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Iold Thou my hand; so weakiam,
and helpless,
I dare not take one step without
Thy aid;
Hold Thou ray hand,; for then, 0 lov-
ing Saviour,
No dread of i11 shall make my soul
afraid,
Hold Thou my hand; and closer, clos-
er draw me
Am"g2
NNATATORIAL STARS, con-
querors of the Catalina and
English Channels, world chain-
pions, record -holders, in. open
Titanic struat the 4th Wrigley
Marathon wim for the $so,000
cash" prizes and championship.
crown. For sustained interest and
tumultuous excitement, no specta-
cle, no contest compares with a
Wrigley Marathon. See this
feature. event -Women's Section,
Friday, August 23rd; Open Race,
Wednesday, August 28th,
OTHER EMPIRE YEAR
"HIGH LIGH'T'S"
Opening of the new $1,000,000 Auto-
motive Building; $125,000 Agricul-
tural Prize List; Trotting and Pacing
Races and $5,00o Futurities; Exhibits
from every clime; Internacional Regatta
and out -board motorboat races; Four
concerts by a,000 -voice Exhibition
Chorus (Aug. z4th and aeth, Sept. 3rd
'and 7th) ; Goldman and other noted
,bands; "Britannia's Muster," an in-
spiring military and naval presentation
by,1,500 performers on the world's larg-
est stage; Nacional Aircraft Show and
Carnival of theClouds; uds•.fa
feature after
feature during the entire fourteen days
of the Canadian National Exhibition.
Perfect highways. Reduced steamship
railroad and , n airways rates. Ample
accommodation. Make reservations now
for Exhibition Chorus Concerts and
grand Stand performances.
,„HOMAS BRADSHAW,
President
H. W. WATER -5,
General Manager
Thy dear self -my hope, r
joy, my all;
Hold Thou 'n y hand, lesthaply I
shiruld wander,
And, missing Thee, my trembling
feet should fall,
Hold Thou my hand; the way is dark
before, me
Without the sunlight of Thy face
divine; ,
But when by faith' I catch its radiant
glory,
What heights of joy, what raptur-
ous songs are mine!
Sankt', co-worker with D^ L. Moody,
whose book "Sacred Songs. and Sol-
o's" has enjoyed a phenomenally large
circulation; and spread Mrs, Van Al-
styne's' hymns over a very wide area;
Fanny Crosby was born to New
York State in 1823, When only six
y weeks 'old,an
inexperiencedexperierced medical
practitioner is said to have ruined her
eye -sight, by wrong; treatment. From
thenceforward she lived in the total
darkness of blindness. Other facul-
ties developed abnormally, however.
At eight years of age she published
a first, poem, and on gaining maturity"
in 1844, collected her poetical writ-
ings into the once' well know book
"A Blind Girl, and Other Poems."
At twelve years of age she was en-
tered at the New York City Institu-
tion for the Blind," where she trained
for, and became a teacher, upon com-
pleting her course.
A fellow associate in the institution
was Alexander Van Alstyne, a blind
teacher in music to whom she was,
married in 1858. Mrs. Van Alstyne
developed into a writer of popular
songs, several of which were very
well known fifty or seventy years ago
such as "The Hazel Dell," "Rosalie
the Prairie. Flower," etc.
In ' 1804 Mr. Bradbury, a fully -
trained musician, who was also a man-
ufacturer of pianofortes, asked her to
write a funeral hynan, for a collection
lie was about to publish entitled "The
Golden Censer." This was the dole-
ful "We are going, we are going,"
the first of a very long series of hy-
mns acre
inn ands songs, sons, many of which
were written under a contract with
her publishers to furnish so many of
them a month.
None of her hymns 'are of very
great literary merit. but they were of
undoubted value in that revival of
sacred -song -singing which assisted the
great evangelistic work of the itiner-
ating revivalists, Pentecost, P. P.
Bliss, Aitken, Moody and Sankey, that
accompanied and followed the relig-
ions awakening caused by the Oxford
or Tractarian movement in England.
Hold Thou my hand; that when I,
reach the margin •
Of that lone river Thou didst cross
for me;
A heav'nly light may flash along its
waters,
And every wave like crystals bright
shall be.
This confiding little hymn was said
by its author to have been suggested
by the reading in church service of
Isaiah XIII;6, "I, the Lord, hath call-
fed thee in righteousness, and will hold.
thine hand," Some, however, persist
in saying that it was more likely sug-
gested by the text, "1, the Lord, thy
God, will hold thy right hand, saying
unto thee, Fear not, I will help thee."
Certainly, the latter verse would ap-
pear to suit the statement, but we
Ican hardly ,go beyond the statement
of the author herself on that acount.
