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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1928-11-29, Page 2WINDHAM. ADVANCE -TIMES erasse.***seeee*.es loileilweimeeereeeeeeeseive1 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON XX—DECEMBER 2 •-"Pau/ Before His judges"—Acts 24: •' 1-26; 32 'Golden Text.—I was not disobedient iinto the heavenly vision.—Acts 26. the one salvation for all sinners, of high rank or .of lowly station. He hoped' withal that money would be given him of Paul. Felix expect- ed, a bribe from Paul' to let him go. The. apostle, he knew (Acts 24:17), had been able to •raise considerable sums for the poor Christians of Jeru- salem; why not also for his own ran- som? A good proof right in the re- cord of the governor's peed of paul's THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING. discourse on righteousness! Where - 69, ' fore also he sent for him the oftener, l▪ ace.—Caesarea, the Roman capital. and commiined with him. He was on BUt After certain days. The gov- terms of friendly intercourse with his ernor did not always live in Caes—prisoner, and Paul had many oppor- area, and after the first .examination tunities to present the claims of Christ of Paul he had gone away some- but Felix had hardened his heart like Where. Now he returns, Felix came Pharaoh. With Drusilla, his wife, who was a But when two years were fulfilled, Jewess. This Drusilla was not the Felix was succeeded by Porcius Fes - lawful Wife of Felix, for she was the tus. Festus, who died two years al - wife of Aziius, King of Emesa, and ter Nero made him governor, was a Felix stole her away from him. She man of far better character than his Was a daughter of Herod Agrippa I., predecessor, as history tells us and • the Man who .slew the apostle James, as our record shows. And desiring • the brother of John, with the sword, to gain favor with the Jews, Felix and who also threw Peter into the left Pawl in bonds. If Felix had re - prison from which he was itiracu- moved chains from Paul, he replaced • lously delivered. Doubtless Drusilla them before his departure, so that had heard of these events, and she his successor might gain the impres- of course of her father's horrible sion that Paul was a dangerous pris- ,death, and of the impiety to which it caner, was, charged. She was a beautiful Wherefore, 0 King Agrippa, I' was woman, only about eighteen years old not disobedient unto the heavenly at this time: And sent for Pdul, and vision. Paul had been disobedient to • heard him concerning the faith in his conscience, and had been "kick - Christ Jesus. The implication is that ing against the pricks," but seeing and Drusilla joined Felix in the desire to hearing the risen Lord was something hear Paul. She was anything but a he could not resist . strict Jewess, or she would not have But declared both to them of Dam - married a Gentile, and might have ascus first, and at Jerusalem, and sympathized with Paul because he throughout all the country of Judea, -was persecuted by the stricter Jews. and also to the Gentiles. Luke gives Here was 'a bold, frank, piltetical an account, in the Acts, of Paul's 'talk on morality, precisely what the preaching in Damascus, in Jerusalem, dissolute, unjust, and cruel governor and to the Gentiles of many lands; and his 'companion most needed to but when did he preach in Judea? hear.And from a prisoner, complete- Men cannot know God until they ly in the governor's power! Was turn to him except by turning away ever an address less dictated by world- from their sins. Doing works wor- ly prudence or better adapted to the thy of repentance. Repentance must dictates of heavenly wisdom? Felix be matched by a Godly life; its worth was terrified. "Righteousness—and must be proved by Christ -like deeds Felix Was a promise -breaker, and had and words. promised the murder of the high priest For this cause the Jews seized me Jonathan. Self-control—and' there at in the temple, and assayed to kill his side, eagerly listening, 'sat health.