The Lucknow Sentinel, 1946-02-14, Page 7THOS., FEBRUARY 11tH, 1,946
Back•From Oversees
Flt. -Sgt. 13i11 Ross arrived home
last •week from ,'Overseas on 'the
Aquitanaa, FHS brother :Norman,. •
who vt.as overs.eat.„•for over •three
'ears;it>!riYe d home on the Queen'
s
• •'Elia'
'hetet- a month ago. The two.
brothc.r's are sons of Mr. .and Mrs;
, agar Koss, Con.. 19, Kinloss,
ilaclt, ;I+'roes :'Ovejrseas•
;1Vf°elvin Hackett, "son Of,Mr. and
'Mrs;-Alex•;Hackett •of” Wingham
2nd forrnerly of Ashfield, arrived,
home from overseas .'last Thurs-
,day: Prior to',enlisting Mel •was
with .the Batik of `Montreal hay-,
• ang started nBank's.employ
' in thelocal::'branch, He,' saw ser.
.ice . iri Italy prior to the Can-'
V•., Y
adian. forces • being moved 'to.: the"
ern Front.
West
The Luclq,ow Sentinel;: Lt1c • •
now' li ,.Ontaro
ran PeoP1e.(ro.w
Into (hurcli on (hristmas Eve
,.. In 't -.ii r $ f o u r; t+h instalment, and. Matz'
>oil,;Capt. R. 1.7c�u.glf.rs•Macl,�catrulrl: trust,' Y anct',�oseplz �s a .ec)n-
t st, • and - to. fill '.out the whole
st 'esses. how deeply he wa4 iiri stcuy these is . a 'flock of sht c
Fri esscd 1�y the Clsi sizxzus {
.: Eve J1c.%tit; y.•ate11 .1 by ah Old- .esus and
service • in: a German Luther'ain' r . '
b ry whiz sit about a :camp fire.:
Church. --- acid • triS, strengthened , ...
The .C,ciman children ar'rr 'not the
ig ly on,c:s who are delighted with
this •work, I. find myself ver'
l;ai'cascdy'.tJat I: ani sitting- scr•'close
December, 24, 1945, a5 to }�:c� ab]e: oto sec' it: well anti.
For. the .first tithe I .im •sea'tcr 'era �•irie" ' 's`
r d• _. n it olosc.Iy. Perhaps :`I`I1
in a;Qeiman: church a , nc"
,, .. I..utlici�an �c�z'. zc.ally groyv .•up,:
.church° u.. da w t .,•
. .. ,,, n ..ma•ge,d by .;the; lalast., •Always.-• Ch>~rstmas Eve is�,,de-
or , fire of ' war::.:Al th4 - eco' 1' li'htf 1 a.,,,-
F, u.e, . nYwhere—at_ home'r`l�e-.
axound`me are G'e•rman. It is the caumc..of- the delight of• arlticpat-
ni ht beforeChristmas.,---c r.. .
g 1 "r c a great in6 rhe :"Bay, • and away. • frofrt
bine in Ger`•rnany .and in, Germ:air. home::'b:ecause of th it
., .. ... _.e mEmozie .
churches. • • evpkes. •of '
:oSl:iei ;.ha times;-
.
Theu.gh :this 'aft•er noon I hati i When cane is affray .from•home, as
been making.'the,: ounds. of, posts.,'I •have leen: these last two Christ-
rs
m�e
ss
h •.
onuc m
wh.em '`. '
chof i
Ourare
guards,
a'sou,c
stand the 1..'source
• of n-• •
watch ;to -stop,and talk with thein 1. flrirte pleasuc,, sornewhait
t m' ore
and .say ,a gr eeting For, . the 'last than an.'rntegral •part of : tho
hour the street's. -"ha a.. •
enjoyment of` lifiris glad. •time ' of.
yr been• •
crowded with people,' all of the 'year It is especially thrilling
p P , them .