IAt any' rate the idea in the writer's
'mind was undoubtedly that of intim
-
I ate, loving guidance by the loving
God, who for our weakness condes-
cends to liken Himself to an earthly
comparison, taking a weaker, or af-
flicted one by the hand and leading
on through life's long day. •
It lends a touch of great pathos• to.
the hymn to recall that it was com-
posed by a blind woman, one there-
fore in urgent teed of a strong guid-
ing hand in strange places. Deep ex-
periences are behind such lines as,
"I dare not take one step without
Thy aid," "Hold Thou my hand, the
way is dark before me."
When found in the hymnbooks
it has not, for 'm
softie reason or anoth-
er, found as much favor with the com-
pliers of hymnals, as some others of
the simple hyrit las ' this author -it
is attributed to Grace J. Francis.
However, Mr. Hubert P. Main, the
New York organist and'musical; com-
poser who wrote the music to which
it is set, informed the world that that
name was an alias for Mrs. Alexan-
der Van Alstyne, best known t� the
world as Fanny Crosby. "Safe in the
arms of Jesus," is •the most popular
of her hymns -perhaps "spiritual
songs," would better describe them-
of which she wrote over two thous-,
and!
No explanation has been given of
her curious predeliction for publish-
ing her sacred songs under so many
pseudonyms. .It certainly is puzzling
to find her using a bewildering num-
ber
uns-
b er of initials suchas D.H. N
e V. ,A.,
T
F.AA, etc., , etc. and also such cur-
ious assortments of names as "Ella
Dale," "Jenny V", "Mrs. Jennie
,, "Miss
Miss Kate Grinley,
Viola, V. A," "Grace 5. Francis" and
many others, .,i e;tee rtr4'„ ti0, ,:
Mr. H. P. Main's statement nitist
be considered decisive as to the au-
thorship of our hymn. by Mrs, Van
Alstyne.
' Many of her compositions were
made popular through their employ-
ment in evangelistic services over a
good part of the world, by Ira D.
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EX -CANADIANS TO
BE PICNIC GUESTS
A. H. Wilford, Windsor, chairman
of the Essex County Marketing Board
and an old Wingham'bay, paid the
Advance -Times a visit last week iii
theinterest r acre
st of a
series of old boys'
y
reunions which his organization is
sponsoring for Canadians now living
in Detroit.
• Stating that there are at least' a
quarter of a million former Canad-
ians in Detroit, Mr. Wilford pointed
out that the reunions were• intended
principally for the ex -residents of the
nine western counties of. Ontario, Mr.
Wilford is now•making a tour of these
counties, visiting newspapers, city and
town' officials in an endeavor to get
their co-operation in putting the plan
across. •
The reunions will be held in three
series during the last two Saturdays
in July and the first Saturday in Au-
gust. Leamington and 'Kingsville arc
the two centres chosen for the festiv-
ities, the latter, with two parks avail-
able, receiving the lion's share.
Simultaneous picnics will be .held
in the three
parks on the three Satur-
days, each of the Ontario . counties
having one park for their date. The
schedule selected includes, Saturday,
July 20, Essex old boys at Leaming-
tbn; Kent and Oxford old boys at
Kingsville; Saturday, July 27, Middle-
sex old boys at .Leamington, Bruce
and Lam:bton old boys at Kingsville;
Saturday, August 3, Huron old boys
.at Leamington, Elgin and Perth old
boys at Kingsville.
Public Hien in both countries are
solidly behind the scheme, mayors of
Border City municipalities and or-
ganizations especially lending a help-
ing hand, while from the American
side such .men as Acting Mayor Quinn
are giving splendid co-operation.. It
is hoped, to have Senator Cousins, a
native of Kent County,' as one of the
speakers at the Kent ,reunion.
Mr. Wilford is particularly anxious
that residents of this district who
have relatives living in Detroit get
in touch,with them and acquaint thein,
of the ,gathering, It is hoped to have
large numbers from the counties :in-
terested attend their respective gath-
erings and meet people wliona,they.
have not seen in years.
BLUEVALE
On Saturday morning, July 131h,:
Mr. David Ramsay, of the 1st liner
Morris, met with a 'very painful ac-
cident while he and Itis brother, Al-
lan, were taking off a iniad of hay,
The fork not tripping right, Dave told
Allan to give it a titviek'jerk, ,with the
result that the fork cattle off the hook,
striking Dave on the right shoulder.
and penetrating his lung, His many
friends hope he niay have a speedy
recovery.
Mt. ',fatties l3reckenrtd 'e and Miss
Lou Chandler, of 'Brantford, also Mr.
and Mrs, Jos. 8recicenridge, spent
Sunday with relatives iii 'Myth,
WINrHAM Ai1VANCg-TTMl ES
HYDRO
D VEIOPINENT
KEPT LAST Ylil£113 W,i7'R
(iliOW1NGI NEEDS,
Ifor'strpower for the Whole of Canada,
Totals p ;538,+YW -- Reznat'icabie
it'yogree,s Revealed in Report oil
Power Activities.
