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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1929-05-30, Page 6INGI-IAM ADVANCE—TIMES .1FORTY4OOT GIFT FOR RIDEA..LT .HALL This totem pole is one of the finest 'examines of Indian art: Right Their ieellenoie-; Viscount grad Lady Willingdon enolthe c.P.s.s."Princess Norah",on which the first vice -regal tour of the west cot of Vancouver Island was made. When Viscount Willingdon, Gov- mmailon of has voyage that 1t 'the council hall, and • Chief Jack, would not be the last occasion o o � Lady Willingdon visited the West Coast of Vancouver Island on the inaugural cruise of the new Can- adian Pacific steamer "Princess Norah" two new epochs were mark- ed for that far-flung corner of the Dominion. It was the first time that a Can- adian Viceroy had ever seen, and in turn, been seen on the rugged c? oast that is now `looming as one of the nation's important industrial and tourist regions; further the arrival of the Norah brought .the most luxurious passenger' steamer ever to ply in regular; service in West Coast waters, now to be the permanent run of the staunch little Clyde -built vessel. • The West Coast had decked.itself in gala attire for the visit of the great white chief from Ottawa, tremendous excitement prevailing among whites and Indians alike at the various ports of call. Local in- terest was heightened by the fact. that Their' Excellencies cast for- mality to the four winds, and en- tered into the spirit of the many receptions and celebrations with a zest not exceeded by any tourist on the coast Incidentally Lord. Willingdon intimated after the ter= ernor-General' of Canada, and 1 n another of the . Nootka Band which he would see that particular mounted the pedestal to deliver an part of Vancouver Island. impassioned pee oration in his na- Loyalty of the Indians, evident rive tongue. at alloints touched, was partic- His Excellency stood .attentively ularly pdemonstrated at Friendly' 'until the Indian Chief had finished Cove, historic sp'bt discovered` by his speech, tilting it, probably, for Captain Cook in 1778, when a the usual honeyed words . of .wel- lineal descendant of the great come, Ills astonishmoi t and that Chief Maquinna, who first saw the of ninny of the chief's hearers was white man, gathered his tribe, the great when "Billy" Lord, well- Nootka Indian band, in the great known industrial leader on the council hall to greet the vice -regal. West const, acting in the role of un- party. It was here: that Lord and official interpreter, told I3is.Excel, Lady Willingdon were recipients lency that Captain Jack had pre- of one of the most valuable gifts in sented:'the big forty -foot carving the bestowal of the coast Indians, as a gift. a huge forty -foot totem pole that Significance of the gift lies in has stood for years on the sandy the tremendous valuewhich the shores of Friendly Cove, the envy Indians themselves place on their of collectors from many parts of historical totems. It would have the world. been a somewhat parallel case, one Presentation of the totem was of, the men familiar with west touching in its simplicity yet itscoast customs said, if a white man, significance was not lost Chief on being visited by vice -royalty, Napoleon, bead of the Nootka had with one. magnificent gesture Band, descendant'of Maquinna, was given away his home and the first to extend the Indians' official greater part of his fortune. welcome, elaborate ceremony which Their Excellencies, sensing this, included the famous dance of the accepted the gift with delight, and Thunder Bird, marking this part announced' that plans would be of the rites. Later, the Indians led made to have it removed from its the vice -regal party to the site of present historical setting to Rideau a huge totenipole standing near Hall as soon as possible, MORRIS. Master 'Stuart Elliott,': of Bluevale, spent the week -end at Mr. Will Ab- raham's. Miss Florence Haines, of Toronto, spent the holiday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs; John, Haines, Mr, and Mrs. Will Robertson and. family, of Belgrave, were visitors at Mrs. T. Abraham's on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Will Holmes, of Turnberry, were. visitors : at Mrs.. E. Gray's on Sunday. Mr. and 1'trs; Whitney Stewart and daughter, Jean, of Bluevale, were vis- itors at Mr. Will' Abraham's, on Sun- day. If?s. Robert Johnston, :of Blyth visited at Mr:, Andrew Caselnore's last week. WHAT 5 _�--,-rte..•. il • .Fir , emm.>+su,sRa 2 Old roofs like thusare rapid beconningthingd' ofthelmet. Fireproof, penman nt,'Rib Boll roe* mean lower insnrence ratesbanish fipireep tele- apeuenilistg as dt,ve pleancs A "ehoee-uti" oi'Itr'b doll, ahowi1gthe side-iep. When nailed this iobit is so tight that it as quite invieiblc frtiliri even a short distance ■Way; illustration chows the neat and at• tractive pastern ,which. ip 'tautped info the .beets on Meige press of 40 tone capp natty. 