HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1927-12-01, Page 9I'r
UNDAY SC 001., LESSON
"Isaiah Teaches Right Living"—Isa-
lab 3: 11; go,
' LESSON X, --Dec. 4
GOLDEN TEXT --Pure religion and
undefiled before our God and Father
is this, to visit the fatherless and wi-
dows in their affliction and to keep
oneself unspotted froth the world --
James e: ee.
11
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time.—Isaiah prophesied between
B. C. 755 and about .13. C. ,679. Our
lesson is among his earlier prophecies
Place. -Isaiah prophesied in Jeru-
salem.
Let me sing for my wellbetoved a
song of my beloved touching his vine-
yard. The prophet, who may be as-
sumed to have gathered an audience
around him (perhaps by playing a few
. notes on an instrument) recites to
them a poem ofa certain Friend, re-
lating his disappointing experience
with his vineyard, and then explains
who his friends is and who are re-
presented by the vineyard. My well -
beloved had a vineyard in a very.
fruitful hill, The "wellbeloved" is
Jehovah, and' the vineyard is God's
people.
And he digged it and gathered out
the stones thereof., The digging was
preliminary to gathering .out the
stones, that the soil might be fine and
easily pierced by the roots of the
grapevines. And planted k with the
choicest vine. The sorek, a red grape,
the best grapes grown in the country
The Hebrews were the likeliest of all
people, to, bring forth fruit for the In-
finite Husbandman. And built a tower.
in the midst of it. This was not the
rough and temporary booth which we
found in Isa, i; 8, but a substantial
stone building in the centre of the
vineyard. Tools were kept in it. And
also hewed out a winepress therein.
The winepress was cutout of solid
rock, and was large and shallow. In it
the laborers tred the grapes, pressing
out the juice with their feet. The juice
flowed through a grated opening in-
to the winevat, a deeper receptacle
cut in the rock a little lower down
the hill. And he looked that it should,
bring forth grapes, and it brought
forth wild grapes.Strrall grapes, hard
and sour, good 'ior nothing, all his
work wasted,
THE' VINEYARD ABANDONED
And now, 0 inhabitants of Jerusa,
lere and men of Judah, judge, I pray
you, betwixt the and my vineyard,
lsaiah's Friend, the 'owner of the
vineyard, is himself dramatically re-
presented as stepping out of the para-
ble and addressing the listening peo-
ple, Isaiah's countrymen, He confi-
dently appeals for a verdict condemn-
ing the fruitless vineyard,
What could have been done to my
vineyard, that I have not done in it?
God could freely ask that question
in the days of the prophets for from
the • time of " Moses, through • the
Judges, and ever since 'down • through
the centuries the Jewish people have
been the recipients of teaching upon
teaching, exhortation upon ,exhorta-
tion.. Wherefore, when I looked that
it should bring forthgrapes, brought
it forth wild grapes? That is ; a
pathetic question: "Why, 0 why, my
people, have ye treated • rte so un-
gratefully and brought this ruin on
yourselves?"
And now I will tell you what I will
do to my vineyard. The listeners
bring no charge against Isaiah's
Friend, In the silence he can go on
to declare his verdict. 1 will take
away the hedge therof, and it shall
be eaten up. Palestine bears a great
number and variety of thorny plants.
which areusedfor hedges and make
barriers around . vineyards which
men and beasts find it very difficult
to penetrate. I will break down the
wall thereof, and it shall be trodden
down. A stone wall was built around
the vineyard, but that would be al-
lowed to, tumble down. And I will
lay it wastes God is spoken of as
himself laying waste the land; in
reality,; He removed his divine pro-
tection and .allowed the avenging na-
tion, the Assyrians, to lay His coun-
try waste, It shall not be pruned or
hoed. Weeds and vines shall not be
slug up by the hoe, and superfluous'
growth shall not be cut back by the
pruning knife.Either of these failures
would ruin the vineyard. But there
shall come up biers and thorns. God
blesses. His people quite' as much by
His preventive mercies as by Elis di
reef gifts. I will also command the
clouds' that they rain no rain upon it
With these words the prophet throws
aside the parable like a cloak, and the
Almighty stands revealed in His aw-
ful majesty; since no mere human
husbandman could exercise authority
over the clouds,
For the vineyard ,of Jehovah of
hosts is the house of Israel, and the
men of Judah his pleasant plant.
"Israel" here is not the Northern
IKingdom, but is equivalent, accord-
ing to the Hebrew laws of poetic
parallelism, to "the nzen of Judah,"
And he looked for justice, but, be-
hold, oppression. Ile looked fur rule
and, behold, misrule, For righteous-
ness, but, behold, a cry. Again, to
fix the thought in the minds of liis'
hearers, the prophet • uses two He-
brew words of like sound, "cedaquah"
and "ce'aquah," redress and distress-
(Wade). The cry is a wail from the
throats of the poor people whom the
rich are oppressing.
