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The:unkn�wii God
Fpr many. people, the easiest .r
way:"to avoid facing a righteous remain unknown. They rejected
God is to persuade themtselves 4 the True God because they loved
that He:
their -false ' Olympian deities
does not exist. Hence,
there are' some Vvho call' more; for these godscatered to
themselves agnostics; ° others their ' Epicurean and Stoical
refer to thselves as. atheists. tastes. It was easier for them to
Then there are those who, in reject -the truth, than to respond
passing, will .accede 4b the • to its challenge.
--existence of such a' Person as It ran contrary to .Meir
God, but who appear to' take a permissive society and its
"so -what" attitude, current pleasure;consequently,
�► Nowhere does the Bible set they lost the opportunity to
out to prove the existence of: come into the knowledge and
God. The basic assumption of the experience of the Truth.
,the Bible, : and of true They were willing to build an
Christianity, is the existence ,of altar to the "Unknown God";
this 'eternal, righteous Being, and, they said they were willing
who reveals Himself in the to know Him and worship Him;
Scriptures. but the Apostle Paul stripped
The Bible begins with a them of their false fronts; of
simple declaration, "In - the their phony psuedo-intellectual-
beginning God..." (Gen. 1:1). isms; and of their pretentious
The basic -assumption having ° desires for the truth. In the
been declared, there then process, the Apostle left them
follows a listing of His confounded, stark, , and
marvellous acts of creation and condemned by the altar to "The
providence. It makes no . Unknown God."
difference what man may n our present society, God is
believe, or . how men may still unknown by many and
rationalize,. What mortal man , generally unwanted by the
believes, or disbelieves, can•never multitudes. He is still "despised'
change the facts. trod is God. and rejected of men_ The woad'
. God is a living, roving God. He wants Him to remain unkrnown;
4 `• :.has;, existedr-.fromiasa . natter of fact, it wants i
•Hm
----wiiRRee st- tc eternity. There was-: dead "`It.. has proclaimed Him
never a time that .He did not dead; ",pinking that this
exist. There Will never be a time proclamation will forever bury
that He does not exist. Him and keep Him unknown.
During _the Apostle, Paul's -As 'the-. Athenian society. of
-.- -.missionary-0• -visit - to,. At -hens; -Paul's day, our society rejects
Greece, (Acts 17:15-34), he was the Truth and the True God,
confronted with the minds, Jesus Christ: The trend toward
philosophies, and gods at the astrology, witchcraft, false cults,
heart of dreek culture and spiritism; Eastern mysticism, and
intellect. This city was the Satanic worship attest' to the
intellectual and religious centre depth of this rejection.
of the then known'world. It was Men would rather dwell in
- the seat of the major schools of darkness than come into the'
philosophy, ' There were many
Epicurean and $toic
philosophers living there. They
spent their" time searching for
new information and discussing
With others their own ideas of
the universe and the m_eairing of of their own Olympus, and
life. delude themselves with the
So religious were . the people thought that these gods are
• of this city, that they erected an sufficient for• now and eternit
#ltar to �:eyerpgod :whi+ h their P s =. • :�e. Y'
rainier than give 'up their sin and
minds had cainceived. They were know Jesus as their personal
so thorough in their worship and Saviour.
Light. Men would rather build
altars to the ''"Unknown God",
than to come into a personal
knowledge and experience with
"Him. (John 3:18-20) They
would rather worship the gods
devotion that they feared lest
• they overlook some unknown The "Unknown God" can be
duty. They, therefore, erected known. He is not like unto gold,
an ' altar to "The Unknown or silver, or .stone. He dwells •not
God." When Paul was invited to in temples made with hands. He
speak before the Areopagus, the is not far from every one of us.
supreme Council, their highest In Him we live, and move, and
Court; . he grasped._ the `" have our being. We are His
opportunity to introduce them offspring. He -says in His Word:
to the God whom they did not For,I know the thoughts that 'I
know = ' the' only True God, think toward you, saith the
Jesus Christ: ^ Lord, thoughts of peace, and not
The Athenians .rejected ..the___ot evil,. to give you an expected -
' . Gospel; they rejected the end. Then shall ye call upon me,
revelation of the "Unknown and ye shall go. and pray unto
God" as preached by , the me, and I will hearken unto you.
