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I 5-By var-y.Dev. Geor e C. Pldgoon, D.D., LL.D.

I 5 First Moderator of e United Church of Canada

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BEGINNING A NEW YEAR

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The wise business-man balances hi, accbunts at the end of his business, year. He takes stock. finds out exactly where he stands. Ind so clears the ground for the new en of a new year. The W,” chm-ohm puts before the congregation or the denomination its standing when all reports are m. ,,n1y.5o.,ca.n they plan intellig- cntly for the new opportunity that me New Year brings. In like manner the individual should bai- gncb his accounts with God and settle anything that his Divine Judge has alainst him.

Now for iveness is the Very 6!- sense of t a Christians privilege grid, the Christian's obligation. when the sinner rcnounoes his sinful past Christ. offers him for- givelle.S full an free. Jcsus' at- titude toward the outcasts of his mm was one thing that His crit- 1c.q could not understand. They were genuinely devoted to the law of God as they understood it and they felt that His offer of mercy to the chief of sinners compromis- ed l-iis stand on God's unqualified demand for right living and right

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Tlgey believed that the grosser ih(- pin the deeper the sinner's gullli and therefore the severer the punishment deserved. Jesus' reply was -that, while this might be true for the sinner who persisted in his sill, it was not true for the sinner who repented of his sin. Granted an honest turn against his wrong- doahg and a willingness to right the wrongs done. then the grosser the sin the deeper the need. and therefore the stronger the claim on the mercy of God.

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Jesus taught that the lost con mi: belonged to the Father as tho lost-slleep still belonged to the rhepherd, and that it was a great- er moral victory for God to turn him against his sin than to de- stroy him for continuing in it. l-lettoe He tried all through His ministry to turn wicked men from tlirlr wicked ways and reconcile them to God. Every representat- ive of Christ must. ring out His message that they who are heal- my have no need of a physician but they who are sick and that the Son of Man came to seek and- ;n save the lost.

Nr,aw how about forgiving those who have injured us? How abqut

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starting the New Year with a clean sheet,all the old resentmenis and antagonisms wiped off? When God has forgiven us so great a debt, must we not be ready to for- give the Wrongs we have suffered at the hands of man? Jesus in- sists that the unforgiving A be forgiven. The harm that men can doto us is so small compared with what we have done against God that when he has forgiven us we should be ready to forgive oth- ers. Jesus taught ' us to pray. "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us" and immediately after St Matthew's version of that prayer. he,quotes Je.sus' words: "If you forgive men their trespasses. your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses. neither will your Father forgive your, trespasses." (Matthew 6:9-15). I O 0

Jesus lays down the following principle for our guidance in the personal difficulties in which we become involved:

No quarrel between friends should be allowed to stand. Like an open sore, it will become infected and foster, and blood- poisoning may ensue. ,

Forgiveness is possible only on .the ground of repentance. When people are faced with Christ's de- mand for the forgiving spirit, they often ask defiantly: Am I to leave myself open to a. repetition of that injury? Not so; God can forgive us only when we repent. and if we are to forgive. as we have been forgiven it can be only on the ground of the wrong-doer's repent- ance of the wrong he has done. Therefore, the Christian's duty is to do all that he can do to bring the one who has wronged him to repent.

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Jesus puts on the injured party the responsibility for taking the first step toward a reconciliation. He says in Matthew 18:16-"It your brother sins against you, go and tell hm his fault. between you and 1 alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your bro- ther." This is hard to do, but when done in Christ's spirit, it yields rich returns. The average man is only too glad to respond to such an approach. But if that should fail-and Jesus recognizes such a possibility-ask your friends to help; if they fail, appeal to the church. But do not consent to the wound remaining open. Do all that you can to heal the wound and restore the broken fellowship.

Begin the year with love. Can- cel tho old sores. No not embar- rass your friends any longer by requiring them to keep in mind the fact that you two are not speaking. Do not dishonor Christ by professing to accept l-Ila for- giveness while you refuse to for- give. Read and read again and again Matthew 18:15-36-every word of it. Reconciliation is the watchword of Christianity; Christ's

followers live in that atmosphere forever.

