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The Wingham Advance Times, 1925-09-10, Page 21E ' INGRAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at WI/kW-1AM, ONTARIO Every Thursday Morning G. Smith, Editor and Proprietor WING= A.M AD1iANCZ-TIMES summoned to Europe to help "a man'tes to the Christian, faith. These may { . of Macedonia," he did not change his not have left the synagogue, any practice of speaking first to his own more than Paul had left it; but the countrymen. Like his Master, Paul Jews knew well that the new religion was a regttlar church -goer, and found meant in time the withdrawal of in the synagogue, we may be sure, Christians from Judaism and the sett- ing up of Christian institutions, Took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble. The word translated "of the rabble" is literally "market men," !nen that hung around the market -place hooking for a job and ready for any- thing that promised excitement. And gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar. The Jews evidently had great influence, and might easily have arous- ed a mighty enthusism for their Mes- siah. And assaulting the house of Ja- son. This Jason seems to have been the host of Paul and Silas, but we know nothing of him except what is told us here. They sought to bring him forth to the people. Cowards themselves, they wished to take refuge in the mob. Iniquity which would be impossible to one man or a few men becomes easy for a crowd. And when they found them not. They identified Jason with the Christ- ian cause, since he had sheltered the Christian missionaries, and, not be- ing able to find the apostles, who were probably at work elsewhere, they were ready to wreck their wrath on any of their followers, What an hon- or was conferred upon Jason to be permitted thus to substitute for Paul before his enemies! They dragged Ja- son and certain brethren before the rulers of the city. These Christians. happened to be in Jason's house when the assault was made. Crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also, The char- ge was true; for there is nothing that so interferes with sin, there is noth- ing so ruinous to every form of es- tablished iniquity, there is nothing that has such tendency to turn the world upside down, as our glorious Christianity. The fact is, that Whom Jason hath received. Not as a mere lodging -house keeper but as a friend, a sympathizer, a convert; and in receiving Paul he received Paul's;_ Lord. And these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar. This charge conies with a very distinct of insin- cerity from Jews, who were, so 'say the least, not remarkable for loyalty or peaceful obedience. Saying that. there is another King, one Jesus. We are not definitely told that Paul, prea ching in Thessalonica of the atoning sufferings of Christ, had also spoken of His final triumph and of the king- dom of heaven which He would set up. And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. The rulers and people were alarmed at the possibil- Subscription rates --One year $24% this chief delight and strength. There *ix months $s.00, in advance. Advertising rates on application. Advertisements without specific di- rections will be inserted until forbid tsnd charged accordingly. the scriptures. The Sabbath day was of course the day for the great service Ohanges for contract advertisements but services were held during the 'lie in the office by noon, Monday. week, and it seems to have been St. Paul's custom to reason daily. Opening and alleging that it be- hooved the Christ to 'suffer. He op- ened to their understanding the ap- propriate passages of Scripture, and set forth their meaning. This doct- rine, that the Messiah - must be "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief," though plainly to be read in !the Old Testament after Christ's life and death, was denied by the Jews of 'Christ's day, who expected a Messiah who would free their land from the hated Romans, and then would reign over the nations as a mighty con - leis no better habit than that of church- going if one would lead a happy and successful life. And for three Sab- bath days reasoned with them from !WO 444444,411.14111111141AI,,I11/120/411.114,11.41411111141144114444141 1925 SEPTEMBER 1925 N�ajjT11',�'T !FI'1Sa 1i 1 211-5]. - ria 1911101112 l 14;511117118 (1.91 2 Ir2122':2 m25;J 2'n281293011 iS;il 5 3.4011111$1010111.3111. $$$$$$ On $$$$$$ t1110% 1.111111111111;1 It„1u1U V$$IL 1queror. And to rise again from the dead. The Old Testament passages, 1HE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Lesson XI --September z3 Paul in Thessalonica and Beroea. Acts 17:1-12. • Golden Text—Prove all things; hold 'fast 'that which is good: --I Thess. 