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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1929-09-19, Page 3Borrie Vidette an Wroxeter Ne Thursday, September 19th, 1929 A REAL ENERGY -FOOD READY -COOKED, READY -TO -SERVE With all the bran of the whole wheat Proteins and carbohydrates nicely balanced with the essen• tial mineral salts and life-giving vitamins --crisp, flavory and apetizing _eat it with milk or cream or fruits, for any ioneat, THE NEW IMPROVED Greater Structural Strength Takes Any Decoration Full 3/g' Thickness New Improved Edge Fireproof Wallboard For Sale By Rae & Thompson Buchanan Hdwe. Company, R. J.. Hueston Wingham, Ont. Wingham, Ont. Gorrie, Ont. THE TOWN DOCTOR (The Doctor of Towns) DON'T CONFUSE CIVIC LOYALTY WITH • GOOD BUSINESS a" • Maybe You have a perfect right to feel that your local mer- chants are behind times in the way they do things and the mer- chandise they carry, but are you doing anything to help change the situation? "Not my lookout," you say—well, let's consider it in this way: If, in your estimation, your stores and merchants are poor, it is not going to make' them any, better for you to tell everybody about it, and when you are in need of something to buy it mail order, from a peddler, or go to some other town. On the other hand, if you will give your local merchants a break, and offer to buy from them you will be performing not ' only a service to your community, a good turn to your fellow citizen, but you will be doing yourself a favor, This isn't a matter of- community boosting or civic. loyalty or civic welfare—it is purely a matter of good business—mighty good business, on your part. If you live in a town—you, or those who provide your liveli- hood, are in business of they at least earn a living in the community. If yob. own real estate, there' is that much more reason why yon should go out of your way,to see to it that your community gets all the business possible, but you don't have to own two,or three store buildings, a house and lot, 'or be a stook holder in a hank, in oredr that it pay you 'a profit, 'Therefore, it is not only your duty, but it is /our business to see to it that the community gets all the business •fromyourself and everyone else you can influence; also, it is your business to see to it that your town is not looked ' down upon, as it surely will be, if its stores are behind times. But it is ten to one that your stores are not as poor 'as lots of people think them to be. Your stores can supply you with most anything that you may want to purchase. In this day and age of standardized merchandising, with present distribution system, any merchant can take care of your wants, if he wants to, Of course, if your merchants aye really so far behind the times, or lack gumption enough to supply your needs and likes—that is different. All of, this is said with the full realization, that there are still some "store keepers," , 1'nnr:11111, "supply depots," who have "clerks' instead of "sales people." :131i1 you are responsible. if, you have good stores or poor ones. If you continually refuse to ,give your mer- chants first opportunity to •supply your wants, continually buy from outside, yon turn yourself into a walking; talking advertisement for <i bung town, and who wants to live 'and have other .people know that they live in a dead community? • Also, if you lire in the town, especially .70 a • small city, your social' life brings you in contact with your fellow citizens, 'you as- sociate with tlrcnl; and can you realty feel just right in socially, fret cr 0lzilr " with them, when you know that you are not giving thein i, fail' shake? Put yourself in their position, just what would you do?' And as a tip to merchants let the itdtl-13'tisiness goes where it is invited and stays and conies back to the place where it is Well treated arra serval best, • t ri Ylrt, 1929 A,. I), Stone, Reproduction prohibited in Copyright, 6 1 1 1 1 whole or in part. ''This Town Doctor Article is published by the Advance -Times in co.operatien with the Lions Club: ti 1 1 1 115151/YYIl ill liltiYlYYYIYYIll Yl t111111RMOlY111,Y11f11411//4YYIYfY1YY,111iY111Y111f//Y1i111111Y 111iY1 1 41Y 1 IilYl 11 1 YY./fi11YlYa 2 C �uig411YeYMgI IY/11i'IiY1 I:':�+dYwltuunwu. `�.��' It�,w�lWli: wiiui THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON XII,—September 22 Malachi Foretells a New Day.—Mal- achi 1.1-4:6 Golden Text. -Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me,—Mal. 3:1, THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING: Time.—Malachi prophesied (Bee- cher) a'bout B,C. 428. In Athens, at that time, Socrates, Aristophanes, Al- cibiades. The Peloponesian war was in progress. Artaxerxes was king of Persia. Place.—Jerusalem. THE LORD 'IS COMING. "Behold I. send my messenger."