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Jesus, the Master story
'°' teller, in His'. stgry of the
-and ki risee
PublicanPublicanan 'Pharisee' a in
Luke 18, 9-.14, said these two
mien ' went: to church.: The
Pharisee? 'prayed saying'
"Lord,. we.. are on Speaking.
erm s ' � end -thee he_went-?,r71 .
to.explainWhy `
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He was a dean. all wrappeit
tip. in himself and. -he's telling'
• Godhow fortunate God''is.thata,
he"s thexp:• This vias. Where.•
the, Phariseee..,ptaced'
priorities ; '
•'on
The Publ can the'sother
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hand,..was 'appalled at his
Unworthiness :•TTe ' had'ne
claims cin the grace. `a£' G9d,
_"nothing in my hand .I bring,
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simply•tbany cross I cling."
Ile cried `Goal be merciful
to rase a sinner." Jesus said,
"The. publican went down to.
his house justified,"
Here are tv✓&great lessons
as we face 1976. •
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1. IT IS. NOT WHAT YOU
HAVE BUT WHAT YOU ARE
THAT ..QOUNTS 'IN,. LIFE
AND IN THE HEART.
Jahn D. RoCkeiglIen, at 53
Years of age was a billionaire,
"The wor'ld's richest Man_'..
Rut he had lost his hair and
his family; he was so sick he
had to live on crackers and
milk; he had to'have .round
the clock bodyguards;. has
workers hated him and even
him -in -effigy. ggy:
"Then suddefrly John
Rockefeller came ° to realize'
what a fool he. had been and.
he • decided', he needed a
' change. He discovered the'
only way to dd this was to get:.
-ri6..of his love•for. money .and
to give help to others. •
As •-a result, the
"RockefellerFoundation'.'
w.as. established and j.iist one
of the things his money did'
NLs:TEp'srTSTuOEF..
OR Fr 'A"x : BE LLE E 1 Gc?S to ,. FOB ERNACJ
sonality, your • .;loV.e; :your r motivation. 1..
:'..1 .. :A Story is told of a beg„gar
Ministry. . Y Via. .
Someone else.; ,has said, and, the Mahasaj-i-of India. -
"what you are is God °s gift to, ' One day the beggar. was.
*you, at ou.become is Your begging. ing•'b the ',Wayside and
Y 5 h Y � �'
gift to God." th�'Maharali came by riding
Dr: •• Albert^.Schweitzer; •..a �� a camel, in all his Wealthy.
brilliant 'Germa•n,- waa."-c1,.:::..plera.dnir-ati-.(i:.p.nn7,.Ia.
At' The beggar'. • rid Help..
.=doctor Four tar>=res.:over,ape b �g , C e , p.
24 he had earned iIa. 'Doctor of me, give to me•
S d entI the Mabara'i
. :T1leafogy. By the time h�.w•as ..',, u d • x .. l .
;30, ` he • ha,d' .twice earned . •stopped' his procession,
';. doetorates•7. ladder :down- lromn' the
'I'Ve 'Spent :the top..of: agnel; the
.
•'first 20'".years of my life Maha•r.aj,i descended arid,
getting•. what:I want, now I'tn :gin to • the .beggar.. The-
„_ciedicatiiig the r,est.of•m.y life beggar, thought: he•was-:to get
to:Go: a, great handout; that day'..
d,
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B' h r i i cad•
ut••the Nil a
st
" lu ted ui ��
a ,.
Ata e36:h ' rad.a.. th''. . . ... 1
an earned doctor al:xnedicine, said, Give to, me. Give me
then he went to' Africa: Any someofyourrice:',.' `
known university in Europe Startled, the beggar
would have given him , readied into"his bag and took
$100;000.00 a.--yearjusx.to'pat, out one, two', three .grains of
his name ori their letterhead, rice, and .handed' it, to:,the
so brilliant' andefamous'•was'. Mahataji.
he. Then the'Maharaji"of India
• Yet what we find'is:that'in .passed the beggar. a small
his 90's, he was still 'inAfrica, bag; andthen ascended to his
giving and ministering to -a: camel seat and the procession
forgotten people., 'Why? went_ on its way,;. The
Because he had learned that distraught beggar then.
it, is. not what you get, butw•hat looked in his bag. and there
.you "give in -life that counts. were one, two, three pieces of
there 'is' 'a vast difference.. =gold. He suddenlyrealized
between the "terriporal" and'. three pieces of gold2or three
the "eternal" So in all of „us pieces of•rice.•
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Yea, though t wail+44aigii f�,,.111 >d
of rhe shoAew of Aa1h I tbafl fear eta
r,n1• (w' Thok, tri with nuq
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t.• , ' Happy New Year we 'From .time to time 'tt's. a HARVEY BAXTER.. C.emeter�y,• Palibeare
call" to oath othex as the did •.goodthing .'to 'consider our '>, Carlyle Bannister, , Ab
because, oodne s Creh. Artie " hockh;t >.l
departs fan the new Dire . days." g ...... have
Harvey "Baxter G,odorieh, r .. _ ; x. ..., .
year. epi,�' t
' knows, we. reallydon't ; 6.-:a :.. McTaggart, •George'1VIbBride;-
•entgr>,r• i.t .s a great , old kn W t die Tuesday, ;Tanuary t
man' df thein• A chil:d` ,and Bob Etue.;E+lowerbearexs
greeting filled. 'with ood;�,itoo Y n - Aleaytdra u Maxlne'' -arid
: looking into his future sees' was 67•°,'. were , Frankbn, Mitchell acid
cheer an13 good will, but it's a 1 ]f General Hospital; fie
1' 1 ec' them as itua.ii:l:eSS 1'ir,t: ac ;.he lke=was-b s' -Air` u-st 2-7•' 1x9.{18.•- cripl :. . ; ,,.
�:--.:-�•tirp �f'd• 1 ••,w 0'1' g _ . .. .
�s,
was to : help_: d'i,s.cover_,_
,penicill'i{n. : ,
I.t was at this time that he
began to reckon with God.. He
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there is a "publican" .and ;a 'Oh if he'd only known, herd
err Ia onewklfl ess'.. e a -
1-er he'realiies^t. .e. , ,.; ,..,
' wa.o... rm i
the Yiard facts of _re lit :<.For' rg d;,:.. in W.elst Wativ�anosll; �To>Ari;fsh
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a� b ra,idl , . . ,
h • vv ca �e lit 'a ha ' ::new flies , y , p Y 'ta .Ger 'e ,and char otte Ann ::....;
4 nvv ve 1?p'.. •'� ..g' . �. ... ,
e r.•if we carr into it all Dux 11 youlive to be 90, You will -. (R'eid), • Bax'eer• a was a
Y.a yi
2 872'da�.s'. if ou liv to.
a:ve 3_ , ., Y .Y e . " s ant ' r ,, l civ teT
• old�confli is olcl:rre ' ti'v'sxris;.ti b.; 'art m . e..aat B a
'.be:Xl, you have.2$;567,days• •l;f .• •T uc Ce: re. unt'1::...klrs:':.
'old '; weaknes'ses • ,and'.`: Old:. �'. r k .rat . � .
?: ou'live--'to be ,2�0;,you'll havd .7.
