The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-03-30, Page 4The Tinies,Advocele, March 30, 1/61
The NEW Easter Story
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As it appears in "The New KligHsi) Bible", a
new translation of the original Greek text,
" As they led him away to execution they
seized. Upon a man called Simon, from ('yrene, on
his way from the country, put the cross on his
VOX, and, made him walk behind Jesus carrying
. Great numbers . of people followed, many
viOmen among them, who mourned and lamented
Oyer him, Jesus turned to them and said, -"Daugh-
tbrs of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; no. weep
tor yourselves and your children. For the days
Are surely coming When they will say. "Happy .are
the barren, the wombs that never bore a child,
e breasts that never fed one." Then they will
4tart saying to the mountains, "Fall on us". and
to the hills, "Cover us," For if these things are
ore when the wood is green; what will happen
:When it is dry?
i There were two others with him, criminals
jvho were being led away to execution: and when
they reached the place called The Skull, they cru-
Oified him there, and the criminals with him, one
ll Ills right and the other on his left. Jesus said,
Father, forgive them; they do not know what they
ire doing.'
They divided his clothes among them by
clothes
t asting lots. The people stood looking on, and their
*tilers at hint. 'He' saved others: now let
jeered . ,
im save himself, if this is God's Anointed, his
hosen.' The soldiers joined in the mockery and
game forward offering him their sour wine. 'If
91.1 are the king of the Jews,' they said, 'save
*ourself.' There was an inscription above his head
;Which ran: 'This is the king of the Jews.'
. One of the criminals who hung there with him
fgp.unte4 him: 'Are you not the Messiah? Save your
-
elf, and us.' But the other answered sharply, 'Have
jyou no fear of God? 'You are under the same
tsentence as he. For us it is plain justice: we are
ipaying the price for our misdeeds; but this man
:has done nothing wrong' And he said. 'Jesus, re-
f;rnember me when you. come to your throne.' He
iinswered, 'I tell you this: today you shall be with
me in Paradise.'
By now it was about midday and there came
!,a darkness over the whole land, 1\Thich lasted untii
three in the afternoon; the sun was in eclipse. And
Wie curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then
iJesus gave a loud cry and said, 'Father into thy
:hands I commit my spirit': and with these words
he die. The centurion saw it all, and gave praise
Ito God. *3eyond all doubt', he said, 'this man was
t innocent,'
The crowd who had assembled for the spec -
tack. when they saw what had happened, went
home beating their breasts. •
His friends had all been standing at a dis-
/Vance; the women who. had accompanied him from
Galilee' stood with them and watched it all.
Now there was a man called Joseph. a
'4 neither of the Council, a good, upright man, who
gad- dissented from their policy and the action they
had taken. He came from the Jewish town of Ari-
Mathaea, and he was one who looked forward to
"Ilie kingdom of God. This man now approached
Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Taking it
down from the cross, he wrapped it in a linen sheet,
and laid it in a tomb cut out of the rock, in which
no one had been laid before. It was Friday; and
the Sabbath was about to begin.
The women who had accompanied him from
followed' they took note of the tomb and
Observed how his body was laid. Then they went
'home and preparedspices and perfumes:. and on
the Sabbath they rested in obedience to the corn-
mandmexit. But on the Sunday morning very early
they came to :the tomb bringing the spices they
had prepared, Finding that the stone had been
rolled away from the tomb, they went inside: but
.the body was net to be found. While they stood
utterly at a loss, all of a sudden two men in dazz-
ling garments were at their side. They were ter-
ified and stood With eyes cast down, but the man
said, 'Why search among the dead for one who
lives? Remember..wh.at he told you while he was
still in Galilee, about the Son of Man: how he must
• be given ,up into the power of sinful men and be
crttelfied, and must rise again on the third day.'
Then they recalled his words and returning from
the tomb, they reported All this to the Eleven and
all the 'others.
The women were Mary of Magdala, Janna
and Mary the mother a James, and they, with the
other women, told the apostles. But the story ap-
peared to them to be nonsense, and they would
not believe Wein.
That same day two of them were on their
way to a village called Emmaus, Odell lay about
seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking
together about all these happenings. As they talked
and discussed it with one another, Jesus himself
came up and walked along with them; but some-
thing held their eyes from seeing who it was. He
asked them, 'What is it you are debating as you
walk?' They halted, their faces full of gloom, and
one, called .Oleopas, answered, 'Are you the only
person staying in Jerusalem not to know what has
happened there in the last few days?' 'What do you
mean?' he said, 'All this about Jesus of Nazareth,'
they replied, a prophet powerful in speech and
action before God and the whole people; how our
chief priests and rulers handed him over to be
sentenced to death, and crucified him, But we had
been hoping that he was the man to liberate
Israel. What is more, this is the third day since
it happened, and now some women of our company
have. astounded us: they went early to the tomb,
but failed to find his body, and returned with a
story that they had seen a vision of angels who
told them he was alive, So some of our people
went, to the tomb and found things just as the
women had said; but him they .did not see,'
'How dull you are!' he answered. 'How slow
to believe all that the prOphets said! Was the
Messiah not bound to suffer thus before entering
upon his glory?' Then he began with Moses and all
the prophets, and explained to them the passages
which referred to himself in every part of the
scriptures.
By this tithe they had reached the village
to which they were going, and he made as if to
continue his journey, but they pressed him: 'Stay
with us, for evening draws on, and the day is al-
most over.' So he went in to.stay with them. And
when he had sat down with them at table, he took
bread and said the blessing; • he broke the bread,
and offered it to them. Then their eyes were open-
ed, and they recognized him; and he vanished from
their sight. They said to one another, 'Did we
not feel 'our hearts on fire as he talked with, us
on the road and explained the scriptures to us?
Without a moment's delay they set out and
returned tO Jerusalem. There they found that the
Eleven and the rest of the company had assembled.,
and were saying, 'It is true: the Lord has risen;
he has appeared to Simon.' Then they gave their
account of the events of their journey and how he
had been recogni,zed by. them at the breaking of
the bread. :
As they were talking about all this, there. he
was, standing among them. Startled and terrified,
they thought, they were seeing a ghost. But he said,
'Why are you so perturbed? Why do questionings
arise in your minds? Look at my hands and feet.
It is I myself. Touch me and see; no ghost has
flesh and bones as you can see that I have.' They
were still unconvinced, still wondering, for it seem-
ed too good to be true. So he asked them, 'Have
you anything here to eat?' They offered him a
piece of fish they had cooked, which he took and
ate before their eyes.
And he said to them, 'This is what I meant
by saying, while I was still with you, that every-
thing written,- about me in the Law of Moses and
in the prophets and psalms Was bound to be ful-
filled," Then he opened their minds to understand
the scriptures. 'This', he said, 'is what is written:
that the Messiah is to suffer death and to rise from
the dead on the third day, and that in his name re-
pentance bringing 'the forgiveness of sins is to be
proclaimed to all nations. Begin from Jerusalem: it
is you who are.the—witnesses to all. this. And mark
this: I am sending npon you my Father's promised
gift; so stay here in this city until you are armed
with.the power froth above,'
Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and
blessed them with uplifted hands; and in the act
of blessing he parted from them and was carried
up into heaven.. Anci they returned to Jerusalem
with great joy, and spent all their time in the
temple praising God.
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:Sugar and Spice
This is the fai•end of the
',year. Whiter has retreated aS
• stilletily as a rattlesnake with
eati. ulcer. Summer is as remote
s heaven. And the citizens of
Canada are at the end of their
tether.
' • In most northern countrieS,
winter is the bad time, The
Finns and the Swedes and the
Russians do Most of their
sticiding in the melancholy of
the long, dark menths. Not.
