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FROM 'THE fAlNISIER9S--$11111Y
BY THE BEREA-BY,THE=:IJVATER
REV. MARVIN L. BARZ I, >jJTI-JER4N CHURCH
• "How are you doing?" "All found it in the Christian Gospel. '
right, u:nde'r, the w cir- After years of experience in
cumstances."A pretty com the Christian life -he could say:
non experience,.'•isn't it?' But , whether
have learned how to get
did you know that there are' along 'happily I have
people who do not have to live much or little. I know 'how to
under their, circumstances, but live on almost nothing or with
can live ABOVE them? everything, I have learned the'
True, most ° of us are still secret of contentment in every
,.1 i v i .g,.,-1 NlE,,R •-t..,,o.ur„ .. c..i,r_ .., situation.. 301lY.tkle,r,,,.it
cumstances. Our" .spirits -are up stornach or hunger, plenty dr"'
when the bills are -paid, down ' want; ,for I can 'do everything
when they're not. The world God asks me to with; the help of ,
looks bright and sunny when Christ who gives me -the,-
out- digestion'S
the,"out-digestion's ggod; all isdark strength and `sower," Philip -
and gloomy when something we pians 4: 11-13 (L.B.)
ate disagrees with a touchy .That was Paul's secret. He ,
stomach. knew the power of the living
Yt�p.M: „
For many of us life is a series, Christ within himself. He had,
of taps and downs; and our been, overcome by thelove of
spirits follow the same course. God, and in that surrender, all
Somunexpected extra income the circumstances of his life; "
" e - our spirits zoorr„ upward. A too,, had,been Qvercome. Once
few days battling the flu - and he had been convinced that God
we wonder if -life is 'worth 4ctually loved him and that,
living. Sometimes we may -feel through„ Christ, God had ac -
like We are under the lid of .a cepted him as one of His
Jack-in-the-box. -Up - when the children, Paul wad, prepared to
pressure is off. Down - when the face all of life's problems. The
pressure is on. only circumstance he would
God has given a way of living 'ever have to live under was the
ABOVE the pressures of Cir- circumstance of God's love.
cumstances. That way is a In the death of Christ on the
living Christianity. We can see Cross, in which Paul saw God's
; it in the Apostle Paul who had ,own payment for { .everything
to learn to live above his' cir-' that he, Paul, had done wrong,
cumstances if anyone ever did. he saw the positive proof that
It's doubtful if anyone who God's attitude toward him was
reads these. lines has ex- one of love and kindness. And to
perienced the amount of hard know that God really loved
him, that .God's own Son had
died for him and had insured
for hi -m -a future of eternal bliss
and happiness.,. that• -was
enough! The Gospel of Christ
convinced him that God was for
him, that God was on his side.
Paul's secret can be ours as
well. Since God has given His
Son to:d•ie for us, to -win us. •back.
to fellowship with Him, and to
Prepare .for us' a place in the
Father's house above = surely
we can depend on His wisdom,
FIis power and love to help us
meet the circumstances of life
in our days. Surely He'll find ,a ,
way to help us pay the bills, to
feed and clothe our children, to
keep a sheltering roof over our
heads. •If ,He has done the
greater thing,"surely..we.,_can..
count on Him to provic for the
rest. ' "'
And even if we should be
called upon to suffer poverty,
sickness •or other trials, we
know that - among the gifts of
God through' the victorious
Christare the needed patience,
strength, and courage to. come
out on top of even the most
dreaded circumstances. '
In 'all of life's circumstana'es
the believer in Christ is "more
than , a conqueror" through
Christ who loved us. (Rom. 8:
35-a9) What a victory! What a
life!
' and ecorded but I have a includes 19, songs recorded
knocks which seemed to face piece of sheet music which} lists before an ,.audience of riled
64 titles' and the 'previously
Paul at every turn,, Near the • • T ' people during a recent Easter
UN3,590
A i
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C . mentioned catalogue . which
end of his life he listed some of g weekr-nil
Most of ° the selections in-,
• GODER1C)G-I SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 197 ,-PA4E 7A
Yog've got te be barn' again
Though, ,„a, trio of : (1hrt,ttltn
friends'have invited tiuu "Land
'Several thousand others l to
share in the Love through ,ong
of, praise; You ,feral' �i cpectal•
oneness;'n the Spirit.
Gaither music is not ,ju,t for A
those of usrcir�..tl!ac�-.f�tr..• >t 1) (Ff the
generation gap., T Christian,
message is meant to be shared -
people of . all , 'age's. 'The
Youthful, .singing, \kitnessing
group "Revelation (.if Joy"
• shared The - Alle'luta by the
Gaithers with a large group of
Lutheran young people • in
Kitchener recently, Songs such
they made a ediivliitment to.the
Lord. S'lill'others find' ."th�`em-
wlve's going through "the
motions' of„Chr.istianity, Without-
ha
ithout-
havingnlade"this commitment.
