpooi to Melbourne. No windjammer exceed- ed 90 days, and the Lock Line clip- pers frequently did the passage home hi65 days, and less." On the other hand, he admitted, "I have .a recollection of German sailing vessels (old British sailers, etc., sold to foreign owners .act re- registered) taking 140 days from Melbourne to Hamburg." . Slightly.- Astray. They say now that an error of 85,- 000,000 years was made in comput- ing the age- of the dinosaur eggs found last year in the (Gobi Desert, Manchuria, by Dr. Roy Chapman An•. drews, of the American Museum of Natural i-tstory, While the explorer at first eswimated them to be only 10,000,000 years old, other physic- ists, geologists, and paleontologists employing the latost scientific meth- ods, have now helped DI'. Andrews to make a new estimate of the sap of the eggs a.. about 95,000,0u0 Years, Thb Answer. The famous' ectres , itiiss Marie Terryest, said recently that the. . art-, West Incident in connection with her ' stage career occurred at a certain theatre where she was playing In inelodra, ma, The heroine had just said: "Poor forlorn creature that I am! Nothing to : es,t no shelter for the night! Not I -. a farthing' in my' pocket! Who wily ' aQ help,the?" Then a irkciee from tire. pit shouted: "Old Me- round the corner will lend you something 'on the gold bracelet you're wearr,°tg." WROXETER The December meeting of the Wo - mien's Institute, was held at the home of Mrs. Stocks. The -1 resident pre- sided, and the usual business items were gone over, among interesting reports, was a letter from Northern Ontario, with thanks for a valuable' bale having been received there Xmas :l eve. The Handkerchief contest was carried out, the prizes for the dainti- est hand -made kerchiefs being award- . ed to Mrs. AlacNaubhton and Miss. Davidson, An auction sale of the ker- chiefs realized a nice amount of mon- ey for the work of the Institute. Dr - MacLeod was the speaker of the day. His, subject of "Good Health" was interesting and beneficial, A paper, "Country Life, its advantages and possibilities" was given by Mrs. Mac Naughton. The Roll Call — Happy Memories of Christmas in Childhood, brought some amusing stories. The January meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Munro when Mrs. Bol- ingbroke will speak on. "ea trip to England." Miss Kate Hazelwood will. give a paper on "Canadian Authors." Roll Call -Winter Salads. BELMORE We sincerely hope that all our gen- tleman friends ' read Timothy's reso- lutionsin 'last week's issue. Monday, being election day; an un- usual stir was in the village, Some of our ladies were lucky enough to get a cutter ride. Wm. Edwards, jr., who has been i11: for some time, is not gaining in strength: The December meeting of the W. M. S. was held at Miss Elizabeth Hackney's, with an attendance': of 14. Meeting opened by singing., . prayer and Scripture readir;;. Ft number in Canada" by Minnie Jefairay, Col- lection $7.3F. �iUl�llil9lif�111)r�!lii�lll®111�1119�11!imlli�'!ii4'Slh>�Idf • WROXETER ER P3 IAN SAWMILL Bring your I9ga for CRl5t9rin ▪ ! Toms Cash. N mr` Il1�IIL�IIII; llli1i111�11{� aawii Nice $7 per M. isi�1111911116si1 li�ll1�1116�191; DR. C. C. RA,' DENTIST, Gi" Phone 21 (Still:to n s. Fordwich on Weds e,>a:av, .' to 9 o''cdoeh. 1' • lhm. B., Opt. D., R. O. i OPTOMETRIST 113 Harriston, Qrr,: ' h: Best E ilu:pped .Optical Es- l !, 3hmcr,t in this part of Ontario', J' little girl was actin' as a brides.. b maid ala wedding. 'When the cere- mony ere-;iony was over :idir; asked the bride if site acre very tint "No," was the reply, 1 y "Well,," ailswet°ed the • :small girl, "Mother said the other day that you hadbeen running after1- t Jones for two, years," ._'IVitoney •'n1\ A sur iib k `,,. t gyp,. 1 �, Off Until Jazitary itltr, or, WOMEN'S ®OMENg S „ND CHILDREN'S ROBBER FOOTWEAR R This is the Season for and Oyster. We stock .fie Salmon, fresh and salt Herrh Smoked Fillets and Had and Fresh Oysters, BRING YOUR CREAM ANL EGG'S TO D..