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PAGE 8A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DE EMBER 1, 1977
The gospel for motorists
BY REV.
ARTHUR F. GARDNER
(RETIRED)
UNITED CHURCH
OF CANADA
There are sights which I am
sure all of us would like to blot
out of our memory. This is
one of them.
A car was traveling down G-
rain drenched highway at a
terrific speed. Someone
threw a bottle from a window.
Then the car began to swerve
from side to side. It swung
over into the wrong lane, and
smashed into another vehicle.
The crash was deafening.
Both cars ended up 'like tin
cans that had been crushed
by a bulldozer. Four people
were killed. One was crip-
pled, obviously for life. The
police arrive on the scene. An
officer shook his head and
said "Here we go again."
Multiply this scene by
many similar ones that occur
in this great land of ours
every day and you will un-
derstand why someone must
sper.k out. No one can remain
silent and ignore the
slaughter on our highways.
In a recent issue of the
Christian Science Monitor
this startling statement
appeared, 'Traffic accidents
have taken approximately
twice as many lives as have
perished on all the battle
fields in all the wars this
country has ever fought.'
Let's put this statement
even plainer. When a person
gets into an automobile,
either as a driver or as a
passenger, and starts down a
crowded street or open high-
way, his life expectancy may
be less than that of a soldier
in war time.
It is little wonder then that
a recent published pamphlet
labels this peace time
slaughter on the highways as
"Murder By Motor". If an
enemy were to drop a bomb
on Canadian soil, the whole
nation would be quickly up" in
arms. Yet four wheel bombs
are dropped all around us,
and we just look the other
way, unconcerned and
uninterested.
But let us ask ourselves
what contributes to 'murder
by motor.'
May I answer by putting all
the ingredients for a perfect
'murder by motor' in one
package. Take a color-blind
man and fill him with alcohol.
.Tell him to disregard all high-
way signs and speed limits.
Place him in a high powered
car with faulty brakes and
bald tires. Make sure the car
has no seat belts. Now turn
this man loose on a crowded
street or an open highway.
Alert the ambulance or,
better still, the funeral
director. Then listen for the
crash!
You don't need all of those
ingredients for your 'murder
by motor' - any one of them
will do the trick. Of course
other less conspicuous
ingredients can also bring
about the same result.
Consider the attitude of
over -confidence. "I arh a
good driver," says bragging
Billy. "Let careless Charlie
kill himself if he wants to!"
Yet the fact remains that
both of these boys can end up
in the morgue and the one will
be just as dead as the other.
Over -confidence can
sometimes be as dangerous
SUPERIOR
MEMORIALS
ESTABLISHED
OVER 50 YEARS
Minister's
study
as a car without proper lights.
I recall what happened to a
friend of mine. He started --
down an icy mountain road.
"I'm an expert driver, I can
make it," he said. He made it
alright - over the cliff and into
the cemetery. Every time a
hundred or more horses.
respond to the foot of over-
confidence, the grim old
reaper laughs with glee.
Another less conspicuous
ingredient is envy. We live in
an age when keeping up with
the Joneses means getting a
car with faster acceleration
and more horsepower. We
must prove its performance
on the road regardless of the
consequences. Every owner
thinks his car is the best. He
boils over with resentment
when another passes him on
the highway or leaves him
behind at the spotlight.
"I'll show him," he mut-
ters, "he can't do that to me."
Envy makes a man forget
all the rules of safety and
encourages action that in-
vites a notice in the obituary
column.
Let me mention one more
ingredient that helps to sell
cemetery plots. It's greed.
We usually think of greed as
associated with love of money
as shown in the conduct of
Ebenezer Scrooge. However,
it also breeds a 'road hog'.
We are all familiar with the
term Sunday driver. He uses.
the center line as a ractar
beans and casually drives
down a high speed highway at
a snail's pace. He is all for
himself - and says, "I like to
enjoy the scenery. Let the
others wait." He seems to feel
that the government has built
a highway just for his own
personal use. Reckless speed
is dangerous but a snail's
speed is even more
dangerous.
May I conclude with the
"Motorist's Prayer" that
comes from the State High-
way Patrol of North
Carolina:
"Our Heavenly Father, we
ask this day a particular
blessing as we take the wheel
of our car. Grant us safe
passage through all the perils
of travel; shelter those who
accompany us; and protect
us from harm by Thy mercy.
Steady our hands and quicken
our eye that we may never
take another's life; guide us
to our destination safely,
confident in the knowledge
that Thy blessings go with us
through darkness and light,
sunshine and shower, for ever
and ever. Amen."
Area man dies at 48
Leslie John Armstrong of
R.R. 4 Goderich, died in
Victoria Hospital in London
on Wednesday, November 23
in hiss' th year.
He was predeceased by one
son, Brian Leslie in July 1965.
He was also predeceased by a
brother Kenneth and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Armstrong.
