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The Wingham Advance Times, 1931-07-23, Page 7ry 'Thursday, July 23rd, 1931 °+ '°''" . lence. Enuring into every house. T ,Eo SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON The charges against Stephen, Haat Its SUNDAY was a blaphemer, would easily be ex- ,...ro,--,► tended to the other Christians, And LESSON IV—July 26 Christianity Spread by Parsec -nem -- Acts '7:59—$:4. • Golden Text.. -Be thou, faithful tux- to death, and I willgive thee the +crown of life,—Rev. 2:10. TTdE LESSON IN ITS SETTING. Time.—Martyrdom of Stephen, T. .D. 36. Saul persecuting the Christ- ians, the same year. ' Place.— Jerusalem. Flight of the a h istians as .far ,and r s Damascus as us m c d Antioch in Syria. THE FIRST MARTYR, And they stoned Stephen. Stoning -was the Jewish anode of execution, as ,crucifixion was the Roman. ,Calling upon the Lord. That is upon Jesus. And saying, LordJesus, receive my :spirit. "That is to say, as a : suppli- ant, be prayed Jesus of his mercyto rreaiive him into the everlasting habi- tations; whereas Jesus said, 'Into thy hands I commit my spirit,' that is to say, by His own eternal right, of cities of Tyre and Sidon. And Cyp- His own free will, He passed into the rus: The large island in the Mediter havens." ranean between Palestine and Asia And he kneeled down, Standing Minor, from : which copper took its was the customary. Jewish attitude in prayer, but Stephen was following his Lord's ` example, And • cried with a aloud voice, : That all, might hear him -above the din of the cursing crowd, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. Stephen remembered Christ's 'words. on the cross, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what tl:jey do"; and many a martyr after Him also -followed Christ's example of forgive- iess. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Jesus had taught that •death is only a sleep. The early Christians therefore called their -graveyards, cemeteries, which means :sleeping -rooms. And Saul was consenting unto his -aeath. The. word 'consenting' seems carefully chosen to convey the fact that Saul did not himself take part in stoning, but contented himself, with guiding and directing the mur- der. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the. church •which was in Jerusalem. 'On that day', :might be understood as meaning at that time', but -eery likely the crowd, '.their passions aroused, rushed from the scene of execution and began at "once to wreak their wrath against the Christians. And they were all scat- tered abroad throughout the regions .of Judaea and Samaria. This • scat- tering brought about by persecution Iliad marked results. The Christians :might still cherish the feeling that I -they were members of the Jewish E:hurch, but the rejection of Christ - _ by the Jewish authorities was. the first step to a severance between the two bodies. Except the apostles.' These leaders of the church remain- ed behind partly from a sense of duty for they felt it necessary to maintain the headquarters of the church, but also because the anger of the Sanhe- drin passed them by at this time. And devout men buried Stephen, :and made great lamentation over him. Devout men is a term applied to good -men who were not Christians, and probably these were Greek -speaking Jews who were friends and admirers of. Stephen, but not Christians at least openly. Butt Saul laid waste the church, The very word implies extreme vio- dragging men and women contntitted them to prison, Every word implies savage thoroughness, Nor was he content with thrusting the Christians into the black and noisesome prisons of the day, but he `persecuted this Way unto the death.' They therefore that were scattered abroad went about preaching the word, "Went about" is in the`Greek a verb implying a thorough canvass of a region, They all acted as if on an evangelizing tour. THE CHURCH. IN ANTIOCH. They therefore, "Therefore" links what is to follow to verse 18, relating the conclusion of the Jerusalem church that Peter had been led by God to extend Christianity to Gen- tiles. That were scattered abroad up- on the tribulation that arose about Stephen. Tribulation is perhaps as accurate a rendering as possible, be- ing derived from tribulum, the thresh- ing -roller of the Romans. Travelled as far as Phoenicia, The district northwest of Palestine containing the name. Barnabas canna from there. And Antioch: An ;important city at the northeastern angle of the ,Medi- terranean. Speaking the word. Preaching the Christian gospel, the good news of salvation through Jesu- us Christ. To none save only the Jews. They did not realize that the timehad come to carry out Christ's ;orders to preach to all nations. But there were some ' of *them, rnen of Cyprus and Cyrene, Cyrene was an -imp ortant Greek city in P nor- thern Africa, the portion now called Tripoli; many Jews had come to live there. Who, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Greeks al- so preaching the Lord Jesus. The re- markable admixture of races in An- tioch, mid -way between the east and the west, made this..approach to the Gentiles easy.. nd the hand of the Lord was with them. It was made very plain, perhaps by such an outpouring of the. Spirit as occurred at Pentecost, that God