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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-6-28, Page 2TSE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON JULY 1 J John the Baptist,. Matthew 3: 1-17; 11: 2-15; Mark 6: 14-29; Luke 1: 5-80; John 1: 6-37. Golden Text Blessed .be the Lord, the God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, --Luke 1: 68. LESSON saTTiem—After the silence a man who speaks the word of God. of four centuries, the voice of the pro- To be a prophet of God was high het is heard in the land. John the honor. But Jesus asserts of John that aptist is thirty years of age. Be he was more than a prophet. He was a. prophet of whom the prophets had spoken. Vs. 2'7, 28. Behold, T send my mes- senger. Other prophets had spoken of the corning of the kingdom and the king, but it was John's supreme honor to declare that the kingdom had come and to say, "Behold the Lamb of God." There is not a greater prophet than has been trained in a godly home and later in the quietness of the wilder- ness, Now God calls him to his great task. 1. THE MESSAGE OF JOHN, LUBE 3:3-6. V. 3. He came. He responds immedi- ately to the call. He had spent many years of communion in the rocky soli - Ludes skirting the northwestern John. Both in character and mission shores of the Dead Sea. Communion with God always ends in commission, and meditation always ends in a mes- sage. The country about Jordan. John labors, not in the city, but in the open country about the river Jordan. It was an accessible region, and the other evangelists show the people flecking to his ministry, --priests from Jerusalem, publicans from Jericho, peasants from Galilee, and soldiers on John is supreme. Note the climax in the words of Christ,—not a bending reed, but an immovable rock; not a bowing, self-seeking courtier, but a real upstanding mane not a prophet, but more than a prophet,—a fore- runner; not a great man among great men, but the greatest above the great.. Least in the kingdom . is greater than he; not greater in character, but ate; ,.teeee.des< erei; as r le a, :.`.'?"tees?Saw xis e ; •• /vt.•: ? N t act Their Majesties King Ge0.'V. and Queen Mary Virginia's Different Dominion Day BY MABEL MARTIN "Don't waste any more breath! I'm going to stay home. I'll have a the march. His message .s arresting dif- greater, in being able to grasp,. ferent Dominion Day this year, if I and drnwing.Preaching ing the baptism through Christ, a truer idea of the have to sleep all day. Every year p Idngdom, and greater because, whilQ of tepat ta.ncc. 'With th the Jews, baptism John pointed to the king, the least in Since I can remember we have gone was connected with the consecration the kingdom followed the ):ing ling- to Mayfield. You couldn't drag me there this year." And Virginia' -Bol- ton looked obstinate, daring her fam- ily to oppose her, "But Virginia," remonstrated her younger' sister Myrtle, "there'll be young folks there from all over the county. Maybe you'd meet someone new you'd like." At this Walter laughed. When he wished to exasperate Virginia. he told her she was unmarried at twenty- eight, not because she liked her teach - of priests, the purification of the cere- monially unclean, and the admission of Gentile converts to Judaism. John self; APPLICATION, makes it a rite for all without ex- Among the many fine things which ception. Ile demands it for a reason might be said .about John the Baptist, that applies to all, --sin. He admin„' we may quote the following: isters it under a condition of heart His Courage. John came among that all must fulfill,—repentance. He men not as a reed shaken by the wind, makes it symbolize a common blessing swayed first this way, then that, ac - that all must seek forgiveness. His cording to the opinions of men. Long message is a spiritual message. There meditation had made his principles must be n moral and spiritual pre- fixed, and even if he stood alone, he paration for the coming of the king- was coi:rageous and outspoken.. dog His .'lodest�/ , John recognized that Vs. 4-6. As it is written. The words he was but the forertu.ner of Jesus, of Isaiah are quoted to show ras,There are three recorded occasions on. is a pioneer preparing a way for 'which First,he bare wthen ta the Mos - John a the coming of the King's chariot. The sent 'm a u deputation the filling of the valleys, the levelling of Jew hthim from Jerusalem by the mountains, the straightening of Jewish second,anwhens (seeeJohn 1:19 - the the road, represent, the spiritual r;when he pointeds Jesus changes that must take place if the out his own dsciples as the , he kingdom is to mean anything or bring sial. (John 1:29-34); third, when he anything to Israel. All flesh shall see. to stir rebuked utp rivalry attempt ofte his Jesusd The Gentile as well as the Jew is. to himself t(Johna3r26 between re isno- share in the blessing of the kingdom. thing which shows the true greatness II. TIIE COURAGE OP YOrIN, 3:7, 8. of John more than his attitude to - Vs. 7, 8. 