The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-03-25, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, -MARCH jaRRi, W37
Sunday School Lesson
JOHN’S RECOLLECTION OF
THE RISEN LORD
(Sunday, Mary 2'8—John 20:l-to
21:25.
Golden Text
I am the first and the last: I ain
He that liveth, and was dead; and,
'behold, I am alive for evermore.
(Rev. 1:17, H§.)
One woman was conspicuously ab
sent from the large group of women
that made plans to< hon-OT and anoint
the 'body of the Lord Jesus after His
crucifixion, having “prepared spices
and ointments" (Luke 23:56). She
was Mary of Bethany, sister of
Martha and Lazarus; it was she
who had anointed the Lord 'before
His death with the “very precious
ointment" (Matt, 26:7.) She, “who
alone of our Lord’s disciples had
comprehended His thrice repeated
announcement of His coming death
and .resurrection, invested the an
ointing with the deeper meaning of
the preparation, of His 'body for
burying."
Mary Magdalene was one of those
who often went to the tomb expect
ing to find the body of their belov
ed friend. Seeing that the stone
had been rolled away, she ran to
tell Peter and John, for she feared
the body had been removed by hu
man hands; Peter an’d John ran to
the sepulchre and, when they went
inside saw something. that convinc
ed them that Christ iiad risen from
the dead. We are told that, when
they saw the grave clothes lying
there in a certain form, /they “'be
lieved.’’ Evidently the grave clothes
were in the shaipe of a collapsed
chrysalis, not unwound by human
hands, but lying as they-* were when
they enveloped the body of the
Lord, and left undisturbed as His
glorified body passed through thein*
just as later He passed through
closed doors to join His disciples.
Yet even Peter and John, who
now belived that Christ had risen
because of what they, saw, still ‘knew
not the scripture that He must rise
again from the dead." Like so many
of us today, they had read the scrip
ture about this, but not with open
hearts and understanding. How
much needless suffering they would
have been saved as we often would
be today, by rehlly believing what
God's Word declares.
It is significant that God’s heav
enly messengers, angels, played a
prominent part in connection with
the ear.thlyc”mihi^tfy*6f'TTi§*Son. Ail
angel announced the birth of Christ
to the virgin Mary (Luke 1:216': 35'.
An angel announced the birtlh of
Christ to Joseph, Mary’s husband
(Matt. 1:18-21.) When Christ was
born an angel announced this to
the shepherds at Bethlehem .4 Luke
‘2:8-14.) During Christ’s agony in
Gethsemane an angel was sent to
Him, “srengthening Him’’ (Luke
22-: 42.) Angels brought special
messages at the time of His resur
rection (Matt. 28:2-7; Mark 16':5-7;
Luke 24:3-7; John 20:12.) An£l
when the risen Lord ascended to
heaven, two angels explained to the
disciples the meaning of this and
proclaimed the great promise of tlhe
Lord’s return. ((Acts 1:9-11).
Let us be in no doubt that Christ’s
resurrection was bodily resurrection
—not, as some would tell us, mere
ly continued spiritual existence. The
body in which He was crucified was
raised from the dead, and in that
same body, yet supernaturally
changed and glorified, as will be the
bodies of all believers when Christ
. comes again, He . appeared to His
disciples. Tlhey thought He was a
siprifc, or ghost, but He declared to
them that He was not; “He shewed
unto them His hands and His side,”
with the wounds of the nail prints
and the spear thrust (Luke 24:37-
40 ) For Christ is not a (half-way,
incomplete Victo rand Saviour, as
He would be if He saved only the
souls of believers and not their bod
ies. The death of the body is part
of “the wages of sin,’’ and is the
work of iSatan (Heb. 2:1'1). But
Christ is “able also to save to the
uttermost," (Heb. 7:2.5); therefore,
“as in Adam all die, even so in
Christ Shall all .be made alive" (1
Cor. 15:22), and so “death is swal
lowed up in victory” (1 Cor. 15:54)
Doubting Thomas would not be
lieve that Christ had really risen
from the dead. He insisted that he
niust be “shown." He was not with
the otlh’er disciples when the Lord
appeared to him and ,he said; “Ex
cept I shall see in His hands the
print of the nails, and thrust my
hand into His side, I will not be
lieve." He is like a good many today
who demand evidence that appeals
to tiheir bodily senses and deny evn
ence that is infinitely stronger and
more convincing.
