The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-05-29, Page 2•
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' IO SION A,L-STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 29,,1 69
From the
Minister's study
REV. ARTHUR MAYBURY
FIRS T BAIPTYST
•
MY BITTERNESS BECAME JOY
• An ordained clergyman
studying at university because he
has no church to serve _is an
unhappy person. I was that
unhaPt3y person. I. was bitter.
Only one man encouraged me.
Dr, Murray Ford had , been
one of my professors in Divinity
College and was now their •
director of field work. He
suggested that 1 fill " empty
pulpits during that year of
study. I had no sooner agreed
than he asked me to supply the
pulpit of First Baptist, Goderich.
With much misgiving and a little
fear — 1 came. My last church -
had a 100 year history of
division and pugnaciousness.
People had gone so far as to
reject without even listening.-
. Would I be rejected again?
Would. I be hurt again?- What
would, I find? What were the
•_ people like?
- What hurt me most in the last
church, I think, was the fact that
one man, whose eies were also -
imperfect, had ,no faith in me
whatsoever. He was always
telling everyone that would
listen that no blind person could
be a pastor. I felt betrayed by
my own kind.
One Sunday in November my
wife • Carolyn and I set out to
come to Goderich for the day.
We came with great nervousness,
n and a little hope. I'm not sure
whether it was real tiredness or
anxiety that made me sleep'most
of the way up: 'We arrived and
found a ,rather attractive
building. That *was a pleasant
surprise.. I entered the Bible
Class as a student,' and was very'
pleased with the teacher. He was
not extremely young, but acted
young with the wisdom of years
added. We met in the sanctuary
w hose simple beauty was
striking. I think that . I had
started' to fall ,in', love- with the
building.
Goderich was a complete
reversal of my former
experience. It had a 66 year
history of 'fairly .consistent
co-operation. In fact, jus'. before
I was called to be pastor, the
older folk had decided of their
accord to hand over the control
of the church to the younger
folk, and to advise only when
asked. The friendliness and
warmth is unmistakeable. I'd
like to stay forever:
The Spirit of Love is in this
church. I wholeheartedly agree
• 'with the many people that I
have heard .say that First Baptist
is a very .•. warm church. I'i
'religious terms, God's love
abounds. It's really great to be in
a fellowship of acceptance and
integrated ,co-operation. I really
feel at `home.
Since I have come, the church
has decided to use their' new
leadership to -help therm , in a
couple of new projects, On June
8, 1969, we are going to have
our 67th • a-nniversary.
Appropriately enough, Dr.
Murray Ford its going to be our
speaker: He is a - real person, and
we wish that all of you could
meet him. In fact, you can if
you want to come over that day..
We would love to have you in,
our fellowship, even for a short
ti Me.
Perhaps it is my imagination,
but I have the feeling that some
of our people are becoming a
little more concerned about
others than they ever were
before. We. are planning to start
this• summer on a series of
special , services to the
surrounding area. We pray that
God will bless our efforts for
Ilim, and .may He bless you too.
National Co -ordinator -
for Anglican Youth
will speak at
St -George's Church
The National co-ordinator for
Anglican«• Youth, Tim Agg, a
young British Columbian, will be
the speaker, at the Spring
Deanery Meeting. for the;
Anglican Churches of Huron
County- at St. George's Anglican
Church, June 9.
During the afternoon the
members of thesAnglican Church
Women will conduct their
annual meeting. The Right. Rev.
H. F. G. Appleyard, Bishop 'of
Georgian' Bay, will be present to
discuss plans for the
amalgamation ,jbf w'Omen's .
activities.
Mr. Agg will speak`1during the
Communion Service which
begins' at 10 a.m..Ind later will
consult with the clergy regarding
youth activities in the .church, -=-
He has visited more than 60
communities in Canada 'during a
three month- cross country
fact-finding tour. The results of
this research', are being used • in
plannifig,youth programs for the
church. Mr. Agg will continue to
travel widely in Canada, working
directly with youth groups, and
Diocesan programs. Also, he
hopes to continue his education
in psychology, sociology and
theology. He is. particularly
interested in working out new
opportunities for lay people to .
serve in a full time ministry.
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'The Today
• At the itnnual meeting of
the General Board in Toronto
on-. March 26-28,, 1969, a
message from th&. Canac:ian
Bible- Society, was sent to al),
the churches of Canada and
reads in part:
"We' cherish the conviction
that there is hope, for we be-
lieve. that through Holy Scrip-
tures God is speaking to our
age His eternal message of
salvation. In every age it is
God's .Word which has led
men to seek truth and free-
dom, justice and peace. The
Gospel is Good News for every
man, for the heart of it is
love, Where the Scriptures ar:'
read and believed the Church
is renewed, lives rre t r7r.;
formed and society is chanvi
ed. -
"It is because of this deco
•convict on the Bible -Society
is cornrtitted to. the task of
providing the Scriptures for
every man in his own lan-
guage at a price which he can
afford . . . so that faith and
hope and love may triumph
over fear,, despair and hate.
"We would challence the
.Churches to become more ac-
tively involved in the use and
distribution of the Scriptures.
We would present this chal-
lenge in the words of the
Archbishop of Yorks President
of the United Bible 'Societies
MO,
FRESH FLOWERS
Bring spring in,;, Fresh ,ft'awers
add a cheery note -to any table
arrangement. Use as a
centerpiece or accent individual
settings with a single bloom.
Home economists at Macdonald
-.Institute, University of Guelph,
remind you to keep bouquets
fresh, removing or replacing
wilted flowers.