0 generation of vipers. wards Jesus, He came exalt an - Matthew tells us that these words other. He had no thought for his were applied in particular to the own advancement. Pharisees who came seeking baptism //is Perplexity. From his prison without the real motive, Their mo - with sent two of his disciples to Testis fives were personal, official and self- with the question: Art thou he that ish, f>'egizz aiot t'o sail .. tiiTe have should come, or look we for another. 4braham. They tl.ought that the Lnke 7:19. Some one has called this kingdom would come to them as Jews, 'the perplexity of the loyal -hearted. the children of Abraham, and forgot Jesus had not proved to' be just the that they must come to the kingdom expect- ed. penitents. God is able of these. kind of Saviour that John had ecp edWhere he had expected severity, stones. Race, descent, blood, count' Je.,u, had shown gentleness. Where for nothing. Heart, spirit, character he had looked for scathing denun'ia are everything. tion., J esus had shown mercy. It is pleasing to note that whatever doubts III. THE GREATNESS OP JOIN, 7:24-28. Joh.: had, still he locked to Jesus for 1 Vs. 24-26. When the messengers of light. He recognized Christ :is a very John were departed. Herod had cast pr:".Ent help in trouble and turned to John into prison because of his bold, him for guidance in a very natural rebuke. The dampness, darkness and wy. solitariness had affected the soul of Chi fist's Estim tie of John. As s.xn, this child of the desert. In his doubt as John's disciples had departed, he sent" two of his disciples to ask Jesus began to praise John. It may Christ if he were really the Messiah. have been that some who heard John's Jesus' answer is to tell John the work question may have been unfavorably of mercy he was carrying on. Began, impressed, and disposed to think of to speak . . concerning John. Jesus him as a waverer. Jesus corrects that had PO word of rebuke for John. John impression. John had often borne had at least the courage to carry his testimony to Jesus, now Jesus gladly daub:: about Je:; .is to Jesus. Himself. bears testimony to the worth of john.! TVhat went ye ont... to see c A reed. ,Men are often praised to their faces! The people were not to think that' and blamed when their backs are: John's question betrayed any weak- turned. Jesus does the opposite in ness of character. He was no weak- the case of John. John, he assures ling bending before the will of king, them, was no reed shaken with the priest or multitude. A. mean clothed in wind. There was no fickleness about soft rai•nient; a fawning courtier him; nor was there any complaint be. clothed in silk and saying smooth cause of the hardships he was endur- l things,—i . striking contrast to John's ing. Jesus makes clear that in God's rough dress, rugged speech and simple sight, John had attained to real great - life and fearless thinking. A prophet; ness. - THE CHILDREN'S HOUR Our Feathered Friends—Golden- Winged Woodpecker. BY LEREINE BALLANTYNE. This is the season of the year many folks go househunting. When we see a house which suits them, they usually look at the outside and then go inside to look around. This is not the case with Mr. and Mrs. Woodpecker. When they see what might be a good home, they stand outside and hammer at' the walls till everyone in the locality wonders what all the racket is about. You see, they hammer the walls to make sure they are strong and dur- able. Some times they beat the tattoo from sheer exuberance of. joy, how- ever, just as the Tobin sings his spring song for us. The Golden -winged Woodpecker, or Flicker, as he is sometimes called, its a very beautiful ;bird; wearing a coat of golden, brown striped with black, and across the top of his head is a bit of brilliant red. They .Hake their nest in holes which they dig in dead poles or trees, and it is a well known fact that tree swallows, fly -catchers, and other species use their old nests, which they find very