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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-09-07, Page 61 • • • . ' • e4f?DERICIP,tigNA1.4-STAR. THURSDAY. SRPTOiVIBER 197?4 • • t) Om "he': . $thtfrtti-s • Study I" Rev, R.C. *Cents KHz Prosbytorles Chord' • • • • . • .Everybody, affected • • Every strata of society, is seriously affected by the critical conditions that 'prevail in our World. "The Very foundations of our social, life Amin to be shaken; the total establishment of our civilization seems to be toppling. The joints of the carefully constructed edifice we call our cothmon life seems to be loosening and . we are con- 3ciously• or unconsciously bracing ourselves for the iebacle." 'So wrote Dr. Albert Schweitzer over two decades attenipts'aronrrection'- iave met with dismal failure .3.nd multiplied thousands have iuffered as a consequenc:e., Where can ,we• ,look tor an 'effec ;We and enduring corrective for :he crises from which we suffer? In his inaugural address in 1969 President Nixon said, "The \4alaise of the world is rooted in t crisis o the spirit; correction an come nly in the realm of the spirit." ttempts at correc- ;ion have, -b n made in the vrong realm and byltvrong neans. An ef ctive and en - luring correc ichieved only by : return to the nnphasis of our Lord Who ilwaysspoke of His ingdom jri erns. of truth. How very sure le was when He seid, 'Ye Shall (now the truth and t e truth ;hall make you free." F e Per - ;many and Free Collectively. In a crisis unparalelled in the iistory of the world a Lone )risOner stood before a puppet ;.overnor and made - what ;eemed to be the most audacious tatement ever to fall on human as: "To this end was I born and for this cause came LI into the world that I .might bear wit • if ness to. the truth." The scene is the Praetorium - the Governor is Pilate and the Prisoner is .Jesus ' the Christ.. "What is truth?" asked Pilate. The invariable, unvariable truth as it is incarnate in Jesus is the only Correction for the crises of our day. Pilate went out without waiting for the an- swer: Perhaps we of. the twen- tieth century are giving as little •attention • to these potentially world -changing words as did •ROSH HASHANAFI • FESTIVAL OF TRUMPETS • ' , SEPTEMBER 9-10, 1972 Hebrew Date: Tishri 1, 5733 m This painting by Morris Katz depicts a rabbi blpwing a shofar (ram's horn), I symbolizing God's summons to the people for self -judgement The sound of the shofar heralds Rosh Hashanah the Jewish Newlear This scripture • from The Living Bible is the authority for Roti Hashanah. 1 • Pilate. No man will ever know I thrtruth- apart 'from- seeking- the au• carnate Son of God. . • Ina time of great crisis in the. 17th century, Sir Robert Shirley 1 built a. church. For hispains, he • • was summoned to London by E Cromwell, confined in ,the • Tower and .died there. An in • - scription over the entrance to ; that church which is still stan- ding,,onlyis a memorial not to LI " Sir Robert Shirley, but to all • who have done likewise.In old • • English itjeads: • "In the year 1653 • When all things sacred were throughout ye nation Either demolisht or , profaned, • • Sir .Robert Shirley, Baronet, Founded this Church: • • Source of Truth, Christ the In-. • • "The first day ol the sevenffi 111011M ,of the Hebrew calendar) is a solemn toe for all • theOeople wj meet together lot worslo, /8 a time of remembrance, and is to be an • - nounced by'leud blowing ol ['limpets Don't do any work on -the day of the celebrations h 1.4411 a sacrifice by fire to the lard" 11 evarcus 27 74'25 .• . - I Now the Lvd said to Moses, Make two trumpets al beaten silver to be used for • signaling the breaking 01 camp When both trumpets are blown, the people will know ,that they are to gather 81 1/70 eartance,at tle,tabefizade 8111 itanly ape is blown, then • , only the chiefs of the tribes of Israel shall come to you Different trumpet blasts will be necessary to distinguish between the summons to assemble and the signal to break ' camp and move onward When the travel signal is4blown, 1/le tribes camped an the • • east side at the Tabernacle shall ledve lust,at the second signal, the tribes on the • • south shah go. Only the priests are permitted to blow the trumpets This ts a permanent instruction to bt :allowed from *mon to generation When you ,arrive in the . Promised Land and go to war against your enemies, God