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SEAFORTH, Friday, April 12, 1935.
The North .Huron Liberal
Convention
The Liberals of North Huron met
in convention at Wingham on Fri-
day of last week to select a candidate
to contest the riding in the Liberal
interests, at the Dominion elections,
which will be held, it is expected,
some time during the coming sum-
zner ; at any rate, some time during
the present year.
The convention was, in all proba-
bility, both the larget and the most
enthusiastic held in this historic rid-
ing in many years. Every polling
subdivision- was fully represented
and the keenest interest was Mani-
fested in the -selection of a candidate
by the constituents who filled the
large town hall. ,
The fotir who allowed their names
to go before the convention were Mr.
W. IL Robertson, Editor of the Gode-
rich Signal, who fought the 1930 el-
ection; Mr. Hugh Hill, ex -Reeve of
Colborne township, who has long
been prominent in municipal affairs.;
Mr. John MeNab, of Grey township,
who for many years has been a lead-
ing figure in the Huron County Coun-
cil, and Mr. R. J. Deachman, of Ot-
tawa.
And Mr. Deachman won out by a
large majority, on the first ballot.
The result, no doubt, was a surprise,
particularly in the southern part of
the riding. There, we believe, it was
expected that Mr. W. H. Robertson,
who was the Liberal candidate at the
last Dominion election, would again
be the choice, but that he would have
to fight for it against the claims of
the other two local contestants.
There is no doubt, in fact, no one
could dispute the fact that Mr. Rob-
ertson deserves consideration at the
hands of the Liberals. For close to
two generations his paper, The Gode-
rich ,Signal, has been the messenger
boy' as well as the janitor of the Lib-
eral cause in North Huroh. It dis-
tributed the messages and advice of
the Liberal party leaders as -well as
•the lesser lights over a wide constit-
uency, and it kept the Liberal home
fires burning, not only at election
time, biit every week IA the fifty-two
weeks' in every year. And he has
done it ably, unselfishly and with both
credit and profit to his party.
Something similar might be said
for both Mr. McNab and Mr. Hill.
Both are outstanding men, Mr. Mc -
Nab in the north and Mr. Hill in the
south. Either, if chosen, would have
made able representatives.
But the majority of North Huron
Liberals- thought otherwise, add in
the choice of Mr. R. J. Deachtnan,
they have chosen a man outstanding
In any place and one who can more
than 'hold his own in any company,
on any platform.
And, although he has been resid-
ing in Ottawa, he is not an outsider,
He is, in fact, a native son, having
been barn and Spent his youth in the
Township of Howick, and he came
back into the riding only because he
pas invited' to do so by the Liberal
electors, and allow his name to go
before the convention.
Deachman may be a stranger
to many in North Huron now, but if
0..know. anything about him, and-
had.experience of pleasant
tmojwith him, there will be very.
knoiv hini in
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elit 4!tiv'ating perscniality, a very
Tare platform ability! and 'be knowg
polities as few Men tip.
Wilted eft, and we believe Mr.
Dechal-an will have it in his cam7
paign,. will make him' the next mem-
ber for North Huron.
The Dominion Parliament
The Easter adjournment of Par-
lianient is to extend over until May
20th.
This unusually long adjournment,
the Government states, has been
found necessary in order to permit
Mr. Bennett to attend the King's
Jubilee in England, and to give con-
sideration to important pending leg-
islation.
Parliament has been in session
since the middle of January, at which
time the country was given to un-
derstand that the Premier's new
deal and his legislative programme
was ready for the consideration .of
the members of parliament.
Apparently that was a misunder-
standing, as to date, Parliament has
accomplished nothing in the way of
'legislation, and that nothing at great
expense. ,
It would have been of much more
benefit to the country if the present
Easter adjournment had started. last
January and there might be some
truth in the statement that in the
light of past events in the House of
Commons, it might have proved of
much more benefit to the Premier
and his party, if they had gone to
the country without a session at all.