:' fea,�s, - . '' ' you retirernent.�in. 1� 4,• He waa: a
An. h w'c' n we be happy':u ! .305: days:. What have 'you ". meinb'er. of ` No.rth S.tr.e.et •'.
y l . Q a a one with ..'the days .you'v Ch c 4•
person in the new 'year -if we One •
.'tli ? How• • many& . United ur h .
remain the . same;'.unhappy ' already t He •'is survived. izy,his wife,. ;
' person . we were .laat
year .... More More.y dQ.ay,,
s:have
you .left? And
d
t ,d ..
former . M
ildr'ed --Jean
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and resentments?• •- with"our Pet peey.s,o.r,;Kate! :__w0ll5 ti uPloivretan thteomf? aIUnh1aoPw 'S yow',`1om::'tneGmo.abrrne e
Theonly may we can hotie • pilY? • - .•• filled with Township; twa Sons, Gordon
" to becomea happy person in a. ,.depressions..-. and fear? Or, of Wingham and Raymond of
' happy irew year is to `put off ••• successfully? :, fjlied with • ,Brantford; .one daughter,
• the old and .put:on the new'. •;confidence.and happiness? %•
•Mrs:: Scott (Elizabeth; Ann)'....
How 'Can: you do that? '.youw Ifyou'hookinGood' New sfor•
ask. Can a leopard.change his . Modern•Man' in"1st Peter, 3rd vIcTaggart, :London; seven grandchildren; one sister and
spots? People never change:,' chapter you'll find- this..,,..three•, brothers, Williann`'o.
you insist," except to get statement: -"Whoever wants..... London; ACecil of Aylmer,
Worse. They' never irnprove. to .enjoy life and have happy Lawrence and Annie, both" of,
• TliiS is the way they" _w;ere,, days ,must no longer speak. Goderich. - He was
this is the way they are; this. evil, and must .•stop telling predeceased, by one sister and .
is the way they always '.will lies; He must trim away from' .one brother. •• .. ;"-,�
be'' •evilanddogood. ' • Funeral service . leas
. Well,. T don't believe, that. The 1 Bible ' is, a straight . Friday, January , 9 ' at '
According to Vincent Norman forward book that pulls no .,McCallum Funeral Home
Peal.e, people can change for :punches.Itsays.ifyouwant to with the -Rev. Ralph King
the better if the. motivation is have 'happy days you must : officiating..
strong -enough, if the desire is skip evil •and go for the good" Interment was in Colborne
.invites religous.l:dds to join an. t otilme
itotlot
fWohlr-..
Religion Day • ",
Thence. .RELIGION' BASIS FOR -UNITY, P AC.E i
EVERYONE WELCOME': REFRESHINNEtilT5
•h nave given many -more grains h d if faith in in life. Evil as wrong :and ' •
Jesus said "What shall it' of rice. The beggar realized when you o wrong
that he got back only as much
as he gave out. •
• Only one;lifetwill soon be
••past.. Only what''s done :. for,
Christ willlast. •.
p arisee .. .
profit a man if he gain the
whole world and lose his. own
soul `or. what• shall a man'give
,in exchange f or his,soui?"
• .Here .is evaluation 'and
sincer.e.enoug an
God iadeep-enough.
Many •unhappy . men and_
:women
:women fail -because they are':
jea'lous, • or because they :,
won't 'use their brains to .,
,think,, or, they, won't study; or
they won't -be imaginative. •
Or, -Maybe they're just plain:.
lazy. But -all these things can
be overcome. •
All one :h.as to •do; says Dr.
ea ' ,, is to--rake-Makup one ' -s
min and :get rid of these'
hi.ndr•ances.,:that. hold: him.
back and things will change
And when `:you letGod+take
over in your. life and . allow..
th : d . wrgly for O\pN .0 CeCER-5..
started asking .7i -01y was he-�
greedy. for., money?" " "What
..were his mot-iives?" • '
John Rockefeller had a°.
profound experience with
God and then he started to eat
T-bone steaks -and lived;untll
he was 98, years old. It isnot
what you have :but' what you•
are that counts:_ ..
2 Lesson two�i • ITIS
Vl7HAT:..YOU--.GET- BUT• .*
• WH:A-T .YOU ''GIVE THAT r
The first lesson has- to ' do`
With' " motives"' -The second,
lesson has' to . do with.
