HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1931-10-22, Page 3THE SAVING
GRACE
By Edward Woodward
"I am indulgent father, aware of
the claims of youth," I said, regarding
my daughter Ethel across the break-
fast table.
ir "Marmalade, please, Mums," re-
marked Ethel, who is in the twenty
first year of lien superiority,
"But," I persevered, 'removing the
top from my lightly -boiled egg with
the air of Mr. Anstice Avory summing
up, "I consider a metropolitan race
meeting 'no place for a delicetely-nur-
tured girl of your age on a SaturdaY
afternoon."
"Bob ought to know better than take
you,,, supported Agnes, my wife.
"Bob knows better than not to,"
smiled Ethel. •
Bob . is the young hot -head 'who
dreams of leading my daughter to the
altar, He possesses• good looks and a
racing car, so Ethel permits him to
dream.
"Undesirables freg [r at such places
and win other people's money," I' con-.
tinned.
"If they're lucky," retorted Ethel,
and, lighting a cigarette, she picked
the morning paper from the table at
my side. "I shall back Paterfamilias
for the three o'clock. He should bring
home the washing."
I hate to have the morning paper
second-hand. It annoyed me.
"Young woman," I said, "you have
no sense of the gravity of life. When
you were a tot—"
"Now," interrupted Ethel, "we come
to the part about the youth of today
never having heard shells fired in
anger. Take it as said, old hero; I'm
off."
She departed like the passing of a
breeze. My wife sighed.
"I was hoping Ethel would accom-
pany me to the Women's Institute Fete
this afternoon," she said. "She was
asked to take charge of the Fishing
Pool."
"What's the fishing pool?" I asked.
"People pay a penny and try to
catch au electric fish with a magnetic
pin on the end of a line. If they suc-
ceed they get a prize."
"More gambling," I said, feelingly,
owing to my having suffered consider -1
able disappointment over a Derby
Sweep. •
"It has the saving grace of charity,"
said Agnes. "What shall you do with
yourself this afternoon?"
"Amuse myself intellectually," I ans-
wered, somewhat tersely.
I had to visit the bank that morning,
.-an+d hereet. net SteWatty•of•the Stock
Exchange. He was dressed for holt
day.
- "Where are you going?" I asked.
"Hurst Park," he replied, with. a
grin.
"Didn't know you were a racing
man."
"I'm not. I go for distraction and
"to study human nature." And Stewart
moved off.
The idea ,of an astute business man
geing to a race meeting interested me;
and when, reaching the station to take
my train home, I observed several
well-dressed people booking for Hurst
Park, I decided on the spur of the mo -
meat to ascertain at first hand just
what the attraction was. Agnes would
be out, and so there was a good ex-
cuse for avoiding a solitary afternoon.
Never having been to a race meet-
ing, and wishira to get the best view
of the proceedings, I went into the
most expensive enclosure open to the
public; and as the cr-wd seemed very
friendly amongst themselves, I soon
felt lonely. I was, therefore, rather
pleased when a well -turned -out gentle-
man came up to Me and extended his
hand,
"Well, I'm hanged!" he said, with
effusion. "If i(isn't ;ic..r old—Dash
it, what is your name?"
"Carter," I said, tak'•ig his extended
hand, considerably startled by his jov-
ial manner.
"Of course! Of course! I can see
you don't remember me.... Long time
since the war. . . . `expect I look a
bit differentin mufti."
I still could not place him.
"Where was it?" I asked.
"Now guess!" There was a roguish
twinkle In his eye. -
"BapaumoV' I ventured..
"Guess again;"
�j
"Got it," laughed the old comrade.
"Major in the Worcesters, weren't.
you?"
"Captain in the Warwicks," I.cor-
reeted.
"That's right. Don't you recall ine,
Major Webster, , Brigade Staff,
you know..., . Ha, iia! Of course yoir
do, Carter, my boy Come along and
let's have a drink. , Splendid to
see you again."
I.telt happy at this reunion with a
man with whom I had apparently
fought r--,- 'ler to should, i, but whose
name and face :.ad been -washed from
my memory by the ',ail- hips of peace.
"Well," said Major W:bster, when a
drink had put us.• in easy humour.
"What are you backi • - for the 'liree
o'clock?"
"1 didn't intend-" I began,
"Nonsense," chortled T-ehster• "The
only exente for coming to Hurst on a
Saturday - "tenoon is file chance of
making a bit on an ' utsider, I'm
going to make all my waek's exes and
a bit for charity on Argosy.... Have
a cigar."
"Can he run fast? I asked, accept-
ing the smoke.