B'ut the Lord was patient with
Thomas, as He is with us. He ap
peared to him later, and He invited
Thomas to prove for himself the
resurrection: “Reach hither tlhy
finger, and behold my1 hands; and
■reach hither thy hand, and thrust
it into my side; and be not faith
less but believing."
Thoimas never carried his demand
through. Without accepting the of
fer the Lord graciously made, he
cried out: “My Lord and my God,"
He saw, and he believed.
There came from tlhe lips of the
risen Lord, the only Saviour of sin
ners, that wonderful word that in
cludes all .today who will believe:
“Thomas, because thou has seen me,
thou has believed: blessed are they
that have not seen, and yet have
believed.
Easter and the Farm
Linked for Festival
“It is only agriculture wlhich helps
a man not to be a beggar, and it is
only throuh agriculture that a man
can be famous in the world by being
called a king. Even persons 'who
possess gold, silver, " jewels, and
clothing beg from agriculturists. It
is food which is life; it is food which
is .strength, and it is food that is the
source of all life. Agriculture is the
■life of all animals.”
This quotation is taken , from a
Sanscript manuscript of B.C. 1300
in a prayer to “The Glory of Para-
sara,” a Hindu saint, revered for
centuries as the prototype of agri
cultural science. More than a thou
sand years, however, before the ad
vent of Parasara, the farm as the
source of food, clothing, and the
other necessaries for feasting 'and
rejoicing at the various national
festivals, particularly at the coming
of spring, as emphasized and record
ed in the status of China by the Em
peror Fu-h'i in B.C. 2 852 and S|hou-
nung in B.'C. 2800, the latteir being
known as “the divine labourer and
inventor of agricultural imple
ments."
At Easter or Spring time, as at
.all other ancient,. festivals, the- farm
was idealized as the source of food
by which all men and animals were
enabled to live, and today, whether
this important fact is recognized or
not, the function of tlhe farm as the
producer of food and the source of
civilization has not altered. Without
food and clothing, the celebration of
Easter would be impossible. Easter
without paschal eggs, Easter with
out Easter lam|b, and Easter with
out the Easter parade of the latest
fashions in women’s finery and the
latest modes in men’s clothing—for
they all come originally from the
farm—would, indeed, be a dull one.
The ancient significance of re-birth
as symbolibed by the farm would
pass into the limbs of the forgotten.
In accordance with the ancient
tradition that the world was “thatch
ed” or created at Easter-tide, eggs
were presented by the early Pers
ians, Jews, Egyptians and Hindus
to friends as' a token of the spring
or recreation of the world. The
early Christians adopted the custom
to symbolize the Resurrection, and
at first coloured the eggs red in al-
lusion^to the blood of their redemp
tion.. In tlhe Greek and Latin lang
uages the terms pascha, from the
the Hebrew Pasch (passover) was
used, and in this way the Christians
celebration of Easter is linked with
the Hebrew Passover and still earl
ier with the pagan festival of the
creation. The ancient Norse god
dess of spring or fartility was Ostara
(in Anglo-Saxon, Eastre or Eosbre)
hence the English name Easter. On
the farms of the northern hemis
phere, Easter is a busy time in the
preparation for seeding tlhe crops
for the nation’s food and clothing.
DANDRUFF
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MINARD'S I
LINimeN I
(Salts Agents: Harold F. Ritehl*
* Co., Limited, Toronto 71
REPORT OF S. S. NO. S, HAY
The following is the report for S.
S. No. 8, Hay, for the months of
January and February. Honors 75;
Pass '60 per cent.
Sr. iv—Jacob Weber 74; Martha
Miller 73; Hilda Becker 68.
Jr. IV—Hilda Rader 67.
fir. Ill—Lorna Miller 81; Rosaleen
Miller 72.
Jr, III—Dorothy Price 72; Lyla
Schwartzentruiber 55; 'Louise Masse
50.
Second—CeCelia Hartman 87; H.
Miller 84; Howard Daters 82; Dor
othy Weber 81; Violet Rader 81;
Meria Miller 76; Howard Finkbein-
or 68; John Masse 66; Lloyd Smith
65; Eldon Daters 64; Russel Smith
53.
First—Euoleen Kuhtz 79; Victor
Hartman 72; Milton Price 72; Ralph
Smith 165; Earl Rader 165; Gerald
ine Masse 36.
