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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1931-03-26, Page 3Gorr�e Vid�tte end Wroxeter Lovely China Delicious Oats ... in every package marked "Chinaware" wa (.i rex UAKER OATS Cooks in 21/2 minutes after the water boils FAVORITE T HYMNS s' E When at thy footstool, Lord I bend, And plead with Thee for mercy there Think of the sinner's dying Friend, And for His sake receive my prayer,. O think not of iffy siia:ine and guilt, g , My thousand stains of deepest dye; Think of the. Blood which Jesus spilt, And let -that Blood my pardon be. Think, Lord, how I am still Thine own, The trembling creature of Thy hand; Think how my heart to sin is prone, And what temptations round me stand. O think upon Thy holy Word, And every plighted promise there; How prayer •should evermore be heard, And how. Thy glory is to spare. O think not of my doubts .and fears My strivings with Thy grace Divine; Think upon Jesus' woes and tears, And let His Merits stand for mine. Thine eye, Thine year,- they are not dull; Thine arm can ne'er shorten'd be; Behold me here;, my heart is full; Behold, and spare, and succour me. (l Amen. This touching and exceedingly prayerful hymn came evidently from the soul of a good man, conscious of past failings, but exceedingly an- xious that they should' not come be- tween it and the Saviour, lover of souls, and that its further service of the Master might still be permitted. These considerations would lead us to the conclusion that the hymn was composed in or soon after 1818, in which year its author, the gifted Rev. Henry Francis Lyte, had been deeply. affected andgreatly influenced by the holy 'death, a long illness, of 'a brother'clergyznan. He had been in holy Orders for. three years by that time, and, no doubt, in the eyes of the world had gone about the work of his ministry in the miracles he filled in such an exemplarly manner as he might have been expected from one of his char- acter, and talents, Butwhen his. friend and neighboring clergyman took to his bed with consumption and trustingly 'reared to leave his body, Y P P while his soul went on to the rest in Paradise, Mr. Lyte remained by him to comfort and minister to him. He saw how . the soul triumphed as. the body languished, how fully he confided in the belief that though he had failed and sinned, '"there 'was One whose death and sufferings would. atone for the delinquencies and be. accepted for the punishment he had incurred." He 'had, of course, known:, and taught that before, but the suf- ferings, repentance, forgiveness and sense of acceptance displayed in his friend's case made it more real to him than ever it had been before. Mr. Lyte• goes on to say: "I • was greatly affected by the whole matter and began a look at .li'fe and its is- sue with a different eye from before; and I began to study my Bible and preach in another manner than I had previously done." In no other words his feelings at that time could have been so clearly expressed than those of the hymn reproduced herewith. He had been • led by the mercy of God to a clearer vision of what his life had been heretofore, and to .a desire leading to a determination to depend for the future more and more upon his Master's strength and love, so that he might do better theall-im- portant work to which he had been called. A true humility was bred in Mr. Lyte at that deathbed which never left him all life through. It was the humility, love and faith he learned there which brought him at the lend to the writing of that universally ac- knowledged greatest of all modern hymns -"Abide with me, fast falls Thursday, March 26th, 1931 the eventide," In "the little while be- tween" his life was spent in minist- ering to his congregation of fisher - people .on the Devonshire sea -coast, his leisure given to writing hymns, composing versions of Psalms of the ancient Jewish Church, and writing useful religious books, for children some of thein. All that he did was valued because done by the help of and in the service of God and His Church. No doubt his end was hastened by his assiduous care of the clerical friend who died from tuberculosis, which also caused