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Sexed ridge and rafter measurements of roof or 'roofs in question, for free estimate of cost. se.Led4-led Nails with Reb.Roll Roofing. The lead on the headseals the hole. No mare thread - in. 22c per Ib MONTIttiA , N m . TO ONTO Mp1, Yf1p.tYBIM4 W WFG>oi W 11iAW MEWVp W OY11MF-90T IfliE:SUNDAY ,SCHQOL LESSON +a»u+n�nawwayrawarowww®ram>�s!+�emn°,=.. LESSON M. --JUNE 2 Later Experiences of Jeremiah—Jere- Euiah 20: 1-(; 37: 148: 28; 43: 1-7. Golden Text --Blessed are ye .when men shall reproach you, and perse- cute you, and say all manner of evil. against you' falsely, for my Sake,— Matt. 5: 11. THE! LESSON, IN ITS SETTING, J'iu1e.— Zedekiah became king, 1 1.C. 597. Jerusalem was burned, 13. C. 580. The flight to Egypt was 11iobably the same year. flare. -.-j crusalelit. Taphanites, on the bcircler of Egypt nearest J:'ales- tine. JEREMIAH PRESERVED, 'Thee the princes." --The leaders- of the clans, probably' the group Froin which the. Sanitcdrin was later evolv- ed, "Said nttto the king, J. ct this man, we pray thee, be put to death," --lJp to this time they had gone no farther than closeimprisonment; nci w they charged Jeremiah with treason, punishable by death, "Forasmuch as he weakened the hands of, the men of war that remain tin this city." --7 This. indicates that many had already 'taken Jeremiali's advice and crept out of the cit to surrender to the invest- ing •artily; see also v. 19. "And the Bands of all the people, in speaking such wordsHrinto them." --The attitude Of, Jeremiah during the siege must have been, to say the least of it, a great trial to those responsible for the, defence, and his only jtrstifica- ticrn wais the consciousness:that he was not expressing his own private opinion,. but what he felt to be the reVealed will of God, "For or this Bran seekcti not the welfare of this pec, - plc, but the hurt,"—They:took no ac - sloes bia1isclf what 11e permits an- other to do, .'°virhutn they have cast. 11,11) the tlttrigecrn,'" etleki:tli �i tts lr•obaby ignorant of these details. "And he is like to die in tlhe place where 11e. ht" --The Hebrew is very vivid; "He is dead." He Was snre to die and that speedily. "Because of the. :famine; 'for there iS 00 more bread in. the city," --"This is an ex- aggeration showing the eagerness of the speaker, and pardonable as certain to be understood by the king If 12 had beeu absolutely true, thele could have been no object 111 freeing Jere - As it W a&, the. Sense was only that there was so scanty a supply of provision that tclul.re was little or. nu chance of any reaching -,J t'erniah in the. place wiier•e lie ' was then con- fined." "Then the king commanded :I:bed rtreloch the Ethiopian, saying, from thence thirty rML'11 with t116L`:"-- Some,' scholars conjecture chat' thirty is a scribe's error and that the o ig- ir:a1 has "three." If"thirty", is cos-. rest, the king must have feared that" the princes twonld uitt:rliose 'to prt:- yent the "Wen 0. "And take tipJere- 111i2111 1111: prophet-ont of the dungeon,. before he di e: bell -in tach had said; literally, "He is dead on the spot.,".; but; the king knew what he meant, • "So Ebcd-Sacks} took. the glen with tern, and heart into the douse of. the king underthe treasury.'—A ltin'1- ber-room under the ti 0111tre chamber ofthe, royal palace. Even -palaces, it seems, have their collections of rub- bishl-. "And took thence rags Shirr worn:out gars eats." -'Literally,. rags of 'torn gar•mlents and rags of 'worn out garments.' " "Avid let thein down by cords into the dnngcon to Jei•.e, see in the care with which these minute' particulars are recorded liow deeply.the- Negro's kindness touched Jeremiah. The pro- Phu- was afterwards bidden by John ccannt of Jeremiah 's motives,: proved 'vat to promise Ebed-ruelech thatin to be unselfish through so glassy return fur this decd he should be years of self-sacrifice; nor did thea''' preserved in the corning, fall of Jeru- believe in his 'prophetic, inspiration. Their own advice was plairily bring- ing down ruin on city and nation, and in theirpride and despair they sought revenge on the clear -seeing prophet 111111e armholes under the cords. And whose words, if heeded, 'would leave' Jeremiah did so." `'Nothing could been their salvation: show the acuteness of the prophet's sufferings more vividly than the precautions which the thoughtful Kindness .of the eunuch thus suggest- ed. The pit was so deep that ropes were needed to draw hien up, 115 they had been to let him down, and lest. theshould cut into the flesh of Jere-. l,rophet, but was, ready to deliver tingles emanciated form; improvised hall to death'rrlthcr than resist the , cushions had 'to befastened- to the powerful princes. He was like Pon- ropes, that he might rest his arm -pits ties Pilate, procurator of Judea, who on thein." • acknowledged that Christ was an in- "So' they drew up Jeremiah with nocent! man, and yet delivered ];Iiia up to be crucified rather than oppose the cruel will of the Jewish mob, "Then they took Jeremiah, and cast hint into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's sore, that was in' the court of the guard:''*—This court was part of the palace, and the dungeon was evidently a pit used for the storing of water; :but. now, as the siege had progressed so far, the water was ex- hausted. 