(Primer—'Leo Smith, Lawrence
Hartmah, Alice Millet, Hubert
Sciiwdrtzentrttbfif, Maurice Fink-
beinei*, 'Gordon Pried.
Mary I. Patterson, teacher
Those snow falls help out the wheat.
Better sell when the price is fair.
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Let’s make this season of 1937 the best ever,
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Now March, really we thought better of you,
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The best time to pay a debt is before it is contracted,
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How sweet that Irish music on St. Patrick’s Day!
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Great days these, for the guessers, but better for the workers.
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And how welcome this time of year those lovely little flowers
that have waited for spring days.
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Whats become of Lindibergh anway? The radio people are not
telling us just where he is nor why he is there. Must be something
wrong!
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A well-used day school and a proper combination of buck-saw
and woodpile along with' adherence to the ten commandments make
for stability in the state.
And now for getting those bulbs and garden seeds ready for
enhancing Exeter’s reputation for being the beauty town of this
part of the Province.
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When the tourist traffic opens tens of thousands of dollars
will roll right through this good town every week. Let’s stop all of
them we possibly can. Jack and Gill Lie-a-bed wont help us in this
regard. ■ ■
TJEST IT OUT
Many practical farmers are finding that seed grain is low in
germinating powers. They recommend Jesting for this property,
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We know of a certain man who had a good job, who presumed
to advise an empire,who jumped his job, and whose relatives are
obliged to keep him. And this is the man in whose behalf orators
and some newspapers exhausted the vocabulary of adulation!
Destiny plays no favourites. As men sow they reap. That’s as
certain as death.
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THEY’RE GETTING IT
’ A whole lot of Italians got a taste of blood while making cause
less war on the Ethiopians. Next, they heard of the war in Spain
and sought adventure in that land. Well, just the other day there
was another battle in that war-torn country resulting in frightful
slaughter. When the smoke cleared from the battle plain it was
found that Italians had been killing each other. These Italians
sought adventure by way of mercenary warfare and got it. Madness
of this sort always is self-destructive.
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QUEER TO US
It puzzles some of us on this side of the international bound
ary how those United 'State judges carry on. They say in effect,
“Trespass is contrary to the laws of this country; All the evidence
goes to' prove that you strikers are guilty of trespass and we find you
guilty accordingly. But whether or not you bow to our finding and «
our sentence does not matter. The laws in this country are to be
obeyed at the discretion of the offenders.” These be great times,
my masters!
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THUS THE NIMBLE DOLLAR GETS AWAY
A friend wished to make $100 purchase. He went into a firm’s
place of business with good cash in his .pocket to do business. Said
the sales (person, “I’ll show you what we have in a few minutes.”
The showroom was visited “I’m sorry, but we have not on hand ‘what
you ask for” was the comment. “When can you make the grade?”
our friend inquired. “I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you." Well, I came .
here to do business not to^ buy sorrow," our friend replied. He sent
to a big store and got his stuff with a nice bouquet added. See the
point, fellow citizens?
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Ail Investigation Has Been Ordered
These words are quite familiar nowadays. In other cases we
hear it said that “A probe has been ordered." This is just a mild
way of saying that grave-faced authority is locking some door or
other after the horse has been stolen. Usually the “investigation”
and “probe" reveal that authority has appointed “incompetence” to
a situation where safety of property and life and limb are in
volved. Our suggested remedy? Just this, that voters exercise
care in the appointment of men to places involving the care of
property and life and limb. This means the folk of Ontario. Fore
sight pays better than hindsight,
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HOW ABOUT IT
A whole lot of big wigs met around a festive board one day
last week and listened, as their hearts were mellowed by viands, to
a talk by a learned gentleman in which it was stated that unless
the workers of this Province and every Unemployed family and such
folk were provided with a house worth $2,500 equipped with elec
tricity and modern plumbing, things were sure to go to the bad gen
erally. Of course it goes without saying that these benevolent
gentlemen would have plenty of roast beef and plum pudding with
all the accessories usually associated with such trifles thrown in
with’ the house.
Yet we know farmers who have toiled for 50 years who have
no such provision made for their old age. We wonder and wonder
and wonder! That audience who live by the public one way and
another do precious little to help anyone but themselves. Special
privileges and political pull have secured them their high position
which they are now using to break' the backs of Ontario taxpayers.
