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tfjmuy amul httt the acton free press paotftvaw casiwitymc doubt and fears are crushed at easter christ hoi swept them all away ywlth and hope with jorroerflowlng wll the heart on blaster day teardimmed eyes with aad bereavement know their loved one did not die death means birth to life immortal they are tale with ood on high o dear friend neer doubt hi wisdom anaal cuards wlu watch each hour naught on earth eon ever harm thee when protected by his power birds and flowers proclaim hu message never yield to dark despair though lifes journey may prove toll- some ood will always hear yotir prayer bertram e nightingale roekwood ontario twenty years ago fran the ton of the free press of tharsaay april llth 191 the maple sugar season is over some venturesome gardeners have al ready planted early potatoes lfr albert bishop has purchased from mr robert storey his house and two iota on palrvlew avenue mr bishop will operate a market garden and intends to erect greenhouses on the property lance corporal alex vino son of oeorge mlno sixth line was officially reported killed in action in prance on april lh i a letter from ptc james d louttlt from france nays thst all the acton boys who went overseas ultft the 104th battalion are no in prance among the returned soldiers who ar rived at toronto last thursday was pt oarflrld ranuhaw second son of mr and mrs thomas flamshaw of osbawa former resident of acton prom the very interesting annual re- port of inspector denycs the following summary is gleaned the number of teachers in the inspectorate of halton lost rear was 100 of these seven were men the salaries for men in urban schools averaged si 150 and in rural s750 women in urban schools received 633 and rural s625 total enrolment was 4 240 average attendance 2 716 slats diary oliver n warren sunday the preechers subjrc this a m was oood husbenda all are fambly was there st when we arlved home ma aed to ant emmy she wtsht she node as uttel about thst subjec as the preecher noes pa hen her st skowled i dont no why i monday mistress qluera ma got mad at each another this p m ma sed ore naber lady got to abusing her hus band st when ma sed she were oorect mistress a 111 em got hufley sed it wms- sent so then ma soon artved home st oed she wont never return no more tueadav after supper ma was reeding ihe nooaepaper st sed to pa is a man which has 1 wife to many a blggemlst a repllde yes in rare instances ma thot a mlnet or 3 then arose up st flang the paper in his face a left the rm i wander why the anaer dldent plees her but i no it dkldent tho wednesday this jane dame is a get ting on my nuns today as we mas going home from school she ast me do j lr th ll observed i still love her i repude st ed i did thm she wd why dont you marrie 13s then i blreve she was rlddykullng tiie solace of- am inalid afraid to dtel o can it be afraid dear lorov to go to thee afraid to la ihls bod down to near a neverfading crown afraid to die to mount to fl afraid to dwell with ood on high afraid with jesus to reign and neer neer sin again afraid to diet to be forgiven afraid to taste the oys of heaven afraid to stand before his throne and hoar hun ilalm thee as his own afraid to die to hid farewell to pain sickness death and hell afraid on angels wings to soar and never grieve the spirit more afraid to diet oh guilty front for ood shall wipe away ihy tears th saviour calls thee trom above to share his glory and his love afraid to die thou canst not fear por jesus thy beloved is near near to support to menglhen thee and bless to all etemitj prom the old scrapbook gwitlnuuig again this week m recol it cuoiu of the uung street district as we come toward lown from the old brown and oordon und mann and collin and isnydvr neighborhood wc turn on to oung al queen street the rfrst house to the right is the comfortable home at mrs john russell and here too john russell lld until just u few months ago when he passed on it was here me some how but 1 let it pass guess i showed her i con take it tho i dot if aha apresheated my ohlrvelrey thursdav jake st elsy walked home from school togaiher joke sed they got to saving they ore going to get marrjed when they grode up then he ast her would she