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THE = CLINTON
NEWS -RECORD
THURS., DEC. 24, 1942
TIIE BOMBER PRESS IN
GREAT BRITAIN
(Continued from Page 3)
Were brought down an. these sante
ropes, and a prisoner, who was in-
terrogated on the shore. To show the
details in this manoeuver, the men
selected to act the parts of prisoner
and interrogator, -were both able to
talk German, and carried out that
part of the show in that language.
Ilow the party Makes the descent
of the cliffs even bringing away the
ropes used, and the, withdrawl to the
boats while protected by rifle fire,
were carried out in an admirable
manner.
The. boats put out to sea to ,com-
plete the demonstration, but were
,called back to shore to 'give the edit-
ors a chance to mingle, with the boys
of the troops and to talk to them.
Alter such interesting and. thrill
ing show, we were very gladto have
a chance to talk to the men, and. soon
groups in animated conversation
were formed on the shore. We found
the men unusually keen, , strong and
enthusiastic about their work:
Among . those I talked to were
Lloyd Backwell of Waterloo, Que.l
Lieut. J. St. Jacques, of. Quebec City,
Clarence Lynch .of Moncton, N. B.,
Harvey Daley of Bathurst, N. B.,
George Williamson of Oampbeilton,
N. Be and Francis Bryant of Dor-
chester, N. B.
LUNCH IN AN INTERESTING)
LOCATION
The morning was brought to a con-
clusion with a delighful lunch, ser-
ved in the open, on top of the cliffs,
in a scene of overwhelming beauty.
From this point a magnificent view
of the sea, white cliffs, and green
country spread itself before' us. - I
was assigned to a table.presidedover
by Brig. K. G. Blockader of Montreal
and also at that table was Col. V. M.
}flagman, also of Montreal.
We learned during the meal that
the last time a lunch had been served
at that spot, some Messerschmidts
had conte over and machine- gunned
the gathering. We did not let that
spoil our appetites, and Mr. Napier
Moore, one of our party, remarked
that if they came over this day, they
would break a lot of dishes.
We might not have been so care-
free earlier that morning, if we had
known then that the cliffs over which
we were climbing were heavily mined
and that if we had stepped on a hid-
den mine, we would have been blown
to pieces.
All we could think of was the won-
clerful demonstration we 'had witnes-
sed, which ' showed the training the
embryo Commandos go through, and
which can only be properly under-
stood by seeing it in practice.
you alway, even unto the end of the
AChristmas Message age.''' . And may hearts be comforted by
the words of one who said,
"Some of these days all the skies
will be brighter,
Some of these days all the burdens be
lighter,
Hearts will be happier, souls .will be
whiter,
Some of those days, —some of these
days.
"'1'11 -HJ 'A11t1Y1L'"lY'S ,UIi '1'1ON"
A young mar serving our King and
Country in the. Air Force last week
said to me "I, find it bard to believe
in a personal_ God,—you see it was
two thousand years' ago that Jesus
was reputed to be born. And that was.
a long time agol"
But what is that period of three
to God! A thousand years in His
sight are as a day. Suppose Jesus were
born ,and,' had lived only a hundred
years' ago]—that would make the ev-
ent much nearer us but correspond-
ingly more distant from the past gen-
erations, .
God had a wonderful plan of Rev=
elation of Himself and His purpose for
this needy world. Simply stated it was
that He should personally come to
`his world as one of us, live is we d••
facing all the obligations and fierce
tests of life, showing us it could be.
done victoriously and happily; and
then returning to His home in away
that would demonstrate conclusively
the veracity- of Hians'ell and His
claims.
So He was born as a little babe on
Chxistnas Day two thousand years
ago, How sweet the song of the Angels
How peaceful the message of 'Good-
will to men. How futile the efforts
of Herod to destroy the Babel
He was baptized, He was tempted,
He loved all for three years, He prea-
ched the Kingdom of God is at hand,
He taught as man never before or
since taught, Ho died .on the Cross for
all who believe in Him, He taught of.
Heaven as being, His dome and, won-
der of wonders, ours too by believing
in Him.
No wonder we sing
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
Ina believers. ear.
It s'ooths his sorrows, heals his wounds
And drives away his fears.
I read of a little boy in Toronto
who sssid to his mother: "Mother, what
is Christmas?" His mother looked at
hirer and said: "It is Jesus' birthday,
the day when Christ was born "anti the
little fellow looked up and said:
"Mother, 'what will we give Him for
TENANTS ARE TOLD
NO NEED TO WORRY
Tenants are freed from the dread
of having "the roof sold over their
head" by new Wartime Prices Board
rental regulations. Terms of the order
provide that new owners must give
the tenant 12 months' notice to vacate
after proving that he needs the pro-
perty for his own residence.
