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tip arround the kitchen, an thin she SUNDAY SCHO0I. LESSON
said:
"What are ee so .buzzy wid, all at
wanee, Tim?" sez she. "Are ye shtar-
tin to take a :home shtudy coorse wid
Jarge :Shpotton s 'laisiness College, arr
hev ye been appinted Treasurer av the
Sons av Resht,"
"Nayther wan, dariint," sez I, "Ye
hev another tink corrin to ye, 'Tis
nee budgit fer the Summer I am wur-
rukin on," I sex.
"Yer what?" sez she.
"Me budgit," sez I. "Me eshtimates
av ixprnSeS, fer the sayson, loike thin
lads who .handle the cash down in
Parleymint hev to make," I sez.
"Well thin, ye had betther let me
hear yer budgit, shpache, whoile I darn
LESSON VI. --May ro
Philip and the Ethiopian Treasurer,
—Acts 8:26-39
GOLDEN TEXT—The opening of
Thy words givetl light -Ps, 2x9;130.
•The Lesson in its 'Setting
Time,—Saui's persecution of the
Christians and Stephen's martyrdom
occurred probably.A.D. 36 and in the
same year as the events of our lesson.
Place:—The road •leading from Jer-
usalem southwestward through an un-
inhabited or sparsely inhabited region
to Gaza, the ancient Philistine city
where one of Samson's feats was per-
formed
Philip's Opportunity
yer ould socks," sez she. The Philip with whom we have to
Fid "Madam Shpaker," sez I, an Hon-
1orable layder av the opposition in this
+l - house, will ye plaze give attinshun to,
e. an take notish av, the following pro -
proposed cut in the'eshtimates fer this
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year.
Millinery . . 1924 $17,00
Millinery .,,,,.. .:_ - 1925 7.00
Prisints to grand
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3 28i29children 1924 21,75
Prisints to grand-
children ...... ..... ......._1925 - 10.00
Women's Inshtito.ot 1924 25
Women's Inshtitoot 1925 blank
Gladolium bulbs..-- 1924 5.00
Gladolium bulbs 1925 2.00
Sealed Tenders addressed to the Thismanes a total savin av $25.00
-undersigned, and endorsed "Tender on thin foor oitems, an I am not troo
for Wharf and Reconstruction. of wid the lisht yit. We musht kape
Breakwater at Goderich, Ont." will be down ixpinses fer shure intrusht on
received until 12 . o'clock noon (day,- money is fallin an we can't shpind
light saving), Tuesday, May 12, 1925; wid a free hand loike we used to whin
for the construction of a wharf and we had the ould farrum to back 'us
the reconstruction of the breakwater up•,,.
at Goderich,, Huron County, Ont: "If ye want to rejuce ixpinses," sez
Plans and forms of contract can be she,_ "Ye moight shtart wid. yersilf. I
seen and specification and forms of bet jre,shpind a quarther ye don'tnade
tender obtained at "this Department, to shpind iviry blissid day ye go down
at the offices of the District Engin- town, which manes tree hundred an
sees,' Royal Bank Building; London, tirteen days in.the year, an;,figgers up
Out Equity Building, Toronto, Ont. to sivinty-eight dollars an a quarther
and at the Post Office, Goderich, Ont in twilvg,,,,month, . Thin look at what
Tenders will`not be considered un- ye shpind fer tobackey an the matches
less' made on printed forms supplied ye burn throying to loight yer poipe.
by the Department and in accordance 'Tis 'up to ye eo revoise yer b'udgit",
with conditions contained therein. she sex," an to inthrojuce a few sup
Each tender must be accompanied lernintary eshtimates, loike thin Grits
by an accepted cheque on a chartered do down at Ottawa,fer wid yer bro-
1 ank, payable to the order of the ther Matt; an his English woife com-
' Minister of Public Works, ' equal to in to see us, I want some fixin done
zo per cent. of the amount of the ten- to the house," sez she.
aer. Bonds of the Dominion of"An what is wrong wid the house,
Canada or bonds of the Canadian Na wud ye 'moind .tellin me?'' sez I.
tional Railway Company will also be 'Shure, if its good enoughfer us, it
accepted as security, or bonds and a is good enough fer thin.
