HALSEY ENTERPRISE
VOL. XII
HALSEY. LISIN COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. APL. 17, l « 4
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Pathcs end Joy
oroad. may be dally supplied, giving
us strength for every state through
which we pass; whence, under Its In­
fluence, omissions of duly or debts—
that la, failures to discharge our obli­
gations to the Lord In the wsy of
keeping His commandments— may be
removed, so that we sink not in temp-
rations, but tusy be able Io go bravely
N o rm a B a r tle tt. 2 H -y e a r -o ld - pa-
through them, and be delivered from
tte n t a t the S h rin e ho sp ital fo r erip*
£h?tl children, who rec e n tly w a lk e d to r
that root of evil which Is self will and
'h e fir s t tim e in
self pride In us. A fter which, for the
her
life — I . ra n
w a lk
now . t o o ! ' 'ommuulcatlon of such favors, (ra ti-
S ee'
W a tc h me. j tude flows forth. "For thine Is the
Oh. y et. I lik e It,
kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
P u t o u t th ia little
forever. Amen.”
foot, an d p u t out
Easter teaches us of resurrection. It
th a t little foo t, o h
do n't let m y hand
carries our thought to a world beyond
S °.
1 m go ing to
the present. In the Lord's Prayer we
he
like
a ll
the
take a descent from the Lord to our
o th er
b 1 g
g irls
soon, and ru n and
lowest needs. But then there ts a re­
run.
I
lik e
to
turn. When our needs are met, when
w a lk
N ow
I
Hie work Is wrought In us. there Is an
w a n t to sit dow n,
Yea. I'm tire d .
I
ascent, a rising to Him, an aspiring to
w a n t to get back
Him forever, by means of all that He
In m y lit t le bed.
hath done.
new snoes.
P re tty shoes.
Y ou
take
my
picture.
The prayer that the Lord’s kingdom
b ru s h e d '
1 w ,n t
h a ir
may be realised as His forever, la a
t a r * No.
N o ' I i T brush.
1 i.ike I , you
ta ke Y o n”
P«e-
brush.
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k*
prayer that He may And us the willing
subjects ef H it kingdom; that as He
overcame for us, aod rose again, we
may yield ourselves to Him as those
“ » -h a -b a -b a
Th ere . U tile boy. w ash
e. d ir ty face
See, plctttre?
O ld
In whom He can carry out Hla full de­
sheep go b a -b a -b a -b n .
You Tea new
signs. leading to the discharge of our
' v 1 ?h° W *’lotuTe book but I
duties In His sight with faithfulness,
tired, le a . I lie dow n In little bed.
sincerity and diligence before Him. it
Is a prayer that this state miiy be
strengthened in us day by day.
The R etu rrectio n
The prayer that the Lord's power
ASTER being a movable feast, the
may be acknowledged forever Is a
event will be celebrated on April prayer that Hla love may have control
-0. but April 0 has been accepted as
forever in us. The Lord's kingdom Is
(he actual date on which the redur-
the government of Hla truth; the
rectlon occurred:
Lord s power Is the love which actu­
Most glorious Lord of Ufe, that on this ates that truth. How His power
day
shows Itself In ths activities of gen­
D id s t m a k e T h y t r iu m p h o v e r d e a th
uine love, ranging from the loftiest
a n d s in.
alms to the lowliest, even If It be only
And h a v in g h a r ro w e d h e ll d id s t b r in g
driving a nail Into a plank to make It
aw sy
C a p t iv it y th e n c t c a p tiv e , us to w in ;
more secure for another's tread, or
T h is Joyous d a y , d e a r L o rd , w i t h Joy
giving the hand to another to show a
b e g in .
little fellow sympathy I All this Is a
A nd g ra n t th a t w e. fo r w hom Th ou
power which we are receiving from
d id s t die
B e in g w it h
T h y d e a r blood c le a n *
the Lord to endure and to appear with
w a s h e d fr o m a ln .
greater Intensity In the other life In
M a y liv e fo r e v e r in f e lic it y .
the Innumerable varieties of mutual
A n d t h a t T h y lo v e , w e w e ig h in g
good will which there abound.
worthily.
M a y lik e w is e lo v e T h e e f o r th e s am e
As the sequel, that the Lord's glory
a g a in .
may be forever, It Indicates our desire
for the splendor of His will to be re­
flected in our churches, »bare from
flrst to last we are Ills.
The following appeared in (he
rortiand Journal April 8. Can
) on read the childish prattle and
look at the winsome face of the
ittle innocent who hopes to walk
w ithoot feeling something tugging
at your heartstrings?
W &pini nftasipr
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Easier on me same day as tlie I'asi
o 'e r grew. In the Second century tli
c lu irc lie s Of AslH Minor,
many <i
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which were racially Jewish, kef
"He's a hard worker.”
Easier on the Pnssover date, the ftrai
"That so?"