"Fast enough for pry purpose,"
laughed Webster. "You see, Carter,
my friend, . man in my position has
t support a good many charities, and
io I just have to take a chance in
these hard times. K ep a bit of sugar
for the bird and pass den ' percentage
to a deserving .cause. .. See what I
mean?"
The excitement of my surroundings
affected me. I thought of my wife's-
remark about the Fishing Pool gamble
having the saving grace of charity;
she was touching me for a fat dona-
tion, and, well—
"How much are you putting on? I
asked.
"Twenty
snip," said
"Suppose
claimed.
"Suppose nothing r.4. the sort" re-
torted Webster. "If you want to
make a bit for yourif and do your
local hospital a bit of good, follow my
lead. a'wenty quid will bring you two
hundred; fifty for the sick,and a hun-
dred and fifty for your:: :f."
Now I knew Why the astute Stewart
came to Hurst, and he • Ethel man-
aged to cut the dash she did on the
small—but quite "eq. -te—allowance
I made her. I opened my note -case,
and took out twenty one -pound notes,
drawn from the bank that morning.
"Wise chap," said stet. "Let's
go for the Tote. Time's getting
short." ..
There was a seething 'mass of hu-
manity round the Tlte.
"Here.," said Webster, quickly, "give
me the cash, I'm known here, ; and
I'll get it on through the Members
trap,' . . . Meet me here after the
race, and draw your winnings." -
• Feeling grateful to my cld comrade -
in -arms, I made my way to the stand
and watched the race. I missed noth-
ing from the start until the moment
when Paterfamilias came cantering
in far ahead of any of the other horses.
Argosy appeared to have other busi-
ness down the course.
pounds as he's, such a
Y'ebster.
the horse loses?" I ex -
A Thom
5
iatd j It,.
..Rossika, three yeas uul .
poses. for his picture poised on r
a rocking horse!
of Battle Creek, Michigan,
s, giving an appearance 'of
"You're with true friends now. ' We
put our undies ou Paterfamilias and
are rolling in the doings. Mums shall
never know' you've been human for
once. Conte and have some tea."
She led the way to the bufret. iwith
her easy care -free stride, and, follo"tiv-
ing humbly in the rear, I knew exactly
what my daughter was. She was the
Saving Grace of Charity!—Tit-Bits.
A Yorkshire Ltllab.'?
Twilight *Hour
, 'Tis a perfect hour.
founts of dawn tha fluent
autumn, day •
?kt rippled as a brook right pleas-
antly
,way to noon; but now with
widening turn
s .pause, in lucent meditation
4„,locked,
rounds into a silver pool of
morn
Hoosh, 'loov, thi father is"coining i"i ..{rid with clovre-fields. My
home'soon. ,i' vheart just hears
Softly, me darling, don't cry! E( angering strokes of some far
Happen he'll bring thee .a scarlet 'lz v'iliage bell, a
balloon. A' 'on -peak, the • hour so inward -
Wipe oop thi bonnie blue eye. oiced, meseems
„,conscience has but whispered
Gently doy, mammy will rock thee1 kilns eight hints
J'o
to sleep, i8lution, Reigns that mild sur -
Birdies are all in the nest. l�il*,ease
Never a sprite or a goblin shall creep 'tills the middle of each rural
Near to thee, little 'un,rest. lxr(norn—
nimble noises that with sun -
Close oop them. peepers anatop
watchingl'•Ujr i•ise pane
"t the farms have sunk again to
me. j,[ rest;
Shameful the goings on. here! 1° °n :tom no more across the
Darkness cooms riding out over the
lea. x it=lorse-lot calls
i:f. sleepy Tick, nor Dick husk-
Hooshabye-rockabye dear•
—P. P. Strachan,in The Christian I
:d• 'voiced `upbraids
qft% saray-blacked roan for stamping
on kis foot .. .
d, ititrhenward, the rattling bucket
} r plumps.
raise down the well, where quiver-
, v ing ducks quack loud
bird Susan. Cook is singing.
Promp."Poems," by Sidney. Lanier.
Sunday School
Lesson
October 25. Lesson 1V—Paul In
Corinth—Acts 18: 1-11. Golden
Text -Now abideth faith, hope,
charity, these three: and the great-
est of these is charity, -1 Corin-
thians 13: 13.
ANALYSIS
I. »EPREssED, Acts 1$: 1-4.
IL BUOYANT, Acts 18: 5-11.
III, TEE WAY OF LOVE, 1 Cor. Chap 13.
