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e organs stead _of be liable ; Your lure and l ghl y run- osecure rh, liver, should :stionL brug Stbre 5-uvt: mm HII18 to mmx, , After I had come to Ireland I was wont [daily to feed cattle, and I prayed often'du_r- ing the day; the love of God and His fear increased more and more. and faith became stroneer, and the spirit was st-irred . . . . ..so , that I used even to remain in the woods and A the mountain to pray . . . . . ...because the, spirit was then fervent within me." Rvnr nfh-`II'\I!urHa Ohlvxnuk I-do u-uuul.._!.... Furnish everything. an hour at bum: in .a=imz orsoliciting. shnw C::r_d lettering and pay cash cacb VI`. --v-- --Ivwlila . St. Patrick. the apostle of Ireland. hasi` left us -a curious testimony of the inuence w on his mind of the place where religion '1 first gripped him `as a great reality. He was a captive and the slave of a chieft-ain, whose lands lay about Slemish,Mountain, 1 A -a little east of Ballymena-in County- Antrim. Before his capture by pirates he had been it careless about religion. in spite of the fact ii that his father had `been a deacon and his! grandfather a presbyter in the Church. But V the long six years in captivity and slavery. 3 gave him time to think,` jE 43.... I L...) -__.- A- v_,L I V - THURSDAY. MARCH 15. 1923., mu was man ugrvenv wltnln me. ' Ever afterward through his wandering "The most- FFLV cnouuo Delicidus `Tea you*da n buy" 3 352 RD SCHOOL ` Toronto. Ont. uusuululls cum. uuu is everywhere. 1 Too often men associate the whole idea of God and of worship with the place and the church to which they were accustomed in their childhood. The routine of that co;nmunity s life, its sabbaths, its church building its ritual, its methods, its lericall ivestments and old-world atmosphere were 'so muchga part of their religion that they think these essential. When such men move to anew land where the customs and en- . vironment are different, they frequently fail [to associate themselves with its religiouslife. ,. They have depended so much on the extern- I al -aids to devotion that `they cannot en-IT gage in devotion without them. So they . leave God behind them in the old homes. i Snnh n nnnmmi-im. at-l...I.. ..I......;. ..._.I L-I-_ Vcuuuuug uumuu IUVCS. with many they} {; are the scenes amidst which the voice of` . God first spoke convincingly to their souls, I ~ To those reared in eastern Canada suchviai holy place is often some country `church set zamid fields and groves, hills and running `streams. To those from Scotland or `Ire- , `land, England or Wales there is somewhere. `in the past some grey ston kirk, some cot- ; tage home, some` green" fields with green _]hedgea, some glen among the mountains, made foiever sacred because there God lnnnltn and flan!-A than lunnoul .....l --....._.--I--I ...,,v uuuau, numu EIUCII uulus Winn green lhedges, some forever spoke, and there they heard and responded,- and made vows to God as Jacob did at Bethel. Such a place is to such a soul a veritavble Bethel, the House of God. It is Holy ground. It is good ever and again to turn back to it at least in thought, if it is] impossible to visit it often in nerson. There is one danger, however, in laying too much stress on such holy places. It is the dangerof thinking that God is confined to those sacred sites. It is the danger of lforgetting that God is everywhere. Too often mam nnnnniotn ct... ...I..-i.. :.n_..I ........ u, v. um auuncn ucatucu xuuawr. 1 Most men have places in life's pilgrimage which are Holy ground. With some they` .are places which have been sanctified `oyl jenduring -human loves. With they! the scenes: nmidczt whinh H11: `7h;nL\ no. , . 'life and varied ministry Patrick regarded -the lands about Slemish Mountain as Holy is ground. It was the placeof his captivity land his emancipation, the place of his, physical slavery, but also of his spiritual` freedom. When years afterwards he re- turned tolreland -as a missionary, he has- tened_to the lands and scenes of his servi-` ! tude to refresh his own spirit and to convert. ! the family of his former heathen master. : I ll..-` ...-.. L____ ,4, .-n u .. U61 IlUllll|.IUH - There is in everyone ' a longing to be bevunderstood. If 3 child is brought up in the country, he soon learns thatthis under- ,stunding is to be found in Nature. ` 1 \II VH1. "um: um uuluwuls t:(\`uy;`-5 i "To be happy at home is the ultimate! `result of all ambition; the end of which {every enterprise and labour tends." Sam- u`el Johnston. 'I"L__- 2 _ S _, l THE BRIGHT SIDE OF FARM LIFE I At the winter Short Course in Agricul- tur/e. held at Orillia. prizes were offered` by the Orillia Packet for the best essay`: on The Bright Side of Farm Life." The` first prize was taken by `Miss Anne Mc-l Kinlay of Oro. with the following essay:---l 'l'.. I... I........... .'.. 1.----- :_ .L i lullcln 8 The |ndl- in is absorbed` ied to the seat '3 contajn no fhelr action II I the pain. rt an experi- 'nnds of Cal- effectiveness test you can lar box from free sample Co..'l'oronto. It. ' l . . . V . . . . ..