Remarkable ciavelopnrent is shown.
in the annual, review of hydro -electric
,progress for 1928. The statement is
significant, coming at a time when
world, interest centres upon efforts.
being put forth in almost every civl-
lizedcountryto secure additional sup-
plies of low-priced power for the
needs of industry,
"During the year 1928," the report
states, "the Water wheelµ, or tur-
bines,' actually installed and brought
into operation totalled 650,00Q horse-
power, thus bringing the total for the
whole Dominion to;a figure of 5,328,-
000 horsepower. In addition to this
large increase, there are many pro-
jects under active completion, and
others just recently initiated, whose
combined installations will result in
adding more than 1,200,000 horse-
power to the country's total. There
arealso many projects of magnitude
in the formative stage, some of which.
will undoubtedly be undertaken in
the near future.
"For the actual development
transmission and distribution of the
power capacity installed in 1928, to-
gether with that now under active
construction, it is estimated that not
less than $330,000,000 will be re-
quired; while for every dollar ex-
pended • in power development compe-
tent authorities have estimated that
six dollars a is required
in its applic-
ation.
pp is
7 -
ation It is necessary, therefore, to
a e,
visualize the effec,s throughout the
country of the expenditure of an
amount reaching probably $2;300,,
000,000.
'With regard to. the activities of
1928, while the works of greatest
magnitude were in the Province of
Quebec, as has been the case for the
past few years, probably the most in-
teresting feature is that practically
everyy province was r.•epresente i in the
year's program.
"In British Columbia the West
Kootenay Power & Light Co. prac-
tically completed its 75,000 horse-
power at South Slogan, while the
British Columbia Power Corporation,
throe h its subsidiaries, brought into
operation fife 12,500 horsepower
Alouette Development, and advanced
the construction of the 3001000 -
horsepower Bridge River project,
which is expected to bring 56,000
horsepower into operation in " 1931.
Other smaller developments were al-
so completed or well advanced. ,
"In Alberta the Calgary" Power Co.
commenced construction of its 36,-
000 -horsepower Ghost Development
on the Bow river,' and extensively
added to its transmission
t system in
the southern part of the province.
"In Saskatchewan, the Churchill;
River Power Co. commenced work
on a 42,000 -horsepower development
at Island Falls on the Churchill river,
to supply 'power to the Fl.in Finn'
mine.
"In Manitoba the Manitoba Power
Co. completed its 168,000 -horsepower
Great Falls development by adding
the final two units of 28,000 horse-
power each, while the City .of Win-
nipeg initiated a new 100,000 horse-
power plant at Slave Falls, and the
Northwestern Power Co. one of 225,-
000 horsepower at Seven Sisters
Falls, both on the Winnipeg river.
"In. Ontario the Hydro -Electric
Power Commission brought into oper-
ation, on Oct. 1, the /.220,000 volt
transmission ` line carrying' power
from the Gatineau river to Toronto,,
and late in November a 110,000 -volt
line, also carrying power from the
Gatineau to Ottawa, Smith's Falls
and Brockville. The Spruce Falls Co,
completed eted its 56,250 -horsepower
mp
lap
-plant ,at Smokey Fails; on the Mat-
tagami river, .and the Ontario - &
Minnesota Power Co. its 13,200 -
horsepower development at Calm
Lake, on the Seine river.
"In Quebec the Gatineau Power Co.
completed its 204,000 -horsepower de-
velopment at Paugan Falls on the
Gatineau river and built transmission
lines to connect with those of the
Ontario Hydro -Electric Power Com-
mission. The Shawinigan Water &
Power Co. added a 43,000 horse-
•power unit at "Shawingan, the Duke -
Price Power Co. a 45,000 -horsepower,
at its Isle Maligie Station on the
Saguenay river and the Quinze Power
Co. two 10,000-horsepowerunits at
its Quinze river plant. Among large
projects under way are those of. the
Alcoa Power Co. on the Saguenay
river with, an initial installation of
260,000 horsepower and a 120,000
horsepower development on the Lie-
vre river by. the Ja.rnes lliacLaren Co,
"In New Brunswick the St. John
River Power Co. brought' into oper-
ation its Grand Falls plant on Oct. 1,
with the first unit of 20,000 horse
power, two more units of similar ca-
paaity to follow next year.
"ln Nova Scotia the Nova Scotia
Power Commission has three power
planta under construction on the Mer-
sey river, totalling 31,050 horse-
power, and another on the Tucket
river with a capacity of 3,000 horse-
power, while during 792$ the Avon
river Power Co. completed its new
4, 35 0 -horsepower plant at Avon
Falls, also one of 500 horsepower on
the Fall river."
