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ROM;TH.E MIN1$TEE$ STUDY
REX. JAMES SEDDOCH St.. Andrew's United Church Ba field Q
The whole emphasis of Jesus
was on the coming of God's
kingdom; Immediately
following His temptations in
the wilderness, we read, 'From
that time Jesus began to preach
and' to say, 'Repent; for the
kingdom of God is at hand'. It
was the dominant theme of His
teaching and the theme of
many parables when Jesus.
illustrated what the kingdom of
God was like.
„When Jesus sent His
disciples on " a preaching
mission He 'commissioned them
to declare. its coming. "Into_
whatsoever city ve enter say,
'The kingdom of God is come
nigh unto you".
After His resurrection it was
,,still the theme of His message
to the •dist ;pees. The opening
verses of the Acts of the
._Apostles tell how Jesus 'showed
.� Himself, alive after His passion
by many infallible proofs, being
seen of them forty days, and
speaking' of the things per-
taining to the kingdom of God'.
The :Jews believed in the
corning of . the kingdom. but
they thought rof it in terms of
Dominion and, Empire; in
terms of Israel's power and
prosperity as in the days of
David and Solomon. At first
the disciples •thought 'of it like,
that. That is why ,they con-
tinually quarrelled who should
be the greatest in. it and who
would hold the highest office,
After the resurrection of
-•r
Jesus the disciples still held on
to their old ideas of the
kingdom s a tune when Israel
would no longer be a subject
people, but conquerors, with all
other nations su,hiect to 'there
So- they asked -lesists,
Thou at, this time 'restore again
the kingdom to Israel'' It was
to..correct this slew that Jesus
continued speaking of the
things pertaining ro the
kingdom of God •
When the Scribes :and
Pharisees asked )esus about
the coming of the kingdom. He
told then' it would .time, but
'Not in the- way you hope to
catch sight of it.' For,. it would
be the , reign ' of God in the
hearts of men God ruling in
their lives •Jesus declared that
God's kingdom had already
come in 'HIS coming into -the
world People were challenged
by the presence of thei<ingdotn
in 'the person of Jesus Himself
Its presence was visible in the
things which He did, ,)esus
said, 'If I bv the finger of God
cast out devils, then is the
kingdom in your midst'
Jesus reproved the Scribes
.and' Pharisees 'for being blind
to its presence. They ''Ould
discern the' weather by looking
at the ' sky, but could not•
discern the ' coming' of-• the
kingdom by, looking at what
Jesus was'doing,Ther° failed to
see the impact of goodness and
love upon an evil world. They
failed to recognise' Jesus as the
204iF4rzia.
One morning when one of our
girls was little she came run-
ning in from play famished and
begging for 'a piece'. Not wan-
ting to spoil her appetite I let
her have her lunch before the
rest of us.
' Hopping up on heir chaig.she
*aved into her ,food hungrily.
:Just
"Just,a, minute, Hon," I remin-
ded her, .....`you forgot your
, 'grace."
She stopped short, slapped
t* her fork down on the table,
folded her, hands, and turning
her eyes upward said, "Oh ex-
cuse me, God!" Then, after
cheerfully lisping her thanks
she went back to enjoying her
lunch. •
The simplicity of a child is a
beautiful thing and must 6e
nearer -to God than anything
else. To her God was as real
and as close as I was ,and that
'He wouldn:t, accept her apology
never entered 'her mind,
Jesus /said the Kingdom of
Heaven was made up of as such
as the children. What was it
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that He saw in them that He •
liked and valued so much? '
~First, of all, I, think it was'this
simple trust we've been
speaking about," A little child's
whole life is based on trust. He
never questions where his next
meal will comae from or where
his clothes will be. He knows
when 'he goes autr to plan or to-
school
oschool that _hom randNom and
Dad will be there when he gets
back. When -going on a trip he
takes it for gr"anted Dad knows
where he's'' going and will get
him there safely•
He,. kelieves in hiss' ,parents
completely, and for awhile at
least, thinks they k.now
everything and' can do
anything." ,
Would that our trust in our
Father God was such,
•Then, there is a child's sense
of wonder which is lost in
6f us'adults, A little boy I knew
ran into the house cattin. ,
"Come quick"Mommie and see
the birdies having a race to
God!" A child's world has a
glow on it and is always near to
God.
There is humility in children.
Unless a child is the product of
misguided adults ' he doesn't
think in terms of pride '.nd
prestige. Nor does he concern
himself with being more impor7.
tant or better than his 'fellows.
No matter• what their color,
creed, race, or social standing
he accepts them 'for what they
'are. -
In .his.heart of hearts .a child
is instinctively obedient. True,
he is often disobedient but he
knows he should obey. This is
his natural instinct •and he's
unhappy when he isn't carrying
it out., He Allows his parents'
word is law, just as we'should
-know that God's word is law
fort us. �.