Canadiane. We are too busy
*tinging and watchingthe hoc-
* lteY games on television,
No, we get through the
*inter famously. It's around
'end of March that Cana.
aliens begirt to brood, to draw
hp en themselves, to *ye each
oho. darkly. About this time
of year, though eh outside,'
would never suspect R, most
Canadians are as mad as
March hares,
Where behind it all? First,
it inuel, he remembered that
we have just cone through a
live-moeths siege by a fierce,
determined and implacable
enemy, We have fought gal-
lantly. And well, but our nerves
are frayed, Mir bodies racked,
and our galoshes holed. See-
ond, though the siege is raised,
and the enemy has reeved off,
the relief column is at least a
Month Away. Our starving souls
must feed on sernething, and
theees nothing around to eat
but people.
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There. are terrible, scenes in
our homes. as men and wo-
men snap at their parents. In
offices. bosses snart and sec-
retaries' weep. in schools,
teachers run amok and Mire
themselves headfirst at black -
hoards,
The March madness fakes
many forma. Honest, upstand-
ing citizens spend hours crouch•
ed ovee income tax forms,
trying to diddle the govern.
merit, Elderly ladies stumble
around their backyaeds in rub.
ber isOofs, peering wildly at
the ruins of last year's her.,
baceous border. ,
Other men drive far into the
ceuntry and Sit akine On a
little beidge, bitterly watehing
reitlbew trait leaping up a
little wAterfall, Other women
dye their hair lice, or start
frantically pAinting their kit
-
(hens.
* *
There's n � tlit ti g unusual
about all this, les simply that
the residents Of this country
heve entered that bilserAble,
wet, cold, frustrating, dismal
season that delights in the
name of Spring, gladSothe
Spring, We :might as well be
honest about it. Spring in this
country is a Hideous night.
Mere that they last from. the,
end o Mardi de the middle of
May.
Because we arie ii"oeopt*
prod o oh*, tether then'
thhikinn, WA find teriko:
aiteeveletine oximeleneit, There
is nothing to DO! Curling is
about shot, and it's too early
for boating, gardening, golfing
or fishing, presumably, but
everybody is so irritable it's
rather a wasfe.
In other springs this waiting
period, this .spell of rnadness,
has resulted in near -tragedies
around our place. I have seen
myself pick up a coal shovel
and batter a 'harmless old
furnace with it until 1 dropped
from exhaustion, I have seen
my wife trenibling mdth homi-
cidal intent on catching ine
chipping pieces of road with
my nine iron when I was sup-
poeed to be cleaning up the
beeem ent.
* *
In some countries spring
may be a season for light
hearts, for love, for song and
laughter and dancing. But in
the true north, strong and
freezing, its a gray tithe of
waiting, of despair, et the
March mania.
You can't have a light 'heart
when you have a heavy fuel
bill, I defy anybody to fall in
love in Canada in hearth, Your
song <Atilt bt heard above the
bawl of the wind, The only
people who are laughing are
being token away by the boys
In the white coats, And it's
pretty awkward dancing when
you're up to the knees in mud,
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Oft, t'as, all right, t haton't
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"I wish you'd stop embarrassing me by telling people
made you what you are today!"
Expiosion.. at. Kippen
There is nn doubt that a
number in Kippen district wilt
still recall the terrible accident
which happened November 24,
1903, when the schoolroom of
St. Andrew's Presbyterian
church was badly wrecked by
the explosion or acetylene gas.
More than 100 people who
were in it at the time, mostly
children, were subjeeted. to a
most trying experience. Nine
persons were badly hurt.
'What was a festive occasion
was suddenly converted into
one of confusion and sorrow.
The occasion was a supper
tendered to the children of the
Sunday School. On the previous
evening a tea meeting was
held with a large attendance.
The children were not permit-
ted to a great extent to par-
ticipate in the feast of good
things, it being arranged that
they should have a supper of
their own and this was in pro-
gress when the accident hap-
pened.
The supper was well under
way. About the heavily -laden
tables sat the happy -faced
children dressed in holiday at-
tire and laughing and talking.
