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Hidden treasure!
(J.C. Philpot, “Meditations on the Holy Spirit”)
“Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long!” Psalm 119:97
“Truly, I love your commands more than gold, even the finest gold!” Psalm 119:127
“Your decrees are my treasure; they are truly my heart’s delight!” Psalm 119:111
To a spiritual mind, sweet and soul-rewarding is the searching of the Word as for
hidden treasure.
No sweeter, no better employment can engage heart and hands than, in the spirit... of
prayer and meditation, of separation from the world, of holy fear, of a desire to know
the will of God and do it, of humility, simplicity, and godly sincerity, to seek to enter
into those heavenly mysteries which are stored up in the Scriptures; and this, not to
furnish the head with notions, but to feed the soul with the bread of life!
Truth, received in the love and power of it... informs and establishes the judgment,
softens and melts the heart, warms and draws upward the affections, makes and keeps
the conscience alive and tender, is the food of faith, is the strength of hope, is the
mainspring of love.
“My child, listen to Me and treasure My instructions. Search for them as you would
for lost money or hidden treasure!” Proverbs 2:1, 4
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Violin virtuoso
Celina Haskins of Blyth Public School was one member
of the school’s band that participated in a mass band at
Wingham’s F.E. Madill Secondary School on Thursday,
May 5. (Denny Scott photo)
Elliott’s OMB appeal dismissed
NEWS
FROM BLYTH
The Avon Maitland District
School Board’s proposed new
Kindergarten to Grade 6 school in
Wingham is one step closer to
actualization as the Ontario
Municipal Board (OMB)
dismissed an appeal by Blyth’s Rick
Elliott.
Elliott’s appeal, which was nested
in the fact that mistakes were made
by the Township of North Huron
when it set about notifying the
public of the zoning change that
would make the school building
possible, was addressed by Steven
Stefanko of the OMB.
Stefanko stated that, while
mistakes were made, including
inserting the wrong day of the week
in the deadline (the notice gave adeadline for addressing complaintsas Monday, July 28 2010 when July28, 2010 was actually a Wednesday)
and citing the wrong section of the
Planning Act (the notice refered to
section 36 when it should have
referenced section 34), repealing the
zoning bylaw (ZBA) was not an
appropriate action.
“To repeal the ZBA would be, in
my view, entirely disproportionate
to and inconsistent with the mistakes
that were made,” Stefanko stated in
a report regarding the OMB appeal
process. “The notice was not
misleading or prejudicial.”
Robert Pike, of Wingham, still has
three outstanding appeals against the
development.
Look for more on this story in
next week’s issue of The Citizen.
By Denny ScottThe Citizen
Mass band at Madill
By Carlene Bremner,
Isaac Nicholson and Eric Steele
On May 5 Ms Badham and the
Blyth Public School band attended
a special program at F.E. Madill
Secondary School in Wingham. The
band, along with bands from
Lucknow, Howick and Brussels,
spent a full day together practising
and preparing for a mass band
concert that night. The
performances were excellent.
Also on May 5, the senior
students from Blyth participated in
the Senior Sci-Techno Challenge.
This was an all-day event and
students in teams of three signed up
in different science-based
categories, and then competed
against other teams from different
schools. Carlene Bremner, Amy
Badley and Jordan Hubbard all won
second place in the triathalon.
In the Grade 7/8 class, students
have been working busily preparing
the setup for the 2011 graduating
class yearbook. The Grade 8
students will need to bring in baby
pictures. If anyone has old pictures
of the Grade 8s as they are going
through school, they are asked to
please bring them to the school. The
class has also been busy with a new
art project. The students are to try
and redraw a magazine photo and
divide the recreation into six. Then
in each space, the students must use
a different type of colouring to fill
them in.
The Grade 8 class would like to
thank donors and volunteers who
helped make the silent auction and
community supper possible.
Overall it was a successful night.
Blyth youth list how to be happy
Greeting worshippers at Blyth
United Church at the Mother’s Day
service on May 8 were Mary Lou
and John Stewart. Ushering were
Mary Lou and John Stewart, Brenda
Brooks and Terry Richmond. Floyd
Herman was music director. Quinton
Hakkers lit the candles at the front of
the church. Bryce Glousher ran the
power point.
Rev. Gary Clark welcomed
everyone to church and drew
everyone’s attention to the
announcements in the bulletin.
The call to worship, “Come In and
Sit Down” was sung accompanied
by Floyd Herman playing the organ
and Rev. Clark playing the guitar.
The prayer of approach was repeated
responsively followed by the hymn,
“Rejoice, The Lord is King.” Lorna
Fraser read the scripture from
Deuteronomy 5: 5-16.
The children were asked to come
to the front for their story time. Rev.
Clark asked the children why God
asks us to do certain things. Like in
the Ten Commandments he asks us
to do good and kind things to
everything.
The children made a list of five
ways to be happy: be nice to
everything including people,
animals and plants; do not call
anyone a bad name; don’t push
others; don’t be a bully; give hugs to
everyone and to mom especially
today.
The children along with the
congregation said a prayer and the
children went downstairs for their
time of fellowship.
Cheryl Cronin and Avon Corneil
favoured the congregation with a
duet.
Rev. Clark’s message to the adults
was, “The Ten Commandments and
You … Doing more with less time.”
It doesn’t matter what we do we
cannot make more time as there are
only 24 hours in a day, but we can
better balance our lives.
The answer is in the Ten
Commandments. Love one true
God. Don’t waste time with the
other gods that come into our
lives. God knows what is best for
us.
We sometimes fear God when we
don’t want to tell Him that we have
done wrong. We might as well be
honest with God because He already
knows what we have done. God also
tell us to take time to rest as he
knows we need to rest.
In the early days the pioneers
worked with their workhorses all
week but they got to rest on
Sundays.
We can’t burn the candle at both
ends. Give yourself a day
of rest to look back and reflect
and to see if we can control the
future.
God asks us to respect His name.
Not to take His name in vain. We
should be respectful of others and of
their pain. It takes years for parents
and children to respect one another.
We should share our burdens with
our children like the television
commercial of the mother being
burdened with all the bills coming in
and the son asks for $20. Instead of
telling the son about her troubles she
says yes to his request.
If we want to be respected we
must give respect. Take time to teach
our children to make decisions while
they are young. Take the time to
listen to them. Don’t be a slave to
something that doesn’t matter.
The hymn, “Take Time to be
Holy” was followed by the receiving
of the offering, the offering response
and the prayer of dedication.
The choir chose the anthem,
“Where No One Stands Alone”.
The prayers for the world were
followed by the singing of The
Lord’s Prayer.
Everyone was invited for coffee
and fellowship before going home.
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We are glad to report that Lenora
Davidson is recuperating at home
after being in the Clinton Public
Hospital last week.
This is a reminder that the Legion
Auxiliary Penny Sale is being held
this year from May 26-28.
Come out and support the
Legion. Draws will made on the last
day.
Happy birthday to Braydon
Whitfield who celebrates May 13;
Betty Popp, May 14; Les Caldwell
and Tony deCorte of Kippen, May
16; Ian Caldwell, May 19.
The Community Vacation Bible
School sponsored by all the
churches in Blyth is looking for
volunteers.
If you can spare a few hours in the
morning call Lorna Fraser at 519-
523-9687 for information and the
dates. They will appreciate your
help.
Penny Sale to be held at Legion
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
523-9318
From Marilyn’s Desk