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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1933-06-02, Page 2�Pr x 'AFTERNOON crockods.) ted ' ua despised of moan: Tieh*id"e. maps Of woe! Grr1ef was His close companion shill 'Through all His life below. Yet all the griefs He felt were ours, Ours 'were the woes is bore; Pangs, not His own, His spotters soul' With bitter anguish tore. -_,Scottish Paraphrase. PRAYER Help us, 0 Lord, to be watenful so that echenv:bemptation to. deny Thee comes do us we may be strong to moist it. '`Teach us to behave nob - 1y." Amen. S. 8. LESSON FOR•JUNE 4th, 1933 Leeson Topic -Jesus Faces Betray- al and Denial. Lesson Passage -Mark 14:17-31. Golden Text—Isaiah 53:3. "And in the evening He cometh with the twelve. "And as they sat and did eat, Jes- us said, Verily I say unto you, one of you which eateth with Me shall betray Me. "And they began to be sorrowful and to say unto Him one by one, is it I? And another said: Is' it I? "'And He answered and said unto them: It is one of the twelve that dsppeth with eMe in the dish. "The Son of Man indeed goeth, as it is written of Him; but woe to that bran by wham the son of man is betrayed; good were it for that span if he had never been born. "And as they did eat. Jesus took breast, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said: Take, eat; this is My body. "And He tank the cup and when He had given thanks, He gave it •to them; and they all drank of it. -"And He said unto theme This is My blood of the new testament which is shed for many. "Verily I say unto 'you, I will drink no more of the ,fruit of the vine, un- til that 'day that I drink it new in the kingdom .of God. And when they had sung a hymn, they went out in- to the Mount of Olives. "And Jesus saith unto them: All ye shall be offended because of •Me this night; for it is written, 1 will ,smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. erBut 'after that I aunt risen, I will go before you into Galilee. • °But Peter said unto Him: Al- though all shall be ofiended, yet will not I. F'And Jesus saith unto him: Verily I say unto thee, That this da}", even in this night, before the cock crow Twice, thou shalt deny Me thrice. "But He spake the more vehement- ly: If I should die with thee. I will not deny Thee in•.any wise. Likewise also said they all." 'This simple, realistic telling of the institution of the Lord's Supper does not need to be enlarged upon to the listening ear and the understanding mind and the receptive heart. How- ever, we cannot but wonder how Nark could have • had such an inti- mate knowledge of it. The following taken from "The Life of St. Mark the Fs"angelis ' in The Pulpit, Com- anentary throne some light upon it: He was the son of a certain Mary anho dwelt in Jerusalem. She appears to have been well known, and to halve Ibeemi in a good position. Her Arouse 'was open to the friends and disciples of our Lord. It is possible that hers may have been the house where, our Lord "kept the Passover" with His disciples on the night of His nietrayal. It is then more than prob- able that He, a young ,man, was in :the beekground observing, and `listen- ing, and at the close, suddenly decid- ito follow and observe still fur- t31er, he quickly eallatc,hed up a sheet and threw it rou'fid Him. The action corresponds with what we know of his character, which appears to have 'been warm-hearted and earnest, but timid and impulsive. Indeed, nothing but the name is wanting to complete the evidence of the identity of "John whose surname was Mark" with NO MORE SICK . CHE.S Y'. Fra#t a bents sndyea to i of Plain al general exceed - tuna with incline - tion and sick head yet .cauld hrdly anything and was badly constipated. Irealize now., of course, that I was in a very run-down condition. Fortunately for me a neighbor recommended 'Fruit-a-tiv and I began tang them. I am certainly glad taking did. They regulated my system and toned me up generally a'o that now i am in the best of health. 1 would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone." Fruit -a -blocs . all drug stores N'•• Mark„ the writer of this gospel. It will be remembered that St. John in his gospel .evidently speaks of him- self more than once without mention- ing his name, calling himself "an- other disciple." St. Mark quite prob- ably did the sane in these words-• "And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked badly; and the, young filen laid hold on him, and he left the linen cloth -end nd fled from, them naked." --(Verses 51-52). WORLD MISSIONS A Communion Service in North Sas- katchewan, by Rev. R. B. Cochrane, D.D. The whole eomrpany, lined up and, singing a (Hungarian hymn we ina.rch- ed in procession, into the church, the three visitors occupying the chairs itn.the pulpit, Dr. Hoffmtan officiating at the Communion Table below, and the rest standing in a semi -circle facing its. The rafters were still here, it is true, and there were no chairs anywhere. Everywhere there were; signs that we were on the fringe of civilization and that the people were living 