ttnmadat n eth 1941 the acton pttbe press pafib if you toppled down ot helgnts ofblne wa aftfc tou doino nowf it saftfeteft too h you lost tfi figti add wer badly beaten too n 1 ffisr ou u matters not from the satire haigni bat hsrt i yon dotes now it mitten not if your plans were foil 44 kad your hopes have fallen it mmtten not if your chance was tootled for the gain almost in view it matters not if you missed the goal though you struggled brave and true but what are you doing now it matters not if your fortunes gone and your fame has withered too it matters not if the cruel worlds scorn be directed straight at you it matters not tf the worst has come and your dreams have not come true but what are you doing now 7 r rhodes stabley the sunday school lesson sunday rtovewdo at twenty years ago from the issue of the free frees of vhuraday november 10 10z1 looks considerably like winter this morning bread is selling in town now nine centsper loaf the officers ofactonhortlcultural society spent thanksgiving dlstrlbut- ing hyacinth and daffodil bulbs to the 300 members of the society thomas cutting who recently sold his farm on the sixth line will re move to winona where his brother walter is engaged in fruit farming the final lot of concrete has been poured in the floor of the monster dundas street bridge across the six- teen river in trafalgar the bridge witt soon be open for traffic mr c j van gooxen has purchased the mcgregor farm which mr j h lyons has owned the past year fire broke out in the house owned by-mrsjlshornbyon- boweriay enue about two oclock yesterday morning the firemen were soon on the scene and extinguished it in few minutes the loss to mr w bat ten gtr pumpman who occupied the front of the house is very consid erable- mr alex mckenzies part fish dealer who lived in the rear was not seriously damaged born w van goozen at georgetown on monday november 7 1021 to mr and mrs c j van goo2en a son married mceachernmulucn at bonvlow farm acton home of the brides parents on saturday november 5 1921 by rev a c stewart m a nell a mceachem of preston to bessie bell younger daughter mr and mrs william mullin repentance and fatth golden text rapent ye and be lieve jn the gospel mark 115 lesson -text- isa 11020 ezek j82023 luke 3114 t3tliruu- 24 acts 23739 rom 6111 print luke 151124 time december a d 29 place peroa exposition i the nature of sin 11 12 the father of this parable repre sents god the father of course the figure is not a perfect representation of him who is represented- for all earthly figures of the djvlnc fathor niuat necessarily fall short oi the reality but it la n wonderful picture of cods attitude toward the sinner especially the backslider the younger son represents the wandorer from cod the elder son the one who has not outwardly wandered and yet is not in full hnrmony with the heatrf of god the immediate reference in the elder brother is to the pharisees nnd scribes v 2 cf vs 2830 there it great- bruaqweness and hoarlloss- ness in the younger sons request at the bottom of the boys request was the desire to have his own way to be independent of his father this is the very essence of sin the desire to have our own way to be independent of our fathor god our way may bo a refined and moral way or it may be a gross and vicious way but the desire to nave our own way instead of rejoicing in gods having his own way in every part of our lives is the very heart of sin hoart alienation from god lies back of the desire to be independent of god the father granted the sonss un gracious demand and just so god dea w man if we desire to bo of good ran tiie misn london cp fortysix airmen of the raf born in eire neutral half of the emerald isles have won s5 decorations since war started in cluding a vc five dos 25 d fcs and 10 dfms independent ofgod hchfcfs us bo and thus lets us learn the bitterness and folly of it by experience the boy did not go away from homo at once though his heart was already in the far country so the man who hns begun to wander in henrt still keeps up at first some outward somblnnco of communion wltt god but not many days after he is gone there are many in our churches whose hearts are already alienated from god though they and god alone know it but their feqt will soon fol low their henrts nnd then nil the world will know it ii the fruits of sin 1310 the far country is the land nway from god the world of sin and un belief the first thing the boy found in the far country wns fun fun isl the first fruit of sin some say that there is no pleasure in sin the bible does not roy so it says that there is no peace to the wicked isn 5721 and that is true beyond n question but it speaks of the pleasures of bin heb 1125 it is true thnt it says they ore for a season very short our food supply written flpkciajlly for cwna newspapers by john atkins farmerjournalist no b the farmers spokesman llyed and they come hjgh the devil is not such a foot as to go fish ing without bait the pleasures jof sin are the devils bait and they al ways have a- hook in them if you bite at the devils bait you will soon have the devils hook in your gilts and be in the bottom of the devils boat the consequences of the boys riotloiis pleasure was poverty he spent all prov 2117 231921 vant followed close on tho heels of tun it always does not always does not always temporal want but there is deeper want than temporal want and in tenser hunger than phys ical hunger sou want and soul hunger they always come to tho soul away from god for god alone can satisfy the soul of man in his want he should have returned to his father at once but mnn will not re turn to god until he has tried every thing else so he joined himself to a citizen of thnt country ho wrfs only n sojourner he did not belong there the cltlzon did he was set to feeding hogs it sets forth the debastment nnd slavery that arc the result of sin here la a young mnn who might have becnn son in his fathers house in ennobling joyous well requltcdtotervlcc hogtender for o stranger in degrading unpaid toll that is the choice thnt every one who wanders from god makes he be comes hogtender for sntnn ef dent 2847 48 iii the true remedy for sin 17- 24 the first step back was that he be gan to think that is where salvation begins in thinking ps 11059 go he thought of his own lot compared with that of his fathers hirelings every sinner should compare his own hard lot with the bountiful lot of gods servants as a result of that thinking he came to himself an im