--. Jehovah is speaking. The prophet is His herald, His truth to men. "And he shall prepare the way before me." —Eastern roadh, are poorly' construe- ted. onstrueted. They must be, repaired thorou- ghly before a king can pass over them in proper manner.; And surely there is much to be done before our Ding can visit this world without covering us with shame, as there was much to be done before the Son of God cane to this earth. "And the Lord whom ye seek, will suddenly come to His temple." -Thus Isaiah, in his open- ing vision, saw the Lord enthroned in His temple as a mighty judge, con- demning His people for their sins. "And the messenger of the covenant." —This angel (messenger) of the cov- enant represents Jehovah in his char- acter of a covenant -making and cov- enant -keeping God, and thus He ap- pears throughout the Bible which does not tell us clearly how distinct is the angel's personality from God's though it is certain that when • the angel speaks he carries with hint the full authority of the Godhead. "Whom ye desire." -The people in the time of Amos professed to desire the day of God's coming, as did the people in Malachi's day; but they showed by their conduct that they neither desir- ed it nor expected it. "Behold, He cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts."— This is' the rnost majestic of God's titles, presenting Him as the head of all the armies of heaven. "But who can abide the day of His corning? and who shall stand when He appeareth?"—Who is so pure, so true, so noble as to endure ,the scrut- iny of the Infinite Judge when He appears? We cannot begin too soon to prepare ourselves for that perfect judgment. "For He is like a refiner's fire."—"Fierce and hot, oxidizing and carrying away the base elements mix- ed with the silver." "And like fullers' soap."—What is to be understood ex- actly by the `soap,' washing -herb, is not known. The Lord , shall wash away all that is filthy. "And he will sit as a :refiner and purifier of silver."—In the various Bible references the refining of prec- ious metals is used figuratively to il- lustrate the kind of trial God's child- ren are called upon to go through. If they are of the right metal the dross will finally . be blown away, leaving pure, clear, shining silver. If a base metal they will be like the dross described in 59r. 6:29, 3Q. "And he will purify the sbrrs of Levi, and refine thein as gold and silver:'%' --As. God's judgments began with the cor- rupt priests' (Mal. 1:6, etc.), so the purification must also begin there, "Anel they shall offer unto . Jehovah offerings in righteousness." -The of- ferings will be of unblemished anim- als (see Mal. 1:8), and they will come from unblemished lives, as they should, "Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto, Jeho- vah."—It is a mistake made by many today to think that God will be pleas- ed with any gift made to religious causes, by any person, Only pure hearts and clean bands may approach His altar, "As in the clays of old,`. and as in ancient years."—How far back did Malachi's thought go? What was his ,golden age? Perhaps it was the age of Moses, as in isa. 63:9, 11; perhaps it wasthe age of Solomon, as in Amos 9:11. "And 1 will conte near to you to judgment." --The people charged Je- hovah with being' no Cod ofjustice, btit as favoring the evil as much as the good. (Mal, 2:17). Many em- bittered spirits would 'mallc the same charge today on seeing the prosperity of the wicked, "Their judginent is, surely, coming," is God's reply to that charge. "And I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers." ---Wit- ness and 'judge alike, giving theist a swift trial and a summary condem- nation, "And against the adulterers, --The sin is usually at the bottom of such 1` r Malachi l t c rvo ccs as Ma ache condetntrs i1 Week End Specials Friday and Saturday 3 pkgs. Corn Flakes 29c 2 cans Peas .,,. ...... 25c 2 cans Tomatoes ........ ...- 2 lbs. Macaroni 23c 7 cakes Castile Soap, 23c 2 lbs. Bulk Dates, fresh 23c 4 lbs. Graham" Flour 25c 7 bars Pearl Soap, for 29c Plain White Cups, each 10c Overalls, good back, pair 2.19. Men's Work Pants, pair..... -1.89 Men's Work Boots, pair..... -2,98 Summer' Underwear at Reduced Prices. HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR YOUR EGGS AVEY'S STORE WROXETER. in the proceeding chapter. "Sorcery was (and is) used by would-be mur- derers and adulterers as a supposed aid to the attainment of their desires. "And against false swearers." — A- gainst these especially God must him- self be the witness; as their own wit- ness is worthless. "And against those that oppress the hirely in his wages." —Prompt payment of all wages and bills should be ranked high as a Christian virtue. "The widow, and the fatherless."—These, being with- out their natural protectors, are in all. lands and at all times the easiest vic- tims of fraud and oppression. '"And that turn the.s sojourner from his right."—'Sojourners' were foreigners dwelling temporarily in Palestine, but having no citizenship rights there. Ignorant of the laws and customs, of the prices and the money values, they were readily defrauded. Such prac- tices were strictly forbidden by Jew- ish law. In our land, with its vast number of aliens from all the world, we need to take an especially friend- ly interest in the "stranger that is within our gates." "And fear Me not, saith Jehovah of hosts."