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FROM THE MINISTER'S STUDY
NEIL,. NON CURL PASTOR POR HURON MEN'S CHAPEL,
Have yet, ever had your well
te dry? In Genesis we read of
Jacob who dug s well and then
-pate enemies of his came and
Ailed it up. This happened
many times, yet Jacob did not
live up, but went on and dug
one well after another.
In our lives, we have dry
periods when Awe `get
dacouraged. Perhaps you have
nursed a loved one through a
serious illness, but when they
recover, you find, yourself in a
terrible slump. Or perhaps in
business there are problems,
and when they are overcome,
you feel depressed: When this
state of discouraggrnent comes,
as it does to everyone at some
time our well has gone dry.
Thi tpower,.has drained from
our life, and many times we
become physically ill, and even
Christmas gtving
nieans brotherhood.
all year through
As you and your family sur-
vey the many gifts that are sure
to lie beneath your treee this
year, remember there are those
the eye may fail to see. They
ue not wrapped in gilded foil
or tied with pretty colored rib-
bons. You can't touch or han-
dle them, but th1eY will be there.
One of the special gifts that it
is hoped you will see is
"Faith". Christmas is a time of
faith, a faith engendering
joyous love. .
Christmas is life's refresh-
ment so "Hope" will be there
wrapped with "Courage."
"Love" you will also find, it
'is the key to Christmas. Tied
'togethe°r in this page of love,
you will sense deep friendship,
loyalty and sweet remem-
brance.
Among these great gifts there
• will surely be "Charity".
Christmas certain feeling never
quite absent any day of the
year, but at this season the
calloused' heart and the
bargaining mind are cleansed
of all pettiness. A miracle hap-
pens.
Christmas is like a rainbow.
it makes man glowfrom within
and all the lovely rainbow
colors spill, over in _charitable
peace and goodwill toward
men.
Regardless of all the gaily
wrapped parcels, the festive
decorations and merry sounds
a Christian quiet falls on
listening hearts and you will
(eel the peace that is yours.
Christmas will -soon pass and
become only a beloved memory,
but a new year will challenge
you yirjth its joys and its
WILLIAMS
CEMETERY
MEMORIALS
And Inscriptions
Stratford - Ontario,
Bob McCallum
Reprelentative
11 Cambria Rd., Goderich
Phone 524-7345
sorrows, its failures and trium-
phs.
Christmas is a time to tread
mentally in our brother's shoes.
It is brotherhood. It is a time
for sharing so a quiet wonder is
ours to keep, as we share the
light of the world with those
who live in darkness. Some
things are • time limited but
Christmas can be ours forever.
If these treasured gifts of life
are recognized under your
Christmas tree this year, yours
will be a blessed and happy
Christmas indeed for you have
received the real blessing of
Christmas.
look ahead
to new
horizons
We are on the threshold of
another year. The last page has
been written in the old year.
Everything has been recorded.
Success, failurepdgood and evil.
Wecan never retract our ac-
tions, only hope that life's
mighty scale will ° evenly
balance in our favour.
Mistakes we have made, but
through those errors, lessons
we have surely learned that
will not be quickly forgotten.
The time we have wasted
during these past months is
time lost and cannot be
regained. We can only look for-
ward' with hope to new
horizons and pray to God for
the strength and faith in the
future to march forward, and in
the year ahead -not waste one
precious hour granted us as we
plan and Map our new course
for the days- ahead.
May we cross the threshold
of this year with a purpose as
we put our trust in one who
knows the way. If we will only
take the Master by the hand,
the year ahead will be one of
peace and tranquility and the
work of our hands will be richly
blessed.
Happy New Year.
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a doctor cannot find a reason
for such a sicknesa.
How can we refill our well?
First, we should admit cur
helplessness -and accept the fact
that everyone has this type of
experience, end look to God,
the great Physician, to heal our
spirits, ,r
Secondly, do not give up.
Follow . the example of Jacob
and keep on, for we cannot rely
on our feelings.