'in very primitive con- ditions. But I Will never forget the worshipfulness and the reverence which that • morning permeated the service in that little church in the northern bush. There was no 'musi- cal instrument, but the service was fully choral. Two sweet-faced wo- men with lovely voices led us in the chanting of the Hungarian Protes- tant ritual. There were not enough books to go round, but the people seenied to know the service by heart and .men and, women alike joined heartily in the responses. One little babe was 'baptized. The father was in 'a tuberculosis sanitarium some place in the t•outhern 'part of the province, and the missionary's Scotch wife stood beside the mother for the sacrament. The baptismal bowl was a plain tin kitchen wash basin. It stood on a block of wood. But both basin and block were, encircled With leaves and green from the bush round about, and in the watein float- ed some beautiful little wild flowers. Then, toward the end, the mission- ary turned to me and said': "We are about to celebrate the Holy Com- munion," and asked me to share. in ,the conduct of this part of the ser- vice. The older people did. not un- derstand English and the words of institution of the sacrament were un- intelligible to then. The bread and wine, 'however, spoke to .all of us: the symbols very really told their stoxy of the sacrificial love of the San of God. It was all very quiet, very real and very beautiful. I 'halve been at the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in some very wonderful churches, and have felt the living Lord very near, but never more; so than among these fellow -Canadians of mine from Hungary away up yon: der amid the •Saskatchewan north- land. The service ended by the sing- ing of the Hungarian National Ar - ,them by the adults, and God Save the King by the children who had learned it during their one year at school since corning to Canada. DR. LOCK -- MIRACLE MAN. ((Condensed from The 10anadiang Magazine in Beadle -ea Digest). "`Going to see ehimR?" 'asked the conductor who took my press ticket. There was no name mentioned. It didn't seean necessary. j1'Yes;" I admitted, "that is what I Queer s University, a member, of the Ontario Medical Association, wide a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Edinburgh and 'Glasgow. There is no 'said to had in mind." be' about it. The systedi 'I use is nSay a good word for hail," he the system! 'it might in the medical said. "We see .patients coming and going. 'We carry them off the train on a stretches•, and weeks latter we see them coming be on their own steam. • .Some say there'snothing in it; but when you've seen them, that's pretty hard to believe." Newt came the Williamsburg taxi driver. '«Sure we believe in him," he ,Said. `Wee ought to know. We see enough of them. Why there was a chap I brought in here, albout three 'months ago. 'We had to alnvost force him in the car, he was so crippled. Couldn't help himiself. ' •.Hemeent home last week, walking; with a stick, of eourse; but he was walking on his own feet, and 'I don't think he had been on those feet for five years or more." That is what you hear everywhere. People you meet on the street, peo- ple who sit beside you at the"hotel., .all have their stories to tell'. People, names, and places, not just instances that have been reported, bit uses they have seen with their own eyes. .There is, of course, in this situation a grave danger of overstating a case, of making -the hoped to be become the real eche ever-present danger of self delusion. So often those who come to WilIiamsburg comeas a last resort, and hope ,dies hard: It can be said, too, that in any .group representing that sands of individuals there will be sonie whose illness is of the mind rather than the body. Faith can work miracles here. But could faith in a delusion bring Father Kelly, of Lockport, N. Y., to Whlliamsiburg, a priest so crippled ,that several times he pitched headlong from the pulpit, and bring him back again six months later to run—not walk—around the doctor's house, showing what had been 'done for him? When the writer visited Williams- burg some of the patients were piti- fully crippled!, yet the outstanding impression one gained was of amaz- ing cheerfulness. You see agony flash across smiling faces, as the doctor's strong hands work, but the. smile ,retrains. If courage .is an anodyne, there is courage here. Occasionally a 'question is asked, and is answered in a mon•osyllalble by the sturdy, thick- set man in rough tweeds; whose eyes look straight at the patient. There is none of the gracio'is bed -side man- ner; a solid, undemonstrative man go- ing about his appointed task. That evening we spoke of the re- port in the Journal of the Aaneriran Medical Association. "I have not made any claims," said "Dr. Locke. "I have not asked peo- ple to come to nie. I have done no- thing to encourage. it. I treat them when they come. "I am a graduate ill medicine of THIS FINE OLD HIGH-CLASS HOTEL NOW HAS RATES AS LOW AS ANY eP 4 144144N • Aa - Xing I,Einuar i nI�t nrnnl0 