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‘ thn Oxenham’has writen a poeru beautifun§ describing how Stephen’s death was God’s potent spur to urge Saul and afmépel him to press on and work to the utmost for the cause 0 hrist. Rice is the Burman’s “staff of life.” Under the same circumstance, I wonder if the Master would not have done likewise?-â€"J. R. B. “When I discovered that the rats had made away with that piece of bread, I at first did not know what to do, and then I told the people we would have he communion and use our own Burma bread. So I told one of the men to fetch a plate of clean cooked rice from the top of his rice pot, and to each communicant, I gave a little rice instead of the bread.” AN INDIAN SAGE TOOK A SEED AND CUT IT IN TWO. Then turning to his son, he asked: “What do you see. my child?” “A seed. father.” “And what do you see in the seed?” TODAY. WHEN AUTOMOBILES HAVE TO A GREAT extent done away with horses, we do not often hear much about “spurs,” but most of us knew that a spur is a little sharp pointed instrument like a wheel, worn on a rider’s boot for the purpose of inciting the horse to action, thus urging him on_ to greater endeavor by_increasing his speed. PAGE 2 “And what do you see in the speck?” “Nothing.” “Ah, where you see nothing I see a great tree.” His vision was like Christ’s when He said: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed . . . . which becometh a tree.” WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IF YOU WERE A MIN- ister of the Gospel in Burma in a distant village on a Sun- day morning, preparing to serve the Holy Communion to a little group of his followers and when you looked for the one little piece of bread that the missionary had sent for the purpose, you suddenly discovered that the rats had carried it off? You or I would probably have decided that the com- munion service must be postponed until wheat bread could be secured. We will let Saya Shwe Hla tell what he did under the circumstances. He said: Really there is no one else seriously bidding for the heart of the world except Jesus Christ. The missionary en- terprise has many critics, but no real rival. There are other great religions, but none with such an aim, namely, to make this world a Christlike world, giving itself for the sake of all others, as Jesus gave himself for the sake of us all. If the motive and aim of Christian missions is to produce this sort of Christlike character, I have no apology for being a missionary.â€"â€"-Rev. E. Stanley Jones. He answered: “Mr. Jones, there is nobody else who is seriously bidding for the heart of the world except Jesus Christ. There is nobody else in the field.” India: “My brother, what do you think‘of Jesus? IN VIEW OF HER STRONGLY HELD PREVIOUS OPIN- ions, these words of Miss Pankhurst’s are worth pondening: “In the world crisis, women are quite as unable as men are to propound a saving policy, let alone carry it into effect. There is no individual woman who can invent the required policy, just as there is no man who can do so. The collective wisdom of women is proving as inadequate as that of men to invent such a policy . . . in the dualty of the mission of the Lord Jesus to humanity, we may find the answer to the oft-repeated question, ‘If it is true that failure awaits all human experiment, including the experiment of votes for women, what must we do?’ Qualify to meet Him when He comes, to serve Him, to have a place in His confidence and a part in His glorious kingdom. Who would exchange the grandest of our old illusions concerning what the votes of women could do for the assurance of what the Lord Jesus Christ will do in time and eternity.” I SAID ONCE TO A LEADING MAN, A THINKER OF REV. T. E. BUCK, OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCI- ety, writes of spending a night last year in a village in Mada- gascar, where all the pe0ple were heathen. “I called the vil- lagers together,” he says, “and gave them a simple talk about God and Jesuss Christ. I could see that they were impressed. One of the headmen came to me and said: ‘You have told new and wonderful things about the true God today. Will you tell me more? I feel I want to know this God.’ Soon after daybreak. eleven men were waiting me. and they told me that they had made up their minds to go forward in the new faith. We made an application to the government. The reply was received last February. When I visited this little church in June, I was astonished. The little place where the services are held was packed to the doors. The men of the village finished the teacher’s house in two days. About twenty people are learning in the catechumens’ class. Now thirty of them have made an application to the Governmen asking for permission to build a school.” It would be interesting to carry the comparison further and figure how many years three billions of dollars would maintain the mission work of the churches, the educational work, and provision of living salaries for ministers. “Fill the Y. M. C. A. and keep the prisons empty!” re- cently wrote the noted English journalist and author, P. Whit- well Wilson. The cost of crime in a single year in the United States would pay the expenses for sixty years on the current basis, of all the Y. M. C. A.’s in the United States and Canada, their national, state and training agencies, and their services in 30 countries. For the new Year Book of the North Ameri- can Associations shows that these expenses in the past year totaled $51,914,400. THE COST OF CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1924 is reported as three billions of dollars. This stupendous loss is better understood when compared with the cost of operating one of the great organizations devoted to the de- velopment of Christian character among men and boys. “A speck.” Yes, it was I. And sore to me the telling, Yes, it was I. And thought of it has been God’s potent spur my whole soul’s might compelling These outer darknesses for Him to win.