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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-02-25, Page 26PAGE 10A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1981 Mis.sionary hoids love for India BY JOANNE BUCHANAN • After working as a missionary tuae iilndia off and on for almost 27 years, Ida White of Goderich feels just as at home there as she does here. "1 believe that when God calls us to a place, he gives us a love for that place," she explains. Miss White, who first went to India in 1952 under .the sponsorship of the Women's I. Missionary Society (WMS) of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, retired in 1979. She is now working part-time as a relief nurse at the Bluewater Centre and looking after her mother. She is also sharing her ex- - x- periences with other people. Last Monday evening she spoke to the members of Knox Presbyterian Church's • Arthur Circle group about her life in India. She still writes to . the friends she made there over the years. And she prays for the people regularly. She. is a strong beve ' in ,`paayeri. Y. en 1 • „ i '. 111. .. - India, help always \ came through prayer, .she ex- . plains. Miss. White graduated from Alexandra Marine and General Hospital's School of Nursing in Goderich in 1938. she :jyoined tlle Canadian army and for the• next four years she seryed in Egypt, Italy and Africa with a South African Army nursing unit known as the Spring Bucks. This unit ecus comprised of a group . of Canadian nurses on loan froth the Canadian army to theSouth African army. While serving in the army, bliss White says she 'ex- perienced a time of Christian fellowship' and when she was discharged u _.,1945,__ she_. decided that she wanted some Bible training. She then spent three years at lbronto Bible College and. upbn her graduation, returned home to Goderich to work for the Huron County Children's Aid Society., There she spent the next three years looking - after babies and preparing foster homes.. About this time, she leaned through the ' WMS Glad Tidings magazine that public health nurses were needed in India so she ap- plied to Ewart College, a part of Knox College in Toronto, for a year's training. She was then sent to India to begin working in public and community health in small villages. Her first stint there lasted 6'/2 years and then she was called home for a 11/2 year-long furlough. After this, the time periods for stints and furloughs became shorter because airplanes were used for. tracer sportation instead of boats. It was good to stay so long in India the first time there, says Miss White, because 'it ga ve me time to get the feel of the place'. The biggest difficulty for her in the beginning was learning the language and getting used to the fact that she was not allowed to help with all jobs. "There were people assigned to do the dishes (for example) and you weren't allowed to help them. If you ..did,. you were ..-taking_ their jobs away and they resented that," she explains. • It . wasn't long however 'before sh. e was learning the customs, teaching in a blue cotton sari uniform and speaking Hindi. She even got used tocurried food and now finds that Canadian food, tastes a little flat. The climate remained a problem for awhile In the part of India where Miss White worked, the summers were extremely hot, averaging about L16 degrees F. In 'the early years, the missionariesused to go away for the two hote St milieus but they, soon d si—,co—v ed— ihat these were the best teaching months 'because the people were just hanging around with nothing to do -until the rains came. So, after a time; they began to stay. all year roundand adjusted to the donate. Miss ` White says her, greatest reward as a missionary . was seeing the Indian, people take on responsible positions with the purpose Of showing others the love of God. The . missionaries all worked toward helping the Indian people • to help themselves. One of the things they did was to make an agricultural show field after being taught by the. government..iiow .to. _do .so,.._ This field • served as a demonstration in the use of fertilizer and irrigation. The missionaries also helped with famine relief programs. This was , all in addition to their teaching and nllring duties. Miss White says India is a land of contrast between the very rich and the very poor. She remembers taking starving babies into the missionary Borne during a famine and looking after them. A director from overseas visited and told her she couldn't do this. The director said that . there wasn't enough food . and money to go around and that she would just have to let some of them starve. But, says Miss White, help always came from somewhere with prayer and the missionaries were able to fill up their grain house that year and prevent many from going hungry. . ' "Everybody shared as much as they could," she says. On December 27 last year, •1 Evolutionists biush ---- "We personally invite you to7come to Clinton to shop - and compare - an your next furniture purchase" Compare selection, quality, price and service. You can buy the best for less at Ball & Mutch. Come browse through our vast selection of fine home furnishings. We feel you'll be pleasantly surprised • we offer big -city selection at small town price#s you can afford. Don Donomme ®® HOME FURNISHINGS N FLOOR COVERINGS CARPETING Clarence Denomrne Ball at Mutch Ltd. Home•Furnishingls 