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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1931-12-18, Page 2Sts ;.1 ffl. to' ,V e r•• „ 1, A 1,ff, TNE IlitTRONEXPQM OR Sst rr TERNO0 utou, Gederich, Ont.) hristmne Ben Said, garet R, Seebach bells," said the Christmas ,n whole wide world around; bell that rings for peace or joy ,Gaught my silver sound. 'bush the jangling temple bells • ,:*rliat tell of woe and sin; • ring them out of every land, 1 ring the Christ -child in. The church bells ring because of me; Because I chime His birth, The sounds of Sabbath chimes go out The school bells rings because of me - To circle all the earth. All knowledge comes from Him; They tinkle on beneath the Star That never shall grow dim. The joy -bells ring for every heart, Because of Him who came To save the dark and weary world From ignorance and shame. Then ring with happy chimes to -day The school bells of Japan, And teach her gentle maids to know The,blessed Son of iMan!" PRAYER ,'"God is Love," In this was mani- ested the loVe of 'God toward us, be- cauee that God "sent his only begot- ten Son int e the world, that we might live through Ilina"--1. John, 4:8-9. The following is condensed from that address: Love is impossible of definition. Yet you all know what love is. John tells us again and again that love is to be seen and known only in what it does. The first and simplest thing to say about love is that it is a social pas- sion. There cannot be love without two, a lover and a beloved. If God he love, He must have loved from all eternity. There was love between the Father and the Son, and between the Father and the Spirit, before time began to be. When the Son emptied Himself of His glory, the most costly sacrifice was not that He took our flesh and was found in fashion as a man. This was the supreme loss and the heaviest sorrow, that, as one passes out of the love and commun- ion of a home, into a hard and alien world, so Christ passed out from the Father into the scorn of Nazareth. In His high priestly prayer (John 17:24) He recalls the love wherewith "thou lovedst me before the founda- tion of the world." The second thing to say about love is this -love is cre- ation. When next you ponder the things of your spirit, your faculties of love and joy and hope; when you fear, and sorrow and pray; when you hunger and thirst for more than this world can give; you shall realize with a strengthening joy that God created you with your spiritual capacity to respond to Him, because He is love. The third simple thing to say about love is this -that love is providence. Love cannot be content with creation. It must pass on to care, and God's care is His Providence. And so God did not create the universe, and make all things beautiful in their season and set His spirit in man and then turn His back and vanish into silence. "Behind a frowning providence, He hides a smiling face." The fourth thing and the greatest thing to say about love is this -love is grace. The unknown sacrifices of many a reticent man and silent wo- man are those which are made, day after day, to win dear ones back to purity and truth. What can God, who is love, do for the sinner but pour Himself out in costly sacrifice to re- deem him. "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). God has this message for you which meets all the breath of your man- hood's thought, and all the depth of your manhood's need; that He is love eternal, love that creates, love that provides, love that redeems, love that 11, To Thee who givest all, we erne with heart and life dedicated to Thy service at this Christmas time. "May no earth -born cloud arise to hide Thee from Thy servants' eyes." Amen. S. S. LESSON FOR DECEMBER 20 Lesson Topic -The Supreme Gift of Love (Christmas Lesson). Lesson Passage -1 John 4:7-19. Golden Text -1 John 4:11. Professor Henry Drummond gave an address on "Love' as found in the 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians, at the country home of Lord Aberdeen. Lis- tening to him was the great evangel- ist, D. L. Moody, who afterwards in- vited him to repeat it at the North- field Conference. It was printed in different publications in United States. Later on it was published in Britain and the British Weekly described it as "one of the most exquisite and perfect things Professor Drummond has ever written, and full of the spir- it of Christ." Since then it has been printed in many languages under the title of "The Greatest Thing in the World." To -day's lesson is on that same topic based' on the words of St. John, the evangelist. In a series of addresses delivered in Glasgow, Rev. Dr. Clow gave one en Love's Supreme Disclosure as seen lommm Ea re of. Their is' Eclectric •avszvvrionevam, disciplines, love that waits to bid us welcome to the Father's horne at last: "God loves to be longed for, He longs to be sought, For He sought us Himself with such longing and love, He died for desire of us, marvellous thought! And He yearns for us now to be with Him above." WORLD MISSIONS The Woman Who Went Eight Times Over Instead of Once Only. As the embers of the Presbytery ttarne out of the meeting, Mrs. Mof- fett faced them in the vestibule. Tears Were in her eyes and determination was in her heart. "You will not let Me go," she said, "but I'll send every child I have." A great peace filled her heart. She had prayed earnestly that God would not let her miss His will for her life. It had been bard to understand why, again and again, the door had been closed before her eager feet, but now the answer was clear. "The door is not closed. You are to go -not in person, but through your children." She not only gave her ehildren b,at she trained them for lives of service. There was no long -faced Christianity in her life. Her piety was deep and genuine but she entered into the sports and pleasures of her children as if she were as young as they. About twenty-five years she spent in getting ready to go, not as one missionary, but as eight missionaries -through her eight children. - The Missionary Review. About fifty years ago, Carrie Lena Crawford, a high spirited, popular girl of old Kentucky, faced many doors that opened before her inVit- ingly. She was full of fun and a rollickingly good humor. When she studied the Westminster Catechism she learned not only the first phrase of the answer to the question: "What is the chief end of man?" "To glor- ify God" -but also the second phrase -"And to enjoy Him forever." She "enjoyed" her Lord so thoroughly she wanted to share her joy with the whole world. 'Before the Student Volunteer Move- ment was organized, she offered her- self to the Foreign Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church. "Too Young" was the reply. "It is not advisable to send such a very young and inexperienced girl." Miss Crawford became Mrs. Alex- ander Stuart Moffett and she and Dr. Moffett both volunteered for foreign mission service but again the Mission Board said "Not advisable." Years passed but the missionary purpose did not pass from their hearts. When Dr. Moffett was pastor at Midway, Kentucky and he was 50 years old and his wife forty-five, they offered themselves once more. They had six children, and planned to place the older ones in school in America. At last they were accepted. Their outfit was prepared and they were ready to sail to Brazil. At a meeting of the Presbytery called in the church in Midway, the question was again op- ened and by a small majority it was voted that after all it was too ex- pensive to send a family to the field. so that their commission was recall- ed -even before they had sailed. ay 1 esti nr We all know that the best way to wish a friend a Merry Christmas is to say it yourself - especially in the case of out-of-town friends who appreciate your voice more than any other form of greeting. BUT - if everybody waits until ChristmAs Day to make these calls there are bound to be crowded lines and delays. • We telephone operators all wish to avoid that sort of thing. We want to put your Christmas calls through promptly and pleasantly. We therefore suggest that you place your calls as many days before Christmas as you can. A Christmas greeting is just as timely and appreciated before Christmas as on the day itself; it is spoiled only when it is late. So please be early this year and let us show yc(u how quick and courteous our service can be. FARM NOTES after his retir ment not half a dozen people in 'Ca ado knew the part he had played at the time of the Fenian raids. And it was only then that an old political 'secret was revealed, and a great Canadian patriot vindicated. Dr. A. H. I.J.leolquhoun, deputy Min- ister of Education, recalls that three years after the second Fenian invas- ion in 1870, the Government of Sir John Macdonald was suddenly dis- placed over the Pacific scandal. On assuming _office the Liberal Govern- ment discovered that the sum of $25,000 had been drawn from the secret service fund by Sir John per- sonally. He was asked for an explana- tion which he refused to give and a special committee of the House of Commons was appointed to investi- gate without fruitful result, although Sir John gave an account of all but the sum of $6;600. Even after his death his bio- graphers made no reference •to the matter. Dr. Colquhoun says that in private conversation with Goldvvin Smith in ,Toronto Sir John said, "I cannot Make any explanation be- cause men's lives are at stake." Smith told him not to worry because in England expenditures on secret service are never explained. Nor, in Canada, is it usual to give any details about them. It was the fact that Sir John had drawn the money person- ally that caused the row. Incidentally. it might be remarked that in Parlia- ment his only Liberal defender was his namesake, John Macdonald for Centre Toronto, who received fitting acknowledgment when Sir John re- turned to office and made him a senator. But the publication of Le Caron's memoirs left no doubt in 'anyone's mind that he had been paid by the 'Canadian Government with which he was in constant communi- cation for years concerning the Fen- ian activities. 'Nor could there be any doubt in the mind of anyone reading these memoirs that for every dollar Le Caron received he gave the Canad- ian people a thousand dollars' worth of protection. Overseas Apple Market. With moderate trans-Atlantic ship- ments early in November, the demand for apples in the United Kingdom has been steady with prices slightly firm- er, report Andrew Fulton, Ontario growers' representative. Mr. Fulton states that he has received some ap- ples in recent shipments which were poorly packed and he points out that the shippers cannot expect to receive top prices. He advises that Green- ings be packed with all sizes mixed in the one barrel. Baldwins from On- tario are running to large sizes this season and are therefore more dif- ficult to sell. Many of them, how- ever, are beautifully colored and fin- ished. 