S»rnrising as it may seem, you can now enjoy the hnxuries of this historic, beautiful •hostelry for as little as $2.50 per day. For thirty years the King Edward Hotel has been the epitome of sterling, worth -while, de- lightful hotel service. Today, with rates in keep- ing with the times, this friendly hotel is eves more attractive than ever. P. KIRBY HUNT Manager • schools. If I have :been suoeessful in its use, it is because for. 20 years or more I have been dereabin.g all the time and effort I could to it, and be - cameo nature equipped me with a pe- culiarly powerful pair of hands. As a matter of fact it was thosd hands that started my special interest in this department of my profession at Glasgow. I was interested in the work because of the physical gift of strength, and because of my belief Thant a good many human ills are in- fluenced :by incorrect structure of the feet, that in turn spring from the 'Changed ways of life incident to our progress." ,• - "What about the charge that you have not seen .fit to tell' about ,your methods, and have written nothing"re- garding it?" ;The 'doctor smiled at that. '"I have been pretty busy," he said. "Quite often last summer' worked from sev- en im the morning until 11 at night. 'That .'doesn't leave nnseh time for writing. As for refusing doctors any information, I have not refused. Re- cently eI had three doctors here from the Presbyterian 'Hospital of New York City. I had' them, beside me, showed thein what I was doing„ of- fered to let them try the treatment th•eneselves. That has been my prac- tice. I am ready to let any -doctor watch m:y work." ``What about your success in ma- ternity eases and the treatment of goiter?" "I have been successful in my ma- ternity work," Dr. Locke admitted. "You know there is a good deal of the 'manipulative in it. Many a doc- tor who knows what to do, as well or better than I, can't do it because he hasn't the strength in his hands. "As for goiter. From 55 to 90 per cent. of sufferers from, arthritis suf- fer from goiter as. well. The treat- ment that helps' the arthritis, along with certain medical treatment, in mre experience does cure goiter." "And abgrut the shoes? 'The 'sntb- sidiary industry' mentioned by the bureau?" "I was interested in that, but I am not so - any longer. I sold out my in- terest, and the producers are only permitted to make such use of My association with them, as is authoriz- ed by the Ontario 'Medical Associa- tion." I asked Dr. Locke why he had not hung out his shingle on a city street. "I was brought up on a farm," he said, `and 3 don't like the city. I'm e farther at heart. S raise Holstein cattle and have 30,000 pine trees growing. I have not been offered a position in any American hospital, as bas been suggested. If I were, I weuldent talke it. I'm staying here 'because I like it." We returned to the question of 'arthritis. "You think it ie curable, Doctor ? " "Yes, in its early stages,, readily; in its later stages ,with great dif- ficulty. But before the joints are de- stroyed, it is curable and the joints are not destroye4,while cartilage re- mains." "Do your cures stay cured, Doc- tor?" T3,eshrugged his massive shoulders. Tenn ask roe, ask the patients That seemed the soundest judg- rient. The cases are legion. Here ale some specific cases duly authenti- cated by the patients rthemselve;s. Names and adda•esses can be given on request: Infrs, J-4-- some years ago was attacked by arthritis of the spine. A famous American hospital told her that she would never walk again. She returned home and for two years :scarcely left, her bed. She could not walk, could only be moved with dif- ficulty. Last fall • she spent five weeks ,in Williamsburg. 'When the writer met her in Toronto she was walking, There was no suspicion ,of effort. ,Mr. B was a 'blacksmith by trade. Twe}rty odd years ago he was PO crippled that be had to move .on his hands and knees. He was 'com- pletely cured. For 20 years he hasn't had a twinge of ,artlhrutis, anal has carried on a business that requires him to be on his feet for long hours at a stretch. When Mrs. S. came to Wil- liamsburg she could not stand. One leg was useless. • If by chance she stood on it, she would tumble to the ground. The !Muscles began to atro- phy, and the leg to shrink, and with. this condition camee other functional disorders. They have gone now, and Mrs. S- walks as straight and as easily -as you and I. She stands through `the long 'hours of the day as one of Dr. Locke's assistants. One hesitates to overstate a case. So ,many sound men in the medical profession have questioned the value of these treatments. And yet, equally soundly trained medical; men; have sent their patients to Dr. Locke, have come thernse•lves or have sent their wives. IIn• the face) of a steady stream of evidence, it is hard' to believe in a delusion so colossal. Bargains In 41d Masters (By James H. Young, condensed in Magazine Digest from Chamber's .journal, London.) Few stories are 'more "romairtic' than the really extraordinary histor- ies of those famous pictures that have