cheque if required to make up an odd "Indade thin I'll be afther tellin ye
.amount fasht enough, if that's all ye want",
Note --Blue prints can be obtained j sez she. "If ye wussent as bloind as
at this Department by depositing ansa bat ye wud see that we nade-.:new
accepted cheque for the sum of $20, l front shteps, an the shpare bidroom
-payable to the order of.. the Minister nades paperin, an I want a harrud
of Public Works, which will be re-
turned if the intending bidder submit
a regular bid,
By Order,
S. E. l5'BRIEN, Secretary.
Department of Public Works,
Ottawa, April 2o, 1925.
do in this lesson is not Philip the
apostle, but Philip the deacon, called
in Acts 21:8, Philip .the evangelist,
The first part of this chapter 'tells
how, when Saul's persecution caused
the Christians to scatter froin Jerusa-
lem, this Philip went northward to
Samaria, and preached Christ among
those ancient foes of the Jews, whom
Philip, as a Greek Jew, could ap-
proach more successfully than the
apostles themselves. Philip worked
miracles in Samaria, preached. Christ
so successfully that he won many
converts and "great joy" filled' the
hearts of the Samaritans. Simon the
sorcerer was among those baptized;.
and,his conversion seems to have
beet genuine, in spite of his ignorance
of some of the fundamental principles
of Christianity. It was from this
scene of evangelism, so prospered by
the Holy Spirit, that Philip was 'sent
on a mysterious errand,
But an angel of the Lord spake un-
to Philip. The angelic message carie
to Cornelius and Peter in visions, and
e rusts to
Philip in
TIM BRINGS IN BUDGET
To the Editur av the !advance-Toimes
Deer Sur,—
Wan night lasht wake whin it
-wus not wurth whoile to shtart a foire
in the furniss an too could to do wid- TENDERS WANTED
exit a little foire' in: the house, we kipt ,
the range goin, an used to ate our Sealed tenders marked "Tender for
reales and shpind our avenins in the Wiring Court House' will be receiv-
kitchin.. Well, this noight, air which ed by the undersigned up to 8 o'clock
T nein tellin ye, whin supper wus over p, m. May 25th,; 1925, for re -wiring
.an the niissus had claired the dishes the Court Ilbuse, Goderich, for light-
aff`the table an wus busy washin thim, ing purposes.' All material to be.
lE, picked up wan av Mishter McKib- furnished by the party receiving the
bon's toothbrush sale bills, an, foind- contract. Plans and specifications
in an ould stub av a lead pincil in ire may be seen at my.office.
wood- flure put down - in the living
room, an mebby ye wuddent mound
gettin me an elicktriclt slitove; anwa=
shin mash een, an—" •
"Shtopl . Shtop! wumman!" sez 1",
arr ye'll drove me crazy. D'ye tink
I am rennin a' bank, arr sellin' Baso -
line; arr that I hev gone into the boot-
leggin
oot
gg
le in biziness?" ` An wid that I pick-
ed up me hat an shtarted fer down
town, shlanimiai the dure behoind me.
Yours till nixt wake,
Timothy Hay.,
perhaps it was delivered d Ph i
the sane way; or perhaps the -angel
was actually visible and audible to the
evangelist. Saying, Arise: He was
probably in Samaria. And go toward
the south. He would thus pass to the
eastward- of. Jerusalem, and reach the'
road to Gaza at some distance from:
Jerusalem. "Toward' the south" may
be rendered "at noon," which would
tell Philip just when he might expect
to overtake the Ethiopian. Unto the
way that goeth down front Jerusalem
unto Gaza. Gaza was one of -the five.
great cities of the Philistines, the one
farthest south. From here Samson
when entrapped and in peril of his
life escaped byplucking the city -gate
from its sockets and carrying it to the
top of a hill near Hebron. Tlie cap-
ture of Gaza, which fell on November
7, 1917, was one of the most import,
ant steps in General Allenby's. con
f !Palestine during the World ed as intruding, for so important His trial, Christ's trial had been fit- doth hinder me from being baptized?
quest o Bard g,
The saane is desert. Some
an officer as the treasurer would be ly called a lynching, it disregarded. so The txeasurer had been converted and
«• - lefull the.l ws both of the Jews serve . it by his desire icor 9bediencea
consider this to refer to Gaza, the. (ravelling withaMonsrderable retinue, shah ._ y .
d td G a"
.vesht pocket'shtarted to do some fig- The lowest or any tender not ne-
gerin on the back av the bill (Tooth- cessarily accepted
brushes musht be going out av shtoy- Geo: W. Holman,
le in Wingbani whin they hev to be County CIerk.