71 Albert Street, Clinton 482-9505 dc� OPEN: Six Days a week, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Open Frldtny nights till 9 p.m. Idq Whig yetired imipsionary BY LIEUT. HARRY KOOPS, SALVATIONi ARMY Cana man be intellectual- ly honest and still be a Chris= liar?? Or is it true that every. Christian has two brains; one lost and the other out looking for it?, How can a person go . ©through our education system and still claim to believe that the Bible is ac- curate when it speaks about scientific or historical facts? From kindergarten through university it is taught asfact that man evolved from lower life levels whereas the Bible clearly states that "In the _. beginning_ God created::." and that man -is -made irr the -- Miss White returned to India for a month-long visit along with her niece Carol White and a retired teacher, Grace Kennedy, who had worked for the Women's Missionary Society on the Candiand side �f ,sin • her heart. Miss White feels that as a missionary, she was able to let God show his love to the people through her. She says her reason for . becoming a missionary was to share the gs: joy t-hat-Ged-hadought into her life. And, she claims, it, was only through God's ods love and guidancethat she had 'this wonderful opportunity to serve in the army and the church.' Miss White _is_ not. sure if she will ever be able to return to India for another visit because it is a very expensive trip. But, one thing is certain: India and its people will always hold a special place in her heart and in her prayers..._ _ .._.__ Minister study Bible? You might be surprised to learn that an organization called 'The. . Creation -Research Society', has over 2,000 members of whom at .least .600 ape people with various degrees and Ph.D.'s. Some of them have written outstanding books which deal with the origin of. man and the fossil records. These works show many "loopholes in the evolution hypothesis. Using research done in their individual fields, these men show that creation makes better scientific use than evolution. Dr. Duane T. Gish, biochemist at the Upjohn Co., • states that the ' `Evolu- tionists predict that we should find—many tratlsi---boned- Aetua%Ig ; ibis tire— tional forms of life evolutionist who should blush: His belie,f requires more faith than ours. It is not sheer chance that brought us here, "In the beginning God created..:", and He had a purpose inHis. creation:Evolution-regnires— no God; no fall from perfec- tion; no sin and no necessity for a Saviour. • Creation puts us in the positionof being accountable to the Creator. "It is ap= pointed unto a man "once to die, and after this, the judge ment." God demands that all men everywhere turn from image of God. Now these •can't both be true. If the Bible was given to us "by inspiration of God", as it claims for itself, then there should' be no errors in it, whetherit speaks of • our religious. ob gations, scree- tific facts, or anything else. But if-tTllafis true; why don't more 'scientists believe the Bombay, Miss White says, was even worse --than she'd remembered it. Poverty was everywhere and people were sleeping in the streets and begging. However, she and her two companions were entertained royally with a party given by the staff at the hospital where she once worked. She notes that each staff member had " to give some money out of his or her small pay to contribute to thatparty. This facttouched Wedding anniversary celebrated here Dr. and' Mrs. William born and raised in Goderich Thomson, now residing in and married in Knox Ottawa, returned to Presbyterian Church. Goderich to.• celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary on Friday, February 13. Guest of honour at this celebration was Mrs. James F. (Florence) . Thomson of Goderich. riotherof Bill Others attending the celebration were ,their son and his wife, two of their daughters, their husbands and five . grandchildren . of Kingston„ Guelph and Sault Special to be aired On Saturday, February 28, on CKNX TV at 6:30 pap. the Owen Sound Association of Baptist Churches presents its February, Living Faith Special entitled, "New •Life in Christ". In this special, host Reynold Kipfer talks about Ste. Marie. The reception finding a new life in Christ. dinner took place at the The musical portion will be Bedford Hotel. , provided by the travelling group, Friends and. Dr. and Mrs. Thomson ' Followers, of Calgary, (nee Maxine Wilson) ' were Alberta. ' Church holds meeting The annual meeting . of Donnybrook United Church was held Friday, February 6 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Armstrong. < f. - The minister;chard Hawley, was cha` , n and opened the meeting with prayer. Lois Chamney, secretary, read the minutes of the last annual meeting. Mrs. H. Jefferson was ap- peinted to the Session. Greg Wilson and William Robin- son were appointed to the Board of Stewards. Mrs. Murray Wilson is the assis- tant organist. Mr. and Mrs. Tom• Armstrong, are to re- main on the manse commit- tee for another term. A vote of thanks was ex- tended to Tom and Joan Armstrong for hosting the meeting and to Mr. and Mrs. ick Hawley for their ser - over the past year. • Mr. Hawley closed with prayer. When you're a florist, good form starts from the ground up. Ask Lynn. She fills out the UI Record of Employment - perfectly every time an employee parts company. When you're in good