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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1948-11-18, Page 3TI•IUiSDAY,`NOVEMkIER' 18,; 1948 CLINTON NEWM-RECORD' PAGE THRE 3 n iketnembrante (Address delivered by Rev, W: J. Woolfrey at Canadian Legion Remembrance Service). Recall Many Things "We are to remember many' things. ` History has piled up memories for }us—memories of the far-off past and far-off faces, of the events that culminated in 1918 and of the faces of our fathers and older brothers who seem now to be in the far -distant but whose sacrifice and devotion to duty we still reverse. "But we come also to pay our respects and give our esteem to those who, during the second World War, paid the supreme sac- rifice. It, was only yesterday they left us — strong, healthy, vigorous young men and women. We cannot say they are no more. Death has not shut them out. They are still a real part of us. Their deeds, their courage and their valour cannot die. They represent everything that we call greatness. "We also remember those who are still with us in body but whose bodies ere partially brok- en. We must remember with sympathy and acts of kindness and helpfulness, those who are lame, blind and deaf, those with shattered minds and spirits. We 1 • �. must remember the relatives of those who wait. and wonder and long for their recovery. We must also bear in mind and in prayer those who have . lost their be- loved and whose hearts are breaking still in sorrow for those. whose faces they will see no more on earth. ' Reaping Their Reward "Let us remember that those whose lives have been ended so early are not gone forever; they are reaping the reward of all courageous men. David Lloyd George, speaking in the City Temple, London, at the beginning of the first war, said something like this: 'All our rights and our liberties have been won by men who counted their lives as noth- ing so long as their country and their faith were free. In the days when England was winning battles for religious freedom, there were shirkness even then, but their cowardice did not save them from .the tomb. It is ap- pointed that men should die once and after that the judgment. Brave men die, but they need not fear the judgment. I think we are too ready to scoff of creeds which promise the glories of their paradise to those who die for the cause or for the J=o="==o=to===toL'TY New Shipment FLOOR COVERING Congoleum 3 Yard Width . , . 80c sq. yd. 2 Yard Width ... 75c sq. yd. Congoleum Rugs 9x71/2 -- 9x9 -- 9x12 Rexoleum Deluxe 2 Yard Width . , . 85c running yd. 24" Hall Runner 50c running yd. MARTINS PHONES: 36w - 36j a=11oa o=o=a=r EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! DANCE TO,WN HALL, CLINTON Wed., Nov, 24 • STAN SKIPPER and his Orchestra Proceeds to be used for Reforestation Auspices of 'Huron Fish and Game Club AD -MISSION 50 cents 47-b 111111111111111111111111111111111111011 410. WbatQoYou Wani InRatlioRepairs? 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He has spoken both English and French ° fluently since a child and gave up a lucrative law practice in 1941 to enter the Cabinet as justice minister, later becoming minister of external affairs. He was elected Liberal leader at the party's national convention in Ottawa in August. country they are devoted to. It is but a crude expression of a truth which is the foundation of every great faith that sacrifice is ever the surest -way to re- demption. It is appointed that cowards shall die, but after that the judgment' It is well that we ponder over the words of this great statesman for the purpose for which brave men die ought to give us pause. Why did they give their all and why did we, as a people, strain every effort for victory? Be- cause the only things that are of real value were at stake—liberty, justice, righteousness, kindliness, truth, love and such like. When we lose these things life for everyone is void and of no ac- count. But all these remembrances present to us to -day a great challenge. We have obtained much through their valour. To whom much is given from him much is required. We, too, must be real men to maintain those principles for which our great men died. For, after all,, the real wealth of a country 'does not lie in its materiel. A nation may be rich in minerals, may be rich in its soil, may be rich in natural beauty; it may be rich in its commerce. But unless it also is ricli in great men, there is an essential ingredient to national wealth which is missing. But in those men whose memory