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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1930-06-20, Page 3„•• • • .1 a `••!4i'i,'?:', ,f •• ,•71 eak He:ar Terr *Headaches All Gone.. New Life "Was bothered with dizziness, weak heart, t er rible headaches. After taking 'Fruit-a- tives' am eatirely re- lieved, feel like new person." --e, Mrs. F. Valcourt, St. Gabriel, East, P. G. Thousands tell miracles .of "Fruit- a-tives." Constipation, liver trouble, dizziness, weakness, headaches end overnight. Bad stomach, bilious- ness, indigestion, heartburn, gas vanish promptly. Kidney and bladder ills., pain in back go in 24 hoars. Nerves and heart quiet, sound sleep at once. !Rheumatism, neuralgia de- camp quick. Complexion deans. Ten of nature's greatest remedies combined i n handy little tablet, Marvelous discovery of famous Can- adian doctor. Speedy results amaze. Get "Fruit-a-.tives" from druggist to -day. Become new person overnight. THE BARREN FIG TREE (Sermon by Rev. Dr. Beverley Ketchen, of Hamilton, Ont.) `Most of us, I think, do not carry in our minds a verygebersplete picture of Jesus. • fVVe think of Him as meek and mild, gentle and patient, sympathetic and charitable; as One who was all kindness and pity; as One who went about continually doing good, who blessed His enemies, who consistently preached and practiced the doctrine of non-resistance. It is of course natural and ineivitable that His grac- iousness should overshadow every- thing else for that was undoubtedly by far the predominant feature. But we must not shut our eyes to the admirable courage of His spirit as manifested by the occasional stern- ness of His message. No one could be true to a mission like His and be all smiling sweetness. He had to say many a disagreeable thing. If He had beezi always complimentary, if He had taken the diplomatic line of least resistance, if 'He had withheld all candid criticism, He might never have came, to the Cross. Paul asked the Galations, "Am I become your enemy because I tell you the truth?" You see how human the Galatians, were, and how essentially unchanged human nature is! We do not like to see ourselves as others sea ns --unless they are skilled in the art- ful insincerities of life: An English writer tells us that one very dismal summer in England there was a record pawning of barometers. People got depressed by looking at the face of the instrument, the hand of which nearly every other day indicat- ed unsettled weather. Some pawn- brokers got so many barometers that they finally refused to advance any more money on them. That funny episode in the human comedy 'illus- trates an undeniable feature of our poor human ' nature, namely impati- ence with 'anyone who thrust upon us the unwelcome truth -with anyone who administers a bitter tonic of honest criticism when our taste is all for the golden syrup of praise or flat- tery. This parable of the barren fig tree was not very palatable to the Jews, for evidently Jesus was referring to the nation. Israel' -had enjoyed the careful, patient, generous husbandry of God." The, nation's history was a Keep "Undies" New and Fresh with Remarkable New Tints TAKE only 40 seconds to dissolve New INSTANT RIT in your wash bowl and see latest Parisian shades for your underthings appear as if by magic. These new tirxts last through many extra washings. An exclusive German formula makes colors penetrate to every fiber of the material. Mere "surace tinting" can't compare. All colors are absorbed quickly, evenly. They are clearer, richer ... exactly like new. 31 lovely colors for: Lingerie Cartains Hosiery Childrerne clothes Dresses Scarfs, gloves, etc. At your druggist or department store. • WHITE RIT-Color Remover (Roraima/is Boiling Water) Any color, even black, coraptetety re- moed from all materials by WHITE RIT (Color remove). 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A great many people, are al- ways looking for His Second coming, but one wonders a little how same of these people would regard Him if He should come and thrust out the same kind of candid criticism of our na- tional life. What a raking He would give the modern, so-called Christian nation ! And the majority would resent His photographic speeches, same with con- tempt, others with hot anger. He would be called a pessimist by those who shut their eyes to the (prevailing evils in society. He would be regard- ed as a dangeraus political fanatic by those who cannot distinguish 'be- tween socialism and disloyalty. A multitude of fashionable, self -complac- ent church -going people would dis- miss Him with a shrug of scorn. This parable of the barren fig -tree reminds us •of a passage in