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The Wingham Advance Times, 1928-02-02, Page 7'IChttrsday, Reb%ttary n , x92$ Ohe Single i` D in le Six CONCERT GRAND CONE SPEAK,S3R, CORDOVA CONSOLE MODEL CABINET 'GRAND SPEAKER. ip Au .iced. This exclusive feature of Erla Radio Receivers m a guarantee of the highest degree of efficiency in every price class. It eliminates guess work in receiver buying and `. the certificate of Audited Amplificationwhich ac- companies every Eria Receiver specifies what may be expected in performance. It is an assurance of the greatest value avail- able for the purchase price paid. Before you buy Radio or replace your present receiver— Investigate ERLA! Priced from $92.50 up. LL1t`✓ cLAGAN-Et 'I,-,1 LIMITED STRATFORD CANADA •-' Distributors—SPOTTON ENGINEERING CO. GUELPH, ONT. W. CRUICKSHANKS, — WINGHAM, ONTARIO A. EDGAR — WROXETER, ONTARIO JAMES KIRBY -- TEESWATER, ONTARIO REEVE 3..J. HAYS, OF STEPHEN ELECTED WARDEN OF HURON FOR x928 (Continued from page Two) Board,, Mr, H. T. Rance to the Exe- ter Board and Mr, J. J. Robertson to. the Goderich Collegiate Institute. A motion to grant $t000 to each regular ,hospital in the .,county was referred to the executive committee, A. motion by Messrs. Kennedy and Hackett was that the Good Roads Commission proceed with the cutting of the hill on the road to Saltford and,the widening of the road as soon as possible, this being a dangerous and much travelled road,—Referred to the Good Roads Commission. Mr. W. J. Craigie was appointed to the Goderich Hospital Board. The following: Dr. IN;ilne, R. Ken- nedy, R. Turner, J. W. McKibbon arid Alex Hackett were appointed a strik- ing committee to select the standing committees for the year, and their re- port as follows was 'adopted. Executive—F. J. McQuaid, J., W. Langford, R. A. Goetz, R.E..Turnei•, 3. Ballantyne. Special—E. A. Adams, T. J.. Ander- son F. J. McQuaid, J. A. Manson, F. D. Stalker. Finance—A.-C. Baeker, J. W, Beat- tie, I. J, Wright, R. Higgins, E, F. Klopp. Education—J, W. Beattie, A, C. Baeker, Dr. Milne,' F, W. Rowland, C.' B. Snell. - Road and Bridge -A, E. Johnston, R. E. Turner, W. J, Henderson, Alex Hackett, J. W. McKibbon, County Property—J. A. Mattson, J. W. Craigie, Geo, Hubbard, John Hen- neberg, H. A. Keyes. House of Refuge—Dr.' Milne, R. Kennedy, J. W, McKibbon, George Hubbard. Wardens Committee—Alex. Hack- ett, W. J. Henderson, John Menne- berg, R. A. Goetz, E, A. Adams. Good Roads Commission.-- T. In - lis, H: hill, H. C. Cox, Al the Wednesday g rnorninsession a satis- faction x 1 ofthe great s :Mr. Back spoke to 1� tion the inmate of the Count fat: rU s y 1-Ionxe were getting from the eachio a installed in the county home, and the account of this was referred to the House of Refuge committee, Undo- the • head Of inquiries, Mr.. Henderson asked what action had been taken regarding the Isattel. of l- inf the pol- ice the "nx v of the offices o p Q g ,r . i,, . of the i ` ! rtia 1�1. ate and the.agent C.,t, zg Children's Aid wtetcty, also with re- ference to providing another office in the Coert if ouse, The clerk report- ed the steps taken, but could not re- port anythingd(ft definite accomplished. l'h d The clerk raised the question of changing the time of year of the holding of the council meetings and a good deal of discussion took place, but no definite action was taken. The clerk pointed .out that the January session followed the December ses- sion too closely and suggested holding the last session in November instead of December. Another suggestion was that the June session be held a'' month earlier so as to give the Road Com mission time to decide on road work: Other suggestions were that a special one -day session be held earlier in the season to decide on road work for the year or thaw the road commission of one year lay out the program for the next year having' gained a better know ledge of the roads than the new men could. Mr. Thos. Inglis brought up the matter of having a visit from the Bruce county council in June. Mr. J. M. Govenlock spoke brief- ly thanking the council for his ; ap- pointment as Inspector of the Coun- ty Holme and asked to meet the House of Refuge committee for a few minutes, The following motion was referred to the ',special committee: Moved by Hugh Hill, seconded by Herb C. Cox that, whereas the automobile traffic is ever increasing, causing greater deterioration to all roads and