`..... vuululv U1 camusuuu. , ' Therefore I say that our faith in; [human nature is revived and restored by:' {the discovery that the miracle of mother- ]hood is beyond the corroding touch of cyni-t icism. Out of the unfathomable past life com- l es fresh and fair. It is a holy mystery that; we cannot vulgarize. The miracle of being; a mother is infinitely greater than the ac- cident of being a princes or the accident of! being anything else on earth. There isl only one other miracle that bears orchal- lenges comparison with the miracle of birth. It is the miracle of death. In the mir-I 2 acle' of death, as in the miraclef `of bir'h. all men and all women are utterly! and absolutely equal; and it is well that! we should all be equal at the beginning and; atthe end of this life. I believe that the miracle of deathis aso a miracle of birth, and that every death-days is also a birth-I clay." g . auu acwucc can never explore. l .ous equality softens the thoughts of the; It is the mystery of life, and in the: heart of it the mother reigns supreme in her holy solitude of sacred suffering. Here: there is no rank and caste. no status and no! gestation. The humblest girl in a cottage is; not less marvellous than the princess in as palace. A dim perception of this tremend-i people. and makes them kind andgentlei in their mood of sympathy. The supremei i miracle of life shines for a little while abovel `the toil and tumult of existence. EKFIVL, P, I -..-.. "nu Auuul un ulgu places. ' ".`Human'nat-ure is always better than it- lself. It is better than itsbest. It may be in the mud. but it longs to rise out of it. There is one mar\'el that never fails to fill} the meanest and vilest mind with wonder andwitfh reverence. It is themarvel of; motherhood`. In-the swift rush of life thereg is no miracle which raises humanity so high | I I I above its daily level. For one brief breath- less moment the fool of time catches an glimpse of eternity, and stands awed by a mystery which learning can never explain I and science can never explore. It l flit! n\'u:h:I-tr A` '33.. -.---J 3-- A`.:- lallln "It is ridiculous to say that the British "people lack imagination. The) are the `most imaginative race on earth. That is lwhy' they are able to put themselves in the place of other.races`and feel what they feel. Their imagination works intuitively . and instinctively. and their affection springs; from it rather than from the logic of cold' reason.. They can sense a moral and spir-- itual` atmosphere with amazing accuracy. The best in them goes out to the beat in others... They are idealists. quick to see; their own ideals in high places. | ' ``"IIImnn ' -...L...... -.. -L---- u:u:nu_v uruucu ll: l "The British people have done what few lmodern nations. have been able to do. They have pierced and penetrated he thickl walls of symbolism which separate the hearth behind the throne from the worka- day world of the people. This is not snob- bery or sycophancy. It- is magical clivina-I tion. . MARVEL or MOTHERHO0D_ ` 1 } (Toronto Telegram) i I Just what has been the strength of the British people? 5 i I 1 ! In Hm Q.....I.... t:~.....--.._ I-.. n i ;. ;n.Luml.I pcupltil V In the Sunday Express James Douglas; recently defines it: 'I`k.. n..:.:..1. ..--._I- Ln I ' '- The winged days bring peace, when we can` truly see V I All the ebeautyh-that the `Master gave, to! lead us on `_ I i To heights where love and charity and faith { `. shall `be - . I Bright stars to guide us. till we reach the; U dawn. j `Owns! . . - -- The world is full of melody for ears thazh `hear. ' _ Even the slow. sad music of our loved: ones rest Bring: in its wake calm thoughts of heaven ? near, I And st-ills the fears that have so long oppressed. ' - to the coming night. While birds and little children sang their I evening song? .Th_e tireless wind that sings to you of mai- chless might. ' lDid you hear the young leaves whisper! Did it rouse your soul to" action as it] ' V swopt along? _ , _ . _ ,wI-r\\l I I _ I Did you see the `sunrise giory over hill_ and dale? T , While snowakes turned all nature info fairy lace, T ' Or, yonder river. dancing through tha- rocky vale. V - Its challenge` ringing out to you to win 7 your race?_ :*%%*$*$%***&&%*&*%&w&$&% * ;*j %lN%WOMAN S REALM ~23 BEAUTY Wilhelmina R. Bechtel, THE BARRIE EXAMINER ~ runu wmuy UI elgm. uvmg at Ueaar Hill, Ont., wen} alltaken ill and having no phone. hung out a flag. Some days later a neighbor called, bug; the father had died. I .....b..u ufuc ul uuiu um, LU any OI us 81853! I, t'iel::upat;]on :1" Wfhat 3 cczntrast E` the city! ey c ens a ew us cover rem. a I handful of owers growing in the park. We think of them in pity. They have no sun- iets, tn}? quiet mfediitatiomk Theyhdo not} ear e music 0 t e broo s or t e birds. i They do not smell the fragrance of the aip-i ple blossoms, clover, or wild owers. They gel), to} the: thleatrg, whelije lI:(a{eal1)ietyth1s an icia. rea . ere ore, s ou e happiness of the farmer. for their s is the joy of independence. contentment and the `i companionship of God in Nature. nu uu yrura. ., " In the U.S. army a privatc's pay is 67- cents a day, British 56 cents and French 3 cents. ' _ __A7 I I` P 0 ` _ go a V , 4. - E. S_ Hunt -has