THE. UPLIFTED BANNER
Woe unto them that join house to.
house, that lay field to field. Isaiah
now presents a series of six woes
or denunciations of the aristocrats of
his day for their sins; with terrible
prophecies of the disasters that `will.
result from them. Till there be no
room, and ye be made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land! "Houses and
fields of the dispossessed peasantry
are brought up, or seized by the rich
and powerful. How this arose is pro-
bably to be explained in part 'byethe
harsh customs of ,usury which pre-
vailed during the regal period, and
S.S. LESSON Galley Three
in none ears, saith Jehovah of hosts
So intimate and vivid is lsdialfs com-
munion with God that he actually
hears Him speak the following words
Of a truth many houses shall be des-
olate, even great and fair, without in-
habitant. The rich people, having driv-
en the poor from their lands and hav-
ing surrounded their fine mansions
with great tracts of parks and pre-
serves, find themselves in turn obli-
ged to leave their homes because of
the sterility to which they have doom-
ed the country
RY ZNO AM teD Y,•ANCE- IMEk
For ten acres of vineyard shall
yield one bath. That is, only one
bath of wine, the bath being a mea-
sure containing about eight gallons
—a ni6St inadequate return. And
hemer of seed shall yield but an
ephalt. The :ophah was a dry mea-
sure es large as a bath, ora little
homer contained ten aphahs, , or
eighty-three gallons.
Woe unto them that rise up early
in the morning, that they may follow
strong drink, Here begins the second
Woe of the prophecy. The first dealt
with the rapacity of the governing
classes, the second with their dissi-
pation.
PLAN NOW; OR PLAY DAYS IN
FLORIDA
Get ready fora season in Florida.
Have a few weeks' holidays down
south—where winter is only the name
of a season. Your friends will be there.
Your favorite, caddy will be ready to
follow you around the course; your
favorite chair will be waiting for you
on the ocean side of the hotel veran-
dah.
Florida is famous for its hospitality
—for its sports' and pleasures. There
are leagues of clear ocean beach for
swimming and: sun bathing; ,miles of
tree -bordered roads for motoring; mo-
tor -boating, yachting, polo, tennis and
golf in abundance.
Now is the time to plan your wit-
ter vacation. Any agent of the :Can-
adian National Railways will gladly
supply you with all the necessary in-
formation about Florida—its s=ates,
routes and resorts.
For 9 years Gas
Ruined Her Sleep
"I had stomach trouble g years, and
gas znade me restless and nervous.
Adlerika helped so I can eat and sleep
good."—Mrs. E. Touchstone. Just
ONE spoonful Adlerika relieves gas
and that bloated feeling so that you
can eat and sleep well. Acts on
BOTH upper and lower bowel and
removes old waste matter you never
thought was there. No matter what
you have tried for yourr stomach and
bowels, Adlerika will surprise you.
McKibbon's Drug Store.
ALL THAT engineers have learned,
all that millions of owners have
experiencedin nearly a quarter of a
century, have made possible this oar
which is today as far ahead of its time
as was the fatuous. Model T in 1908.
Sixteen million automobiles, serving
their owners in jungle and desert, on
mountain and plain, on boulevard and
highway, were the test cars that have
made this new automobile possible.
Its advent marks a new epoch in ant°. engineering in point of inbuilt
quality --niceties of mechanical design,
lavish use of the finer metals, precision
in delicate machining processes.
Nowhere in its construction has there
been slighting of either major essen-
tials or minor details. From its outer-
most hubcap to its inuerrnost bearing,•
the new Ford car epitomizes engineer-
ing skill to a degree unexcelled in the
annals of motor car manufacture.
This entirely new car surpasses the
accepted standards of light car accom-
plishment; sweeps aside all boundaries
of price class; establishes a new stand.
and of acceleration, speed, power and
smoothness that heretofore has
marked only expensive cars as fine cars.
Yet Ford precision in large scale pro-
duction, unparalleled in the history of
automotive manufacture, places this
car within the reach of every purse.
An advance showing of the New Ford Car will be made Friday, December 2nd,
in the following cities:
Halifax Ottawa Windsor Calgary
Saint John Toronto Winnipeg Edmonton
Quebec , Hamilton Regina Vancouver
Montreal London Saskatoon Victoria
As rapidly as increasing production permits these public showings will be
extended until all of the 736 Ford dealer points have been covered.
If you live in one of the cities listed above, visit the exhibit of this New Car.
At other points, see your local dealer next Friday. He will give you complete
specifications, prices and an excellent conception of its unusual features.
FORD MOTOR. COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMIThD, FORD, 0
MANUY?ACTUREUS OP
%IGH GRADE PIANOS AND PLAYER PIANOS
Niesere.Uetntsmian & Company,
196 Yonge St.,
City.
Gentlemen:
at (Amex sz esu.
TORONTO-.
November 12,1927.
"Attention Mr .Sender"
Ih view of, your report that Mr.
Frank Babcock is representing us to adjust accounts
etc, we beg to pay that 1dr.Babcock has no authority
whatever to make any ouch representation. He has
not been in our employ Por'. at least four weeks and
any statement by him to the contrary is to say the
least, incorrect.