could at rejuced proices,) I figgered Goderich, April 25th,, 1925,
away fer niebby twinty ininnits arr
half an hour till the missus got her Even. if he was only
:dishes done an iviryting shtraightened son, he had lots of pull,
'emeeeeeeemeeeree. arra*
dentist's
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Inccity hast been lonely traveller would be wet and o£ the .i;omans His generation for Philip had evidently told him that
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seer a az . an a -one y rave er -
destro ed'about a century before this to 1 company for who shall declare? For His. life is Christ commanded baptism as the
y� of allegiance to Him.
come join such
a -
time and afterwards rebuilt nearer the h' ` d protection taken from the earth, that is, with outwardsign g
sea. The ruined "city might be des-
cribed as "the desert" one.
companionship
an
PHILIP'S PREACHING violence The question may mean. e And Philip said, if thou- believest
And
Philipran'to him, 'See how "Who ,can sura up the 'wickedness • of with all thy Heart thou mayest, Anil
And he arose and went. It would
ence, prompt and unquestonng ,heard him Feeding Isaiah the prop het, up . the vast number of His spiritual verse is interesting animportant, be
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obedience, always
eae-er he was to seize his opportunity the 'generation that put "1 -Inn to dea- he answered. and .said, I believe _that
semi "a wild-goose chase," but obeli- and obey the Spirit's' promptings. And th? Or it may mean, "Who' can sum Jesus Christ is the Son of God. is
is alwa -s a characteristic Orientals read' aloud when they read children?,, � Or it may mean, as in cause it contains the
e first Christian
of Christ's true followers, And be and the Jews especially regard" this the Revision, "As for ' His generation, !creed. It is a baptismal formula,
the best way to fix in their minds who among them considered that He iwhich belongs. no doubt to ah early
hold. H comes the surprise a sur-
pPhiliprisewell totheread
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as 1 as wholly a Gentile for the boys and girls to study He as answering priot to
o . ere as
prise to as as what they read. To this day, in the was cut out of the land of the living? period, probably 111 the secondcent-
er. A man of Ethiopia, A gentile, schools throughout. Asia, it is con And the eunuch. answered Philip: ury,
Phili 's' questtoa .And he commanded the chariot
sip w ai mon f their voices.
whereas the Samaritans were part at the tap o their And said, 'whether he understood what he was stand still. All;liis`retinue,.'of course,
be just the man T erstandest thou what thou read- .reading: And said, 'I pray thee, of stopped with hoz and saw the bap-
Jews. Philip would r h nd
him with the gospel. A en- est? The treasurer's face ntay ` have whom speaketh the prophet this? of tism of their leader. He- would be
to reach nuch great,
h of authority. Eunuchs, worn a puzzled look. Philip had had himself, or of some other? The -Jews sure to explain why he did it, and he
those confrdn i
en tial servants in the,pal-; his own experiences as a foreigner, held that Isa. 61 referred to the pro- had showed his earnestness so clear -
aces and especially in the harems, had and knew that it was not easy to com- phet himself. Possibly the eunuch ly up to this point that we may be
opportunities to riser in Power . rehend all the Hebrew Scripture, and had heard about Jesus,and he may certain his zeal would continue, It
great opportu p
manyof thein be es -eciall the prophets: even have heard that some of His lis -lis the tradition that the eunuch was
and influence, and P Y
came high officers of state, This And he said, how can I, except some ciples connected 'Him with . this pro- largely instrumental in evangelizing
be es eciall likely ' to happen one shall guide me? Here was a phecy: I Ethiopia, and his travelling compare-
would p Y
ruled bya woman,, Under man of wide influence, accustomed to And Philip opened his mouth, and Mous doubtless heard his preachings
compare -
in a,nation r
of the Ethiopians. guide others but humble as a Kittle beginning from this scripture. A wise 'all the way home and became the first
Candace, queen g ,
part 'of Ethiopia was child in matters of the Spirit. We all evangelist -a Sunday -school teacher 'Christian congregation `of the new
The . northern
ofMeroe which need guidance in spiritual matters; and or parent or friend or anyone that is'Christian nation, And they both.
the important kingdom n d
was longruled by queens. Who was only a fool will° dispense with 'aid in trying to 'lead souls to,Chr=ist—will went clown into the water, both Phil
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osier all her treasure, Her chancellor
of the exchequer, her secretary of the
treasury, a place of great responsibil-
ity and power; evidently he was a
man of character and ability, Who
had come to Jerusalem to worship.