neces- township as per the motion of Mes- srs; Munnings and MacEwan in Jan- uary 1924, .such maintenance to be defrayed out of funds at the credit of the town of Goderich, which have been levied by the county andpaid in by the town fdr good roads pur- poses. Motions to grant $goo to each spring fair, $loo to each fall fair, $zoo to the Clinton spring fair, $25 to each school holding school fair (and half that amount to boundary libraries), $5o to the North Huron Plowmen's Association, $25 to the Hensall spring seed show and $2o for flowers around the court house, were referred to the executive committee. A motion by Messrs. Kennedy and Ballantyne that the Egmondsville St. be paved at as early a date as possible was referred to the Good Roads Com- mission, A motion to appoint Messrs. Gar- diner and Erwin as county auditors was laid over for enquiry by the clerk as to the need of, appointing auditors, the books for last year hav- ing been already audited. The ques- tion was whether legal requirements did not necessitate the appointment of auditors. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON sitating. lerger expenditures, and, °"°'"°°...."e°@s"'° °es-°'se°seetes whereas all the revenue derived frets automobile permits and gas' tax are collected by the. Department 'of High- ways, be it resolved that this county council 1.nernorialize the Government and petition the Highways Departs client to raise thee' tax on gesolitu: from' 3 to 5c per gallon on all gaso- line for automobile purposes and that the Government assume 50 per cent. of• the cost) of maintenance and con- struction of all roads in numicipali- ties•complying with good roads legis- lathon, A motion by y Dr. Milne and A..13ac- liter, which was referred to the .spe- cial committee, was that this council .,•.c • em- end the I..e„t.,l<tture to ..iu- end the Division Court Act and niake: it necessary for the judge to be pres- ent, r~ P ntif the e , or court is adjourned end the judge: not present, there be ' no fdes pttt on 'the municipality. The following Motion was referred Roads to elle Good ('C)rxxlltis.-w- 10117 :-'•• Move ` Itobcr' ' '1 Y ` r d_ by t Iul 1,63, s(.c.tndetl by 1, A. Adams, that t . lilt the Cauu y of Ilturoxx take charge of the Minton - n 11It a co of (,,. brier road in the "Town of G(.idei•ieli, it being assumed as n.. con- necting link between the ,Provincial itrg lrwtry at -the Htu`oix road and rite n r }< l comity tic c ., t apl)r•laclthlrg �'.Qlbr>rne Lesson VI.—February 5, x928 JESUS MISUNDERSTOOD ` • AND OPPOSED Mark 3: 19E-35; Mark 3: x9B-27; 6: x-6 Golden Text - He came unto his own, and they thaei were his own re- ; ceived him not. But as many as re- ' ceived him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name. -John x:XX, >12. The Lesson Ia Its ' Setting Time -se -Calling of:, the '.Cwelve, inicl- simmer of A.D. i8, the s ooild year .of Christ's ministry. Second tour til Galilbe, auttunn of the sable year,' Sec- ond rejection of Nazareth, itinter''of the followingyear. 'Place--Capernatun. Nazareth. esus Mi a t Friends • \nd he cometh into a house," Our Nord lite made, choice of Ilis twelve disciples, and with iairt, had ion. tilt a letit; journey eboy.tt Galilee, •tl r I1rNitC 111 f, end healing and winning niers for His Kingdom. New they are back In. (,eipernatini, Christ's headquarters and the home town of Peter ctcr and his brother, Andre* dew WXGHAM AL1 VAlii'CE.TI14+l:F" probably also of Jaxnes and John. "And the multitude corneal together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread." We can hardly be mistaken in believing that this graphic touch :comes' from Nacre's in- formant, Peter. Christ ant2 His dis- ciples were doubtless weeny with their journey, and Peee.e0, another -in-law, grateful because,;llrist had healed her of the fevi:V., was, eager to place be font iltvm ti,* hest seals the.hOUSO could afford, but the crowd would not even give them leisure for eating. •"And when lois friends heard it, they went out to lay hold, on Him," The commentators connect this verse with verse ex, regarding ";His friends" as being His mother and His brothers, and this verse as describing their set- ting out from Nazareth to compel Him, if possible, to return home with them. "For they said, He is beside himself," Christ had given up His gainful occupation, and spent His en- tire time in wandering about Palestine helping people and teaching them great truths. 