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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1936-01-30, Page 2I THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON i I JESUS CALLS DISCIPLES Sunday, Feb. 2.—Luke 5. Thuriday, January 30, IWfWINGHAM ADVANCWIME'S they is delicious Bot Ely ‘ Campaign fish­ fish- PAGE TWO and Poultry SEND YOUR DONATION TO THE APPEAL SECRETARY This Space Donated by The Advance-Times to a great the sea of i h v q < n " Then came the exclamation have seen I Maitland Creamery The Wingham Advance-Times Published at WINGHAM - ONTARIO Every Thursday Morning by Th© Advance-Times Publishing Co. Subscription Rate —« One Year $2.00 Six. months, $1.00 in advance, To U. S, A,, $2,50 iper year. Foreign rate, $3,00 per year. Advertising rates on application, LONG LIVE KING EDWARD VIII Perhaps no King and Emperor in the history of the Empire was ’as well known to his subjects as our present Monarch. He has travelled in almost every part of the Empire and has endeared himself to all’. Our 41-year-old bachelor King takes over the responsibilities of his position at a time when wise leader­ ship is necessary and it is fortune for the people of the British Empire that King Edward Vltl has had the proper training and experience. This coupled with ,his great popularity, should bind the Empire even closer together. His democratic principles and the promise to. follow in the footsteps of his illustrious fathei' is the foreword of® a greater Britain. May he reign for many years. Long Live the King, * * >;? >]:. GLIMPSES OF OUR LATE KING The death of King George V plung­ ed the British Empire into sorrow but to the returned soldiers his death was, particularly saddening. The boys * who had been over there felt they were close to our late King, as most had seen him, many were inspected by him, and many were decorated for valour by him. - Our late King in 1917 visited Whit­ by Camp on a tour of inspection and the second battalion he inspected was the 161st. The boys-of the 161st did physical drill on that day and it was a rare treat to see them perform. The performance of that day was truly a treat for a king. It was our pleasure to be on the parade grounds next to the 161st and we know whereof' we speak. Canada can well be proud of the men of the 5th Division for their showing that day. The Sunday before Armistice Day the King and Queen rode down Re­ gent Street, London, in an open Vic­ toria, with only two horsemen as the rear-guard. Many Canadians on leave saw this. On Armistice Day shortly after the bugle sounded “Cease Fire”, the King and Queen drove from Buckingham Palace to St. Paul’s Ca­ thedral through streets that were ov­ ercrowded with people and when pressed back formed but a narrow laneway through which the King and his party passed. The cheers of the crowd were such as one can never forget. Such loyalty one could see only in Britain. 3 During the War the King and Queen were everywhere and any­ where. One could go on writing an article of indefinite length regarding his wonderful service to his subjects, but we leave off here with the simple statement, he was the People’s King, i :|; :•< The Bell Telephone again has shown its progressiveness by reduc­ ing person-to-person calls at night and week-ends. The long distance ’phone has long since ceased to be a luxury and has become a necessity. The public will be gratified at the company's policy. # * * * During 1935, 2500 have been nat­ uralized in Alberta. The $25.00 bonus held before these people has made them scamper to the courts to. be­ come British subjects. * * * « There is talk that the Hepburn Government have in mind reducing still further the numbers of the Leg­ islature. The Henry Government re­ duced the membership of this body from 112 to 90, and ft was a popular move, Further" reduction would also be popular, ’ $ * Once again the Premiership of. France has changed. The children of France will have difficulty keeping track of the change in Government. It would be a fine thing if France could stabilize her government, es­ pecially during these times when strong leadership is required, * :i< * & A New York dentist, Dr. Hartman, a former Canadian, has a formula that will allow a dentist to drill your teeth without pain. Dental service while you smile may yet become a reality, * * ’ • * $ Italy is once again sitting around the League of Nations table, while Ethiopian representatives are present, Maybe II Duce is afraid he will miss something. $ * * Our new King flew by aeroplane from Sandringham to London. When his business was completed he travell­ ed in a first class compartment back to Sandringham, to the* astonishment of the other passengers, who could see him from the corridor. A popular King he will be, for sure, * * * * Isaac Lean, 90-year-old resident of Apsley, has applied for the position of Assessor for Burleigh and Ans- truller Townships. He is an old man who still believes he can be of serv­ ice.