—Jehovah the Col -amender of the armies of heaven, the Lord of all might, most to • be feared. If they feared God, they would not dare to do any of these wicked things. "For I, Jehovah, change not."— God is unchangeable in his justice, and so must punish the evil; he is also Unchangeable in his love, and so will keep His promises of good. "Therefore ye, 0 sons of Jacob, are not consumed."—The fire of God's just wrath !!right well consume them for all the evils just enumerated; but they are sons of Jacob, heirs of the promises which God inade to Jacob, and those promises are "yea and amen," Jer. 30:11 is a fine commen- tary on this verse. PREPARING THE WAY OF THE LORD "From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from Mine ordin- ances, and, have not kept them." -- This charge was the burden of all the prophets, and the most terrible of ail statements of it was made by Stephen in his address just before his martyrdom. "Return unto Ale, and I will .return unto your, saith Jehovah of hosts."—The wrong -doer must lure to the God whom he has wrong- ed, for God has been turned toward him all the time. "But ye say, Wherein shall we return?"—This is a mere pretence of innocence and ig- norance. "Will a man rob God? Yet ye rob Me."—They had robbed God by keep- ing bade' the gifts they ought to have brought to him, They had not paid their tithes, they had not brought the required offering. Not paying tvhat we owe is 'robbery. nut ye say, Wherein have we robbed- Thee?" -- More pretended ignorance and inno- cence. It is like the question which. Christ said would be addressed to to' hint at the last clay,"Lord, when we saw 'Thee hungry or athirst ,or a stranger or naked, or sick, or'in pris- on; and did not minister Unto Thee?" "In tithes and offerings.'' -,--"Did the lord disapprove of this minute thing? 'Far from if, for He expressed approv- al, and said, "These ought ye to have done," the 'offering' Inc11rt is the heave offering, the'breasti,t,Ild shoul� der of the peace offering, which were the priest's portion. • Yt ,.y Ye are cutsr.d with the Curse,'--�• Verne If implies that Malachi is thinking of the curse of a scarcity of food brought about primarily by the anger of God anct secondarily' by drought, plagues of locusts, poor crops. "For ye rob Me, even this whole nation." --"No good .rendering of the prophet's vigorous words is possible in English, but '0 Gentiles all' conies near the sense. Malachi addresses Judah as a heathen nation throughout; both priests and people fall 'under the charge. "Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house—The store -house in the temple court is rneant; in our day the church treasury, the treasury of the mission board and of all other Christ- ian undertakings. "That there may be food in My house."—The priests and Levites, having no land and spending all their, time in their sacred calling, were dependent for subsist- ence on the gifts of God's people. So it is with modern ministers, mission- aries, and others whom we wish to give all their time to God's work, and not engage in secular occupations. Christians owe then their livelihood. "And prove Me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts."—What joy there would be in heaven if all the church people should put to proof God's pledge of blessings to the liberal soul! "If I will not open you the windows of heaven."—The ancients thought of the sky as a solid dome, above which were the .upper waters, In this dome were windows, and when they were opened the rain fell through. "And pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."—The purport is plain: Subscribe liberally to charitable and religious objects even in bad times. It is your best investment. Nine -tenths plus God are more than ten -tenths with- out him. "And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not de- stroy the fruits of your ground."— "The devourer" may have referred to a plague of locusts, or perhaps the crops at the time were destroyed by drought, by hailstorms, by blasting or mildew. Whatever prevented a good harvest God would counteract, if they would be liberal in their giv- ing. "Neither shall your vine last its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts."—The grape harvest would not be ruined by the drying up and falling off of the grapes before they were ripe. "And all nations shall call you blessed."—"Thou shalt be called Hep- zibah ("My delight is in her"), and thy land Beulah ("married); for Je- hovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married." "For ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts."—The reviving religion in a land will make it indeed a delight- some land both to God and to all good people. WROXETER M;r. Robert McKercher, of Mont- real, viisted his parents, Mr. and Mrs.. W. S. McKcrcher, last week. The Misses Bell, of Brantford, are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Smythe. Mr, and Mrs. J. W. Henry and fam- ily spent Sunday at G. A. Wearring's. Rev, Mr, Rickard, of Brussels, will take the service in the Anglican Church next Sunday at 7 p.m. i,[iss Lillian Earls returned Satur- clay frtnn liigwin Inn, Muskoka where site spent the summer. Mr. Geo. L. Town, of London, was lunne over Sunday. Mrs. 1T, Waller was itt Listowel one day last week attending the marriage of a friend: Overcoats for fall and winter, from $18;50 to $28.00, a big assortment to choose from at Davey's Store. The September meeting of the W. V.C. S. was held in the United Church Thursday afternoon, Mrs. 