-'-'-- 't.O'be at home:ter, Chri•stmas:'I hut
going in one .direeticm77.-to church. '
conviction that for the worldl articl
its •-peop,Je, "Salvation .rpthaios
'The Christ
I .
a:
no'.
rrr. tat
h ° '
0
Receives, His 1Dischar e�: • •, ' It could have- been Christ � m,e:, I.
.g .. .., mas .eve.
�,L•nj:14; - r ' rrz;an• az eou°ort
.-„�:.�,Fred:�-S:te•�uard•.,:•is•�•--at,.:••-�-,resent rn •f-,racknov�*°�e�o •t .tlia�.: .� �• �t y: Y'wit;h�•vv"h�e•""eo-
•.. F. ,.. . , .�, � ,.rnstcad• .. i” p
Visitin with his
Parents;mi. and•. of 'jarriinin °in arra' out 6f, : pie:we.were at wai.a few months
P .: g,silo
.
1VIrs. Charles.Steward'havin re- doin ••t.heii ,la t -mi ago i. am In the, German. whose
P; b s note' shopp.irig; �'
dives iis . under:: Von_ Runstedt
eeived,'his army discharge. recent -these crOWAS were.,passxng. all.; the ., I
.were-causin us no little anxiety_
ly Pref -j uF; for,_active stores ''b•y to' •anak thc.zr.- ua.K,.__tc� g n
• service In the :postal cot's four church year ,ago-. and giving our •men
• .• ,,_ .. . ,:< ; .. �:..... <�- --�- -• �-•----
-;a -bitter:.fi _ht:
.years, ag o •Previous • to enlistin • In order. to.be; sure that T d b�•
, . _ -r- Tonight 1: arri' dei 1 ""ahankf
--=-E'red---e'l'.eik-ed�-rn- the . Iocal -ostt a-bl:e`-to l�'a't� ., a; sc� yrs .enc -on• y ul.
- - - _ - list -ail, t.ha t�-
bre;
, t TMrs- pa t� Saran el
office,:;hoZd7ng`1ha-t'posit.rori. for spicuous..as. possrbh.,. ,h laniied..
enou i- , : ,.
almost thirteen arses m work -so that '-
enough': I see no -enmity 1n. -any
ye y I might take.:My-
lace in the church a good hale- • "' •a ou me -per. aps.
g
into the br:eathed `Shshsh" of
rrtgthe.�vs. • And Pastor- Cramer
tikes his place iii front of th3
altar, He doesn't look_._- like ,
courageous nzari, but he must be.
Here is a fellow who ,concealed
and r'.ead surreptitiously Karl
Barth, during. the years .after, the'
Nazi Panty had forbidden it. You
know what that w.buld have
meant had. he been'' discovered.
T`zc. hush to at h,a • settled upon
the, 'people is reverent • indeed •
,
but nc'►ip of the glad expectancy
has " gbrje. The pastor ..Speaks' in
•the ilenci and :' although, • the
.g
holiest and .admit that although
we blame.: the Gertnazis . as tie
_'imrhedate • cause • .cF f t this war,
there we:r,e threes_ during: the -34's,
wkic.,ti ;we .could.Nave done many
things that wo�ticl '.hav'e' ;prevent- ••
.eci••`it or delayed it° fore a 'long
iriic We have'• no Monopoly of
righteousness, • any more than.the
C-errnans.have a. monopoly of in-
fianny .Q:
:As. •:I think of that I can't help
recallingthe•
e words; of one OE aut
cha,plains• "Two things ,about' th:.•
g
English churches' irppressed ite-
their . beaut. : and" their
y
y i,..
Ii:oav 'strange ' ness' 1 am .con, incred With '
y,Gezrrtan .`words a>;e strange v ,.,._th a.con-.
to „.. 't: r viction which i : -
o. hitt, I don t feel hke a atr anger s daily strength
in tliis•.placo; Th'e wards are alien ened . 'by . nay. • life among these
•hecause'.I'v' -n • `• `eo ale:" 'that•there is' '90.1-Yl':one •
I've. of been. here long p,,,, I , ,
_.
'salvation of th '
an, lave; •• 'ear '•so little Ger a e world:. and.•'•its ' •
d" •1 h d
man. •spok.eri. it • is"sirr risin how .