Parents and leachers were pre-
sent to assist in attending to
the many wants of the young-
sters, and all was going mer-
rily.
The company had been gath-
ered around the table for close
to an hour when suddenly
there was pandemonium.
Where there had been. shouts
of laughter there were shrieks
of terror and cries of agony.
There was one terrific burst
of flame, one loud roar, and a
well -lighted, well -arranged din-
ing hall became a mass 'of
ruin with frantic human beings
struggling over and under the,
debris in an effort to escape.,
Others were pinned down un-
able to move.
It was heartrending to hear
the frightful, pitiful screams of •
the children, who formed the
greater part of the victims.
Some of them were not great-
ly hurt, but all were terrified.
The accident was caused by
the explosion of acetylene gas.
The gas plant bad been in
operation for some time and no
serious trouble had been ex-
perienced with it. R was under
controt of the caretaker, Mr.
William Moore. Mr. Moore was
in the basement near the gas
machine when the explosion oc-
curred, He was badly injured,
chiefly from burns, and suffer-
ed great agony,
JOTTINGS BY..)m5
Res'. IN,12` McLennan, pastor
of the church, was alsonearby
at the time and was likewise
seriously .berried and. suffered
from shock. Airs. Seines Mc-
Lean and Miss Nellie Cooper,
who were. assisting the child-
ren, ,were seriously injured by
flying debris. The .n a in es of
the childrenwho were victims
of the disaster included Elia
Algie, Alice Taylor, Flora Tay-
lor and Linn Cooper.
The' school building and the
basement beneath it .was wrecit.
ed. The structure was of brick
but the tremendous power of
the .exploding gas tore it As if
had been of matchwood.
Owing to the very inadequate
means of lighting ;up the scene,
the work of the 'rescuers was
retarded. Alen and women who
jbined 'in the reseue work
stumbled over the debris .with
nothing more than a lantern,
The cries of children In dis-
tress served as a guide for a
time.' Some of them ,wore un-
conscious and when lifted from
the ruins looked more dead
than alive, What phsyleians it
Isvpaestap,ossible to summon were
brought to the spot with al]
It was thought at first tha'
the eyesight of Air. Alle.Lennae
had been. affected and he suf-
fered froma heart attack, but
fortunately he was ,not per-
manently injured.
Your:library
By MRS. JMS
Have you noticed. the new
Easter edition of Ideals maga-
zine. 11 is ver )f beautiful in
picture, poetry and prose'.
' One of the .highlights 'of this
196i: magazine is the story of
creation with a two-page paint-
ing by Charles Repro of his
conception of each day's hap-
penings.
The copies of previous Eas-
ter editions are also available
and are equally interesting.
From Sea unto Sea
From Sea unto' Sea is an-
other volume in "The Cana-
dian History Series", which
was inaugurated by Thomas
B. Costain's book "The White
and the Gold."
This one was written by Pro-
fessor W. G. Hardy.. head of
the department of classics at
the 'University of Alberta and
— Please. turn to page 9
As the "Times" go by
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T -A FILES
50 YEARS AGO
Councillor Fred Ellerington
of Usborne has purchased Mr.
Thomas Cann's farm on Con.
6, Usborne, This now makes
Mr. Ellerington . the owner of
250 acres.
Mr. John 'Leathern, who con-
ducted the Mansion House at
the south end of town, moved
his family to Ingersoll this
week.
The tercentenary of the Eng-
lish version of the Bible. was
celebrated in Trivitt Memorial
antra on Sunday when Rev.
b, W. Collins preaehed two
sermons on the history of the
.Bible,
Miss Lulu Martin, who. is
teaching at Ettrick, was home
for the Weekend.
Hereafter Mal schools In
Ontario are to, have the same
holidays as urban schools, the
Legislature having passed that
all schools shall open -801011.'-
1)dr 1.