Previously, officials state, a land-
lord could evict a tenant; on three
months" notice by declaring he re
quired the acconnnadition for himself
or a relative or employee. Now the
landlord must 'need" the residence for
himself before he can give 'three
month's notice.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
TITS BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. A. L. Silver, Pastor
11,00 arm—Sunday School
7.00 p.m.—Evening Worship
The Young People meet tach Mon-
clay evening at 8 p.rn.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
Rev. G. W. Moore, Lth.
11.00 arm—Morning Prayer.
2.00 p.m. —Sunday School.
0.0.1 p.m,—Evening Prayer.
THIS SALVATION ARMY
Capt. S. Curtis
11.00 arm;—blolinass .Service
'1,30 p,m.---Sanday School.
7.00 pan.—Salvation Meeting,
ONTARIO' STREET UNITED
Rev. G. G. Burton, M.A., B.D.
11.00 a.m.—Divine Worship.
Near Noon—Sunday School.
2.30 p.m,—Turner's Church Service
and Sunday School.
7.00 pm..—Evening Worship.
WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED
.Rev. Andrew Lane, 13,A, 13,D.
11.00 arch—Divine Worship
7.00 p.m.—Evening Worship,
Sunday School at _• conclusion a.f
morning 'service.,
PREISBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. D. J. Lane
10.00 a.m.—Sunday School.
1.1.00 a,m.—Worship, Service.
2.00 p.m. --Sunday School, Hayfield.
3.00 p.m.—Worship Service at Hay-
field.
•
Some of these clays' Let us bear with
our sorrow,
Faith in the future—Its light we may
borrow,
There will be joy in the golden tomor-
row,
Some of these days—some of .these
. clays."
Should we observe Christmas this
year? .Another has said,,"If, it were
not for the children, I think we might
forget about Ohlistines this year".
Yes, it is true, in a very Teal sense,
that :children who make the home, con-
tribute largely to the making of
Cln'istrnas. And for us not to observe.
Christmas this year would be "A.
blackout" for the children, to be sure.
But let us face the question "Should
we observe Christmas -this year? from
another angle, What is Christmas any
way? What is the true meaning of
Christmas? It is a mere matter and
time for festivity? Does it only mean
the recoming of another annual per-
iod in the calendar year for people
to indulge in fleeting pleasures? I,t is
only another time for giving and re-
ceiving presents? If that is all there
is attached to the meaning of Christ-
mas we might well forget it for -the
war duration. We plight well under-
go a period of self-denial both for
.ourselves and our children. But to me,
and I am sure to you, when we pause
for a brief moment to think, then
Christmas has a much deeper, richer,
fuller meaning to us than that of
mere festivity,
Christmas is intended ,to take us
back many years in thought to the
birth of an innocent Babe, born in
the stable in the town of Bethlehem.
Christmas is to remind us of the birth
of the world's Saviour, Jesus Christ,
the Son of God. "Thou shalt call His
name Jesus, for He shall Save His
people from their sins": Yes. Christ-
mas is to remind us of the great love
of God. It is to remind us of the voice
of the heralding angel making known
,the glad tidings to the humble and
'faithful shepherds, watching their
p by night.
a brrthday present?" 0, what a dif-
ferent Christmas ands different would
it would make if we could look at
Christmas fron} that angle—the angle
of a loving, generous -hearted child—
and give Him the best of all gifts,
Our Heart.
G. W. Moore, Church of England.
Clinton, Ont.
Kings and Lord of Lords?
That born' in a stable of a village
inn He would he adored by generation
after generation' in years to come as
the Prince of Peace?
Since that day in Bethlehem, king.:
dams have been born and died, nations
have 'arisen' and• fallen yet the name
of that child this Christmas Day in
1942 will be open the lips of unnum-
bered millions and sung by grateful
souls in places of adoring worship and
in unnumbered millions of Christian
homes:
Then why a world at war today?
Why the training of a nation's youth
to learn deadly game of .how to kill
then' human brothers? Just because
this world of atbn and nations has
never dared believe the teaching of
Him whose n'aine makes possible this
Christmas Day.
Over and over again though those
more than 1,900 years the sky has
darkened, the clouds have been next,
wars have threatened the very exis-
tence of the faith that bears His name
but that faith endures and will endure
until then and nations learn that love
is mightier than hate, and that Christ
and not Caesar is King of Kings and
Lord of Lords,
i
To every reader of thy words, to
every member of every hone into
which they go, we sendthe wish for
happiest possible Christmas, and the
best possible New Year. And we send
this wish In the hope of that better
day that is sure to come.
