The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-11-30, Page 25�RI
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The majority vote on the part
of abolitionists or the string of
countries favoring.the abolitioa^t
gam,
of Capital Punishment does not,
change the faa of the divinely
established law , on this vital
issue. .
Are we to accept the Vague'
philosophical system that makes
a fetish of the idea that the
taking . of life is wrong, under
every circumstance, and fails to
distinguish adequately between.
killing' and murder, between
punishment and crime or that.
which saith, "Thus saith the
Lord?"
Many who oppose, capital
punishment make a strong
argument from the sixth com-
mandment: "Thou' shalt not
kill" .(Ex. 20:13) but they fail to
note the. commentary on that
commandment' which follows;
"Whoever strikes a man so' that
he dies shall be put to death ... if
a man wilfully attacks another
and kill him treacherously, you
shall take him from my altar
that he may die. (Exod.
21:12,14).
Read Leviticus 24;17. Num-
bers 35:30=34 goes into more
detail. on the subject: "If any
one kills a person, the murderer
shall be put to death on the
evidence of •witnesses. But no
person shall be put to death on
the testimony . of one witness.
Moreover you shall accept no
ransom for the life of a mur-
derer who is guilty of death; but
he shall be put to death."
It is faulty exegesis to take a
verse of scripture out of its con-
text, and `` interpret it without
regard to its .qualifying words
and this is what the retentionist
does when using the 6th.'com-
manament.
The teaching of the New
Testament is in harmony, with
the Old Testament Matt. 5:21-2
'presents Christ as speaking of
hate and murder. It is evident
the Master Teacher was not
• condemning the established law,
of capital punishment but was
actually, saying that "hate"
deserved capital <punishment.
Jesus was not advocating doing
away with capital punishment
but urging His followers to live
above the law so that law and
punishment could • not touch
' '
them: o live above the law is
not the same as abrogating it.
Indeed, there is not a hint of in-
dication in the New Testament
that laws should be changed to
make it lenient for the wrong
doer.
Before the Great Deluge when
God set a mark upon Cain as a
warning to any man who would
seek to avenge Abel. What was
the result? Did the warning fill
the people with abhorence or
did it act in just . the opposite
way? Yes, indeed, it did. Before
you read to the end of the chap-
ter in which Cain's murder • is
recorded you find Lamech.
Cain's great grandson, not only
committing murder but boasting
of his foul deed to his two -wives.
The story goes on from bad to
worse until the violence upon"
the earth is such that God deter-
mined to destroy the whole race
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LIONARDWARR Victoria. Street Beranlifilr United Church
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by a flood. Are we islet'then to'
see some very, definite • connec-
tions between the God -given -in-
stitution
ve
n -i
n
stitution
oT the. death penalty
pronounced immediately after
the flood and violence and num-
der u which' cause- the :..,flood?
Would you not' say that in -the
light of Caine reprieve and the
subsequent 'spate of murders
that the purpose "of the death
penalty was definitely preven-
tative,
It is also, rather suggestive.
that God has just been telling
Noah to be fruitful and to f
multiply and to replenish the
earth and on top of this He'gives
a solemn warning as to the fate
of the murderer.
In the case of a murder trial
the attention of the public and
both the evil and the consequen-
ces of the crime are too often'
lost . sight of. Take a
hypothetical case; A man comes
home to find his wife dying in a
pool of blood (this 'being the
result of a murderous act com-
mitted by another party).
Demented with grief he loses his
reason.
Both parents cut off, the
children are thrown on the care
of relations, themselves "finan-
cially embarassed. Taken away
from college, their future
prospects blighted, the .children
soured and embittered are sent
forth into the world to. poison'
every strain of society with
which they mix,
The . r. epercussions of this
M . crime '
notatin s are , infinite' and
eternal yet a blinded public can-
not see beyond the .unhappy
plight of the prisoner in the
deck; and . they demand a
mitigation of 'the . riurderer'u
sentence. They .demand his
reprieve, •
The family, however, think
differently. They demand:
soli. factionf, and they have a
right to dernand it and if they do
not get it, they may well take
the law 'in their own hands and
lynch law might well replace
constitutional law. The truth is
that justice and mercy are
mutually' exclusive. A merciful.
judge is an unjust judge, because
if justice is mitigated, it cannot
strictly speaking be justice.