The Neighbors

"I've already put him to bed

ihefeilunht To" Be A Law

By George Clark

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By Fagaly And Shorten

Strange But True

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I hardly need tell you that birds do not hibernate, but it used to be quite a common idea that they did. Naturalist Gilbert White, who lived in England a century and a half ago believed that swallows burrow- ed into the mud like frogs where they spent the winter.

Strange to say the female cric- kets are voiceless. Only the males sing. J '

The early settlers in this prov- ince kept their bee colonies in sections of hollow logs covered at each end, and with I small hole bored for I door. Come fall, the colonles were killed by using sul- phgira smoke. Then the honey was

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Modem bee-keepers take their supply of honey with out killing a single insect, and always leave the colony food to keep it through the winter and well into the string. This has been made possible by the modem movable-frame hive.

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That beautiftll little insect called the lace-wing, has to make elabor- ate preparations for her offsprings. for as soon as they hatch they are ravenously hungry and would as leave eat their unhatched brothers and sisters as would a cannibal. To guard against this atrocious act the wise little mother does not put all of her eggs into one basket, but places them some distance apart on a leaf and fastens each egg to the top of a slender thread of silk. The first lacewing lava that incubates has to cr-awl'down the. silk wish to the leaf surface, and instead of finding brothers and sisters to devour starts off to look for plant lice. which are the natural food.

An amazing thing about the in- sects is that. in most cases, parents never see their children. Let us take but one example to prove the point. The white butterfly that deposits her eggs upon a cabbage leaf flies away and may never re- turn to that cabbage leaf again. But it really does not matter. Once the young caterpillars hatch they know how to find for themselves and would not know their motiter from a witch's brew.

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Canada appears to be slowly be- coming a woman's country. Take. Quebec for instance. which now has more females than males. Accord- ing to the Bureau of Statistics in the 195i.censud. the number of the fair sex in this country has climb- ed by l. 314. 437 in the last decade. while males could only show an in- crease of 1.153.673.

Some birds, like some people. live by their wits. Take the skuas for

example. These birds live by rob-I

bing their relatives, the izulls. or the fish the latter have legitimate- ly caught. The gull is pursued until it drops the fish from its beak or disgorges it from its crop.

In relatively few birds is .the tongue part visible. Indeed. only the sap or nectar sucking birds are able to thrust out their tongues. In the humming bird the tongue is split in two for half its length and the tips are brush-like. The honey- eaters also have cloven tongues which can be shaped by the bird to form a suctorlal tube. v

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It is interesting to note how "steering" is accomplished by most birds. The tail takes the place of I rudder. In stopping for the pur- pose of making a landing. the bird turns the under surface of the wing forward and in many cases also spreads and depresses the tail. both actions producing a braking effect by using air resistance to increase drift. During gliding or soaring flight. with motionless wings, the bird and the aeroplane act exactly alike.

some fairly reliable statistics of the speed of birds have been re- corded by pilots of planes, when birds are seen to be keeping level while flying in the same direction as the airship. Measurements are according to the "air speed" which the speedometer of the ship regis- tors.

Homing pigeons have a flight speed of 82 miles per hour. Most small song birds have a flight speed of 20 to 37 miles per hour. Crows from 30 to 45, ducks between 44 and 00, plovers about 50. These. of course. are only averages based on such few reliable observations as exist. '

Swifts are among the fastest birds that fly. They can clip off loo miles per hour over a long flight. The truth of this statement may be proved by the following story: "Swifts of - our ommon species, heading 65000 feet Ibove Mosul. were noted as easily passing and circling about an-airship which was doing 88 .miles per hour."

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THE CENTRAL ouaamau

This column is reserved for news of local interest, but advertising of A newly nature may be inserted at five cents a, word, strictly psy- sblo In advance.