his own death, and by his •devotion to the care of his congregation, at Lower Hexham, not the best locality for a man of his build, physical inclination and tem- perament. He died in his fifty-fifth year, at the very height of his poetical pow- er as is proved by his glorious and best known hymn, which is the pray- er of a dying Christian. Our hymn was first published, some years after it was written; in a volaime entitled "Poems Chiefly Re- ligious," but like most of his other hymns had , been printed previously in leaflet form and usedat the Len- ten season by his own congregation, as was the custom at that time. That book was published in 1888. Among the other fine h mus with which the Rev. Mr. Lyte endowed the church are such well proved favorites as: "Praise my soul, the 'King of Heaven," "Pleasant are Thy courts above," "Far from my heavenly home," 'God of mercy, God of grace," etc. A rich heritage, indeed, and one well calculated to serve as an endur- ing' monument to the humble Perpet- ual Curate of. Lower Hexham, Dev- onshire, Eng. The tune Hesperus or Whitburn, to which our hymn is often sung and which suits the rythm of its lines was written by the Reverend Sir Henry' Williams Baker, the editor of Hymns Ancient and Modern. Sir Henry was a hymn -writer of some distinction, who will always be remembered for his splendid version of "The King of Love My Shepherd Is," and also com- posed a few sterling hymn -tunes, in- cluding the one originally set to "Art' thou weary, art thou languid?" TIM PLEADS WITH GEORGE, To the Editur av all thim Wingham paypers. Deer Sur:— Tings do be shtartin aff loively down at Ottawa wid thim Grits an Progrissives foindin fault wid iviry- ting in soight. Me ould frind, Sandy Banks sez they hev the besht av the argymint iviry toizne, but, I asked him what differ that made so long as the Tories hev, the mosht minx - hers, an the mosht votes, whin it cones to a show down. The toime fer argymint was lasht July, I tould him, but now tings do be sittled fer the next foor years, the Grits moight as well hould theer whist. Mas n.ies in the Mighty Mountai It is the unusual that thrills hi the Rockies. For instance, who would expect a championship golf coarse rated as one of the world's finest, planted like an emerald in the rough bosom of the Rockies? :Jasper l'ar'k Lodge links show new aspeets of the mountains' at every hole, VVild life in this sanctuary is unafraid and like as not a family of bears will amble across the fairway as the golfer tees up. Inset in this scene, which shows' a water hazard, is Gardiner White; Nassau, New 'York, holder of the Totem Pole trophy which is emblematic of the Ledge course championship., C.N.R. Photo, "Aye," he sez, "an let thee Tories ruin the counthry wi' a' theer ree- dickalous notions," sez he; Shure it is no arse at all, at all, to throy to tell Scotch Grits annyting about pollyticks, so it isn't. No mat- ther if they may be purty sinsible about iviryting Ilse, an mimbers in good shtandin in the kirk, ye can't aven rayson wid thim whin it comes to pollytickle .matthers. 'Tis mesilf that shud be mad at targe Shpotton an the Tory parthy at the prisint toime if annybody shud. Afther the wurruk I hev done all me loife fer the parthy, an aven at the lasht elickshun shovellin shnow an hoein pertaties fer all the widdies an maiden ladies on our shtrate, months befoor it came aff, in ordher to git on the roight soide av thim an injuce thin to vote fer targe, thin whin we do be houldin the reins av awfice, so to shpake, wid all the aisy 'govern- mint jawbs comin our way, 'tis me- silf that nivir Bits a chanct at wan av thirn, I shpoke to Jarge about it, an he said that a lot av thim wimmin I wurruked, fer didn't vote her him af- ther all, which mebby wus an ixcuse fer turnin me . down, but, shure, it wus no good rayson at all, at all, so it wussen''t. Aven if they didn't vote the way I tould thim to, I hev the satisfackshun av knowin that what.I hey always said wus roight, that they nivir shud hev had the vote in the furshf place. Take the missus fer.inshtance, I can't git her to rade the Parliament news, an the editorial page, in the Mail an Inipoire. She wud rather