F ,g
little ci uffer.ence' it makes. I could
not but he,.. worshipful • iri this
great mass of` worshipping Yuen'
and, Women': and children. ,..And. I
;peoples. From eternity to ,eter:n-
ity • that salvation` 'remains . thea.
Christ, When I sat in that. church'
,:for that service, 1 •believe: there..
were very few who, thought of''
find myself glad my curiosity has me as a :foreigner; : as :a 'Canadian,
b-rou ht nie to this'_p1 - and I can 'say that : I was not
,. g, pace of pray . .. Y .. _ Was - .....
iin ressed'. byan difference be-
F Y
tween' .me- and'thepeople'about
me.. •1 was a ,,Christian '.among'.
other' Christians at, worship.•: We,
'the . hundreds•
of Ger ' ' � ' th •
.mans at
i11'e <t urc e..
Canadian, as .:far 'as I know,. --we.
were together,., at home, in: our •
er With'theirs, my'heat lifts 'as
• they sing . their ,Christmas songs.
When the choir Of. children sings,
I. find m self thinking• of:Sunday'
School at
home, of school; con
,.ce&ts aid swee.t1 shrill- voicos=.
singing in harmony. To; bow.' my
head with these• people is perfec.t-
ly natui al.. They wors..hip . the:. Father's House
same God as I; when their pastor
I�r` rys:. For all tlrese-^thirigs- i.
good �.to be lier-e.,:- e-venri- :•though
just ,• aTword.-•-through tli.e-- whole
length' of, the• -service :. i Intel•
legible... It is good to be here.
:Once • I ;intended' to : .end . thi
• eyes" as I look' b t Ii
p ;
• etZriosit,-;.,but.no:.animos•i •s . -w_.. Words. '
•
• Back Frum Overseas.: hour.:: ahead of y, . ty, The,c hen I .wrote diose .w but
time. When I `there:'is :I"find so :ethin' ole
pcopl;e too_are grateful '' or sur. m g m .
:1. Cpl,: Leonard lVlacLebd .arrived. reached the': front•' ' door•; of th •
_ xa_,: ,. 1 ... , to be' said.: is `good g be` here. •
.. 'h me -h==ire vers--ea's.th-e-first clrtt �h :I :found ,t}re re r�, s fr 4 They ;are -u=rr . _-
: I,, wrote Athat ::I. a have
. ,.• .•., •, . .. deneabl: h�a ' - • -,Wh rn Y
t:he-w.ek,'Mrs.:Jarnes E. Little•Of .crowd, rest ;as rt is it ' Y 113y as•.t�cy wait._or _ . When I
b y, < home -in
„ ,.. felt. a.'little of what ..the disci' les'
.. town i a sister. ' e t the • se.r� ice to:. begin on. -Hs : p • ,
s . •L onard has.been heatres when: the picture .is'oter,:.
. .. felt on• .the mountain -to •1::•know.
1V'ativt Nr' .::i�-
... e ereaS-for:�._niore- than -:_three -and the...cto�-wet •a -n_, 'L.„fibril:,
• ,.
- ; - v ts-ta g�et-;-h otsr
:..` 1. `came away. from., that: ser-
On
. , .. • • ,: :The:• o0.1 •be ins to lin slowl that ..
,years. and saw's service on the con- uecl.l O•n these eo �1- w � �. g :
.,. q yt ..: iY e, . p 1.. e, c i c, r y , vic=e .blessed--thxou. h• avis •. • oin
-h
'; tlient:I-le was withthe'•36th Can crowding t :get 'into church! Ser•"11° a•:.ghee=•• weighty'.sound n.>: e.
g.J.
ed :with 'that eo le in their wtiior-:
' ' adran Ai rrr ::'• Troo s �• .Com an :: as': you :have no :' doubt.' . a ' � '
me sine•..a.k'We� so'`.ofter 'hear:`:°in F
• Y .. F ,. F Y,. y •. d lread,�..l. � -�---_ T ,_f�. �+�-----�--=--- .:
i_ : y .:. ; Cana hut ;.