company, stay in good form. Lynn is io charge of personnel and finance for a local florist. And she knows thllt one of her responsibilities is to till out a UI Record of Employment Corm every time an emploccc has an interruption in earnings. She knows that if she doesn't get it fight.the first time. she may have to do it again, tin Lynn cook the time to get the booklet "Hew to Complete the Record of Employment -from her nearby Canada Employment Ccnttc Leaving in good form. s t The Record of Employment .is one svav we can make sure nn one gets short-changed and no one gets overpaid. I'his saves time and mnncs ter everyone involved 1.vnn found nut that the most common mistake is in reporting the . "insurable Earnings-. insurable earnings are not necessarily the same as pas roll earnings Because Lynn tills out the ROF accurateh. eN•emplovecs dont have come had.: to her tor changes r#nd neither do we it'.s just good husiness to he in good form. .1t. l'nemptnvmcnr insurance. we process ahout.1.000.0011 Records of t{mplos meet evers veat Last year. employer mistakes in hlling nut the Corm cost at least S12.5,000,000 in overpavmcnts ('los the cost nt recoverin'g tlrosry nserpavmcnts and pcnalince or, prosecuting We're out to cut clown that S125.unll.nnu And we're going to do it. together lop Employment and • Emplol et Immigration Canada Immigration Canada Lloyd Asworlhy Lloyd Airworthy. Minister Ministre e UI Record of Employment. 11 r 1u,1 iwoJ huclness /ortn. to have many of those nagg- ing questions answered for me. Dr. John J. Grebe retired director of the Dow Chemical Nuclear and Basic Research, has offered $1,000 to the first person who will give one clear proof of the evolutionary hypothesis, or even the basic mathematical treatment of the subject that would elevate it to the rank of a scientific theory. Any takers? I'm convinced that his money is quite safe. The Bible is not a science textbook, but where it speaks of -science or history or anything else for that matter, it is accurate. As Christians we don't need to `blush when evorution is men - their sin and rebellion and believe on His Son Jesus Christ, for their sin and rebellion and believe on His Son Jesus Christ, for "There is no other name given under heaven whereby we may be saved." Why don't more scientists believe the Bible? For the same reason many others don't. Satan has blinded their minds (2 Cor. 4:4) and they will not believe. How about you, will you be dishonest with yourself and disregard God's Word, or will„ you accept of • His gracious,inv-itationto-eternal life? (Jolie°31¢) SUPERIOR MEMORIALS llll$TasuuNli:I / �vh VEWitit flowArrient Goderlldh Area Representative ROBERT McCALLUM 11 Cambria Road Ooderish 524-734 Clinton-Seaforth Arra Representative MICHAEL FALCONER 153 High Street Clinton 412-9441 throughout .several geological periods. But my fossil studies andthat of others indicate that there was a sudden outburst of life — just as described in Genesis -in he -Bible." Many question areas that 1 ' have had g re ardin evolu- tion and creation have been answered very satisfactorily for me in my study of the Creation Science' material. I never could quite swallow that a creature as complexi as man could come about by chance. But it has been good MONUMENTS MARKERS - CEMETERY LETTERING _. MONUMENT CLEANING, & REPAIR DON DENOMME AREA REPRESENTATIVE ' FOR. AN APPOINTMENT ANYTIME Phone 524-6621 :PRYDE MONUMENTS BUSINESS EST. 1920 SP Ariw it Arz percent 15.03% Annualized Equivalent At this rote, inferest 15 up at VG VICTORIA AND GREY TRUST Since 1844 Goderich: 100 Kingston St. 524-7381 Member: Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation •BEREA-BY-THE-WATER -LUTHERAN CHURCH jfi Gibbons SE of Suncoast Drive iS 9:15 Sunday School and Bible Classes 10:30 Worship Marvin L Barz. Pastor 524.2235 !s "Preaching ,peace by Jesus Christ: He is 'Lord of all" • �•1i " Acts 10:36 (.Lhrisiiatt 3,irfllt;lttr6. l.11tttcll ■ Seryices held each Sunday at. Robertson Memorial School 10:00 a.m. and 7:30•p.m. Listen to CK'NX Radio Sunday al 10:30 a.m. for the "Back to God.Hour" 1 i..w.•ga•1••V Y1aY1Y'.IVYIY.VY`..•r..VYVY�YY•�.•�r'..V L .1 Kno.x Presbyterian Church, f TFiE REV.•G. LOCKHART ROYAL, M. DIV. MINISTER • LARNE H. DOTTERER, Director of Praise SUNDAY, MARCH 1 ` 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a,m. Divine Worship 3:30 p.m. Bellchoir • SERMON: • "THE LORD'S CONTINUANCE" (Nursery Facilities) 1 (Sunday. School. retires from the. Service) Enter to Worship Depart to serve f NORTH STREET UNITED CHURCH 1j Rev. Robert ministerO. Ball - minister 1 Mr. Robert Blackwell - director of music Miss Clare McGowan • visiting assistant 1 �C t 11.a.m. Worship Service and Jr. Sunday School, with I / 1► 1? ..VYVh.••rI.1••V•..V•1+.V•1.•1••�.Y1.•'•••...V•\...1.iYr • 1 WELCOME TO THE FRIENDLY CHURCH SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1981 10 a.m. Senior Sunday School Nursery•Tot Care 4:30 - 6:30 FAMILY NIGHT OUT Spaghetti Supper with all the trimmings (Tickets $4.50 & 5230) 1 For tickets call 4-7631 or 4-2078 The Anglican Church of Canada -ST. -GEORGE'S CHURCH orth and Nelson Streets, Goderich Rector: The Reverend Robert J. Crocker Organist Choirmaster: Joseph B. Herdmarr ( Quinquagesima Sunday �I March 1st s CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET , EVANGELISTIC -FUNDAMENTAL REV. R. 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