The Archive · 1939

Seventy Wears Ago

From tHe "North-Cutva Dany News" or Marcu 6, 1869

After a long interval of apparent repose. our amateurs brought new pieces at the Friday last. in a others are vices and wickedness. My the righteous indignation, in you, I call a disgraceful exhibition of temper. My prudence, in you, I call meanness, "O wad the power the gifties gie us of th To see ourself as ithers see us It would. many à blunder free us And foolish notion."

Not as Other Men And then, we are satisfied with our-equal; selves because we judge our lives the signal for by the standards of society rather than by the spirit of Christ. We thank God that we are respectable there were times when a slight forget-members of society; that we are not ashamed to go openly and hold up fulness of his part impaired the vivacity our heads anywhere. We have never 27yshatt been drunk and disorderly. We altogether the farce was a g have never been guilty of any cri-though if we may advise, we should minal act, We have never frequented say that a few more rehearsals would have made the farce run smoother and houses of shame. No, thank God, we brought it up to true "farce time." are not like that! "Not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers; or even as this publican." and himself, and to God he makes

BY SAPAJOU

Like the Pharisee of the parable, his appeal, God be merciful to me a we have kept within the law from sinner. And God heard and answer-is Wincia Tomaszewska our youth up. We would not steal ed that prayer, and he went down to a gapper cash, but we have not been his house pardoned, cleansed, reborn. who gives a Piano Recital tonight. above a bit of sharp practice ocon-'And surely that is the experience for which our hearts are hungry? sionally. When there has been a pos-Thank God for this parable in sibility, we have given ourselves the which Our Lord sets before us so benefit of the doubt. We, have never broken the 9th Commandment,—most clearly the need of self examination certainly not—bur we have not and of true penitence. Let us examine our lives this Lenten season, hesitated to pass on that bit of gossip lest we, who like the Pharisee, have that we heard last week. There was Sermon Preačhed in Bubbling Well Chapel by no evidence for it, it was probably faith and good works, fail to realize untrue, but we passed it on, and we that all this can be spoiled. Yes, and

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