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FROM MINISTER'S0STUDY
AUBURN &
PASTOR ALFRyD FRY DONNYBROOK UNITED CHURCHES
e 1st. Epistle , of John.
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oever is horn of chid,
meth the World, and
the victory that over -
the World , even our
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course
h or conquest over an
In our heart there ry a
nt battle between -"right
rung. at times we suffer'
t but•\til' also can gain
victory. From early
ood, we have known
'n our childhood. games,
t schouL and of course
Itt-t'�� .u:t.i.r~•e-ix'ri .tl4.e all,
Tut ijfe.
•
ng in this present world
11 of the frustrations and
it in the hearts of many
, one ,can react into the
of Nations as well as in-
als that they suffer from
se of defeat.
•the Christian our text is'
lent`. It ;peaks of over -
g the things of the world, -
it that it means those
that are contrary to the
.i,f God, these things
can cause despair to
earts, and taring a sense
feat, there are so many
in this condition, and
they.;irc• awny from God.
haps at one time they
Members in gout( stan-
'n our churches, but have
d the carts of the world
man‘ evil habits
fated ‘With the world. to
therm down to defeat and
ir. -
churches in the key 73
ct are calling- these
le hack tc, r'enc°val of faith
Victor' tiieans
and repentance. By repen,,
tante and returning to ('hris1,
they can have Victory over sirs
and despair. When we have
this victory in Christ, by His
help we can c►verconle the
weirld. What gives us this vii; -
tory? Our Faith (l
rist:
'I\%o thousandsncyears ago,
on
the Cross of Calvary, Jesus
overcame Sin and Death, and
became the Saviour of the
World. 'Ibis Christian faith is
the only faith that can save our
souls and give the promise of
Everlasting life. Any faith that
I 1
Many Drunkards,
Prostit .s, 'ihieves and Ruh-
beN when they came into con-
tact
n
tact with Jesus Christ in His
(1ais, were able to leave a life of
shame 411)(1 defeat kind have a
victorious life, and .thousands
from that time onward have
had the sante experience.
Yes 'Ihe Liori of Judah, can
break every chain, and give us
the Victory again and again.
People who are slaves to drags
or strong drink, or to the many
vices of this present world, can
be lifted from this `` lavery to
eaves . esus Christ out utthe contplete - Victory in Christ
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"Erskine" Presbyterian
Church, Dungannon, was built
in 1885 during the'pastorate of
Rev. Cameron who carne to'
Dungannon in 1884.
The pioneer -.Presbyterians
worshipped in a little log
church situated about 11/2
miles south of Dungannon. It
was a, community church which
was used by Methodist and
Anglicans also. The -ministers
were usually from Goderich
and there were local preachers.
The first manse was a small
house on the west side of the
present `church,. which is now
occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
George Rivett and • former(
owned hy. the late Mr. and Mrs
Robt. Moore_a i famil .
GOiM.ItICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1973—PAGE 9A
Erskine Presbyterians closing chur.cli
Rev. 1/4,A Gordon RIOtou1, *was reti►` d living 111 London
13 A_, succeeded Rev ('antpbell where he passed awaY about
Although his pastorate was is 1.,
short he kept up thu-.n►issiunary
effort Ile was greatly assisted
by Inti wife. Margaret }Jerrie, a
(laughter of Rev i)avid and
Mrs Perrie of Wingharn, and a
graduate of Missionary and
Deaconess Training Horne,
"Toronto He was a veteran of
Wur'ld''4Var 1 11914-1418i. He
resigned at Dungannon for
health ;reasons. They moved to
Toronto where,he passed aw;\
a few years later.
In 1911 the W} M and the
W 11 NI S i the W'ornen'5
y Foreign Missionart Society and
the ,Women's Home Mission
We must believe that Christ
is 'the Son of God if we wish Ito
have this everlasting life (John
:3.-16) 'Ibis 'Was' the faith of
those. who built our churches
and have gone on to Higher
service.
This is •the Amazing grace,
that no matter how deeply we
have gone into'sin, there is a
full and complete pardon when
we ask God for forgiveness,
and have this faith in the
Saving Power of Jesus Christ.