Apostle Paul. He received the And ye shall seek me, and find
old, "brush-off": "We will hear me, when 'ye shall search forme
thee again of this, matter." They with all your heart. And I will be
wanted the "Unknown God" to found of you, saith the Lord."
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MURRAY L. HETHERINGTON
Murray' L.:Hetherington,:17.5
Elgin Ave. W., died- September 4
in Victoria Hospital, London,
after an illness of a few days, He
Was 57.
A son of . the, late Isaac.
Hetherington and-. the former
Jean Mclrifosh *he" was born
March 17; -1913.- _-in-2-O&bq g
Township. He' lived in Saltford
from. 1922 until 1926 `whhn he,
,from
to' Goderich. In 1945° .he
moved to Brampton ..where the
resided for 20 years. He has lived°
in Goderich' for the past five
years,
He was. a superintendent fQt
the Department of Transport
until his retirement five yea
ago-He-was--a-member of Horn
Street United...'f rchand-of'the
Royal Canadian Legion Branch
109.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Eleanor Snider whom he
married July 18, 1941, in London;
three daughters; Mrs. " Robert
(Margaret) Thiesburger, Preston;
Mrs. Barry (Mary) McAnsh,
Guelph; and Helen, at home; one
brother, His Honor Judge R.S.
Hetherington, . Goderich; and
two sisters, Mrs. John (Amelia)
MacKay, Ottawa.and Mrs. Alfred
(Marjorie) Ivy, Kapuskasing.
Funeral service was Saturday,
September 5 at the Stiles
Funeral Home with Rev. R,obert
Raymond officiating.
Interment was in Colborne
Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Angus Goodhand, ' Rae
,Hetherington John MacKay,
Robe.rt-- .MacKay,
Teter.. Kalbflelsch ands ' Jack
.OoQdhand.
Flowerbearera were Robert
Gardiner, William Ross, Georges
Ross, Donald AAberhart, Clayton
Edward and Kenneth Winter,
Royal , • Canadian' 4egi;on
Branch 109 held i, a . Inemori,al
service .at - the funeral home
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Friday evening.
MRS. IDA MAUQ
°'MCKINNQN
Mrs. ** Ida, Maud, McKinnon,
213 Cameron Street, ' died
September 4 in Alexandra
Marine and rGeneral Hospital..
She was 85. '
Born to Edward :Pierce and
the former Mary Isabelle Scott
in Ashfield Township 'June- 12,
1885, she lived in Ashfield Until
1913, She moved to Lake Valley,
Saskatchewan in that year and
lived there until 1927. when she
returned to Goderich.
She was a life member of the
UCW of, Victoria Street United
Church.
She was married February 5,
1913 in Dungannon to Neil
McKinnon who predeceased her
in June, 1946.
- -Survivols include two
daughters, Mrs. 'George (Mary)
Currelj and Mrs. Vernon (Anne)
Smith, both- of Goderich; one
son, Sgt. John McKinnon, CAF
Baden Germany; seven
grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren; and one niece;
Mrs. Gordon (Mary) Henderson,
Goderich..,
Funeral service was Monday,
September 7 at the Stiles
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Funeral.: Home . a.,.with Revd
Nirs`''Jordnn -�+as tie l'orxner
►Leonailyd Warr ollficiating, Frances Hastings, ,a native of
interment was •'in Maitland Montreal. Ber -mother was an
Cemetery, Pallbearerss•'were three Ogilvie, of the Ogilvie-flutcllin.'
grandsons and three som. milling interests. She died in
grandsons-in,law, .William Smith, Montreal . August 7, 1922, and
Clinton; John Currelt, Goderich; the service was' held in St.
Donald CurreU, " Leamington; George's .church here, of which
Wilf Goodman, Belleville, Ray she had `been an active member.
Ireland; �M�ontreal; And Arthur Funeral' service fore^ Mrs.