R C A S Z c-onC-lu= lc�d I camel t-he-ehrrrel�i; l- ',-
..:. , . , :... ; do:wm a sin' into• the street, again
.: cbiime,:. Faces .are a:tientl ex -.g
rriost�•completely filled:• E� en •then � • Y ,w
,convin c.d as 1•have always been
c , ,
Y
that if- there- be• •_any;`.•common
• Norm:ari=T • ykor--now-l-e hard:to. .describe rt i�. almost as }
ap ., a es oirlyfntei�tinn-crerrtei trig 13y, the frc�rrt .
.i f,•t:hey:'l ad fon • helped'to'see. this
two of . these five brothers over- door, but as .I t jrned away P t Y g
•sc•r vice 'again. : when the world
Cramer; the, :minister.'. carr"
euld :bc •.at:peace; :and Were now
Of 'his .home: and caughi'sigiit--of., p
road ' to singa "Nuns :Demeans'
me; He, took' nee `around to.the Y ,. .
' v,. ,. , � ._._ . their•.'°Wm. It-is..a look 'that is-.
wbac`-k .door -and hid the��5 etarhtrr. , .F -•--
:: once ;happy and'sol.emn, it is.,
bring' the :a. chair ,. Room. • -taus .41. . , , � • .
found. , -for''. it •.uSt inside.' he •oor.
,ged-ran-d, agel,es-s;:it i-s-alook .fro
r J which 3• fi id' m .self tuieiin :in
which' leads 'frons the vest, into,. �' ! g
Y, „ volun.t diel :' awa.:, b.ut-•.'• always
1.
. a Y Y,,. •
the church; Thele, .I: ••tools' rrr at:.e
yp
-Presby�terran-Ev-ening-Auxiliary,'
:-Mrs: Jas' Little ;was=los=es for
the meeting het '.on Januar 3.lst
with' `an' attendance • of sixteen.
t.,
The:.. Ten' Commandments' have
been chosene-for 'Bible study, this'.
year. and'Mrs, R. D MacDonald
ga: e the stud � onthe. first one•
Mrs 4, Morgan Henderson gave. thee':,-
topic
he
topic on • gross Over Africa' 4
• � -. � .. e' tats•" `; •
p. c t. the faces. 'of the .,oId
„Two •Bothers- till'Oversea the.. standin ,r om' of •i • • .• : . : •
. S, s g o a sees was
folk thea a is:a"raptness which is
The recent,a -1 val home of being l 1 I
St k fid
740
Sold b -y `'Mrs. Leishman was very
�.enjoyed..d, e•
{...,
much an ..Mss •Marian.
MacDonald : 'ready'' the-'; current
events 'pi epare'd :b Mis$ .earl
Henderson Mrs Gordon.”
she,
gave • the closing praYer The
mem . ers were irivi ed to . Mrs
Cameron Ma Donald's .home' for `•
e
tkc February meeting ,
Sgt,ging gore y.; i e ,. gave up my
.. .,.., .... .,. '_; ;' ... , rounei••cirr. wh'ich•we ancLour erst ,
. � ,g
• sea,... Edwin '' •who, as','
frozen ;•and George are both .in.
:.German • .1 . •.
y bent:•and °Lewis re-
e -dT d` -{Nor man to„k;:;L_'aaic a , w .!pall-wasree
(tars : o tile , .. .
t •e .day. e landed, at
• :'Norman d .:
d a month -,after`
Y D -Da
• With-:.
th
e
Service: ,
ecce sand was
as
forcing, m . eyes back to .it 'again
with `' ` •Y c•.
.this whit: right throu •h into. with : rri •., • ose' ractocall', buried, :.
it is a leok:I war t: to. remember,
.. ,Germany: •:. .-. -.. , an, .the'-bran-ches- of �a - huge ever-
.�...: ,,. ..�." - _...,...� .�..,....:....�.._:..,. _,...:.� r .�.. a._of:: ..:_:. _._ :- . � , hie•1 est
rIn;abut frog. �v:_-__7 I..tuin•away l_
addrtiori o.• the ,:five . bio- green;.' one w:hrch,...h.Y bc�t� f
.,. -net H thee.
