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the reception of God's thoughts by •son of Jesus" or Joshua.
abstention from food. Fasting means "Who Was with the proconsul, Ser -
Every Thursday Morning leisure for serious thought, and a
A. G. Smith, Editor and Proprietor clear brain for spiritual insight. "The
Subscription rates --One year $2.00, Holy Spirit said, Separate me Bar -
Advertising rates on application. luaato I have called them." Note that
Advertisements without specific di- j Barnabas is named first; as repre-
rectiQns will be inserted until forbid i sentative of the Jerusalem church he
and charged accordingly,
*ix months $i.00,:• in advance.
inabas and Saul for work where -
was
wasmore important than Saul at this
time. He was of more imposing pre -
Changes for contract advertisements 1seiree than. Saul, and it was not till army. Cyprus was formerly an am
Ice in the office by noon, Monday. experience in the field brought out his ' peratorial province, but at the time
imperial powers that the vast superi-' quick wits naturally adapted them..
etas Paulus. There were two kinds
of Raman provinces, the imperatorial,
ruled by the Emperor, Who governed
each Province bya propraetor; and
the senatorial, ruled by the Roman
Senate, who -governed through procon-
suls. The . former needed military
control, and the possession of them
gave the Emperor authority over the
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
LESSON s. --July 5
ority of Saul was made apparet. of Saul's visit it was senatoriaan
`Then had fasted and was ruled by a proconsul, as Luke'
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prayed."� when they The church had been fast- , states with his unvarying accuracy,
ing and praying when the impulse toI"A man of understanding." He show -
this dedication of their beloved lead- ed his desire to learn by summoning
ers came to them from the Holy Spir-;the' two men of evidently great abili-
it. "And laid their hands on them." I ty who had come to his island. "The
This was in token that they were !saltie called unto him Barnabas and
sending Barnabas and Saul forth as , Saul." " Doubtless he thought he was
the representatives of the church, and honoring them by the invitation, and
'also' as a symbol of their prayer that had no idea that their visit would give
the Holy Spirit who had appointed him his only claim upon the attention
them would rest upon them in all ' of posterity! "And sought to hear
their work. "They sent them away.",the word of God."
"So they, being sent forth by the • "But Elymas the sorcerer -(for so
Holy Spirit." In the very last 'sen- :is his name by interpretation). Ely -
k that the church sent mss is the Arabic title which the man
tense Luke says a
transaction was the teaching that the
Lord of 'heaven and earth had so lov-
ed mankind as to give His Son to die
for them.
SCHOOL REPORT
The following is the result of the
promotion examinations of Belgrave
Public School.
Total 80o, honours 600, pass 48o,
Sr, III to Jr. IV=Lloyd Montgom-
ery 668, Evelyn Corbett 556; Alberta
McMurray 497.
Jr. III to Sr, III—Velma Wheeler
544, Jerrie Budges 374,
Total 685, Honours 514; pass 411.
Sr. II to Jr. III_Margaret McCrea
473.
Sr. I to Jr. II -Wesley Cook, Reg-
inald Rintoul. Ross
Jr. I to Sr. I—George. Gregg,
Anderson.
Jr. Pr. to Sr. Pr.—Doris Corbett.
Jr. Pr.—Graham Anderson, Camer-
on Rintoul, Freda Jordan.
B. S. Wade, teacher.
Brush the mud off your car mark
ers. Traffic officers, especially in the
cities and on crowded highways, are
checking closely on misplaced mark-
ers, with •a result that scarcely a day
passes without a number of motorists
being brought into police court and
fined $5 for having their markers ob-
structed.
diem away, an now a
d that the Holy assumed in his boastfulness; it means
Spirit sent them forth. Really both ."The Wise." "Withstood them,
for in this act the church seeking to turn aside the proconsul
of M Spiritat one f om the faith. Not that Sergius
what he doe and Elymas was shrew=d enough
to them, the o into all the world, and so "Went down to Seleucia." Se- lwaY; Y
prewholeIto � that Christianity and his sor-
tion.—Mark
Y
Time—Paul's first missionary jour-,"And
They were doubtless
e
Foreignfissions. As a r
are true,
Th /Beginning
and' the were -
—Acts rz:a5—i3:za Christian is obedient to the Spirit, f Paulus had become a Christian, but
GOLDEN TEXT—And hesaidun- s is the Spirit's doing al- l he may have shown a leaning that
Go ye ash gospel to the cies- �leucia was the seaport of Antioch, sf- see
16:x5. Ituated at the mouth of the Orontes. series *ould not" mix; he knew that
The Lesson in its Setting the sailed to Syp the missionaries' success meant the
ney began A, D. 47.