The Gaither 'describe, the
situation in "All God's
Children:" ; n
If you think you can make it by
going'to church
You're just fooling yourself
If you think you can make it by,.
doing good works
You're just fooling yourself
r • 1f you think- this thing of serving
the Lord'
Is just. singing in te choir and
sitting.on the board' ,u
a es•;. • of a ,Gospel musk You've got to find out what it's
P..g....:. t King) and "I don't know what ..,;,ill about -"
catalogue '>~ecentl I became you came to do, but 1 came to You've. got to be horn again,
conscious that a tribute was
Dear friends, as"Get All I xcite ei`' (Go tell
While'' flipping, through the everybody that .Jesus Christ
God-given
pr'acse the Lord" help , to (See John 3:3 If )
being' paid, to ;the God -g'
motivate -Christians of all ages • Other,,,,,.. songs describe the
talents of one of the • leading ,
but ekpecially 'young people, 'to "stew ries to the gift' . " I've
Gospel music groups. ' share their faith, ' • , found Happiness'Look
The „Gaithers, Bill'•, his wife
• Leaving this brief in _what's Happened to Me":
Gloria, and his brother.Danny„, toduction, to' .the Gaithers, I
are one of.the most beloved and would like to tell you something
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respected of those groups of.
singers which bring God's about:4 specific Gaither album
messages' to us through son r'ntitletl 'The"Bill Gaither Trio -
g' -7-N . " k.
For every album that uses the must admi
• t a reference icer
name Gaither in its title, there
Music recorded t.tt a live con -
are many others which include 'cert for when well recorded the
music by this great trio.' ' listener can at any late date
I don't know just how many become. a part of - that audience
songs the Gafthees have written by playing the records. Ltve”
'-or r
• lists sixteen albums. Many
Miss r
of Belgrave visited last week nybrook "visited last week with will be changed througfl the
with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas her grandmother, Mrs. Bert ministry of 'the Bill"' Gaithercluded�; cente on a favorite
C.aither•(and Christian) theme,
• Johnston and Miss Laura ' Taylor. that of becoming a child of GOd
the hardships he had, endured,
as he wrote to the Christians at
Corinth.
"I have been beaten times .
without number, I. have faced
death again and again. I have
been beaten with rods three.
times. I have been stoned once.
`I ve•been shipwrecked three
times:.I have been twenty-four
hours in the open sea. "
' "In my travTels I have been in
, conkstant danger from rivers
and floods, from bandits, from
my Own countrymen, and from
pagans. I have faced dangers in
-city streets, danger in the
desert,, danger on the high seas,
' danger among false.Chritians,
I have known exhaustion, pain, •
long vigils, hunger and thirst,
doing without meals, cold, and
lack of clothing.;; 2 Corinthians
11 : 23-27 (Phillips)
Paul would have been a
dejected and disheartened
man, indeed; ,if'" -he -had-lived
UNDER those circumstances.
If fie was to live happily, and
"victoriously, he would have to
live above them: He.would have
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to: find a source, of spiritual
—power which_ wouldgiye him
':the strength riot only to' cope
with, • but to conquer • and
overcome- his circumstances.
He found that power, and he
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Bob McCALLUM
Representative
11 Cambria Rd., Goderich
524-7345
Mr. and Mrs'. George Walker Miss Diane Hanna of Don -,lives, I'm 'sure, have been and
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Trio. of accepting Jesus Christ as 4
Phillips. Mr. sand Mrs. Kenneth • The Gaithers are not new to SaviArr and Love. •
Mrs. Frances Clark spent McDougall visited last week s
Gospel music audenc Some Christians have the joy
last weekend at Port Stanley with, •.their son, Allan,, Southern Ontario. In•the spring of having always lived for the"
J.C.
with Mr..- and • Mrs., .McDougall, , Mrs, McDougall of 1974 the Festival Theatre in
Mclntoshandfamily.Lord•, Others. can point to a•
and now. daughter Angie Gail at Stratford.. was filled on 'two def it tine in their fives when
Mr, and Mrs. W.H. Coates of Sudbury. ' ' •
successive "nights far--ani-"All-
1+ Clearwater, 'Florida spent last • Mrs Melvin Taylor of 'Night Sing" with the Gaithers.
• weekend with Maitland Allen Brussels spent- last weekend
and Mrs.,Allen who is a patient with Mrs. Bert Taylor. 0
.„ now in Clinton Public Hospital. Mrs. Gordon Powell en•-
• -returni•ng• a• week ago from St. ' tertained little friends of her
Joseph's Hospital, London.' y sbn'Kevin on the occasion of his
Bradley Andrews is a patient seventh birthday.