I. seersA cUr'ious! or :irreverent.
i. ,brother-in-law' •Gar- l gat• either side of the sitar':.
Faced t
net' Heiider
�' Young- faces:: are ;different;- anal-
son,..was a o:'ov'erse.a�s Fore ra few ''.miriutes-•I :.sat 'ther�e ;. •. b ,. .. • - ,.-: .
.•Li.w, .. , there: se.enis.. to` -be. no state be
:with the provost '..cors... was watchin the ' eo:�ae.'a'nd.listeni.nt;'.
F g F F • ,=,weer • being'•young' and' Old. The?
employed by the. Cv.N R.: prior : to. to th'ek • homely sound of ::gay, •'cess •
- yb:ung faces are- ar'picture:•of sheer.
r
hhsthi:g said` i ecentl has- :: i
Y been', veisat on • then , carne. a' ltrn�dl-y--; r •
:assigned•• ,. X411°4' expectant:'.;Chz1istmas . al'
as assistant at the C.N.R: ; soul: who. itrsisted on leading rine,
ways paints 'their* ,faces so; and,
station,at Kincardine: to
a more rominerit .place in°''the • . �
l?.._
. ._.,. ,. _ .., .rri 4on�e:-v��i�=' as, if.,it� were.a-.pai.t
'centre'of::the .front of ,thea church
• 1Pi - . cif• the pigment' ':on' the brush, of
nes; Greet lie'
ton' hi - . I P •g
Veteraiti where "I � could 'see. a rest- de:i
•' � g . g at• 'anter--° hese �s:inthe ex
hen Pte Gc . •. ,. -
rdan E: MacPhei - more; •not only•cr%. the- e ur eh hilt, „r,essions •cif. 'youth and : chi'ldxei�,.
,son, formerly.. of . al , l? Y
• Kinlossarrived ahe eo ae.. m_i ]zt in froi'rt o£ r c,,
'a'' London:I last ',week • enr F F g,ould al - ost.reach a touch;.of awe as if they• knew
oute so. near that I c rn.
..and unclerstaod, almost,. the great
home from overseas, not only out` to touc•h' it;..there ..had . bet>n • iYYystee°y of, "Izaenaanuel ;God •with
was he greeted ,b:y•his mothers' bum•lt "a' model- of B'eth`l�'he li ., ' :,, .:,
Mrs..., iVIargaret MacPherson, and. stable. ` When they • speak ;of.; it usTlre bell has stopped• now, ;other relatives of Milverton but they have a • word that soun� s h The.. soinEh
• � � ow it '}didn't ring,,as.
by the skirl •' o' the pipes played 'very . much • oto •" me- like' Creche : k call s • co olet ,.clo church. It...
• :1) Archie Mann'of Moncrieff. Af= Here, is :something 'ilia'= every' in-:: g p 1
ler his, ar r oval a reception was ' corning 'Child 4must'•see,' must, ex- rung , alit1ost as,F 'it knew 'that
.-.::held at is London cafe with' about amine core#ull ; : 7lmost` as •rf` rt -thC t;h,t rch • was already• ,filled• to
thirt Y wing' grid wanted'' to 'tell;
Y i elate:ves' and. ` friends.' .in Were .. sornething ciitir'cly iicw; overflo i
atteridan,ce, t he N bole village: that' it was so. '
' - which', -riot been seen befot•e.
_ . Pte;
.. - .. . _; __ ... •• . • � � � Gc�rtarinly tlie5i="pt=ople--rrceded sirs-
te• 1VI,acPbersor enlisted on Perhaps it ' hasn't,: by tnany, of
JUIy. est, 1942 acid, Served, as an. these �childi•en,• it: may: `be ti,i tt hell to call .them to church to
�: scent dept at Borden reinforce,;, ;during .the War such •symbols of
night.' They .1-an:vied ,and: jostled
each other,: e• en •in the sti eets.,
,hent depot:_,unt-il :. going; overseas the . Christian f�'rth :.'�v'.erc "Vr ,,.t .
