The Wingham Advance Times, 1927-07-14, Page 2SUNDAY AFTERNOON
July x7
SAMUELANOINTS DAVID
z Samuel e6:x- $ -
Golden Te&t—Let no man despise thy
youth; but be Chothouanexample. 1:o
them that believe, in word, in man-
ner of life, to love, in faith, in peer-
•INGHAM ADVANCE.TtN S
Thursday', July ieth, x927
'tble, ' And, he sale, There remaineth time being. e No minutes even were
yet,, the youngest In this ease, as so kept, Si*• John 1Vlacdonald kept of )y:
often, the youngest member of the sundry notes of what tools place, for
family • was forgotten,' or considered his own guidance; and: Col. Jolie'
to be not worth mentioning, And be- Hamilton Gray, one of the N'ew
hold„ he is, keeping the sheep,' Jesse 'Brunswick delegates, from memory
seems to have thought if he did not or a private diary, kept sufficient to
say, "The boy is usefully employed; write .a history of the proceedings, in.
why take Win away from his w irlc later years. What happened, laaly-
on such an empty errand as this?" ever, was foundout surreptitiously
For the father had no idea that any .and published • in a Prince; Edward Is.
great honor was coining to his young -
t son. And Samuel said unto Jos
end and fetch him: for wewill not
sit down till he come hither, They
would not sit down to the meal which
followed the sacrifice; that is, the sac-
rifice would be postponed,
And he sent, and brought him in.
It was all mystery to the lad. Why
was this strange and''powerful old
man sending for hint? Now hewas
ruddy, and withal of a beautiful coun-
tenance, and goodly to look upon.
" Ipeeldy" signifies in the Hebrew that
David was not of swartley complexion
and of black .hair, as was common,
but \vas of the "sanguine" type, un-
usual in southern countries, the Get
Manic and English type, auburn -
haired and with fair skin.' And Jeho-
vah said, Arise, anoint him for this
is he. The Lord gave Samuel instant
assurance; he •was as confident that
ibis was the right one as if lie heard
an actual voice speaking to him..,
Then Samuel took the horn of oil,
and anointed him ne the midst of his
brethren. Though Jesse and his sons
were looking on while the prophet.
produced the hallow horn and pour
ed from it the sacred oil upon Dav-
id's head, no one of the Bethlehem
family had any conoeption of the lof-
ty meaning of Satnuel's act, and Dav-
id himself appears •to have had no
idea that he was intended to succeed
Sant, And the Spirit of Jehovah
came mightily upon. David from that
day forward.. So little is apparently
thought of David that tip to this.
point the lad's name has not been
given "David" means"darling" or
"beloved," a name well . suited not
only to the youngest of the family"
but to the boy's character.
iter.- x 'Tii i, 4:12.
The Lesson in Its Setting
"Time,—The birth of David, B.C.
1092; his anoipting, B.C.1077.
place—Beth-lehem, about five miles
south of Jerusalem.
Seven Sons Rejected
And Samuel did that which Jeho-
vah.spake. Saul's failure sprang from
;self-willed disobedience; Satiluei's
long -life sacrifice was based upon
humble obedience. He always did
promptly what Jehovah spake. And
came to Beth-lehem.. "Eleth-lehern"
.means "house. of bread." Jerusalem
alone, is a more sacred spot. And the
elders of the city came to meet him
trembling. The elders were the heads
of families or clans, and acted as .ag;,
istrates; perhaps we might call' theta
the board of aldermen of Beth-lehcm.
And' said, Comest thou peaceaa1y?
Doubtless the aspect of the aged pro-
phet was clouded, for he was on an
errand that was sad for him, and filled
with danger.
And he said, Peaceably; I am c••nne
to ,sacrifice unto Jehovah. That was
true, as faras it went; there was no
reason why the prophet should dis-
close his entire errand. Sanctify your-
selves, and come with me to the s c-
rifice. Before joining in the sacrifice,
the worshippers were required to pure
ify themselves by washing their bod-
ies and their clothes as indicating
the spiritual cleansing necessary be-
fore one can approach a holy God.