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Stratford - Ontario
Representative
' 11 Cambria Rd., Goderich
Phone 3244345
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CLINTO N—EXETER—SEAFORTH—G O DERICH
Memorials Cemetery
and e
Markers Letterung
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200 Gibbons St.
524-9465
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And yet, in many homes over ten
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Rewiring can make a world of
difference:
• In convenience, by providing ample
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In performance, by bringing full
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Ih safety, by eliminating the hazards
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Later a new manse of whit
Trick structure was built on th
front street of the village. Thi
was the residence of th
ministers until 1925 whe
Dungannon joihed wit
Lucknow to form a two-poin
charge, with the minister livin
in Lucknow.
The manse was rented for
a
number of years and final)
sold. it hays changed hand
about four or five times. Th
present owners ,-;Are Mr. ant
Mrs. Leonard Chisholm an
family.
A new frame Presbyteria
church was built at Port Alber
about the same time and on
minister served the twc
congregations*. With the passing
of the Church Union Bill in
1925 -this church became a
United Church which was
closed a few years ago-and,later
t('�rn down.
A few Presbyterian families
Coined with t he remaining
Presbyterians in Dungannon as
they too had lost some families
through the Church Inion Bill.
A few more Presbyteria0
families came- from the St.
Helen's' Presbyterian Church
which had voted for the (United
Church in 1925.
Rev. R. Fairbairn B.A. suc-
ceeded Rev. Cameron ' and
during his pastorate the first
was organized in
189-I with a m(nibership of 11.
Mrs'. Fairbairn wits the first
president.
Rey. C.M. Rutherford, a H
native of St. elen's,• tacc'eeded
Fi1-i t±, l i r rt , r v-t'r v
missionary -minded ratan, and
during his ministry in 1907 he
orga nized t he first Mission
Bard in an endeavour to. instil
0 missionary spirit int() the
young.
Miss ,lean Sturdy. later Mrs_
Ernest Duff, was the first
president. And in 1909 Rey
Rutherford organized the First
Home Mission Society with 1
members.
Rev. Gilbert Gemini was the
next minister, who cyan((' to
Hamilton, Ontario, from.
England, in 1902.'. He. was
married in England in 1901. Isle
-went--bark---tr-e-rdlege- tn.'s-turfy -
for the ministry and in 1912
was inducted into the Dungan-
non Church°where he served for -
,six years.• His work among the
vctung people was a feature of
his ministry. His .wife, a very
'genial woman, possessing much
talent, shared his labours. 11
remained until f91.8.
•In ► 192 .he became a tinnedd
(;hurch minister until' he
•retired. He spent his last years
in a Nursing Horne in Goderich
where he •and, his wife,_
celebrated their 65th .wedding
anniversary- in .196(;. A couple
of years later he passed away.
His widow lives in Goderich
yet,'also 00e daughter, a nursee
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Scotch couple came to Dungan.
non, Rev. and Mrs. P.M. Craig,
but owning to ill health retur-
ned to Scotland in 1920. That
same year in .lune,' 1420, '20, i)r
H.R. Campbell Caine, ,1
scholarly and well educated
man who rekindled and en-
couraged missionary work and
cottage 'prayer meetings.
In 1922 the Maitland
Presbyterial was 'held in Er-
skine Church• with three
sessions, one in the forenoon,
one in.. the afternoon and an
evening session. Dinner was ,
served in the church basement
at 12 o'clock and tea at t;
o'clock. The church was well
filled.
. A missionary from China was
the guest speaker. Rev. Gilbert
Gomm from Pine River brought
greetings from Presbytery Rev
Walden brought greetings from
the Methodist Church and Mrs.
Rogerson from the Anglican
Church, Dungannon. Ret;.