the pro- phecy of Ezekiel. That keen master of satire told Israel that if a vine was not 'bearing its natural fruit it was a disappointment to the owner of the vineyard -obviously enough, because it was not fulfilling, the purpose for •which it was planted and cultivated. It was not there for ornamental pur- poses, and the mere luxuriance of its foliage could not be regarded as a satisfactory compensation for its bar- renness. The Jews had proudly and with nonchalant arrogance called their na- tion "a vine of the Lord's own plant- ing" -with the . patient industry of love God had cared for it, but Israel was not fulfilling the Divine purpose -and the candid fearless prophet said: "You are very proud of the vine, but where is the fruit?" The argument of Jesus and the pro- phet is very reasonable, viz, that things or people are to be judged by the purpose for which they were in- tendede-and that privilege carries with it a corresponding and inescap- able responsibility. It is the only reasonable standard of judgment. Here is a home for ex- ample. The architect was almost a genius. The decorators were high- priced artists. Money has been spent lavishly, and with good taste, on pic- tures and furnishings. The casual caller might exclaim, "What a beau• tiful home!" He might say, "What refinement and happiness and peace there must be here!" But in reality it is only a sort of private hotel. The atmosphere is en- tirely worldly. The owner is engross- ed in making money and his wife in social climbing and the children are away at expensive schools, largely perhaps to (be out of the way. The cellar is much better stocked than the library. There is not the remotest suggestion of a sanctuary about the place and judged by the fundamental and sacramental purpose of a home, it is a failure, like a tree without fruit. But here is another -very plain and ordinary looking -just a cottage, rented at that! But within its hum- ble walls there is "plain -living and high thinking" and of the like of it the geeat poet says: simplY becaaitie fruit. We are Weft as transgressio .01 i gkir di to think Of sin dniet, eelsoine el, fence -crime of some • sort, Wt this parable is a warning against inefruit- fulness. In the rable tbe, talents one of the servants was condemned, not because he had equunitted ay flag- rant crime, leat banse of .anything, he had done, but simply 'because he had not used his talent, at all. In the .parable of Dives and Lazarus we are not told of any monstrous sin. Dives was probably a very restiectieble law-abiding citizen. He was not con- demned for anything he did, but rather for what he neglected to do -- not for getting his wealth unscrup- elously but for not using it sym- nethetically or so.cially. His punish- ment was the resulteof indifference to the needs of the community. He took no human interest in the poverty and suffering so near his gate. "He made no rnistakes-toek no wrong Toad; He never fumbled the ball, He never went down 'neath weight of a load, He simply did nothing at all. He lost no hard fight in defence of the right, Never bled with his back to the wall, He never fell faint in his climb to the light, He simply did nothing at all." It is not enough that we live re- spectable lives, that we do no harm, that we violate none of the common laws of society. We are put here for a purpose and that purpose is ex- pressed very definitely in the shorter catechism. "Man's chief end is to glorify God," and that is done by fol- lowing with reverent steps the great example of Him who went about con- tinually doing good. You and I have been blessed that we might be a blessing. All our dis- cipline, every experience that has come to us through Providence either of joy- or trouble, has been meant by God to make us more helpful in the community. We have been cultivat- ed by grace that we might bring forth the fruits of the spirit,' and "what doth the Lord require of us, but that we do justly, and love mercy and walk humbly with God?" .s. ACKWARD BABIES the Thrive After Use of Baby's Own Tablets. Derangements of the digestive organs are responsible for most of the ailments which afflict young children and keep them backward in development. Baby's Own Tablets regulate the stomach and bowels re- storing them to normal action and this is all that is necessary to set the little sufferer safely on the road to health and happiness. Baby's Own Tablets are specially designed to correct indigestion, con- stipation, colic; break up colds and simple fevers and to allay teething pains. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Go, Brockville, Ont. HENSALL (Too late for last week.) Briefs. ---Mr. Thomas Shaddock. sec- tion foreman, and his men, together with Mr. John Zuefri, -florist, have put out a number of fine flower beds at our railway station this week. Much credit is due to them. -In our report in last week's issue, through a cler- ical error, the name of Helen Dixon appeared in place of Helen Green, who together with Miss Jean Bell recently left here for a couple of months visit to Scotland. Ohituary.-One of our respected residents, who lived in our village for some seventeen years, in the person of the late Thomas Roger Richardson, passed away at his home here on Tuesday evening last. The deceased had been in failing health for several years, but was only confined to his bed for about a week, The direct cause of his death in his 74th year was from pneumonia, Mr. Richard- son was a native of North England and was horn at Westmoreland. He was married in the year 1887 to Miss Annie Proctor, of England, who sur- vives him, and emigrated to this county with his wife in 19,12. In England he was engaged for some years as heavy sledge hammer strik- er in a plough factory, and afterwards worked in a gunpowder factory, and was also for some time engaged in farming. He was a man of a strong constitution, a loving husband and in, dulgent parent, and besides his widow leaves three sons and two daughters, namely: John and Roger, in England; Thorrias, it honle, arid tWo daughters, Mrs. Richard Taylor, of Tuckersmith, near Chiselhurst, and Mrs. Archie Noakes, of Dearborn, Michigan. In politics he was a Conservative, in re- ligion a member of the Church of England, and the funeral was held from St. Paul's Anglican Church on Thursday afternoon. Much sympathy is felt for the widow and sons and daughters. "From scenes like these auld Scotia's grandeur That makes her loved at home, rev- ered abroad." By this logical natural principle then, everything and everybody is really judged. Is the tree bearing fruit? Is the institution fulfilling its natural functions? Is the man realiz- ing "the chief end of man?" It is the test by which Jesus Him- self asked to be judged, "If I do not the works of My Father, believe Me not; but if I do, then believe Me for the very works' sake." eA man may think he is very clever because he has what he is pleased to call intellectual difficulties about the Bible. He may say that Christianity is a failure; that church members are not much better than people who do not go to church; that he does not believe in Foreign Missions because the teachings of Buddha or Confucius are full of noble, moral philosophy. But he might take the trouble to look at India or China. He might see if he can discover a hospital or char- itable institution of any kind, .any- where in the world that has not been built by Christian people. Theology may be too much for some, especially if they have no Scot- tish blood in their veins, but it should not require extraordinary intelligence to appreciate the difference between the twentieth century and the Middle Ages, or to recognize the beneficent effects of Christianity in the world. The tree has borne fruit -Judge it by that. It is the only test to apply to your own doctrine or creed. How does it manifest itself in Your daily life? Does it express itself in charity and patience and unselfishness and hon- ourableness of conduct amid the traf- fic of the world? Does it keep your from gruinbling when things seem to be against you? Does it give you courage and confi- dence in the midst of difficulties? Does it regulate your life in the office or the shop or the home? Does it shape yotirisioeial relationships according to the golden rule? Is the tree bearing "-- ------- It is the only test that can be ap- plied to your life. It cannot be ulti- mately ecaped. Are you serving the purpose for which God put your here in the world? You have enjoyed for 80 or 40 or 50 years the careful, patient, hopeful husbandry of God. His loving kindness has been new ev- ry morning. He has. lavished His laving care upon you. What has been the purpose of all your discipline? Why have you been so blessed? eThe fig tree in the parable was not condemned because it was spoiling the landscape by its ugly appearance or beeause there was a blight on it that endangered the surrounding trees, but Here They Are—Ready for Your Choosing—Our 1930 Value SUITS 50 Men who are particularly interest- ed in the New Style Suits will do well to see these. At the attractive pric-, es these Suits are offered they con- t,.titute the most outstanding values of Ole season. The varieties are so complete that you are certain of finding just the right color, style and patterns that best suits you. 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