And he sanctified Jesse and his sons,
and called thein to the: sacrifice. Jesse
was one of the elders of the village,
perhaps the chief of them, and it was
appropriate for the prophet to super-
intend personally the purification of
this important man and his family.
And it came to pass, when they
were come. When the sons of Jesse
were assembled for the purpose of
this ceremonial, purification, the de-
tails of which may not have been fa-
miliar to . them in the state of relig-
ion at that time, and so far from'the
sanctuary where sacrifices were reg-
ularly offered. That he looked onEl-
lab, and tsard, Surely . Jehovah's an-
ointed is before him. Eliab is called
Elihu in x Chron. 27:13.
But Jehovah said unto Samuel.
Not audibly, of course, but 'speaking
to his spirit, which was responsive to
God's mind. Look not on his coun-
tenance. Do not consider whether his
face is handsome, with regular and
•
striking- features,. or
reverse. e.
on the height of his stature. A , Or
tall
man might have an advantage in the,
band -to -hand conflicts of ancient war-
fare, but a king should' not risk his
person in battle. Because I have re
jectled him. A man's real majesty and
beauty consists in this, that God has
chosen him, approvesof him; and a
man's fundamental ugliness lies in
God's disfavor. For Jehovah seeth
not as man seeth. That is, as the or-
dinary man, the unthinking man. For first definite and explicit expression
• man looketh on the outward appear- In the turning of the ,first sod of : a
ance, .but. Jehovah looketh on the
heart.. The Lord can pierce beneath
all surfaces; he knows: the words in
our tongues, before they are shot out
upon the air,
a
Then Jesse called d Abinadab, , and
made hien pass before, Samuel. Ab-
inadab, as we learn from 1 Sain. 17.13
was next in age to Eliab. And he
said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen
this. Samuel was waiting for an in-
ward voice that he would, he _ knew,
recognize as the voice of God making
the right selection,
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass
by. Probably all of them were sent
before the prophet in the order of
age, that the oldest might have first
chance at the honor to be bestowed,
whatever it 'might be. = And he said,
Neither hath Jehovah chosen this,
These young men might have been
"choice youths," well suited to many
posts of honor, but not adapted, to
the chief rank,
And Jesse made seven of his sons
to pass before Samuel: And Samuel
said unto Jesse, Jehovah hath not
-chosen "these. With each successive
rejection Jesse's spirits mttst have
fallen lower, 'because, though he could
-not fathom Sanlnel's design, he must
• have seen that the prophet was seek-
ing some young man on whom be
could bestow a signal honor.
Xing.
Chosen g
David
And 'Samuel said unto Jesse, Are
here all thy children? He may .,have
known that Jesse' had eight sons and
have wondered why the eighth was
not produced, or h'le may have been
perplexed to fit together the direc-
tions to go to that town and that
family and the inner intimations that
none of the 'young men was accept
land newspaper and, the proposed
scheme had to run the gauntlet of
fierce opposition in all three prov-
iaces down by,, the sea. The rival.
Parties in. f it Brunswick, forgetting
that they) were Liberals and Tories,
locally nieknained as "Smashers" and.
"Stub -Tails," aligned themselves un-
der new banners as Confederates and
anti -Confederates. The trouble was
that there 'had been no time to define
or explain the principles underlying.
the various proposals, and insular and'
local prejudice exploded, as a gun
which goes off at, half-cock. The
newspapers and business men of ,St.
John, in particular, the latter fearing
their interests would be 'jeopardized,
fanned feeling into name. Sir Leon-
ard cattle out with a declaration, that
he would submit the question to the
people.' Early in 1865 the crash oc-
curred while the Confederation, de-
bates were on in Ouebec, the news
that, in the election followieg the dec-
laration, the government :hall been
swept out of existence by a vote over
seven to one was flashed . in. This
had a deeply marked effect on the
situation, the Unionists becoming al
arrne,d and the anti -Unionists greatly
heartened.