1"o a worldly -minded per. son such unselfishness always seems little short of insanity, while religious devotion always appears crazy to .those who have no real belief in the things of the spirit, A man may give himself passionately to money -mak- ing, and he will becaned hard - 1 a ed and practical; but let him fix his mind as ardently on the eternal interests' of. human souls and he will hardly es- cape being considered as a lunatic, . . "And' the scribes that carne down frorn Jerusalem said, He hath Beel- zebub." We have already learned about the party of scribes (lawyers) and Pharisees that had come down from. Jerusalem ("down" because ,Jer- usalem was on high ground and also. because it was the chief -city of Pal- estine) to watch the popular new re- ligious teacher and find ground for a serious charge against Him. Christ. had just healed one of the most des- perate cases ever brought to Him, a demoniac who was both blind and dumb. Our Lord caused him to speak and see, and the cure was so .amazing as to suggest the blasphemous charge that Jesus had this authority ,over demons because He was himself .under the control' of the demon Beelzebub. This Beelzebub (Beelzebul) was -a heathen deity whose name may mean "Lord of the house," that is, "chief of the household of demons." "And, By the prince of the demons He cast- eth out the demons." One mark of a man of an evil spirit is that he at- tributes an evil spirit to everyone else. If we note in ourselves a ten- dency to find fault with others, and suspect them of all kinds of wicked- ness, we should see in that tendency a proof of our own spiritual danger. "And he called thein unto Him, and said unto them in parables." 'The word 'parable' in the Old Testament represents a term which is used for proverbs, dark, enigmatical utterances In the New Testament it is applied to proverbial sayings; institutions, per- sons, or events of a typical or suggest- ive character, The Fourth Gospel has allegories, not parables proper.' "How can Satan cast out Satan?" How can one even think of Satan, after he has gained control of a roan, voluntarily relinquishing that control? Can we imagine Satan, the arch -enemy of man becoming his own enemy? Satan is the common Jewish name for "the prince of demons," the 'fallen angels who, after leaving heaven, became the ruler of hell, And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. So with Satan's kingdom: If Christ be- longed to that kingdom, in driving the demons from their 'victims He would be waging civil war and splitting Sa- tan's realm in twain, "And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand." The word 'house' has, of course, its rarer meaning which it has in John Yi :53 and x Cor; i6 : x5, "And if *Satan hath risen up against himself, and is divided, he 'cannot stand, but hath an end" Psycholo- gists recognize the phenomenon of double personality, a trail IX mental condition In which one semis to be two persons, having entirely differ- ent characteristics, different memor- ies, different abilities, r{•,cogliixisif ilii- fcrcnt mime:, and different :;ct; of friends. Who of us but percelvei, Wllf'n he would ilii ;good, 'that evil is present 1)'ith him, :t:; l'<it.11 sit} ', am! recoeniz- ,es this `v, r in his members'? N. life tinder eiic'li cir•curn Y(,tnces can be strong and effeetivt', leit is dislointed aimit:es, and waverint ('hrist s life 00 the contrary, wets :t ;lorir?tis rairity, firi'ai, will-directAid, c(1fo"intent, nrawaty- ening through all Itis days. "Bat no one r • e canciti r the house f , f the strong Azar, and 5ptiil lus eoods.'t Satan is the strong rr11n, not strong r s but himself, i tit rt+tht,n(:d (iosk c, ftil by Humanity's weak yielding to tempta- tions. His house is the et(eld, his goods are the souls of men, ill eir peace, Happiness, purity, and ;tower. l:3y c(inrluering temptations iv his irevn life, and by exorcising evil spirits from the lives of others, our Lord tc`rble spoil of 'Satan, .and left In only an empty house. "Except he first bind the strong meet,; and then he will spoil his house." The servile atti- tude of the demoxis whotti Christ ex- orcised shows how Christ 'bound Sa- tan. They begged to be bet alone, Jesus Misundet`stQod By His Family "Jesus misunderstood by His townsfolk, And He went out from thence. From Capernauin, where He had just raised front the dead the daughter of Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, "And