INTRODUCTION Prom Berea Paul
made his way to Athens, the ancient
intellectual capital of the world, a
city filled with the treasures of art
and learning. Romans came there to
"finish their education!' Everything
was discussed there; but with no great
seriousness. it was poor soil for a
gospel of intense earnestness. Paul
was disappointed, perhaps disillusion-
ed thea c. He withdrew and came to
Corinth.
I. DEPRESSED, Acts 18: 1-4,
Paan was a man of emotional na-
ture, subject to moods of great exal-
tation and equally great depression,
sensitive to environment, and with a
great yearning for companionship.
He entered Corinth alone: Silas and
Timothy had not yet arrived. He was
then passing through probably some
of the darkest days of his life. He
preached, he said, "in bodily weak -
Less, and fear and much trembling,"
(1 Cor. 2: 3; "without were fightings,
within were fears," 2 Cor. 7: 5. The
"care of all the churches" was upon
him.) Evidently some bodily illness
overtook him, probably an attack of
his "stake in the flesh."
It was also a time when a despond-
ent view of his whole mission was
almost inevitable. Ever since he
crossed over to Macedonia until he
came to his little room in Corinth he
had been having trouble, disappoint-
ment, danger. . . . Prison in Philippi,
riots in Thessalonica, a hurried escape
from Berea, laughed at in Athena,
ra.d now the loneliness of this great
and wicked city. It would all depress
men less emotional than Paul.
Lodging with an exiled fellow -
countryman and fellow -craftsman,
Paul went to work et his trade.
Aquilla and Priscilla meet us again
in Ephesus (1 Cor. 16: 19), then in
Rome (Rom. 16: 3 "). On the Sab-
bath days Paul "reasoned" in the
synagogue and "persuaded" some.
verywhere there is a sense of strain
and difficulty and depression. But
in thos ; dark days Paul gave himself
to the common duty that lay at hand.
It kept him fiom brooding over his
troubles. Like Spurgeon and Freder-
ick Robertson, mer. similar in temper-
ament, he fought through these moods
and did the best he co' ild.
ti
I felt disgusted hnd disheartened. I
felt vexed with. Webster, and decided
to go home without sees ig him again.
There was a train at three -thirty-five.
I felt for ..,y `watch. It wasn't there!
I put my hands in my pockets. They
were empty!
My note -case had also vanished.
I hurried to the Tote to find Web-
ster. He was not there, either.
Then I knew I'd be stung; and
was wondering how on earth I should
get home, when a clear young voice
sounded in my ear.
"Holy smoke! Here's Pa!"
I turned and faced my daughter and
her young man.
"I came to ascertain whether this
place was a. fit resort• for you," I ex-
plained with what dignity I could as-
sume. "It's a sink! I've been rob-
bed!"
Ethel's clear eyes rested on the spot
where my watch -chain ought to have
been, and she gave a gurgle of amuse-
ment,
"Bob, my cherub." she cried. "Poor
Pa *has been raided."
With much mortification I recounted
the story of my reunion with the "old
comrade"; and Ethel and Bob enjoyed
every word of it.
"Never mind; my lamb, said Ethel,
Science Monitor.
"I believe in remaining you.
spirit as long as possible."
"I am glad to hear you say so,'yi
"But I also believe that no
how young a man's heart may•,,
ought to realize that there e'
A Conquest
>. c • pen s Of. the.
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i a Which is'realizi sgft
identity.. of that
sgIfp'ic'iii§n and without us the con-
ciousnesl that the necessity which'tie precondition of our freedom is
he ' ianifestation of the very prin-
Iple'' khat;makes us free—that turns
zi.i'w,fiity late religion. For it is this
What New York
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BX ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON
Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson ` Par.
nished With Every Pattern
'which enables us to regard the
real] tion of the highest ends of
a.> .;5i' 91fe neither as a happy ac -
el , w ,�•`3ior as a conquest to be won
cunning of man from an un-
but
'� .iti Ezxtd,resalt indifferentdestiny,
dwlii h, all
time when he can't play bases,? h7ltj�';ng. are working.—Caird.
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Mission „.1;•,;,„,.,i.:, ,•,.
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Why has the beneficent � a r ..'ii�ul4 . ;
scattered over the face of autifui''•, to wo y,a she snapped,"you her thought
eth.
such a profusion of be ., n.nd z .
ers? Why is it that every' 't'see you, but I did. You kissed
f[.cd` . „
scape has its' appropriate no) i a w ;•td.