"eyalua.tion"• These two
basic 'principles
used
together; heap to comprise
our priorities. "
Someone has said, ''`You'll
be worth•som,e..day what you
have. given ' away", not
merely" of Our money, but
also of "•you", � your per-
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Everyone is cordially invited,
Ito attend' the' Sunday°evening,
service at the Goderich F..R E E
METHODIST CHURCH. •
You are given a•'special in-
vitation this Sunday everting.
JAN. l h
,TO. HEAR
GEORGE;'
PURCER
ArtONVERTED
ALCOHOLIC
from.SI._•Catharines Ontario,
who has become. the pastor of
a growing church• sit Srmcoe.
•Geoirge • will be here in
Godericji, to 'give his but -
standing
LIFE sTO Y;-
BR'ING A*F.RIJ�'ND---: COME
EARLY •
7 P.M.
GODERICH
FREE _METHODIST .
dames
LOCATED ON THE CORNER
OP •VICTORIA AND PAifK•
5T. •
Phone 529-1205
everything goes wren .
you; but: good is right and : cY
when en Yoodorsg h things st
urn
.
out right. r
Remember,•.. though, it
doesn't. guarantee 'there will.
bent)pain, sorrow, trouble
.and' •heartache but it', does
promise .inner •happiness and
gooddays„..
So, to have better_ways to
better days tit the new year;
let us keep all this 'in the
background of our minds.:
HacW N'evv Year!
breast
ex.aminatao t
A 18
SUNDAY , . J N!
WALLY J
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. of the
,R BESMISSION�.
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vrill speak'
PLUS '
• TIDE
.NEW •TRIBES •SINGERS'.
8'p:m;
HURON IGEN'!
PE
AUBURN
Evil Prevails When'Good Men' Do btothing'' .•
Hirer to work out the plan he _". ••�; . , ;-:: -- .z..- :.�,. ti,. .• .,... .w
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has--for�eaeh f=its--their-i
• becofnet even easier to stride,
out' into :a- new' year. with..
confidence a'nd gladness...
.(For those who really catch
the vision it's exciting, too:•) ;
This isnot to say we `will be.
1 ` free of problems. No, the
world is harsh .and ,there is
1nuch pain -and' trouble. ;,But •'
the:w.orld _will coo tc with
us if we co -pre -Fate with it
.:' and •the laws of God'will work
in, our favour if We work with
, the laws of God.
Mr. and Mm.; Henry Glousher, Blyth, celebrated their
lith wedding wedding annive.rsa : Eecember 2.2, .1975. ' The
(loushers visited. with_ many' friends 'and relatives as
they held open house at (:heir 'home.
-,.Table'Topi
• Mirrors .
.• 'Slidin.'g Windows
Aluminum. Storm
Windows & Doors
Rescreening
} . Patio Doors
Commercial MILT PLACE
-Industrial'
Institutional : •
Residential 50 LIGHTHOUSE STREET, GODERI'CH,
GLASS 8 ' Just: Off The Square
`ALUMINUM, 524-2671 524-2.672
Lower
taxes
ai.se
savin
WIth . et, lstered
Retirement Sa ings:
NOW:PAYING
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.IVlember Canada Deposit ,
Ensu ranee' Corpoiation
Mand-76REY
TRUST C CJ' fvl W A N`Y , S• I N C 1889-
MANAGER
889-MANAGER J, (DAVE) Ct'ROSS.a
24.7381 , Gt-c'E KICH
R:id'de'II : irks'
Peterson
for • leader
Huron MPP John K. 'Rid-
dellhas predicted that Dave' •
Peterson will be the stronger'
contender •in the bi.d for the
Liberal party's provincial
leadership.