'The bottom of the pit, how- ever, was deep with mud and slime, and the princes evidently expected Jeremiah to sing therein and be suf- focatccl, or failing this, to be starved salem. "And Ebed-}nelech the Ethiopian said unto Jcreinialt,.: rut now these rags and worn-out garments under "And Zedekiah the king: said, .Be hold, he is in your hand; for the king is .not that 11e can do anything a- gainst you."—The weakness of the king is here. conspicuously shown. Zedekiah evidently respected Jere- miah, and even revered hint as God's the cords, and took him„ up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah ,remain- ed in the court of the guard,"— In that position lie was near the king, and the two may have had more con- versation than onversationthan the one next recorded: For the king arranged to meet Jere- miah in a hidden chamber of the tem- ple which may have communicated with the, palace by a secret passage, and once more he asked for a mes sage'from Jehovah,' as Nebuchadnez- zar'sforces were pressing - the siege. aird the city, was in terrible distress. Jeremiah refused to :give Jchovab's words; till the king' had promised not to ;death. , "And they let down Jere to kill him or deliver hirer to his en. :Mali with cords," -The pit was so envies; and thenlie strongly advised deep that they. could not let him Zedekiah to deliver himself ;up to the: clown with 'their hands. "And in the dungeon there was no water, but n ire and Jeremiah sank in the hire." —"In Lam. 8:53-55 we, have probably a reminiscence of these days of hor- rible suffering. They probably shrank from the odium of a public execution, or thought, with the: strange superstition of the Eastern,. mind, tllrtt in this way they could es- cape the ,guilt of shedding the pro- phet'sliloodi "Now when Ebed-rneieeh the Edo. ic•p1an, a eunuch, who was 'in the king's house, heard' that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon. "(It vias the castom to use Ethiopian slaves, eunuchs, to guard harems, and the women of the palace may have ob- served the' lowering of Jeremiah into the cistern and have told Ebed-nlel-: ech," (The :ling then sitting in the gate of Benjamin.) ---This gate being in 111e northern wall, which was Most.. exposed to attack, the ling may have gone there to direct the defence or in event desertion. , "Iibc:d-nieleclr went forth out of the king's house."---Solomt 's palace was next, to the temple, .bat it is not known where Zedeklah's was situated, evidently at Loune distance from the northern wall. '`And spakl: • to the king." --The Ire; 1 1t iopian was plainly in high favor with the king; slaves wore often honored and trusted officers. "My lord the king, these men have done civil in all that they have dour to J'cr .ittiair the; prrlpltet."--'1 bt'd 111e le elt tactfully implied that. 1edeklah w ter 11.1)1 1i11nself 1 c1lionsible for the, decd; (11011111 01' course he was, hay- ing r;ivcln 00, purse' 11211)0)1 to (10 as they pleased, and well knowing Chaldeans. Zedekiah said lie was a- fraid of the 'Jews that they were al- ready 'with the Chaldeans, for they would be angry that he had not ta- ken that wise step long ago and so saved great misery; but Jeremiah pea- sisted in his advice; foretelling the:' worst of disasters if Zedekiah refused to surrender; The Icing did not say what lie would do, but showed • still further his ''cowardly .nature by beg- ging Jeremiah, if the princes learned of the interview, to tell them that he had been begging the king not to put hire back into the dttngcon. This the prophet did, for tilt princes approach- ed him as Zedekiah had forseen they would, and so satisfied the : princes. Therefore Jeremiah was allowed to remain in the; court' of the guard 011 111 the, final capture of the city. "A kind, helpful '.decd is such a bcaautiful picture that it always ought to be well framed, Even the black hoed-mclech remembered, when he was going to do so groat a deed as to save a man's life, that it was Worth whklc doing it in a kind. and gracious way, My fiderids, in, the greatest of all work which God. ever puts in our 'hands, the privilege of helliiirg to res- cue leen and women front, the deep dungeon of sin, from the shits and tars. clay of tllcir wicked habits and their wzuful passions, 'c ought to sandy and devise ways by which we cart roost: tenderly life; them, mit oftile dark. depths of iniqu,,'ity. Station .10. 11.1'. r3r"i11 present the: trlec music and p1•er1,•1'rf11111e. from the •W inl;,lia 11 Arena each Thursday sday 11 ' 1.0 to Al o'clock. Each `111111•x(1 ty n)1(111 ,a prtltt'ra1111110 (it recordingp ,gill. their murderous (12',t,'llS. 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