The real" answer is to find
water to refresh and restore the
soul. The Psalmist says "The
Lord reatoreth my soul." Seek
our Jesus Christ for Christ
promised that "Whosoever
drinks of the water that I shall
give him will never thirst; the
water that I shall give him will
become in him a spring of
water welling up to eternal life.
j0 TNESE FAREWELI
JOHN BARRIS
Rev. C. Wittich conducted
the funeral service Thursday,
December 13 for the late John
(James) Barrie of Huronview
who passed away at the age of
82 after a short illness.
Born July 18, 1891 in Morris
Township he later married the
former Flora Mackie who now
resides in Huronview.
Mr. Barrie resided in
Goderich for 'approximately 20
years where he did carpentry
work. He moved to Blyth irl.,
1948 to farm.
He is survived by his wife;
sons Robert of Dartmouth,
Nova Scotia and Bruce of
Blyth; daughters Mrs. Mel
(Margaret) McBittie of
Wingham and Mrs. Bert
(Lorna) Lyddiatte of RR 1 St.
Agatha; 11 grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
Bethlehem!
What scenes are etched in
our minds at .the sound of that
place. I approached the city last
year, apprehensively, half -
fearing all the lovely visions I
had ever associated with it
would be pricked and burst
into disillusionment.
As we travelled the six miles
from Jerusalem, over a black
topped, smooth road, the
scenery looked Biblical
enough many low hills ridged
with grey limestone between
which a small green valley
nestled.
The history that has been
enacted here! Close to the road
stood a pillar and small
building erected on the spot
where Jacob buired his
beautiful and beloved wife,
Rachel, after she had died in
child -birth.
Inthis very area, through
Jacob's son Judah, the line of
David was founded from which
God promised to bring His An-
nointed One.
We stopped to view a piece of
lush land known as Boaz Field.
Here Ruth and Naomi gleaned
their bit of grain as they
followed after Boaz workers.
Here Ruth later married Boaz
and looked across the valley to
the hills of Moab, her native
land.
It was here that the long,,
weary trip from Nazareth drew
to an end for Joseph and Mary
who had trudged .the long route
on foot. Having visited
Nazareth two or three days
before, I was very conscious of
what an arduous foot journey it
had been, for the distance was
.far greater than I imagined.
i gazed out the bus window
SPECIAL
Christmas Service
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23
11:00 A.M.
'Re -opening of
Sanctuary
after decoration
SERMON: CHRISTMAS JOY
A 7:30 P.M.
Christmas Evening
of Music
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and dreamed of all these
thing;.
And then, the signpost said
'Bethlehem'. My _heart
quickened as we caught the
first glimpse of the white and
grey concrete and stone
buildings.
The shepherds were still
there grazing their flocks on the
rocky slopes leading to the tiny
city. As I looked at them, still
wearing the long robes and
headpieces of centuries past, I
wondered if, by chance, any of
their lineages went back to
those simple shepherds of the
first Christmas eve, and if the
heavenly choir appeared over
the very fields we, were
speeding, by. +"
Reality soon took over.
Modern Bethlehem is far
from a queenly city, in fact,
she's a pretty shabby lady.
Israel took the town from Jor-
dan in the 1967 war and it has
not been restored because of
the uncertainty of the oe,1
cupation. Roof -top hot water,;
tanks, TV aerials and
washlines scar the skyline.
Dowdy shops, selling cheap and
gaudy souvenirs line the win-
ding alleys. A feeling of poverty
pervades the place.
The over 15,000 yearly
pilgrims making a vi.sit to
Christ's birthplace soon find
there's `no room at the inn' for
them either as Bethlehem has
only 100 hotel beds. The sick, as
well as the visitors, must go to.
Jerusalem for accommodation.
Besides having no hospital,
Bethlehem has no ambulance
or fire brigade.
What it does have, though, is
the birthsite of Christ.
The houses of Bethlehem are
built on a slope of a limestone
ridge. In Jesus' time it was
common for them to have a
cavelike stable hollowed out in
the rock below the house, and it
is very likely thatitwas in such
a cave -stable Jesus was born.
