The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-12-13, Page 33Making resolutions for 1980?
BY
KENNETH G.
McMILLAN
MODERATOR OF
THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH IN CANADA
AND GENERAL
SECRETARY OF THE
CANADIAN BIBLE
SOCIETY
The energy crisis casts
its lengthening, ominous
shadow across Canada
and the western world.
The uneasy conviction
grows that our industrial
structure, economic
stability, and way of life
are in jeopardy.
In our days of assumed
abundance, the average
Canadian gave little
thought to the key role
which energy played in
our daily life. The
relationship between our
steadily rising standard
of living and easy access
to energy sources was
et
ack to
assumed in our national
euphoria.
The impending shor-
tage has come as a rude
shock.
That energy crisis has
possibly overshadowed
other potential trouble
spots that are not yet so
obvious. Ugly racial
incidents, reports of
violence in the schools
and charges of police
over -reaction have
shattered our tranquility.
We had assumed that
Canada had escaped the
social unrest that has
erupted in other societies.
We took for granted the
existence of a reservoir of
goodwill that would bind
people together and serve
as a national adhesive.
At its root, the
threatening social
upheaval is,the outcome
of anothertenergy crisis.
A nation's social well-
being and outward
harmony stem from its
deep, inner spiritual
resources. As long as that
reservoir of spiritual
energy exists, society
functions smoothly, and
everyone assumes that
such harmony is normal.'
The erosion of that pool
of spiritual energy,
however, is reflected in
increasing instability in
the social order. Are we
not witnessing symptoms
of that spiritual energy
crisis in Canada today?
The Bible has con-
tributed immeasurably to
Canadian life and to
western civilization. Its
influence is reflected in
our laws, literature and
socialstandards. It was a
basic source of dynamic
energy which exerted a
formidable, though
frequently unperceived,
influence on all of life.
A materialistic, secular
society, which owes its
1
origin and affluence to
spiritual sources, faces
problems when it seeks to
sever its links with its
roots. It is threatened,
then, with an energy
crisis of its own choosing.
One senses that such a
crisis is on the horizon for
Canada.
No convenient solutions
to the, energy crisis are
evident. Nor are answers
to our profound social
problems to be found in
simplistic prescriptions.
"Canadians should resolve
tOexplore again that book
which was the source of
the spiritual energy that
contributed to the
development of our way
of life.
'Back to the Bible'
could actually be the
summons to advance and
a step in the recovery of
our spiritual resources
and energy.
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