will hu ear you and save yo from your enemies when you sound the alarm with these trumpets Use the triimpets" m times of gladness, too, blowing them•al your annual festivals- and at the beginning • of each month to refflice over your tjurnt offerings and peace' offerings" And God will • be reminded ol his covenant withjtfii For I am Jehovah, your God' " • 'Numbers 10 1-10i • • • • • from - The Liding Bible , • ROSH HASHANAH is the Jewish New Year, arid is traditionally regarded as • • the first day of,Creation ,This holy day marks the beginning -of the Ten Days 111 of Penitence, which is devoted to prayer, solemn festivities and rest from • • • •visited .Eskiina village;. . , 1111 till story Iocally ( BY LYNDA MacGILLIVARY lifestyle and refuse to become a part of it. Since the whiteman A freak , opportunity sent Richard P. Roberts to Pond inlet in th Malt 'fp firm life there and, one year later, he still talks about it withall the en- thusiasm of a trip just finished a week. ago. Mr. Robarts it a real estate agent in Windsor and also a .inernber of the Anglican church. His Arctic adventure has "changed my direction" he says, and "cleared away the vista of junk." - His ,luck began when a minister, soon to set out for the missionary' at, ,nd Inlet, sent him a book on Eskimos and solicited his help in way of donations.' After reading 'the .book Mr. RObartS was so impressed- he half -jokingly asked if they needed an extra party. Within the clAY.h!. fundhinisIf !TOY,. to make use of his hobby - film- making with -his 16 mm. camera. He was going to the Arctic to rhake a film. The group left Montreal in June of last year. They jetted to Probisher Bay and flew from there to Resolute in a plane 'flown by a we'll -known person in Godericti;41Markoosie, author of 'Harpoon of the Hunter.;', Resolute is a weather station on 1, work • ' Niammanamonumummamnsumausamolinsumamassamsbi! Whose ,singular praise it is To have done ye best things in ye worst times, • , . Calainiaiis!' ' And hoped them in the most Local.Bible Society to": D,. • . If once the Kingdom of Truth • 4 e canvass this month triumphed in' human life and • history, 'there would be no • problems left for.man to solve at Geneva, London, . Paris, • beginning on • Monday, September 18. - The Bible Society is, a world- wide • organization. which. Washington, Peking or Moscow. This world can never 'be a Utopia, but the Truth is the an- tidote for the "Malaise of the World." VVILLIAMS •. • Is it not time we gave the truth a chance?•• , ' ' CEMETERY . And Inscriptions Stratford - Ontario • Bob McCallum • .Representative 65 Montreal St., Goderich Phone 524-7345 The citizens of Goderich will be given ari opportunity -again this year. to demonstrate their - interest in the Bible Society: . The Goderich branch' of the Canadian Bible Society will hold . a house-to-house canvass • • • • 1 • • „ Calvary Baptist Church in • Goderich together with Bayfield - Baptist 'Church have just recently completed a .successful Summer Bible Day' Camp ,from Monday; August 28 ,to Friday, September 1. T. PRYDE.St SON CLINTON—EXETER--SEAFORTH—GODERICH Memorials'' Markers • and' Cemete.ry 1,etteting Frank Mcliwain 524-9465 200 Gibbons Sc. Reg. J. Bell 45 Cambria lict.S. • 5247464 :P.V.;;;If4fOrf, • e • •• 4imaxammlionam.,, A total of 357 students (average daily attendance 71) were bused daily to Camp Canby near Bayfield for Bible. 'lessons taught by Mrs. RT. McSpadden of Richmond Hill. A continuing missionary story was told by Mrs. Clifford.Talbot of Bayfield and there was also enthusiastic 'choral singing with craft's, sports and swimming for all. • "There was ezcicellent co- operation from Orkers from both churches," reported the, camp's general director, Rev. Rueben Brubacher, Calvary Baptist Church, Goderich. To round out the week's activities, the' parents of the children Were invited to visit the_ camp on Friday. i(c•-• translates the. Holy Scripture into many languages, • and distributes the Bible free or at a very nominal charie. 