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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1931-05-21, Page 2?A V, T\V:''( TH WINGHAM ADVANC -TIMES Thursday, May Zlst, 1931 "My dear, we've kept you avv'finliy late!" "Oh. no matter, my Pontiac fairly slides through traffic." tf: •_,_ ���-- y -1 es- ees-ei rx hXx i.;:),/ ll � L 1-- a \,,,?,-„,,, i � �. /'i y:- ,-moi;�-ma;i . , .-----< •.:',-• a figno CAA pan PA" ADE EVERY FRIDAY owe[ stations from roost to coast - Buy conveniently through GMAC, General Motors own. time payment plan. Be assured of satisfaction by the liberal terrrts of the General Motors Owner Service Policy. PONTIAC a fine ear, a modern car, a General Motors •Value Forward with Canada! Prove your confidence in to -morrow by buying today W. J. Brown - Dealer P2346 PRICED FROM 8875 at factory, Taxes Extra %Mt tt,f,t,fllrrt tlIIIII111uttit•' I. FAVORITE HYMNS . 431111111111031.111411,nlunnrrtun4mnulunrltuauau rnrrltlI Bigg in yonder maims of light, Far above these lower skies, Fair and exquisitely bright, Heaven's unfading mansions rise: Glad, within their blest abode, Dwell the raptured saints above, .Where no anxious cares corrode, Bappy in Emmanuel's love. Ortce the big unbidden tear, Stealing down the furrowed cheek, Told, in eloquence sincere, Tales of woe they could not speak: But these days of weeping o'er, . 'assed—this scene of toil and pain, They shall feel distress no more; Neer—never weep again. Ind the ;chorus of the skies, °Mid the angelic lyres above, Harkl their songs melodious rise, Songs of praise to Jesus' love;- Happy :spirits, ye are fled Where no grief can entrance find: Lulled to rest, the aching head; Soothed, the anguish of the mind. All is tranquil and serene, Calm and undisturbed repose; There no cloud can intervene, There no angry tempest blows; Every tear is wiped away, Sighs no more shall heave the breast; Night is lost in endless clay, Sorrow in eternal rest. One of the most noted and best beloved preachers of the last century was Thomas Raffles, who wrote this last one of his hymns just before he was called away from his ministerial life. The Rev. Dr. Thomas Raffles, son of a London lawyer, born in 1188, was one of the most notable figures tin England at the beginning of the !nineteenth century. A godly mother trained the Iad wisely, and he receiv- at birth the gift of eloquence in an {!unusual degree. At seventeen his fine promise led `Dr. W. Bengo Collier, pastor and writer of several noted hymns, such as "Great God, what do I see and hear," "Return, 0 wonderer return," and "Assembled at Thy great corn Mand," to secure his admission to the Independent Training College at Be- merton. While training for themin- istry he became so popular as 'a stu- dent doing occasional clerical duty, that the conscientious principal, Dr, John Pye Smith felt bound to dis- courage ;him. "I am afraid, Mr. Rai - les," he said, "this publicity is pre- mature, and it is perhaps hardly right that you should appear in clerical robes at the Adelphi and other places. so early in your course" But there was no hiding of this young light- under any conventional bushel. His popularity grew, and when barely twenty-one years of age he was given pastoral charge of a Congregational' chapel at Hammer- smith, London. He had his Sunday evenings free there, and he was al- ways in request as a special preach- er. Great congregations gathered to hear him, and :often as . he entered pulpits he was mistaken for a young lad carrying tip the great preacher's books. After two years of this work, the kingdom was shocked with the news that Thomas Spencer, of Liverpool, the most eloquent, learned and pop- ular of Congregational divines had been drowned. It appeared that ev- erybody had lost a friend. Those who had not heard him had, read his works, or known of him and at this distance of time, it seems almost in- credible that a short six months' min- istry could have made such an im- pression: in so unimpassionable a country as England. The stricken :congregation iniplor ed that Thomas Raffles !might visit them. His own congregation hearing' their letter read immediately said, "Go and comfort them." He cross- ed the Mersey in an . open boat, was affectionately received in . the then little city of about a hundred thous- and