comfortable, since they are tenable to bore one out for themselves, not having a bill like the flicker's, constructed for the pur- pose. The feet of the woodpecker help in a remarkable way when he is tap-. ping at trees. He has three toes in front, and a hind toe so well developed and as long as the middle front toe, and tipped with an unusually long claw by which, he balances -himself 4. and can stand against a vertical sur- face with ease, Unlike other woodpeckers, the flick- er feeds upon ground insects, his par- ticular delicacy being ants. They may take a little fruit in some localities, but if driven away or destroyed, the insects they feed upon would do far more damage than these beautiful feathered friends. Getting in Harmony. In the good old days of pioneer farming the scythe was a very im- portant piece of farm equipment. Even now we can hark back and see the haymaker as he completed the • swath at the end of the field, brings the heel of the scythe to his breast, i pull from the hip pocket a worn whet- stone, and fit the keen blade for an- other round. At first the stone clangs against the side of the blade. Shortly one can detect a slight musical note creeping into the grinding noise. Then in a moment the iron and the stone lcse their clamor entirely and the tone of the one becomes exactly harmonized to the tone of the other. There is music and then the haymaker knows that; it is ready to lay another swath with the least muscular efr'ort. - Itwould appear, in- a general way, that this is what we should seek in life, to get ourselves working har- moniously with those about us. Let the, clangs knock off the superstitions and suspicions, and then, keep on in faith - and hope till our life has been adjusted to that of our neighbor, and Our community adjustedto is 'other ''communities. It is simplyanother way of repeating in concert the but much broken, golden rule. • Canada's wheat production i.ncreas- ed by 70 per cent. m 10 years. ing and valued her independence, but because she seldom met men other than those with whom she had, grown up. "Just think, Virgie," he admonished, "you might meet your fate. You ought to go as a matter of principle." "And you ought to stop teasing your sister as a matter of principle," placidly retorted Mrs. Bolton. "Of course, Virginia, stay home if you really want to. But won't you be lone- some with just Uncle Jerry? There's to be a fine parade this year, speeches iii the grove. And special speakers coming from. the city, You'd like to. hear them," "Not 1, mother dear," replied Vir- ginia. "I can't think of anything I'd hate worse, So we'll call it settled. And Uncle Jerry and I will keep house and 'tend the chickens." Tending the chickens was a stock joke with the Boltons, since it was Uncle Jerry's invariable excuse for staying home from festivities and dozing on the south porch with his pipe and favorite farm paper. So it happened that on the morning' of a cloudless Dominion Day the BoI- tons packed themselves into the sur- rey with their lunch baskets. Virginia waved a gay farewell from .the steps of the porch. She had planned a.Iazy day with a new book and a pantry stocked with left -over goodies. "It'll rain," commented Uncle .Jerry. "Nonsense, not a cloud in the sky," said Virginia. "Can't help it. Allus does ,.rain on Dominion Day an' allus will," and Uncle Jerry settled himself and his pipe in the old cushioned rocker. There was an imposing pile of maga- zines and books dealing with the care of chickens on the table at his elbow. But whether Uncle Jerry read a great deal and dozed a little, or dozed a great deal and read a little, was a mooted question in the family. Presently Virginia took her book and ,a two -pound box of chocolates to the hammock under the maple tree aid near the clump of lilacs that had made spring a glory in .the Bolton front yard. Virginia's thin dress was cool and comfortable. The hammock swung lazily, The chocolates were all that could be desired and so was the book. Virginia sighed contented'-ly. Soon her eyes were shut and she was dreaming of floating along on one of the puffy clouds that were piled whitely near the western horizon, Suddenly Virginia dreamed that she fell from the cloud into the chicken yard,, and awoke, really to hear a fearful squawk by a real hen. An automobile was coming rapidly along the road and the hen had decided that. her onlysafety lay in getting home. There was a grinding of brakes, a series of explosions and with a snort of defiance, the