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•«not!, • '!!•,0
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The Hydro Contracts
We did not know how cruel, how,
heartless, how bad and even how
rotten a Provincial Premier could
be until we read in some newspapers
what some companies and some peo-
ple have said ab9ut Mr. Hepburn
since his decision to cancel the Que-
bec power contracts entered into by
the Ferguson and Henry Govern-
ments.
That is, if we believed it all. We
don't. Nor do we believe that a
large majority of the people of On-
tario believe it either.
Thousands of widows and orphans
and poor small investors are not go-
ing to be turned out on the street to
die, because these contracts have
been cancelled, although we hear
that wail from a good many quar-
ters.
The fact of the matter is there
were very, very few of the bonds of
these power companies, 'whose con-
tracts have been cancelled, that were
allowed to slip into the hands of the
widows and orphans and poor small
investors.
No, Sir! They were too good a
thing to be allowed to slip out of the
grasp of the corporations and the
big moneyed fellows. They •were
never peddled on the back conces-
sions bY high pressure salesmen.
Not they.
Neither are the power companies,
who issued these bonds, going to be
put out of business, nor are the bonds
going to become worthless by the
cancellation of the contracts.
Why, then, all the wail about pov-
erty and starvation about lost honor
and ruined credit? Well, just be-
cause the big companies and the big
fellows who bought and held these
sure -thing power bonds for specula-
tion are going to lose—not their all
—but just some profits.
What could Premier Hepburn and
his government do but cancel the
contracts? It was either" Hydro or
the bond holders and Hydro concerns
a vastly greater number of Ontario
taxpayers than is represented by the
bond holders.
Should the cancellation of ° the
power contracts be followed by new
contracts, well and good. These new
contract, however, will have to take
into consideration Hydro and Hydro
users, as well as power companies
and their bond holders, before they
will be acceptable to the people at
large.
In the meantime the widows and
the orphans and.,the poor small in-
vestors are not suffering much, and
the credit of the country and the
reputation of Mr. Hepburn and his
goverment 'are not suffering at all.
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9` 'ExPaSiteer of WV end
ureti-five year ago. .
From The Huron. Expositor of
April 10, 1885
A mart named William Teekey met
'With rather a serious accident in Gov-
enllook's mill at 'Winthrtop last week
when he was fixing e, belt, he cloth-
ing caught on a shaft' and he was -
rapidly draw n 'he and by a deswate
effort succeeded in freeing
bet left a considerable poetion of his
clothing behind.
One .dray last week while =eking
some straw but of the barn, Mr,
Robert Miller of the Base Line, near
Clinton, came acres a large nutmber
of rate, and with the assistance of his
father-in-law and a dog, succeeded
in killing sixty full gnown rodepte.
111/fr. Robert •Seett of the 1st con-
cession ef Hay, eold a very fine heavy
draft two -Year-old colt to a man
front. ICIandeboye for a handsome
sum, and on the same day bought
from Mtr. Bissett of Exeter one la
the Most .-nrobley'driving mares in the
etourity.
Mir. D. 1VIelennan of Kippen -ship-
ped 17 cam of grain from that eta -
tion to the Liverpool „marleet.
The Zurich or Lake Shore road is
now merle bare. while on' the leo,n-
den 'road there is quite a depth of
snow.
(Mr. Ed. Cash has sold the cottage
on John St., Seaforth, opiplosite the
Presbyterian Church, now oecupied by
John Roberts, to Mr. William Ballan-
tyne for $625.
(Messrs. WL 3. Dickson and Jelm
'1VItelVfann shipped from 'S•eafoeth on
Wednesday a carload of excellent
horses to Laneastee, Pennsylvania.
• When Tete -riming home from the
.country ,early Wednesday morning,
Dr. Smith of Seeforth, had, one 'of his
ears nipped, with feost—not Sad, for
the Sth of Ail.
Seventeen years ago on Tuesday
morning last Ben. Thomas D'Arey.
