TIMELY TOPICS

Northern Advocate, 4 September 1935, Page 6

TIMELY TOPICS

CLING TO THE OLD. “All is not well with Scotland,” declared Lord Tweedsmuir (formerly Mr s John Buchan), in taking farewell of . friends at Peebles prior to sailing for * Canada to take up the office of Gov-ernor-General. ‘*We are losing many of our old institutions,” he continued, “and there is a danger of a general decline in idiom and distinctive quality in our Scottish life. The only way to counteract this peril is to preserve jealously all these elder things which are bone of our-bone and flesh of our flesh,” Their forbears were very good at holding a pass. They could defend their own things, and perhaps a good many other things which did not rightly belong to them! In the words of the old motto what they had they held. They were an acquisitive race, and they did not easily let go. Concluding his words of farewell, ■ Lord Tweedsmuir said: “You have only to cast your eyes about the world and see how many cherished beliefs are being trampled underfoot; how men in a panic are surrendering their freedom and following after strange tyrannical gods. Be ready, when the need calls, to stand in the pass and defend your faith, and hold it a sacred trust to pass on the- light which has been given you.” •s><*> <s> <s> Words of Wisdom. Let nothing disturb thee, nothing affright thee; all things are passing; God never changeth, —Longfellow. <•> <?> <*> •<♦> Tale of the Day. Smith: “Do you know, dear, I was reading the other day that an ostrich can see very little, and can digest anything .” Mrs Smith: “What an ideal hus- ' band!”