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nrtttfapjt safflmttt nth una the acton ffcbfc press pag skvem t w someone understands when troubled time wlthdoubt and fear cast fadow at your feet when at the dawn you cannot walla tim coming day to grdet when with it heavy heart you go the way your path demand li there not comfort if you know that someone understands if mttieono understand comes then a courage born anew which kp you ever pressing on tin skies agabaar blue if bothaotui understand there eomes a joy thfi only known when to you call a voice that says you joumy not alone to everyone there come the daya when ear m all too great and u we shoulder them it menu wed weary with their weight vet when we face our many trials tv an life command how lightened doe our burden eem if someone understand w a palmer actons family album turning over the paffcs wk by week and looking on the f m thodc wjo were fthnilltr 1o many here in other years oo you recognize these twenty years ago rrta the issue ef the free of thursday january 15th iftm sugar at isc per pound ho surely gotten into the luxury clou the ice men commenced their annual harvest here last week nobles elevator narrowly escaped des- ruction by fire on friday a bllaaard wo raging and although thi engine house attached to the main structure vu totally consumed the elevator itself escaped wonderfully well mr thomas olbbons and family ar rived the first of the woek from oxbow fiask to settle in acton mr olbbons fhp harness qnd re f i illtji l am wm bbss htw e ir m tx rvjr not so ixna ago last week a picture was a scene on fairy laxc possibly twt nly five years atto we do not know the occupants of the two boats sliown in ihl picture it all depends pairing huslneuln the west and will resume his business in the homo town the induction and reception of rev mr flndlay to the pastoral charge of kno church was held last thu afternoon ministers of ouelph presby tery impressively installed the new mln inter of knox church the memberselect of the council met on monday at 11 00 ajn for organisa tion an hour was spent in municipal business and tn the evenlns session three hours more were consumed in the trans action of business born kennedy at 372 banning street winnipeg on monday december 30th 1010 to mr and mrs william ken nedy n son married smith benton at st joseph b church acton on wednesday janu ary 7th 1020 by rev w q ooodrow john j smith to ethel florence daughter of george benton all or acton dale glassey at the home of the brides mother georgetown on wed nesday january 7th 1020 by rev wray l davidson ella gertrude only daughter of mrs john glassey to lnroy dale youngest son of j c dale of colgate sank canada 8 call to hfitvicf ottawa january ftth 1040 in pre paratlon for canada s first war loan effort of the mw world war a national war loan committee and a national subscription committee are in process of formation across canada and will be organised in time for the initial effort on the economic war fronu- the national war loan committee under the chairmanship of the hon j l ralston kc mp minister of fin ance will be composed of five former minister of finance canada 6 nine pro vincial treasurers and more than 200 representative cltlsens resident from coast to coast the five former ministers of finance are the rl hon sir thomas white the hon sir henry drayton the rt hon n d dennett the hon e n rhodes and tlie hon chos a dunning the nine provincial treasurers are non thane a campbell pjbi hon angus l macdonald nov scotia hon c t richard new brunswick hon j a umthfrwson quebec hon mitchell p hepburn ontario hon stuart s oar- on manitoba hon w j patterson saskatchewan hon solon e low al berta and hon john hart british columbia dr dunning has also accepted the chairmanship of the national subscrip tion committee which will assist the national war loan committee and will be irtneerned with the securing of larger subscriptions of a national character it will be responsible for organising the work of oanvaulng the larger institu tions and corporations in addition to stimulating the broader sale of the bonds to the public this committor will have dealers throughout canada a number of the active cooperation of investment a horn have already done camldvrable work in the preliminary organisation the first war loan will provide can adians as a whole wlthwlr first op portunlty to participate in canada s war e tn enable overanetosubscrlbft lt u indicated that bonds win have de nominations as low as f0 each ror smaller subscriptions in announcing thc acceptance bv mr dunning of the chairmanship of the national subscription commltttr mr i ralston said canada is indeed fortun- ate tlutt mr dunning has agreed to undertake this important task mb ex perience ok minister of finance and alio in connection with the victory loon campaigns during the lost war make him the ideal man for thejob have you ever been astonished real ly astonished r mean so often we ute this word and that without paying par ticular attention to their real meaning ffir i w jyiwumtvif rail thing astonishing just because they happen to be a little outside of our customary orbit this lime though i use the word astonish advisedly i was astonished the other day to hear a woman whose opinions i have long valued state quite earnestly that she thirties men are more patient than women to be fair i should point out that this was not an unpro voiced statement it was an unexpected and really astonishing agreement with me until then i had not been sure my self- tbftfei really believed myself when i claimed that men are more patient than women now astonished to find that she agrees with me i m cure im right but a whole new avenue of spec ulatlon has opened up it is only natural having satisfied oneself upon one point of male superior- it to be magnanimous in nnr s own mind and look for some little uilnu in which the distaff side is superior bui this i warn you bi dangcrmiti that is whnt i did and i discovered- net again i w as uatnnlmicd unit in hlead of the little thngh i hnd com ptacmtli cmlsloned the mcai iro of u omen a superiority 1h o ipx at as to be dizzllnit and so clone as to bi astonishing when the discovery is modt women are betu r organlw rs iruui nun which means that they would prob ably run our businonsch public utllltloe armlis navies ntr forcm and purlin mi nts belter than we do wait a minute it all depends upon the kind of woman you are talking about i mean hoiuc wives not clubwomen not t lu few women members of parliament i have met housewives your outstanding business man is no more capable of organising his business as efficiently as a real housewife organ izes her house than he would bo of running the liousw itself unless of course you let him clutter tip his house the way he clutter up his payroll with a lot of deadwood to aubdlvlde and re subdivide his organisation until eventu ally he needs a special subdivider or subdividers what business has only learned to do in recent years years so recent that it till pots itself on the back for it astuteness the utilization of waste products every housewife has been doing from time immemorial do you know any business man i speak of big business who from year to year can lay his hands at the nrst smell of spring or winter or summer on the material or commodity that annually la required at that particular season the answer is no of course the material will turn upvecause storcmen and perpetual inventories will take rare of it for him but w hat ijousew if e needs a perpetual inventory or has a stores department yet cveryhouse wife quit undismay ed regularly produced skipants socks heavy underwear bath ins suits aborts akatas tennis rackets a thousand and one things the minute they are-soughl- more than that should there be a demand jor a fancy dress costume foi the skating carnival or high achool dance mother knows just where the reman t of blue silk left from barbara s last yeaf s evening dress or that piece of taffeta from the dress i wore to the weddina in 1032 is and what to do with it rln tile commissariat department r can give your big business man cards and spades and still have a com fortoblc margin for comparison lets liken the serving of meals to the produc tlon of goods at home if uncle john aunt mary and their two children drop in unexpectedly at supper time what happens nothing apparently t poui lxtra places are act at the tabic uf nclcnt food for eight magically appears when only four had been expected and unfortunately everyone takes this plooo ol suur organization for gronled oivc a biihtniim man n sudden dm bit i rdcr and me what happens tiil cooipurlnon is antonwhlng ltn t it but it all depends on what tin u si onnsiftts of now there are some ihlntfk nt which men excel and pi rhai this w 111 astonish you thi making f lea is one of lhcm uomlcooklna u what 11 is because i very woman has hr own ideas about recipes and tlialn all right but whin it corner tit tea len iieraniliit and flair have no place in ihc nchimr of things tea if you arc goli a ui gt t ihtvjual- wiwd in flavor body and just uu right strength should be infused ah carefully as a chemical formula is followed and women are not patient enough men are a man will nob change from a tried and true brand of anything just because a glib salesman says something else is just as good a man finding that a good grade tea will make more cup of better flavor than a cheaper variety will roaluw that he gets a better quality at the same price per cup he will also take the trouble to infuse his tea the right length of time and then remove the leave he has patience the two preceding paragraphs should put me in right with the men if my earlier remarks about organizing ability have rubbed them the wrong way any how there will be no retraction of either argument i i he sunday school lesson for kunday january 14th thl problem op forgiveness golden text forgive i our debts nr we iilso have forgiven our debtors matt i 13 lesson text matthew til 1ss time autumn ad 20 place capernaum exposition l seeking forgiveness for self 2137 peter s question is exceedingly impor tant and practical it is firiduejtlon with which we are all confronted experimen tally we all have those whom we for give and scarcely have forgiven them before they offend again how long shall they be permitted to keep this up peter suggested seven times as a possible outside limit that is far higher than most of us go but jesus multiplied peters high figures by seventy and said there is where you ought to go seventy times seven here wo have the perfect number multiplied by the number of com pic ten cm multiplied again by the perfect number in othrr words nrver cease forgiving at the first glance it seems a hard saying but an we continue la look at il wc sec it is a moat sweet and gentle sayluu for if lie bids us do this to others hecertalnly will himself do it to us the parable that follows em phaslzrs this gracious truth i need then nrver fear again to go to him saying forgive me no matter how often or how seriously i havr strmed heart hesitates i hear him whlsperlhg until seventy timr seven col 3 13 eph 4 33 8 1 the torm or peters qut stlan suggested that peter took it for granted that he would have to forgive making it worse at a dance the young lady hud just been introduced to her partner by way of making conversation she said at thrj waltzed around the floor who ls that terribly ugly man over there j that s my brother oh ou must excuse me said she in embarrassment i really hudn t noticed jie resemblance others but that it did not occur to him that he himselr might be the offender and that others might have to forgive him reckon ina a latent roughly at 11 200 the kings debto was twelve million dol lors in debt and this is a picture of each of us we are hopelessly in debt to 3od and wc have unuaht to pay i luke 7 32 ps 130 3 e 0 tl ps 40 12 ii is nol before an abstract law but before a person that we are guilty ps 51 4 if we could only be brought