we cherish and whose heroism we honour to -day, we know we have all that makes our country great. As long as their deeds will be emulated by those who take up their task we have no- thing to fear. "Let us continue to commem- orate their deeds, keeping in mind their service and sacrifice that it may indeed challenge us to greater service than we have ever rendered before." (Address delivered by Rev. Andrew Lane at public service on Remembrance Day), Rev. Mr, Lane said in part: "This is Remembrance Day—I like the name. For many years the day was called Armistice Day; in USA it still is, I believe. In my opinion it was a good move to change the name of the day from Armistice Day to Remem- brance Day, for 'armistice' im- plies the temporary nature of the cessation of hostilities—a breath- ing spell in which to get ready for the resumption of war. I like the name Remembrance Day, though the events of the years since the close' of open fighting might well Iead us to believe Armsitice Day the truer .term. The Cost of War "There are many 'things to remember on Remembrance Day, such es the cost of war: In the First World War, 187 billions, capitalized value of lives lost, 67 billions; property- loss, 36 billions; loss of production 45 billions; loss to neutral countries, two billions; war relief, one billion; 338 bill- ions in all. Just a cipher of cost of World War Ih The terrible cost in human life: in First Great War -10 million killed,' 20 mill- ion wounded, six million pris- oners, 10 million refugeees, nine million war orphans; five mill- ion war widovi+s: "Not only the agony of men in battle do we need to remember, but also the agony in the hearts of women and children and loved ones. "Remember, the great mass of men do not want war, The dream of perpetual peace has been in- grained in the human race for centuries. This dream survives] in spite of the too frequent out- bursts of war. Eight ,centuries be- fore Christ, Isaiah gave eloquent voice to this dream of a time when they', shall heat their swords, into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they yarn war any, more," Peace a Reality "The frequent recurrence of war tends to make men believe this dream only an ideal -an im- possible ideal—but it can be a reality. 'Isaiah pleaded with his' nation, `Oh house of Israel, come' ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.' Later, he says: 'The work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect of righteous- ness, quietness and assurance forever'. The light of the Lord is clear; perfect peace is found in perfect righteousness. He must and shell reign. The world hes forgotten God is concerned a- bout righteousness, and forgett- ing God the world soon abuses men and abuse piled up issues in a deluge. , "Eeight centuries later, in the Book of Revelations, there is another prediction of the new Jerusalem. Again it is the vis- ion of the truth that perfect peace is found in perfect right- eousness.. The intervening 19 ,centuries have been honeycombed with wars. Why? Men have not learned to walk in the light of the Lord in the way of righteous- ness. We need to remember that righteousness is not just in- dividual goodness and personal piety in the Old Testament, but is concerned mainly with right social relationships, "War is a symption of sin; the root of the world's trouble is sin. Sin is primarly forgetting God and always issues in un - righteousness to men. If we are to have peace and quietness and assurance forever, life and soc- iety must be built on a truly religious basis. For if we flout God, we will readily manipulate man to our own selfish wishes. "Remember, using the language of Isaiah, that as long as we have 'gloomy alleys' in one part of our cities and 'the wide house built by unrighteousness and spacious chambers ceiled with cedar and painted vermilion by injustice' in another part, there can be no permanent peace; that where men gain mastery over nature and organization in in- dustry, in the name of industrial efficiency while they turn men into machines and pack them in dense city areas and expose them to the uncertainty of unemploy- ment and want, there can be no permanent peace; that while riches, won by selfish cleverness and dexterity of mind, are dis- played with pride, making bitter the vast poverty which they in- creased and did nothing to re- move, there can be no permanent peace. "We need to remember that men everywhere regardless of the colour of their skin and diff- erence of language are children of God and have a right