- me. The first cause of their hostil- ful Drusilla. Judgement—that was ity was the preaching of Christ at the very thought that haunted Felix, all, for the Jews had slain him, and only it was the judgement of his em- what was their guilt and shame if pesos, not of his God. No wonder he were proved to be their Messiah Felix trembled. And answered,' Go was preached to the hated Gentiles, thy way for this time. "Go thy way." the second cause was that Christ • Anything to get rid of th's disquiet- who were admitted to the church of • ing moaitor. "Go thy way"—to pris- the Messiah on an equality with the on, while Felix keeps on in his way. Jews. "Go thy way" to eternal life, while the _governor continues in the path to eternal death. And when I have • a convenient season, I will call thee unto me. History tells us only that when, after two more years of wick- ed ruling, Felix was succeeded in the • governorship by Festus, the Jews in Caesarea brought to Nero a charge against him, and it required all the 'influence of his powerful brothel -Paul - las to save him from punishment. But • he never found "convenient •season" for repentance and for acceptance of A Safe old Herbal Remedy for Sick Kidneys Rich in tlitot.e. healing herbs • Indians used People so crippled by Rheumatism they couldn't walk have taken Gallagher's Kidney Remedy and got well. It is wonderfully healing and cleansing to "kidneys. Comes right from the heart of Nature. 'Throbbing backaches, dizzy spells, rheu- Matie pains and nagging bladder ills are usually caused by inflamed kidneys. ^Gallagher's herbs,soon ends these ills. 'It is one of names Gallagher's famous i.50 -year-old Herbal Household Remedies. '$Sold new by 37 McKibbon's Drug Stores flarriston and Winghana. Having therefore obtained the hehl that is from God, I sfand unto this clay. The apostle had many friends but they would have been powerless to save him without God's help. Testifying both to small and great. God had told Paul that he was to preach the Christ before kings (Acts 9:15), and here the prophecy was being fulfilled; but the apostle was just as ready to preach to the little handful of women at Philippi. Say- ing nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come. In preaching Jesus as Christ Paul had had no, book of the New Testa-. meet to guide him, and found a suf- ficiency of Christian truth in the Old' Testament. How that the Christ must suffer. Paul did not treed to go beyond Isa. 51:13-53:12 for this, And how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles. Luke had perhaps already written his Gospel, in which he had written the prophecy of Simeon concerning Christ i using these same words front Isa, 42: I 6; 49:6. And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice. By his loud tones the governor signified both his interest and his excitement. The blessed trait has become so familiar to us that we cannot realise what utter nonsense it seemed to those—especially the heathen idolat- 12111111111110111muniamannumaniamommummum a IMaitland Creamery a , 1 • • • II WANTED! ▪ etrossameff*monnwrenwettomoirmseramorre*Wassso • • • • I II I , x Poultry - Eggs lit II II ' II III Cream a a CALL US FOR. PRICES • • • • • N a N THE UNITED FARMERS' CO.OPERATIVE COMPANY, LIMITED. I iNirigharn, Ontario. I 11Phone 2711 NI a lialloirimaimiamialtmoilitillaill.1111111111111000111111116001110111111 1.117911911.11171.9119•*7 •••!1;"",,i.•, ,'•••••:":".1.,, • .• ers—who heard it for the first time. Paul, thou art mad; thy much learn - Mg is turning thee mad, In Athens, When Paul, on Mars' Hill preached the doctrine of the resurrection, his cultivated audience mocked at him, though some of them wished to hear more of the marvelously coniforting but unbelievable; teaching (Acts 17: 32). But Paul saith, I not mad, most excellent Pestus; but speak forth wordi of truth an, soberness. Paul, though charged with bting crazy (literally with having his head turn- ed), gives a perfectly courteous re- ply. Though his words about Christ's resurrection might seem to be bbld lies, they were the sober truth. For this king knoweth of these things, unto whom also I speak free- ly. And Paul went on to speak even more freely (verse27). The speaker is too delicate to state how Agrippa came to have so close an acquaintance with the facts, namely, through his father's killing James and imprison- ing Peter. ...For I am persuaded that none of these things is :hidden; from him; for this hath not beendone in a corner. The writer of the Acts says in his Gospel (Luke 7:17) that the fame of Christ's miracles