He cometh into His 9wa1 94.Untri." the ngws 9f the stu- pendous miracle He had just worked caused Jesus to be pressed upon by greatthrongs, to escape' which He. retired to Nazareth, the village of His peaceful childhood, whose un- believing townsfolk had already driv- en Him out once, and forced Him to make Capernaum His - headquarters. But Christ would give them one more chance. "And Hisdisciples followed Hinz," When driven out, He was only a solitary young man, full of teachings that seemed revolutionary and unlaw- ful to His neighbors. Now he returns with' a great reputation and with a band of twelve attached followers, themselves also preachers and evan- gelists, a "And when the Sabbath was'eome, He began to teach in the synagogue." He went there for a vacation, but Christ's was no vacation religion; It was His custom to go to church every Sabbath, and, being there, the distinguished teacher would inevitably be asked by the rulers of the syna- gogue to speak to the people,.and Christ seized all such opportunities as He would have His followers seize thele. "And many hearing Him were. astonished!' They were amazed at His skill as an orator, His knowledge of the Scriptures, and the authority with which He spoke. "Saying, Whence hath this man these things?" Only three wordsin the Greek:' "Whence these to this?" "And, what is the wis- dom that is given unto this man ." "This man" is contemptuous, as in the preceding question: "this com- mon fellow" "this, day laborer." And what mean such mighty works wrou- ght by his hands? What do they sig- nify as to His real nature, His origin, His destiny? Christ wrought His mir- acles,. primarily' in order to excite just' such questions as these. "Is not this the carpenter?" 7.11 the beghnning God 1ta(1 set the stamp of His approval on human labor, and All along had clldsen ' as the cleinf. toners for the higher and spiritual welfare of Israel and the world hand icrafts or pastoral pursuits. "The son of Mary." Matt, 13:55 in sorts, "is not this the carpenter's sots?" Joseph was evidently lnucll older than Mary, and was dead 'NAl; be£ura; tltls �tiiiie. °And. brother o Jarrlet�, and Yeses, and Judas, ant limon?"' Si:>nte think that these were the ,sons of Joseph by a .previous marriage, and therefore only t11e half brothers of. Jesus. In that ease theywouldan be older than Jesus and would feel themselves qualified to take charge of Him.'Others, think that they ware the children 91 Joseph and Mary, born after Jesus,' and therefore younger than He. "And they were offended in Him." "Offended" is in Greet the word which hes given us our "scandalized," The people of Nazareth ought to have been a valiant bodyguard of thei,r own Prophet, to have copied the . early heroes of faith, They were atten- dants at the'most highly faypf6d, syn- agoguc Of the h fih L d h sojourned here for a generation,, whilst He.paid brief visite only t other places. If. like Simeon and An- na they had been waiting' for Israel's redemption, they would have recog- nized in Him one sent by the Father and have confessed . His authority. "And'Jesus said unto them, A pro- phet is not without honor, save in his own country," Christ had uttered the same saying before in the same ' synagogue (Luke 4: 24), and John 4: 44 indicates , that the saying was often on His tongue. "And among.His own kin, and , in His own house." These words show where thea sting of the experience was -Christ's re- jection by those nearest and dearest, those who He had ,every right to ex- pect would be His most ardent sup- porters. Over and ever in the history ' of the world the wisest and noblest of men and women have been despised by those closest to; them, just because familiarity is allowed to breed ' con- tempt. Those who' 'come from a dis- 'rn1 ±"Ylll" I I RC1 tepee, wearing the jit or'St and mystery, are allowed to do wi us what they Will, r�;,1t11c We are blia' to the greatness in onr Uwe tdwp`�'p perhaps in'our oW11 ilaz:r'i(;, "And He could there ' do no luil;ht worts, save that .1 -le laid His hands. upon a few sick folk, an%1 `healed them," The las.alntg;even of a few - by the laying en of haiitin weield have been 1c.1-;at(1.