Captain S. J. Curtis, Salvation
.Army.
"While shepherds watched their flocks
by night,
V All seated on the ground.
Tire angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone avourid.
"And lo the angel of the Lord saute
upon them, and the glory of the Lord
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shone round about then, and they were
Should We Observe It sore afraid And the angel said unto
them, "Fear not, for, behold, I bring
you glad tidings of great joy, which
Christmas Again
This Year?
Such is the question in the minds of
Many people. Such is the line of
thought. being expressed as we ap-
proach another Chirstmas season in
our calendar year. Should' we observe
Christmas this year'?
My question m reply to all who
raise that question is, "Why Not"?
Why not observe Christmas this year
as in any former year? The reply
comes back to me "Well, you know
there is so much sorrow and. loneli-
ness in the world today caused by the
horrors of wsu', There are so many
broken homes. There will be .absentees
and vacant chairs in so many homes
this Christmas day.
l es that is all too tele, and I ant
sure that truest sympathy is extended
to each and every hone where that
sorrow and loneliness has entered. Our
earnest prayers aa's for the ones, who
naturcdly are sad, and who long for
"The touch of the vanished hand and
for the sound of the verse that is:still".
Yes, mar thought our concern our best
wishes are for all who are 'widely sep-
arated from their loved ones. But with-
all, . there is little to be gained. and
probably much to be lost by orne.hang-
ing crepe and again sitting in m.ouiln-
ftti tear's, '
May Almighty God and the Christ-
mas Christ, help us, each and all, to
lift our eyes and our hearts from earth
to Heaven. May we be helped to hoar
His voice in tender command saying
tato us "Go Forward]", Lo I am .with
The Christmas Song
The first Christmas was ushered in
with a glorious outburst of song,
"And suddenly there was with the
Angel a multitude of Heavenly Host,"
praising God and saying "Glory to God
in the highest and, on •earth Peace,
Goodwill toward men."
Wihatsweet, beautiful and ang-
elic music that was to which the Shep-
herds listened as they watched' over
their flocks in Judea.
Music has a large place in the ebser
vance of the Christmas Season. Earth
must break forth into carols and
songs.
The influence of music through the
note of joy and gladness' of the coming
of a Saviour to the wollli'has inspired
many notable men- and women to .use
their talents to the honour and glory
of God.
G'r'eat hymn writers and many
renowned composed have been in-
spired by the thence of the advent
and have vied, with one another in ex-
pressing this 'great event in heart-
touching and soul -moving music.
When we join the crowds in , .'-^
Worship to sing "Joy to the World" °'
"Hark the Herald Angels Sing" how
our souls are lifted heavenward to
sublime heights for that gift of Love
to Humanity,
- The :Hymn "Adeste Pideles" "0'
Come' All Ye Faithful" goes back
to the •thirteenth century. Christmas
I'fyinns by Watts, Wesley and Tate
are two hundred, years old.
Still Prince of Peace
And Saviour of World
Rev. Andrew Lane, Minister Wes-
ley -Willis:
Christianity is the religion of
friendliness of cheerfulness, of happi-
ness and not of gloom and asceticism,
so we say to one .and all "Mealy
Christmas". It is a good. Christian
Greeting. But Christmas is not Christ-
mas if there is only merry -slaking.
Christ must be found in it if it is
to be a real Christmas—an advent of
Jesus into our lives.
We do well to remember that only
devout of Israel aaw God in Jesus in
the days of His Flesh. Most of his
contemporaries missed him, expecting
to find Him in the exceptional and
extra -ordinary,
"They all were looking fora King
To stay their foes and lift then
high:
Thou cain'st a little baby thing
That made a woman cry."
God found in a cradle and on a
cross places where men would least
expect to find Hien—Surely this ought
Nearly all the Advent music sounds
the clear, sweet note of Joy. We find
it in thebest known Christmas hymns.
Like the Angel messenger it must
proclaim "Good Tidings of Great Joy
Which Shall be to all People."
In the Advent music there is the
'Exaltation of Christ,' That is the
major theme. Heaven rejoices and
earth breaks forth. into singing be-
cause the Chrtis alt mcsoear--age
cause "tire Cluist has come".
The note of wonder and holy rever-
ence is found like the Shepherds ex-
perience as they listened to the Hea-
venly Host. One senses this in "Holy
Night Silent Night." Also in the hynm
"While Shepherds watched their flocks
by night.". and in Phillips Brooks
hymn "0 Little Town of Bethlehem,
How Still we see Thee Lie."