Mwas
Me. and Mrs. William Ghat -tiers of
Milton Farm, Mill IRoad, Tucker -
smith, will celebrate their golden
wedding on' Thursday next, the 16th
otth'i:3 wn11 buil* 'big h1n fire
4oW.o? • , . • .1**e• OAP 't.cognr.' FIT*0•41.44.4.
...Prior to 1101 anutricipal Office% aenee:,..ttrertriblie hratelPperdifeeielaelorl.
market, jail 'and five Abtig4,, de head,•,1,01,e, 1,�eand ether equipertent, eon,
quarters. were .quetetered in a large:fined their :regents to praylootiog •thet
frame Wilding at the jeinction of I Spread :of the blaze tia the neighbere
Market and Goderich •Street. The ing factory' of MOMS.. Broadforiterlt
corner lets at this corner 'still belong
to the town and are leased for a long
term of .ear e to he present property
owners,.
The, building was in a more or lees
delepidated reondition and throughout
the winter and spring of 1891 agita-
tion far a new town hall was more or
less general in the town. • Thee:fee,
which 'occurred early 'Sunday Morn-
ing„Augnist 23, 1891,, therefore prov-
ed cif some benefil) and :brought mat-
ters tb a head. Strong suipicions of
ineendiariem were entertained, but a
committee Appointed by the council
was unable to disclose any evidence
of it.
'While the building itself may not
have been worth 'lamb, there was,
neverthelesee much valuable equip-
ment and redords •destroyed,
Mr-. E. J. Evans, 1VIcKillop, son of
Jes. Evans, tobk a high position at
recent examination at Med-
Neal ..Mbevtireal, while 'Mr.
Donald Ross: son of Mr. Finlay Ross
stood fourth in a does' of 60 students
in the same institution. •
'Alex. Forsyth, John Stewart,. D.
lellehetlosh and James McDonald, of
Brussels, left last week for 'Mani-
toba and Dakota.
1Vrr. Ernigh 0± Blyth has leased Dr.
Ca,rder's ;stare on Main St., 'South,
of a dispensary of liquors under the
Scott Act.
The Brass Band in Blyth is now
in good shape under the leadership
of T. J. Herckstep.
A public examination was held in
the school h else on Tuesday, March
31st, at Kit -team. The teachers in.
charge eveere Mr. J. W. King and
Miss Way, and they were assisted by
IVIree'Srst. Duff, Newton and Hutchison.
While a small class was being exam-
ined in geography, the teacher asked,
who was the (prombter of the North-
west Rebellion, when a bright-eyed
little chap .promptly answered, "John
Ai McDonald."
Box. The total loss w.nin oteess tof
$4,000 and insurance en thee contents
war but $1,500.
tAlseistance came from the neigh-
boring towns eif Clinton and Mitchell
and an IStrlartifbrd a fire engine, hose
and other fire fighting apperiettuvey_eas
loaded on a speCial train ad to
Make the trip -to ,Searforth Should the
need have' arisen.
On the Monday evening following
the fire, the council met in the
Titeclialues Insstitute, when the Mayor
was 'authorized to offer a rerward o,f
$300 for information concerning the
fire. 10ouncil also ,purehased 1,500 feet
of fire hose at $1.10 a foot, to re-
place that lost and 'hired three addi-
tional night watchmen to patrol the
streets until such time as the new
equipment was available.
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JUST A SMILE OR TWO:
The summer boarder asked:, "Why
is it that old .hog keeps trying to come
into any room.? Do you think he has
taken a fancy Ito me?"
Little Willie explained it. He whis-
pered: "Why, that's his mom during
the wintee."--Pathemder.
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Junior: "Laugh and the class
laugher with You."
Teacher: "But you stay after
school alone."—Calgary Herald.
The housewife was superintending
the dusting of her husbands library.
"Careful, Bridget," she said to the
maid. "Mind how you handle the
hooks. Some of them go back to
George the, First, you knew:"
Bridget, who was in the act of
dusting a. never, smiled
"Yes, ,ma'am," she replied, "and I
see rone ler two of them ought to go
back to the lending library as well."