FitzGerald, Montreal. Ernest Jordan was held at
Flowerbearers were Melvin Oakville, and interment was
Smith, Toronto,' and „Roy Nmade in Maitland Cemetery
Chubb, Detroit.' -
dere.
The Senior Citizens Club of ,
KAJ held a memorial J CHRISTIAN MOLLER
service ' at the funeral home
Sunday evening. Kaj Christian Moller died in
Copenhagen, Denmark, August
MRS. ERNEST JORDAN 30. He was a former resident -of
GQHe is
recently, of
Oakville; __ Goderich.
survived by his wife,
Isobel. H. Jordan, Johanna of ,Copenhagen; a son
widow of Ernest H. Jordan. Karl, Goderich; a brother, Ova,
severs a link with two Goderich Copenhagen; a daughter-in-law
families once well known and two grandchildren.
Mrs__Jorclan, whowa1-141her_-- ire
84th year, was the only daughter . funeral was . in.
Copenhagen Ttiesd.a.y,
of Hon. Wl jam Proudfoot, September 1.
-member in the, Legislature for
Centre Huron from 1908 to 1919
and afterward senator.
She had one brother, William,
Q.C., of Toronto. Their mother
was Marion . F. Dickson before
-tier marriage. A nephew of Mrs.
Jordon, Donald Proudfoot,
resides in Toronto.
The Jordans had lived in
Oakville for some years.
The late Ernest Jordan was
the only son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frances Jordan, for 50 years
residents of Goderich. Mr.
Jordan, a native of Devonshire,
bought a pharmacy business "H are concerned for
here, and his. Medical Hall, on ourselves' and aGhers,•,as °chain
the Squat mal` .GQlfi+ a -Street, ren oaf Goad!, �hhen. - be
�cancerned 'abowt obeying 'the -
was widely known. •
rules of the road," the Rev.
Mr. Jordan• took part in Rival ®Bvble
community activities, and was DistriibHautwon.kins, w ryS, ocitoldety
quartermaster- of`'the 33rd Huror�c-ie group. He discussed -the
Regiment He -._died_. n 1907 -and tl•fame,...: ac., Mara ,_Emphasis.
was accorded military honors. in Safety." -'
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"THE BIBLE
TODAY"
"Love is patient and kid ..,
love is not 111 -mannered " .
Love never gives up." These
phrases from n 1 Corinthians
'13, the ,Today's English Ver-
sion of the New Testament,
were applied to highway safety
at a recent meeting of the
Community Traffic • Safety
Foruxn in Pasedena, California.
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SUNDAY SERVICES
4ryn u�}f .k
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St.Peier's
Roman Catholic `church
- NORTH STREET -
Rev. Father R. Moynahan Phone 524-8174
Sunday Masses:
8:30 a.m: - 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
UNITEDHQtINEss CHURCH
62 Carnbria Street North
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER' 13th
9:50 a.m. - SUNDAY SCHOOL,
11:00 a.m. - WORSHIP SERVICE
7:00 p.m. - EVANGELISTIC SERVICE
Wednesday, 7:30 - Midweek Prayer Service
"A WELCOME AWAITS YOU"
Pastor: REV. O. H. LEE PHONE 524-6887
WESLEY MEMORIAL .CHURCH
THS, FREE METHODIST CHURCH
Park Street pt Victoria
H. Ross Nicholls, Pastor
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Worship Hour 1I a.m.
Topic: "THE PREMIUM OF PERSEVERANCE"
Evening Service 7 pan. ,
WELCOME
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET
"A FELLOWSHIP CHURCH"
CALL US I' YOU NEED 'A RIDE!
524.95.65 or 524-6445
FULL SCHEDULE OF SERVICES YEAR ROUND!
a.m.="S`IDAY SCHC6OL' ,�
11?00 a.m. - MORNING WORSHIP.
"BEGINNING NOW!"
Regular Evening Service - 7630 p.m.
Bible Study Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. •
PASTOR: REV. KENNETH J. KNIGHT '
Knox Presbyterian. Church
THE REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL, B.A", Minister
WILLIAM CAMERON, Director of Praise
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th
1000' a.m; - Sunday School.
