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OBITUARY Rev. E. A. Tonkin, Port Perry Mis many olci friencis in Bowman ville and Darlington learned wit] regret of the passing of Rev. Edwii Albert Tonkin at the home of hi daughter, Mrs. Geo. Jackson, Por SPerry, in his 87th year. He was a native of Brooklin. Oný tario County, but later moved t( Durham County, attending school a Chateauguay near Enifteld in Nortl Darlington. Among Uis schoolmateý o! those days now living are Editoi M. A. James and Mr. J. B. Martyr Bowmanville. Rev. Mr. Tonkin als attended Oshawa High Sehool anc Toronto Normal Sehool. In 1874 he entered the ministry oi the Bible Chimstian Church and re- mamned with the bod.y until its fus. ion wth the Methodst Church oi Canada in 1881, when he joineci th( latter. From that time until his re- tirement on superannuation in 1914 he helci pastorates in Prince Edwar< Island, Janetville, Cani!ton, Canton Sandford, Milford, Columbus, Sid. ney, Greenwood, Cambray, and West Huntingdon. When he relinquished the minis- try he settled in Bowmanville, later moving to Port Perry, where he tool up residence with his daughter. Hiç wif e, who, before her marriage wam Sarah Williams, daughter of the late Rev. John Williams o! the Bible Christian Church. predeceaseci hirr flfteen years ago. There now sur- vive four daughters, Mrs. (Rev.) R. A. Spencer, Clarkson; Mrs. F. B. Beatty. Toronto; Mrs. J. F. Woods, New York; and Mrs. George Jack- son, Port Ferry; and one son, W. H. Tonkin of Montana, U.S.A. The f uneral took place on Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. J. H. Smyth, pastor of Port Perry Un- itedi Church, assisteci by Revs. E. F. Armstrong, Bowmanville, P. L. Jul Brooklin, S. C. Moore, Toronto, and Partridge. Interment taok place in Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Abere. Mrs. Thomas 3. McMurtry, Bowmanville There passeci o rest at her home on Church Street on Thursday, Feb- ruary 22nd. Louisa Agnes Crosby, widow o! the late Thomas J. Mc- Murtry, in her 72nd year. Mrs. Mc- Murtry Was a quiet retlrmng woman Who was passionately fond .o! her home, and she proveci a good friend andi splendid nelghbor to those with whom she came in contact. She was born at Aurora, and f rom ea.rly childhood made her home with her granadfather, Mr. John Ruddock of Clarke Township. Forty years ago she was married te Mr. Thomas J. McMurtry who predeceased her two years ago this month. Mr. McMur- try was for ma.ny years agent for the Great West Lif e Assurance Com- pany. There were no children and aIl inunediate members of her !am- ily have passeci away. The funeral was helc f rom her late residence on Saturday a! lernoon when Rev. F. H. Mason of Newcas- tle conducteci the service in the ab- sence Of Rev. C. R. Spencer, rector of St. Johns Anglican Church, of which deceased was a member. The pail bearers were two nephews, Fred and George. Honey, and Kyle and Lawrence Squair, Melbourne Wight, andi Herb. Herod of Mirnico. ManY beautiful floral tributes at- tested to the warm f riendships the deceased haci made in her lifetiine. They includeci tributes from Mr. a.nd Mrs. E. McMurtry, London; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McMurtry, St. Thomas; Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Willard and Lo- gan, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Squair andi Miss Ida Stephens, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Honey, Mr. andi Mrs. Geo. Honey. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bounsail and Mr. andMr.Rer Misses E. and M. Willmott, r. and' Mrs. J. W. Jewell, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Herod. Mr. andi Mr. M. J. Wight, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Stephens. Mr. and Mms. Roy Langmald. Frxends and relatives attending from a distance included: Mrs W. J. McMurtry and daughters Beatrice, Ecina andi Helen, Qaît; Mr. Ed. Mc- Murtry, Lon don; Mr. George Mc- Murtry, St. Thomas; Mms. H. Jack- son, Maple; Mrs. Walter Willard, Toronto. Interment was made in Bowman- ville Cemetery. Samuel Martin Blllings, Orono A ter an iUlness of more than three months, Samuel Billings, a 11e-long resident of Clarke, dieci aI Orono on Sunday, February 4th. His early lfe was sPent on his father's farm, two miles north o! Orono, f rom which he attended both Leskard and Kirby schools. In the year 1880 he marrned Elizabeth E-va- ed wlfée-o!