TV's New Look at Life
TONIGHT- THURSDAY MAY -.29-
.7:30 p.m.
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PREMIERE -- The George Vandeman FILM:
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Alton D. Johnston "IT IS WRITTEN" Associate Speaker:
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And other vital issues
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'The Church must al-
ways go on her mission .
to the world with the
Book in her hand •. .
It is for us to dare to let
the Bible speak to, the
Church, to the ' study
group, to the individual
student and then through ,
us to a world as yet large-
ly unaware that it needs
its message'." .
In all the discussions of
population growth, with tai:;.
of millions here and millions
there, we are likely to forget
that among tilt ' millions are
many very small ethnic- and
linguistic communities who
need the Word of God. In
commercial terns they do not
represent any kind of a worth-
while-Market
,orth-
while"market for literature —
hut the Bible Societies of the
world do not make that .A
primary-cconsideration : °their
task .is to see that the .Word
of; God is in the language' and
within the reach .of all. There
is, for example, a small , com-
munity . of ssome 8,000 people
who live on the banks of the
Great Okavango RWer, the
border between South West
Africa and Angola. They are
slowly becoming literate, and
to meet their need the Bible
Society of South Africa has
produced the. -Acts of the
Apostles in their lammage.
Kwannali. A further point of
interest is that this booklet
has been printed by the Fin-
nish Missionary Society's
Press.
The Bible Society in Thai-
land anci Laos presses on.
steadily w.th i s tasK in spite
of rna ny .dist vac tions in that
para of the world. And with,
much to e•ned rage" them. For
examplo, a ai girl •became
ill and needed to attend the
Manor om Christian- Hospital
as.an out-patient. But she had
4JeL.1 prt, arcd for the new ex-
p; ric::ce, w i; li 0 ; inevitaible
worry, by v: a: -hing the change
in the lige of hc'r own father.
lie' heel e::�k;,d
ad a book
which t h e brother had
brought horse one clay, and
Kaci bcco:n€ so .absorbed that
he took it out re:tularly from
the tliatche,d roof of their cot-
tage and react it regularly.
'l- vly his w•holeb life changed.
The book was a New Testa-
ment. Fe' -ling' pterzled as well
as depressed she began to
road the book for herself,- and-
later- told one of the hospital
staff: • "As I read St. John's
Gospel I knew in my heart'
that these words came only
from God . . ." Later she left
the hospital- with '"a new
heart, a new joy, and a New
Testament.".
Biblical Fires
• Forest fires were known even
-in biblical days. As Jaynes said in
his New Testament. :Letter
(chapter . 3, verse 5-) "What a
huge forest can beset ablaze by
the tiniest spark!"
Obituaries
MKS. L. W. PU1.LIN
Mrs. L. W. ullin died
Thursday, May 22, at her home -
in California. She was 71.
Mrs. Pullin, the former Grace.
MacDonald, lived in Goderich
before moving to California.
Surviving are, one brother,
John MacDon;11d, Goderich, and
a sister, Mrs. James (Agnes)
C'ammeron, . Bayfield.
interment was 'in California..
JOHN (JACKIE) O'BRIEN
Mr. John O'Brien, Worksop,
Lottinghatn, England, .died May
13 at his home after a lengthy
illness. He was 48.
Mr. O'Brien was a member of
Branch 109, Royal Canadian
Legion, and a member of St.
Peter's Roman Catholic, Church,.
Goderich.
Surviving are, his wife, the
former Annie Reddington; a
daughter, Mary, Goderieh; his
parent's, Mr. and Mrs. Mathew
O'Brien, Lochow Fife, Scotland;
two brothers, Abram, Gorestlon,'
England, and- Th.omast.
'hnowille, Tennessee; aasister,
Mrs. Harry (Jean) McAlinden.
Kirkc•aly Fife, Scotland.
Requiem High Mass was held
May 16 at St. Kenneth's -Roman
Catholic Church. , . •
Interment was in Ballingary
Ce me tery. Pallbearers were
Thomas O'Brien,.. Abram
O'Brien, William Reddington
and Patrick Reddington.
Honorary pallbearers •were
Mathew O'Brien, Thomas
O'Brien (sr.), John Reddington
and Anthony Reddington. -
MRS. PRANK A. NORMAN
Mrs. Margaret Norman, a
former. resident of Holmesville,
died May 20 in• Kitchener -
Waterloo Hospital at the age of
92. She was living in. 'New
Hamburg.
A :native of Wellesley,
Ontario, Mrs. Norman was born
January 7, 1877, daughter of.•the
late Thomas and Agnes Dewar.
Married June 26, 1906 in
Milbank, Ontario, Mr: -and Mrs.
Norman later lived in Milbank '
and in Holmesville. Mr. Norman
died in 1955.
-Mrs.,Norman was a member
of Holesville United Church.
Survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Chris (Agnes),
Gerber of Toronto and Mrs.
Herbert (Erdis) Ili,nz of New
Hamburg; four sons, Dewar of
Goderich, William = of
'Holmesville, Frank of Parkhill
and Bruce of Clinton; a sister,
Mos. Annie Roe of Milverton, a
brother, John Dewar of
Kitchener, 12 grandchildren. and
12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral 'services were held
last Friday from 1 eattie Funeral
HoThe in Clinton with the Rev.
A. J. Mowatt officiating. .
'Pallbearers were Ivan Daley; Don
Snullser of Toronto, Thomas
Hinz, Frank Hinz, Douglas
Norman 'and 'Robert Norman.
Flowerbearers were Thomas
Roe, Edward Grigg, Jack Yeo
and Frank Baxter. Interment
was in Clinton Cemetery.
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