been `choir leader of fhe] North Street Methodist Church. Lambeth. for 50 years. ' In 41... we ......... .. ....:.._L-`- _-_L' :7 n- nZIi!;:_therc is so good for Templeton ; (I The uughll S` uuu vvnuu cnuuung. ' I ~ Again. I say, can you compare the! bright side of farm life, to any of its sick: i v Ocmlnatinns?" Whnf u nnnfu-out :1! LL- ..:L-.l I vaulngca. out wnar. occupation has not? 0 2 There are men and womenin the cities 3working so hard they have no family life. inn social life, no time for religion or cul- : ture. They are simply cogs in 3 great wheel. Ewearing themselves out, before their time, iby hard labour. Compare this to the coun- ltry `home. At night the family gather` Iround the fire. Then Father and son plan itheir work, while Mother and Sally mend. j knit. or do fancy work. Maybe the neigh- {bors will come in to spend the evening. {Then dad gets out his old fiddle, tunes itl ,up, and you see the old fashioned-dances, { idanced by the parents, `and the modern` ldances by the children. A trend of con-' i tentment and thankfulness runs through the I . l room. Everyone is content, they are all; together at home, where each and every-. one knows what is going on. They are` `thankful; they have good wholesome food and warm clothing. I l Ailln I saw Ann . . . . . . A - - -A LL- an-hcllutll In uruua. Can you compare or contrast anything better than farm life? It "has its disad- vantages. But what. occupation has not? 1 Them nrn man and m.-m~.m~.>:... L. .:a.:.. _____ ..., `,..._. n\l| use uuunsna. uuer nu. Winter is approaching; the leisure sea- son for the farmer. One can almost hear [the jingle of the sleigh bells, on a clear lbright. moonlight night, the snow glistening ,like diamonds, as -the young people go for :3. ride to `skate or other such recreation. iIt is wit-h this season that the farmer gets uthe required change. As one of the poets iihas said, A change in occupation "is rest,` unbroken toil becomes a burden. During the winter months the daughters and sons are in a position to take advantage of the ( Agricultural Short Goursestsuch as we have I attended in Orillia. ~ I (`nn Ivnco ..A._..__._. V ` ' " ;....... xuun uuo Irom tne machine in heaps. It is now the farmer feels thankful to Providence, for blasting" -him with a bounti- 'ful crop. Following this there is com to ! be cut and turnips to be gathered and stor- led. Then we feel we can take a holiday. The large ma'_iority of the men go for the annual deer hunt, and mother shuts up .the house to visit the daughter or son in} {the city. So you see. it is not all work` ;and no play for the farmers. after all. n ur:....... :- - Ian? uC & ' Fall succeeds summer, when Nature dons her brightest colors. It is then she is more satisfying to the farmers who have toiled! hard for this result. The .harvesting of the grain is a busy time for the farmer. but the threshing of this grain, repays and grutifies the household as well, when the grain rolls out from the machine in heaps. ,It farmer feels mnlrfnl .. ca nu: 21 gum! mg quart 01 Ice cream, fresh- ly made. some hot day- in summer when your business duties keep you from en- `joying such luxuries`? Think abouf it I please! _ Dull ...-..----L I ' `- cum. Farm family of eight. living` at Cedar nnf warn all fnlrnn ill and l..;..:....; i What is more refreshing after a strenuous! jday, working in the hot sun. than a dip im the lake or creek, go for a spin in the little] :-n'd Ford to the nearby town. or to lounge` 3 around as one desires in the inviting shade jof the trees. It is now we are really grateful ; and appreciate the abundant supply of T jcream and `milk. I wonder if you. who at- i tend business all day. would object to, ea"in;: 2: good big quaft of ice fresh-I [V mm;,,_ mm, 1",, ,1.... :. -.....--.-- ~t- ] .,,....... U. vvc4UllDo Smnnxer comes, and with_ it._more of the miracles of Nature. There is a continual. fulfilment of the `promises of spring. The seeds planted in the spring` develop into lnlants. and start a cycle of reproduction. lIn the swelterinz hot days of the summer. it is then we findtthe country much cooler than the cit_v. and it is then we appreciate our heritage_ ' - ' I `III . - - Pncu 15. 1:23. , !.uwu_y , even mougn we con hard and wear-{ [ mgly. ` I Spring is almost here, Can you picture , anything more healthful. after our long win-g ter of snow and frost, than a sroll through. the woods in the. early days of spring. when the earth awakens; the` birds return and the Wild owers appear? Every nervei and muscle of your body seems to be lifted of its burden. and you feel spring is your very. being. Go with me to the sugar bush. Spend a. day there, making the good old-[ fash oned maple syrup. If there is an ex-i tra large run of sap. you might be allowedi to make taffy. In the later days of spring.l when the men commence ztheir spring} ploughing and cultivating of the soil for the seed. smell the fragrant odouryof the clover and hay. It is now your appetite is almost beyond control,` You are glad you can have a few minutes in the afternoon, ,and get a piece of a pie from Mother. [Ash Ethel M. 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