HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-11-07, Page 28PAGE 12A►--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1974
` The motto on the official
crest of the ,Prince of Wales
reads "I -Serve". Not only for
royally but for all of us this
would be a good motto.
It means the unselfish ser-
ving of others which will often
cause hardship. But loyal ser-
vice has its own reward. In in-
dustry it is called- job satisfac-
tion.
Today one hears a great deal
about service. There are many
service clubs representing
various ,business enterprises.
There has been a. noteworthy'
increase in the number of
volunteer agencies helping
people: in need. It may surprise
us to learn that one-third' of
our work force is now com-
prised of ,production workers
while two-thirds are in service
industries.
We may ask; what is service?
The best answer is . the
fulfillment of the Golden. Rule:
Do unto others as you would,
have them'. do unto you. The
golden, rule ranks in history
with the great pronouncements
.on the rights of mien. It is also
_the distinguishing badge of
ethical business. It says in one
sentence the substance of the
teaching of the law and the
prophets on the conduct bet-
ween individuals and between
groups.
Egoism its opposite is
defined as the , quality of
thinking and acting with only
•one's self and one's interest in
mind. To the egoist may be ap-
plied the words of Ben
Franklin: "He that falls in love
with himself will' have no
rivals". It is really short-
sightedness ,to `think of our-
selves as the center of all ex-
periences.
Altruisrir .concerns itself for
the welfare of others: A true
Christian, however, seeks to
make all his actions deocentric
by seeing God in his neighbor.
Accordingly we find that a per-
son alert in opportunities for,
doing good will not be thinking
of himself. He gives and forgets.
But somehow or other
reward will cometo him. He
will feel less tension in life; his
mind will be more at peace; he
will never be ' a sorrywart.
SEMERI0
MEMO
Bob McCALLUM
Representative
11 Cambria Rd., Goderich
524-7345
There is also the pleasure of
looking back and seeing- the
good one has accomplished.
Let us examine now, if" we
truly love God, some ways to
serve our neighbor., As noted,
this. means being alert to
manifold opportunities of doing
good kind acts. Kindness has
been defined by one person as
the overflowing of self on
others. Jowett adds: Kindness
is perhaps the easiest way of
doing good and the safest. A
friendly , smile, a hearty
greeting, an unfeigned interest
in the pursuits and efforts and
success of our companions. We
must be able to forget ourselves
before we can expect to have a
place in the hearts of others.
Recall the things which• we
would like to possess and enjoy.
These are the things we also
desire' from our neighbor; we
like encouragement when the
skies are dark; we cherish those
who inspire us to Ida better
deeds; we appiseciate,
congratulations in time of joy
anc ,success;, and consolation in
times of sorrow; in a word, all
these things are a fulfillment of
the golden rule.
The new leisure enjoyed by
many people affords them
plenty of opportunity of serving
others. These opportunities are
'really an obligation. And these
opportunities are everywhere.
The handicapped are ever
anxious for friendship. Old
people are anxious to be
recognized. How drastic is the
need to help youth who are
bombarded by so many' false
allurements.
The decree of Vatican II on
the apostolate of the laity is
really., an exhortation to good
works of service. Let us quote;
In the family, parents have the
task of training their children
from childhood to recognize
God's love for all men.
Especially by example they
should teach them little by lit-
Ytle to show concern for the
material and spiritual needs of
their neighbor.
Finally to all men "and'
women
women who sincerely wish to
serve God and their neighbor
we recommend the prayer for
generosity composed by St.
Ignatius: Dearest Lord Teach
me to be generous; Teach me to
serve you as ' you deserve; to
give and not count the -cost; to
fight and not heed the wounds;
to toil and not to seek for rest;
to labor and not to ask for
reward, save that of knowing
that I am doing your will"
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.0 TRUS ; —'
A LITTLE 'WORD
Last week$nd I heard a
'preacher tell this little story.
'He said that when Saul's
Israelite soldiers saw the giant,
Goliath, they exclaimed, 'Good
lord, he's' so big he'll kill us
all!' and fled in disarray. But
David, looking at the �sanie
giant, said, 'My goodness, he's
°so big I can't miss him.'
• Now, we are all, confronted
by giants of some kind or
another and how we -approach
ther'n 'makes all the difference
in the world.. An old Russian
proverb says: 'A hammer shat-
eers glass but forges steel.'
'When the hammers of life hit
us do we shatter like glass or
are we forged like steel by
them?
Fear is one of the hammers
that hits nearly everyone.
Authorities tell us it's the most
destructive and crippling afflic-„,
tion of the human race.
It was surely fear that caused
Saul's army to quake at the
sight of Goliath and turned
their knees to jelly. What was it
then that so possessed David he
would fearlessly face the giant,
ultimately destroy ; him and
come out the victor?,
What he had was• a simple
little word . . . . t -r -u -s -t. He
knew beyond a shadow of a
doubt filo- ('-rt whr. hart caved
him, from the claws and teeth of
lions and bears that attacked
his .,sheep, Was well able to
protect him against the horren-
dous Goliath. He trusted God
so much he was unaffected by
the fear that strangled the
kings army and still strangles
many people today. Because of
this he could review the
situation'clearly and use all his
potentials (a good aim, a strong
arm,a stone and a sling shot)
to kill the monster, who was
paralizing a whole army into
uselessness.
It would seem, then, that
while it is essential to arm our-
selves with trust in God, it's
also usually desirable to do
something about the situation
ourselves.
Vincent Peale tells this story
of Pete Mesaro, a U.S.
machinist's mate. He was on a
a.
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PERCY HORNE 'ERNEST M. McVITTIE
Ernest Melbourne McVittie,
of Francis_bSt., Wingham, cried
Tue,day October 22 in the °
Wingham and District 'Hospital
following a lengthy illness. He
was 71.
Mr. McVittie ,was born in
Westfield and settled in Blyth
in 1949. In 14)71 he moved to
Wingham where he was a mem-
her of the Wingham United
Church. uHe served as a petty
officer in the Royal Canadian
Navy from 1942-45. He -is a
graduate of Goderich Victoria
School and Clinton Business
College -and worked in the area
ay,a stationary engineer.
Mr•., McVittie is, survived by
his wife Margareta son Ernest
of.Auburn; a slaughter Jean of
London; three sisters Mrs. T.H.
I Verna) Elliot, Peterborough;
Mrs. P. CFlorance) McDougall,
Goderich; and Mrs. William
(Edna) Currey, Goderich; and
three grandchildren.
Funeral services were • con-
duc°ted Thursday, October 24
by Rev: B. Passmore at the, S.J.
Walker. Funeral Home in
Wingham. Burial followed in
Blyth Union Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Ralph
Caldwell, Gordon Carter,
William Carter, William
Dalrymple, George Fear and
James'Walsh.
Robert Percy Horne, Huron -
view, died at Huronview Oc-
tober 27. I -le was 86.
He was. born October 11,
1888 in Dungannon to George
and Nancy (Brown) Horne. He
was a farmer in the Dungannon
area until moving to Huron -
view in 1960. He vias a member
of Dungannon United Church.
Surviving are several_
cousins.
Stiles Funeral Horne -was in
charge of funeral
arrangements. Rev. R.C.
McClenaghan 'officiated for the
service Tuesday, October 29 at
the funeral home.
Interment was in Dungannon
Cemetery. Pallbearers , were
Robert Irvin, Harold (Bud)
Glenn, William McWhinney
and Robert Stothefs.
E.P., GAVIN
Erskine (Eric) Peter Gavin,
52A West St., died October 28
in . Alexandra Marine !Ind..
General Hospital following an
illness of two years. He was 45.
The son ofTeter .John and
Clara Elizabeth (Culleton)
Gavin, he was born August 6,
1929 in Albert, PEI. He came
to Goderich in 1963 where he
worked as a carpenter.
° He was a member of St.
Peter's Roman Catholic
Church here.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Audrey ° Adams whom
he married April 25, 1951; two
children, Douglas and Vicky,
both at home; six sisters, Mrs.