to realise how great our unpaid debl is that is freely forgiven us wc would surely not find it hard ui forgive olhers the greatest wrongu done us would hoi m small indeed compared with the wrongs lhnl wc have done him it would le well if every time n wrong is done n wt w mid read this parable tin debtor wa brought to the kinit wc ah mim m do nol mi into god s prosenci of our own accord the spirit bring then john hi 7 l v rn 2 p tun h god s dealings with u n tin hroimd of hw oal 3 it nut it is i nlj l bruin us i le lor miici and unm r m 1 104 gal 1 4i tin dimuid i just pamint brought this debtor down upon hu kne ii nd that is when the full di inand 1 law biliikh n h of us if ut are wim and jtt this dtbtor fancied he ciuld ulilm ittly pi hli debts it ik only hud t line tlus is ltul to human cxptri i no wli n first aw ilttncd to a sen c cl i ur 11ns we ulll fancy wi can pay sometime we think we can nt ni for past sins by future good unrks it is onlj nfter n while that it fu ly dawns upon us that wc can do nothing at all that salvation must be not only partly i but wholly of grace eph 2 a 0 when we do realize that and that god does not ask us to do any thin u rom 3 24 4 s our consciences are purged from dead works delivered from the burden of our satfefforts to atone for sin to serve the living god heb 0 14 in verse 27 we have god dealing in grace now it is all grace just as it was before all law the lord does not extend the time of paying the debt but fully remits it ood never mixes law and grace oal 5 24 3 10 rom 3 28 11 00 the basis of grace is nothing in us but something in ood his own compassion the condition upon which ood deals in grace is in us viz that we acknowledge our hopeless indebtedness and sue for mercy cf luke ib 13 14 rom 10 13 13 ii refusing forgiveness to another 28 35 the one who had just been forgiven a twehemllllondollar debt went right out and tried to violently exact a debt of bc rnteen dollars from another that seems incredible but it is a scene en acted every day god has forgiven you debts whose greatness defle compute tlon and you go out you exact the paltry debt your fellow men ow you how many are harboring grudge over tome petty slight or offence w should all meditate long and deeply over thu par able his debtor acted toward him as ho liod actd toward his own creditor but lie remembered nothing and had no mercy j1l u true to life others sue in for mlrcyju we have made our suit tojpitd but we hove no mercy for them tiuv wrtcomr in startling his lord called him if we will not listen to the cry of our debtors then we shall hear the voice of our creditor ood freely offers forgiveness fo all our indebted ncss but if we truly accept it we will prove it by freely forgiving other if we do not forgive other it proves that we have despised the proffered mercy of god wo are now back on the law basis and we shall be delivered to the lor mentors uu we pay all that is due that we can never do so our torment will be everlasting there 1 no mercy for the man who shows by refusing mercy to others he has despised it for himself jos 2 13 the only way to learn to be merciful is by believing in the nurcy of ood revealed in christ toward us 1 john 4 10 r v i or gradfd axek one of those practical farmers wlu supports by means of a city income a farm in die style which it doncrves urges that axes should be graded like eggs and beef and butter tile plaint arisen from an incident in the woodtot the other week our inno cent city friend had acquired a dull axe alonn wltli lh chattels on the farm he and the hired man spent an hour or two tn jhgijdfitotflouib an rmo u edge on the axe as ever graced a political editorial and after a modest noon meal of soup and roost pork and potatoes and tquash and carrots and pie ond strong coffic axe and muscles w taken to the woodlot in less than ten minutes application or the axe to the trim f a maple the edge had turned and for the rest of the short day it merely chewed nt its work what grieves our friend who can discourse by the hour on labor and fac lory costs is that there was nothing on the axe either handle or head to indicate that it was originally a cheap one suitable only for the tasks of an oimateur summer cottager and not for the skilled attention of a man who grew up near woodlots and only deserted them temporarily for tho benefit of a bank ac count why he asks when a farmer is being dally adjured to hrndo every one of his products from apples to rutabagas should there not be a grade marked permanently on on axe head so that j ears hence a new owner can decide whether ministrations with the grind stone will pay the printed word even if luu dauntless fisherman dulnthavc any luck tndiy he cin have fish for supper and he will like ii your dciler can secure dried or pickled canadian wsh for you no muter how far you arc from open witer wtttnfhw w w t 1 3ned itshnkowl haddock hake disk ind tollotk and tilth picklid lull aa herring miikcnl md altwivts and very one of them can he scrvctl in tmry different via enjoy this foot in your home you cin yet oncd or pickled ciniduin fish with all its goodness rcmncd for your enjoyment ask your dealer you vill find it very economical too department op fisheries ottawa write for free booklet aim y day r r iff v iloiblrl 100 ut i h mid irl m 1 iii hi i r r i s ii day stidiiliii kronnmic rom on irrmany j here is a mapdigest of the current situation in europe showing how the british french blockade i i slowly but jnirely drawing a strangling economic rope around tho throat of germany gradually the alllos are cither buying up materials which would normally he exported to germany or they are making the blockade so tight that the exports could not get through anyway since russia has more trouble with finland than slit has any use tor moscow 1 not being the great help to germany that germany expected when that famous pact was signed weukyamj6t know im havina ultfkxjble runmin tf the blockade 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