‘'' in Goderich hospital., Mr. and Mrs. Ross Robinson
Miss Shelley Haggitt of attended the wedding of their
Zurich visited last week with nephew, Michael 'Coyne at
her , grandparents, Mr. and Sarhia.
MrH and Mrs/. Donald Cart-
wrigiMt, '.David, Derrick and
Lorie 'spent the weekend at
-Chatham...
M. .-_.and. M. Ronald'
Livermore ,and sons of Ford-'
wich spent the weekend with
her parents, , Mr. and 1)/I'rs.
Donald'llaines; • "
Mrs. Thomas Haggitt.,
TO THESE FAREWELL
Yea' though 1 walk through the,yulley
-of the shadow death, 1 shall fear Kto
evil. for Thou art -,with', me.
' —23rd Psalm
W .L. BAECHLER
Walter Lorne Baechler, 1 1
Wolfe Street, Goderich, died
-.sudde,nly at his home July 3. He
was 29. n. .
Born May' 10, 1946 to Emery.
I,lorne and Jean -(Ryan)
Baechler, he lived all his life in
Goderich. He attended Victoria
School in Goderich and the
CNIB school in Brantford. He
was a ' n1ember of Victoria
Street United Church.
Survivingare his parents and
one sister, Sharron at home.
Funeral strvices were
Saturday, July 5 ' at Stiles
Funeral Home with the Rev,'
Leonard Warr officiating.
Interrnent was in Maitland
• , Cemetery: Pallbearers were
Bob,Cousins, John Hodges, Bob.
Mathieson,' • Sonny Redford,
JohnProctor and Ross Hattori -1.
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SUNDAY., JULY1 3
SPECIAL SPEAKER -
Don
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of Rowland Hill Shoes, London
P Lid "4—
:SpeciaI Music
8:00•P.M.
Huron Men's: Chapel
2,
' T. , . AUBURN
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, This 'spring, more :than 5,000,,
people attended "An Evening
with. the Gaithers and
Slaughters" (I'11" write about
this couple another time) •-in..•the /.
Kitchener
Kitchener Memorial -
Auditorium. ,.
To describe this evening as a -
"program'', "concert", o even
e" is
vening'''
.
ore. •
feeling you
inf.....,the' i
e' people whom
piet_yet you feel' i• 41^
n for years? This I •.
f feeling you get at
vening. LLis just' as .j
a "worship servi
inadequate for the FtJ_
was, all of these and
Do -you know t
•hae...;someti
.presence_ oLso,
you have just
you have kn
is 'the sort"
,Gaithers'
ti
•'Si►'netbing 13 ,tutiful"; "Why
Should 1 Worry or F ret"
"Since Jesus Passed By" - all
tell •of the changes' that. are
•possible when a,{iersoh accepts.
God's frcis `gift :and .begins to
live for the Lord.
One of- my •favourites is
"Be,cause He Lives" with its
chorus, "
"Because He lives, I c fn face
tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is
gone
Because. I. know He holds the
future
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives
The :album reaches its climax
with •the prophetical "The King.
is Corning" sung to- the ac-
°'compani"ment of brass and the
"participation • of .the• 3,500
member audnce,
The 'album closes with a
SUNDAY SERVICES
• B Y - Glenn , R i ttinge.r
prayer by Gloria and the softly
beautiful` "I Could Never
Outlove the Lord.
"The Bill Gaither Trio -Live"
one of their best , but aren't
they all?
The Bible says "Sing unto the
Lard a new song h'or . He has
done Marvellous things" ,(Ps.
98:1)
-The Gaither& -continue to • .
respond. ,
Goodbye for now. God Bless.
Yours,' S,
O.R. for •M,
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Announce Engagement
, Mr. and Mrs, Eric A. Lawrence, 492 Montcalm Ave,
• Sarnia are pleased to announce the engagement .of their
daughter Linda Louise t:o Robert Basil Hall,.294 London
. '12'oad, Sarnia, son of Mr, and Mrs, Basil Hall, 315
. Lakeside Drive., Goderich': ,
.,,The wedding will take place : Satui`day, July 26th, 4 p.m.
at St.. James Anglican .Church, Sarnia followed by a
reecption at The Holiday Inn, Point Edward.'
The family that prays together...
Stays together
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• . BEREA-BY—THE—WATER •
LUTHERAN -CHURCH j
. Meeting at Robertson Memorial School "
(Blake and' Eldon Streets, Goderich) t t
' SUNDAY;".JtJLi? 13, 1975
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SERMON: ."WHOSE, SLAVE ARE YOU'..
