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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1927-05-26, Page 2WINGI;ZAM ADVANCR,TI1VIES lrirri, taught through him, and commanded to put the men forth tia uuZia ft r*twinfinally raised hum. from the grave lztfile while. `,Chs n7ernbere of the :Whom ye slew, hanging hum on a. tree.e The apostles l rightly charged 7 'NDA.Y. SCIOOL LESSON Fetor ,Undaunted by Persecution Sunday, May 29th. Aets $;t7.42 Tinse,-.,Tie apostles were impris- ,!oned • perhaps in the Year A. D. 34., I'la•ce.--Some prison in • Jerusalem, ,the •courts of the tern;rile, the cortzrci .ehalri,ber of the Sanhedrin. Persistent' Apostles .And when they had .brought them, they set them before the council, Note that in their examination noth- ing is asked them . about the way in 'which they hid been freed from prison. The Sanhedrin perceived that they had not been released by inuman means,, and they wanted no further evidence that God was with them in miraculous working. And the high priest asked •them. He was the; president of the council and corm` ducted the examination. Saying, We strictly charged you ;tot to teach in this name.._ This com- mand was laid upon Peter and John only, but the high priest chose to consider it binding 00 all the apostles. And behold, ye have filled, Jerusalem with your teaching. • The high priest himself gives a testi- monial to the apostles, that they ane faithful, zealous, and remarkably efficient._. ,Arid intend to bring this man's blood upon us. What a re4- .versal is here, as if the• judges had 'become defendants and were ward- ing off an accusation from them- selves! Courageous Apostles —But' Peter and the apostles an - answered' and said: We must obey God rather than risen. Peter and John, when first brought before the rulers, had said substantially the same thing. Whenever human of ioers and laws conflict with God and his laws,. we can have no choice in the matter: human laws are to be defied, human government is to be resisted. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus.. In this sentence the apostles sought to. assure the Sanl,drin that :they had not departedf from the ,ancient religion of their race. It was the God, of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who had sent Jesus Christ, his Son, worked wonders through t the' Jews with the guilt. of Christ's crucifixion, since, though he was ex- ecuted by the Romans,: it was against their protest, and on Jewish insistenc. Him did God,, exalt with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour. The right hand, with most mien, is the stone and °skilful hand, so that the ,expression, "with his right hand," means "with his power." To give re- pentance to Israel. Repentahce is a gift from Christ,. it is not barn of our own sinful hearts. And Remission of sins. "Remission" means "sending away." And we are witnesses of these things. The apostles stood forth, in- dividually and collectively, and de- clared' that they had themselves seen Christ's miracles, his death on the cross, his triumphant resurrection and ascension. And so is the Holy Spirit, The Holy Spirit bore witness to Christ by endowing his apostles with miraculous powers, by refreshing their memories of Christ's words and deeds, by teaching them what they should say, 'and by strengthening their souls to, meet whatever trial might assail thein. Whom God hath given to them that obey him The'opostles had just declared that they must obey God rather than man, and now . they add that one of the rewards of such obedience—to them and to all men— is the gift of God's Holy Spirit. Rejoicing Apostles But they, when they hear this, were cut to the heart. Their hearts were moved, but to anger and not to repen- tance and godly fear. These obscure men had dared to defy and even to instruct and rebuke the Senate of the Jewish nation. And were minded to slay them. They would probably. charge thein with blasphemy, punish- able among the Jews with. death., Here was the same spirit that had slain Jesus, as the apostles charged; But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel. The Gamaliel here mentioned was the teacher of Paul, and Paul was proud to name himself as his pupil. A doctor of the law, had in honor of all the people. He was famous for his. learning and for the purity of his character, and was one of the seven Jewish doctbrs honored with he suprerne title of Rabban. And -access O $' even its electrifying success dur- ing 