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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1928-08-09, Page 3Gorrie Vide THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON VII—AUGUST 12th "The Council at Jerusalem" -Acts 15: 1-35 Gala 5:1.-15. Golden Text- -"If therefore the Son shall intake you .free, ye 'shall be .free indeed".--Johrr 8:36. The Lesson in Its Setting Time—The Council, A,D. 50. Place --Jerusalem, The Plan of the Lesson Subject How Christians May Settle Difficulties. HOW THE DIFFICULTY AROSE And certain men came down from Judaea. "Down" because Jersualem was regarded as the summit of Jrw • ish authority and the temple lull as the centre and source of revea.ed re-' iigion. And taught the brethren, ray- ' ainply proved their worth and their ability. What a glorious reception they would have to -day wherever they might got And they rehearsed all things that, Gori had done withi them, They would touch lightly ,upoi. their hardships and" not' at all upo. their lierbism. They would make -much'of the divine protection, deliverance from perils seen and unseen. But there rose up 'certain 'of the sect of the Pharisees who believed. That it was possible: to' win to Chris- tianity.. even men of the strict an'd stern Pharisaic sect is proved by the case of Paul himself; but nothing short of a vision of the risen Christ in blinding light sufficed to convert Paul and we may well belive that the Chris- tianized huis-tianized Pharisees were few in the' early' church. ...Saying, it is needful to circum,cize them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses. These Pharisees' would uphold their position by citing especially the passages from the Pentateuch in which Moses re- quired every male child to he circum - mg, Except ye be circucncized atter cized. the custom of Moses, ye cannot be PETER SPEAKS FOR LIBERTY saved, The one central rite :..hick apostles and the elders f separated Jews froth. other races `and Au the :were gathered together to consider o religions was that of circ sioii' this matter. It was the first church Circuin1cision had; come to stand to council, one of the most imPertan the Jew for purity, for holiness, for. gatherings in the history of Chris freedom from the vileness attend;ng t anity. Possibly Lazarus of 13ethany other religions, 'was there, with Mary and Martha. And when Paul and Bannabas had And when there had been much no small dissension and questioning with them. There Was no quarrel,questioning, Peter rose • up. The and the Greek. nouns do not impl;=, Pharisaic party did the questioning, anger. There wan only . a manly dif i eve may be sure, Their investigation ferenee of opinion, each side standing would be minute and thorough. But honestly and vigorously for'wh.ri it peter brought in a different nitros- regarded as the truth. The brethren phere. The sturdy fisherman, prob appointed that Paul and Barnabas and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and' eld- ers about the question. The delegates were selected from the entire church in Antioch and by the entire member- ship. It was inevitable that Paul aiid Barnabas; the leaders in the admission of, the Gentile, Christians, shotild lead: the commission. • Of the apostles, we know that Peter, James and folin were in Jerusalem at this time, and they probably continued to reside there. They therefore, being brought on their way by the church. It was .a common custom in the East for those who were to remain behind to ac- company travellers a little dis..ance en their way, "seeing them off." Passed. through both Phoenicia and Samaria. They did not take ship but journeyed, by land, andprobabi•' on foot, perhaps with an animal carrying bearing witness to the reality and their luggage. Declaring the comer - Peter of Gentile -Christianity, but sten of the Gentiles. Declaring' Peter brought forward a 'Witness in - means in the Greet- `giving a full ac_ finitely greater, even Omniscience count,' The winning of Gentiles to ' himself. Give them the Holy sz trit, Christianity would be a mat, of even as he did unto us.. The presence j;reat ,interest to the Jews and the of the Holy Spirit in the home of Jewish Christians. • And they caused Cornelius was made manifest by the joy unto allethe brethren: £iicse same signs that had proved His ,,ere - great Chi•istians were more liberal than'.sence before in the 'assemblies of those of Jerusalem, They knew more Christians. e And he made no distinction btween about the Gentiles, being in' closer ! , contact. with thean. Moreover,tziett us and them, cleansing their hearts by own sufferings, for they had been exe !faith. Peter was