It was a laborious journey of more companion beside herr,
than a thousand miles, which proved Now the passage of Scripture whi- the wonderful outline of the Saviour's
the roan's earnestness' in his new re- ch he was reading was this: The life, something about His miracles of
ligion, He was a proselyte to Jude, verses quoted are Isa, 53;7, 8, but of healing, His raising of the dead,
ism, the one pure religion of the wor what the eunuch wanted explained Ilis feedingof the five thousand;
Id up to the time of 'Christ. Philip was the meaning of the entire passage something about His great teachings,
was also -a proselyte,another bond the marvellous prophecy of the Stf- the.parabies, the sermon on the IVloti-
onnecting the two. - feting Servant. He was led as a,nt, His majestic declarations about
And he was returning and sitting jsheep to the slaughter. Thus the Himself, His revelation of the Fath-
his chariot. Evidently the feas
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understanding Scripture. And He be rnake a start from any point of re- ip and the eunuch, It was the Jew -
sought
sou ht Philip to come up and sit with ligious interest he can find or create, isii custom to baptize in rivers. Thus
him, It is' safe to say that Philip; any text of Scripture, any bit of ex- John the. Baptist baptized in the Jot
lead never before ridden in such state; perlence, any personal contact, any dan. Arid he baptized him; The due
andP robably the Grand Vizier had anxious question, even any doubt, ty and privilege of baptism rest upon
never before driven with so" humble a Preached unto him Jesus. We can the direct and repeated coaninand of
easily imagine what Philip told Him, Jesus Christ, No symbol could more
perfectly represent the washing away
of our sins in the blood .of Christ and
our entrance into' a pure,strong and
beai:1.1ful new life in Hinz. Evety
Christian believer should count it a
joy to show his faith by baptism.
And when they came up out of the
water,' the Spirit of the Lord caught
away Philip. And the eunuch saw
him no more, for he went on his way,.
rejoicing. Pie went on lits way not
only to enjoy his religion,' but doubt-
less to spread it abroad,.. Tradition
in Jerusalem was over. His chariot
Lamb' of God died as a sacrifice for
the sins of the world, at the time
er's love; much about His tragic death
and the confirmation of all His claims
was drawn by two horses, probably, when the .passover lamb was offered in His own resurrection, This was
and was a wooden cart open behind, in memory of the preservation of the the substance of the preaching about
and with room for himself, the driv- Hebrew's firstborn in Egypt: The Jesus in thefirst century, and re.
et, and a third person. And was Jews thought of the coining Messiah,mauns still the substance of thestory ascribes to trim the conversion of his
reading the prophet Isaiah. Not on- as a great conqueror, a mighty king, that never grows old. faith of Candace and of many of her
ly so but reading a ltfessianic passage and not at all as a sheep led. to the PI-IILIP'S . SUCCESS subjects. It is possible that this sing
mi in Isaiah, Thus as the Lord had pre- slaughter, And as a lamb before her And as they wet on their way, le conversion prepared the way for
-pared; an cvattgelist for the eunuch, shearer is dumb, sir he openeth not they carne upon a certain water, Wo the .wonderful work -breis tools Placa
PI so he burn prepared the eunuch for the his mouth. At his trial before Pilate must suppose that Philip 'journeyed among the Ethiopians at -a later per -
evangelist, • (:"br'ig refused to answer His accusers for a considerable tisivi with the trca. iod, when the whole nation renotinc.
And the Spirit said unto Philip. ° their charges' were so shamefully false surer, for ho had ii?ttclt to tell, and ed 'their heathen idolatries and bee
Doubtless by an insist proinotnnt;, ;4n and unjust, and,Pilate marvelled at the treasurerhad time that he want- cause Christians.
indication of the; way in which the His silence, ed to learn, The fact that Philip's
taken away, :C is lot wits ser low- they were thorough. ,lViid the eunuch jeotion to eight hours sleep
ot
ftante
•rar divin dig senors tract come to In. His huutniliatioui Ills j'udger'ncttt teachings inctudcd baptism show that Young people would
hrhitip Cao near, and loin thys f lti
is chariot., Philip would not ustiee was rat gl en Clitn ttt,aa{tit, Th hold., here is water;,what n't keep them at 'hone..
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