Betting on Gaines.
Betting in England is by no rlreans
a m"clern hobby says a writer in the
London Daily Chronicle. Back in the
la, s of Queen Anne, the hiclinatoni
o "have a tis;' eh" must have been
'unite as 'strong' as It is to -day, Por,
-ane of the canons of Windsor has
,ll.:covered, there was at the Begin-
ntn y of thA ri ghteenth'.century a great
bolting on crieke' The gamo
was then illegal. It had been nada a,
;)unillt.:iole oftenee under Edward IV,'
(1461.1483) because,; it took men
twig from archery, but in later ages
was winked at, In Anne% reign
was tame snare permitted SO long.
,.s riot snore than $50,waa betted on
r game, •
TIM WAS BACK
ON THE FARM
'l'o 'the Edltur av 411 thine
Winghafn Paypers,
Deer Sur:.
the been v ee t out on the ould farru
fer a wake back hilpin the bye w
the hay, an, shure, it is sto fit ja
fer. a man' wit] a wake back, at a
at 'all, so - it isn't, which is a purt
good joke 'fe;r an ould fellah to mak
the fursht ting:on Monday rnornin.
Shpakin av the hay crop, I tinlc
nivir saw wan to ,bate it but, faits
'tis the aisy way intoirely the farrun
ers hev fer handlin it these days, wi
hay teddars, an soide delivery cake
an loaders, an hay forks, till ye lin
redly know ye're wurrultin at all,
all. Not so manny av us ould Eellah
are lift now who kin reniimber :h
tonne whin we used to cut the ha
wid scythes, an rake it wid hand r,ak
es, whin theer wus bumble bee nesht
undher nearly iviry .s.htump, and yel
low jackets tteshts hangin tick alon
the fince earners, an rnuskitties be th
million, an grass faioice runnin up th
ligs av yer trousers. Thin wus th
days whin min shtood sip to thee
wurruk fer sivinty foive tints a da
an theer boord, wid the chance of tak
in wan av the far;.rumer's dawters t
the circus.
I tink if the missus wud agree to
it I wud sell out nit place' in Wing -
ham, and go up in New Ontario, be
rant the height av land, an shtart
agin r
,orabush.
farrum, an live the
ould loife over agin; I long to hear
the owls too-whooin at noights, an
to so.metoimes catch soight av a deer
shtealin troo the bush, yis, air oven
to hear the howl av the 'wolf pack
hungry fer prey. - 'Tis the woild free
loife av the frontier that appeals to
a man loilee mesilf. 'Tis completely
toired I do be sonietoi nes av sings
as we hev them in the ould sitrle-
ments. 1 tour rather ]ishten t A the
bull moose callin his matt than to
the best gramophone the Gunn -Son -
Old payple ivir spade, an wud rather
shlape on shpruce brush titan on the
softest- Chester bed Fry & Blackhall
ivir invinted. I wud rather paddle a
canoe down a shtrame than roide in
the foinest auto Sandy Crawford ivir
could,
T shpint happier hours' besoide' the
ould foire place, wid the talky can-
dle blown out to save ixpinses, than
I ivir did
wid the house e all •ht•an�
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halted, an lit up wid elicktricity, an
coal bills and hydro accounts galore
to be payin iviry blissid day av yer
loife nearly, T wud rather dhrink
wather out av a shpring on the soide
av a hill than out av a tap besoide
the kitchen sink. I wud rather hev
to' walk two air tree moiles troo the
bush to see a neighbour an hev a
yarn avid hint, than to hev' the tilly-
fone ri.ngin, up iviry hour av the day
be payple askin foolish quistions.
Wan ting I wud miss if I wus to
take to the tall timbers. I inane the
Chautauqua. which will be con3in to
town this wake. I belave it is 'ro be
jaw
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betther than ivir this year an undher tank an thin lain it dhry dhroivin
purely Canadian managernint, so iv- along the counthry roads to see how .
irybody shud pathronize it. What is, the woild carrots an sow thistles do.
the matter av Two dollars an twinty be,throivin.
cints fer a whole week's intertain- Yours fer a bigger an betther
mint? Shure, ye wud slrpind that Canada,
much fer wan fillin av yer mild gas Timothy Hay.
Keep to the Right
o, .: Cur ea and Hills
on't try to pass
You can't be safe if you persist in passing
another car on a curve, or near the brow of
a hill.
Before you attempt to pass another car
wait untilou have a clear view of
y the roc
ahead, and make certain there is amplespace
for you in the traffic line.
On curves and hills, you can't see the road
ahead, so always keep to the right
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