people, and taken to the rooms. recently occupied by the lamented Spencer, near the great George Street Chapel he had started to build, and there at the earnest solicitation of Spencer's parish he remained for ov- er fifty years! He won a wonderful reputation as a speaker and pastor, and his fine book "Memoirs of the Life and Min- istry of the Rev. Thomas Spencer," achieved a very large circulation on both sides of the Atlantic. It was. held by some that this was the most important religious book in many years, and later essays and other writings were also received with great favor. He wrote several hymns, seventeen of which are still to be found in some or other of the hymnals. There was nothingnarrow about his teaching or his hymns. Happily he was dowered with the truly Catholic mind which demands the whole of the faith, and recognizes good wherever it is to be found. His labors were too vigorous for his constitution at last, and he had a long illness. "I am preaching the longest sermon I ever preached," he said one day to his daughter. "Is it from the text `Patience'? she asked. 'Yes, it is as though God said to me, 'You have been teaching men all these years how to live; now teach them how to die,'" he replied. Hedemanded one day if his at- tendant had read his last hymn, the oneprinted herewith. Its text was, In my Father's house are many mansions." He repated it over with his old perfect elovutien, and then. added: "There is one for Inc, I know it, I feel it." A little later he raised his head, and looked around, "I want Christ, Christ," and then as his eldest son tells us, "Just like a tired child, fell asleep." The tune "Supplication," by Sir Joseph Barnby, celebrated as organ- ist . and composer, suits both the words and spirit of this' hymn. News and I,nformation For the Busy Farmer (Furnished by the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture) Cows for Northern Ontario L. E. O'Neill, assistant director of the Livestock branch, states that they have• been co-operating with the De- partment of Northern Development, in meeting the demands of settlers in Northern Ontario in obtaining cows. Recently a shipment of seventeen cows went forward to Hearst where they were distributed to sixteen dif- ferent settlers. Cows are supplied an application from the settlers of Nor- thern Ontario_ The settler must agree to pay at least 25 per cent. of the cost price of the cow in cash, and the balance is paid in monthly instalments of $3.00 per cow with in- terest at 6 per cent. on unpaid :bal- ances. Lap to the present time be- tween 600 and 700 cows have been supplied unciter this policy, the set- tlers paying a. flat rate of $12 per bead in addition to the original cost, this charge being made to partially cover the expenses of shipment. It is expected that upwards of fifty cows will be sent into Northern On- tario during the present season. Women's' Institute Work A majority of the Women's Insti- tutes in Ontario are holding summer. meetings which will be addressed by lecturers from the Department, Well informed as to Institute aims, meth- ods and accomplishments, they will discuss with the officers and mem- bers ways and means of making the. local branch's activities more effec- tive, ffecttive, The summer meetings are for the whole communities, where held, and branch officers are expected to invite all girls- and women of the communities.: The speakers will have important announcements to make regarding the services of specialists who have been appointed for such work as household science, judging and short courses, junior work, nu- trition, clothing and housing - Plans have been trade for instruc- tion in 'household science judging in every county between now and next November. Hon. T. L. Kennedy has announced that provision will be made to brig; five prize winners of each county and district judging coin - petition to the Royal Winter Fair in the Fall. Two days' Instruction will be given at each centre chosen. To Improve Livestock. Farmers in Siincoe County pur- chasing a putei,rcd sire for the first time are to receive a bonus of 20 per cent. of the purchase price, and .if a group of farmers should decide on a similar purchase, they will receive a bonus which will not exceed $11.00, The decision to give this encourage