remembering fled by persecution had made their great word of Jehovah, to hire oo the hearts more sympathetic ani .ender. cleansed, of Jol?Pa, `Whist God hath'. `Those to whom Christ Means the most cleansed, make not thou corner.' are the'most eager that the ble,tiings Peter's chain of logic was unbreak- of Ilia love shall be spread as fast as able: possible. • i Now therefore why make ye trial And when they were come to Jo- of God, that ye should put a yoke rusalem. It was a long and toilsome upon the neck of the disciples which journey, brokenhowever, by rrany neither our' fathers nor we are able stops and much kindly hospitality, to bear? My yoke iseasy,' said They were received of the church and Christ. A yoke is an instt•uxr,cnr for the apostle's and the elders,... Quite 1 bringing power to bear and getting. aside from the importance of their er- work done, buto any .weight beyond rand, Paul and Barnabas were distill- what is necessary to this end is a guished Christian leaders;: who had i terrible hindrance to work, Certain rules and ,regulations are necessary III111IIINIII.IIIAIIImlII111I11A11ir111wl1ih11111111i1111N for righteous living, but the Pharisee,, _ -' in" their zeal for purity had gone fa D®' beyond what was necessary w al▪ l But we believe that we shall • be, saved toren h h the race of the Lor _d �I $ -- g g I Jesus, in like manner as they, Why I� did not Peter say, `We believe that Leave your order for through Christ's grace, even as • we our Spring Suit.have been?" Because he hail already y p g ! :,TAMES SOLVES THE PROBLEM ably the oldest of 'the apostles, would be quite venerable by this time, a pat- riarchal figure but still upright and vigorous, and possessing a leen coun- tenance and a strong voice, And said unto them, ye know that a good while ago God made choice among you that .by mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe. It was about nine years before 'this that Peter had seen the vision of the great sheet let down from heaven bearing creatures clean rad unclean and had obeyed the command to go from Joppa to Caesarea and incur cer- emonial defilement by entering the house of the Gentile Cornelius, re- ceiving him" into the Chris;:an church. 'This thing is of God,' Peter virtually said, `and it is no innovation, but be- gan long years ago.' And God, who knoweth the heart bare them witness. Paul had been they, the . Gentiles, will be saved said that in vez;se 9. Do itnowbefore the With the gravity anti dignity be- I!�fitting his position as head of the " ri11 rush sial ts, ss� -- , council, James summed up the. testi- 1111 of Simon Peter, and quoted B Choose the cloth and - leave your order, have it _ delivered when you want 1 - it. Later on the best pieces are sold out and w cancelled suits to suit ,ev- ery" one. II( 111 DAVEY'S STORE :1 WUOXETEL , Ito imemilam111MI111m1111 IIA1111 lih lhl iilli front the prophecy of Amos some sentences looking toward the admis- sion of :the Gentile',, Cheri Junes, rendered an authoritative decision, which was a wise compromise be- tween the two antagonistic' positions. For the Gentiles, he decreed that they should not be required hyo be circum- i 4ized, but -that-:.four- requirements Should be laid upon them as they en- tered. the Christian church Thursday, August 9th, 192? MORRIS COUNCIL The regular meeting of the Morris council was held in the Township Hall on Monday July 28rd 1928 All them PIONEER .BABY SLEEPS IN SAP TROUGH WHILE MOTHER. WORKS IN HURON BUSH IN THE SIXTIES , bers present, the reeve presiding, The Mrs, John Campbell of Culross, Re- minutes of last meeting were read calls Early D and approved. Days in the County as . a She Cuts Candle -Lit Cake on A motion. was passed: to pay .for the Her 82nd Birthz:lay tile on the ground for the Wells Dram. Mrs. John Campbell of Culross Theagreement forpurchase of gra- Township, Bruce County, celebrated vel pit from Ed. Pollard was accepted her 82nd birthday recently; at the and signed. home of her son and daughter, where The contract: for repairs on the Me- it was her happy task to cut the birth- Call Drain was given, to Richard Al- day cake, a fine specimen,' topped. cock, jr,, at $15:40. with 82 candles. The conrtactors on the Tipling Mrs, Campbell was born in Ireland Drain were' paid $475.00 on the con- in July, 1845 and came to Canada 64 tract. years ago in 'a sailing vessel, which The By-laws on the Blackhall Drain made' the voyagey . in exactleight and the 5th concession Drain fiver. tiyCel{s finally passed. After a short stay in Canada: the The xollowing accounts were paid: young Irish girl went to New fork, coining back later to Culross. Her marriage