`'Me ,Riddeli told 'the Exeter
'Ind.epen:dent News that he felt '
the • campaign would 'boil
down to four serious can-
didates'. "naively Peterson,
Dr..,, Stewart Smith, Mark...
r DA -SERV10ES ..• - . IS
The family -that prays together....„
BEREA BY—THE-WATER`'
LUTHERAN' ;CHURCH
% ' • Meeting at Robertson Memorial School
I (Blake an Eldon Streets, Goderich) •
' 0SUNDAY,'JAaNUARY 18, 1976 �- '��r
Sunday School Ages lO arid_up at 9:,30.a:in.
1
WORSHIP 11; 00' A Ni. • -. .
SE-RMON:, "HONOR -THE. OWNER" 3
l MarvnrL.:BarzPastor:--. 524-2934 t ° .,..- .-.. ,.....
'i ''Being justified`by faith; we. have peace with pod through 1 , ••• 1.
our Lord. Jesus'Cnrist'.Romans 5; 1. ) ! �,'..North.'StreetU•nited Church: t..
p
The
Rev. Ral h E. King; B.A., B.D., Minister
Stays :together
MYfcGuigan'and Albert Roy,.
He said he• felt Roy Would.
he, at -a- :disadvantage. due to'.
his'. French Canadian .- ani .
vestry, and ::Smith might not ,
get the support he could since
he is of .the Jewish faith,- Mr.
Riddell said he Melt• i•t was •
-1
unfortunate that people would .
use cultural orreligious bias
in chossing a leader buL. e
was expecting it to happen '
Mr. •Riddell dismissed
Mark McGuigan as --a'
pote�rtial -,.leader, stating he
had `+tolitic'al desire but little'
.political appeal.'
Mr. Peterson, according to
• ...M.I.6,.Riddell°:- is 'right-of-
Cen-tre' in'his.philoSophy„and-
rce' en-
ti�ll•belicves� in
crtir,5e.'.
'Peterson' berripves there is
still • a .place• for, the" small
husincs.srun•• • said Mr. .
Riddell. 'I'm, inclined to
agl-ce with him.' Mr. Riddell
<idchd thatl'ettt on talked at '
the, lev5.tl'cif'theepe.op'le while
fir.. Smith hada tendency to .
talk' above the'.leve;l'. of the
Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle i
Affiliated with the 'Pentecostal ;Assemblies of Canada
-oR.NER •OF ELGIN AND.,"WATERLOO STS'
:Pastor: Fred Day
SU'NCSAY .SCHOOL 10:00 A.M.
WORSHIP SERVICE •11:00 A.M.
EVENING RA.LLY 7 00 -P M.
. . .•special speaker .°':
"REV. ROBERT' CLARKE" ' '
T,IJES. 'ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL
5-30 P M BUSINESS MEETING. •
1
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAVFIELO ROAD AT SLAKE STnirt
• •EVAN.GE&ISTIC—•FUNDAMENTA'L,,
'REV R..BRUBACHER Pastor
10 nO A M':S;UNDA.Y SCHOp:L. FOR ALL AGES
II.00.A.M MORNING wORSHIP •
SERMON:.
I• ' ` ".GETTING,OFF TO A'GOO•D START".:
4..."77-7:7/.15 P•M.. YOUNG.PEOPLES' MEETING.
• .' 30.P.M: EVENING SERVICE
HOW TOHAVE R.EV.IVAL:IN "76"
SPECIAL. MUSIC
WED;8 P.M.•' PRAYER & BI'BLE STUDY -
.WELCOME TO.THE'•FRIENDLY CHURCH.+,
I. •
• .... -.FIRST ' BAPTIST -CHURCH
s f I a
t
REV:W.H. VIcW-HINNI.E"F.R.G.S.
( BaptistConvention of Ontario and Quebec)
iyfONfR a A. 5TR'EET (near The Square) `
li
( Organist Mr, Frank Bissett :� 1
9:45 a.m.-Sunday School ;.'1 THE SALVATION. ARMY
1 ' ' 11. A.M. WORSP1iP SERVICE, ( 18 WATERLOO ST; S ) 524.9341-
.1^' — � SUNDAY SC
Miss Clare Mowan, Visiting Assistant
Q,'• :IVI L H. otterer, Director of Music •,
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'1,.":"1 • SundaySchool Ages 10 and up at 9:45 a.rn.