‘ Oh, was it I that stood there, all consenting? lâ€"at whose feet the young men’s clothes were laid? Was it my will that wrought that hot tormenting? My heart that boasted over Stephen dead? For The Quiet Hour A PRAYER ON ENTERING CHURCH “Lord, fl‘hy doo_r i9 open. In this plac'e today} Lord, Thy door is open, Lord, Thy door _is Open! Let me worghip rightly As’ I miter slowly, _ Let me feel Thee near me, Laid the in, I pr'ay.” THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Messrs. F. 'l‘. Hill Company Limited of this place are further extending their already extensivo [business connections. They are at. present operatini.r stores at Mea- t'ord. Alliston. Urangeville and Dun- ilalk. along with the parent. store here. and the latest mow in con- neetion with these sm'eaial linsi- nesses is amalgamation with Feder- ated Distributors. Limited. Willi head Omre at. Toronto. The new connection links them np with :i numher of the host stores in the larger cities and towns in Ontario for buying pin-poses and will [dare them in a. position to giVe the. same values as. the biggest. stores in the, large centres. 'l‘hey haw also pur- chased a store in Brampton and will open for business there during the Present. month. 'l‘heir extensive Roof Collapsed on Team An uccidont that. was in itsolt‘ scrious and which might hayo oasily Lhoon fatal happouod at Sholhurno Flour Mills on Monday morning of this wook. Tho l't‘t’fllll. hoayy snow- fall \yoightod down tho roof that, sholtors tho muruuco to tho will so hoayily that tho structuro collapsod. Roy B0” of Amaranth had jllst driyou his tonm in and uut‘ortun. atoly diroctly undor tho roof. 'l‘ho mass of timhor and snow t'orcod his toam to tho ground. 'l‘ho ono ani- mal was injurod uhout tho hack and was uuahlo to movo. lts mato. how- oyor. strugglod so t'routiculy that. it managod to got froo and in so doing. draggod part of tho \yrockago away. This groatly ouahlod tho. anxious roscuors to two Mr. lloll, who hap- pily was unhurt. though sonic-what. shakon hp. Luckily ho had hoon at tho hack of tho sloigh. [1' ho had hoon at tho front. ho would hayo rocciyod tho full \yoiu‘ht of tho' wrockago.â€"-Sholhurno limmomist. Further Expansion of F. '1‘. Hill a Go. At this point, the Town Council held a special session Friday to de- termine what should he done. They supplied the family with food over the week-end and on Monday had Tippidore’s furniture (what had not been seized by the Bailiff) packed up and gave this second Ponzi the bums rush out of town. The worst. of it is. what. town will he the next. to suffer under his fraudulent methods? â€"â€" Kim'ardine Reviewâ€"Re- porter. He had a wife and family with him, they having taken up residence in part of a home let to them while preparing to move into the “newly purchased” boarding house. The re- sult was that, as ippidore wasn't working and was not making the slightest attenmt to work, the daily bread was not forthcoming, and the family_were without (god. 1‘ that he would pay it on Saturday night. Of course, the merchant would refuse to let him take away the goods until it. was paid for. When the partner came back and the one he had purchased from had perhaps gone to lunch, or out some place, this slick chap would walk in and state, “I just bought some goods from Mr. So and So; I’ll take them now.” If the partner had failed to mention the sale, the other merchant. thinking the transaction all right, let him remove the goods. However, it didn’t take long to get on to this funny work, and soon ippidore was closed down on so tight he couldn’t buy a gum drop on credit. __ g _ Little Girl Bcnldod Little 2%- war old "Willa "-III I. daughtm‘ of MI‘. and MI‘N. MIIII!~ 'l'.eel,0r 'l‘mxn Linn, was Hm \n'l'm of a iIII'I'iblI' m'vidvni un I’I'Muv last. \Vlwn llIu INHHII‘I' was IIHI-nd- ing to tlw iInIIthum clinic-N. H!" In- tle girl got up nn tho III-:II'III of Hun stove and pullod a [out «If DUIIIII: water ou-I' lIvrsI-lf. inflicting II-m- hle scalds ”II ”In fucv. arms and M11}.-- Medical aid “as immmiiaII-l) sum- moned. and l'\""¢l) pussihlc- and u I'onnoclicm as huwIs III IlIIwI SI. MI grains pnd OHN‘I‘ mm IIIIIIIIII I- I In. . . them I“ 8 must ‘:"l\IIHllI|I IDU‘HIHH In the smm-al ('I‘llh‘vs \V‘MO‘ HII-v are I‘eprvscntvd. 'I'III- SIIIIIIIIIIII' H pleased (I) [1010 this flll‘HlI'l‘ :IIL vancommn I'II I‘fllllld'Niflll “I”! III. Hill businvss “hiviI 1': II' mam VP :I ~ has [100" anIIIIII: HII- Id'adc‘h ‘H Western OntaI I'II.â€"-M:II kdalI- Stun- dud. NOBLE’S GARAGE SERVICE Chevrolet flu-say. rota-my u. “26. Lydia E. Pinkhun'a Vegmahh Compound in a dependuble medium- for young women'- troubles. helped me I0 much (hot I thought u might help her at this time. Sho- has guned ever since the began taking It. She “1de wheel every day m -\A' "Id ‘00! “m, and doesothor um of-door sport. 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