---Torrento
• SUNDAY AFTERNOON
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(By babel Muni/ton, Goderich, Ont.) ,
Net to ciericiemet thesons of men
The Son 'of (God appeared:
No weapon in His hand are seen,
Noi voice .a.f teeter- liar& ' ' '
.He came to raise our fallen. state,
,Andl our lost hopes restore;
Faith leads us to the mercy-,S•eat,
And bids us fear no more. •
—Isaac Watts.
PRAYER
Help us, lour Ileawlenly Father, to
keep ever in remembrance the words
of the Lord Jesusi-e"I, if I be lifted
op, will draw all men unto Me."—
Anien.
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From The Huron Expositor of
April 15, 1910
The Wingham Council has decided
to apply to Andrew 'Carnegie for a
$10,000 grant to erect a pufblic
rary.
While playing by the creek on Mon-
day of last week, Terrance, the three
year old son of John Hussey, of
Kingsbridge, fell into the stream .at
a 'depth of four feet. After medical
attention was given, he • recovered
nicely.
The improvements in the interior
of Carmel Church, •Hensall, are much
admired and great credit is due to
the Ladies' Aid Society.
The old firm of Carling Bros., gen-
eral merchants, of Exeter, has dis-
solved partnership, and Mr. F. B.
Carling retires, while the business
will be carried on by W. J. Carling.
The lawn •bowling club of Exeter
has been reorganized with the follow-
ing ,oflicerSt' President, W. W. Tam-
an; vice-president, C. B. Snell; sec-
retary, R. N. Creech; treasurer, N.
D. Hurdon.
Mr. Charles Thompson of Bayfield
is letting the job of 'building a new
reeidenco this summer.
,Mr. J. L. Yule, organist and choir
master of First Presbyterian Church,
has tendered his resignation and goes
to Owen Sound on June let.
Dr: Hugh H. Ross was awarded
first prize for his driving horse at
the Clinton horse show last week.
Since Christmas, Mrs. Chas. Dol -
Tillage of Melrlllop has shipped about
100 dozen eggs to .patrons in Toron-
to!
Mr. J. A. /Roberts, who has been
do:nducting the drug Ibusiness in Sea-
f,orrth, will Alertly go West.
The following residents near Bruce -
field installed the rural telephone list
week: eVIresiers. Fred Nutt, Arthur
Stephenson, 'Charles Stevens and Jno.
McQueen.
iMr. G. W. Nott of Tuokeremith
has recently disposed of a few' hors-
es that are worthy of tote: ' He sold
the Clydesdale' horse 4`Clendire
Prince" to Mr. Tenint, Wineriperg; one
sof his get to ;Mr. Robert Doig, Tack-
ersmeithe .Rytiontian of South Da-
kota, bought the five year old 'Clydes-
dale stallion, "Young' Clendiee."
(Seeding operations, are almlost fin-
ished in Manley, excepting the peas.
Mr Ed. Drager hos purchas'ed a
dwelling free*. flVir. John 'Ziglei of,
Manley and intends Moving it in the
near future: It* his farm across the
road.
Lest tSivaday Mrs, Jtthn eicart
eelArated her 7511h birthday en the -
homestead With her siin, Peter V.thart.
Mal. 'Thomas (YrtiOilighliri) purchased
a One dnirG xoltvg6310ital and Tern-
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S. S. LESSON FOR APRIL 14, 1931, -
Lesson Topic—Christ the Saviour.
Lesson Passage—John 3:14-17; Ro-
mans 5:6-10; Philippians 2:5-11.
Golden Text—John 3:16. •
Continuing the conversation with
Nieordemus; Jesus sent the mind %of
His listener back to Biblical history.
little while before he asked a very
pointed question: "Art thou a masher
of Israel, and knowest not these
things?" Now 'He recalls the inci-
dent in the life of the %children of
Israel when they, stricken by the bite
of Pcisloritnis serpents, were cured by
looking at a brazen serpent erected'
DU a pole. "And as Moses lifted up
so must the Son of 1Vlan be lifted up:
That whosoever believin him
ieth
It:fe.eserpent in the 'wilderness, even
should not perish, but have eternal
"For Gad so loved the world that
He gave His only Begotten Son, that
v:hosoever believeth in Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.