47,- . portions of Scripture are available 'now in hundreds' of different languages. The 'English translation of the New' Testament called "Good News for Modern Man" has sold millions of copies.. The Goderich branch of the Society sponsors an annual ' canvass to provide funds f6r the' work of translation and distribution -which is continually expanding in many countries of the world. At present a great deal of work is being done to make the Bible better known in South ,America. Anyone who would like to be a canvasser for the Bible Society should get in touch with the Minister or 'Bible Society representative of the church to which he or she belongs. Arrangements for the canvass are made through the cooperation of the 'churches of Goderich. Officers of the Goderich • Branch have asked" that Sunday, September 17 be designated "Bible Sunday" in all Goderich churches. They expect that each minister will be emphasizing the significance of the Bible and the work of the Bible Society# • MINISTER • WESVL ELLESMERE UNITED CHURCH , MARCHINGTON CIRCLE AT CLAUDIUS GATE, SCARBOROUGH THE RED CROSS IS PEOPLE LIKE YOU HELPING PEOPLE LIKE YOU ••$ • . • REV. ROSS NICHOLLS will b. 44111kIritat WESTFIELD FELLOWSHIP HOUR *4 .2 pent ailth Spetela.I.Musio CENE No,* Eath Day 4 EVIL SWALE WHEN GOOD MEN po NOTHING f LIONEL'S SUNOCO At The Five Points rued -Mechanic - Repairs tO all Makes, Cornwallis .Island in the Arctic. The six -and -a -half-hour jet trip is the same length of time it takes to reach -Paris, • Mr. Roberts pointed out. A. short jaunt from- Resolute brought them to the reservation in Pond Inlet where the missionary church' has been for nine years. - Mr. Robarts worries about the future of. the Eskimo .after his three-week trip: 1,`I 'don't know that they're going to be better off. We are creating. Indian reservations (for Eskimos) in ,1972 with our eyes wide open." The Eskimos 'on the reserve live in'prefab houses for which they pay $80 a month. Some Eskimos have already perceived -the,"culture collision' of such a". irs • came, the Eskimo children are required to attend school and in ordbr-tii-AO cannot continue to live in the manner of their old culture. When Mr. Roberts was there he saw an Eskimo who had come to visit his schoolboy, an event which occurs.'one day a year. He and his Wife and flintily won't see their son again for at least another year. The "culture collision" which - is feared by the more perceptive is already apparent. The following example is common on the reservations. The teenager sat therein his bellbot- toms listening to a Johnny Cash tape while at the same time he pulled his machete out from its holder, sliced off a piece of raw, flesh from a dead seal lying on • the Mar -in the Middle' of the- liyjng room, and politely offered Mr. Roberts the raw meat. „Es kimns,... _seem technologically -minded, says Mr..Robarts. More and more are learning technology in the • North. Maybe part of it is the fact that an Eskimo can sit for • a • . •, obiiu�rki ! PTO, 4. ROBERT SCHMIDT • FtitifIral setvice was conduc- 'te Monday. from ,St. Peters Roman Cat1101i0 Chureh in' Goderich for. the !at* Pte. 4, Robert Schmidt who died sud- denly August 30 at.the age of 20 at Canadian Forces Base Corn- wallis. The son of Howard Thomas Schmidt and the former Noella cscite Ptt, ...Schmidt was born at Montreal February 14; 1952. As a child he moved with his.family to Goderich and lived here until going' to C,F.B. Cornwallis where he was in his tenth week of Basic Military In Goderich he, had attended St. Mary's Separate 'School and the Goderich District Collegiate. Institute. He vas a lifeguard at the Goderich beach for two years and was, also performing duties as lifeguard at, C.F.B. Cornwallis. ,Pte. Schmidt we§ not married., He is survived by his parents of Otderiell4a brother Mark and a grandfather Thomas Sch- midt, both also of Goderich. The funeral' service was con, ducted by • Rev. Father R. Moynahan with interment at the veteran's plots in Maitland .Cemetery.... -The pal ibeerers;,. firing party, bugler andother military personnel attending were from C.F.B. 'London. The Administrative Officer in charge -was Lt. Chris Bailey, also of C.F.B. London. VV/O M.D. Thivierge acted as escort from C.F.B. COrnwallis. Prayers were said at the Stiles Funeral Home on Sunday. VICKST MAY OLIVER A• funeral service was conducted Tuesday from Smith's Funeral Home at • Burlington,9nriofgythe late -Vitifet---M4 ()Hier Whir suddenly at Joseph Bran Memorial Hospital in I3urlington, Sunday, September 3, She was the former .Violet MaY•Thompson. Mrs. Oliver is.'survived by her husband' David Oliver of 344 -Townsend Avenue East in Burliligton, daughter Mrs. Dorothy Crane and son Bruce MacDonald of Goderich. Also sisters Mrs, Herbert Wilkinson (Helen) of Oshawa and Mrs. T. Ross Allan (Dorothy) of . Toronto. ‘She was predeceased .