5: 21. The Lesson in its Setting. A D'5 such as Ps. t6ao, which foretold Christ's resurrection, were not under- stood even by Christ's disciples, still less by the Jews in. general. These two facts, of Christ's atoning death and His triumphant resurrection, were the centre and substance of Christ- tian preaching in Paul's day, and will Time=- o.remain so till the end of the world. e— essaonaca Plac Th 1 and Beroea !And that this Jesus, whom said he, Paul in Thessalonica I proclaim unto you, is the Christ. Two weeks ago we left Paul, Silas, He proclaimed Jesus Christ as if he Timothy and Luke at Philippi, but `were n king's herald, as indeed he on the point of leaving that city be- -was. The proclamation was in two cause of the hostility their preaching words only, "Jesus Christ.” had aroused, and especially the heal- ij And some of them were persuaded ing of the demon -driven slave girl fol- We can judge from Paul's wrw powgs, lowed by the imprisonment of Paul !l such as i Cor. 15: 3-9, and Silas from which they were so !fully he brought forward the many wonderfully delivered. They had not ;witnesses to Christ's resttrrection, been long in Philippi, but long enough ;closing the list with his own wonder= to plant a church which was ,to en- Ifni experience. He had himself talk- dure, and to become one of the most led with many of these witnesses, and thoroughly Christian churches in the the could tell his hearers where they world. God is not long in accomp- lived they ycocouldget get thhey eir esti moony listing great results when He has wil- 1for themselves d ling souls to work with.'consorted with Paul and Silas. The. passed through !word "consort" by derivation means Now when the Y had "to cast in one's lot with" some one �1:A1phipolis; ydevx Southwest about else, and that is just what these Thes- name' miles to Amphipolis, a t these thirty-threen erts did. And !onion converts de- -which means "About the Chty' vout Greeks' a great multitude. The And Apollon a.—This city was in the .vout a Greeks" were what were call- same direction, about.thirty miiesed "proselytes of the gate," ',those from Arnphilpalis. There seems to 1 p have been no synagogue in either city born idolaters who had become sym- to serve as a starting -point for the pathetic with Jewish principles and at- missionaries'so that they mere -tended the syngogue, but had not by ly' rested th' work,!circumcision become Jews. And of $y rested there and passed on: Toll- the chief women not a few. These to Thessalonica.—From Apotl- probably Greek came leading women were pr onia to Thessalonica was a further also, and we .have here an- ity of an insurrection against Rome. journey of about thirty-seven miles. !ProselytesAnd when they had taken security city was the capital of other hint, to add to the story of Ly from Jason and the rest, they let them This important dia, showing the 'influence of women Macedonia, and had so much shippingrpOgo. These : Thessalonian magistrates as been called the Liverpool in the free atmosphere of Greece, and more just than - Pilate, and saw that is h f i filch they gave to i of northern Greece. Where was a sw- Christianity. ` nogogue of the Jews. There are now -many Jews in Saloniki, but there must moved with have been comparatively few in Paul's But the Jews, beig r theywould have had more than jealousy. They would not care about day or one synagogue. Paul's success with the heathen,- but And Paul, as his custom was, went they were touched to the quick by the in unto them. Though he had been accession of Jews and Jewish prosely- the powerful aidw the falseness of the charges against the spreadofthe. Christians. Driven From Thessalonica Paul' In Bercea And the brethren. The common- est name for the Christians at this. time. Immediately sent away Paul and .Silas by night. Timothy seems to have been left in Thessalonica to continue the work there, as Luke had been left in Philippi. Paul and Silas -were bold as lions when boldness would do any good; but in this case it would have been suicidal foolhardi- ness. Thus at the outset of his minis- try Paul escaped by night over the wall of Damascus. Unto Beroea. Beroea (now slightly changed to Verria) was another city of Macedon ia, about forty-seven miles south-west of Thessalonica. Who when they were, come thither went into the sy- nagogue of the Jews. Here also, as in 'Thressalonica, there seem to have been only enough Jews to form one synagogue, Paul, in spite of the bit- ter Jewish opposite which had dri- ven him from Thessalonica, followed his custom" and began in Beroea with the synagogue audience. Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica. The nobility of mind here praised does not con - UNIVERSITY E WESTERN ONTARIO IN this complex age the ambitious youth Ji deems auniversity education essential to his careen opportunity and It opens the door to helps a manic) make the most of himself. Leaders are needed everywhere;.in the professions, in commeroe and in- dtistry, in agriculture, in politics, in community and social life. The cost of a university sours e is small considering the benefits received. The most profitable :invest- mmen tppassiblefor a young man is topathis moneyinto an education. HHave you considered these facts? item 1 ai For information write to:— Dr.S.P.R.NEvraz, Registrar London, Canada 0 0 o T 1111 SEX;7�X�y,g1Y�XXIBa*ltIIID E HYDRO DRO SHOP o r s Kil1l 1. A I EC RI ITY 1 1 See Our New MClary Electric Ranges — Watch for Announcement of Our Elechic Cooking Demonstration Wingham �►`1: Crawford Mock. NIMiI1NAl1;ii • Phone 15 41, ■ IN • 1 •1 Thursday, September zoth 1925 rang is Prospectors" Base (Upper) A bird's-eye vyew of Wrangell, which was the base for the gold rash in '98, and from which prospectors thi' ar rear e setting out on further explorations. (Lower) Another view of Wrangell, on the south-east coast of Alaska. (Insert) A Canadian Pacifie Coastal steamer which is .on the Pacific coast route. The town of Wrangell, superbly situated o__ coast of South -Eastern" Alaska, is the centre of unusual interest this season, as the base from which prospectors are going in large numbers up the Stikine River into the Cassias and Dease Lake Districts of Northern British Columbia. While the Gold Rush seems not so universal as was at first predicted— during the Winter months a stampede only compar- able to the rush of '98 into the Yukon was very gen- erally foretold—it is in all likelihood a more healthy influx of practical mining men from, whose explora- tions in these richly mineralized districts much good may be axpected.' It was the GoId Rush of '98 that made of Wrangell the town that it is to -day, though it is one of the oldest settlements in Alaska. Its foundation dates back to 1830 when Baron Wrangell was Governor of Alaska, and a trading post was - established there. This was later leased by the Hudson's Bay Co. It was thought that Wrangell via the Stikine River would, be the most direct route into the Yukon, but the building of the White Pass and Yukon R.R. destroyed such hopes. The industries of Wrangell are fishing and lum- bering. Six canneries look to Wrangell as the source of their supplies, and the saw -mill furnishes a large part of. the salmon boxes used in S.E. Alaska. • The journey up the Stikine River to the old Hud- son's Bay town of Glenora, and to Telegraph Creek is one fraught with beauty. Awe inspiring mountains of great height, swiftly flowing waters, mammoth glaciers, and deeply rugged canyons being encoun- tered in making the ascent of the river, in;a small gas boat. , About nine miles from the town of Wrangell and at the mouth of the Stikine River, is Farm Island where the Wrangell Indians lived perhaps five hundred years, ago, and on this Island is the aviation field where the New. York to Nome aeroplanes made the first landing in Alaska. This exploit was as • dangerous as the first trips across. the, Atlantic for their flight bore them, over deep canyons,, dense forests, rugged mountain peaks and glaciers, in a country uninhabited by white or Indian. - Twenty miles up the river, having passed the fam- ous Popoff Glacier and -Shakes' Mineral Springs --a stream of water gushing from a granite mountain; and of such great heat as easily to boil an egg—the boundary between the United States and Canada is reached, and the first branch of the Stikine River; leads off to the right. This is the Iskoot and it waters a region famous for its scenery,big game, and min- eral prospects. The whole journey occupies four days.' The way into the Gassier and Dease Lake countries is made by pack train from Telegraph Creek and for the benefit of prospectors going in during this season' copies of the Report of Dr. 0. -M. Dawson can . be obtained by applying to the Director of the Geological. Survey, Ottawa, or 510 Pacific Building, Vancouver, BAAlthough this report was written nearly forty years ago, it contains' much valuable information re -1 garding . the country, and the placers worked in the earlyy days, thereby -bearing out the high standard of all the reports .made by this remarkably accurate ands able geologist, Dr.