- « j[S * Sj: Most people during this last week got their daily dozen on the end of a snow shovel. * * * * And somebody said it was going to be an open winter. Others said, old-fashioned winters are a thing of the past. Then came the bombshell. '“But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon *earth to forgive sins (he said unto the sick of the palsy), I say unto thee. Arise and take up thy couph, and go into thine house.” It was no empty boast. “Immed­ iately he rose up before them and de- parted to his own house, glorifying God." ■from the onlookers, “We strange things today,” The Lord was speaking multitude on the shore of Galilee, and they so pressed upon Him that finally, seeing two boats standing by, He stepped into one of these and asked Simon, the owner, to “thrust out a little from the land.” When this was done the Lord sat down, and from The boat, continued speaking to the crowd on shore, Finally the meeting was over. He asked Simon to “Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.” Simon, always ready to protest Christ’s word, explained: “Master, we have toiled all the night, and have- taken nothing: nevertheless at' Thy word I will let down the net.” Did Peter do this hopefully, or hopeless- We'cannot know, But we do know what followed, “And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net brake.” They called to their partner- fishermen in another boat near by, the men came to help them, and the enormous catch filled both the boats “so that began to sink.” And this was after a night of ing by these skilled and veteran ermen, when they had been unable to net a single fish! It was another of those “strange things today.” The Lord of nature, Creator as well as Saviour of the world, was bringing these things to pass. With what effect upon Simon Pet­ er? When he §aw it, “he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, Q Lord.” Is it not always so? When men are actually brought f.ace to face with Christ in His sinlessness, and in His miracle-working power, do they be­ come conscious of any fine, beautiful .character of their own? Far from it; they see themselves as they really are, and as God sees them; undeserving, hopeless sinners. Jame and John, sons of Zebedee, who were Sinton’s partners, in the fishing business, were overwhelmed as Simon was, But the Lord had a word of wonderful assurance for Simon, and doubtless this word included the others, “Fear not,” said He, "from henceforth thou shalt patch men” A fisherman, if he is a good one, has had to cultivate certain qualities that make him an exceptional man,. He must have patience, skill, tact, knowledge of the habits of fish, know­ ledge of what they like and what they do not like. Surely the long training in fishing that these men had had was a. help to them in the unique and in­ finitely greater profession to which God now called them—disciples of His Son, fishers of men. Neither Peter nor any of the oth­ er disciples deserved any such divine call, They saw themselves as they really were, sinful’mem- Yet Christ’s first word to them was one, not of the condemnation that they deserved, , but of assurance; “Fear not.” Then came their call and commis­ sion, and it is interesting to note the literal meaning of the “Greek verb zogreo, translated “catch,” What the Lord said, literally^ was this: “From henceforth thou shalt take men aljve,” And this is a bigger business than taking fish, alive, The word zogreo is found only twice in the entire New Testament; once in this passage of Luke; the oth- er in 2 Timothy 2:26, where we read that the servants of the Lord ought to be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,” as they seek to win others to Christ, so that these others who do not yet know God- “may re­ cover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.” That is, the same Greek verb tells us that those who are not yet saved have been taken alive” by Satan. The only two passages using this Greek verb, therefore, tell us of men who are taken alive for Christ unto eternal life, and taken alive by Satan unto eternal death, . About 7,000 letters, containing in­ formation and instructions in connec­ tion with the second year bot fly con­ trol program,, extending over January and February, have been sent out to Middlesex farmers by W. K. Riddell of the Middlesex branch of the de­ partment of agriculture. The letter, in part, explains that during the campaign last year over 8,100 horses