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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-12-11, Page 15q. From (he Minister's study •v GARW.00D G. RUSSELL St. George's Anglican Church Where will $rnasend and Xmas begin 1 noticed that the Santa Claus parade officials in Windsor barred • a float which attacked ib the commercialism of Christmas. The sign on the float said: "Where will Xmas end and Christmas begin?" The president of the Young Christian Workers, who produced the float, was quoted • as saying, "The true meaning of Christmas is gone. It's been replaced with the dollar_bill." • Striking out at commercialism in Christmas is certainly one of the loud cries ' of churchmen every year at this time. However, • b I think it is only fair to point out that the Young Christian Workers have got their slogan confused. The letter X is an abbreviation invented by the Church a long time ago for the convenience of Biblical study. It is the Greek • letter for CH. It is a proper' and reverent abbreviation of the word CHRIST. XMAS should be �, pronounced the same as CHRISTMAS. ' Now if they wanted a slogan to attack commercialism, the • Young "Xian" Workers should have said:. "Where will $MAS trend and XMAS begin?" What they are saying is that the dollar sign has replaced . Christ at Christmas time. "Where will Dollar-mas end and Christ-mas begin? Those who have been complaining of this for years ' tend to get discouraged. It is good that a corps of young people are willing` to take up the cry. But what can we actually do about it? A person can't really blame the merchant for pushing his product as a Christmas gift. And' he will take ':the opportunity to remind you that the Wise. Men • brought gifts to Jesus. It all sounds very innocent. • Butthe feverish • search for bigger and better gifts; the blare of •carols, , as an • advertising come-on; the heart-searching _to. make sure that the gift to Uncle • Harry is no better than his to us; and no better than the one to Auntie Kay; our meticulous "THE BIBLE TODAY” The Archbishop of York, who is President of the Uni- ted Bible Societies, challenged the world's Bible Societies to even greater efforts in dis- tributing Scriptures when he *addressed the first meeting of the General Committee of the U.B.S. held recently in Edinburgh. Dr. Coggan told the Com- mittee they were battling with a population explosion that +w was alarming in the extreme to those who were responsible for the production of food for the body and "for those of us responsible for the provision of food of another and more lasting kind." ▪ In 1963 the Bible Societies had set themselves the target of trebling the world circu- lation of Scriptures to 150 million co'Dies by 1966. "The global circulation. of 1960 was trebled in 1968. That • is progress," he said, "but it is very far from, trebling the circulation of 1963 by 1966. We aimed at an annual distri- bution of 150 million copies. Five years after (setting the target) we had reached 110 million." concern for. fear we send a card to someone who doesn't send a card to us; the exhausting round of cocktail parties; and the final shocking revelation when ° you figure up the total cost at the beginning of January: this is what people. mean by the corhmercialism of Christmas. Much of Christmas is fun. We wouldn't want to have a dull Christmas, but we wish it wouldn't keep escalating! There is another thing about $MASS that troubles , many people. We keep giving gifts to people who give us gifts: Them as has, gits! Tne rich get richer! The poor? How many people in the world will be lucky to have a bowl of rice on Christmas Day? How many . people will ' not even know that it is Christmas Day, and that somewhere underneath the pile of shop-worn tradition there is an old story trying to surface? It tells .of the one who became poor so that the many might become rich. It tells of the Son of God becoming the Son of Man so .that the- sons of men might become the sons of God. It tells ' of a pregnant girl giving birth to her baby in n stable. In Asia, Africa and South America a lot of pregnant girls give birth to their babies in mud huts and rice -paddies and the dirty streets of big cities. The opulence of our Christmas is a wonderful thing as long as you don't take time to think. too much about the world out there. We live in a well -fenced preserve remote from conditions that prevail among the unwashed millions. Yes, we should be thankful! We should also be thoughtful! "Where will $MAS end and XMAS begin?" I don't . know what can be done to stethe tide, frbna the decisive resoluti apart -=isolated -groups and individuals- that ndividualsthat they will not be sedu m Recalling that their long- term aim had been described 'as "a Bible for every Chris- ian home; a New. Testament, at least, for every Christian; a ,portion of Scripture, at least for everyone I() read," the Archbishop said this had not been fulfilled. I am told that, at the end of 1968, nearly 80 per cent of the world's population pos- sessed no Bible, no New Tes- tament, no Gospel, not even a +i Bible tract( Thus ... the gap, far from closing, yawns wider, as the population of the world increased, the growth of the Church is not commensurate `"" with it, and the Bible . Soc- ieties at present fail to reach • their target." Dr. Coggan sugge's"'ted that the Bible Societies should try to enlist "an army of young t T- `rhe and women' who would give themselves to wipe out "the curse of illiteracy" and ,challenged to Societies td db more to "sell" themselves to young people in schools, col- leges and universities. ons of ced by $MAS. For we continually prostitute the lovely symbols with which we enjoy the Festival of Christ's birth. 