Marvin L. Barz, Pastor , 524-2235
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"Being justified by.faith, we have peace with God through our t, t
Lord- Jesus Christ" Romans.5, 1.. / t
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MONTREAL STREETt:near The.Square l�
For the Patio; Poolside or-'
Boating
See .our matching- ice -buckets,' trays,
tablecla t s,;-plaeee rna'tsc coasters,:: and.,,glass.e;s
in 'cool refreshing, summer colour's
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For .the Barbeque ., • • -
We„ feature Chef's hats, aprons, and oven
for men and women.
`the,store.
DON'T FORGET THAT ' ExcLUSJJ LYSE I.i. -
F ANSCIAN DINNERWARE AND FfI'LI)CREs r
TOWI LS & PERMAFLEUR FLOWERS FOR THIS .4 R1 .d
REV. W.H. McWHINNIE •F4„G.S. C
Don't lust watch us grow Com• and help us grow
Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle
Affiliated .with ttib Pentecostal •Assam ies of ,Canada
CORNER OF ELGIN AND WATERLOO STS.
REV. PETER' G: •ST. DONS Pastor
10:00' a.•m• Sunday School
Are Free.Bus, Transportation
You 11:00 a.m. Morning Service
Reading 7:00 p.m. Evening Service -
The
Tues. 8:00 p.m. BIBLE STUDY' ANO PRAYER.
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Friday 7:30 p m . Youth Service
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Organist: Mr. -Frank Bissett
' 9;45 a.m.-Sunday School / t± 'Knox Presbyterian Church .,? -
1) A;M. AND 1 P.M. I.
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WORSHIP SERVICES
THE' PASTOR P12EACHING
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Park St. at Victoria Pastor: H. Ross Nicholls
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THE REV.__G......L.00-KMAR'T ROYAL. B`A M'inister
THE REV RO'NALDC McCALLUM. Assistant
WILLIAM M CAMERON. "Directtor, of ,Praise
;SUNDAY, ,J,ULY 13, 1975
MORNING. WORSHIP AT 10:00 a.m.
Sermon; "TO TIE THE TONGUE"
• (Nursery Facilities)
Open ession in Sunday School up to ten years.
• (10:00 a.m.)
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Piper'- Mr. Bertram McCreath 1
t •ReTresTimeTtts on frontIawn-after ser'vice•
Vacation Bible School v Jy):y 14-18, 9:30
- Depart,'to'Se•-ve
MARNING WORSHIP•
6.:30 p.m. BIBLE STUDY
Anyone needing bus transportation phoiie 524.9903
Everyone ` Welcome -
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43 ALBERT ST, CLINTON
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET
EVANGELISTIC - FUNDAMENTAL
REV R BRUBACHER. PattoT
:......10:00 a.m. 3BItL. .
� -• � E�,SCHOOeFOR .ALL AGES
11:00 A.M. MORNINGWORSHIP SERVICE ^
7 30 p.m, EVENING SERVICE
MR. AND MR`S. KEN R'OE,
" MISSIONARIES TO COLOMBIA, :S.A.
WILLSHOW SLIDES A'ND TELL OF THEIR WORK
WED 8 PM PRAYER MEETING
t_ WELCOME TO THE FRIENDLY CHURCH
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18 WATERLQO St 5 524.9341 {
-ST: GEORGE'S CHURCH
7TH SUNDAY AFT'E:R.TRi`NITY JULY 13
,8:30 a.m, Holy Communion
10.a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon
(Nur5ery )
Please Note Summer Service tirne•
Rector Canon G.G. Russell.' B A 13.D
. Choirmasterr.OrganrsWiloseph B.. Herdman . 'j
'• 1 , •Vittorio Street llnited Church
TFT 'REV LEONARD •
j l HOUSE OF fR1EN-bSH a WARR • •
% t SUPPLY MINISTER h.EV.°W.O. ROBINSpN M.A.
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11:06 a.m. Worship' Service
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Mrs. J, Snider, Organist & Choir Dire'ctot
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North Street United Church
The Rev. Ralph E. King, B,A., B.b , Minister'' iMiss Clare McGowan • VisitingAssistant
. Mr. Lorne H. Dotterer • Director of Music
SUNDAY SCHOOL -- 945 A.M
FAMILY WORSHIP 11.00 AM
EVANGELISTIC SERVICE - 7.p,m.
Sunday School for ages 3 to 9 from Worship at 10:00 a.m,
% ' , SUMMER.WORSHIP SERVIcg AT 10 A.M.
• SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1975 i
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i GUEST SPEAKER: REV. ARTHUR F. GARDNER
"GOD'S OUTSTRETCHED ARMS" i
SPECtAL'NIUSic l'
% Home League (ladies) Wed , 8:00 p rh j
W EttljAYr
Prayer & Bible Studies T•hurs 7.30 p m
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'; OFFICERS - CAPTAIN G. HERBER • CAPTAIN M. MacKENZIE
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