to the late John Caui>h '1 was solemnized at Clinton and these fine young pioneersat once began the . building of their home, brei king David Wells, tile Well's drain $775.64. F. S. Davidson, cement for tile $22.10; Thos. Miller, making tile $27,00; Wale lace Agar, tile Turvey Drain $•'218.50. Elmer .nson, bridge paint $n3.50, Agreement' re gravel pit $1.00; Beach Alcock, contract Peacock Drain $130; A. MacEwen, by-laws and fees-Black- ball ees'Black-ball Drain $55.00, 5th Con. Drain $10; Greenway and Cleghorn . on Tipling Drain $475.00; James Noble, patrol $226.95; Frank Beirnes, patrol $187.18; Geo. Kelly patrolman $116.50; Lewis Jewitt, patrolman $328.19; Rus, Sun- dercock; patrolman $223.85; Wm. Mc- Murray, patrolman $195.50; Win, D. Henderson, patrolman $265.70; Joel H. Sellers, 'patrolman $258.31, Icd.• Johnston, patrolman . $334.95; Chas,, Workman, patrolman $21.75; G. S. Procter, patrolman $15.10; Franke Shaw, patrolman $216.00; Win. Craig. patrolman $167:25; Wm: C. Thuell, patrolman $143.58; John Craig, pat- rolman $242.65; James Anderson, pat- rolman $185,25; C. G. Campbell, pat- rolman, $223.63; Wm. Brown patrol- man $122.63. BELMORE Mr.- Chandler of Fordwich preached in the. Union Church Sabbath after- noon. Mr. and Mrs. Shand of Toronto having spent the past month ' with their daughter, Mrs. Thomas Abram, left Thursday morning to visit at the Manse, Tiverton, accompanied. by Dobby Corrigan. Visitors in the village are Mr, and Mrs. Win. Curl and babe of Toronto at Peter Hackney's; Mre, Herdsr,, Mr. and Mrs. James Nichol and children of Hamilton at George Herd's; Ruby Baird, and Mary renewing acquain- tances in the vicinity; Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Meyers from Pontiac, Michi- gan, at Thomas Abram's. TORY CORNERS Mr. Fred Hyndman of Gorrie was the burg last week picking up some cattle. Mr. Stewart Finlay and family spent Sunday at Harriston. • Rev. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lloyd of Grantozi and Mrs. J. Found of Osh- awa and Mr.. and Mrs. L. Kitchen of Toronto and Mr.`W.'Tayler of Wing - ham were visitors at R. A. Taylor's On Friday last. Rev. and Mrs. A. E. Lloyd of called on G. A. Dane on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs, Henry Busby of Car- rick called on friends around here last week. Miss Cora King spent a few days at Mr. ' Jno.. Gamble's last week. • Mrs. Bert Wright visited' her sister, Mrs. T. Nickle,last week. MORRIS up the landlivith on team plows. Their grain they took to the Clinton mill, a distance of over 30 Miles. Their log house, one of the first in the locality, was called the ::al: way house, where many others who were blazing a trail would. spend a clay or so in rest. Mrs, C¢ mpbeli points out some of the wild plum trees, loaded with fruit, which were grown about the old home, from seed brought from Pt. Elgin when the diaster of -the hone returned on foot, with the deed of the land^,,, While working in the bush Mhz. Campbell recalls,' it was freque titer necessary to light torches to dr:vm away the wild beasts. She remembers that, while engaged in boiling sap in the wood's in the spring, she would lay her baby down in a sap trough to sleep. The stirring days of the Fin. ian Raid she also recalls. - Three boys and one girl made up the family circle and in time it be- came necessary to build a larger ho t .e than the little pioneer log cabin. Time hers for the work were cut on the land and the new house was built. Mr,, Campbell died in 1911 and his widow continues to reside in her home with her son and daughter and with a very faithful friend in the olid Scotch collie who is her constant companion. GORRIE Mrs. U. M. Hamilton who has beer visiting in Toronto for the Mast week returned home on Saturday, acconi- Mr, and Mrs.:J•ames 'Clegliorn of parried by Mr. and Mrs, Murray Ham - Port Colborne, Mrs., W. Cleghore and ilton who will visit here for some daughter, Edith of Hauulton, and Mi;. time. Harry *Hardy of Toronto visited at Mr, Will: Abraham's last week; Miss Dorothy MacEwen of Detroit, spent a couple of weeks 4vith her fa- ther, Mr. A. MacEwezr, Mr. and Mrs.'W. Wallace of Sea - forth, spent Sunday at Mr. D. 'Camp- bell's, Master Lorne Moorehead of Us - towel; is visiting at Mt. A. Vanni-: styne's. . Mr, and Mrs.' Frank Salter spent Sunday at Mi-, W. Abraham's. Mr. and Mrs. Jacl. Casemore visit•• ed at Mr, Ed. Baird's last Sunday, Miss Rota Forsythe of Winghanz, spent a few days at Mr. Andrew Case-- note's, Mr, JamesAitchison of Port C 1 - borne, is visiting 'his daughter, Mrs. Abraham. Mrs Bert blotch and daughter ,also Mrs. , POW spent a few days at Mr. R. B, James'. Mrs. k McGraitlh was in Kitchener oe Thursday. Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Jefferson and Helen were in Auburn on T araday, Mr, Jas King attended the funeral of his brother, at Winrton last:hri7 day. Mr. and. Mrs. Jas. Walker of Prince Albert, Sash.atchewatt, visited with the former's brother; G. W, Walker, last week. Miss Annie Murray returned last week:from a visit at her sister's in Essex. She also visited friends at IK.ippen, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Taylor spent 'last week at Sudbury, ss Evel ti Ste lie i y p z s tutu1 nett on Monday from a trip to Bownianvillc, Miss Etta Carrie of Stratford spoilt Miss Florence Barber of Toronto, 'Toronto and Waterloo, the week -end with her brother, Mr, is visiting with her Mother Mts. Citas, Mr. J'as. Shen. speet Civic Holi- day at St, Mary's. Bert ,Currie. w, , Barber, WROXETER Mrs. John Adams 'who was taken seriously ill one day' last week is slowly improving her many friends are'pleased-to say. Mr. Alex Pleasance is a visitor at the home of Mr. Neil White..' Mr. West 'Palmer made a business trip to London on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. on Kitchen left on Thursday morningto visit friends in Detroit and Leamington. - Mr. and Mrs. Mertin Howe and family of Toronto are spending their holidays .with the -former's sister in town. Mr: and Mrs, Neil White and Mr. and (Mrs. Alex Pleasance visited with friends in Guelph on Sunday. Mrs. Bert. Match and daughter of Leamington called 'on friends - in the village last week. ' Mr, and Mrs. Anderson Black and son Bobby of Toronto visited over 'the holiday with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Black. Mr. J. Austin Richardson- of Grand Valley and Mr, amid Mrs. Rob, Philip of: Milton visited with Mr, and Mrs. Fred Davey.' Mr. and Mrs. Gordon 'Shannon and Bobby Hoperoft of Woodbridge' spent Sunday and Monday at Thomas Hop - croft's. Mr. Con Reis and' family of Kitch- ener called on friends in town last week, lefr. Thomas Jacklin has pucliased the property on the west side of Cen- ter "streetfrom the Sanburn estate. Mr. and Mrs. Martin and two friends of Toronto motored up and spent Sunday at John DougIas'. The Wroxeter Girl's soft ball team defeated Brussels in a game here on -Saturday evening which entitled them to enter the finals at Seaforth Mon- day. They won their first game from St. Helens but lost to Brucefield in the second game. 'Quite a number from here went to Goderich Monday to see the horse races. Miss Bertha Smith has purchased, a Ford Coupe, Miss Smith has accept- ed the position as teacher in the Lake - let school. Mrs. W. G. Patterson received a telegram last Tuesday informing her of the death of her only sister, Mrs. T. B. Saunders at Austin; Man. The deceased lady has been in poor health for the past year. She leaves to mourn, a husband and five children. She was a daughter of the late Char - ,les Simmons of Wroxeter. e 'ALL ROADS LEAD TO WESTERN' FAIR Thousands of motor cars and scores of special trains will convey countless Western Ontario men, their wives and families to Western Fair, London, Ont., September 8th to 15th. With a constantly growing and im • proving exhibition in which the agri- cultural interest is always to the fore, Western Fair promises this year to reach the peak of its long history of excellence. Pursuing its policy of replacin'* old buildings with new ones, the beard has ordered the demolition of some time-honored structures to make way for the fine new steel and brick live- stock arena. $40,000 will be expended this year or attractions and prizes, which are sure to draw record entries arid au:ipei crowds. The agricultural, industrial and han- dicrafts exhibits will exceil all pre- vious efforts and will be well display- ed in the magnificent new buildings provided. Entertainment for young and old, ' an indispenable feature of every •'^x- hibition, will be on a high plane, with stellar grand stand attractions a clean live midway, poultry exhibition, dog. show, machinery exhibits, the ever - popular fireworks display avid other features. "Western Fair is too big to see thoroughly in a half day or a few hours,' says Secretary . W. D. Jack- son, "Make an early start, bring the whole family and plan for at least a. full day with as, or better, still, two days." The enthusiastic crowds sure to a - tend Western Fair this year will be well repaid i•n-interest, instrt'ct'on, education and entertainment. FRED DAVE? Village Clerk Issuer of Marriage Licenses 'the law now requires the license be taken out three days before the ceremony. 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