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His secret power and influence
(J.C. Philpot, “The New Covenant & the Blood of Sprinkling”)
“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him.” John 6:44
“I have loved you, My people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have
drawn you to Myself.” Jeremiah 31:3
None can really come to Jesus by faith, unless this drawing power is put forth.
The Holy Spirit--that gracious and blessed Teacher, acts upon the soul by His secret
power and influence, puts ‘cords of love’ and ‘bands of mercy’ around the heart, and
by the attractive influence that He puts forth, draws the soul to Jesus’ feet; and in due
time reveals Him as the chief among ten thousand, and the altogether lovely one.
As the Spirit reveals and manifests these precious things of Christ to the soul, He raises
up a living faith whereby Jesus is sought unto, looked unto, laid hold of, and is brought
into the heart with a divine power, there to be enshrined in its warmest and tenderest
affections.
All through its Christian pilgrimage, this blessed Spirit goes on to deepen His work in
the soul, and to discover more and more of the suitability, beauty, and blessedness of
the Lord Jesus, as He draws the soul more and more unto Him. There is no maintaining
of the light, life and power of God in our souls, except as we are daily coming unto
Jesus as the living stone, and continually living upon Him as the bread of life.
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Thompson recognizes local volunteers at event
Earlier this month, Huron-Bruce
MPP Lisa Thompson recognized the
efforts and dedication of volunteers
in her riding at her annual New
Year’s levée.
Held on Jan. 16 in Teeswater,
Thompson presented Remarkable
Citizens Awards to 23 residents from
across the two counties she
represents.
Locally, Brian McGavin of
Walton, Joyce Johnston of Bluevale,
Doug Kuyvenhoven of Wingham,
Joan Vincent of Wingham, John
Leppington of Clinton, Lorri Anne
Moore of Seaforth, Bob
Beuttenmiller of Seaforth and Tom
Melady, also of Seaforth, were
honoured. Christopher Pennington,
formerly of Brussels and now of
Kincardine, was also a recipient.
During an interview with The
Citizen on Monday, McGavin said
that while his award recognized his
volunteer efforts, and while he was
thankful for the honour, it really
could go to any number of people in
the community.
“It’s not just for me,” he said,
adding that for the International
Plowing Match held in Walton in
2017, the award could easily go to
any of the executive or 2,300
volunteers that put on that event.
McGavin said the same of his
involvement with the 4-H
organization. He said there are many
great leaders, members and
volunteers in the organization that
could also be honoured.
The event was a good experience
according to McGavin, who said
getting to see all the volunteers from
across the two counties was
enlightening.
“You can really see that
volunteerism is alive and well in
Bruce and Huron,” he said. “It’s nice
that Lisa Thompson supports it,
because so many people deserve that
recognition.”
Vincent said it was a great honour
to be recognized, though she doesn’t
volunteer for those reasons.
Being involved in organizations
like the Elementary School Fair in
Belgrave, the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture, local 4-H
clubs, the East Wawanosh 150th
anniversary celebration and the
annual Huron County Queen of the
Furrow competition, Vincent says
she does it because the work needs
to be done.
She said she was also recognized
for her baking, which she did for
North Huron staff and council while
her husband Neil was a
representative.
She said the evening was very
nice, however, as it was postponed
due to weather, not everyone she
wanted to celebrate with could be
there. In the end, she had some
family there, as well as friends, and
she said it was a nice evening with
good entertainment.
“It was humbling to be included
with some of the other people who
received awards,” she said. “There
were some very dedicated volunteers
there.”
This year’s awards also included
Bob Rowe of Hensall, who many
locals may know through his work
organizing Freedom Syrup in
Walton.
Freedom Syrup is produced in a
sugar shack located in a bush on Jeff
McGavin’s property, and is available
by donation at several local
locations. The proceeds from the
syrup, which is produced by
volunteers, goes towards helping the
families of fallen soldiers.
The awards also included a
posthumous honour presented to
Steve Millen of Teeswater, who
passed away in November.
Other recipients included Brent
McKague of Teeswater, Darian
Murray of Lucknow, Dave
McDonald of Teeswater, Keith and
Gail VanderHoek of Ripley, Jane
Hoy of Dungannon, Judith Bond of
Kincardine, Margaret Sutherland of
Park Hill, Patti Hutton of Tiverton,
Phyllis Ireland of Teeswater,
Shannon McGlynn of Teeswater and
Shannon Wood of Mildmay.
Hard working
Walton’s Brian McGavin was recognized by Huron-Bruce
MPP Lisa Thompson during her annual New Year’s levée.
Every year, at the event, Thompson shines a spotlight on
deserving volunteers from her riding. (Photo submitted)
Recognized
Earlier this month, Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson, right,
held her annual New Year’s levée. As part of the event, she
recognizes local volunteers like Joan Vincent, left, for the
hard work they undertake in their communities.
(Photo submitted)
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‘Citizen’ offers glimpse of past
In this week’s issue of The Citizen,
you’ll find a page dedicated to the
images, stories and people of
yesteryear for a special Throwback
Thursday feature.
In recent months, The Citizen has
been celebrating these stories of the
past on its Facebook page, partaking
in the social media phenomenon of
Throwback Thursday.
The weekly posts have become
some of the newspaper’s most
popular, engaging thousands of
members of the public every week as
they tag one another in photos and
reminisce together over shared
memories of their communities,
captured by The Citizen years ago.
Now, in the last issue of every
month, The Citizen will be
dedicating a page to the best
posts of the month, saved from
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Dairy variance deferred by HE
A Huron East farmer in the Grey
Ward is looking for a pair of minor
variances to expand his dairy
operation, but some neighbours are
concerned.
Remo Schlumpf and his wife
Heidi spoke to the application at
Huron East Council’s Jan. 22
meeting, saying they were hoping to
reduce the minimum distance
separation on the dairy barn from
395 metres to 385 and the proposed
manure storage from 555 metres to
430 metres. Not only were
surrounding neighbours concerned,
but other area residents were
worried about the impact the setback
would have on the Mount Pleasant
Cemetery, which is adjacent to the
farmlands.
Planner Denise Van Amersfoort
also spoke to the application at the
meeting, saying the department was
recommending deferral of the
application to allow for more time
for the applicant and his neighbours
to discuss potential solutions.
Schlumpf said that he had worked
extensively to locate the manure
storage in a convenient location for
all. There are certain distances
dictated by the Dairy Farmers of
Ontario, however, for best practices
and he was simply trying to adhere
to those.
The barn also has to be located
close to the couple’s home in order
to ensure biosecurity and so they can
keep an eye on their animals.
The application received a large
amount of feedback from
neighbours and interment right
holders for the cemetery who are
concerned about the Schlumpfs’
plans.
They pointed out that at the time
of their interment rights purchases,
certain minimum distance separation
bylaws were in place for a reason
and that those should be honoured
going forward.
One neighbour, who was in
attendance that night, asked about
potentially treating the farm’s
manure to help reduce odour
concerns. Schlumpf told her that he
wasn’t aware of such a chemical
treatment, but since his operation is
organic, it’s unlikely he’d be able to
use it anyway.
Van Amersfoort told council that
she recommended a deferral so that
the Schlumpfs and their neighbours
could have some more time to
discuss the issues at hand and
potentially find some solutions to
them as well. Council approved Van
Amersfoort’s recommendation to
defer the application.
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen