HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-03-09, Page 19From the Minister's Study THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1988. PAGE 19.
Would your 'judgement file' be good or bad
BY JAMES H. CARNE, PASTOR
THE MISSIONARY CHURCH,
AUBURN
It’s time again for my monthly
report to the District Superinten
dent: not a bad record for
February; attendances are up
significantly, giving for world
missions shows a healthy increase,
and there is a good balance in the
treasury.
It requires good statistics to
Obituaries
Life-long Grey resident dies
WILLIAM E. BISHOP
William E. Bishop, a life-long
resident of Grey Township passed
away in Listowel Memorial Hospi
tal on Thursday, Feb. 18, 1988 in
his 84th year.
He was born in Grey Township,
Nov. 9, 1904, son of the late
Abraham Bishop and the former
Margaret Patterson. He was pede-
ceasedby his wife, Verna Hazel
(Johnston) Bishop.
He is survived by two sons, Jack,
Clarence and his wife Rose Marie,
ofRR 1, Ethel; five daughters,
Mrs. Clarence (Eva) Flood of
Walton; Mrs. William (Helen)
Potter of Frankford; Winnifred of
Listowel; Mrs. Ron (Agnes) Diehl
of Monkton; Mrs. Ross (Ethel)
Food of Mitchell; granddaughter
Mary of Waterloo; 14 grandchild
ren and 16 great-grandchildren.
He is survived by two sisters-
compile a good report. I remember
the days before written statistical
reports were requested and mini
sters were called upon to simply
give an oral report at the District
Quarterly Meeting as to the
condition of their charges. Some
ministers had a great flair for
painting a glowing picture of a
rather ordinary situation. In the
stark honesty of youth I remember
prefacing one of my earliest oral
in-law, Mrs. Laura Souch and Mrs.
Anna Johnston of Wingham. He
was predeceased by one brother
and one sister.
Visitation was held at Peebles
Funeral Home, 141 John St.
Atwood. The funeral and commital
service was held on Feb. 20 at 2
p.m. Rev. Vic Jamieson of Melville
Presbyterian Church, Brussels
officiated.
Pallbearers were David Diehl,
Robert Flood, Calvin Flood, Rod
ney Hinz, Randy McCracken and
Gary Ceaser,
Flowerbearers were Darlene
Bishop, Rhonda McCracken, Pat
tie Hinz and Janet Ceaser. Spring
interment will be in Brussels
Cemetery.
Donations to Melville Presbyter
ian Church, Brussels, or charity of
one’s choice were accepted as
expressions of sympathy.
reports with the statement, ‘ * I have
yet to learn how to make a good
report out of poor statistics.”
That’s one thing about a written
statistical report; there’s no room
for generalities.
1 rather like making monthly
reports; they enable one to face
realistically the progress, or lack of
it, in the pursuit of stated goals. I
have always been impressed by the
seriousness of that old hymn by
Charles Wesley: “ Achargetokeep
I have, a God to glorify, a
never-dying soul to save and fit it
for the sky.” One of the final
World Day of Prayer held
at Mennonite Fellowship
Arvilla Leis, Elmira, member of
the Women’s Interchurch Council
of Canada, was the speaker for the
Brussels World Day of Prayer
service held at the Brussels
Mennonite Fellowship last Friday
morning. The theme for this year’s
service was ‘‘Open Doors.” The
liturgy waswrittenby women of
Brazil.
World Day of Prayer was
established in the 1920’s to unite
women around the world in prayer
for common causes and concerns.
Itwas established by the Women’s
Interchurch Council which contin
ues to be active internationally,
working on issues and concerns
affecting women, but also on a
broader scale with such issues as
peace and justice.
Mrs. Leis used four biblical
examples to illustrate open doors:
Ruth and Naomi, Lydia, the woman
caught in adultery and the Golden
stanzas pleads: ‘‘...and, oh, Thy
servant, Lord, prepare a strict
account to give.”
The Bible assures us that we will
give a strict account. The Book of
Ecclesiastes states that ‘‘God will
bring every work into judgement,
including every secret thing, whe
ther it is good or whether it is evil. ’ ’
Jesus insists in Matthew 12:36 that
‘‘every idleword that men shall
speak, they shall give account
thereof in the day of judgement.”
The narrow focus of that verse has
always made me a little nervous.
Perhaps it is not a bad fault to be
somewhat nervous about being
Rule. She challenged those pre
sent to look for open doors and to
see unlikely or difficult situations
as an opportunity, an open door to
change.
Following the service there was
a fellowship hour. All six area
churches were represented for the
annual joint event.
Blyth Christian
Reformed Church
HIGHWAY 4, BLYTH
Guest Speaker, Brian Lise, from Springdale
Sunday School 11:00 a.m.
The Church of the‘‘Back to God Hour” and ‘‘Faith 20”
Back to God Hour 10:30a.m. CKNX, Sunday
Faith20 5:00a.m. weekdays, GlobalT.V.
ALL VISITORS WELCOME
called to account in the Day of
Judgment. 1 have just read an
account of Elizabeth Fry, that great
English reformer who tackled the
overwhelming task of correcting
the abuses of the prison system of
the 18th century. She was the
mother of 11 children and a
respected elder in the Quaker
Church, with all of the duties that
pertain thereto. Not only did she
transform the infamous Newgate
prison in England, but travelled to
many European countries in the
interests of prison reform. She
inaugurated many societies for the
correction of many other abuses of
her day, as well. Yet, almost to the
day of her death, she felt that she
had failed to do her duty. I suppose
that such an attitude reflects a
rather parnoid attitude towards the
matter of Judgement, but if I had a
preference, I would rather err on
that side than to simply drift
carelessly into the presence of
God.
It could be a sobering question:
what have you put into your
‘‘Judgment File” to-day, good or
bad?
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