- ex-Ma-yorSaâmueél lcornm of Lndsay, who passed away on Feb. 21s1. was a mesnber of one of the ploneer familles o! Oshawa, a daugh- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George F. Blamey. Mrs. Alcorn was active and paîriotlc ln the cause of the Im- peril Daughters of the Empire, Ka- wartha Chapter, o! Lndsay. She was a prominent soclety warker for many years anld an extensive travel- 1er, having travelled practlcally over the continent. The late Mrs. Alcorn was born ln Oshawa ln 1871, where ase resided with her parents durlng her early lUfe. It was while travell- ing Brtish Columbia. that se met, became acquainted with and engag- ed to her huaband, Samuel Alcorn. THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE. THURSDAY, MARCH lst, 1934 PAGE PMV They were married in Oshawa in 1905. Mr. andi Mrs. Alcorn located at Newcastle, where Mr. Alc'arn was entrusteci with the responsible task of opening up a new branch o! the Standard Bank. F'ollowing a so- iourn o! five years in Newcastle, Mr. Alcorn was transierreci ta Lindsay twenty-one years ago, and became manager a! the Standard Bank there. Mrs. Alcorn was predeceaseci by her parents several years ago. Mer f ather, the late Mr. Blamey, who was o! English extraction, was as- sociated in business for many years with the late Hon. T. N. Gibbs o! Oshawa. The deceased's mother was o! French origin andi liveci in East Whitby. Besides her sorrowing hus- band, one daughter andi one son sur- vive, Miss Margaret andi Mr. James Alcorn, both at home. Two broth- ers also mourn her loss, Marry E. Blamey of Toledo, Ohio, and George F. Blamey o! Oshawa. John Lowery, Kendal In tIse year 1858 there came to Canada f rom County Armangh, Ire- landi, James andi Mary Mannahan and settled near Starkville. To them were born three clsldren, John, who died near Kirby on Frid.ay, February 9tIs; Jane (Mrs. Arnott) o! Clarke; and Mrs. Thompson ai Clarke (de- ceased). John Lowery and Ellen Jane Powers were married Jnly l3th, 1881. Mrs. Lowery precteceased hIer husband some years. Their !amily consisteci of: Ethel (Mrs. Searl, de- deasedl, Hartwell, Hazel (Mrs. A. E. Marton), and Lyall. Mr. Lowery came ai Presbyterian stock and was a member and !or some years also ai Kirk session; was a Canservative in politics; an Orangeman for sixty years, the Master a! L.O.L. No. 405 for twenty-tluree yeams; was also a member for several yea.rs o! thse Clarke Township Council andi serveti a term as Reeve. Il is no slighl meed a! praise to say of your friend lha.l when you need help o! any kind he does nol "pass by on the lother ide." Ta use the familiar word, iriend Lawery "pitcheci right in" ta help and would lose also an almast unbelievable amount o! sleep in help 10 sick neiglubors, as they can testify. Thse funeral service on Februaryf l2th was conducted by Rev. J. H.1 Osterhout, B.A., B.D., o! Orono, pas-t toral charge, andi Mev. Gilbert Gonim, a f rienti o! the !amily, now o! Hagersville, Ont. Services were under auspices o! tIse Clarke District L.OL. retrenas pall bearers were Messrs. Harper Carscaddess, T. e A. Reid, F. Brimacombe, E. Morton,1 W. J. Patton and J. Stewart. Sunday School Lesson JESUS' TESTIMONY CONCERNING HIMSELF Sunday, March 4th Golden Text: "Came unto me, ail ye that labour andi are heavy laden, anti I will give you rest."