page six the acidn free press thursday april 29th 1943 1was a 8hbbt 1a a shew a las thai went astray- in the nnbk jems to0 tsras a aronip ahecp thatsrander- fhm uttxlbjraalie la the fom and out on the hlutopi and out in the cold that the good shrp- and back to the hock and back to the fold tni a sharp that the good shep herd brouaht k why should the sheep be so care fully fed and rand for silll today because there is dancer if i boy co wrong they wui lead the lambs astray for the lambs will follow the sheep you know fol if the sheep go wrong it will not be lone nil the lambs are as wrong as they so still with the sheep we must earn estly plead for the sake of the lambs to-day- if the lambs ar lost what a terrible cost some sheep will have to pay twenty years ago kiraw hats and barefoot boy are on trek again mr oorce ritchie jr ha- pur- ehased the speight homestead on church street this property has lieen in the speight family for nearly seventy years dr and airs farmer reached home from st petersburg florid on tues day after their 300 mile motor jour ney they enjoyed the journtsreat a girts baseball team was formed on monday event nc with captain miss i v mason manager h at kennedy sectrea mrs ty und- say the monthly session of the minis terial association of georgetown acton and district met in aitio church on tuesday afternoon rreinler drury has definitely de cided to run in halton if the conven tion puts him in nomination he is heralded as the ufo candidate ssokv 1u1sselx at oakville on sunday april 22nd 1923 to mr and mrs stanley k russell a son moore in georgetown on wednes day april 25th 1923 james moore in his 81st year ooud6n at his home in port huron michigan on thursday april 2lh 1923 william gordon formerly of acton in his 7ftth year nickun at the city hospital sas katoon sosk on thursday april 26th lflctl marjory mann widow of the late itobert nickiiii former ly of acton in herr7r4 year freddies adventure had climax in cone o llttle freddie hnmsay jad a grand tlm- of it one morning running around the rotunda ut the canadian national itallwuyt ktntlon freddie u three year old and he had a real picnic until he met the stately cord- xkartl lifesized picture of a member of the canadian women army corju near one of the ticket win dows mrs kamsny wn tuated in the waiting room with another child uhd hail divided that freddies tour of investigation was harmless so for the lime beinc the wee adventurer ivas on his own spylnc the cwac in uniform kitandlnc ot tbe salute freddie sud denly stopped and surveyed the sltua- tion finally- he stepped forward and like a real gentleman tauiuo no reply from the figure again freddlt spoke and again no reply us the vardboard lady looked straight ahead cain ins sufficient courage freddie finally took definite action appar ently annoyed because there was no response to hi courteods greetings he stepped bravely up and gave the figure a push the cardboard cw wc started to rock and eventually fell forward on its face with u slap missing freddie only by inches that was enough letting out startled shriek that brought station police out on the run freddie streak ed across the floor breaking all ex isting sprint records for the distance- his yells brousbt mrs ramsay to her feet and it took the combined efforts of the mother and kindly station po lice to settle the youngster down the most effective gesture came from sammy at the new stand who pro duced an ice cream cone moved the farm across england stock bssplrascnu and eiht howes transported 270 milt by train stowey england tcp entire contents of historic estate of tong hull at btrkerishjre including eight houses on the estate as well as live stock were moved lock stock and barrel by train to this somerset vil- lage 370 miles away the removal after sale ol the estate was one of the railways biggest farm removal job ever carried out in britain the sunday school lesson pokt sunday may sssl christs charge to peter golden text greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends jno 1513- lesson text jno 21152 time may aj 3a place galilee exposition l jovest thou me 15lt the disciples had gone into galilee because jesus had bidden them go there3tlairr2sh3ar2r3iac -157- 10 there were seven of the apos tolic company prese at this appear- of christ v 2 thomas was one of the number peter was the leader peter suggested that they go afishlng some have thought that this was a temporary desertion of his call on peters part this is pure fancy secular occupations are not inconsistent with a true devotion to the work of prophet apostle or min ister i2 kl 617 ac lfl3 2nt4 it u well to be honestly busy while awaiting great events god often grant ills special revelations to those who are at the post of secular duty luke 28 matt 41821 jesus seemingly approved of this fishing excursion at all events he took a hand in it v 6 jesus disclosed himself to the disciples as at thair first call of four of them by a miracu lous draft of fishes luke 5 511 jesus did not come to their help until they had come to the end of themselves and their own resources having tolled long wearily and fruit lessly as day broke they saw jesus standing on the beach in this we may see a picture of jesus standing on the beach beyond the sea of life waiting for us to bring ashore the fish we have caught alas that bo few of us are as heavily freighted as were the disciples before jesus came to the help of his disciples he drew out of them a confession of their own utter failure vs 3 everything about the story bears the marks of genuineness and truth the actions ascribed to peter and john are exceedingly natural and charac teristic the story if fictitious would never have mentioned that the dis ciples for some time were not clear that it was jesus when breakfast is over jesus especially addresses himself to peter he was the one who heeded first to be searched and then encouraged and commissioned he calk peter by his weak natural name simon for he is about to recall his failure in which he had not- ap peared at all as peter man of rockl the flrslvnuelonbringfl up pctevs bofconfidentbanting ojat sad fall lovcst thou me more than these peter had boasted that though all the rest were offended he would not be that he would stand by his lord even unto death matt 2633 3s peter had thought that his love overtop ped that of all the rest of the dis ciple jcsub nskii him if ho still thlnksf after liu sad denial thnt he loveu more than these perhaps too there is n reference to the in struments of his old huklhess to which peter had been so devoted and jesus would k now i f he would jhit him bo- fore thoje jesus demands the su preme affection of his disciples matt 10 37 in making such a de mand jesus cleaflvr claims to be di vine for onlyone god has a right to demand supreme