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HOWARD MseINNI8 FOOT- WEAR. at 1'15 Queen Street

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MILK -- and good health go hand in hand.

THE (TH AND FINAL INSTALL- MENT of City Taxes is due and payable on December Hist.

INTEREST at the rate of wt of 1(X7 per month will be charged on all over due installments.

MscDONALD RADIO SERVICE Radio repairing. Amplifiers and sound systems. Disc and tape re- cording. rso Kent St. Phone 1207

THE CITY TAX OFFICE will re- main open till 9 P. M. on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday nights for

the conveniences of the tax payers. ALL POLL TAX was "due and

payable on May 15th. Names of de- faulters are still being handed into Court for collection. CONGREGATIONAL meeting of Trinity Church in Heartz Hall Tuesday, Dec. 30th at 7:30 pm. Important business. Your atten-

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CONGIIEGATIONAL meeting of

Trinity Church in Heartz Hall, Tuesday. Dec. 30th, at 7:30 pm. Important business. Your atten-

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tlons between certain birds and animals. The starlings habit of seeking insects on the backs of cattle is so common a sight that almost every country boy knows about it. The ostrich travels in company of zebras or anteiopes for the purpose of security against enemies. some birds share their nests with reptiles or small mam- mals for the same reason. Analog- ous to these is the case of a tiny piover, native to the Nile valley, which many writers have observ- ed picking food from the teeth of the crocodile while the huge crea- ture basked in the sun with its mouth wide open.

Penquins have a real sense of fun. They like to travel on floating por- tions of ice-floes for a mile or so. then swim back to their starting point, catch mother berg and re- peat the performance all over again. "Those that rode on the floes would shout at the others on the shore, who would shout at them in reply. so that a gay bantering seemed to sccomnany their passage past the rookery."

Cord Of Thdnlts

Mrs. Theresa Pidgeon and fam- ily wish to thank the Doctors and Nurses and all those who sent cards and letters of sympathy in their recent bereavement.

"KEEP THESE IN MIND!

Some of the early signs of cancer are:

A lump in the breast. Unnatural bleeding from a body opening. -

ticuiarly of the skin. face, mouth or lips.

Any persistent change In bowel habits - such as diarrhoea or constipation.

Many Canadians are enjoying life today because they found that early cancer can be cured.

Keep these danger signals In mind and see your doctor If one

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LEHIGII HARD COAL is always the best. Arnfast Coal co.

"YOUR DOLLAR BUYS MORE- It the HUGHES DRUG STORE."

WHEN PAYING your final in- stallment of City Taxes please bring your stub with you.

PICKS PUSSY ;- WILLOWS. - Due to the mild weather. which preceded the snow, pussy-willows, usually regarded as harbingers of spring, have been coming into bloom, and a fine branch of them was picked by Mr. E. Court of North Rustico on Christmas Day.

WINNERS IN DRAWING ai MacPhail's Store. Long Creek. Lamp, No. 12170. Jean Stretch Consolation Prize. 12822. 9. Mac- Dougall. Consolation Prize. 12673, L. Maclilachern. Consolation Prize, 13178. D. MacPhee. Panda Bear. 14413. If not claimed by December 31st, another drawing will be made.

lluin- Owen Wedding

Cicely Dilys Owen. daughter of Mrs. W. E. W. Owen and the late Mr. Owen. was united in marriage to Colin Roy MacDonald Quin of Toronto, formerly of. New Zealand, son of Mr. R. V. Quin and the late Mrs. Quin, in a quiet ceremony at St. Paul's Church yesterday morning at eleven o'clock:

The Rev. Canon J. T. lbbolt of- ficiated. and Mr. Paul Cudmore was organist, with the church their present. The Church was trimmed with seasonal decor- ations. ,

The bride. who was given away by her brother, Mr. L. Cambridge

Owen, wore a blue velveteen sircct length dress, with match- ing amnll hat.

The bride was attended by Miss Catherine Bethune, who wpre a cherry red fuillc dress, and black velvet hat.