Margaret Noonan, Mrs. Addie
Durant and M°rs. Patricia
Culleton,, all, of PEI; ,,Mrs.
Gladys McDonald, Toronto;
Mrs. Janie, Krazcer, London;
and Mrs. Mary Foley, St.
Marys; and two brothers. Leo
of PEI and James of Dresden.
'The body rested ' at Stiles
Funeral Home until October 31
when the funeral mass was said
at St. Peter's Church with Rev.
Fr. R. Moynahan in charge.
Interment was in St. Peter's
.Cemeteryp Colborne Township.
Pallbearers were Norman
Culbert, Charles Boddy, Ron
Adams, Harold Lamb, Gerry
Denomy and Ken Hutchins.
PT boat when°'one dark -night
the boat suddenly lurched
throwing trim against the Stan-
• chion. Knocked unconscious he
toppled into the sea. When he
came .to, there was no PT boat
'in sight. He was alone in :the
vast expanse of ocean 'with
dawn • just beginning to streak
the sky.
His leg bothered him so he
,pulled it up and saw it was
bleeding. Then, to his horror he
caught a glimpse of the fin of a
shark, not 30 feet .away. ,He
went so tense with fear he
could hardly breathe. He knew
the blood escnpint7 from his leg
would attract other sharks. He
began to pray, not to be saved -
from the shark because he
thought that was impossible
but that God would get it over
with quickly and take,his soul
into eternity.
A strange ,thing happened.
His mind went back to the Sun-
day school he had attended as
a child and the .life-sized card-
board figure of Jesus in the cor-
ner. of -the room with the large
words under it saying, "Behold
I come quickly. Blessed is he
wl believeth.' But he realized
the figure wasn't cardboard at
all and was Jesus Himself, ac-
tually speaking those words
and coming toward him with
outstretched arms, In-
describably elated, Pete began
to swim with strong strokes
toward Jesus. BYit then another
shark joined the first and the
two of them converged at him
from different angles. -
Spurred on by the inspiration
of Jesls he lashed out and
kicked like al madman, It was
then that the lookout on an
American destroyer, away off
on the horizon, saw the
splashing and guessed
something was wrong. The.ship.
rushed toward him and drove\
off the sharks with'gunfire, and
an almost exhausted Pete was
gently lifted into' the boat by
strong 'arms.
Was this a miracle? Well, it's
a happening beypnd the reach
of our understanding° Perhaps
Pete forgot himself in an ec-
static realization of the love of
Christ. Had he died he would
have died at peace.
trusts God. But he, 'till
lives knowing there is nothing
he need be afraid providing he
,. Iri any crisis, we must try to
doall we can to .reduce the risk
and protect ourselves but
'having done all' as St." Paul
says, •we roust prayerfully en-
trust the rest to God.
We Welcome You .
to attend our
Evangelistic
Services
With guest speaker
Rev. Fred Howard
London, Ontario
at
Calvary
Baptist
Church
GODERICH
Sunday, Nov. 1016 to Friday,' N�v.
Services on Sunday at 10, 11 a:•ni. & 7:30 p.m.
and every week night at 8:00
Good Singing Great Preaching
Special Music
including; solos, duets, quartettes, and a variety of Instrumentals -:
Rev Howard, Gods man with God's message, has just completed 35 years as
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Founder Pastor of Knollwdod Park Baptist in the city of London.
A Warm Welcome Awaits You"
For Further Information call 52.4=9457 or 8244645
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Recording specialists heard throughout Canada and U.S.A. sing and
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This Sunday Night Only Nov. 10
HURON MEN'S CHAPEL
AUBURN – 8 P.M.
All Welcome
EVIL PREVAILS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING
SUNDAY
SERVICES
BEREA-BY—THE—WATER
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Meeting at Robertson Memorial School
(Blake and Eldon Streets, Goderich)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1974
Sunday School for all ages 9:30 A.M.
Divine Worship ' 11:00 A.M.