been discovered in out -of -the. way corners or picked up for a mere bagatelle in secondhand shops or auction ' rooms. ,Ocie would have thought that it was almost impessible nowadays to find a work of art in this haphazard manner. Yet to the individual with •a "flair" for a good picture, the chance is not quite so remote as it might seems. Every now and then an enthusiast seems able to get his eye glued to a canvas. which no one else had thought worth while, bothering albout, and he finds himself the proud possessor of an "old master." A case in point happened recently *hen an earlier worker of Sir Joshua Reynolds, worth enure than $5,000 was found in an ash -bucket in an Edinburgh street. An antique dealer bought it for only a fe,v ,Shil- lings, had it examined by an art authority and was told that he had acquired a genuine Reynolds with the :faster's signature. A few years ago a socially prom- ineent English gentleman • found a Frans Hats ,painting in his lumber room. He was prepared to part with it for a few dollars hut realized near- ly .$10,000.00. Another Frans Hals was bought for 880, in an old curiosity shop in London and after changing several hands :was disposed of for $40,000. To fill a space in a dining room, a large canvas was bought cheaply and turned out to be a genuine Gains- borough. Another Gainsborough in rather bad condition was put up for sale at Christie's. The old lady who owned it asked $25, but the picture was •kn•ocked down to Ma -s. :Charles Wertheimer for $415,404. A Bond Street art dealer, to whom it had (been previously offered for $25,' had rejected it. Even more remarkable is the his- tory of Raphae'I's "Three Graces." It wgs discovered in Italy by the French art lover. Her i'i Rabaul who purchased it for a few francs. He offered it to the Louvre but it was refused. Raboul eventually sold it to an Englishman; for $750: The picture then changed hands several times and was finally acquired by the Duke d'Aumabe for more than $125,000. 1Laphael's pictures would appear to be particularly ill-fated. His "Holy Family" was found in the cottage of an Italian rpeasant who had used it' as a window pane. "Adalnv and Eve" now at, the 'Vatican Gallery, was or- iginally bought in a.dnrsty little Par- is shop for'' $25 by an artist Who' pronliptly resold it for $f2),006. An original Raphael red chalk drawing was picked up by an amlatetar fur' 15 cents. An Irish connoisseur, Mr. H. Sin- clair, made one of the most notable finds of the century, when he discov- ered in an old Tipperary mansion an original Rembrandt, the .portrait of the IMaste'rn wife Saskia Van Ulenboreh. For over,. two centuries •the masterpiece had been lost to the world. although it was hl excellent condition and in every way similar to the portrait drawing of Rem- brandt's wife. in the Berlin Museum. Feckhout'•s "Jacob's Dream of the Lander" was bought for a few shil- lings in a Dundee auction room. Ex- perts valued, it at $10,000. A Manchester bank clerk owned a picture which his mother had .left w him andhich appeared to have some value. But the young urian had no use for somber paintings, old or new, and he put it up for sale at Christie's. There he was told that it was rare and valuable and when the auctioneer's hammer fell, the bank clerk had the pleasant surprise of being $30,000 richer. The " picture turned out to be a nor•trait' by the Dutch master Bernard Fabritius of the Remlbrand•t school. ,It is even more difficult to under- stand how the owner of a Sussex mansion could have remained una- ware of being the possessor, of a genuine Romney. The picture was noticed by an insurance company's furniture appraiser who insisted it was a treasure. It was taken to an expert who pronounced it a ' Rom- ney. But the owner was not convinc- ed until three days later, when it was solar for about $30,000 to an eminent Londola art critic. !Famous works of art are indeed found! in queer places. Anothess Romney was discovered in a modest cottage in Salem, New Jersey. I•t had originally belonged to. one John Robotham„ who emigrated from Eng- land to America. Robatham had been unaware of the value of the canvas but it seemis that he did knew that it was a Romney, the painter having been a client of his father's inn and plaid a drinking bill with the picture. One of Teniers's first canvases was foiind in a :Mexican church where it was held iri reverent esteem. 'A Van Dyck was actually picked up from a rulbbish-heap itt Antwerp scene years ago, while a' beautiful painting by- Meniline was discovered by ;tourists in a herrnit'smottage among the 'mountains of northern, Italy. A can- vas' ebv Guido which its owner had sold for $°125 -"at Torquay found a second pnirehaser for $10,000. Obviously the " orty buyer' may find an opportunity in any old place —even the refuse -'heaps of a city And the older 'and more grimy a 'pic- ture, the greater the chance of it turning oat to be a Corot or a Bellini. A ,HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANAOIAN' MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ANO LIFE' •,«.-"%