•;. fe furies eiiie.n , ---____-
time
' of •�i sn17 1lllore Imports
of Flower i
every nation has its national 11 ,
every rural home its home flo*
�Xll. sled.
ut, darling, you asked me to try
Why do flowers enter and shed4 t r ' 1 . j arsuade her to stay another week."
perfume over every scene of "'o#f,rv�er attitude changed at once.
from the cradle to the grave?pjfl r j ' °M". Henry, tell me quick—did she
are flowers made to utter a +l.e„f y i;[w '-n';to stay • she asked.
Altkof joy and sorrow in varyin j tt+ x ” Itlatit
It is that flowers have in .,oE�1a�4 p ,meth(3,io.Ei;..•
a real and natural significar,,,=; +1i S
nl
have a positive relation to =sca;rie , °'''"''
they correspond to actual emotiokf
they have their mission—a missibil'["a"
of love and mercy; they haye 'their'
language, and from the remotest age
this language has found its inter
preters, —Henrietta 1}}1nontl ''.
American Beauty: "01r; Harold, yore "Did you ever see a
English are too sloju'." Englishmaaaa arras tongue-tied ?"
"Er—I'm afraid I don't grasp you."•ry"No, but I've seen lots
Fair One: "Yes, that's just it." N. ought to be."
II. BUOYANT, Acts 18: 5-11.
The arrival of Silas and Timothy
(v. 5) completely dispelled the cloud
under which Paul was working. It.
Was tl e' companibnehip; and ,.support cf
friends who knew him and believed
in him that worked the miracle. Then
when they took him aside and told
him the good news from Thessalonica
(1 Thess. chap 1) his cup of joy was
full. They helped him to believe in
himself again, to believe again in the
power God. "On all occasions two
missionaries should go together," said
James Gilmour of Mongolia. The one
strengthens and encourages the other.
Besides the good news, there was the
gift of money from Philippi (2 Cor.
11: 9). Now, free from financial
worries, Paul could give his whole
time to his mission. Like all men, he
t.ould do his best work: only when un-
troubled over money matters.
Immediately he changedhis preach-
ing method. He now began to "testi-
fy" (v. 5) to the goodness of God in
Christ. He was "pressed in the
spirit," that is, impelled by an inner
urge to share with others."What
about the so-called Christians," Alex-
ander
lexander MacLaren asks, "who have no
desire to share?" They are like the
vessel that does not run over—because
it is half empty.
Such preaching produced the usual
results: enthusiastic followers and
bitter hostility. Again Paul was com-
pelled to turn from -the Jews to the
more receptive Gentiles. He began
to hold his meetings in a house hard
by the synagogue. The Gentile Cor-
inthians attended in large numbers
and many of them embraced Chris-
tianity. The conversion of Crispus
a'd his family (v. 8) must have led
to increased hostility. r Paul evidently
began to wonder if he had not better
we on again. But in a dream the
Tiord helped him to see the silver lrn-
woman null p
couraged, he stayed for eighteen
of them that months "teaching the word of God"
r
among tIem v. 11. His main work
,
ing of the cloud, vs. 9, 10. Thus en -
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mean to Tet this becoming style drop
by the wayside. So she has designed
this smart dress to simulate a
redingote.
It's just the sort of dress smart
women feel so happy in for early fall
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Today's model is especially design-
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and grace. The softly falling one-
sided jabot rever combines with the
plaited skirt inset to give a lengthen-
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drape of the skirt yoke, help immense-
ly toward disguising hip bulk.
It can be carried out nicely in plain
and printed sheer worsted.
Style No. 3155 is designed for sizes
36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50 inches
bust measure.
Size 86 requires 32/2 yards of 39 -
inch material with 1 yard of 35 -inch
contrasting.
It also very smart made of black
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white satin crepe.
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Write your name and address plain-
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was instructing the crowds of some-
what undisciplined and unruly Cor-
inthians who were flocking into the
church.
III. THE WAY OF LOVE, 1 Cor. Chap 13,
Paul's letter to the Corinthians
throws much light upon the character-
istics of the Greek people. "Greece
has always been noted for division,
faction, rivalry of parties!" Paul
found these faults in the Corinthian
church. Some had emotional gifts,
for example, the "gift of tongues";
others had intellectual gifts; others
practical gifts—a great capacity fox
church and philanthropic work. But
eloquence, cleverness, church activities
are not infrequently substitutes for
Christianity. Unless love is the
heart, all these are :nothing. Love is
the great power which welds human-
ity into one brotherhood.
Students at the University of Edin•
burgh have vloted to wear red
gowns hereafter instead of the tra-
ditional black.
Man is not the creature of circum-
stances. Circumstances are the
creatures of men.—Benjamin Dis-
raeli,
MUTT AND JEFF—
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