to a place in the sun—not just in the shad- ow—and that the nations popul- ate& beyond the space in their possession rook upon the huge open spaces of Canada and other sparsely` settled " areas' as 'a poss- ible Solution of their overcrowd- ed life—and unless the injustice of the distribution of space is met with intelligence' end sy- mpathetic understanding there can be no peace. We need to re- member that the culture of other races enriches our own and that intelligent immigration would be a boonto our nation. "Remeimber•—no peace where there is injustice. We can not have justice till we rid our souls of our idolatries. We are covetous people the world over. We are essentially and radically unjust. The idols we worship (rather than the God of righteousness) are: position not balanced by, responsibility; military power, indifferent to justice; wealth, careless to humanity; Mastery of nature; industrial achievements, prosperity, force, might, the State; these be the Gods we really worship. These are the things for which wars ere made --and there will be 'war as long as they are our idols'— Until` we worship the one trite God of righteos tness and ,love by "rev- erence for .Gods image in His Chdldreneverywhere, "and until we believe that the final might ie the yvQrid is ,truth, rrghu ness character, service, sacrifices teos- and the spirit of clove, war will continue: FOlt k.',INE PAPT7xx9 �''}o��to�s . THE 'NBR's:RIOUSE to r HENSALL Mr, 'and Mrs. Archie Noakes spent Sunday with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs: Lloyd Noakes and family, Au - A. W: Kerslake, reeve of Hen -1 sail, and George Armstrong, reeve of Hay, attended the No- vember Session of Huron County Council in Goderich this week. Rev. R. 1.. and Mrs. Sander- son, Lumsden, Saskatchewan, are spending, the winter months with their son-in-law and daug- hter, Rev''and Mrs. P. A. Fergu- son. BORN At the Stephen nursing home, Hensail, on Thursday, No- ,ember 11, •1948,' to Mr. and Mrs. Ward Forrest, Zurich, a daughter (Margaret ,Lillian). Baptismal services were held in . St. Paul's Anglican Church,. Hensall, Sunday afternoon, Nov vember 14, when Sharon Ann, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. W. F. Riley, and Perla Anne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard Lewr ence, received the rites of bap- tism. Sharon Ann Riley was baptised in a christening robe, hand -embroidered, eighty-seven years old, and made by the late Mrs. Charles Logan, Varna. Rev. C. L. Langford, rector of Trivitt Memorial Church, Exeter, and St. Paul's Church, Hensall, off- iciated. Many at "Visitors' Day" Education week this year is being, observed from November 14 to 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. "Visitors' Day" was held at Hensall Public School on Wed- nesday, November 17, from 2 to 4 p.m., Many parents attended, School Hour Changes Beginning November 22 and continuing during the period of bad weather in the winter months Hensall School will have a five- ?! iHtt ee.te.O 4aiNw ta at 1 H • COMBINATION t DOORS J. W. Counter 4. L Lumber and Builders' • Supplies Phone 290M ;E CLINTON minute recess in the morning with noon dismissal at 11450. Classes will be called again at 1.20 and will have a five-minute recess in the afternoon. Final dismissal will be at 3.30. Cenotaph Service A service of Dedication of the Legion colours was held on No- vember 11 in conjunction with the Cenotaph observance at the Remembrance Day service held in Hensall under the auspices of the Hensall branch No. 468, Can- adian Legion. By kind permis- sion of the Commanding Officer, a detachment from RCAF Sta- tion, Clinton, under the com- mand of Squadron Leader A. Ross, along with trumpet band with Warrant Officer II Cherie- bois in charge, were in attend- ance and headed the parade to- gether with the Girl Guides, Scouts, Schools, Firemen, ` Vil- lage and Township Councils, Chamber of Commerce. The Ferguson, officiated for the ded- ication of the Colours. • At the memorial observance the following placed wreaths: Provinee of Ontario -Mrs, Wil- liam Sangster; Tuckersmith Township—Roy Bell; Hay Town- ship—Reeve George Armstrong; Village of Hensall—Reeve A. W. Kerslake; Canadian Legion Mrs. Taylor. Standard bearers were Fred Beer and Harry W, Horton; Col- or Sergeant, Fred Appleby; Par- ade Marshall -,- President Sam Dougell, Cenotaph Guards --LAC Barrett and Cpl Davidson, Clin- ton R.C.AF.; Last Post and Re- veille sounded by Trumpeter Da- vid Kyle. 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