'Mr. Fulton also refers to the excellent exhibit of Ontario apples at the Imperial Fruit Show in Manches- ter, which was highly commended by everyone„ Will Hold Conference Hon. Thomas L. Kennedy has an- nounced that with a view to devel- oping new solutions to general farm problems, lowering farm taxes and securing better financial terms for the farmers, he is calling at an early date a conference at Queen's Park with representatives from every county council in the older part of Ontario. Notices have gone out to the clerks of all these coun- cils, inviting suggestions on the pro- posed conference. Colonel Kennedy points out that in every county coun- cil there is an agricultural committee which with the co-operation the De- partment is ready to offer, should be able to play an important part in bringing the farming industry back to the status it once enjoyed. Live Stock Judging Winners. The Durham County team came off victorious in the Inter -County Live Stock Judging competition at the Royal Winter Fair and were awarded the JeffiJey Bull Memorial Trophy. The team from Victoria County scor- ed a close second. In the final an- alysis the teams from the various counties of Ontario were arranged as f 1, Durham; 2, Victoria; 3, York; 4, Peel; 5, Halton, Lanark, South Sim- coe (tie); 8, Elgin; 9, Ontario; 10, Middlesex; 11, Waterloo; 12, °Bruce; 13, •Carleton; 14, Wentworth; 15, Hur- on; 16. Oxford; 17, Brant; 18, Wel- land; 19, Peterborough; 20, Dufferin; 21, Lincoln; 22.. Sherbrooke, Que.; 23, Wellington; 24, Grey; 25, Lambton; 26, Perth; 27, Frontenac; 28, North- umberland; 29, Temiskaming; 30, Haldirnand; 31, Essex; 32, Hastings; 33, North Simcoe. Reduce Fertilizes Brands The list of 76 brand, of fertilizers registered for sale in Canada was re- duced to 28 for Ontario at a recent conference in Toronto. This move is the outcome of the co-operative dem- onstration work carried on by 0.A.C. and the fertilizer industry for three years, which has illustrated the ef- fectiveness of properly chosen fer- tilizers in increasing yields and im- pt oving ouality. Not only will the reduction in number of analyses great- ly simplify the situation for buyers, but it will have a definite effect in reducing registration and manufactur- ing costs, thus keeping the price of fertilizers at a reasonable point. The objective is to still further reduce the number of fertilizer formulas at a later date. Canadian manufacturers svill offer in 1932 only those analyses which were catalogued at the confer- ence. Ferlians Were Foiled By An English Spy Sergeant Leopold's exploit in worm- ing himself into the confidences of the Canadian Communist organization and for years reporting its activities to the, Government has aroused memor- ies of the most famous spy Cana ian history, to wit, Major ,Hlen Caron. It was he who for many eats held high office in the Fenians as an agent of the British Government and furnished information which enabled the Canadian Government easily to repel the two invasions of Canada. With the second -fiasco the Fenian or- ganization gradually dwindled and died out, the militant Irish-Am-ericans finding new spiritual homes in various other brotherhoods founded on hatred of England, the most notable being the Clan-na-Gael, Major Le Caron was also an influential and esteemed member of this gang, and provided the Government with facts which re- sulted in the arrest of American gangsters who went to England for the purpose of carrying out a dyn- amiting campaign. For 25 years Le Caron was , under -cover British agent, never suspected. He came to light in the end when he was wanted as a witness in the campaign against Parnell, his testimony going to show that Parnell was really a party to a plan of (violence promoted in the Unit- ed States. But until Le Caron wroto his book One of the most interesting things we found in Le Caron's memoirs was the account of the accidental way in which he became a secret service man and the casualness with which he was permitted to drift into the counsels of these various anti- British organizations. His real name was Thomas Beach and he was born in England in 1841. He had some instruction as a medical student and then drifted to France for no particular reason except a love of change. When the American Civil War broke out he found many of his friends departing for the United States and he threw his lot in with them, and enlisted in the Northern army. He had thought that his per- iod of service would be short, but in order not to alarm his parents he told them nothing about his step and chose at haphazard a French name further to conceal his identity. Un- der this name he served with honor through the war and reached the rank of major. It was after, their discharge that some of his former comrades of Irish extraction found an outlet for their ' turbulence in the Fenian brotherhood. They talked freely in front of Le Caron, supposing him to be a Frenchman, and therefore a traditional enemy of Great Britain. In the course of his letters to his father, he mentioned the warlike ) avings of the Fenians, which the father perhaps assayed more acutely than the son. In any event he took the letters to a member of parlia- ment, who in turn communicated the substance of them to the British Gov- ernment. In a short time through his father, Le Caron received a proposal from the government that he should join the Fenians and learn what was to be learned. This he did, and throughout the remainder of his car- eer as detective, no British enemy ev- er had the slightest notion that he was other than he seemed, although on a couple of occasions he was near- ly betrayed by accident. 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