For Go•d sent not 'his Son into the
world 4.) dondernn the worl•di; but
that the World through Him might
be saved.,
To this Pharisee Jesus revealed His
mission to the world. We meet Nico-
demust tiln)2e times in 1St. Jlohn's
Gospel and these three passages de-
scribe as many' phases in the de-
velopment of his faith. He came to
Christ by night, aroused by the mir-
pel•es., and seeking instruction. The
conversation which ensued, upon th•e
necessityl of the new birth, is one of
the richest pearls of the „Gospel, full
of inexhaustible spiritual import. The
second meeting with Christ reecerred
two years and a •half later, , when
Christ's conflict with the hestile forc-
es was rapidly nearing its crisis. Nic-
o•dernas boldly 'demanded that Jesus
should be awarded the privileges of
the law. A half-year later he ap-
pears again, a firm and open disciple,
one who had, like Paul later on, made
the transition from Pharisaic right-
eousness of Works to faith in Christ.
Here he is seen ihelping Joseph of
Arimathaea to bury the body of our
Lord.
From this hart to heart talk re-
oorded in to -day's lesson sprang new-
ness of life or sincere seeker. It
is ever thus. They that seek shall
receive from the Servile= more abun-
dant life. Ile has said and is still
.saYing, "We will not Come unto Me
that ye might have life and that ye
might have it more abundantly."
Romans 5:6-10.,—Paul in this fifth
chapter ,OEF his epistle to the Romans
,sets forth justification by faith alone.
ISin and death, the wages of sin,
came by one man; Adam. By one,
even osi Lord 'Jesue Christ, eame
ireelonciliation and newness of life.
For when we 'were yet without
strength, in due time Christ died for
the urn:godly. For scarcely for a
righteous man will one die: Yet per-
adventure fey a geed man some would
even dare 'bo die.
:But God dorramendeth His brae bo
ward us, in that, while we werp_yet
sirmers, Christ died for us. Mu:eh
more them, being now justified by His
blood, We shall 'be saved from wrath/
theorugh Hite -
For if, when We were enemies, we
were reconciled to God, by the death
of His Son, mu& Wore ben/iv-recon-
ciled, we shall be Frayed; be His life."
Philippians 2:5-1Ie--In these Verse
Parel 'it/geethe Chriatiensin, Phil-
ippi, to cultivate the same Mind: •and
spieit that he aides after --n spirit
of, love ono torwardS another to 'Welt
an reortLie. that One este:Mee another
better than ftifni. thi0 can be(
done, be W10 -there Ottler.by lithe eke
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T114 riditO, The garan, gbPPOlfggal.
'Veer The folloVving latter wei,i
Ceived from Mr. Jame e Brandon,
oCertalin.t;:ip:Hut
and signed by ,him, will be of inter*
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Vhs reason
I did not place Mr. 'George 'laths'
stallion at 'Clinton :fellow was because
we had (bred him, and sold him to Mr.,
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ennouotsaltstahbviduielp!
breed doingittstigrraleogiii.sbTixr.esittliitesdi Hn gheo se as
ing.—dameee Brandon.'
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ample of Christ's humility and ex-
altation. "Let this mind be in you,
which was in Christ Jesus; Who, be-
ing . in - the form 'of -God, thought it
not robbery 'to be equal with God.
"But made Himself of no reputa-
tion, and book upon Him the form of
a servant, and was made in the like-
ness 'of men.; and being fond in fa-
shion as a man, He humbled Him-
self, and became (ebedient unto death;
even the death of the cross. Where-
fore God alslo hath ihighly _exalted
him and given Him a •name which
is above every name: That at the
name of Jesus eniery knee should
how, 'of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the earth;
and that every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory
of God the Father." . •
'Thanking You, I am.