A small • child has a short
memory. As yet he hasn't lear-
ned to- hold grudges. Even
when he is treated unjustly. . .
and who of us has not, from
time to time, been unjust with
ou,r children . he forgets so
completely that he;doesn't even
need to forgive.
If only adults could live in
this childlike trust, obedience,
forgiveness and with a sense of
wonder, we would have our
pailaports to the Kingdom of
Heaven.
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Messiah 'who came to establish
God's kingdom in the human
heart. •
The things that Jesus began
'both to do and to teach are a
,revelation of what it means for
God ,to rule in the heart; what
it means when God's kingdom
chines and God's will is done
on earth
The kingdom of God advan-
'es to the world -not necessarily
when scientific knowledge in-
creases and modern inventions
make life more confort'able,
but when God More,
in' the
hearts of more and more men
and women When we look for
the presence of God's kingdom
in the world we see it'wherever
Wt' see people living in the,
Spirit of Christ: seeking to live
as Ht'• lived and letting God
,.reign in their liras SO we
should pray, as Jesus taught us
to pray, , 'Thy kingdom come,
Thy will he done on earth as ft
is in he, en'
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Studies of three alternate
plans for the expansion of On-
tario Hydro's p'sower system
were offered by ,Hydro to the
Ontario'nergy Board in public
hearings in ')C''o>Fonto recently.
Hydro told the Board° it was
willing to undertake studies. on
three plans which would either
delete or defer construction of
major 'generating stations in
Hydro's $15 -billion, expansion
'program which has been
proposed, to meet Qntario
demands— for electricity up •to
1982,
A week earlier the Board had
asked 'Hydro to undertake
studies' which would provide
spme measure of comparison of
several combinations of
generating progr4s for ' the
provincial utility. Hydro
estimates that the studies will
take a minimum of six weeks to
prepare.
The Energy 'Board learned
that Ontario 10dro will spend
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l the shadow al death i shall tear no
evil for Thou art w,th me
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WILLIAM WILSON
William Wilson, Coronation,
Alberta,, died suddenly April
'?.i; ' i"it Alberta Hospital,
Ponoka, Alberta, He was 83:
The son of rhe late John and
Sarah 1Mellwain) Wilson,. he
was born November 1. 18911 in
Colborne Township where he
lived until going to Loyalist,
Alberta in 1922 and to
Coronation in 1971. He was a
farmer and•.a' member of the
United • Church of Canada.
He is survived by five, nieces
and 10 nephews..
Funeral service was Monday,
April '29 at Stile, Funeral
Home with Rev. Leonard "Warr
officiating. Interment was in
Colborne Cemetery,
:DANIEL EDWARD GLIDDEN
By Jim Fitzgerald
-Pan of the histOry 'of
Goderich Township, and a man
considered aO'institutio,n in the
area for nearly half a cntum•.
Daniel Edward ,i Dannvi Glid=
deri of 176 Ontario Street • in
Clinton. died at his borne sud-
denly last Wednesday. April•;24.
...1.9.74 'He was 7:3. , •
Well-known among area
residents. Mr Glidden, along,
with his wife Maizie ran the
Holmesville general store for
43 year: and served two
generations of people in the
Township.
He was born in Goderich
Township On December 1: 1900.
a son of the late Daniel Glid
den and Mary Cornish.. -He at-
tended -.schools im the Township
and on March :,31, 1926, he
married Maizie Walters in
Benmiller. She survives him.
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Following'their marriage, the
couple moved to Holmesville
where • they opened their
general store that literally
carried everything from soup to
nuts. Mr, Glidden became
somewhat of a legend -in the
fownship, as every'week for 30,
vears, he,•,and his wife and
family would load up his small
truck with every kind of thing
imaginable and he would drive
the township sideroads selling
him merchandise to farmers,
their wives and children.,,
Nearly two generations- of
children'fn the area can rel;all
with nostalgia the excitement
they felt when they saw the
cloud of dust that signalled
Danny's weekly visit down"
their sideropd'. Many of the
younger set would'run barefoot
across several fields of stubble
to catch him and spend their
five or ten centoallowance on a
candy bar efr bag of raisins.
In a recent interview, Mr.
Glidden said he couldn't recall
having a . bad words;^.with
anybody, pin his 43 years of •
business. The Gliddens sold the
store in, 1969 and moved, to
Clinton.