The groomsman was Mr. Rob- ert 8. Owen, brother of the bride, while the usher was Mr. George Ives, the bride's brolher-in-law.

Following the wedding cere- mony. a small rcception was held at the home of the bride. 148 Pownai St. For her daughter's wedding. M-rs. Owen was attired in a dress of grey silk print.

As the bride and groom left on their honeymoon, to be spent in Quebec City, the bride wore :1 grey suit dress, with grey coal and red accessories.

Mr. and Mrs. Quin will reside in Toronto, Ont.

Out of town guests at the wed- ding included Miss Norma E. Lawson and Mr. and Mrs. O. D. MacGregor Io Halifax, N. S.

More work with less fatigue

Know that experts say a half-hour daytime nap equals 3 hoursl night sleep? That small tensions tire you more than big ones? That it's un- wise to trust decisions you make at night? That standing is more tiring than walking?

A true-or-false quiz in January Reader's Digest reveals some sur- prising facts to help ou accom- plish more. tire yourse f less. Read the helpful answers to such ques- tions as whether quiet entertain-

.,ment relaxes you beat . . . whether youlre more efficient working under pressure . . . whether ltla rea ly best to tackle your worst chores first.

Get your Janu Reader's Digest today: 39 artic es of lasting interest, condensed from leading magazines, current books.

IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of Mrs. Albert C. Stewart who departed this life December 30th, 1950.

Fond are the memories that linger.

Dear is the one that is gone.

In memory we hold you Mother.

As long as the years roll along.

Sadly Missed by Husband and Family.

dear

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buffetings of fate.

Because these are recorded. we recall them with remembered as- surance for are there not as well the little or larger scars at heart to prove them? Ay, the wounds perhaps have healed but the scars remain. It is the lot of humans to have many I "hope deferred." counties hurts and some sorrow.

But on the other hand - and how much we should like to re- read those! are the nice items of living which shall still remain with us long after the years have dim- med the others . . . those the old Minister in the Church at home was wont to term "God's merciesz" the golden ties of kin and friend. the blessings and cnchantment of the world about; the taken-for- granted gifts of Providence, even the peace of evening which now floods this valley about-the un- bought. unpurchasable things. maybe on this account often more lightly regarded. i

”Suppose God charged us for flowers and rain.

Put a purchase price on a bird's glad, strain

Of music . . . the dawn mist on the plain! I How much would autumn landscape cost, Or a window etched with winter. frost, 1 And the rsinbow's glory, sol quickly lost? I

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How much we wonder would it be worth

To smell the good, brown, fra- grant earth

In spring? . . . The miracle of birth . . . ;

And love? How much would people pay I

For the laugh of a Child at close; of day: I

Suppose God charged us that. I sayi"

Items like these we recall writ-

ing gratefully down in the manu-

script of our year, on the scroll.

which white and new, Father Time

delivered to our hands.

Until tomorrow - - - Diary - -

Good-night . . .

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A Country Iiarden

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must. become more and more the, background of our lives, the anti- , thesis of social strife. I refuge' from tempest, the very cradle oft peace. ,'

This is the third book that A.'r.- Johnson has written about his, garden and he writes..."I regard! in no small light the privilege of casting yet one more pebble on that great cairn of garden achievement which long centuries have erected in the name of beauty, and which, high in honour among the most peace-abiding oi the avocations of man, is so sure- ly destined to be the most potent and inviolable of ministers in the promotion of human happiness."

There are chapters on the old, roses and shrubs that are inter- esting and helpful and this book is available at our wonderful lib- rary and also many many more for winter reading. .

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Looking back on the past gar- den year, we remember the good weather and the happy days in the garden with friends. We creas- ure the garden photographs show- ing the garden at its best, and try to forget the times when visit- ors were disappointed, perhaps ex- pecting one old gardener to work miracles in the little time left (or gardening.

Planning for "next year" and a better garden is now here and in the weeks to come plans can be made because thought must be given to this happy task of gar- dening, and as we grow older re- member that...