affection with the memory of his fall before peter did not hesitate to arflrm his love teeter did not say he loved jesuit morctlmntheotherdld he ha learned humllhybutof his love he ban no douht and is willing to ap peal to jesus own knowledge of him t that 1 love thee true love tochrlstlrshown by nbedl- rjno 14 15 21 22 jesus ac cepted pettr profession of hi lovo and on its basis commissioned him feed my lambs jesus will set only the one who loves him to feed ing the lambs and the way to show that we really do love him is by feeding ills lambs the lambs are the young of the flock a ministers first duty and a christians fir duty is to feed them the word of god is the food to give them what won drous forgiveness and compassion on jesus part to set faithless peter at this glorious work he asks the same question a second time leaving out the more than these and- gets the same reply he gives another com mission tend my sheep to tend is more- 1 fcan feed it is all the work of shepherding now jesus alters his question and uses the same word for love that peter had used simon son of john do you have affection for me the thrice asked question is such a manifest though gentle ref erence to threefold denial that peter is grieved at the suggestion of a doubt by the saviour of his love and he bursts out with all his soul lord thou knowest all things thou know est that t love thee jesus is sat isfied feed my sheep in peters answer there is another ascription of deity to jeans thou an all things he does indeed tjl follow me 184m a prophecy of peters crudfbdon follows peter win have again the opportunity of proving that he is ready to die for christ and this time he will not fall this might seem like painful information to peter but utnder the circumstances it must have been highly stratifying his death should glorify god then comes the final and best commission ot au follow me the following was to be literal right to the cross i matt 1624 2 tim 312 peter never forgot this conversation 1 pet 524 2 petl but somethlns of the old simon still remains he sees john followlng down the beach too and tne wants to ajnouii yaat shall this man do jesus tells him not to curiously inquire about others but to faith fully follow christ london stork faces holdup ijondon cp the lancet com menting on the lack of mldwlves in london says many expectant mothers in the capital are going from hospital to hospital seeking a bed it is doubtful whether any london voluntary hospital will have vacancies before september and the london maternity hospitals are nearly all booked up for months ahead war 25 years ago see ctaaesfa ay msocss bhr tf t bvnil goumftn tasenlsin press staff writer public anxiety over the great ger man spring offensive on the western front 25 years ago bad hardly been allayed following the gallant resist ance oifrhe british army when a storm broke out in political circles regarding the accjuracy of ministerial statements concerning britains mili tary strength and the disposition of troops in a letter to the times a distin guished soldier mnjgen sir fred erick b- maurice director of mili tary operations imperial general staff accused members of the gov ernment of making statements to par liament giving a totally misleading impression of the military situation the matter produced wide discus sion and brought on a debate in par liament members of the cabinet in volved offered to refer the case to two judges hut several liberal re fused to agree to such a tribunal itt hon h h asqulth acting as lender of the opposition moved to refer the allegations to a select committee of the house of commons in the parliamentary debate prune minister david lloyd george cate gorically and in detail maintained the truth of the ministerial statements and mr asqultha motion was reject ed by a 293106 vote ps as stcetlrea pay for his breach of discipline gen eral maurice was placed on retired pay by the army council and for the remainder of the war became a noted military contributor to several lou- don new in his letter sir frederick referred to a series of misstatements which have been made recently in the house of commons by the present govern ment among other things lie quoted from a statement made by mr lloyd george on april 9 in which the prime minister said that notwithstanding the heavy casualties in 1917 the army in france was considerably stronger on january 1 1918 than on janu ary i 1917 general maurice declared that ktnteincnt implies that sir douglas hnlgs fighting strength on the eve f the grenl battle which began march 21 191hh had not betn diminished tluit is not correct he nliio crltlrfoed btatenentt made reknrdikii the dlsihtttltlon of troops in mekopotamln and palestine warworken harold wiles you can help us lo he war workers to and from their worh by avoiding ruth hour trips phone 58 gray coach lines k yw rel tu skttarttosl ogdens tobacco ontario b done well in her eontribatlost of manpower and resources to the prosecu tion of the war ontario must do still more in providing the sinews of war by supporting the fourth victory loan to the limit of the ability of every citizen our men in the bghlitia serv ice will give all they have our people oa the home front can do no less the fourth victory loan is your opportun ity lo join with the navy the army and air foree in an allout offensive you cannot be there in person but your dollars can be there for you and will provide the materials and munitions so vital to the success of the armed forces the government of ontario is backing the loan by the investment of sso0o000 in the new victory bonds this is ontarios official con tribution towards strengthening the hands of the dominion government in its tremendous task of financing the total war effort that is needed u is the tangible pledge of the ontario govern ment that it will coohrulr lo the f iiiiibi poshihle extent willr the dominion government in the drive for final victory the action of the government of ontario is designed to give prurlieal leadership to all the cltiiensof shouldbe at example and an inspiration lo our people accept this fourth victory loan as a personal challenge to do their part lo buck the attack and hasten the day of victory as the old parish keclor said al the close of the remarkable film mrs miniver this is the peoples war il is our war we are the fighters fight il then fighl il with all that is in us we the people of ontario must fight it with our dollars your purchases of victttry bonds will help to send ontario over the lop again us support of our fighting men they will dd their part when the time of altark ronira we must do ours lolay u txinant freniksr prorfftrr o onhswsv 8vrm0xf 0ps published by authority op the o o v e r n me n t o f the province of ontario jmfjsamsilsswrsvftjja jjmiaiaicfii um ti