Colin Young D.Dr, Superinten
dent °of work among the new
Canadians, gave an interesting
address on his work. Rev
Giihert Gomm closed the
meeting. Dr. Campbell thanked
all who had taken part. I)r
Campbell passed'Away in 1958,
and his widow passed away in
1970~ at St.. Thothas,' the home
of their daughter. _
Rev Mr Martin came in the
autumn of 1924 and remained
until the- next summer when
the Church (Inion Bill was
passed, which changed his
ministry and Dungannon
became a part of the Lucknow
cha rge
In 1925 Rev. (' 11
MacDonald, a native of
Teeswater was extended 0 dill
to Lucknow. and Dungannon
pulpits'tvher'e he served for 25
years. Ii(, was spoken of ,as 0
beloved pastor, loyal frit -rid,
and a tower of strength. He
held . trtku>
Mission, member of Board of
Evangelism and Social Action,
and of MissionaryDeacon-
ries),
and I ) edcon-
r►ess 'I'rainirlg School, a mem-
ber of Sabbath Scho&)s and
Young People's Society.
lie was elected Moderator of
the', General Assunlbly of the
Presbyterian Church in Canada
(1 he highest office in the
c.
c_�hurch)" ir>v. 1947.IJ1ti Knox
College conferred the honor of
Doctor of Divinity.
The next minister was }dew. ton where he ministered for
C Winn, a native 01, Tortaui.u,
who carne to Looknow in 195(1 e ` yea1 tT0'fc�re' �iilllian ""to "`""`,
and remained until 1954. In I,ucknow..He passed away sud-
September 145.1, Rev. Wallace denlv in 1972,
McClean became' -minister of The present minister. Rev.
Chatham congregation. v.
MacLeod carne to Canada 1411
9311
1 and later graduated from
Presbyterian College, Montreal.
He served as an ordained
missionary in Saskatchewan
before being called to-- Cape
Breton in Nova Scotia. He ser-
ved as a Chaplain -in the
Canadian Navy during.. World
War II and saw overseas ser-
vice. Following the war he
returned to Cape Breton and in
1957 accepted a call to Tiver-
lens Noble a his
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„ _ 1d►r<t�r�w...alt�cL: morn _ ._.„, ..-�,. are � ---• - - --- �
ni�tivl.,iyl"krcicil;e, ntaKcr
"..'''� He ministered at Kittirnat, B.C.
before coming to Lucknow-
X J 'Dungannon. Mr. Noble makes'
•
the fifth minister to serve the
Lucknow-C)ungannnn Churches
in -18 year`, since Church
Union.
All the early records of tlit
Church's activities were lost in
a fire in the home of Mr. [)uff,
the clerk, before the veld✓ 1900.The Missionary Society,+'
Mission Band and Young
Peonies' Society disbanded and
re -organized many times down
through the years.
And now 10 197;1 u has been
found necessary to close Er-
skine- Presbyterian Church,
Dungannon. due to the dwin-
dling membership and sniall
'attendance at services. Many of
the oder'members have retired
and moved to some other town,
some are in nursing homes, and
with the change in the.-
educational system .the young
people receive a better
education and find employment
in 11rge'r centres. So the church
membership has declined and it
is difficult to carry on.
Two rnirlister's from the
Presbytery, Rev_ Robt. Arm-
strong, Wingham, and Rey •1. `
Bell, Kincardine, met with the
Dungannon Congregation on
Fehru;1ry 1'8 The congregation"
voted to amalgamate with the .
Luc -know congregation and
decided' to hold the last regular
service the fast Sunday- in
March_ A Service arranged by
the Presbytery -will he, held in
May.
society afualgaiht ltd to form,
the \\+linen's N1ission.,ry
sot ret\ i \V N1.5. i
.A student Firucc• Gray ut
Knox College, Toronto.., oc-
cupied the manse, hist during the
summer months id the v1.ar
1021. He ministered here until
he returned to College in the
autumn. Later he was ordained
United Church rinni-ter. itis
1was Modcerator of
Maitland - Prt sbv1erv,
M(((ltrator 'of Ilt►roti and
Maitland Presbytery.
Moderator of Svno(I of
H,rmilti,n and London, Clerk of
S‘) -nod in 10,18, member of t he
Hoard and Senate of Knox
College, Toronto, member of
the Board of Administration,
member .of the Board of
•remained: for 51.12 years. He was
a native of Ireland. In 1959 he
Accepted a charge in the Barrie
Presbytery where he passed
away <1 few years later.