favored this important step in the history of His church. And a great number that believed turned un- to the Lord.. The structure of the Greek shows that the church had many accessions because "the hand of the Lord was with them." Ontario's honey crop from clovers for .1931 will be fully up to the aver- age. The general dry' weathermeans honey of extra quality because of the smaller percentage of moisture in it. Swarming has been prevalent in most parts of Ontario in the last three weeks and this is always a sign of good honey flow. A Good Chick Ration A balanced ration for chicks is re- commended as follows: 70 pounds of ground m llow corn, 25 pounds of wheat middlings, 5 pounds of bone meal, one pound of salt, and all the milk the chicks will drink. If milk is not available add 25 pounds of dried milk and 10 pounds of meat scrap. " The ingredients must be free from niold and be mixed in proper proportions. HYD i LAMPS "The Long Lite Lamps". e$i' ned for Hy ro Service and f uaranteed ldeepcartonof Six lamps 1, the House Wingharn Utilities Commissioncagg .j Crawford Block, Look Ito Phone 156. o4 Lamps you .6U7 THE WIN HAIVI AD Y A C1 TIMES.: OLD 2,:.Ni;t•&1,' BOOK; FOUND. Neils of Rules [acid Down by Eng- land's Bluebenrd. 4, .charming old scrap book bald been discovered in the library ni Buchanan Castle, Scotland, owned by the Duke of Montrose. Among the things in it is a lis'a of "Directions for the Household" of IIenr'y 'VT:tZ„ from, which we learn thaw the Court dined at ten and sup- ped at four, and that coal was only allpwed in the Ii ing's, Queen's, and .Lady Mary's chambers. One rule is illuminating: "His Highness' attendants are not to steal any locks or keys, tables, forms, cup- boards, or other furniture out or .ao- biemans or gentlemans' houses where he goes to visit." It helps us to Imagine what those royal visits must have meant..A. vast train would descend on the house and eat as much as an army or lo- custs. Sometimes the King's host would be almost ruined by the cost of entertaining such a crowd, and to Make matters worse the greedy ones would pocket such .piece's of furni- ture as took :their fancy, and he would not like to grumble. It would need much courage to write to Sing. Bluebeard:'"Since you were here.1 have missed several things." It seems a pity that people are to, busy to -day to make scrap books for their grea:great-grandchildren. Our world will probably seem as strange to them as the Tudor world seems to us: ARE LQZOIG-LIVET ,S. Average Age of New 'Zealander Is 63,'' and for Women • 65. About 200 years ago, the averz.ge length of life in England and Wales was 30 years. To -day, the average life is 56 years for men and 60 for women. The longest -lived peapre in the world are the New Zealanders. The average age is 63 far men and 65 for women. In Europe, Denmark shows the best figures -60, years for men and 62 for women. In France the average like is about 7% years shorter than in England. In Germany, the figures are the same as in England. In America the aver- age life is 59 years. The figures for India are tragic. ,The average age is only 22 for males and 23 for females. The average age in the Roman em- pire was about the same as this. In ancient Egypt, the average age was 30. We have lengthened life mainly by a better care of infants and by con- quering smallpox and plague and: sev- eral chil•iren's diseases. We have not yet learned how to. conquer Bright's disease, heart dis- ease, cancer, diabetes, cerebral has- morrhage and arterial diseases. These are on the increase. Out of every 1,000 people, only six live to be over 80 years old. All of us who have lived to be 60 have beat- en the average. ENGLAND'S WATER SUPPLY. sio leatith Service., i nrtabiatt OF TII1 Hilal Agsariation raited•by pRANT'FLEMFNG, ASSOCIATIt SEGflEiAlil/ /SUMMER CARE OF THE BABY During the summer, there is more illness among babies than there is at other seasons of the year. For this reason, we wish to bring to the at- tention of parents certain points that should receive particular attention in order that the occurrence of summer illness among babies may be dimin- ished. Breast -feeding -Every baby should be breast-fed by his mother. Breast milk is the best milk; it is fresh; it is free from germs. Consequently, its us -e means less sickness among babies. Babies should not be wean- ed excepting when her doctor tells the mother she should do so. Safe Milk If the baby is not breast-fed, he must have safe mills. This applies also to breast-fed babies after they have been weaned, Pas- teurized milk is safe milk. Either pasteurized milk' should be purchased, or the milk should be pasteurized in the home. If for some reason it i's not possible to have pasteurized milk, the milk should be boiled for three minutes: Do not give the child raw milk. Milk must be kept cold and ccvered. It must not be left stand- ing even for a short time in the warm Paced With a Serious Water Short- age, Says Corrulent.' England's water supply is dwindl- ing. The country will be faced with a serious water shortage in,#, a few years' time unless something can be done to increase the supplies. Lon- don is one city which is causing.con- cern. Two hundred and sixty million' gallons of water are consumed every day, and there is a reserve of only eighty