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Sunday School for-ages3 to 9•from 1)t'orshipat 1.1::00 a.m.
SUNDAY'; JA•NUA,. ;Y 18, 1976
•• • • 11 a:m. Worship'.Service
• 1 SERMON:
), j "THE MARKS'.OF A CHRISTIAN':.
1 1 " THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
1 I .. Nursery Facilities
r Come and Worship with us. 1 _
t1. i; .GEORGE. S CHURCH
r ��� NY I{
1 EPIl'HA .
j 1 4 SUNDAY, JANUARY .1'8, 1976 •.
I•. • 8:30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION.
1- I1 �00A A.M. HOLY COMMUNION AND SERMON
10'.00 8, i1:.00 A.M. CHILDREN'S PROGRAM & NURSERY
Ane. Lorne
I
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(• ( Rector Canon G.G. Russell B.A., B D.
f j C�hoirrnaster-Organist: Joseph B. Herdman
t The Free Method st Church ;•.
t ,( Park St. at Victoria ,,. .. ...Pastor:- H. -Ross Nicholls
_ I I • 2'way_Bus Service'Free to S S. and_A-M• Worship bye calling - 1
524-9903
/ �' - 9:45"a.m�. Sunday School
•.i
L1•:00 a.'m: Morning Service '
CATALYST TO CONVERSION
b:•00'p,m; Eveil.i:ng Service . FROM SUICIDE TO ;PULPIT • i;- --y-
•
1" C . 'Fascinatingl_ife"Story of REV. _GEORG.E PURCER
• t .1 00 NOT MISS IT ' /
THE PASTOR PREACHING 99
• Come HOOL- 9 4S'A.IVI. 1.
-` FAMILY,WORSHIP.- fl OO A.M:
You will be made welcome I 1 t `
1-. • .. .. _._.._.._ � `..., E;V.ptNGECISTIC SERVICE _ I -
t _ ..• - •_ . •._... i 'l. W E E K aA i Home League (i allies) Wed. 8:00 P.M.: •
s, ••.�r•+�. • �.•�,•vi•: �. r,•.�..w.
Prayer &- Bi1b1e'`5tudies ?hors. 7.30 P.M.
average person.: , t i r •,
V th front ..
runner and•1 think he has•the KnOX Presbyterian Chore 1 AFFICERS, APTAIN G. HERBER CAPTAIN M INatlrENirIE
-hest •orgaxiiz ition." said he+
Huron MPP.. recently named
agricultural critic in thea
wcus
:Peterson is e ion; •
,a •
saaRA
Fivellav
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THE REV..G• LOCKHART ROYAL, B.A. Minister ' t •
1 1.•.
THE REV. RONALD C McCALLUM, Assistant
WILLIAM M.'CAM RON, Director of. praise
SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 , 1976
• 11 00 A.M. SERMO
"FRUITS WORTHY OF RE: ENTANCE"
(Nursery Facilities) • ' . -
(Corisolidat.'ed Sunday 50001'refiires-from Service)
O 'N15W MEMBEiS
C
All Are Cordially .Invited• to Attend , ,
i' Victorici'Street United Church-
HOUSE OF FRP �• DSHIP REV. LEONARD WARR
1G A.M.g!bleSchool for all Grades :
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` _' 11:00 a.m. Worship Service -
I t SERMON; "THAT NUMI-BiR 7" -
RECEPTION Ft
730 :p.m. 'You'Itg Peoples Society f
Mrs.
W•E-L E -ID -MI -E - .
Lrater to Worshili' Depart to Serve I ( J. Snider, Organist & Choir. Director
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