GEORGE MANN.
re'
Farmers' Creditor's Act
To the Editor, The Hruron•Expesitor:
Dear Editor: Surely it is time for
some •one to point out the dangers of
the new .Farmerd Creditors Arrange-
ment Act. At the meetings 'which
have been held trhrougheuit the coun-
try the se -called !benefits, to the farm-
er have been emphasized but he has
not been 'told of the injuries Which
may follow, for him, nor have the
very serious consequences to the
mortgagees been considered. That
both 'conditions are developing is be- •
eoming apparent.
'The Aict eras ,passed by the Domin-
ion• Parliament in the session of 1934
to take effect from October 1st of
last year. All ,parties in the House •
concurred! in passing ' it, believing
that some relief was necessary if the
great basic 'industry of farming was
to be saved.- All fair-minded people
will agree that the principle of the
Measure is right,. it is in the work-
ing out of the Act that injury is be-
ing done. Not only is the lender be-
ing 'unjustly sacrificed but the borrow-
er is many eases is left in a worse
plight than before.
Iib was never intended by the
-
framers of the Act. that the person,
vviro, out of hard-earned savings, made
a Loan to a farmer in happier days,
sb�utd no have part of it cancelled
by the whim of some ap,pointee of
the Governmtent. The Act was meant
to cempel, where necessary, a scaling
down of -rates of interest to corres-
pond with the reduced income from
agriculture. It was •also meant to re-
adjust sale prices 'where the person
wive sold the farm in the days of
high Prices took back a mortgage
which in these days (represents more
than the farm is worth. The Board
of Review in one Province has refus-
ed to reduce any mortgage principal
except *here the mortgagee was the
vendor of the farm and our o
Board at Toronto has made a
that only in extreme oases will they
cancel any principal. Yet, in spite of
the plain injustice of any other course
applicants for relief are daily ask-
ing, with the approval of Official Re-
eeivers, for cancellation of principal
and for the cancellatiOn, not merely
of interest in excess of a reasonable
rate, but of all arrears of interest.
Many mortgagees have been dragoon,
ed' into agreeing to terms which are'
most unfair by the belie/ that the new
law compelled them to submit and by
the covert suggestibn that worse
might befall them if the matter went
to Toronto. The result to many
mortgagees is that they are reduced to
an income which will not maintain
them. What vise of a capital ac-
count would the retired farmer or his
widow in town have to possess to
live on interest reduced lbeliorm 5 per
cent? The 'Parliament of Canada has
fixed that rate for their own loans to
farmers and could never have eon-
t•emplated that the small investor
would 'have his interest reduced be-
low what they themselves are chang-
ing What use in helping the farmer
beyond what is just to his lenders if
the latter is thereby thrown on re-
lief and the farmer taxed to pay the
relief.
Then as to the result to the farm-
er. .1111 re is no question but. that
the 'esent method of administering
the Act is proving a boomerang to
farmer who seek e and, accepts re-
lief beyond .what was fairly intended
by the Legislature. He is forever a
marke•d- man and his credit .will be
gone. He may have a temporary ad-
vantage over the friend 'who trusted
him with a loan, but he can never re-
peat. He can't have his credit and
repudiate it. He can't refuse to pay
debts that were contracted one, two
or three years ago, and expect to be
trusted to pay -debts contracted now
on his ..promise 'to pay one, two pr
three years (hence. Truly the last
:state of that man will he worse than
'the first.