shpind her toime raidin thim contin- ued shtories in the magazeens, an lookin over the ads about new shtoy- les av dhresses an coats, yis, an hats too, fer that matther. Whin I. •tould her, only wan day lasht wake, that she wus neglicktin her opportoonities as a citzen av the counthry, this is the way she wint afther me. "Pollyticks is it ye wud hev me raidin about?" sez she. "Shure what do I care what yer blitherin ould mimbers av Parliament do be sayin down at Ottawa? Agnes McPhail has more sinse than half av the resht av thim, all put together, an, it is all I kin shtand to rade her spaiches," she sez. "How do ye make it out that the McPhail wumman has so much sinse, may I be so boazld as to ask?" sez I. "Fer the very good rayson that she nivir.. got married," sez the missus. "Shure," sez she, "if ye wud sell iv- iry farrum in Turnberry, an Marris, an Aist an Wesht Wawanosh, at pris- int proices, it weld take iviry cint ye wud git to pay thim ould sinators an mimbers av parleyniint fer theer blatherin, an the cosht av gittin it printed into books that nobody ivir rades. An more than that, it wud take the proice av the whole county av Huron to pay fer the money shpint in booze in Ontario alone, not to minshun the other prawvinces. Yis, an iviry Governmint is afthei the rake aff they do be gittin out av it. Wan is no betther an no wurse than the other, No matther whether HEADACHES NEURITIS NEURALGIA, COLDS Whenever you have some nagging fiche or pain, take some tablets of Bayer Aspirin. Relief is immediate! There's scarcely ever an ache or pain that Bayer Aspirin won't relieve —and never a time when you can't take it. The tablets with the Bayer cross are always safe. They don't depress the heart, or otherwise harm you. Use them just as often as they can spare you any pain or discomfort, Lust be sure to buy the _genuine. xamine the package. Beware o imitations, Aspirin is the trade -mark of Bayes ittanufacttre of monoaceticacidester of salicylicacid. they do be cal]in thimsilves Tory, arr Grit, arr Progrissive`.arr annyting ilse. A purty mess ye min hev made av tings, indade," sez she, I saw it wus no use to kape up the. conversashun anny longer fer whin a wumman sits goin on the tintpirince quistion ye can't rayson wid her, at all, at all, so ye can't. Yours fer a shart sishun, Timothy Hay, iOth LINE HOWICK Miss Carrie Cook of Kitchener vis- ited on. Friday' with Mrs, Hugh Mc- Leod. Mrs. Tom Pritchard spent Friday with Mrs, Cecil Cooper. Miss Esther Harding visited on Thursday with Mrs. Wm. Campbell, 9th line. Miss Ruby Harrifield spent Sun- day with Miss Olive Strong. Mr. and Mrs. R. Harding were Harriston visitors last Thursday. rs. c ee and Miss Elsie Dou- bledee of Wingham, were Saturday it rs vzs o with Mr. and Mrs. Harding. WROXETER 'Mr. Jack Edgar of Brussels, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Edgar. Mr. John Rutledge of Brampton, calledon friends in town Friday w yf o last week, Miss Margaret Doig of Gorrze,f spent Sunday with Miss Roan Van - Vel sor. • Mr. Alex. Gibson of the 9th con, of Howick, paid a visit to Wroxeter friends on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart of Moles- worth, spent the week -end with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sangs- ter. Mr. Archie McDonald of Ethel was. the guest of Wroxeter friends on Sunday. GORRIE Mr. • Charles Doan, of Mitchell, was a recent guest at the home of his mother, Mrs. Doan. Mrs. John Robinson visited her mother, Mrs. W. J. Strong near Ford- wich recently. Mrs. Harvey'Sparling, we are glad to report, is improving after her ser- ious illness. Mrs. H. Herzog spent a few days this week with friends in Cargill. Miss Dorothy Vanstone of Lon- don, spent the week -end in. Gorrie, and attended the funeral of Mrs. R. Stinson on Monday. The Ladies' Aid of the United Church met at the parsonage on Thursday evening of last week. 