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“ Yes.
Sometimes he refuses t-J
which corresponds to our March o
quit work even to play a round of
April. But the churches of the Weal
wold."
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In recognition of the fsrt that th
fly
i t D tlrt.l
Resurrection took place on Munday
Z lltllt
C e d tt
kept their festival on the Sunday fol
1
lowing the fourteenth of Nisan. B
In Ntw England Magazin*
|HIS year Easter corneii on this they accomplished the double pur
W e H ave
April 20. The earliest it pose of celebrating the Iteaurrectloi
EVERY THING
can occur Is M ardi 22, and on the Sabbath and of seporattni
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Laurence A llb u U
D R K A il V , w e a r y n n a th e e « r ( k
O ptical
the latest April 25—so the themselves from the Jews. Tertulllar
Aa<| a n d n u d a n r e o f « s in te r*»
p a in .
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Inter date. It Is ti very rare Carthage Easter was an Immovable
Is the Cause of Many
I n p r a y e r , a n d p r a y e r » t b m a l l l a v a in .
S AN Easter promise we have S t llln e s a o f d e a t h In a r i d a n d w « o d ,
thing for It to octur as early ns March feast, taking place In the month ol
HUMAN ILLS
the Lord’s assurance, “I sin
22. In 1701 and 1818 It was on March. He names March 25 as the day
T h e s tre a m la b o a d a < e p ltllr a a .
If your eyes give you trouble or i
the resurrection and the P h e a o d . b e r e f t o f l i f e a n d Jo y ,
March 22— but apparently It whs such of the death of Christ, and It la pre
y°ur glasses are annoying
« a l i e n In Ita h o p e le a a n e a a .
life" (John 11 ;25) and "Be
an unwonted nfTnlr that people cole- ■turned that on that date a fast waa
SKE I S. We can Relieve Yon J
cuuse 1 live ye shall live I T h e r e w a a n o p i t y l a t h e a k y ,
hnited It on the wrong day In 1818. begun which was broken the follow­
B a n c r o ft O p tic a l C o. f
This Is the way the Easttr bunnies
also" (John 14:9). And as
T h e ra w a « no m e r r y la th e a ir ,
ing Sunday In the celebration of the
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g fix up the nest of chocolate-decorated an Easter blessing we have Ills gra­
r a d l« n e e l a t h e a u n a o t c lo u d ,
Lord's Supper.
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When these disputes arose Poly-
V* h e n , h a r k * — a b l r d - n n t a , i n c e i a n I
the belief ef the children.
19). But do we not need an Easter
d e a r.
carp, the bishop of Smyrna, In 188
In
the
Easter
schedule
up
to
und
In­
T h e p r o p h e t r o b . n e a l la I n < l e e
prayer, also as taught us by the Lord,
cluding 1905 the earliest dHte on A !>.. conferred with Anlcetaa. tha
;hat we may enter iuto the meaning T a a f r e n i n w ad A r i d a n d « r o o d la n d d r e a r
which
Easter occurs Is March 24, bishop of Rome, upon the question.
T h e m lr n c le , ao a o n a t o h a t
and realisation of His promise and of
and
that
happens In 1940. But 1024 Polycarp pleading the practlc. of 83.
the blessing to which the promise < n d Io , t h e d e a d o ld e a r t h a w a k e n .
Phillip and John, the Anlcetaa refer­
will
see
Eastertide
on April 20. la
A n d e « e r y r o o t a n d l»o aB b a n d b a le
looks forward? Here It is, as given
ring to S3. Peter end Paul. Neither
fact, Easter seems to show a partiality
to us; “For thine Is the kingdom, and T h r l l l a «eltla a n e w l i f e 's e a s ta a y .
U T TAYIOR
A n d p u la e a w i t h a t h r o b o f a u u l|
for certain dates, and a neglect of could convince the other and the mat­
the power, and the glory, forever."
A n d a b a ll I t b e d e n ie d t o m a n
others.
April 20 seems to be a prime ter dropped for the time being
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For this Is In the truest sense a
T a r la e f r o m d o o m o f d c a t h 'a d a r k
Hut nt the end of the Second cen­
favorite,
fulling on that date three
TAILORING
B ig h t,
prayer. It Is the closing part of the
times in 11 years—once In 191», again tury Victor, the bishop of Rome, de­
Lord's Prayer. "A fter this manner W k . n a a t n r s k r r k o a s y e a r k g g e a r
T a R e s u r r e c t io n , L i f e a e d I . l c k l !
this year, and also in 1930. But, cided It waa time to compel the
pray ye,” the Lord said. And at the
strangely enough, in the uext forty Eastern churchea to follow In Itome’a
end occurs the sacred word, “Amen,"
G rant Thompson of Oakville wants years, the Easter of most recurring lead, and wrote a letter demanding
confirming all that lias gone before.
the
republican nomination for sheriff. frequency Is on April 1— to It would H in t the prelates of Asia celebrate
It means "be It so.” It expresses our
seein on this occasion the follies of Easter on the same day as the Wester«
fervent desire to acknowledge all that
April Fool's day could well be shifted church. The East refused and the dis­
the several petltlona of the prayer
to a week day. Easter Sunday will he pute became hitter, and all those who
Imply and to enjoy the experience of
celebrated on April 1 hi 1984, 1945 and kept Easter on the fourteenth of
what His kingdom, power snd glory
1950.