YI;3
Yours truly.
Gl RHARD HEINTZMA.N., Limited.
sec'y-breaa-a
P.3. Pr.Prank Babcock does not represent the
Heintaman Piano Company in any capacity
sales manager.
HELD UP
Bandits Conclude Their Work In
Two Minutes
Windsor, Nov. 24—Police late to-
night had no clues to the two men
who at 12.25 noon to -day held up the
Howard avenue branch of the Bank
of Montreal here and escaped with
$2,eco, the contents of the till. No
shots were fired.
In the bank at the time were Leon-
ard B. Chittick, es, teller, and Miss
Howard avenue stenographer. The
manager of the branch, R. A. Winter,
was out for lunch. Because of his,ab-
sence the greatee 'amount of the cash
was locked up in the main vault.
The story of the hold-up was simp-
ly told by Miss Quartermain, 2o -year-
old stenographer. At the time the men
came in Mr. Chittick was in his tel-
ler's cage at the centre of the long
counter which runs along the south
side of the bank. Miss Quartermain
was seated at her typewriter in a lit-
tle cubbyhole office situated at the
end of the counter nearest the street
and about 20 feet from the door.
Glazed windows hid her from the view
of the bandits at first.
Two men came to the door. Both
entered and one advanced to Isle tel-
ler's cage as though to transact some
ordinary business while the other re-
mained just inside the doole which
they closed.
The one came to the cage aad push-
ing a dollar pin in to Mr. Chittick, he
asked for four quarters in ghange. As
the teller opened the till AO comply
with the request, he saw thg end of a
gun stuck out under the mtan's coat
and the hoarse command of "Stick
'ern up" crackled across the cou.nter.
Mr. Chittick "stuck 'em up.,"
The man kept the teller 'Covered
with the gun in his right haznd and
with his left produced a large cotton
sack like a sugar bag. Pushing this
under the bar into the cage he or-
dered Mr, Chittick to "fill it up with
the cash."
just at this point the teller turned
round to see what Miss Quartermain
was doing. The roblaer's eyes follow-
ed and for the first time he saw. the
stenographer. Raising the pistol so
that it would show above thee ledge of
the counter he again gave tete crisp
command to "stick 'ern up.m
Thee the bandit ordered the teller
to go on with the filling of thin bag.
That done, he took the sack aind keep
ing the man and gid covered made
for the door. The two of them disap-
peared into the street and vanislhed.
Immediately that was dont thee tel-
ler jumped into action, But instssad of
rushing to the door to try to casteh a
glimpse of whethet the bandits Azad a
car or in whet direction they eettteats
ed, Mr. Chittick ran to the telenlhotle
and called the polite
The whole tinie of the robbery wee
but two minutes from the tithe: ttlhe
men entered until they left.
Young Chittick, who is a Teeswater
boy ated formerly employed at Strat-
ford, in talking over bank hold-ups,
stated he would "stick 'em up" if a
gunman ever caught him in the cage.
He did it, just as any sane man would
ab under similar circumstances.
PROMINENT BRUSSELS MAN
DIES
John Long, a lifelong resident of
Brussels locality, died at his home on
Thursday afternoon, following a ser-
ious operation Wednesday. Mr. Long
who was about 70 years of age, was
one oflthe early settlers and resided
on the tzth concession before moving
to Brussels., He was town assessor
for some years and up to the time of
his death was bailiff of the fourth di-
vision court. Mr. Long is survived by
his widow, one son and one daughter
Miss Winifred, at home, and William
of the Standard Bank staff at Port
Arthur, Joseph Long of the eeth con-
cession, Grey, is a brother. The fun-
eral was held on Monday morning,
from his residence, to St. Ambrose
Roman Catholic Church, for requiem
high mass. Interment will be made in
Brussels Roman Catholic Cemetery.
•
i You Kriow What i
NI N
il You're Getting I
• .
E When you buy one of these certified used cars. You N
ri settle your own doubts by the five-day trial that 111
• permits you to subject them to any test. Every •
IN Pledge protects you. You will find just the car you a
Certified car carries a thirty -day guarantee for re- III
placement of parts, etc. And the famous Studebaker g
Iwant among these used car bargains. And you cat- li
Inot find comparable value elsewhere. Pick YOUR a
car today. •
$1295 1
1 Big Six, seven passenger Sedan .. $ 585 5
M Hudson Brougham, 1927 Model, reduced w
I from $1450 to $1250 I
I International Bus, reduced from $750 to $ 350 5
i Studebaker Roadster, 1926 Sport Model $1185 I
11 Ford Speedster . ,
44•6• $$16155: nil
1 McLaughlin Coupe
N McLaughlin Touring ....
I Packard Coupe, five passenger
IFord Touring 416144 :::::
MI
•
•
111
•
Ford Sedan . $ 195
Studebaker Light Six Sedan, reduced from
$ 390 El
I at Frank McLachlin's
86.90 King St., London Ont.
mmismusiontioommommossommoion