'The meeting was in the form of a social, when members .of the Aid invited their hsubands or a friend. The first part of the meeting was in charge of the president, Mrs. (Dr.) N. L. Whitley, after which Rev. Mr. Craik took charge of the program which was bearing on St. Patrick. The fol- lowing program was given: Instru- mental, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Ashton; duet, Mrs. Abram and Rev. Craik, "Mother Machrie," Instrumental, Mrs. K. Hastie; duet, Mrs. Wm. Pyke and Clifford Pyke, "Where the River Shannon flows," Irish Romance —Mrs. Toner in charge; Irish joke by each member; Irish reading, Mrs. W. Whitfield; Kissing the Blarney Stone caused lots of laughter as each one was blindfolded and tried to kiss it, A "Pat" contest was also very in- teresting.'' Lunch was served at the close and every one departed, thank- ing Mr. and Mrs. Craik for their kind hospitality. Mr, and Mrs. V, Shera were Sun- day guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wood, near Clifford Mr. and Mrs. William Jardine and daughters, Dorothy and Joyce, left on Wednesday for their home in Tug -.1 aske, Sask., after spending the past three months with Mrs. Jardine's parents; and other friends. Mr, and Mrs, L. F. Ashton enter- tained the Minstrels at their' home on Monday evening Miss Anzic. Douglas spent the week -end at her home hear Belmorc, The funeral of the late Mrs. Rube. Stinson was largely attended on Mon- day last. The service was held in the Anglican Church, ler pastor, Rev. R. S. Jones being in charge of the service. Further particulars next week. The play "A Southern Cinderella" which was given last Thursday even- ing by the ladies of the Anglican church, was largely attended and en- joyed very much by those who at- tended. Each player took hispart well. 'Mrs. V. Shera has returned home after spending • two weeks with her ni;other, in Guelph. Tattle at dicer anasweeter syrup buy BENSONS G Lb SYRUP SBU Oisamallastsoggassosimisiolasamsai The CANADA STARCH CO., Limited MONTREAL Members of the church will want to see the impressive pageant "The Gate Beautiful," to be presented by about forty members of the church in. Gorrie United Church, Easter Sun- day evening, April 5th, at 7.30 o'clock, This pageant will be given under the auspices of the Progressive Mission Circle. There are ten impressive scenes portraying important incidents in the life of Christ and His disciples from the triumphal entry into Jeru- salem until the Risen Saviour ap- pears in the Upper Room. You will appreciate the Easter message more deeply after seeing this 'pageant. Vis- itors will be made welcome. Come early, The request number for the even- ing service ven-ing-service next Sunday, March 29th, will be "Life's Railroad to Heaven." Several young men will sing this gos- pel hymn in chorus. Miss Lydia Foster, a pupil of the Fordwicli Continuation School, spent the week -end at the home of Miss Evans. BELMORE The curlers still go up and down, Now doesn't is seem funny, That they're the only men around the town, Who know how to handle money. Ernest: "Didn't you tell her she was pretty ugly?" Edward: "I almost did, I got as far as "pretty" and she looked so pleased that I hadn't the heart to say Y any more." "There is nothing so, satisfactory as a clear conscience." "No," answered Senato Sorghum; "and the next best thing is a good lawyer." Mrs. John Peterman, now of Wing- 1 ham, is still quite poorly, at the home of her son, Eldon. Mrs. Thomas Applebee of Glen- annan, is visiting her sisters, Misses Mary and Hannah Stokes. Miss Elizabeth Hackney was in Wingham Monday calling on Mrs. Peterman. The Irish concert Friday night in spite of hard tunes, was fairly well attended. We congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reid of Wroxeter, on the ar- rival of a little girl (Edna Elva). When we read the Gorrie items We almost get the blues, To think so small a town Can gather up so much news. For things are very quite up here, Save for the Mill's loud hum, And the children playing •round our door, Sure it would seem quite glum. .But when it gets a little tame They give a party gay; If you can dance be sure and come If you can't, just stay away, Money is so very scarce just now That no one's getting wed; Pity the preachers who look to mar- riage fees, With which to buy their bread. No one gets sick, so no one dies, That is a goodly thing; But, oh, to keep the doctor out, Right merrily we sing. 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