Can they not hear the rumblings of a coming storm? Why do they
not use their fine education and their fine abilities in the way of
rotising the unemployed to do a little In the way of self help?
Easter Chimes
Now the wearing day in closing
And the crimson sun is low,
Just beyond the old church spire,
In the twilight afterglow;
Wlhile beside the gravel roadway
Through the cluster of the pines,
With the Saviour’s holy anthem
'Sound the joyiful Easter chimes.
While fond fancy takes me back
ward
To the simple wooden pew
Where I listened to the sermon
And so often sat with you
On the wall of memory’s gallery
Hang the picture of .old times,
While with cherished inspiration
(Sound the joyful Easter chimes.
In the chaffcel bloom the lilies,
Emblem of! iHis sacred (guide
Tlhat forever brings sweet comfort
To. the faithful far and wide;
As in youthul recollections
'Round the belfry ivy climbs,
And like angels’ soothing raptures
Sound the joyful Easter chimes.
And soft is the swelling organ
While it plays the closing hymn,
And proclaims the Resurrection
In t'he candlelight so dim;
Alt the advent of communion
There sweet hallowed memory
binds,
While with solemn benediction
Sound the joyful Easter chimes.
Wellington P. MacKenzie
In Toronto Globe. *
State's Quo: “I believe, too, that
individualism and the profit system
will1 prevail, which means an op
portunity for every man and
woman to live his or her own life,
working toward financial oindepen
dence by industry and theft.”—Al
bany paper.
. o—o—o
Week-end Guest: “I've made up
my mind not to .retire until I’m
seventy.”
Host (whose hints regarding the
lateness of the hour have 'been
ignored): “In-that case, old man', I
hope you wota/t mind if I turn in
now.” 7 ‘ ’
Best for all your Baking
PURIT9 FLOUR
for
Cakes, Pastry and Bread
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Young Man Killed in Gravel Pit]
'Struck by falling gravel as he
worked in a pit on his father’s
farm, concession 18, McGillivray
Township, Wilbert Harvey Thomp
son was fatally injured late Wednes
day afternoon last. Thompson who
would have been 26 on March 30,
died in an automobile as he was be
ing rudhed to the office of a doctor
in Parkhill.
Thompson and his cousin, Wil-
' liam Thompson, were loosening gra
vel for men who were hauling it
away in a truck. The two were dig
ging together when a large shelf
collapsed, striking the one man and
■burying him. He was extricated
witlhin a few minutes and was still
breathing when removed from un
derneath the dirt.
The cousin lifted the dying man
into an automobile and set out for
the eight .and a half mile trip to
Parkb.ni. Difficulty, it was said,
was encountered in locating a doc
tor. Several practitioners at whose
offices William Thompson called
were absent. He finally went to
the office of Dr. David Wilson, who
said the victim had been dead some
time.
An inquest has been ordered by
Chief Coroner A. R. Routledge, of
London.
Wilbert Thompson was a son o£
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Thompson and
was widely known throughout the
township. Surviving ,are his .par
ents, two brothers, Gordon and El
don, of Stratford; a sister, Mrs, H.
Ross, of Ailsa Craig. His 94-year-old
ganflfatlher, Thomas Thompson., is
also living.
The funeral was held from the
family residence, McGillivray, Fri
day with interment .in Parkhill
cemetery.
Dr. Wood's
NORWAY
PINE
SYRUP
The Danger of Cough
Concerning Children
In young children a cough or cold is not a thing
to be disregarded, as it is often a grave matter,
and unless attended to at once may cause serious
trouble.
On the first sign of a iough or cold the mother
will find in Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup just
the remedy required.
Its promptness and effectiveness in loosening the
phlegm is such that, the trouble may be checked be
fore anything of a serious nature sets in.
Children like it; take it without any fuss.
would we do
without the
TELEPHONE?”
Sally Watson turned to her Mother.
“Whatever would we do without a
telephone ? ” she asked. She had just
finished making arrangements for the
evening with the ever-faithful Jack.
Mother smiled as Sally raced
upstairs to get ready, realizing
. how much the telephone
\ had smoothed the day
for all the family.cal Ku£l tel JOS Mg
I
Do your children have to
admit to their friends,
“We have no telephone” ?j
It’s hardly necessary when
the cost id so low—-actually
only a few cents a day!]
Geo. W, Lawson
Manager*
mSS