machine came to a stop in the grassy gully a foot or so from the fence. The man, who had •been driving. leaped from the car and •walked around it, looking it over. He made a number of remarks, half under his breath. Virginia could not hear all of them, which she thought was per- haps fortunate but, after serious in- vestigation he began to look il_dly about the landscape. He .did not see Virginia but he did see that the house door was open and he started up the path with that air of .determination aoci'tine' carelessness of convention Which'characterizes motorists, "' in trouble. Virginia -saw" that be was young. His brown hair clung damply to nuns heated, forehead. His :face was streak- ed with black. His fian.ds were -be- grimed unspeakably;' His linen duster was torn at the pockets., • Altogether, he' had a ferocious aspect. DLit Vir- ginia was used to such visitors slice she lived on a main road. She knew,, them for a niad but harmless tribe. Her glance struggled between a pro- per demureness and definite amuse- ment. His face took on . a deeper shade of red. - - "If you heard me---um—talking,- I hasten to apologize. it's serious. l'm due to make a speech at Mayfield at one o'clock and it's nearly one now." "Can't you fix it?" Her glance sought the disabled roadster. "Not without repair parts I haven't with me. Maybe your father has them. What kind of a car does he drive?" "Horses. He thinks them more trustworthy in the long run," said Virginia coolly. She felt cool and very impish "How about a train?" "Three mile's, and no train to May- field until five," Virginia responded, adding in a tone that she hoped would penetrate his armor: "You see we are entirely out of the world. You'd better telephone to Mayfield and tell them you can't get there." "A telephone!" he cried, surprised and somewhat cheered. "Sure enough. Judge Curran went over from the city this morning on the train. They can get him to speak. Lead me to the telephone !" Virginia was still more piqued by the stranger's extravagant welcome of the telephone, Convinced that she did not like having her quiet day dis- turbed by a wild -looking young man who demanded cars and repair parts and trains and telephones, and who looked with scorn upon country peo- ple, she grudgingly indicated the open front door of the house and said in a tone of edged politeness: "Walk hi and make yourself at home. The screen's not latched, The telephone's right there, in the hall." Her manner at last made an impres- sion. The young man said stiffly: "Awfully sorry to inconvenience you. I must telephone but after that I won't trouble- you. My tame is At- water. Donald Atwater. I was to speak'at Mayfield. After all, you have some responsibility. "Why didn't you can your chicken off?" "It may have been our chicken," re- torted Virginia, "but why didn't you stop before you got to it? It made noise enough.'& He turned toward the house with- out answering. He had been driving mechanically, with his thoughts far from autos and farther from chickens. He looked so ludicrous with the black streaks decorating that expression of wounded dignity. - Virginia relented and called softly: "Mr. Atwater, you can get May - 4 Dissolve in boiling, water Use enough to get a big lasting suds Big lasting suds—one secret. of Rinso's' ami inns power are dissolve dirt. If you don't get lasing suds, you have. not used. enough Rinso. Soak an )sour or ;n0r0 Qv reiletweer e aantorad alba**, only half an hour) After soaking, only the most soiled clothes need a light rubbing with dry Rinso. Your clothes don't need boiling i] you use Rinso, But if you like to boil your white cottons, use enough Rinso solution to get the suds you like. Rinso is made by the largest soap makers in the world to do the faintly Awash as easily and safely as LUX does fine things, LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED TORONTO • field by calling Mayfield 226 and the operator there will find a way to put your message through. It is alto- gether too bad!" He made no sign that he had heard and disappeared into the house. After an interval he came out and without a glance in Virginia's direction he reached the roadster. In the hammock Virginia swung idly; in the road Donald Atwater ap- peared to work energetically on his car. In the west there was a low rumbling of distant thunder. Vir- ginia looked up as the hurrying clouds obscured the sun. Uncle Jerry, who had comfortably dozed the morning through, appeared at the corner of the porch and gazed in some surprise at the roadster by the fence. "Goin' to rain, Virgie," he called. "I said it ud rain. Better • bring in your young man to eat. 