"And from thence
directed end of his influence over the procon-
iin their course by the Holy Spirit, sul. A onvert
Place.—Antioch and Cyprus, he !who sent them to Cyprus as the easi-j „But Saul, who Cis called Paul."
pedally the cities of Salamis' on the' est and most natural place for their
The Firstbeginning. Here we see Saul for the first time
east coast and Paphos on the West.
Missionaries Mee�.g Opposition stepping ahead of Barnabas, and the
"Now there were at Antioch." This „ occasion is'signalized . by the •--first
i e
important city, the capital. of .Syria, "And. when they were at Salamis:
mention of thename under which lie
k thelace of Jerusalem as; the Salamis Rasa
takes p town on the eastern
became known to all the churches
centre from which the remainder of end of Cyprus, port ort nearesto d and glorious in Christian history.
the book of Acts radiates. That is Antioch. "They proclaimed thew Following the Jewish custom of adopt-
1 for the great theme of the of God," The word of God was theing a Gentile name when they travell
talars Our ed in Gentile countries, Saul seems to
have added Paul to his Jewish name
-when he set out on his travels through
Gentile lands.' Some have held that
he chose the name from Sergius Pau-
lus, his first prominent- convert; but
Paul was too jealous for Christ's hon-
or thus to honor, a'man. "Filled with
the Holy Spirit." It was the Spirit's
last portion of the book is the ex- story of His Son, Jesus Christ.
tension of Christianity to the Gen- Lord, indeed, was the Word, as John
tiles, and that work began in Anti- ,calls Hien in the prologue of his Gos-
och and found there it most effeci- Ipel. Christ was the Father's
andarn-
lost
eat and enthusiastic support, "In the ate Message to His sinful
church that was there." It was a children. "In the synagogue of the
large body of Christians, formed by Jews." There were so many J vas
two of the most powerful evangel- in Salamis that one synagogue ti
ists and offecient organizers - the not enough, but they had several. As
world has ever known. The church Saul began his life -work, so he con prompting that' gave Paul courage and
ws.
united, was zealous timed it, going first in each corrlmuni- confidence to announce the punish-
missionary
unish
forthoroughlythem
Christianity, and waste an ideal ty to the Jews, finding among - meat that was to.fall upon the sor-
viissionary centre. "Prophets and some of his readiest and ablest help serer; in his own strength he would
" prophecy of Joel 2'; ers, making the synagogues the head- not have dared. "Fastened his eyes
leachers, The p P Y
2quoted byPeter at Pentecost, quarters of his work, and remaining on him" With the intense gaze which
foret, by hostile .
foretold the time when the spirit there until driven away seems to have been characteristic of
of prophecy should be common Jews. "And they had also :John as haul.
among the children of God. As this their attendant." The John Mark al- 1 ,,Arid said, 0 full of all guile and
fro r0P
hehad been fulfilled at Jeru- ready mentioned as going from Jeru all villainy, thou son of the devil,
salern, so now at Antioch. "Barnabas" Salem to Antioch with Barnabas his.thou enemy of all righteousness °' The
He was the brother of Mary ofJeru- uncle,
BUYING AT HOME
I bought some rags of the Tailor
Skaggs, and paid him when I got 'ern.
He wept with glee, "For now," said
he, "I'll pay bills, dod rot 'em." So
on the run he took the mon, and paid
the corner grocer, whose trade was
bad, and who was sad because the
wolf drew closer, This made• him
smile, and for a while this man of ""
teas and sages thought cheerful things i Lila and Reba Cathers spent a few
forgot the kinks, and paid' his clerks days with their grandparents, Mr. and
their wages. And Biiliam Burk, the Mrs. Robert Earls, south of Gorrie.
old head clerk, put up some thankful Mr. and Mrs. Thos. McMichael and.
phrases; his wife was ill—the drug- Miss Eve, and Mr. and Mrs. D. L.
gist's bill had worried him like blazes. Weir motored last Sunday evening to
The druggist cried, "Doggone your Mr. Thos. Montgomery near Belgrave,
hide, I thank you for these roubles; who is very low.