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"BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS"
(Nursery and Junior Congregation)
-- RALLY OAY .-'.
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GoDERi SIGtNAL-$TAR.'f'H' RRSDAy,' i l
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Some 12,000 members of the
Church -of God" net inSt., Louts,
IVliesouri, for their 53r4 General
Assembly, August 25,31 _, to,
conductthe .
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sent al business cif
America's oldest Pentecostal
church, •
The five top officials of the
Cleveland, Tennessee `biased
denomination were nominated
during meetings, of the -ordained
nhinisters council and` ratified
during the. ♦. general . assembly
business session ' attended by
voting: - laymen. The' Reverend
Mr. Omer. - Henderson . of - the
Goderich Church of God was a
voting delegate to the minister's
council.
Dr. R. Leonard Carroll was
selected as general overseer with
Dr. Ray H. Hughes, the
Reverend Wade H. Horton and
the Reverend Cecil B. Knight to
serve as His three assistants. The
Reverend G. W. Lane will
YES.
BAIRQ MOTORS
assume the o
;secretary-treuier.
The _ ministers- : council alao
d sehss�ed. i melt ' - :matters
the
relating general operations,
. , ;finaial `"structu . o� �� .-i". the
denomination„ the church .
teachings, •the, ,d bilities; of
opening -• a seminary. and,,.
additional educatio.aal..
institutions„ '
VILLI;
EMETE
MEMORIALS
And Inscriptions
- Stratford -- Ontario
Ronald C. McCallum
Representative
215 Wellington St, 5.., Goderich
Phone 5246272 or 5247345.
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MEMORIALS -MARKERS & CEMETERY LETTERING
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FRAINA Mc1LWAIN
524,1861, or 200 Gibbons St. - 524-9465
REG,P•J. BELS.
���15��Cairalmaoad 7464 •
The family that prays together
stays together
FIRSTh• st to
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, (Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec
MONTREAL STREET near The Square •
to
- A WELCOME TQ ALL -
10:00 a.m..- Adult Bible Class and C.hurch
School For All.
11 A.M. - Morning Worship
(Supervised Nursery)
Minister: Rev. Arthur Maybury,13.A.; B.D:
Bethel Pentecostal .Tabernacle
Affiliated with the Pen'tecostal Asseeniblies of Canada
FORNER OF ELGIN AND WATERLOO STS.
• REV. R. CLARK, Pastor
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th
10:00 a.m..- SUNDAY SCHOOL.
11:00 a.m. - Worship Service.
7:G0 p.m. - EVANGELISTIC SERVICE.
8:00 p.m. Tuesday - Prayer and' Bible Study:
8:00 p.m. Friday - Young. People's Service.
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY,
SUNDAY,'•.SEPTEMBER 13th
Holy Communion at '8:30 a.m.
Morning Prayer and Sermon by the 'Rector at 11:00
',l)Lursery and Junior Sunday School at 11:00
The Rector at both services,
Organist -Choirmaster: Mr. Paul C. Baker,
' F.R.C.O., L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M.
Rector: REV. G. G. RUSSELL, B.A., B.D.
Vittorio. Street Unified Church
The House of Friendship Rev. Le:ppard Warr
10:00 a.m. - Bible School For All' Grades.
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11:00 a.mx'-'Worship Service.
Sermon:
"THE HOLY CITY"
BENMILLER UNITED CHURCH
10:00 a.m. - Worship ,Service and 'Bible School,,
-
Mrs. J. Snider
Victoria St. Organist
&, Choir Director
n.
Mrs. Leonard Warr
Benmiller Pianist &
Choir Director
North Street United Church
REV. ROBERT L. RAYMONT
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th
11.00 a.m. -_•MORNING WOR. ,HIP.
'Dialogue
Guest: MR. ROBERT CHRISTIE
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The faci ities for boies'`through 8 year,, olds in
nursery and junior church during service.
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;Phone Church Office and'' Study S244631
,Church • Building •, . 62415.951