Tilley, now in private life, and noth-
ing .daunted. by the 'fact that the
whole of New Brunswick was on fire
with excitement and was overrun
with pamphleteers and propagandists,
not only raised his voice in every part
of it but practically made a house to
house canvass, his wholehearted task
being; to bring the people back to
sanity. The great bogey was direct
taxation, and, as in Nova Scotia, the
people were told that they had been
sold to Canada for So cents a hear~:
Two things odcurred to turn the tide
in the opposite direction and disast
irons defeat into victory. Governor
Gordon, • who had been opposed to
Confederation,•"beeame a convert as.
,a result of '.a visit to England, and
Few people realize how closely rail- acting under instructions from the
ways and Confederation have been re- Colonial Secretary, made emery effort
lated in the past. New Brunswick, to bring it: about. He accepted a res-
thelargest • mileage per olution of endorsement bee the Legis
-
headfor has g dative Council, or upper house of New
head its:population, was the first
to agitate for their construction, with Brunswick without consulting his ad
-
a view to communication with the visers, who had no other course left
outside world. Ten years after the but to resign. The people now know
operation of railways in England, the ingthat the Imperial Government
agitation began. A meeting was:eleeld was strongly in favoz and under the
in 1353 in St. Andrews to discuss a excitement of a threatened Fenian in -
railway to Quebec. Here .the seeds vasion, they completely reversed ti-eit
and the Intercolonial'Railway were decision of the previous election
sown, and without the Intercolonial the province entered Confederatiol'1
the Maritime provinces would net by ilnanimous consent. It cannot l,e.
have entered the Union at all. 'Ne said that wedded to Confederation
Maritime provinces were almost they were happy ever afterwards, but
wholly ,cut_ off from the world, ex- on the whole the Union has been
cep w5re sea; but were' largely isolat- beneficial and the Canadian spirit is
ed from each other and in the idea strong.
of .linking up ' with each other and
with, Canada the conception of Con n Irsli Par-
is
was born and it had its ;. For B'erge"r s imported E g
is Green, try McAvoy's. Drug Store,
CONFEDERATION AND AFTER
—SIXTY YEARS OF: PROGRESS
NEW BRUNSWICK AND
CONFEDERATION
aS ur�r�llar��r+
A.T
The WALKER STOR
railway from St. John to Shediac on
the Straits of Northumberland in
1853. Sir Leonard Tilley, who was
the leader in New Brunswick in con-
structive legislation, from the very
outset of his political, career was in
favor of and, strongly advocated co-
operative action among the provinces
and the building of the Intercolonial.
The address presented to Sir Edmund
Head on the occasion referred to ,.:on -
tainted this sentiment: • "Our sister
colonies and ourselves, though under
the same flag and enjoying the same
free institutions, are comparatively
strangers to each other, our interests
disunited, our feelings estranged, our
objects divided. • From, this work,
from this time, a more intimate un-
ion, a more lasting intercourse emit
arise, and the British provinces be-
come a',powet•ful and united portion
of the British Empire. His Excel-
lency7, in replying cordially endorsed
the sentiment, and expressed the hope
that the people of Canada, Nova
Scotia and Prince Edward Island
would speedily realize that their in-
terests were identical and be inspired
with a unity of purpose and of ac-
tion such as had not yet existed, and
he added, "If these sentiments pre-
vail I have no fear for the future
greatness of British North America."
It is one of the paradoxes of/ our his -1
tory that in this, the cradle of Con -1
federation, Br
unsw
nc
c,
there
should have arisen o an opposition to men` face daily,
the scheme once it was launched, on-
ly equalled, if not surpassed, in :veva
Scotia., There is, however, an explan-
alion,
The proeeedings of the Charlotte-
town and Quebec conferences s re
intended to be, strictly private for tate
Lester M. Stearns, one of the most
popular of dramatic lecturers, will
)resent at the coming Dominion Chau-
:auqua : a new tecture-entertainment
entitled "Shakespeare and Life." In
this' lecture Mr. Stearns discusses
many of the human problems which
Lester M. Stearns
and by scenes
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COPING' WITH YOUR
CHILDREN
(By Doris --Blake, Authoress)
The father of a n6-year-ol•l, girl ap-
pealed to me, recently 'on how to deal
with the daughter, willful, disobed
ient,'atid grown -out of hand complete-
ly. Her object, the father determin-•
ed from her actions, was to become.
e t"
girl,
intle
its
iia g
fanned as the
crowd: In the hope of aclii.eving this:{
regrettable renown, the girl` develop-
ed bad Habits, including . drinking,
smoking and ' staying out until all
hours of the, morning. Her mother's,
reasonings and father's scolding Made
no impression, The question 'of, core
Poral punishment was in' the'" -air a$
ono last parental fling at gaining con:-
trol.
