THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE STORIES OF FAMOUS HYMNS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 41, 17 April 1942, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

STORIES OF FAMOUS HYMNS

AVhat ho, what ho,, ma hearties! Wc certainly are getting the rain now. For two solid days I have been forced to remain inside watching it pour and pour down the hillsides in torrents. It seems almost impossible to imagine the long dry spell which we had during the summer. Some times I look back on those clays and wonder if they really existed. But they did alright for don't I 1 remember having to cart all my drinking water up from the well. Now it is different for I have my tank full again and my garden growing well. So you see when it rains we get the much needed water and when the sun shines we get the beautiful fine days for picnics and fishing parties. If we didn't have a little of each I expect everything would die pretty quick. I have been composing some new sea-slianties since I have been indoors and honestly they are not bad. It is my intention to teach you them on our next cruise. I will play my accordion and you people can sing them on the decks on moonlight nights. How does that sound. Alright? Now I must close oncl get on with the story. Cherrio till next week. Your old friend P.T.W.

PUNCH AND JUDY HAVE GREAT RIDDLES Punch and Judy have great fun answering one another's riddles. Perhaps if we listen in we may have a. laugh, too, and Ave might even be able to answer some of tjiem. Here goes:

"Here is my first one, Judy," said Punch. "Why does a Scotsman tap the bottom of a popper pot and an Irishman the side?'' "I am thinking hard, Punch, so- I am sure to guess it. Yes, I know; To get the pepper out. Ha, ha! That was a funny riddle. Now I'll ask. you one, Punch: When is your left side your right side? "Three cheers for myself! I know the answer: When ycu are driving a car. Now see if you can answer this one, Judy: When a boy falls into a pond, what is the first thing he dogs? Ha, ha! You don't catch me with that one, Punch. The answer is: Get wet. I think I will catch you with my next riddle: V/hat is cut, passed round the table, ye>t not eaten? "You will have to think of a harder riddle than that to catch me. Judy. Here is the answer.- A pack of cards. I'f an elephant's foot covers a yard, what does his trunk cover, #udy?" "It's mouth! My word, I'm getting smart. Now, just put your wits to work and try toi guess this one, Punch: What is the between twice twenty-five and twice five and twenty?" "No difference." "Oh, yes there is, Punch: Listen: Twice twentyfivc is fifty. Twice five are ten, and twenty makes thirty. So the difference is twent3'. Ycu see, I said twice live, and twenty. Ila, ha! I hud you there." "So you did, .Judy. Have you heard this one: When is rain studious?" "When it is wet, Punch." "Oh, what a silly answer. Judy. I will tell you: When it is pouring over a bookstall. 1 have got another hard one lor you to try now: When is a clock on the stars •dangerous?" "I can answer that one, Punch: When it runs down and strikes one, I wonder if you will be able to answer this: If I were in the sun and you were out of it, what would the sun become?" "That is a hard one, Judy. You will have to wait while I think that out. Now, let me see. Ah, I know: Sin. Try this, Judy: What is it that goes upstairs, downstairs, in the passage, out of the passage and sands in the corner?" "Phew! That's a puzzler! I'm thinking hard to guess it. Oh, three cheers! I've thought of it! A broom. Just one more riddle before we stop, Punch: What cushions do people never sit on?" "I know. Pin-cushions. Well, I think Ave have amused the boys and girls, Judy."

"Don't worry, daddy. God will take care of mother, while you are away." The Rev. W. S. Martin, worried over the illness of his wife, was about to abandon a preaching engagement one Sunday night when his small son surprised him with this reassuring counsel. The minister and his family were guests in a New York home at this time, and Mr Martin had been invited to preach in a neighbouring church. As the worship hour neared and Mrs Martin's condition failed to improve, her husband decided to remain at her side. It was then that his son tried to comfort him. The little boy's words made the father feel his ow r n Jack of faith. He changed his mind about staying home, instead, he preached that night one of his most telling sermons and, at thei close, a number of listeners professed Christianity. Walking homeward, Mr Martin was glad that lie had noit cancelled his preaching appointment. He found Mrs Martin'in good spirits, and as he came to her bedside, she handed him a bit of paper on which she had scribbled some verses—the verses which soon became the hymn, "God Will Take Care of You." There was an organ at hand, and, within a few minutes, Mr Martin himself wrote the music for the new song. A blind man was overheard singing, "God Will Take Care of You" c.ne day while crossing a busy New York Street. "I feel safer, somehow, in the midst of all this traffic when I sing it," he exjjlained. LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION NO' NOVELISTS

This is the first time on record that I have had no replies l to the competition. An easy one too! What's wrong with you all? Are you tod busy with war work, digging trenches, Scouts, Guides or what is it. Perhaps you don't like writing— ivell think of poor Mr Ed;itor who does nothing else (well a little else not much). Alright I will keep the picture tickets myself and go> three nights running. Try this week's Competition which is much easier. P.T.W. THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION BEST RIDDLES Now every one of you should know heaps; of riddles try your luck and send in three. The 1 best three entrants will receive fx*ec picture tickets. MY MAIL BOX Dear Peter the Whaler, As I have always taken an interest in your page I think it Avouhi be a good idea to enrol on your S.S. Good Endeavour. I enclose. 3d in stamps for enrolling. Here's luck to your page from a member to be. I am yours sinccrcly, RANG I BIDDLE. Welcome to you lass. Step aboard sling you hammock aft. Your certificate leaves to-day. Let me know if you do not receive it. AH the best. P.T.W. FRUIT SALAD (fillt wherc's the fruit?) Here are some hidden fruit, see if you can find them. When you do you will see that every one Avould go to make a delicious fruit salad next summer. AT? A.ANN CHEAP PLEPA LUMP NELMO GREANO ETIENNARG FATURISIPONS RKAP NEEPPPLAT

Taking Farm Tractors 1 "The action of certain Government officers in approaching farm owners of larger types of tractors and obtaining particulars of their machines, together with the prices which they would place upon them, appears to have caused considerable apprehension which, on making inquiries from various departments, I am assured is not warranted by the facts," said the Dominion president of the Farmers' Union, Mr W. W. Mulholland, in a statement. "I have* been assured there is no. intention to take, any of these tractors at present, but should they be needed only by voluntary negotiation and with the free consent of the farmer concerned,"