The Christmas Music gather's to
itself the glad, sweet refrain of wor-
ship and praise, and calls us to the
place where.
In a humble stall the Saviour lay,
While Shepherds adoration pay;
Shall we not come to worship too,
The Christ to whom all praise is
due?
Not only the hymn -writers but the
great painters have raised to eminence
the coming of the King through their
marvelous works of art Taking brush
and colours and canvas they express -
ad the 'Song of the Soul' upon can-
vas for the eye to see and admire
through the ages. William Holes' great
Work of art "The Adoration of the
Shepherds" depicts the scene of Mary
and the Christ Child in a place re-
sembling' a hovel or a cave with bare
earth for a floor and straw for bed-
ding. The Shepherds have came and
aro adoring the Child and are kneeling
in reverence. The hovel is lit up
shalt be to, all people. For unto you to' train us in the habit of watching with a light which shines upon the
is born this day in the city. of David, a for I'Iinr everywhere, particularly in child and mother. The humble and
Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." the common task and in the difficult lowly place is illumined with a hea-
Luke, 2: 9-11. place for He is not far from any of verily light of glory beyond all words.
Yes, "Jesus nay Saviour to Bethle- us and never far removed from pain. This is the message of the artist
hem came, Perhaps Ile will be with us this Jesus in the light of the world. Ile hal-
Born ins. manger to sorrow and shame Christmas as, never before because we lotus all humble dwellings where He
Oh, it was wonderful --blest be His need Him more, In a world et war abides their in peace and goodwill.
risme, Ho is still the Prince of Peace, the Rev. G. G. Burton, M.A., B. D., On -
Seeking for use, for rue." Saviour of the World. He will yet tario Street United Church
Should we ,.observe Christmas this save mankind from greed and selfish-
ness and the impulse that mattes for V
A ap'. Ile will yet teach us unit there
are better battles to fight than battles FOR A CHILD
full of "confused noise and garments The children were laughing and shout -
rolled ing blood/' His battle is against lag, at play;
ignorance and vice, against the rel- ,But one little girl sat alone.
fish heart and the grasping ]rand, She watched the others with hungry
011 come, let ars adore Hirt, Ohrist the against discord and hatred and all eyes
Lord," the fowl :things Haat haunt the clank- Prom her seat on the old curb stone.
Anel again' to each kind all readers 'nets of 7115 day.
of the Clinton News -Record, my very "Nothing• matters now but victory"
sincere wishes to you are, for. "A That is true. Not that we may rest in
Merry, Merry Christmas mud Bright, indolent ease but that we may turn
Harpy and Prosperous New Year. to the time task of the Christian and
Rev, A. E. Silver, Baptist Chr'uch the patriot—the battle against vice
year? Yes, by all means,
"Oh Come, all ye faithful joyfully tri-
umphant,
To Betiltehein hasten now with glad
accord,
Lo' in a manger, lies the King of an-
g'els,
Clinton, Ont.
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i Christmas 1942
Nearly two thousand years ago a
little child was barn in Bethlehem of
:and iignorance and drink and sweating
and injustice. Only as we join the col-
ors e.4 the King of Kings shall we be
able tb say in 0 really Christian way,
"Merry Christmas" and ."God. Blesa
You everyone."
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Judea, Could anyone who looked upon They that deny a God destroy man's
Hiin 'thatday, and upon the lowly nobility; for certainly man is. of kin
mother who bore Him, have dream- to the beasts by his body; and if he
ed that the hour would coque when in be not of kin to God by his. 'spirit, he
distant countries song's would ring in is a base and ignoble creature.—Ba-
far off lands, hailing flim as King of eon.
"You can't" play with us yea are poor,
you know."
By a cruel childish voice she was told
"See our dresses are new and bright,"
it said,
"But yonr's is ragged and, old,"
"'Tis the best I have and I love to
. play,"
But they looked, at her clothes with
scorn.
They left her therefor her dress was
old,
And her poor little heart forlorn.
A mother's heart knew the hopless-
nese
Of the tears and the quivering chin.
Her heart was torn a's that mother's
was,
When they said: "No room at the inn".
Just one new chess would heal the.
hurt,
And the little child could play
If a pretty we dress with a ribbon
or two,,.
Could be her's on this Christmas Day.
SQ, for the sweet little Christ Child's
sale,
Please give and give again)
The joy will reign in eaeh little heart, '
And aneace good will toward men,