, ?►a. Se • . • ..; . to get'' ,ere i=n--trrn•e o -find , roem •
l7teml�or;•1943, Scat and was,
-The- Work 'on et is rcial:ly
'i ,,. •, .__ � • ' , , ' � to:. �uorsliil5 ,. ....
bse attraction for. :Gordon- beautifully done, .There are th,. •
Wlien leaves permitted, nfs.t.'acted, :,'bv..'-a slight rustle•
p m it�.d, which he ...Three Wise •1Vleri wzt'li-`tltt�ngit'tti,
visited ` frorri. Cal I,
and the sl1'e •heo•ds with thrix ,. 'in '• the gallery i glance up to flee
i p ' t:l'aa't thee e r`s.•ai chair hof'childa{en
Apparently :they don't mond lel
ting their imagination have .a lie there. .' They: 'have, come in _so,
tle,scope here because• fire" l)cr r�rr •5l'lc.ntly'aS"to bre unheard: to take'
who made, this',secrns to .i:�rE'i- telt •� =licit p1at'c�,, E' e'ri as 1 '.glance •uj
that • enc; cif the:.Wise Vit, rr . rtx.igirt to Nee:: the or g: xi, begins to sound.
have. ridden -an elephant instead ,(?j�tly. A; if it ti� ei'i�•.'being gently
town is one where • • Anyway, =lir elephant ,k rii:utced, tl�t,' ' e°ac`oliliany-` of child-
s, n� .place. er th of �i �:aitnel. Arty y
she go • where, you is';.there: And 'in the ..taller '•Err c;i'(.•ti k veiic0s,: bc�e one's grad=}ally
alri: t be,'
soundless, its last 4tyhisper fading'
• • •. � the cici'x•tr:aX figures• cif.' Tiiti Child . ,
bur h asgow and Ed;ins
g to Inverness', Other points
.of pax•tictilar'; interest were Bel-
fast and ti Isle el iVi:an. During
a tour of thee • continent; G6rdoki
spent Christmas 1945' in Paris.;.
t A hick tow e ere
P-r-esb- -te- i -an - Mission -Band
y.
-w1'rile enemies may: meet: azid be
in our:, understanding of ;eac_h
g fig.
,other it is in. the House. -.of God.;
g
World' 'ovei�nment is a 'reat..:and
g g
splendid, concept That •I '.would
not attempt to deny. But let' us
tixat :.the L=eague- :of number incluclecl p-i'ano sols :
:The _Mission Study 'at the meet=
Ing : Monday aiterinooit was on ..
Afi ica. .. Some ``Ne i o. •s irituals
g P..
were sung. :The -Bible ,study was
on the Ethiopian -e'trnttcl : Musical
erneYTPl7ei
Nations bctween...the wars.'` was
just: :that There ,must be' some-
-tiring. beyond .:that;. something be
yorid, our declamation' of such
'righteousness as : enables' •u s to
at5 of t, ourselves 'as'the ''clias .
tisers of'this. ,nation; something
-beyond justice as ire''no, w-hatclt
and dispense it in our small mirl'd.
National' righteOthriess; .:perhaps a
poor name for it, la• righteousness:
permeating ,a nation (all .nations)
iri parting to, it the moral: courage•
which. was' 'so ; deficient in the
world'', between the- :• wars, ;;impell-
ink'. et ;. o`'noble,"unseIffsh in`"iri
itself= beyond' itself Let-;• us be
•
"by Jane Johnston and .two :son s
Y g•
``My, Black°Marrin�,y" and "Dinah'
by' members '•of the: Band. Recita
•tions: were •given by •Betty Dur
'tinand .lad
G ys Chip: The offices s•
-.t ec mi : - r_ _,.
foe , h co n ear we`re cledtect.
pitesident, _Margaret `Chin; vice
:i: 1
res dent Gad s: C h i • s r to
Jain `Johnst • n • •:'treasurer•
Jane Q� ,Bobby .
Rei rograhi ommit e i' Jnr
.d, � g c... tee, W n
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