- 0. M. Dawson. resurrection of Jesus. - Many of them therefore believed. Thep believed because they found that Jesus, in the great outlines of His life, had been foretold by the Old Testament. With. this as a foundat- ion, their belief - would be intensified by what Paul and Silas could tell them about Christ's wonderful teach- ings and rnarvellous deeds. There is a "Therefore" back of all genuine be- lief; Also of the Greek women of honorable estate. Here, as in Antioch of Pisidia, women of wealth and in- fluence appear, and. take high rank in the infant church. Thus also in Philippi and Thessalonica. All the glorious opportunity of women, through the ages Christianity has been the glorious opportunity of women. And. o men, not f of a few. : These as well repairs was - given', to Wm. Connelly for the sum of $134.00, also the con- tract of repairing the Grant Drain for the sum of $158.00. The township rate for the present rate was fixed at 4 mills on the dollar. It was decided to repair a part of the Mundy -Lamb Drain and the part of the Mills Drain. ; The following accounts were .paid: Win. Brydan, acct. $22.25; Jas, Pea= cock, tile $1.5o; Equalizing sections 4, 8, $S,00; Thos. Bone, Seller's Dr. $52; Dan McKinnon, sheep killed $12:00; P. McNabb, A. MacEwen, R. A. Shor- treed, B. 0. H., each $3.00; P' . B. Al coa%c, extra on Kelly Dr. $36o,00, Henderson, work 4th line $75.00; Win, Sellers, drawing tile Seller's Dr $2.00; Wm. Cunningham, Bird Dr. $3o.001 Bert Young, Cole Dr., $17o.00; Thos. as the wotnen mentioned, were Greeks Bryans, Peacock Dr., $29.5o; Peter They are not named among the Bi- Barr, sheep killed $IO.00 H. Kirkby, ble students because they were not Snaith Dr., $300.00; Win. Tltuell, catch familiar with the Hebrew Old Testa- basin M. C. Dr. $6.o3; Chas, White, merit, and such studies as the Jews making tile $22.15; R. Gulley, patrol - were pursuing would mean: little to them. They approached the cross from a different direction, but -they also fell down before it and adored the Crucified One.- sist in the choice of the subject ex- amined—(although that subject is the Scriptures)—but in the openmind- edness ' and in -the earnest toilsomeness of the examining. In that they re- ceived the word with all readiness of M mind. Note that the early converts i to Christianity were anything but the al 11 1 credulous and easily deceived persons that infidels pieture, but were so in- sistent upon proof, so hard-headed and unwilling to believe, that special recognition is given in the account to $ a community that was actually ready to examine into the matter at all and r give the Christian evangelists a fair daily. Occasional reading and study 1 hearing. Exainining atninin the scriptures IN of the Bible, however extended, will not take the place„ of regular, daily' reading and meditation, thottgli only a short time each day may be avail., ble. Whether these things were so. "These things" were the Old Testa- ment prophecies of Christ, which they set over against the life, death and Miss Keninack who has been spend- ing pending a few weeks with Mrs. Vancamp has returned to her home in Ottawa. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Yule are spend ing a couple of weeks in Toronto and Detroit. Jack Tasker, of Blyth, is relieving a- gent in the absence of Mr. Yule. Mr.. W. J. Geddes was one of the visitors at Toronto fair this week. IVIORRIS COLTXCIL Minutes of Council Meeting held in the TownshiwHahl, Morris, on Mon- day, August 17th., iga3. The members of the Council were all present, the Reeve presiding. The minutes of the last Council meeting were read and approved, A grant. of 4325 was given, to the Huron County Ploughman's Associa- tion, Peter Barr was paid $to•oo for a eep killed by dogs. BLUE -VALE The regular meeting of the Blue - vale Women's Institute will be held on Sept. .17th., at the home of Mr. Roger Oake. The topic "The Value of Fruit and Vegetables as a Diet" will be taken by Mrs. Milvert Sellers': Three prizes will be awarded for the best boquets from the home garden. Roll Call answered' by recipes for 'a - salad. BEL1VMORE man, $55.75; Wni N] cMtirray, patrol. man, Those attending the Exhibition this an, $4o,i3; Wm. Craig, patrolman, week :are Mt•. and Mrs.MrFlemtilgBali- $73.84, John Craig, patrolman $118.09, ugh and"family and . Peter Hank - Frank Shaw, patrolman $4.5o, Franktie+ . Burns, patrbinian. $42.05; Win. "rhuell, Little Edna Baird took seriously ill patrolman $32.83, Geo,' Kelly, patrol Saturday evening, Dr, Carpenter, man $44:83; Stewart Procter, patrol- Mildmay is the attending physician. man, $6850, Miss Florence Douglas of the gen- Next cou.ncil Meeting at the Hall on et•al store holidayed in Wingham last Sept. t4th, 1925. v, eels. A. MacEwen, Clerk.. Mr, and. Mrs. Elden Peterman and BELGRAVE ,: Mrs, Jones of Detroit, spent. a. few days with her mother, Mrs, Grigg, rs. Munroe and family ,of London, spent the week -end with Mr`. and Ma's, W. J. Geddes. Miss MciCtnrie of Woodstock, the guest of her aiittt, . MTS., Sandy si1 The contract for the McCall Drain Stewart,, daughter of Wingham, .were Sunday visitors at Mrs', John Peternian, Miss Emma Roland of New Castle a)ad Mrs. Roland Ballagh, spent Wed' tieseley afternoon at Mrs, Ellen jet - frays. The school fair will be held on the school grounds, Sept. !7th, Miss Irene Mandell, spent Sunday s'li'ng with Eleanor Jeffray. li