• by a son William MacDonald.' Mrs. Oliver 'was born in Goderich. • Cremation followed the funeral service on Tuesday. Airiimmiftw "..6•VV'hen You Shop . Say • • • 1 IT IN 'THE SIGNAL • six hours waiting for the glimpse of a seal swimming by a hole in the ice and when he does, with four seconds to spear it before it - escapes, can successfully react$ in time. • The missionary Who was at - Pond Inlet when, Mr. Robarts was there is responsible for star- ting it nine years ago. Mr. Roberts says the Eskimos are dedicated • Christians. Every night that he was there, he saw • up to 15 Eskimos waiting in Rev. Howard Bracewell's outer office for their turn to discuss their problems. Mr. Roberts says the problem •in this part of Canada is that -we don't appreciate what we have. He comments, "If we need 'something we don't pray tor it. We buy it." The fifty -minute. film, in . which Mr. Roberts hopes to reveal the' Eskimo's culture in -Pond Inlet will be shown at St, George's Anglican Church on Sunday, September 10 at the 11 a'm. service. SUNDAY. SERVICES • FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec) MONTREAL STREET near The Square. REV. W. H. McWHINNIE F.R.G.S. Organist: Mr. Frank Bissett 1000 a.m.—Supday School • 11:15 a.m.—Morning Worship This Churbh has an Evangelistic and Missionary Vision. COME AND WORSHIP WITH US WESLEY MEMORIAL CHURCH THE 'FREE 'MONODIST CHURCH Park St. at Victoria H. ROSS NICHOLLS, Pastor 10,a.m—Sunday School 11:00 a.m.—Worship 7:00 p.m. --Evening Seryice 'WELCOME CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET EVANGELISTIC --'FUNDAMENTAL REV. R. BRUBACHER, Pesti:4 Church 524-6445 Residence 524-9497 10:00 a.m.—Round-Up Sunday in Bible School 11:00 a.m—Sermon • "THE KING WHO ERRED IN JUDGMENT' 7.:30 p.m.—Evangelistic Service Wednesday,. 8 p.m.—Hear Rev. Frid Tiesseri Rep. of Canadian Home Bible League WELCOME TO THE FRIENDLY CHURCH Knox Presbyterian Church THE REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL, BA., Minister' THE REV. RONALD C. McCALLUIVIi Assistant WILLIAM M. CAMERON, Director of Praise SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 10:00 am.—Sunday School Rally Day 11:00 a.m.— Service of Divine Worship Sermon: SERMONS FROM CHRIST'S PARABLES: (10) "A Sower Goes Out Tp,Sow" .(Final sermon In series) JUNIOR CONGREGATION RALLY DAY • (Nurseries in operat(on) 5:00 p.m.—P.Y.P.S. Inaugural Meeting_ for cars) , Enter to Worship 4 Depart to Serve • ' Decoration BR. 109 Da Royal Canadian .Legion Annual memorial and decoration service MAITLAND CEMETERY Sunday, Sept. 10 At the' Veterans' Plot At -PARADE 1-:30 SERVICE 2:00 ,V1)6 ,hope you will join us for this • ARE YOU ATTENDING CHURCH THIS SUNDAY? IF NOT, YOU " ARE INVITED TO WORSHIP WITH • Beth"el Pentecostal Tabernacle Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada " CORNER OF ELGIN AND WATERLOO STS. REV, PETER G. ST. DON, Pastor SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 10:00' a.m.—SUNDAY SCHOOL 11:90 a.m.--WORSHIP SERVICE 7:00 p.m—EVENING.SERVICE Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.—Bible Study and Prayer Friday, 8:00 p.m.—Youtis Nite. Scorn is a pleasure' which gives another pain. For further information about church services call 524-8506. ST. GEORGE'S.CHURCH Si5Ut hN DsAiniN, DSAEYP TEAFTERM BER T 01 ION, 1T9y7 2 Holy Communion at 8:30 a.m. Mr. Dick Roberts willipreserei move film on "The Arctic" in -the church at 11 a.m. Nursery at 11 a.m. Organist -Choirmaster: Mr. petit C. Baker F,R.C.O, L.R.A.M.,' A.R.M Rector: °THE REV. G. G. RUSSELL, B.A., B.D. .C. . Victoria Street united_thulch HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP .. REV, LEONARD WARR • ,, 10:00 a.m.—Bible School RALLY,pAY SUNDAY (Classes For All Grades) 11:15 a.m.—WORSHIP SERVICE (S. School Awards presented during Servico) Sermon,: "GUARDED By ANGELS" BENMILLER UNITED CHURCH 1000 a.m.--Worahlp Service & Bible School BENMILLER ANNIVERSARY SERVICE WILL BE ON SUNDAY, SEPT. 24th AT 11 A.M. REV. ANNE LANGFORD D.D. Speaker . . North Street United Church REV. ROBERT L. RAYMONT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1972 11:00 a.m.—Morning Warship OUTDOOR SERVICE at Camp Menisetting - (Bring your lawn chain- west.c.o4141-0 r Mr. Paul linavii—Ortionlit Mies Clardy 141ctinwan-,Asislataist Visitor 9 8 Pt it • 0 4 44 it