make htm a good wife z she sed she would make him a good hus- bend joke aed he dont xactly no what she ment i dlsslded to let him nnd out for hlsself prtds ma low pa the kitchen flu are smoking st how con she stop same pa sed give it some of them cigars you hot me for christmas no pas better i donr say nothing to him but she win tho when alie wants sum thing i bet saturdaj well lhe uuenl no scruwi today but what good do that do ts troob whose mother is a fine ladle st their golden wrdding anniversary and man happy years were spent here b thlt estimable iouple following their re ilrraieiii from farming tills house was built bv william auld on of tailor auld who lived a quiet life and fashioned subs tan ual clothing from the homespun brought b the uetghborlng farmers in his house bv the side o the road on the second line for man rears it must be over fut nve years since bill put up this home think he thought w hen he built it that it would be his home for ufe but in a few vears he got the toronto fever thomas evasion bought it robert bins i am and hla faml lived there for soni- vears i thin it was while they lived there that bill williams eldest son carlos and bob bingham a eldest dauh ter hannah were marrhd iv how umr near cllen lawson when ha hi old and hard of hearing bella was his comfort and stay in his declining- years altar her fathers death aha went to live with her sister mrs oraham lawson at crosswcu michigan reeve and mrs fred mtcutcheon and family now have this very comfortable home the brick house on the next lot was the home of mrs danforth swackhamer after the tragic death by accident while building a bam of her husband on the old farm at churchill it seems to me her two daughters were married in tht house angellne and rosy angellnc married john chlsholm and roxy mar ried noble mclam the house is now owned and occupied by mr and mrs james smith the store and dwelling on the corner of young and peel streets were erected by w h denny a good many years ago he thought a store convenient to the people in the east end would be appreci ated by them opened with a splendid stock of groceries and provisions but business wasnt very lively and after a year or two mr beany devoted hla whole time to his insurance stock and bond business which he had gradually worked up to patng volume but mr denny took time to devote to cltlsenshlp duties and was lntcrested in school board and council matters for some time eventu ally he too concluded thot toronto was the place for him he sold his property to messrs graham and allan mcdonald of the fourth line who were just retir ing he went to the city and they came to town now mr and mrs prank swackhnmer who came back to acton from toronto have their home here on the other sidi o young street james sharp built tin brick house on the corner he lived and died there though handicapped tth it crippled arm my sharp alwovs had hit place as nenl and tld n- an experlrntttl g irdi nci uuulu keep h i think the how on ihr adjoining lot was bjllu bv john mcconmll mr and mrs mcconnell llvd then for a ioiik time they nnnllj v nt west robert denn the father r i x councillor denny made this the home of himself and his family when he retired from his farm where he had spent his oung manhood and actl life mrs andrew ijtwaon lived there alter mr and mrs dennj passed away and their daughter married and went to british columbia i think mr robert price of esqueslng then purchased the property and he and mrs price and daughter mrs angus mcjsochern have for quite a number of years made it their home nestling in a group on the next lot is a quartette of semidetached brick cot tages which have housed scores of tenants during the last thirty years these belong to mr j h denny and he keeps them attractive and always oc cupied it is difficult for me to remember par ucu tars of houses built within the lost fortyfive or flfl years and because of this i am liable to make some mistaken well bless mr if i a in t at the end of my space again and i havent begun to get over young street and the young s survey it looks very much as if j might have to make another week or so more of it these oldtune meditations do cause my old wits to go of woolgathering and oung street has been steadily growing