Went on through Judea "and all the region round about" and when Jesus was sent to trial to Herod Antipas, the great-uncle of thiS Agrippa, that Tet- rarch of Galilee *as glad because he bad Jung wished to see him and hoped that he would perform some Miracle in his presence (Luke 23:7, 8). King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? ...I know that thou believ- est. Agrippa tad been educated in heathen Rome, but he was a Jewish king, and he Must haVe believed in the great religious teachers of his race. And Agrippa said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a •Christjan. The king probably spoke sneeringly: "Do you expect, with a few sentences, to add me—me, a king—to the company of the, despised and obscure followers of the Nazarene, dubbed 'Christians'?" And Paul said, I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not only thou, but all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, ex- cept these bonds. Paul may have been relieved from chains in prison, but on this occasion he was certain- ly fettered, and perhaps he suffered all the time from this burden and indignity. Paul stood there a free man in Christ Jesus. With this impassioned utterance the hearing eit)SO4, inlet restus with his guests withdreW talk the matter over. They agreed that Paul had done nothing deserving imprisonment, still less death, and that he might have been freed if his appeal to the Emperor had not taken the case out of the jurisdiction of Festus. That appeal, however, was providential, for it brought Paul to Rome where he had longed to go, and brought him there in s'uc'h a way as to give him a chance to speak for Christ be- fore the sovereign of the Empire him- self. For that opportunity Paid would have been glad to' lie in prison even longer than two years. • Obeying the H.eatrettb. Vision. "The ends for which air men rive are visions. Paul stand's preeminent a- mong men of vision, because his vis- ion was heavenly and because of' his unswerving and passionate 'meat of it to the fast breath of Dies" • HOW TO REAM MONTREAL Mentally Equipped for a Busr Dy There is one stere -fire xecilise• for a s•tweeesful Montreal trip—start the day right. Step into one of the IndrybdItal Sieeviralg rooms on• the 10 or 11 o'- clock Canadian National' trains from Toronto for Montreal. Have a solid night's sleep—relaxed—restful'. Wake up fn Montreal completely refreshed, ready for a fine day's work. That's all there is to it. The ap- pointmens of the Individual Sleeping rooms will give you a train comfort you wOrtid hardly think possibk to provide. Vibrationless rest—well worth the small additional cost. Reservations for the • Individual Room Sleeping ears should be made in advance with Canadian National Agent. LANES Hay pressing is the order of the day. Misses Mary Hackett, Myrtle JOIth- ston, IV/elda, and Minnie Lane and El- sie Vint, all of L. H, S: spent the week- end under the parental roofs here. Miss Mary Philips spent the week- end with her sister Mrs. Thomas Fer- guson. Mrs. Thomas Ferguson spent a day in Goderich recently. FOR MEN AND WOMEN New Emigration Camp In Wiltshire, England, (letting Into Shape— Will Settle In Canada, The breezy uplands reelect about Ohiseldon camp, near Swindon, in Wiltshire, will become the scene of the first experiment in England in the training of whole families for life on the land overseas, says the, London Daily Mail. At the beginning of November last fifty men, drawn from the ex -service ranks and from those who are com- pleting the last six months in the ser- vice, with their wives and children, moved Into the camp, and in the spring they will sail for Canada,. So that they may be free tq learn all they can about such matters as milking cows, making butter and cheese, and the care of poultry and other live stock, the wives are to be . relieved of most domestic duties. Each wife will have a cow and a pig and a few fowls to look after. The families will be catered for -very much in the way they would be on board ship, the commandant of the camp, eel. H. J. Stibbard, ex- plained. Barrack rooms are being converted for their use. A special dairy, a cowshed, and a stock shed are being provided for the instruction of the women and chil- dren, for whom dairy and poultry in- structresses will be