:But the worst feature of the present
working of the Act is that all farm-
ers—the ones who ask only for a fair
and moderate readjustment and these
who ask fer no relief—all are going
to find it` difficubt to 'get the credit
of bank and store and implement film
which is necessary to carry on. In-
stead of being a service to the. far-
mer Class, the Act is proving a de-
cidied die -service because it is being
abueed by some. Neither the me-
ch.anic, the laborer, nor any other
class 'of the community ie.favoted by
havingev
e.n their, honest •dlebte cancelled,
or
scaled down by Act at :Par-
liament. The widow who depends on
a meagre income from the farmer's
Mortgage .eannot get relief front her
fuel or 1g-to:eery bill. This is a mea-
sure of spetial relief for - farmers
Ilf is not going to prove a
curse- to the farmer for whom it was
properly conceived as a. relief, it. Must
not be administered se as to canoe
financial ruin to the holders of mort-
gages. That will be •killing the goose
from Wfhomm the farmer has beet gath-
ering the golden egg of credit in the
(peek.
es • J. G. ,STANBIIRY.
Eieter, Ont.
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WORLD MISSIONS
Witnessing
(Isabel Leslie)
Those of you who are ever tempt-
ed to talk freely to an editor when
travelling with him on a train jour-
ney, take .heed! He will take your
feeblest utterance, turn i over in his
editorial mind. weigh its value as
possible material for publishing 'Pur-
poses, then, before you have scarcely
had time to change from your trav-
elling clothes into uniform., along
will come a letter, asking you to write
on paper what you have in our ig-
norance or innikence said. Truly a
case of "what ye hear in the ear,
that preach ye upon the housetops."
I have been trying to think what I
said to that editor. So far as I can
recollect he did most of the talking.
We had just come from a Synod
meeting. The ,opening of a Senior
High School without any funds in
sight, as well as the up and coming
Rural Reconstruction Scheme were
both mentioned; but what 'interested
us ev9n more than either of these
imtortant and weighty matters, was
news of the Group 'Movement, and
what Christ Was doing for men, as
evidenced in the lives ,of those , with
whom we 'hed! 'been doming in contact
during the preceding days. •
The, challenge of the Fellowship
had been brought to us very definite
ly by Dr. 'Armstrong. The devotional
period's we had had together had been
times of great spiritual refreshment;
many of us had, es a result, caught
a deeper insight into the great in-
heritance we have in Jesus Christ our
Lokid,. The Group meetings, which
eoncluded our two days' council meet-
ing, was to my way of thinking, the
best of all. Then we had not only
Dr. 'Armstrong witness, but Dr. Kep-
ler ,of the 'Church of Christ in China,
and Dr. Tseli of the National Chris-
tian Council, as well.
I would like to bear Witness to the
wonderful way Christ helps in the
every day things of life. I had been
much worried about the way our, hos-
pital kitchen was managed, and about
the type of diets being given to the
patients. I prayer definitely for
guidance in the matter; one day. one
of our most capable graduate nurses
came into the office and began talk-
ing over certain 'matters with me.
Finally she said: "It just occurred to
me that I might offer to take charge
of the cooks for you. I could order
diets which would provide greater va-
riety than those at prevent given.
We get plenty of food; it is variety
that i,s_needred." I listened to her in
amazement. .I had never 'mentioned
food. I told her that I had been
praying about thie very thing and
that Gold must mean 'her ;bo take
charge in the kitchen. Truly God Is
good 'to 'Mose who wait on Him.
'Anteater suieject of definite prayer
had been the' type of nurses to collie
into training in the autumn, (Hith-
erto we bad been unfortunate in some
of our girls, and we wanted' a group
sent in un,der God' e guidance. It
is a joy .1x, witness to the,..fact that
We' halve the finest group :tide fall
that we have yet bad. The other night
I made a late round in the nerves'
quarters and Round the lace Very
quiet and pea:Caul. "Yui are very
rettiet here to -tight," 1 said lo one a.
the :graduates. "it 'is always this
*ay," she eerid, are ibnity
at their aludies; they are the beet
grourki We have 'yet
There are other 61'60 I Welt
about triter two -1401a ivat tklitOli
e
We are being led me but as one old
'Scotch minister advised a young be-
ginner: "Do not give out all your
theolegy in one s'erm'on," So. I' take
the rearee and keep something fm re --
:serve in ease that editoroehould call
on nee at &dine future dater--iirrOM:
The notah 4tarteristr.
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