Nl inn were termed by their opponents
Invol ve.
Hut April 1 does not stand alone Quarfodeclinnns. Another objection to
The Lord's Prayer Is a complete rec­
in this respect and lias to share honors the Eustem way of reckoning the feast
ord of all that the Lord has done for
with April 17, which claims Easter In was due to the imperfections of tho
us. I t tells us of “our Father In the
1927, 193«, 1940 and 1900 April 5 Is Jewish calendar. The Western Cbrta-
heavens,” elsewhere described as "the
another favorite occasion—the Easter llans considered the vernal equinox
high and lofty one that Inhablteth
date of 1931, 1942 and 1953—as Is tlie beginning of the naturnl year, and
eternity, whose name is holy” (Isa. (17:
April 9, the day upon which the Resur­ owing to the miscalculation In the
15), who yet came to establish Ills
rection is observed In 1939, 1944 and Jewish calendar the Passover was
"kingdom" among men end to show
sometimes celebrated before the ver­
how Ills “will" might he done taong
nal equinox. This resulted In the
them. He spoke of Himself as “the
Halsey Church ol Christ
paschal feast aometiines being held
bread of life” to them and the “for-
twice within one year and omitted al­
glver” of their sins. He endured
Tlie Easter celebration which skips together In tlie next.
“temptations" against the hells to pro Church Announcements
so
carelessly over the month of March
mote His work, hut overcame and “de­
Church of C h ris t:
slid April was the subject of n bitter
livered” us from the evil that other
Ixin Chatnlee, m inister.
controversy, which raged some 10
wise had threatened. So “He hath
Bible school, 10, W . I I . Robert
At tho beginning of the Fourtl
centuries ago. The present rule for
taken Ills great power and hath
son, superintendent.
the determination of Easter Is that It century the Emperor Constantine de
reigned" (Rev. 11:17).
M orning worship, 11. Lord ’s must full on the flrst Sunday after the elded that It waa time to end the cou
Whence there Is, in brief, the whole
fourteenth day of the moon that hap­ troveray. And at that time at tin
story of the Lord's redemption ts ef­ supper every Lord's day.
pens
to be reigning at the time of the council of Nice t lie regulation wbi
Christian
Endeavor,
7.
fected for ua In tha Lord’s Prayer. And
vernal
equinox (the point which the made that Easter should fall upon tin
Evening servii e 8.
It tells, too, of HLs present work ol
Lord's day following the full moon ol
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salvation In us, as we follow Him. that
Tha church without a bi.hop. in aun passes In crossing the equator KI mb .
from south to north). But the vernal
we may know and co-operate with the country w ithout a king.
Hut owing to several cauats, among
Him alone as our Heavenly Father;
I f jo u have no church home equinox was arbitrarily determined them, perhaps, the use of different
and declared to fall on March 21,
I I you want to know why. drop in un.l see our styles, onr great range of
that we may reverence Hla name or come and worship with us.
beau
whether It would or no. In reality It astronomical eyeles, this regulation
charsctar In all tha graces of mercy,
tiiul pure wool fj' rics and our fuperb qualities at
often fell a little earlier or a little did not do away with all controversies
humility, Justice and aeLf-forgstfnlneaa M ethodist:
concerning the date. Certain It Is that
later.
liobert Parker, pastor.
which are embodied In H im ; that a
the Irish and early Anglo Saxons, be­
The
controversy
arose
over
the
Sunday School, 10.
way may be prepared for the entrance
fore the council of Whitby, did not
fact
that
in
the
early
days
tha
>f Hla kingdom lute our minds, as tha
Preaching, 11.
observe the same day as tha Romans.
Christian Easter and the Jewish Page
government of Hla love and wisdom
Interm ediate League, 7
To settle the matter, Oewy, King of
over were usually celebrated on the
'.here; that we may fuiflll Hla will la
Epw orth League, 7.
Northumbria, decided to take the mat­
same day. As the opposition of the
ill our earthly vocations and deeds;
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Prayer meeting Thursday, 8
ter In hand and held a council at
Christians
to
the
Jews
became
more
bat H U sustaining love «a living
Whitby, a I ) , «at Colman, bishop
Preaching, 8.
ncute^the agitation against celebrating
of Lindisfarne, rej.re.>nted the Brttl^tf
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