days' supply. Whenever there is a long spell of dry weather, strin- gent rules have to be laid down, ban- ning the use of water for other than household purposes, in order to con- serve the supply. Just outside London, conditions are very irritating to householders. In Ilford and surrounding districts, the water has to be brought forty miles, and the inhabitants are forbid- den for the next two years to use water for their gardens .or washing their cars. There, are certain Berk- shire villages where it is necessary to pump for five .minutes before one can get any water. Conditions are just as bad in the provinces. A. doctor recently had to travel six miles to get water for a patient, and in parts of the north, water which has been used for washing by one person is passed on to another for thesame purpose. QUAINT • ISLAND TOWNS. room., or left without a cover, There is only one' way to keep "milk and that is on ice, Water -The baby: should always be offered water between feedings. Like everyone else he is more thirsty dur- ing the hot weather, so he will want more water then. 'Offer ' it to him; he cannot ask for it. Bathing -A bath once a day is nec- essary. In hot weather, an extra sponge -off makes the baby more com- fortable. Fresh Air—The baby should prac- tically live out of doors, Sunlight—A sun -bath should be given every day, beginning with short exposures of the feet only, gradually working up to the exposure of the whole body for one hour. ` In really hot weather, the baby should be kept out of the sun during the heat of the day; the sun -bath may be given be- fore eleven or after three, o'clock. Clothing— The baby shouldbe dressed according to the weather. Many babies are miserable because they are over -clothed and so are made hot and uncomfortable. On very warm days, all the clothing the baby needs is the diaper. Flies and Insects—They spread dis- ease and should be kept away from rte! 4�.. �•,i+.��..•ii t��yi' r"'" itnd Creamersly BUYERS OF 111 WO 111 ...Call u for prices... ■ ®• • r THE UNITED FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE a lO it ■ RIMMI10II® ■111111l111111M1AM®11■1AM1l1r:; A —AN EGGS COMPANY, LIMITED. W1tngham, - Ontario. Phone 271 the baby and his food. This can be done by the use of screens and %net ting. Particularly would we warn parents about digestive upsets and irregular- ity of the bowels. These should be considered as 'serious conditions in the baby, Promptly and properly. treated at the start, they respond to treatment, but they become very ser- ious if they are allowed to go on. The large g number of deaths that. still occur from summer diarrhoea is due to delay in securing proper treat- ment when the diarrhoea begins. Questions concerning Health, ad- -dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered personally by letter.. ,. Music Day, one of outstanding at- tractiveness at the Canadian National Exhibition, falls this year on Thurs- day, September 3. Children's dancing contests will b.e a feature of the 1931 Young Canada's Day programrne of the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition. ..:,fat .f !At, 1 i.;Cr?. . Descendants of Mutineers Inhabit Norfolk and Pitcairn Islands. Among the quaint little places making ' up the British Common- wealth there are none that have more picturesque histories than Nor- folk and Pitcairn Islands situated in the South Pacific Ocean. The few hundred inhabitants of both these islands are descendants of the mutineers who seized the ship Bounty in the South Seas in 1789., The people of Norfolk Island held high holiday recently to celebrate the 74th anniversary of the landing of the 182 descendants of the Bounty mutineers who made the tong voyage from Pitcairn Island, 'which had be- come too small for them all. There are still living on the •island three old men and eight old women who had made the voyage. Some time after they had settled on Norfolk Island, two of the fam- ilies went back to their old home' at Pitcairn, and their deseendauts now total 182, the same number as the original migrants. Canada's National Wealth. If all the wealth in the Dominion. of Canada were equally divided it would provide $2,996 for each per- son. This does not include the value 01 undeveloped natural resources. The stational wealth is placed at $28,940,000,000 for 1920, an in- crease of $1,272,000,000 over 1923. Individually the people of British Columbia are the wealthiest people Canada, although Ontario ranks first among the provinces in total wealth. The per capita wealth of British Columbia is $4,339. Alberta comes second. with 33,117, Saskatch- ewan third with $3,613, °Marto $2,, 063, lttauitoba ;Lose, Globes $2,759 1 t 0 $ Automatic Job Press and are now in a position t o better and quicker service than in the past. yoo 1 o oo 9 oi ! See us for your — 1 LETTERHEADS ENVELOPES I STATEMENTS BILLHEADS PRIVATE .CHEQUES ICIRCULARS 1 TAGS I 4:r91 :; ...,1 , (�..,- r • !,, We have just installed in o r:ffice e I 1 new ! eidieburg $ A„Fu" Ikt le i,r';> ",tt•,;1. 'fid 02 c' t`7' ; '.A ;{ 4,, MO PE ATE PRICES 0 AL LINES O' P'INTI CARDS TICKETS SALE BILLS DODGERS MENUS FACTORY FORMS BLOTTERS give even e 1 $ I BOOKLETS BUSINESS CARDS VISITING CARDS WEDDING STATIONER' INVITATIONS STICKERS. ETC. 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