ý-Matthew 11:28. Lesson Passage: Mattluew 11: 2-6, 16-19, 25-30. Blessed is tIse man who sees The hanti a! Goci in clod and trees, But blesseti most the man who knows The selfsame God within hlm glows. -Gaston Burridge Stone Walls, 2, 3 Richard Lovelace said: "Stone walls do nat a prison make, Nor iran bars a cage.", An educateci maxi writlng of his experience in a penitenliary wluere he serveci several years affirms jusî lIse opposite, Ihat stone walls do make a prison anti iran bars a cage. Richard Lovelace was writing as a lover, nd sentiment made him less conscious of! Us surroundings. This much. Isawever, may be saiti trnth- fufl.y, that thought control may make Prison more bearable than il would otherwise be. One who is thinking of his own misiortune will suffer more !romn incarceration than a prisoner whose mind la working on somethlng outside the prison aI- together. John the Baplist found that the atone walls o! the castle of Machaerus diti make a prison. Mer- oti Intendeti a prison to be a prison, nol a rest cure. Tluere was abund- ant Justification for John's despond- ency. Me Isad looketi upon Jesus as lIse Messialu, perluaps as a revalu- tionary leader, andi instead Jesus was Ieaching. In the Jordan Valley John hati diplayeti fi spirit of de- featism, but in the prison he asketi hall doubtfully, sending Uis discip- les with the enquiry. "Art thon lue tIsaI shoulti came, or do we look for another?" Faith and Facts, 4-6 Religion must be baseti upon !acts. Faith may go beyond tIse facts, but Il must go in the direction the facts indicate. Jesus had a strong sense o! f acI. Actualilies, nol fictions, were thse basis of his faith. Me ans- wered Johsn's question giving tIse lruth. the whole trullu and nathing but thse truth. Neyer once is there any indication of Jesus saying mare than the truth. Me gave a statement about his work. and le! t the con-1 clusion ta, John thse Baptisl's Inde- pendent .ludgment. The description which Jesus gave o!flis work is in perfect accord with tIse Prediction he made about it In tlue synagogue1 aI Nazareth. The program oi Christ'sj public ministry may not have been1 what John the BaptisI expected, but1 Jesus did flot mlsrepresent what he1 was doing. John gaI lis answer1 without hesitation ar any coloring o! the facts. The Christian faith seeks1 investigation. WIsat is spoken in the ear may be proclaimeci !rom thie hanse tops. Fersonal f aithis l only secure when il la f oundeti upon con- victions arising from a knowledge of facts. Grown Up Chlldren, 16-19 The Gospels tell us 11111e about tIse boyhood of Jesus. As f ar as cour knowledge goes these were sUlent years. We may, however, In part reconstruct Ihis perlot f rom hints andi allusions fount i n thse words of Jesus. If he played games as other chlldren, we have no way of know- Ing. except f rom Uis passlng refer- ence to the chilcren's gainse of mar- rnages and funerals. This allusion shows that he had observed the children at play, probably he hlm- self had psrtlclpated repeatedly In this gaine, whlch was a form of charades. Eastern funerals are vo- Churcu Activities Sparllng Mission Band Sparling Mission Band met in Trinity Unitedi Church school room on Monday afternoon. Program op- ened with soit music, and ai ter prayer by Mrs. Ingham, a hymn was sung andi the story of the Damaged Car wa-s told by Mrs. C. J. Smale. News f rom China was given; offer- ing was taken and general business conducted. Another hyn was sung and Mrs. Smale tolci the "Story of a True Friend", and Mrs. B. E. Ing- ham a Story of China. A hyn and the Mizpah bened.iction closeci the meeting. St. John's A.Y.P.A. A Seth Parker evening featured the meeting of St. John's A.Y.P.A. on Monday night. The hall was ar- ranged with the chairs arounci an open fireplace with the red coals burning in the grate, producing a cosy homelike atmosphere. After the short business session and the cievotional perioci conducted by Capt. Johnson, the branch sang a number of Seth Parker's favorite hyrnns thrown on the sereen. Between the hymns Capt. Johnson gave a five- minute talk on the meaning of Lent. Mrs. F. A. Dilling told the story of Seth Parker's lii e andi the manner in which he broadcasts his programs; and President Bert Mortlock tolci the story o! St. Pancras, one of the flrstl Christian martyrs. St. PauI's Evening Auxiliary The regulax meeting o! the Even- ing Auxiliary was helci in the Prin- ary class room, of St. Paul's Church on Monday evening. The meeting opened writh Miss M. Hutchison, the president, presicLing. The devotional period was in charge of