I'm in the hole and need a roll to ease! A large number from here attended
my, weight of troubles." The druggist the orange sermon in Wroxeter An-
as- glican church last Sunday evening and
Paid that winsome 'maid, his first
sistant Annie, and just •for luck' she listened to a most excellent discourse
blew a buck for roller skates for along `the line of -Orange principles,
granny. And thus my skads brought given by, the Rev. Mr. Snell of Wing- C. N. R. Daily Schedule
cog sermon Leave Wingham at 6.40 'a, m. and
help to lads and girls 'beyond the ham. Anyone who missed this
counting. much trouble ceased, and missed a rare treat, and I am sure the arriving in Toronto at 1?.10 a. m.
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salem and so the uncle of John i "And when they had gone through i the father of 'liars. Wilt thou not
Mark. His gift of a field had been the whole island."Salamis is merely cease to pervert the right ways of the
the cospicuous feature of the gen- named as a sample of their work; Lord?" Probably the lies of Elymas
erosity of the early Christians who they did a like work in the other Iliad been slanders of Paul and Barna-
"had all things in common." "And towns of Cyprus, making an e•dended'bas.
Symeon that was called Niger." Sy- journey.• and evangelizing the island
meon was a Jewish name, borne by 'thoroughly." Unto Paphos." The cap'- "And now, behold, the hand of the
Lord is upon thee."The sorcerer's
Simon Peter. "And Lucius of Cy-!tal of the island, situated on its .wes-
rene," Perhaps he was the Lucius, a tern coast. Here lived the Romanhand had been raised against the Al
mighty, and now the dread hand of
"kinsman"" of Paul's who jointed Paul :governor of Cyprus. "They found a "the Lord was to fall heavily upon the
in salutations to the Roman Christ -certain sorcerer." He pretended to `sorcerer, Whoever opposes God must
ians. "Lucius' is Latin and "of Cy- possess magical powers, could use expect the irresistible opposition of
rene'" indicates that he came from that charms to control the, forces of na- I God :'Arid thou shalt be blind, not
city in North Africa where were ture, could furnish love philters, cause seeing the ,sun." Paul knew what
many Jews, some of them being commercial ventures to bring a profit, blindness meant, and his stern voice
:among the converts at Pentecost; and in many othei• ways fool the p
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to
• eo must have faltered when he pro -
Salton of Cyrene helped the Saviour ole with his alleged supernatural abih.
'bear His cross. "And Manaen the ties. "A false prophet." . A man who
nounced the magician's sentence. For
a similar offence, lying and hypocrisy,
joy increased, and kept -on mounting, Wrotieter
mounting. You see, my friend, if you hear him
should spend your coin with local dea- ; The inn
lers, you're spreading glee and ecstasy
to beat the sunshine spielers.
brethren will, be glad to
at any other time.
ual Garden Party and the
Peter
Herod the tetrarch". rarch" made lying pretence of unfolding, had condemned Ananias and
-3—aster-brother of H g the h
The full form of his name is Men- future, a fortune-teller, a self-styled
Sapphfra to .death; but their sin had
ahem, and it is a Jewish name. And seer. Many orthese ply their trade in been against far greater light than
Saul. Modestly placed last, as :Saul our modern cities, and even old bust- Elymas had enjoyed, and involved
himself was probably dictating the ness men are sometimes silly enough the success of the infant church. "For
list to Luke. to consult them. "A Jew." In spite , a season." In thus lightening the
"And. as they manstered to the 'of the laws against the use of sorcery sentence at the bidding of the Spirit,
Lord:" The Christians were engaged ;contained in the Old Testarnent, many Paul must have rememberedhis own
in some earnest service of worship Jews of this time practised the gainfu
minds and
darkness, Elymas •anu1t have had •rn
i
when the Holy Spirit put this great trade, for which their keen n
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Leave Wingham at 2.54 P. ,
riving in Toronto at 7.30 p. m.