available. While the wives and children are thus preparing for their future busy life on Canadian farms, the husbands will be learning how to manage horses, cattle and sheep, how to plough, and, in short, how to become successful farmers. The training centre is nearly 2,000 acres in extent and is equipped with farm buildings constructed by men who are receiving instructions in hrteklaying, carpentry, and other trades as well as in farming. Col. Stibbard, who originated the scheme as it is being carried out, pointed out that each of the families will go 'out to Canada to a farm of 160 acres. The husband will, in the first instance, gain knowledge of lo- cal conditions by working for one year on a neighboring farm. A loan of $1,500 will be granted by the Brit- ish Government at the end of that year for stocking nad equipping his farm. The British Legion has devised a scheme to enable each man ultimate- ly to own his farm by paying 15s. a week. The Legion is also assisting in the provision of the families' pas- sages to Canada. INCOME TAX, Total Amount Collected by Dominion Was $28,752,748. The total amount collected by the Department of National Revenue in income taxes for the year ending March 31, 192,8, wos 08,72,27413. the Di4Illot ntlap troutrell bey qie list with 0,659,996. ;The other a,s_ -tricts which coil ested over 1,00,0O0,$ *rare: Iloronio, $5,913,f16; VanCoti- ;1,664„086; Winnipeg, $1,491,- 160; Hamilton, $1,317,169; Ottawa, $1,069,855; Lond.on, $1,030,513; Quebec, ;1,014,428. The Warted people or employes furbished considerable of the funds under this tax. A toll of 83,146 paid $22,506. The number and amounts In other categories were as follows: Farmers (3,164), $205,457; professional men (6,087), ;1,144,- 093; retail merchants (8,685) ;1,- 041,336; wtoless.le merchants (1,178 ) , $431,522; manufacturers (903), $335,767; forests (308), $220,5a7; mines (39), ;12,865; fish- eries (87), $2,908; financial (7,443), $4,928,506; personal corporations (472), $2,584,686; family corpora- tions (1,138), $740,578. Of the $205,457 paid by the farm- ers, $180,000 Ocame from the Prai- rie Provinces. DRINKING LESS. ()ensrimptlon of Spirits In England Halved In Fourteen Years. 1913 the people of England. drank 22,004,432 gallons of spirits, compared with 19,412,921 last year. Beer shows, a similar decline -30,- 75,8,,800, bulk barrels in 1913 com- pared with 24,418,640 in 1927. The, ligures; for the present year are be-' Roved: to show a further decline. Opinions vary as to the cause. One, view is that the greatly increased taxation since the war, which has trebled the price of a bottle of whis-, key, and doubled that of a glass of beer; amply explains it. The other *clew le that there is a genuine, change in, the.attitude of the people. Motoring, the general desire for phy- sical fitness, wireless, and the cin- ema, have all been given a share of the credit of the reduced amount of drinking. NEW AFGHAN CAPITAL. DarulaiiMan, Succeeding Kabuli to Follow Western Lhies. The new Afghan capital city, Da- rulahman, which will replace old in nearing 'completion on mod- ern and completely western lines, say Afghan newspapers. The city is the inspiration of King AManullah,•Who recently visited Eu- ropean countries and isambitious of transplanting western ideas, culture and methods 1 living to his moun- tain kingdom • The 'ancient, of the new city is the official quartet. This Will consist of a modern palace, equipped with the latest facilities,' and a number of huge GO/eminent build jugs which Will house all State departments. Birthdays In Separate Years. Although only a few minutes sep- arate their birth, a pair of tWins in ManitOba have their birthdays in Separate ifitirs. One was born just eAfore midnight on Detedaber 1114, and the other shortly after midnight and therefore ori January 1st, ThbAr Feet Doop, Tile Sand in the Sahara Desert thirty feet deep; 11116114411t.,. Thursday, Noverhber 29th, 1928 "WALKER" STORES LIMITED The Christmas • Store for TOYS The Gift Store • for All the Family 111011110111111MOBBI 'Three' Great Shopping Floors of Gifts Main Floor LAVENDER SILK UI WEAR GORDON SILK LINGERIE WOODS WOOL tT!WEAR PURITAN MAID HOSIERY GORDON Quality GLOVES SILK SQUARE SCARFS FANCY CREPE SCARFS LACE. 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