HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal Star, 1976-02-19, Page 3STIR'S. ST.LIDY.
RE',llt.C,11!feAL)f♦U11'I, KNQX PRESBYTERIAN CRCII
We,. Of this
,last .half of the .
_-„
•LWentleth ' centu�Y ,. ,
have
become :so inured to the ex-
pectati.pn gf . reward for
;.seracice, that, -we -owe ook- the'
•
r'ieher, ..and'-. more enduring
rewarcf : ;'in • ::service:
`I"!t e'
modern.''t] in s.
i?p. gsystem is a
Classic example.'
A ': Toro toT . .
P•. Taxi driv• er,
• err
being'qu;estiionedbythe li
y .: P .tee :,
•.concerning .a recent :")fare"-
:
could remember nothing.'
about the man except that he
• .:•was, "a rotten tipper..'!- His ,
xnbnetar '; ex.ec a'ti
Y p ,. on of
extra reward for service
rendered, being denied,
nothing else mattered. '
• Our modern` social- struc-
ture, with its "Ale first"
philosophy; would do well to
remember = and practice the
imrriortal'.words of John''F.
Kennedy - • "THINK NOT
WHAT YOUR COUNTRY'
CAN DO FOR YOU,,. BUT
' THINK RATHER OF WHAT
.,..YOU CAN DO :FOR YOUR
COUNTRY." There is a
reward in such, practical
- •service that is beyond all
possibility , of evaluating in
monetary terms.
Two instances . - serve to
illustrate the true „value of
REWARD IN, SERVICE as
being of greater .worth than
REWARD .:FOR . SERVICE:
Sisanna Wesley, devoted
wife of a Church of England
Rector, adopted the words of ".
her • favorite • poet, George
Herbert, as her own
•• philosophy • of life, in what
may have :seemed a' limited
sphere of service . ,
"Since God doth often vessels
make •
Of lowly matter for high uses
meet, ' • •'
I throw meet His`feet:-"-•:•---
There- will I ' lie•until 'my.
Maker •
For some -mean stuff whereon;
to show Hisskittl" •
THEN
AND 'THERE) IS MY-'
TIME.,:,. .4 ,.
•
Within the ,narrow :confines
of those Rectory walls she
exerted ari influence :that has •
been felt. for over two cen=
tunic's in all parts • of .the
• world. An . influence, high *as
• heaven, deco as helliroad-as -
ear+'f, and as long Cas -eternity.
THAT LITTLE SPOT IS
HOLY 'GROUND. Hear ye,;ye -
''Wornens' Libbers.
A little old lady is sitting in
her " rocking chair in her
humble home in a little town
in the State of Virginia. The
Postman makes his way up
the walk, drops a letter in the'
mail boxt•and continues on his
way. The old lady, feeble with
age, arises ar ses slowly and
;carefully from -her rocker,
and .makes 'her way to the
box. This` is no '-ordinary,
44J
ea, though l tyalF throush the vain,
01 the shaduW a( de 0;0 shall feat oto
- evil !or Thou art• Wtth. roe -40d Pooho.
r1. DERICH'SIQNALS.T4R,, THU°R.3.04y4 i~BRD.ARY 1
•
Doug Charrineyr Ron Doerr. .and Mary Janis (ott)
'and Warren Bridge, . Brown,. She lived in Dlleetrait
y _ ...... ,...
,Flowerbearers r were Danny, for 80• years, She moved to
letter. It isfrorn the Office of
a State Qovernor.' Look over
the .•shoulder `of .Miss Sue
Simpson as she reads:
``D"earnM:iesSuc:•-
Yrd ' le 'of
es
to a � the ."people •
y.. , 1? P.
this 'Stage• elected ne to .the
• Gove sh.p
. a rn r i o of .-the .State, •
and am writing you to•thank
y.
you :for ,it: It is : nqt that. you'
• helped' 'et out the :vote form
g Y
campaign -, I• do not even
know' if you' voted: for me; but
away back in Sunday School
you, as my teacher in' those
formative "years,' built
Something in me . that the't
people liked and voted fgr. I
thank youfor that. You, may
remember 'that -my Mother,
died. when I. was.•but four
years' of age., My . Father'
attended church, usually at
Christmas and Easter. He fed
me; clothed rne, and gave me
a.college education, BUT HE
LEFT.- UNDONE; MANY
THINGS; THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN DONE, ANI)
THAT WOULD,:NOT''HAVE
BEEN DONE IF YOU HAD.
NOT BEEN AROUND. • You
made me see some values in
life:'. that were above. food,
`clothing and education:'YOU
OPENED THE :DOOR TO
ABUNDANT LIFE• AND
LIVING, AND LIFTED ME
UP 'THAT I. MIGHT PEEK
N. You accomplished more'
in your Sunday. School -class
than -I ever hope to do as'State ••
Governor. • You gave • me • a
faith that carne from your
heart to: mine. You led me to
that .experience in. 'Christ
• where "I beheld kis glory ....
full ofgrace'and truth." When.
He, .came into. My; 'heart'.
Trough ::your faithful.
teaching,IHe put 'a yardstick
nry hand; and I:.have
measured all things with that
yardstick ever since.',
'You gave me a•faith in the
past, the . present and' the
future: You -.told us -that things
did riot •have to remain as they
were.. You placed.: sonie
question ,marks in my mind; •
othets you ans*ered; some
you left to 'me. You also left
some exclamation marks, for
you made some great af-
firmations, You gave me 'a
bunch ;of keys, to .use4;.in
tomorrow's doors,and left
me to find the -one that would
"fit,' You gave me no magic,
only keys 'ma.rked ;faith,hope,
love, 'r'everence for God, self
and others. 'I `havetried to
build on these. I came to this
office .through • 'a .. series of
Judge -ships• in lower 'and
higher courts; and, while I
have learned that Police and
Law enforcement agencies
are necessary;yet the need
for 'teachers. such as you is
.greater`, for it is.what is built`
into man that sends him to the ' MAI'TLAND ALLEN
top or to, the bottom. You, had Maitland Allen, Auburn,
. • an u'Clinton
b reg
. C
n e va 1•12 i
b e patience within
l FebF .
died e`brtrai'y..
us We must' have. driven -you- Public Hospital, He was 88,
-to--.-distraction es,-yer7A sora-drtieka-te Jaaha,nd
.yenever lostyeartemper, Elizabe h (Wafters)Allen, he..
7
or your fine- Christian spu'it.t , was . born ,May ,,4, 4887 iIn.•
•;You were there •everyy. S i •'*here'he
Sun-. Col�.or,ne Township
day, asking for : more, and" resided all his life., He Worliad
giving more. You talked, net as a section foreman:for:the;
TO ."'us but WITH -us . You 'CPR t Auburn " u .
Made yourself progressively -;He. was married Decei:nb. et'
necessar . and unnecessaryo :. o'' the
y, ..to.. X5,..1912 in Auburn �_
Us, as you taught•us, and'l'eft former -Belle :