they tell me that some of the folia who live on it rail it roedult but thai is a rtcent appellation the sunday school lesson for sunday atfui 17th tfv i an i recollect who built the ne house but i think 11 was lchn kn nedv of the check line eaquealn he loves her deerly with all her falls uwl tnrre n his which mostly consist of thinking up untln death on the otr track- work that otto have attrnshen becos as smhiimmm se says put of no till tonro w ha- otto be done this a m rlttig on fine meeting a neentlv married porishlon er aix ut whoe domestic happiness s orlrs were rife a vicar said well john how is all going on oh happllv enough returned john i am slad u hear it you know there were ruraos of rows or rows said john oh r there are plenty of rows whenever she sees me she catches the first thing to hand a olsh or anythuig and funs it at me if fthe hits mi she a happy if ihe docn t i am oh were irettlng on fine jl st nuumlnkl intern tunl flominc mvrrn inns hk net the da e tor tl trh ant ial in er i ti ml pkiwi i mat ti and purm mach inerv lvrrhnuhutiil wxked up n a ie of the nil otittiu1inh rar irnl ji c j i ulturr have txri fir vktorr llth 2 t 13u mtti v ih kxe itiv amnilttre f hie vmta to pwmen- vvitirvi j macjtar ul mi in r ii nkiiiin ttu nisuh thi vttr u twdu ed t r tvltkit c m t the m hiwn bel mltiiu a ix- itu ilu vlthv of mlitm i aiki kite n a an i 13 mir mwth will of iwirw- thlv ftumi n idtnl m fie t pm n o i r commuter a il t a hyw tn stjt tm s t and mi ivvrd rihwsi n t f- ni bame to collin wood the kwa 1 sjikv o un t v cwm ic er has been ilard at work under tlw genera supervision of prank hugtnaon chair man of the agricultural committee- of slmooe mnty oiuncil and j t simp son county clerk thev harr optkmied t400 acres- for the event last years raaorh near fergus drea over 100 000 pectators wkth some 63 oompahles hold ing machinery demonstrations i picobac pipe tobacco for a mild cool smoke tub victorious servant golden tcxtthui jesus did ood raise up whereof we all nre witnesses acts 3 33 lesson text art5tt exposition i jesus of nazareth a man approved or ood 2224 the descent of the holy spirit from heaven on the disciples at pentecost ac complished what jesus had promised he declared the rly spirit should teach them all things bring all things to their remembrance john 14 26 also he cjimforter would testify of the work worth and person of jesus after that had taken plnce they would be able to bear witness john 15 25 27 fur ther the holy spirit would glorify jesun to the disciples he would take the things of christ and show them untoti them john 16 14 15 all this promise or divine equipment was fulfilled at pentecost the dlsclplts had been scattered at tht tlnu if the crucifixion they for- i mok him and fled matt 6 50 it was the resurrection of jesus that hmuslil tin m together aguln their re union uhh tht result of jesus instruc tion to mary john jo 26 there were other meetings be fort hi iu taken up into htiivtu ilukn 24 4053 at ihntttmht then the holy spirit flood- i id tht undt rttundlng of the dbiclpki with llrhi and thej went forth to bear kin sa l jt rusojtm i r with iu powirlul nallsm of th lr t nthuktosm hit mob vvhuh hud btt n stirred up tiu uaks ot lo t in u to jtsus cmtl tv hint mil viuh htuilng tiptrlt till tl dist iph s uetuiit things which condemn ed tht m 1 dtlitdi no lit how tin luiiniiii disikimti ui ji sits ti nu7imth ls ustt bv tin spirit ihroiikh iur tills pt rwin ls dtsttibtd as out upproxtd ot clod thus iippnuiil wiia signined bl miracl t wnotrs mid mgns lht ucrt hit u is l htulltik ftedliirf tin multitudes uiilkltik tin the st n raising llu dend bt sldt s tw signs at his bap tism tranangu ration cruclllxion and re surrecllon all those ulclatural algns wtrc proof tlial thb i xlnordlniir person wius fn- more than u nn re man oeni uius in him and hi hlrrwlf was ood munllest in the flesh lit is the ltirrtb slain from the founda tun of the world ood gavt hu uidv begotten son john 3 ifl tlierelore hls oaicrtflc for our sins was according ui i hi determinate counsel and foreknow itdgi of ood tt t blighting fault now rvir was in lhelr having added to his krlt f nnd shurnt bj crutlly murdering u sus ood meant him to be a siicrlflcc john 1 29 th made him a ft ion nd gnve