ment was reached at a meeting of the recently formed County Livestock Improvement Association. Stewart L. ]?age, district representative, stat- ed that the objective of the move- ment was to raise the standard of livestockin the county. Better brill campaigns will be conducted; farm- ers encouraged to use boars of cor- rect bacon type; educational cam- paigns promoted to: attain a , more uniform type of market hog, the use of purebred rams and general im- provement of all livestock, including horses. The Department will reim- burse the local treasury for bonus ex- penditures made to farmers for the purchase of high-grade bulls. The in- tention is :not to buy and sell but to provide a livestock exchange where farmers may purchase higher grade bulls with bonus assistance, after the seal of approval and inspection has been placed on them by the associa- tion. ALL WORK — NO PAY To the Editur av all thim" Winghani :paypers, Deer Sur:— Shure, ur:Shure, but isn't it the quarest wur- ruld ye ivir saw? Wan man does the �curruk, an another fellah gits the pay, an 'tis the same wid pollyticks as wid iviryting ilse. 'Tis mesilf that has been wurrukin an votin fer the Tory parthy ivir since I wus twinty wan years ould, yis an befoor,. an nivir got hoigher than bein conshtub ble on votin days, an thin whin theer do bearmy. saft shnaps to pass ar- round among the byes, they go to targe Shpotton arr. Tom McLean. Av coorse I don't want anybody to tink that 'twas be rayson av anny- ting I ixpickted to git out av it that I hey wurrukecl all me loife fer the Tory parthy, up to the prisint toime, That wussen't the amain rayson at all, at all, so it wussen't. 'Twas the fun av baitin the other fellahs, an the natcheral loikin av an Irishman fer a schrap, that put the foight into me,. jilt the same as if an elickshun had been a barrun raisin. Whin ye come to tink av it, elick- shuns an ,barrun raisins do be putty much the same. It doesn't make much differ which soide wins so long as the buildin goes up, an nobody gits hurted. Av coorse it is the byes who shtand on the plates an pull up the rafters who hey all the party girruls lookin at thim, but 'tis us ould fel- lahs who do be down below houldin the tut av the poshts who snake tings safe fer the resht av the min whin the bints are goin up. Yis, 'tis me- silf who has been afther houldin the fut av a posht fer the Tory parthy at iviry elickshun fer the pasht fifty years arr mare, widout even an ex- tra piece av poi fer supper whin the PATHFINDER TREAD 440-21 $6S0 450-20 $7.40 45 21 X7.40 475-:9 58.70 5i019 $92� am. There's saving in a Pathfinder Tube, too telleamMeammermilisrlinam lasht rafter wus in place, 'Tis the same wid elickshuns as, wid barrun raisins in a lot av ways. Some fellahs do all the hollerin, an others hey to do all the liftin. An another ting ye mebby hey notished that it hilps a lot in both games if ye kape the skids well grained. Ye kin always foind plinty av fellahs to hould the pot if some other fellahs supply the graise, fer what is lift ov- er.always goes to the pot holders. Lasht July we put up as purty a buildin as ye cud foind in anny coun- thry in the wurruld, but I musht ad- mit - that our byes hey been purty shlow about dittin it closed in, an the roof put on. Theer has been too much nailin on av a boord here an. Cheer an then pullin it aff agin, which the same is what me dawter-in-law wud call shpakin in mettyfer. But an. Irishman has a roight to shpake until he is undhershtood, an what I mane is that puttin a dooty cn glass, arr pertaties wan day, an takin it aff the nixt will nivir git us annywheer, so it won't. 'Tis no pro- per Tory polishy to be ivirlastingly changin tings, an if our byes kape on doin it, they will soon be no bet- ther than thim Grits arr U.F.O'.'s. Yours till nixt wake, Timothy Hay. The best test for a safe driver is the ability to make u his mind quick when the cow 'can't. 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In two minutes you want — dt speeds :ep. she was Speaking to her mother. Yes, she could catch the :alike.the everting train— would be there at 8 in the ia.ttty: morning. What a relief! Now she could go about her prepare tions for the morrow. The telephone had made everything easy. And the ;cost bf the nail had been less than a dollar.