To enter the lovely Church of
the Nativity which is built over
the cave purported -to be the
birthplace you leave a busy
parking lot and pass through a
thick wall by a door so low you
must stoop to enter. On the
other side of the wall is the
church and deep beneath the
alter is the stable -cave.
Our guide told us that mo0.
historians feel it is authentic
because as far back as the
Roman Empire, Hadrian
deliberately attempted to
desecrate the `Christian holy
place' by building a 'shrine to
the heathen God Adonia above
it.
The small cavern is lit by -5'3
silver lamps, and is hung with
rich red tapestry. On the floor
is a Targe jewelled star around
which is the Latin inscription:
'Here Jesus Christ was born to
Virgin Mary'.
Someh w it seems very sym-
bolic..and rather beautiful that
we left the dirty, r isy street of
lite by stttli'ping to enter into
the place where Jesus was born.
As we left, the city I realized
thatsome of the fantasies I'd
held about Bethlehem' had
been dispelled. It's not the
exotic romantic, beautiful place
I imagined.
But what it is, is really trach
more important a real place,
where a real event occurred
amongst real people.
it's where God chose to
descend to earth in love and
sim14plicity for the sake of all
mankind.
And that's what makes
Bethlehem the queen of all
• cities.
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the Tasker Funeral Home ,in
Blyth. Pallbearers were Don
Craig,. Bodie Craig, Ken
Brigham, Tim MacDonald, Len
Rooney and Raymond Grif-
fiths.
Interment was in Union
Cemetery in Blyth.
MRS. W.T. ELLIOTT
Rev. Peter Ford, rector of St.
Brendan the Navigator
Anglican Church, conducted
tike funeral service December 1
for the late Mrs. Marion Joyce
Elliott of 9 Second Avenue in
Port Colborne who died at the
Port Colborne General
Hospital on November 29.
Born in New Carlisle,
Quebec, September 10, 1928 to
Angus G. Astels and Herrnie M.
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FRANK CHAPLEAU
Rev. Ft. R. Moynahan of-
ficiated at the funeral services
held for Frank Chapleau who
passed away December 13 at
the Goderich Ntng Home af-
ter a lengthy illness.
Mr. Chapleau was born in
Poland. He was 76 when he
died.
He is survived by one
brother, Joseph of Dunning,
Alberta. -
Services were held Saturday
December 15 at St. Peter's
Church. Interment was at St.
Peter's Cemetery at Colborne
To ittn s hlip.
Pallbearers were . Pete
McCauley, Don Ruetz, Don
Stimson, John Doherty, Lennis
Bedard and John Adams.
(Walker) McCabe she moved to
Goderich Township in 1933. E GREATEST
with her mother and sister`
Eileen, who predeceased her in
1946. Her father died in 1931.
She attended Taylors Corner
Public School, the Goderich-
Collegiate and Business
College in London. She was
employed by the Dominion
Road Machinery Company and
on August 2, 1947 married
William T. Elliott and moved
to 'Port Colborne where she
resided the rest of her life:
Mrs. Elliott is survived by
her husband, Captain William
T. Elliott; five sons, Larry of
Vancouver, Wayne of Port
Credit, Bryan, Bruce an4
William at home; her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McCabe;
and one brother Donald of
Goderich Township.
Cremation followed the
funeral service at the Buffalo
Crematorium.
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SUNDA Y
' SERVICES
LUTHERAN SERVICES
Robertson Memorial School
(BLAKE AND..Ei.DON STREETS, ..aQQERIC4)
SUNDAY SCHOOL - 9:30 A.M.
WORSHIP SERVICE - 11 A.M.
Pastor: Bruce Bjorkquist
333 Eldon , Street , 524-6081
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The Free Methodist Church
Park St. at Victoria
10:00 a.m. Be part of a growing Sunday School
11:00 a.m. "Divine Fruit Grows on Thorny Providences"
6:30 p.m. Bible Study and Outreach
Anyone needing bus transportation phone 524-9903
Everyone Welcome
Pastor: H. Ross Nicholls
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CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAkE STREkt
EVANGELISTIC FUNDAMENTAL
REV R BRUIIACHER. Pastor
9tUtADAY, DECEMBER 23, 1973
A *PECIAL WELCOME
TO OUR
SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
AT 11100 A.M.