Sermon: "HOW 'TO WIN THE WAR WITHIN"
Marvin L. Barz, Pastor 524-2235
"Being justified by faith, we havepeace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ" Romans 5, 1
FIRST' BAPTISTCHURCH
• (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
1°0)0 a.m. Morning Worship
COME 'AND WORSHIPWITH US
ALL ARE WELCOME
The Free Methodist Church
Park St. at Victoria Pastor: H. Ross Nicholls
10:00 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Topic:
"PIE IN THE SKY"
7:00 .p.m. Bible Study •
anyone needing bus 'transportation phone 524-9903
Everyone Welcome
The family that grays together..,.Stays together
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET
EVANGELISTIC -- FUNDAMENTAL
REV. R. BRUBACHER, Pastor °
10:00 a.m. BIBLE SCHOOL FOR ALL AGES
D'ON'T FAIL TO HEAR
REV. FRED HOWARD
ON SUNDAY AT
10 & 11 A.M. and 7:30 P.M.
WEEK NIGHTS
MON. TO FRI. 8 P.M.
NOV. 11TH TO 15TH
EVANGELISTIC SERVICES
EVERY VISITOR AN HONOURED GUEST
Knox Presbyterian Church
THE REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL, B.A. Minister
THE REV. RONALD C. McCALLUM, Assistant
WILLIAM M. CAMERON, Director of Praise,
'SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1974
10:00 a.m. Sunday School
1):00 a.m. Divine Worship
SERMON: "CHRIST - CENTRED"
(Nursery and Junior Congregation)
CENOTAPH - MONDAY, NOV. 11TH 11 A.M.
Enter to Worship
Depart to Serve
THE SALVATION ARMY
18 WATERLOO ST S
524-9341
'A .
SUNDAY SCHOOL — 5:45 A.M. -,
FAMILY WORSHIP'"--, 11:00 A.M.
EVANGELISTIC SERVICE — 7 p.m.
•Home League (ladies) Wed., .8:00 p.m.
Prayer & Bible Studies Thurs. 7:30 p.m.
OFFICERS CAPTAIN G. HERBER CAPTAIN M. MacKENZIE
"All Are Cordially invited to Attend" °
WEEKDAY
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1974
' 22ND SUNDAY AFTER .TRINITY
HOLY COMMUNION AT 8:30 A.M.
a
MORNING PRAYER AND SERMON AT 11 A.M.
THE RECTOR AT BOTH SERVICES
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMME AND NURSERY AT 10 and 11 A.M.
Rector: Canon G.G. Russell, B.A., B.D.
Choirmaster -Organist: Joseph B. Herdman
Don't lust watch us grow Come and help us grow
Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle
• Affiliatod with the PentecostalAsseii blies of Canada
CORNER' OF ELGIN AND WATERLOO STS.
• REV. PETER G. ST. DON, Pastor
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1974
10:00 a.m.--SUNDAY SCHOOL
Free Bus Transportation' •
11:00 a.m.—MORNING SERVICE
7:00 p:m.—EVENING SERVICE
Tues. 8:00 p.m. BIBLE -STUDY AND PRAYER
• Friday 7:30 p.m. –Youth Service
"God cares for us when.,He strikes us as well as when
He strokes us."
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Are
• You.
Reading
The
Quotes?
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT CHURCH SERVICES
CALL 524-0509
Victoria Street United Church
HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP REV. LEONARD WARR
10:00 A.M. Bible School for all grades
11:00 A.M. - Worship Service
Sermon: "IN FLANDERS FIELDS"
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Mrs. J. Snider - Organist & Cho Director
North .Street United Church
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The Rev. Ralph E. King, B.A., B.D., Minister
Miss Clare McGowan Visiting Assistant
Mr. Lorne H. Dotterer - Director of Music
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1974
Sunday School ago* 10 and up at 9:45 a.m.
Ages 3 to 9 from Worship et 11:00 a.m.
Wbrship at 11:00 a.m.
Sermon;
HOSEA: "A BOUNDLESS LOVE"
Maury facilities
Goons end Worship with us.
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