Goderlch Area
Representative
ROBERT McCALLUM
11 Cambria Road
Goderich
524-7345
Clinton - Seaforth
Area Papresentottve
MICHAEL FALCONER
1S3 High Street
Clinton
482-9441
He is survived by his wife
Lois (Pichard) Armstrong;
one son Bradley at home; two
daughters Mrs. John (Linda)
Talbot of R.R. 2 Goderich and
Mrs. Lawrence (Bonnie)
Bieber of Exeter; four
grandchildren; four brothers,
Allan of Goderich, Floyd of
R.R. 1 Zurich, Ronald of
Simcoe and Howard of R.R . 1
Zurich; and one sister Mrs.
Garnet (Dorothy) Mousseau
of Ridgetown.
Funeral services were held
on Saturday, November 26 at
2 p.m. at the Westlake
Funeral Home in Zurich. The
Reverend Alex Taylor of-
ficiated.
Interment was in Bayfield
cemetery.
Huronview News Report
Dick Roorda led the Sunday
evening song service at
Huronview sponsored by the
Clinton Christian Reform
Church. Mrs. Vanderwal and
her two daughters sang a
vocal trio.
The Goderich Township
Women's Institute volunteers
assisted with activities' at the
Monday Old Tyme Music
program at Huronview. Mrs.
Maitland Driver, Molly Cox,
Norman Speir and Cecil
Skinner provided the Old
Tyme music.
Mrs. John Henderson of
Seaforth arranged and ac-
companied the Family Night
program at Huronview and
Mrs. Barbara Scherbarth
was emcee.
The program
included step -dancing and
vocal solos, duets, trios and
quartet numbers. The
Henderson sisters, Donna,
Darlene and Debbie, and the
Scherbarth sisters, Lou and
Marcia, and Patti O'Rourke
entertained. Mrs. Maude
Dale thanked the entertainers
on behalf of the Huronview
residents.
Ed Stiles of Goderich
played an hour of -organ
music on Thursday afternoon
at Huronview and ac-
companied Betty Rodges with
vocal solos.
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Buchanan who
celebrated their fifty-ninth
wedding anniversary on
November 25.
A MY
THAT SHALL NOT
FOI.WWED
BY NIGHT.
The dominant features
of life in this latter part of
the 20th century are anxi-
ety and frustration. In
spite of all science has
learned about our world, it
has not been able to teach
us how to live together.
The more we discover
about the past, the less
idea we have of where the
future is taking us.
The message of the
Baha'i Faith is that comprehension of
the meaning of what is happening in the
world depends on understanding of
God's will for our age. Over 130 years
ago, Baha'u'llah, Prophet -Founder of
the Bah, 'f Faith, repealed God's will for
today. God's purpose, He said, and the
underlying impulse behind the sweep-
ing changes that are revolutionizing our
world, is the unification of the entire
human race.
As God's purpose is carried out, two
clear processes stand out in sharp
contrast. The first is basi-
cally destructive. Through
its influence all the barriers
that divide man are being
broken down: religious,
racial, social and national.
And it is painful, as in
childbirth pain accom-
panies the emergence of
new life.
The second process is
constructive. At its heart
lies a Divine Plan created
by Baha'u'llah to demonstrate beyond
all possible doubt the practicality of the
brotherhood of man. Through it a global
cnmmunit9 has begun to take shape in
which man's rich diversity is accepted 5'
and praised. The building of its new
institutions, with its new laws and new
Spiritual resources is the greatest adven-
ture of our age, and of all ages. There is
a part in it for every man, woman and
child on earth.
There is a part in it for you.
Baha'u'llSh's Plan: a' promisee kept.
The Baha'i Faith
—A Promise Kept.
The nght and duty of the individual to investigate truth for himself is a basic principle of
the Baha'i Faith. For further information, please write.
BAHA'I, P.O. Box 1059, Kincardine, 396-3589 or P.O. Box 212, Goderich, 524-6779
NAME
ADDRESS
CITY AREA CODE
Park church -a suc-cs
An experiment this past
summer that took religion
camping was very successful
according to a spokesman for
Point Farms Provincial
Park. Sunday morning
church services were held in
the barn at Point Farms this
summer and the campers
took advantage of the
situation by attending
regularly.
The Christian Reformed
Church in Clinton approached
the park persona 1 in 1976
asking if it could have per-
mission to conduct services in
the park barn on Sunday
evenings during the summer.
The park approved the idea
and services were planned
every Sunday from,
Victoria
Day weekend to Labor Day
weekend. In 1977 the church
asked that the time be
changed to Sunday morning
and the change resulted in, a
better turnout.
Park authorities estimated
that about 950 campers had
attended the services
throughout the summer
MEMORIALS
MARKERS - Bronze Plaques • Cemetery Lettering
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^~�~ Victoria Street United Church �?
10:00 A.M. WORSHIP AND SUNDAY SCHOOL { ( „�„�
11:15 A.M. BENMILLER WHITE GIFT SERVICE
W -E -L -C -O -M -E
averaging 75 to 100 Or -
shippers a week. The Clin n
congregation was suppor ed
by Christian Refor ed
congregations in Luck ow
and Blyth and each week a
guest minister and gtiest
soloist conducted the ser-
vices. A regular pianists` was
provided.