7:30 P.M. - CANDLEUGHT CAROL SERVICE
DO COME AND JOIN US IN SINGING THE
GREAT CAROLS OF CHRISTMAS
MR. MARVIN BRUBACHER, CHATTANOOGA,
TENN., WILL BE PREACHING AND THE
"MELODY THREE" LADIES TRIO WILL PROVIDE
THE SPECIAL MUSIC
s A BLESSED CHRISTMAS TO ALL .
Knox Presbyterian Church
Enter
THE REV G LOCKHART ROYAL. B A . Minister
THE REV RONALD C McCALLUM, Assistant
if
WILLIAM M CAMERO Director of Praise
SUNDAY, DECEMR 23, 1973
10:00 a.m.' Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Divine Worship
Sermon:
"CHRISTMAS IS CHRIST"
Monday, December 24th 411:30 P.M.
Annual Christmas Eve Service
tb Worship depart
to Serve
SPECIAL
CHRISTMAS
SERVICE
Rev. Ron Curl
WILL SPEAK
Special Christmas Music
SUNDAY,,DEC. 23
WESTFIELD — 2 P.M.
HURON MEN'S CHAPEL - 8 P.M.
Evil Preveills When Good Men Do Nothing
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THE SALVATION ARMY
18 WATERLOO ST. S
SUNDAY SCHOOL — 9:45 A.M.
FAMILY WORSHIP 11!00 A.M.
EVANGELISTIC SERVICE — 7:00 P.M.
524-9341
WEEKDAY Home League (ladies) Wed., 8:00 p.m.
Prayer & Bible Studies Thurs. 7:30 p.m.
OFFICERS - CAPTAIN G. HERBER - CAPTAIN M. MCKENZIE
"All Are Cordially Invited to Attend"
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1973
Advent IV
Holy Communion at 8:30 a.m.
Nine Lesson Carol Service at 11 a.m.
Nursery at 11 a.m.
Coffee hour for parents of Sunday
School children at 12 noon
Monday, December 24, 1973
'Christmas Eve
Holy Communion °and Sermon at 11:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December- 25, 1973
Christmas Day
Holy Comitlunion at 9:30 a.m.
Rector: Canon G.G. Russell, B.A., B.D.
Choirmaster -Organist: Joseph B. Herdman
COME TO A GROWING SUNDAY SCHOOL
IF YOU NEED A RIDE: WE HAVE A BUS
Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle
Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
CORNER OF ELGIN and WATERLOO STS
REV PETER G ST DON. Pastor
SUND, DM,
10AY:00 am ECE-SUNDAY
BER SCHOOL
11:00 a.mP–MORNING WORSHIP
7 00 p.m EVENING SERVICE
Tues. 8:00 p.m. BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER
Friday 7:30 p.m.—Youtfl` Service
"How many friends would remain if all persons knew what
each said of the other?
For further Information about church services call 5244506
Victoria Street United Church
HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP REV LEONARD WARR
10 A.M.--Bible School For All Grades
11 A.M.—Worship Service
Sermon: "A FRESH LOOK AT JESUS' BIRTH"
BENMILLER UNITED HURCH
1:30 P.M. Worship Service and Bible School
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Mrs. J. SMder Mrs. Leonard Warr
Victoria St. Organist Benmiller Pianist
& Choir Director $ Choir Director
North Street United Ckurch
REV ROBERT L RAYMONT
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1973
11.00 a.m. Nursery will be provided
11:00 a.m. Supervision will be provided for
children during the church time
11:00 a.m. --Morningtr:1p
"CHRISTMAS SU Y"
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Larne H. Dolterer • Direst* et Music
Min. Chge McGowan - Assists ll Meer
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