Leave Toronto at;�6.45 a, . m„ arriv
strawberry festival held last Friday ing in Wingliam at 11.55 a. M.
'evening on the spacious lawn of Mr. Leave Toronto at 5.02 p. m., arriv-
`and Mrs. JoJhn Fitch, was largely at- ing in Wingham at 9.37 p. m.
SALEM tended. Although the. weather was To London leave at 6,55 a. m,, rea-
Mr, Edwin Palmer, Mr. Jacob Wil threatening in the fore part of the ch London at 9.55 a. m.
lits and daughter Viola, motored to day, the sun began to shine about 4
London and spent a few days with o'clock and an immense crowd gain -
friends there last week. ere d to share ' in the feast' prepared Leave London at 9 a. m., arriving
Mr. and Mrs. John Weir and little for thein, and although somewhat cool at Wingham 12.12 noon. '''.
son, Murray, of Toronto, spent a few .everybody seemed to enjoy themsel- Leave London at'4.45 g. m., arriv-
days ti>ith Mrs, Wm. Weir and other ves The proceeds at the gate were ing at Wingham 7.55 p. m.
friends around here.
-experience: of blindness, and his re -
covert' of sight after three days of
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ch London at 6.20' p. m.
a®in1En®§(11®.11111®1 him the possibility of repentance and
01- of a better life.. "And immediately
there fell on hhn a mist and a dark-
ness."
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carefully after such paints as these.
It was the reverse of the gradual:.re-
covery of the blind titan whom Christ
healed who at first-. saw "men as
trees walking" and then gradually his
vision cleared up. '"And he went
about seeking some to rad him by
1 the hand," He who had been leading
■ others astray now pitifully seeks him -
what was done, believed." He be-
lieved that what Paul and 13arnabas
had been teaching about Christ was
rue, namely, that He was the .Son
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''"ct a the lord." Strictly speaking, he was
firmed the ,teaching; and yet actually
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BLONDIE AND -BRUNETTE COME TO TOWN
Often they allowed aft. Ingot' is Bionic finishing supper. Taking a swim in the icy' cold water.
Cjne day in early summer, a party of guides were
camping hear Emerald' Lake in the Canadian
Pacific Rockies. Now it happened that the campers
had with thein a very young and very unwise dog,
who. rashly .got frisky with a Lady Black Bear and
chased her up one of the big 1aok-.pines standingon
the border of the lovely lake. The only thing that
saved the young canine was the fact that the lady
was a Black Bear, not a Grizzly. tut wheat the bear
stayed on het lofty pereh, the campers discovered that
she had left behind her a young family, cuddly little
things not much larger than puppies and just as play-
ful. Two of theta they tools along, leaving one for
the unnatural mother.
One was a light -brown. fluffy thing, so het new
friends christened her-londie, the other being of the
dark brown variety, naturally was called Brunette.
They were about two Months old when Mary Graham
Bonner met thorn and, so charmed was she with the
two baby cubs that she tells the story in St, Nicholas'
seine. r lrf you went away and calve back in a
atwee�k, you` d hardly know' them, they grow so fast!
There never were brighter little bears, no, nor smarter
ones. They will keep you entertained always! " And
it was all pretty true. But winter was naming and
as they had been brought up by humans, the guides
feared that their native inatanet would tat assert atP
self and decided to build a winter bed far them. But
even though they had spent the summer with humans,
they were going to sleep through the Winter in their
own laree and penates-•-the guides' den was not dark
enough. So the stupid humans learned that all the
shades should be pulled tlowit in the little house and.
all the ctattairis drawn, and in cra'xled the two little
bears, and when only a day or two later, when omit
of the guides went to look, they still had their little
green -brown eyes party* open but were tee sleepy to
even be interested in their favorite meal of rakes and
syrup. And soon they Vere oft to tits Land of Nod
to dteatn sweet dreams until; snows ,grew soft and they
eould venture out if the su t were bright enough to
east their shadow. And when that time. finally cane
the first words they beard wore tate old fani4.1U onteli
"How they have grown l "
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