him a criminal death but rt clan s tht preacher ht who was slain now uis iiguln ht l raised by ood irom the dead deuth could not hold such an out tin he hud hr bet u u hit rt man lit would hnvi n mulned in the tomb ii dovld prxiphtsicd jtsus r surrec ion j53l in these words david could not be understood as speaking of himself this la evident frcm the quotation ill verst ji which is taken from pbulm 16 b bt uuse ht foresaw jehoh jtsus and in faith kept him before his face he txuld not be moved from the hope of immortality the holy spirit lllumln uted his understanding and caused hurt lo utter words concerning his lord who was ever at his right hand which were a prophec of his resurrection the word hell is shbol which means the abode of the dead this place could not hold the hol one or ood he was destined to walk the was of life and to become a fountain of jo for all people what comfort that must have been to david and how asaurmtnti to us also david is classed as a patriarch v 29 because te mas the father of the davldk line in the deaeent of which christ was to be born jer 33 5 that david was not speaking of himself since they knew where hln tomb wiis at that hour was evident the king ht re became the propht t sj mi h he understixid and declared tile plan uf ood which had been iuinouiid u h m j sam 7 8 17 1 thai plan in luded u lerll throne a k ngdom and an eteniaj king otht lm dtntd vw in faith tin ute rigurt ivuthcoii david il4roclalrns the great rallying cry ot thb hew faith this jesus hath ood raised up whereof we all are wit nesses v s3 how can any one doubt the reality of jrsus resurrection every church is a witness to the fact even if there be some in it that deny or doubt it there nviez would have been chrtt- tian churches if jesus had never risen from thedead ills sepulcber would be the tomb- of fur holy religion neither would the new testament have been written had he not arisen for all its truth and teaching in based on this revelation if christ had never risen there would never have been mnrlyra and missionaries no the- resurrection of jtsus is still the amsklng revelation of christian witnesses because christ is risen he is sxahad to the right hand of ood hob i i he is the living fountain from which th holy spirit flows in regenerating ani t m powering grace therefore all hmo everywhere should acknowledge bfatt whom ood has made lord and ohrlts phil 2 10 11 t sin txiirt r rw he i mphef nt t it f chrl i re t ii i 3 3t1 a lllk i l 1 w t muggs and skeeter victoria garden beauties bring joy to thousands slluuji3y 1kmple dnrllng of morlo- going millions hum med up worldwldo opinion in a sentence when sho said of the empress hotel gardens in vic toria dc theyre beautiful i d lov to stay bore a whole year these and other choice gardons f the british columbia capital will bo thrown open to public low for a full weok startlnk may i during the eightday garden stltal held tnmially by the inrful city garden wcxk in lnoriu li in become an institution whoso unl quenoss attracts ihouhiindti tr vis ltors to vancouver island every spring 1 ho gnrdtiih ut thin time of tho e a aro i j lor tons riot of bloom because in that western city tho favorable vstnthir l1vos cur roiind olf and flowers which cannot ht surpuhctl for size vurlct runl rlt h coloring in nildllhm mi t ntertulnliik prokriiiniiit htih btii planned by uke ininntt iih til of th itiinrt ss hotel sponsor of the event thcro will be flower shows talks on flowers by world famous nor uculiurlst and many informal parties tho above pictures show shir it y temple in a favorite spot in thn i m press hotel gardens dur itik n of her recent vlstta a visitor showing her son floral nculpttiro at its beat and a view uf tho famouh ivy covered flkn rrh lloltl itself it pays to advertise hill i lure as a busnuss man and ht vus vtniirous jyist said ht wtll save tht miinu it takes to advcrnst t u iii the husintss going v l ii sit nd tukl iht kale hv squander cash lor printing- our imom- lanno tail things prosptrtd for a season thtn salts began tt dvtndlt iht whv nobodv knew ihc btj was frcttul worrud h s lat grlw palt and drawn the business ktpt on going ing m wit u s x cuv my l vt2y l loctoc 04amoe i4 eoo oaid cottcvsj btcacroe wtu mim llke by wally bishop