1111111IIII„„,,1111111Iilllltllll„,„,„„,„iIIIIiIiiIlllilllllllllh L o c.1 0 ,uaro „ l„IIiIIil1l111111111ILiLLiIIi111iiIlIIlIllUllhlltiillilhlill)IiiILIliIII' MRS VERA C. KERSHAW N r � Yera C. Kershaw, 59A Hamilton St., died December 2 at her home. She was 80. A daughter of Robert McDowell and the former Charlotte Elizabeth McClinton, she was born in Blyth August 18, 1889. She attended school at S.S. No. 13 East \(awanosh. She was married in August, 1917, in Westfield Church to Frank G. Kershaw who predeceased her in 1956. Following their marriage the' couple resided in Blyth and Toronto and came to Goderich in 1927. Mrs. Kershaw was a member of North Street United Church - 'and was active for many years in the ladies aid and missionary society there. Survivors include one son, Jack, Birmingham, Alabama; one daughter, Mrs. Jeanne Hogue, .32 Grosvenor St. London; two grandchildren; and one sister, Miss Gladys McDowell, :'oderich. _ Funeral service was at Stiles Funeral Home Friday, December 5 with Rev. J. Donald” MacDonald presiding. Interment was in Maitland Cemetery. Pallbearers were Carl Worsell, Carl Anderson, Harvey McDowell, Graham McDowell, Donald Cowan and Ernest Snell. MRS. ANNIE MORGAN Mrs. Annie Morgan, 135 Essex Street, Goderich, cried Monday, November 24 at Huronview following a lengthy illness. She was 65 years old. Born June 27, 1904 to Thomas Elliott and Bertha Smith in Dungannon, - the deceased has been a resident of Goderich for 50 years. Her husband, Fred Morgan, predeceased her in 1956. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Phil (Betty) Sturdy, St. Catharines; one son, Jack Bell, London; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Lottie) Moore, London and' Mrs. Albert (Lolla) Prader, Goderich; three brothers, Percy Elliott, Pt. Colborne, Harry Elliott, Hamilton and Everett Elliott, Goderich. One daughter, Mrs. Eric (Margaret) McAllister predeceased her. Rev. G. L. Royal of Knox PresbyterianChurch conducted MRS. MELITA MUNN Mrs. Melita Catharine Munn, 101 St. Patrick SL, died suddenly December, 2 at her, home. She was 75. A daughter of Stuart Jenkins and the forr. 'er Eleanor Abrey, - she"'was born May 10, 1894 in Toronto. The family moved from Toronto to Sudbury and Manitoulin and later to Winnipeg in 1915 • In 1918 she was married to Bernard A. Munn who predeceased her. The couple resided in various places, including 'Goderich, white Mfr. Munn worked as church organist. She returned to Goderich in 1959. Mrs. Munn was active in the WA of St. George's Anglican Church where she was a member. Survivors include a son, Robert Edward, 'Toronto, and a daughter, Frances Eleanor, Goderich; four grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Silva, Little Current, Manitoulin ana Mrs. Mary E Meanwell, Wifidsor. The body rested at Stiles Funeral Home until Thursday, December 4 when the funeral service was held in St. George's Anglican Church with Rev. G. G. Russellofficiating. i Cremation followed at Woodland . Crematorium, London. Pallbearers were Dr. H. B. Such, Lyle Pinkney and Harold Shore; all of Goderich, and John Botan and Ronald Botan, both of• Dearborn, Michigan.. . BASIL PURCELL Basil Purcell, Goderich, died November 20, in Goderich. He was 60. He was born in Huron County November 22, 1908, a son of John F. Purcell and the former Bridget Horan. -- Mr. Purcell lived in Huron County all his life and was employed as a newspaper printer. He was a member ,of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church: Survivors includesisters, Mrs. Charles (Ce�celia)'ayhurst, rietroit; Mrs. Ralph (Loretta) Sol, Chatham; and one brother, Joseph H. Purcell, Alan Park, Michigan. , Funeral service was Saturday, November 22 in St: Peter's. Church with Rev. Fr. R. Moynahan officiating. Interment was in- St. Peter's Cemetery, Colborn Township. MERVIN MAXWELL' HODGES Mervin Maxwell Hodges, Port Albert, died in Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich, December 6 after a' lengthy illness. He was 80. The son of George Hodges and the former Matilda Kitchen, Mr. iiodges was born November 7, 1889, in Grey Township. He lived in Grey Township and Clinton before moving to Port Albert 32 years ago. Mr. Hodges farmed until 1937 and operated Port Albert Grist Mill unti. 1942. Ile was .a•: member of Christ Church, Port Albert. He was married February 22, 1922, in Auburn to Myrtle Glazier who survives. Mr. Hodges is also survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jack (Jean) Wenzel, Havelock and Mrs. Allan (Elaine) Brown, Port Albert; two Sons, Arnold, Goderich and Haney, Port Albert; 12 grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. -William (Mabel) Doerr, Rostock. Funeral service was December 9 , in the -McCallum Funeral Home with, ,Itev. R. Odendahl officiating assisted by Rev. G. G. Russell. ihterment was in Port Albert Cemetery. 'Pallbearers were Frank Doherty, Jim Doherty, Lloyd Hodges, Elwin . Petrie,- Harold Adams and Ken Hodges. - Flower bearers were John Hodges and Barry Brown. Christmas is no holiday for a fire...it can strike anywhere, anytime, if we do not guard against disaster' in our plans for the festive season. Keep matches, candles and cigarettes away from the tree and decorations. Use no flammable trimmings in your holiday arrangements...switch off the tree lights at bedtime or when leaving home. 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