A great many letters come to me
from other -parents of girls, more or
less infected with the virus, nolloquia1-
ly inscribed ' as "the high -and -wide.
steppil " • younger\ generation. The
consensus appears to bb that the cure
for- these ailing youths. lies in catch-
ing' them andtreating before infec-
tion has spread too fdr. There seents.
to be small hope held out 'for those
parents who allow their youngster.,
to reach an advanesed age. before
clamping the lid down tight on their
precocious follies.
from
"Sullus Caesar," "Mullet,'" and "Tho
Merchant • of Vetalce," dranatleally
portrayed, shows how masterfully
Shakespeare fathomed the depth a
the Iranian soul, of today as well , as
If yesterday.
WINGHAM CHAUTAUQUA
Wednesday, July Beth
their .charge or through ,indifference,
or through sheer : bad 'example.,
It does not follow that a child,
caught young and trained according
to the best of parental knowledge
may, not be the cause of anxiety in
her 'teens: The general freedom that
.characterizes- the day creates :teinpta-'
to he met squarely
that have
1:ions- la
by the:worthy father or mother. That
they: cait be faced wisely 'by the
watchful parent, we offer the exper"
i.enoe of Mrs. E. J., who writes as
follows
"Your article about mothers being
•di.strtcted over disobedient and ap-
parently heartless and wayward
daughter attracted my attention, We
have a daughter, 15. She is in high
school. Naturally at this age, she is
somewhat boy crazy, just as I was
at her. age, and she is al little bit
determined to do as she pSeases. She'
had three boy friends all going to.
school. These boys all live in the
neighborhood and I have made it my
business to leave them toile to the
house, I have got on friendly terms
with them, laugh and joke iivith then,;;
talk about sports ansa school work:
You would be surprised how much
those boys have opened up ,and how
much fun they have.
magemmumaswatatozammtan
once, or at, least how wild. they felt
inside whenthey were: kids.
"Another tiling :I had to ,contend
withwas absolute disregard for the
hone. No thought was given to how.
the, 'house • looked, orwhether things
were put in titeir place or not. So
I putthe. young lady 'on her own re-
sponsibility and told her if she want-
ed to haute the boys, and, girls drop-
ping in whenever they wanted to she
world have to help keep the house
Etc.
caa
looking tidy or they would have a
poor opinion of liter. This,worked.
wonders. Now she does her shaxe•
in keeping thing spick and, span..
AUCTION SALE
Mr. Andrew J. Hooper has. recited
his farm, lot 1, con. 2, Turnberry, to
holdn
Mr. Alex. Wright,1
Wtig itand will
auction sale of farm stock, etc.,; on
Monday, July lath, commencing at
2 o'clock.
It is debatable whether you can let
a child ran unchecked, for sixteen
cars and without the 1 aid of a mir-
ut
v
t
ie
Acle suddenly r�reate a new bea g
out of her. In all this orgy of free-
dem of action of which certain young.
members stand accused; the fault
could: invariably be traced to laxity of
parental direction, either through
weakness of the paarcnts to exert their
moral rights over triose plaeev in
"There was quite a rivalry among
them at first, so 1 eonsidered it a
good joke, and now when one' conies
tip all three come and the young
lady
t of
1 rn ' a
in the ease,lav 8 . good sense
humor, sees the funny side of it and
is enjoying the situation immensely.
It is human nature to fight; restraint,
I thins that the fault lies not with
the wild and sometimes primitive im-
pulses
m.pulses raging within children, but
w•lth the fault of the mother and far,
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