1926 --not even its tremendous sales, which more than doubled the best previous first- yearrecord of any new make of car. -Not eventhese amazink achievements can compare with the present-day triumphs of the New and Finer Pontiac Six 1 The reasons for this spectacular -advance in popularity are obvious. Always a surpassing value, the New and. Finer Pontiac Six now• towers above its field like a beacon in the night. Vivid' new beauty enhances the fine crafts- manship of its new lower bodies by Fisher: Chassis refinements emphasize the thrilling performance of its famous six -cylinder y ider motor.. Fresh and original combinations `off enduring Duco lend mx . a marked note of style to its six smart body types. 'Yet even with all these imp .rovetnents the Ne and Fine 1? w Finer sells for new low pricesf ' Never has such surpassing value been offered in a low-priced quality six. Never has anycat- of its price kindled such wildfire r buying en. thusiasm . Atid never has any car in its class so dearly deserved such success'! arz7zo AT NEW LOW PRICES 4. H. WN DEALER Wingham, R CSC t OP GENERAL MOTORS oI CANADA,xmrirm council could talk~ more freely when by, themselves, Qamaliel himself. might not carne to have it widely. known that he urged leniency for. the Christians, though only from ntoti of expediency.. And he said unto them, Ye niertt of Israel, take heed': to yourselves as touching these men, what ye are -about to do. "Take heed" is 'a wise man's warning, Every mistake, in ,large matters or small,springs primarily from heedlessness. And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone. Gamaliel, as a Pharisee, would be inclined to favor the Christians more than the Saddncees, who were the most prominent Jewish office -holders, because; while the Sadducees denied human niintortality, the Pharisees, be- lieved in a ressurrection from the dead, the teaching which the Chris ians so stoutly emphasized, For this counsel or this work be of . men it will be over -thrown. Gai}ia'liel does not mean that all human enterprise will be overthrown, but. that unless God approves what is said and Clone it will come to naught. But if it is of God, ye will not be. able to overthrow thein. will Christ- ians are not ready enough 'to take advantage of this great truth and strengthen our souls with it. . Lest haply ye be found even .to he fighting against God." "Take heed to youeselves lest ye be found ') fight- ing against God." When we think of the indefinite power and majesty of God and the iefinitessinnal insignifi- cance of his creature, man, it is noth- ing less than absurd that this pigmy should veneure to contend against the Almighty; yet that is exactly what. many a foolish little man undertakes, and the sentence summarized the story of millions of life failures. And to ;, him they agreed. On strong marl was able to lead seventy weaker men to .do what when they ame there they had not the slightest mention of doing, And when they ad called the apostles unto them, hey beat them. It was a cruel beat - ng, we may be sure, taking them as ear to death as the. councillors dar- d. It was the penalty for venturing o disobey and defy the Sanhedrin: nd charged them not to speak in he name of Jesus. They knew per- ctly well by this time that the harge would have no effect, even with the beating to reinforce it; but eir outraged dignity required this assertion of their authority. And et them go. The victory was with e apostles, and they departed, not in sgrace but in triumph.. They therefore departed from the esence of the council; rejoicing that •ey were counted 'worthy to suffrr shonor for the name. That Name hich they were forbidden to utter fore ,the people, declaring that it as the Messiah's, and that it; as eter had emphatically said, was the ly name bringing salvation to men. And• every day, in the temple and home; they ceased not to teach d to preach Jesus as the Christ, is was the "speaking in the name Jesus" which had been forbidden em; every day, either in public or private, or both, they calmly dis- arded the Sanhedrin's prohibition,: ves C- if e c t n e t A t fe c th re 1 th di pr th di w be tiv P on at an Th of th in re TIMOTHY'S • WISDOM To the Editor av all thim Winghain paypors Deer Sur,— Shpakin av drames, isn't it quare f 1 1 d how such oo is r of eas will git into a fallah's head whin h eis ashlape, arr rnebby only half ashslape? Bein a paicable man rnesilf, an nivir in a foight in nue life, barrin pollytiekle warns, an