in the county were cap­ suled with satisfactory results. In Ontario 97,300 horses were treated. It is hoped to-better these figures this year. £ Golden Text: They forsook all, and followed him (Luke 5:11). “We have seen strange things to­ day," exclaimed the people who lis­ tened to the words of the Lord Jesus Christ and watched His works. They might well say so. They were hear­ ing God'speak, watching God work. This exclamation of amazement was called out by something that Christ had just said and done while the critical, hypocritical Pharisees watched His every move, hoping to lay hold of something for which they could condemn Him. A man paralyz­ ed in his body as a result of a sinful life, and doubtless humanly incurable, had been brought into Christ’s pres­ ence by friends who had forced their way through the crowd and then broken up the tiling of the housetop in order to let the man down to where Christ was speaking. “And when He saw their faith He said unto them, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.” The Pharisees'were outraged “Who is this which' speaketh blasphemies?” they reasoned to themselves. “Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” They were right—only God can forgive sins. And if Christ had not been God His word would have been blasphemy. The one thing the Phar­ isees overlooked, .then obstinately de­ nied until they had sent Him to the cross, was that He was indeed the Son of God, a member of the God- , head, with the divine and eternal right to forgive sins because He was “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (Rev. 13:8) for the sins of men. The Lord knew what they were saying in their hearts, and He dumb­ founded and discomfited them by ask­ ing them a question. Which is eas­ ier to say: “Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk”? Buyers I THE UNITED FARMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE ■ COMPANY, LIMITED. Wlngham, - - Ontario. Phone 271 Jjo Udumjcj. (YYlt)iJv2AA Many Nurtea Ara Required Here is it very typical. Hospital patient—a nre- ntatnre baby. It must be fed with an eye dropper. Its care requires half the time of a qualified nurse. And It is but one of a hundred or. more patients which must hove special hnndlinK. A hundred and one extra services are necessary in this type of Hospital. J No Guare work— In our dairy, we daily prepare flic feedings for several hundred diffi­ cult infant cases. Pre­ cise accuracy Is the watchword. * Scrupulous cleanliness must always be maintained. Half an ounce tdo much or too little might endanger a precious, tiny life, double checking necessary, though . costs motley. We do not share m the funds cob looted by the Toronto Federation for Community Service because we admit patients from alt parts of the Province. •O-ONE but a mother can know, the tremendous amount of work involved in satisfying the needs of an infant or a young child, for *even one day. " Attending, a sick or injured child for a day in the Hospital for Sick Children de­ mands stili greater ^effort ... painstaking . * /patient . . . alert V. . ever-watchful. In addition, it requires the greatest pos­ sible degree of medical skill and nursing efficiency. . ’ Multiply this one-day effort by 17, which is the average number of days each Public Ward patient is treated. Then multiply, by ' $,200, which is the number of patients ad­ mitted to> the Hospital during one year. The result is a staggering total, measuring as eloquently as cold figures can, the tremen­ dous "volume of personal effort demanded from the Hospital' Staff. Despite the fact that the treatment and nursing of children requires such a high degree of proficiency from every angle, the costs of the Hospital for Sick Children are kept at very low levels. Even so, the Pro­ vincial andMunicipal grants and all other • revenue are inadequate to meet the cost. Unfortunately, too, we have no large group of patients who pay high fees—400 of our 420 beds being in Public Wards. An. annual deficit cannot be avoided if proper care and attention is to be given needy little ones. It is because we believe you would riot want Us to turn, away any child, broken in health or body, that we appeal annually to the public to make up, the deficit. This year, we must raise $70,000.00. We appeal to you for a donation — as large as your circumstances permit — 25c, $L00, $2.00, $5.00, $10.00 — no amount is. too great , . . none tori small. Wfty not send along your donation now? All you need’is a piece of paper and an envelope. Write your name on the paper* pin cheque or banknotes to it and fold silver inside. Acknowledgment of all subscrip­ tions, large or small, is made in the columns of The Evening' Telegram.