'Phos, Gib- son presided and opened the meeting with the hymn "0 God, our help in ages past," after which site read the Scripture lesson, the first chapter of the first epistle of John. Prayers for the 'home land were then offered by Mrs. Bolingbroke, Mrs, Walker and Mrs, Stocks. The minutes of the Att- gttst meeting were read and declared correct, At the conclueion of sever41 iterns of business the roll was called and responded to with Scripture ver- • sex containing,* the word "patience." The hymn "Faith of Our Fathers," was then sung, after which Mrs. Stutt read the devotional leaflet, entitled "Beginning at Jerusalem," which was a description of the instructions giv- err the disciples to begin their work at Jerusalem and emphasized the fact, that tlhisplan is still workable 71 our own day, Begintting at home we may de ottr part to help Canada take her place in the forefront of Christ - f ian nations and may fulfill our duty to our fellow Canadians. Mrs. W. 5, McKercher gave an interesting read- ing on pioneer days taken front the book "Building the Nation." Mrs. Gibson read the instruction sheet, ex- plaining the mirror pledge campaign being conducted by the W, C, T, U, Cards in this connection were distri- buted by the temperance secretary, Mrs. W, S. McKercher. The W. M. S. hymn "0 Master let me walk with Thee," was sung and the meeting closed with a prayer by Mrs. Stutt. The program. was arranged by Mrs, W S. McKercher and Mrs. Stutt. GORRIE Mr, Ken Montgomery, formerly of the Bank of Commerce, here, was a visitor on. Monday. Mrs, Morrow and son, Rev, Mor- row," of `Millbank, spent Sunday at Mr. Win. Montgomery's.' Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Jefferson and Helen, of , Owen Sound, spent the week -end at the home of Mr. Geo. Foster , VIrs. Gordon. Barton of Toronto is atthe home of her mother, Mrs. B. Stinson, who still continues very ill. Dr. and Mrs. Whitley spent the past week in Detroit. Mr. Jas. Wylie, Toronto, spent Sat- urday .with his mother. His sister, Bessie Wylie, accompanied him home where she will attend Normal School, Miss Blyth McLaughlin has return- ed from Toronto, where she spent the past month. Miss Jessie Hasiic, nurse..in-train` ]rug,- of Kiiehexter, is holidaying• at the home of her mother, Mrs. Robt. Mas - tie. BEL1VMORE The Mission Circle held theirmeet- ing at : the Manse Friday evening, Plans were made for a welner Toast to be held at the home of Miss Helen Mulvey, Friday evening, September 20th. Miss Marjory Herd had her tonsils removed Tuesday in Walkerton Hos- pital, ntaicingspeedy recovery. Miss Eunice Hackney is holidaying with her parents. M;rs. James Vogan and children vis- ited last week with Mrs. John Gowdy of Salem, and Miss Hannah Stokes, on the tenth. Miss Margaret and Irene Mundell arid Minnie Jeffrey attended the Blue - vale meeting of the Women's Insti- tute, Thursday, and had a most de- lightful time. Miss Mary McNeil attended Lon- don Fair last week. Mr. and Mrs, Campbell and Allam of Riversdale, visited Mrs. Herd, on Saturday, DR. C. C. RAMAGE DENTIST, GORRIE Phone 21 (Stinson residence), Fordwich on Wednesday. 1 to 9 o'clock. "LINE'S is USX" time wasted A NYONE trying to call this telephone will be A. told by the operator: "Line's Busy". But the line is not busy. It is really idle. Someone at the other end of the office is wanted and the telephone waits there! until he arrives. The idle telephone, with its receiver off the hook, is a common cause of "Line's Busy"and a com- mon cause of uncompleted calls which are wast- ing two million minutes every day in Ontario and Quebec. Other causes of unnecessary "Line's Busy" are inadequate office equipment, long , conversations during peak hours, trying to repeat too soon after the "busy" report, and asking an- other to get your party for you. Many offices may not need more telephones, but they do need to have their present telephones more conveniently located. You may be losing calls because your line is thus "Busy" but really idle. And you may be Iosir; business. We want you to have the best possible telephone service and we are making every effort to provide it.* We are ready at any time to survey your telephone equipment and submit a report, `New telephone plant and service improvements will mean an outlay, for .1929 alone, of more than $27,000,000. t�(' YLES YOU Y: ,4L U� Fire, theft and carelessness—all have your valuables at their mercy. A safety deposit de o '« boat costs so Tattle that no orte need take the: 'risk of losing bonds, stock certificates, con. tracts, wills or other valuable papers. Ask us about this service. THE DOMIlVION BANK A. M. bishop, traneh i►i'gr., Wiltghastt 1w Yj