penitent sinner is beside himself n moral lunatic from thinking he pas sed to resolving the only thinking that has saving power la the thinking that leads to resolution the resolve was the corr one i will arise and go- to my fathor ho was coming with a confession of sin will say unto him father i have sinned that is tho only way for n sinner to come to god ps 32 35 prov 28 13 1 jno 19 when there is no con fession of sin there can bo no salva tion from sin luko 181014 ho enmo back with the hope o be- ing made n hired servant nut god in bettor than our highest hopes ho wns mnde n son he did not stop with re solving he nroscnnd- came the father was watching for the boy when yet o great way off his father saw him god is watching for the sinners return to himself the boy had forgotten the father in the dnys of profligacy but the father had never forgottcnrlilm we forgot god in the days of bur immersion in the world but he never forgets us the father hnd compassion that is gods feeling townrd the sinner further ho ran and ml upon his neck and kissed him thnt is tho tiod of the bible tho fnthcr did not wait until he was washed and dres sed before he kissed htm then there wns the best robe isa 61 10 zech 235 phlh 39tand a rlngpledge of sonshlp eph 113 14 gal 46 and shoes eph 6 15 then there was the fatted calf and feasting and merriment- a feast awaits every re turning sinner what do food growers require who can speak for farm people food growers require a national agricultural policy that will 1 recognize the fundamental na ture of food and land and farm people and the importance of agriculture in our national economy 2 establish a fair balance be tween agriculture labor nnd indus try 3provide a systematic marketing program designed to food our markets both at homo and abroad in on order ly and efficient manner 4 develop a production program shaped according to tho needs of a marketing program and designed to give our farmers guidance which will enable them to plan their farm pro gram at least two years in advance and 5 recognise the principle of a twoprice policy this means that prices of farm commodities in the do mestic market must bear a proper relationship to cost of production and cost of living in cunada even though it may tie necessary for our exportable faml products to go to trteworwmarkel atalower prioo titus speaks the authoritative non- pollttcal voice oi the canadian fed eration of agriculture which includes the great majority of all farm organi sations in canada with an nf filiated membership of 350000 representing onehalf of canadas farm homes what do food growers require they require canada to make up us mind about what it expects of its basic industry and having made up its mind to make it possible for farm people iol produce what canada needs for home consumption for brltsh and allied aid and for fore i en trade who can sjwtfk for farm people the farm people of canada can spvak for themselves through their own na tional organization which is a fed eration of farm organizations repre senting all classes of food growers in j all parts of canada j in this national organization can- 1 adlan farmers have combined the ex perience and the wisdom of organiza tions which have been successful in promoting better forming methods growing bettor foods breeding better livestock cooperating in better marketing and in working with other canadians nnd with govern ments in the betterment of agricul ture and of canada as n whole tho canadinn federation of agri culture is to canadian farm people that the canadian chamber of com merce is o canadian business pebplo it is a means of creating understand ing through contact with other or ganized groups and o means of educa tion to its own members it is also a moans of education to other canad ians all of wham must understand the place and importance of agricul ture before they can understand can adas vital economic problems through the canadian federation of agriculture the people of the towns and rural communities of canada can leurn how they can serve their com mon interests and ensure the produc tion of canadas food supply the farm organizations in every district and locality are contributing their ideas to the common fund of know ledge which produces the policies of the c f a the members of these farm organi zations arc in daily contact with their town n and are constantly exchanging ideas with them they are farm people with various political opinions who see the wisdom of keep ing the canadian federation of agri culture out of polities in order thnt it mny work with ami through any and every government dominion provincial nnd municipal to further thy best interests of food growers the best interests of food growers nre identical with the interests of those to whom they sell and from whom they buyall other canadians the address of the canadian federation of agriculture is booth building ot tawa turkeys firmer if you have em royal bird will likely brine good prices at christmas this year ottawa cp tdrkeys will be less plentiful than usual this christ mas and it is expected prices will be somewhat higher than last yoar say agriculture department observers unfavorable spring weather in the prairie provinces which produced tho bulk of the birds consumed nt canad ian christmas dinners is held re sponsible for n 30 per cent drop in the volume of turkeys compared with last year while many individual farmers i throughout cunada hnvesmnll flocks the majority of the birds are pro vided from tho prairies and conditions there govern the market throughout i canada it is expected thnt in addition to the reduce supply a keener demand resulting from increased employment will be n factor in increasing prices this year last season grade a turkeys sold wholesale at 27 to 28 cents a pound offsetting to some extent the con- kilt ionifhe turkeymarket tsbt5 per cent increase in the supply of chfekens officials say however that for the average christmas dinner it takes two chfekens to substitute for a turkey and generally improved fin ancial conditions have jesulted jn an j increased demand for chickens apart j from the christmas season widowed countess gets lords medal london cp the countess of suffolk and berkshire was among 11 war wlilnws who attended an inves- ture at buckingham palace- to receive george crosses won by their hus bands lord suffolk who won the medal for bravery in connection with bomb disposals was killed 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