The first edifier' of the Credi-
ton Star has ;Met reached Olt
office. Mr. J. Wickwire is
the editor,
30 YEARS AGO
Air, Richard limiter has jug
completed his assessment for
the village or Exeter and re-
ports the population as 1662,
an ifierease 01 56 over hitt
year,
On Tuesd.ay, April 28, the
lateen' WMS Presbyterial will
be held in Bonsai'. United
Chureh
Res', hT, Sippell was invited
to reniain for the fifth year as
pastor of Crediton Evangelical'
U.11, elitireh at the meeting of
the 'Church Board.
The Oki Spicer residence inn
the owner of William and
Sanders Street is this week he.
ing torn down by Mr, W.
ifern. who Mans to build an
tireteetlath 11(5136.`
Mr, Philip March is taking
(Wei' the .FAinville dote.
Mr, Bowey, who recently
dispoaed ol 11i tort at Kite-
eee: le Ale, Blifereen Ryl, it
moving le teethe Vile -teak. •
IS YEARS AGO •
A new gas station is to he
erected at Devon Corner at
the junction of No. 4 highway
and Crediton Road. An acre of
land has been purchased from
Ralph Atkinson by Harris West
and Lai,vrence Swartz.
1.The new grandstand at the
Exeter Fair grounds is almost
completed.
Messrs. Robert Turnbull abd
William Elliott are this week
taking a short course at the
AarmaeitiacAnns, Can Cfntpany, Niag.
Miss, Annie Sanders gave a
reading over CKNX last Fri.
day.
There have been ()wee (tele-
gatiohs visit Exeter the past
week to look over the Exeter
Arena with a view to erecting
a recreational centre in their
own area,
Ale. 1 -toward Elliot of town
has taken the agency for the
Mercury -Lincoln cars at. Wel-
laceburg,
10 YEARS AGO
A plaque in memory of the
late Miss Clara Vosper, who
taught In the Exeter Publit
School !tore 1883 to 1921, thee
been ordered to be ready 'for
the official opening April 18
h. and Mrs, A. E. Pooley
.returned home Inet week after
spehding te) Months in Eng-
land visiting Mt. Pooley's rela.
lives,
Harry Deugall, Exeter, haS
been chosen president of :Huron
County Junior arrnOrS,
With i,116 death of, Miss Ida
Carling in her 81th yeAf-, the
last Blik 01 a pioneer family
whose history has been closely
tennected with Exeter, has
been severed.
A hew table rOP the Trustee
toard of Exeter 'Public Sehool
1)1 memory of the late MiSS
(ate MOW`, who from 1916
le 1947 was secretary of the
Beard, 1is been Plated in the
Reheat.
Mr.. A di „Mt'. RAW 'bunco,
Thames:.ROM, Were henered
by friends beton moving 1,4
Bxeter. •
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BRITISH'
ISRAEL
The 'I'Votionoi fessage
We believe that the Ceito-Saxon peoples
are the descendants of God's servant
rare and nation. Israel: that our ancient
Throne is the continuation .of the Throne
of David; and, in view or present world
conditions, that a general recognition nI
this identity AND its implications is a
matter of vital and urgent importance.
Wg WOULD LIKE TO TELL YQU ABOUT 11'
For Your Copy olOur {TEE 5nold,t
"An Introduction to the British Israel Evangel.'
Write to the Secretary
CANADIAN IARITISH,ISRAEL ASSOCIATION
In Ontario
P.O. floe 744, Stotion 13, Ottown, Ott.
1\1 -aching caa Rat about
our 'house this spAngi"
Bright and shiny, like a hew spring helmet
that's how our house looks these days. We've
had it "done" all over and now -th(4. Joneses
are keeping up with as, The cost? Well — much
less than you'd think, We nnanced the "works"
• with a B of M iloute improvement Loan.
That'S Jiow you cite get your home improvements
liANTdono 4t: j°"'er cost, Talk to the Pe"15
at your neighbourhood B of itt
r? ? vvarc (MOW(
branch soon— they'll be glad
to tell you all about it.
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