Mrs. Jas. Cairns; hymn "Our Faith Looks up to Thee" was sung, Mrs. Lunney at the organ; Mrs. Cairns read such an interesting article on "Tolerance"; Mrs. F. Pattinson reaci the scripture rea.ding, l3th Chapter Corinthians, followed with prayer by Mrs. Kerr; Mrs. C. Rice read Our Daily Prayer the hyrn "Breathe on Me Breath of God." Miss Hutchison thanked Mrs. Cairns for the splendid devotional program, and the secretary, Miss E. Jewell, reaci the minutes, andi Miss Hl. Carruthers reported the treasur- er's accounts. After the business period Miss E. Jewell reaci a portion of the 6th chapt-er our study book "Living Issues o! China," !ollowed by the 2nd portion reaci by Mrs. C. Lunney. This chapter proved most .nteresting. The closing hymn fol- .owed with the Lord's Frayer closed the meeting. Delicious refreshments were served by Mrs. C. Lunney, Miss Elutchison, Miss Jewell andi Mrs. Pattinson, and the usual social hour eioyed. ciferous demonstrations of grief. Children liked to play as the mourn- ers, taking off thse funeral proces- sion. Suddenly they would change to the gladness of a marriage cere- mony. Il was good training in flex- ibility o! personality. Jesus useci this village pastime to illustrate the sul- ky moocis of thse scribes and Phari- sees who haci condemned John the Baptist for being an ascetic and who also condemned Jesus for being companionable. They were like thse children who would not enter into the game o! marriages and funerals, refusing either to laugh or cry. They would not play. As we become old- er and learn more wisdom, we cease Vo indulge in childish sulks. Paul said, "Wihen I became a man I put away childish things." Childlke Aduits, 25-27 Jesus did nfot like Vo see adults acting in a childish way, but he did like Vo see a childlike spirit among grown ups. The learneci Pharisees ai Jernsalem wonld flot listen to him but the f isher folk of Galilee beca.me his disciples. Little children likeci 10 hear his stery. Beggars and lep- ers appreciated what he coulci do for Ihemi. Religion is more than a mat- ter of the intellect, it has to do wlth emotion andi wifl also. Some o! the truest Christians are simple mindeci people who may be !itîingly describ- ed as babes in Christ. A highly ed- ucated cynic may have a cuîting wtt and miss alI the poise and peace of one who lives in daily !ellowshlp with Christ, practising thse presence o! God and living in the spirit of love. "The real problem of educa- tion is to enable us Vo grow out of our childishness without losing our chlldlikeness. Thse Perpendicular Pronoun, 28-30 In thse Eisglish translation o! Chrlst's invitation to the weary and heavy ladien, the first personal pro- noun is used in one form or another seven times over. If we were to use "I" as freqnently as this, we should be convicteci of egolsm. Christ's use o! the first personal pronoun, how- ever, serves to indicate his sympathy. his mercy and compassion. Visitars attending the churclu o! a great Canadian preacher remarked tIsat in the whole service the pronoun 'II" hai flot once been used. The minis- ter eifaced himself campletely. Me sought ta hold forth Christ, and Iide behinci his Master. Christian- ity differs f rom aIl other religions in that il is essentially a religion ai a persan. Christianity is Christ in a way that Buddhism is not Buddlua. Buddhism can continue .iust with ils ideas, but Christianity depends upon the pemsonal relationship o! the be- liever to Christ. We f ind God throngh coming ta Christ. We learn lave for our !ellowmen through fel- lowship with Christ. We have a hope for immortality through a de- sire ta be with Christ which Is far better. Many have discovereci the reallty of religion by accepting ChrlsI's word, 'II am the door." MATURITY-MATERNITY MIDDLE ACE At these three critical periodi a woman needs a medicine she can depend on. That's why so many taIse Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Coin- pound. 98 out of 100 say, "It hel ps me!" l«t h help you, coo. LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE OMPGUND À, VE.,.Y IfIN G00j [ARLY SHOPPERS SPICIALS',,