('(1 with antazetnent at the (be/lnnlltg of Cltaist's ministry, but a 1 Tie had fed five thousand with a lad's f I1unacalea.e ltad quieted rt st9rix1 at a. t1Iword, He had driven out demons, and iHe had 4i ,n raised tht ciead1 so 1Ji it; �lllese cases of lieaikg did not amaze the people as once would have been the case. We see lipon what His mir- acles rested He was always willing and glad to bless, bin His gifts must wait for stretehcd-out hands. "And He marvelled because of their. unbelief." As we see this surprise reflected in the face of Jesus, may we not infer that He came down to His work amongst men' from a holy world where faith was the all-pervad- ing law! Sometimes faith looks won- derful—we are surprised that nen do not behove; and sometimes unbelief' hooks wonderful—we are surprised that men d9 not believe, 1 4 i "And He went round about rice d lages teaching." This Was. Christ's third preaching tour of Gahle.e;; it is probably summarized in Matt. 9: 35- MORRIS Mr.and Mrs, Wm. Wellington spent Sunday at Mr, Victor Haines Mr. C. Hetherington 'and son spent Sunday at R. Hetherington's. Mr. J. C Casemore is visiting with friends in Detroit and Flint, Mich. Master . Ward and Donald Cameron of Turnberry are visiting their grand- mother, Mrs. E. Gray. Mr, Percy Gibson of. Weingham spent a few days with his sister, Mrs. Milo Casemore" The Misses Mary and Hazel Orvis visited last week with their grand- mother, Mrs, Duncan Campbell, Mr. Frank 'Cole of Gorrie spent? Monday at Mr.George Dey's. Fifty-seventh Annual Statement The Fifty-seventh Annual General Meeting of The Dominion Bank was held at the Head Office in Toronto, on Wednesday, January 25th, 1928, at which the following statement of the affairs of the Bank as on December 33st,1927, was submitted:— GENERAL STATEMENT ••LIABILITIES Capital Stock paid in . , .. ; .. ... $ 6,000,000 00 Reserve Fund8,000,000 00 Balance of Profit and Loss: Account carried forward........ 120,524 45 Dividend No. 181, payable 3rd January, 1928 , 180,000 00 Bonus, one per cent., payable 3rd January, 1928 60,000 00 Former Dividends unclaimed ' 2,106 00 8,362,630 45 Total Liabilities to the Shareholders $14,362,630 45 Notes of the Bank in Circulation $ 7844,817 00 Deposits not bearing interest $21,857,656 95 Deposits bearing interest, including interest accrued to date 86,899;262 98 108,756,919 93 Balances due to other Banks in Canada 2,199,987 74 Balances due to. Banks and Banking Correspondents else- where than in Canada 2,924,818 09 Bilis Payable...... , 17,568, 00 Liabilities not included in the foregoing 635,915 02 122,380,025 78 Letters of Credit Outstanding 4;740,097 49 ASSETS $141,482,753 72 Gold and Silver Coin, current. $ 2,167;598 62 Dominion Government Notes 9,655,061 81 Deposit in the Central Gold Reserves 1,900,000 00 Notes of other Banks 1,251,590 00 United States and other Foreign Currencies 151,313 11 Cheques on other Banks 8,016,539 01 Balances due by other Banks in Canada 196 00 Balances due by Banks and Banking Correspondents else- where than in Canada . 3,478,017 66 26,652,084 21 Dominion and Provincial Government Securities, not ex- $ ceecling market value 14,970,048- 05 Canadian Municipal Securities, and British, Foreign and • Colonial Pablrc Securities other than Canadian, not exceeding market value 4,313,374 26 Rail, cit` and other Bonds, Debentures and Stocks, not ex- ceeding market value 2,266,311 14 Call and short (not exceeding thirty (lays) Loans in Canada 'on -Steaks, Debentures and Bonds and other Securities of a u1iicient marketable value to cover 154 8,105 35 Call and Short (not' e cteding cltirev days; Loans elsewhere than in Canada no Stoe'C,, 'Debentures s and Bonds end other Securities of a sutlicit:}nt marketable value to cover Other C"urrent Loans and l)iseot;nts, }n + an;0l,1 (1. -ss rebate of interest) • aft or nritkbp! fall nioti: ' ,r, aur all bad and. • ehoubtf:ai . lrt., . .. .$, 59,295,617 13 oiler (.txtrettf 1.4,v t bailie Canada 5,S'fl,430 85 $ 69,776,353 L86. 11 i;,1 )':,Pi,. ,r:tl; > ,brill r)rO3'itii0li tor n fi,y nil I} ., ':cr (i (inelefi 'I: •its 1,42‘S,765 S,P4i �si'S5 11OK , 7 ,,n,•t .r:... t;'E. t L,.r-.,'e:.t, ltr(^. los.; r;rcrC..(vl for • .Pti1,;}h,^t� 7, C.11:'5.tll it'„ - .y, n.. -; b, F.;.l,r. aut;,ttritaczta otT k,.t.>l f ,'tt3 ;t 0 ,D •IW(ir(l t.,. t.. t, ur her r t ee ria `7 t tniatzw . a, l;, €5 60 :tieI'ep rf t?. alto 1 ,i tee'. 1 t :,f5f4i ,r .Y'il1 (10 •1 d`i':L •.ii, 1•;t.i. i1µ .rJniwte.r i?i1'„t.11l:'l' 1( T?of J Iti,,}i c`.. the (:t11P.'' 10 V�i1L'ii sa 1(0i'Y:ite:IA in tie.f 1t ,�• •.... 1le,.aofsemen; hltcrtal .dtt; ( . w.! 10V. 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