He ,,was a member of
Holmesvil.le United Church,
Besides his wife, he is sur-
vived., bv two daughters, Mrs:
Nelson• (Eileen) 'Brown of
Detroit and Mrs, Frank (Marie)
Lawson of London; two gi-and-
children, Lynn and Douglas
'Lawson' of London; and one,
brother, Mel Glidden of Huron -
view
Funeral services were 'held
from the Ball Funeral Home in
Clinton on Friday April 26 with
Rev. ,John Oestreiche"r in
charge. 'Burial was in Clinton
Cemetery.
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Walter Forbes, Harry gud-
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Gibbings and •Jack Yeo.,',
Flowerbearers were On•iile
Blake. Aaron Fisher and
RP,Tnond Whitmore.
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ANNIVERSARY
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SUNDAY MAY 5
LUCKNOW
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
NOTE: 11 A.M. AND 7:30 P.M.
Rev. Robert G. McMillan,
OAKVILLE
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Formerly of Goderich
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
SPECIAL SOLOIST MRS. \BERTHA SCOT, RIPLE'Y
ALSO MALE QUARTETTE
All Goderich and District Friends
Cordiully-Invited To Attend
INQAY, MAY 5
Rev. Edwin Wattam
FORMER MINISTER AT GRAND BEND
FOR MANY YEARS WILL SPEAK
SPECIAL MUSIC
WESTFiELD FELLOWSHIP HOUR - 2 p.m.
HURON MEN'SCHAPEL AUBURN L=8 p.m.
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EVIL PREVAILS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING
You're as welcome as the ' 'flowers,
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SUNDAY
SERVICES
LUTHERAN -SERVICES
•Robertson Memorial School
(BLAKE AND ELDON STREETS,, GODERICH)
SUNDAY 'SCHOOL:- 9:30 A.M.
WORSHIP SERVICE: = 11 A.M.'
Pastor: Bruce Bjorkquist
333 Eldon Street, 524-6081
"1'hcrcforc 1t c conrlurla that (1 num is justified, by faith withuu 1'
the (1Redr; of the low. 1)unions 3:28
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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
9:45' a.m.-Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
COME AND WORSHIP WITH US
ALL'ARE WELCOME
. Thee FreeMetkodist Church
Park St'- at Victoria Pastor: H.oss Nicholls
10:00 a.m. Be part of a growing Sunday School
• 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.-
° Guest Speaker Miss Hester Dougan
Crusade. yiay5- - May i2 -
See ad for further details ,
Anyone needing bus transportation phone 524-9903
• Everyone Welcome
CALVARY B14PTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET
EVANGELISTIC — FUNDAMENTAL
REV. R. BRUBACHER, Pastor
10:00 a.m. BIBLE SCHOOL FOR ALL AGES
For free bus transportation please call 524-9197
11:00 a.m, WORSHIP HOUR
COMMUNION •SERVICA
6:30 WORD OF LIFE CLUB
7:30 p.m. EVENING SERVICE
Wed, 8 P.M..— PRAYER MEETING
Welcome to the Friendly Church'
Knox Presbyterian Church
.t. INC REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL,-B.A. Minister
THE REV. RONALD C. McCALLUM, Assistant
WILLIAM M- CAMERON, Director of . Praise
• SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1974
10:00 a.m. Sunday`=School
11:00 a.m. Divine Worship
Sermon: "GO --= COME"
(Nursery b Junior, Congregation)
Anter to Worship Depart to Serve
The family that prays together....Stays together
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
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SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1974
EASTER III
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Holy Communion at 8:30 a.m.
Holy Communion' and Sermon at 11 a:m
Nursery and Sunday School at 11 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
SUNDAY,' MAY 5, 1974
10:00 a.m.--SUNDAY.-SCH•6OL `
1,1:00 atm.--;44ORNING SERVICE
7:00 p.m.—EVENING SERVICE
Tues. 8:00 •p.rn. BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER
Friday '7:30 p.m.—Youth Service
For further information about church services call 524-8501
Victoria Street 'United Church
HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP • - REV. LEONARD WARR
10 A.M.—Bible School For All° Grades
11:15 A.M.—Worship Service - h
Sermon: "FOUNDATIONS"
BENMiLLER ' UNITED QHURCH
10 A.M. Worship ,Service and Bible School
W—E—L--C-=—O--M--E
`Mrs. J. Snider Mrs Leonard Warr
Victorian St, Organist Benmiller Pianist
& Choir -Director
Choirs' Director
North Street United Church
REV. ROBERT L. RAYMONT
SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1974
9:45 a.m. - 10 year olds and over
11:00 a.m. - Babies to nine year olds
11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship
142ND ANNIVERSARY SERVICE.
Guest Speaker: Fathers- Durand of Zurich-
Soloist:'
urichSoloist:' Mrs. Marianne McCaffery, of Exeter
Lorne H. Dotterer ' Director of Music
Miss Clare McGowan - Assistant Visitor
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