oven thin nivir corrin to blows, an yit I suppose 1 hev been in more sheraps in nie shlape than army man livin, an iviry toime I Iiclted the other fellate, an sometoimes two arr tree av thim at wance. Mebby 'tis the Irish blood in nte, an goes to show what I cud do if tings came to the worst; „The only toime I came near gittin into a foightwus whin I enlist- ed durin the Fenian raid, an thin, the thrubble was all over befoor we got to the front. Thim wus the slitirrin tomes, an I Kin renniitiber yit how a young mart jist out frim England came roidin along the road on harsiback wid. the warred that a ship loaded down. wid Fenian was about to land at Bay- field. Thin iviry able bodied man got. lrould av army ould gun he odd foind, and ihe cr £t dd..n tis: a g gun he grab, bed a crow -bar arr ,pitch -fork and. was ready to face the divil hiinsilf if, nicissary. Tiara , Shure 'twas s c ia Y e looltin batalyti n that marched down the con- cishiot loin, brit the saint sini if wvtts lin thfin ars wus in timer sons and grandsons who winl over the top at Vinay . 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Av coarse it turned out to be a false alarruin, an 'a lot av us youneger fellahs wint home a little bit dishappointed. 1 shtarted to 'wroite about diazines an here 1 hev ;wandbered aft tellin about the Fenian raid days. 'Tis ottld fellahthey loike thewvays• wid . to recall, an talk about tings that happened whin the,wvttrrttld was young to thine. Mebby ii2•e letters are someting loike the ciiibrated lickture Josh Billings used to give on the subjickt ay milk. is wud shtart 'be tellin a' funny shtory arr two, ,n thin kape on; tellin thim, wid some woise rern.ar cks be- twane, fer an hour arr more, kaypin the payple all laffin, but- not a wurrud about milk, fursht arr last, till they shtarted to wondher whin he was goin to come to his subjickt, Afther talkin'fer about an hour an a half he wud say, "Ladies an gintlemin about the.best ting I ivir saw on milk, wus ergine," ' an thin he writ' sit down: whoile ivirybody roared at the besht joke atr the evenin, an loiked at all the better because itwus awn tin. thimsilves, .so to shpake. The fellate who kin laugh whin the joke is on hirxisilf is always a pleasant oonipanion, an that is why me frind, Sandy' Banks an rnesilf always ;it; 1 along so well together. Shure, we dobe always 'throyin to take a roise out av •aitch other, an we enjoy the joke fist the same no matther which wan av tis it is on. " Meliby I may finish me remarks aboutdritines some oath tam, but at prisint 1 musht go out an mow the ).awn, arr the missals will be sbpalciin about` it, an I hate to be tould to do atninyting whin: I am itttinrlin- to do It annyway, tate,, fursht chance I git. But befoor elosin I, must minshun wan other tniatther. For some toime I 11ev taught that their ought to be some • znan in town to make sugges- tions, wid regard to tings that made attinshun, I am willin to tackle the jawb missilf till some wan ilse is ap- pointed an shall shpake av wan arr two tings aitch wake. Per . this wake, I want to say that the soidwalk furxinslit the Bank av Commerce badly nades repairin befoor the town gits ,let in fer bill av dam- ages. Yottra too nixt Wake, TIMOTHY HAY, BELMQ12E The play put on in the Community lJall, Tuesday evening, by the Young People of the Union Church, Mild- may, was one of the best seem here for some time,, M•r, and Mrs, Roy Rutherford and, Miss Mary—Darling; spent' Sunday evening at Peter 1-iacicing's and Miss Edna Lhteolu with Bessie Scott, Mr. and Mrs, Prod Hyttchnati, of Corrie visited Sunday with friends Mr Y Mrs. Peierman, Miss. Ani N�- �' ewans and Pearl Douglas' were in Mildmay Mr. Teemush, poulty man had the Sattrrday on business and Miss Minn. is Jeffery in ;Teeswater. Little Lillian Parking is quite ill at present., natters or small, springsromari P ly misfortune to havelhis hen house burned recently. An overheatedi� o p pe from the brooder der is thought to have: started the blaze, Invitations are out for the old boys reunion at Inglis school the 9th of July. SALEM Mr,. and, Mts. James 1Vlerlcl�ey and Uri and Mrs, Lennie MY erkle of Kit- chener chen r isi v t ed i, wth M n aai d Mrs, Henry Markley and other friends ar outrd, here recently. Miss Hazel Weir, .;teacher of Tor otito and Miss Eve iWeMichael of Stratford Normal spent a few days with their, respective parents. Mr, and Mrs. Pred' Hytidtttatr front rear Gorda'' called On Ur.: and 1Vra John Gowdy last Sunday.