In 1960 Rev. ' Roderick
Nla-cLeod was extended a cull
and he remained for eight
ve:irp He was a native of
,Scotland. He accepted an kip-.,
pointment in 71 suburban
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- --
10:00
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School
11:15 a.m.—Morning Worship
SERMON: "Who should sit at the -Lord's Table"
COME TO A GROWING SUNDAY SCHOOL.
'IF YOU -NEED- A-RtDE„WE HAVE A BUS.
Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle
Affiliated with the PentE;costal Assemblies of Canada
CORNER OF ELGIN and WATERLOO STS
REV PETER G ST DON, Pastor
SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1973
-,10:00 a.m.—SUNDAY SCHOOL
11:00 a.m.—WORSHIP SERVICE
7.00 p.m. EVENING SERVICE
Tues. 8.00 p.m. BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER
Friday 8.00 p.m. —Youth Night ,
A true Cmhaakeout.
For4urher..)nforhristianrratputsion-ii
eburclife4,tservicesnwhat he carilt--524s-8506
"Communion Service"
Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.—First Baptist Youth Crusaders
Have You Heard of Key 73?
ALL ARE WELCOME
The Free. Methodist Church
Park St. at Victoria Pastor: H. Ross Nicholls
Phone: 524-9903
10:00 a.m. S.S. Be part of a growing Sunday School
11:00 a.m. God with Us
(Nursery & Junior Church)
6:30 p.m. Training Class •
(Successful Teaching)
Where You're Only a Stranger Once
SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1973
Quinguagesima
Holy Communion at 8:30 a.m.
The Rite of Confirmation at 11 a.m.
Candidates from St. George's and
Christ Church, Port Albert
THE RT. REV. H.F. APPLEYARD,
BISHOP OF GEORGIAN BAY
Sunday School and Nursery at 11 a.m.
ASH WED: MAR. 7, 1973
HOt- COMMUNION at 9:30 a.m. and
° 7 p.m. in the Chapel
Organist- oirmaster: Mr. Paul C Baker
FR O LRAM, ARCM '
Rector: Th geV. G Gam• ussell�t3
Victoria Street United Church
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET
EVANGELISTIC — FUNDAMENTAL
REV. R. BRUBACHER, Pastor
10:00 a.m. - Bible School for all ages
11:00 a.m. Worship Service
6:30 p.m. Y.P. Word of Life Club
7:30 Evangelistic Service
Wed. 8 p.m. PRAYER MEETING
Coming Sunday. March 18th
Film "SOUND OF THE TRUMPET”
HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP REV. LEONARD WARR
10:00 a.m.—Bible School For All Grades
11:00 a.m.—Worship Service
Sermon: ATOMIC FISSION & FUSION & THE
BIBLE
7:30 p.m. "KEY '73, EVENING SERVICE
Special Music - Rev. W. McWhinnie preaching
BENMILLER UNITED CHURCH
Mrs. J. Snider
Victoria St. Organist
& Choir Urrector
Mrs. Leonard Warr
Benmiller Pianist
& Choir Director
WELCOME TO THE FRIENDLY CHURCH
Knox Presbyterian Church
THE REV G LOCKHART ROYAL, B A , Minister
THE REV RONALD C McCALLUM, Assistant
WILLIAM M CAMERON, Director of Praise
SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1973
10:00 a.m.—SUNDAY SCHOOL
11:00 a.m.—DIVINE WORSHIP
Sermon:, "ISLANDS OF ISOLATION"
(Nursery and Junior Congregation)
7:30 p.m. Young People's Society
North Street. United Church
Depart to Serve
REVROBERT L. RAYMONT
SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1973
9AS a.m,-10.yearolds and over
10:50 v a.m. —Babies to 9 yearolds ,
10:50 a.m. —Morning Worship
(Hymn Sing)
SERMON: "DEVELOPMENT IN
THE GLOBAL VILLAGE"
Lorne H. Dotter*, - Director of Music
Miss Clara McGowan. - Assiitai t Visitor