"The campers enjoyed
'being able to attend church
without leaving the park and
were able
vacation tkegP,i.
shipping inspirt
theiyshort
the spokesman, tr;.
The, services were
denominatiohal and
probably become a'
manent service at the
To the belt of R
park
sonnel's kn>wledge no
provincial park in the
has weekly church services
Be
Sunday,
Sure To Hear
December 4th
at8p.m.
Special Speaker:
Rev. J.E. Young
From Fort Erie
Special Music
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"EVIL PREVAILS
WHEN GOOD MEN
DO NOTHING"
Huron Men's Chapel
AUBURN
A Family That Prays Together Stays Together
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"EVERYONE WELCOME"
Minister: Rev. John D.M. 'Wood, B.A.B.D.
Organist and Choir Director: Mrs. J. Snider
Services held each Sunday at
Robertson Memorial School
10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday School 11:00 a.m.
Listenpto CKNX Radio Sunday
at 10:10 a.m. for the
"Back to God Hour”
Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle
Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
Corner of Elgin and Waterloo Streets
, Pastor: C. Fred Day
FAMILY BIBLE SCHOOL 10:00 a.m.
Something for which each family needs
For bus transportation: 4-2893 or 4-6543
MORNING WORSHIP 11:00 a.m.
Congregational Singing Scripture Reading
Prayer and Bible Message by Pastor Day
EVENING SERVICE AT 7:00 P.M.
Communion - The Lord's Supper
December 9 - Sunday School Christmas Program
December 16, 18 - Christmas Music Cantata
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CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET
EVANGELISTIC — FUNDAMENTAL
REV. R. BRUBACHER Pastor
10:00 A.M. - FAMILY BIBLE SCHOOL
RIDE OUR BUS TO SUNDAY SCHOOL
PLEASE PHONE 524-6650
11:00 A.M. MORNING WORSHIP
MONTHLY COMMUNION SERVICE
6:00 P.M. Y.P. S.MEETING
7:30 P.M. EVENING SERVICE
'MESSAGE- "WHAT ABOUT OUR FIRST LOVE"
WED. 7:30 P.M. - PRAYER MEETING
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1. LUTHERAN CHURCH
{ Gibbons St. at Suncoast Drive ' -
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SERMON: "OUR TIME OF HOPE"
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i 9:15 a.m. Sunday School for all ages
10:30 a.m. Worship
i Marvin L. Barz, Pastor ,, 514.2235
?, "Preaching peace by Jesus Christ: He is Lord of all" Acts i0:
BEREA-BY-THE-WATER
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HOLINESS BIBLE MISSIONARY CHURCH
Sunday' school 9:50 a.m.
Classes for all ages
Worship Service 11:00 a.m.
Prayer 6:30-7:00 p.m.
Evangelistic Service 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Night Prayer and Praise
Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God
Matthew S:B
} Huron & Walnut St.
{ t Kennison W. Lawton, PastorSt. 5".421BS
7i % North Street United Church
( I The Rev. Ralph King, B.A.,B.D., Minister
% % Miss Clare McGowan, Visiting Assistan
Mr. Robert Blackwell, A. Mus., M. Mus
Director of Music
9:45 a.m. Sunday School for ages 10 and .over (Grades 5up)
Sunday School for ages 3 to 11 from worship at 1':00a,m.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1977
SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT
% SERMON: " FOR THE WAY"
(International Bible Sunday)LIGHT
Lighting of the Second Advent Candle
Anthems: Now, Let Every Tongue Adore Thee Bach
The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns • LenW'ihus.
Nursery facilities Come and worship
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec)
Montreal Street (near the Square)
Rev. W.H. McWhinnie, F.R.G.S.
Organist Mr. Frank Bissett
The Pastor Preaching
Communion Service
Special Music by The Choir
Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study 8:00 p.m.
9:45 'ta.m. - Sunday School
11:00 a.m. - MORNING WORSHIP
Everyone Welcome
y Knox Presbyterian Church
THE REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL, B.A., M. DIV.Minister
THE REV. RONALD C. McCALLUM, Assistant
LORNE H. DOTTERER, Director of Praise
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1977 (Advent 1I)
10:00 a.m. Communicant's Class
11:00 a.m. Divine Worship
Sermon: SERMON SERIES FOR ADVENT:
} (2) "Foundation in Hope"
(Nursery Facilities)
{ • WHITE GIFT SUNDAY •
(Sunday School Retires From The Service)
(Lighting of the Second Advent Candle)
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Second Sunday in Advent December 4th 1317
1 8:30 a.m. Holy Communion
11:00 a.m. Church School and Nursery
j 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion,
% Lighting the Advent Candles.
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Bishop -in -exile of Northern Uganda.
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Rector: The Rev. Robert J. Crocker
Organist -Choirmaster: Joseph B. Herdman
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