'Nofful storm corrin." Then he hobbled to the house. Virginia glanced toward the road- ster. The "bumptious creature" was putting down the hood of his en- gine and wrapping up his tool kit. He looked rather forlorn and some- what like a sulky boy. Virginia gath- ered up her chocolates and her book and went swiftly across the grass to the gate. "Mr. Atwater, I really beg your pardon. Won't you come into the house. It's going to pour. Er—my Uncle invites you to have lunch. Surely you are hungry enough by this tune to forgive nie for my rude- ness?" The combination of a promised lunch, the rain and Virginia's really disarming penitence . were too much for Donald Atwater, Like two friend- ly children they ran up the path and reached; the house as the storm broke in a furious onslaught. An hour later the storm was over. The sun slanted through the dining - room. They were making a hearty luncheon of which the main ingredi- ents were a huge platter of . cold chicken, a crisp apple pie anda three- storey -layer chocolate cake. In the cool of the evening the ser- vice station at Mayfield responded to a telephone call for help and the road- ster started, ignominiously towed, to finish its journey. Its owner, after slightly fervent good-byes, went with - it, intending to catch a night train for Girton from Mayfield. - Virginia was left sitting hi the hammock in the summer night. Wal-' ter: came toward her from the gate, having seen their guest . disappear over the hill. - - "Some Dominion Day. for you, all right!" he remarked inelegantly:. "If capturing- the main speaker o2 the day and keeping him to yourself while the crowd -went without, isn't 'differ- ent,' I don't know what is." "You know lie couldn't help it!" retorted Virginia warmly. ' "Sure he couldn't help it!"; respond- ed Walter: "Who can stand against a hen—or even a• chicken? Didn't act much as .if he wanted to help it. I'd give a cooky to know, though, just what's the matter with his car." "Maybe you'll have a chance to ask him Sunday," said Virginia kindly, R302 Fruit Crops in Canada. Last year, according to- the Fruit and Vegetable Crop Report of the Dominion Fruit Branch, a bumper crop was harvested of practically all varieties of cherries, plums, peaches, and pears,. The plum crop was par- ticularly heavy, averaging almost 300 per cent. 'over that of 1921, .and the peach crop in the Niagara district of Ontario was not only one of the heaviest on record, but also of excel- lent quality. The production of ap- ples was less in every province in 1922 than in 1921, excepting only in Quebec, where there was an increase of over 75,000 barrels, as an offset against a total deficiency in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Ontarho .of 227,778 barrels, British Columbia was shy 172,449 boxes, the numbers being 3,000,000 boxes in 1922 com- pared with 3,172,449 in 1921., On- tario produced a large crop of all small fruits, with the exception of raspberries, which suffered from win- ter injury and later on from disease. In British Columbia the small fruit crop was rather less in 1922 than le 1921, strawberries and raspberries both suffering winter injury. The Re- port states that on the Canadian mar- kets the wholesale prices throughout last year were low, mainly due to the large shipments of inferior quality low-grade stock. All the provinces re- port a backward season this year, but trees and plants are generally stated to have wintered well. Canadian Cattle in England. Dominion Live Stock Branch cables dated the last clay of May report that 445 Canadian cattle sold at Birken- head mostly at 23c per -pound and that 'a few of the choicest commanded 24c, in sink. Shipments through Canadian Eastern ports during the week am- ounted to 2,446 cattle. Canada has G00 historic sites. "He's coming out. He asked to call • properly," A NEW SUMMER FROCK. A ri6vei ..use :Coy ..bordered material Canada continues to maintain a is shown in this smart- frock designed most enviable reputation for the on the simple straight lines °which healthiest live .stock. Veterinary revail'again this summers 17i,. .4 ,.-General, Galva nload Copper-tsoartng "Metallic" Shingles Fire, Lightning, Rust end Storni Proof - IN1sWt8Fo Hoofs shed citron Rain Water Send Postai Gard for folder "E" Thes :aIlxe, Roofing Co. 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