There's talk of "creative
outlets" for expression of
frustration and anger but is not
clear on what kind of outlets.
The Church, the Body of Christ
has enough to do. to evangelize
and . educate society to live
above the law and positively to
influence society to high and
noble living by maintaining a
wide margin between right and
wrong. The Word of God is our
rule of faith and practice. The
death penalty is not one more
violent reaction to violent action
it is a' divinely instituted reac-
tion because of the God-given
sanctity of hunnan. life.
To
JRESE FARREIL Yea' though t walk through the valley •
of the shadow of death, t shall fear no
evil. for Thou art with me.
—23rd Psalm
- GERTRUDE HATTIE
MITCHELL
A funeral service ,.was held
from the Strasbourg, Saskat-
chewan United Church on
November 10 for the late Ger-
trude Hattie Mitchell who died
November 8 suddenly at her
home. Mrs. Mitchell was 85
years of age. The service' was
Conducted by Rev. M. McEilhin-
ney. ,a
Mrs. Mitchell' was born
March 23, 1887 near Benmiller,
Ontario. She married Claude
Marshall Mitchell in 1904 and
resided near Benmiller until
moving west in 1912. They made
their home at Bulyea, Gibbs and
finally Strasbourg.
She was predeceased by her
husband Claude in 1934 and a
daughter, Laverne in 1968. She
is survived by two sons, Bill and
Norval of Strasbourg, two
daughters (Margeurite) Mrs.
Martin Spelli°scy, Calgary,
(Marjorie) Mrs. David Black of
Saskatoon, 10 grandchildren, 13
great grandchildren, one .sister,
Mrs. Minnie Ri'ddel of
Saskatoon, and one , brother
William Naegle of Toronto.
. Active pallbearers were
—areorge' Riess,- Fred French,. leg
Bracken, Arnold Ginther, Sher-
man Harvey and Fred Green.
Honorary bearers were ' J.R.
Renwick, R.F. Currie, Tom Un-
derwood, David Weimer, G.
Gessner and Adam Erhardt.
Arrangements were in care of
Lee Funeral ` Horne of Regina.
Interment was in Crescent Road
Cemetery, Strasbourg.
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PEACE ON EARTHS'
• When Christ was born .of. Mary.
the angel's praised God and, sang
"Glory. to Go 1 1r the higher, ,Ina
oil 69( 01 peace, good will toward
tt ri "ILtike 2:14).
This, glad carol of the ange'is '
seems farther from the truth today
than it ever was, and as a result
many have become cynical' ' and
have concluded that the Bible is
not, true, that the angel's song 'was
but a pleasant, hopeful thought.
Those who feel this way don't,know
their Bibles very well, though, or
they would know why we.have such
unrest today, instead of peace.
Our Lord was indeed the long -
promised King, through, whom His
people and the whole world were to
enjoy peace and true prosperity.
John the Baptist appeared as the
King's herald. The twelve apostle's
went forth "preaching the gospel,,
of the kingdom" (Matt. 4:23), The
four Gospel records are filled with
proofs and demonstrations of
Christ's royal rights. But the King
was rejected, as God has prophe-
sied He would be at His first ad-
vent (I Pet. 1:11). Over His cross
Pilate placed a sign; saying: "This,
is Jesus, the King of .the Jews."
T
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f
then, the •Kiriis , a kora
Ex le from the world' over which He
s ould be reigniftg.
Is it strange'. ,then, that we do
snot yet enjoy peace on earth. The
second Psal.rn sce
of the nations deand ribtheisr rulersthefolly in
ignoring this basic fact and pre-
dicts that God will laugh, as it
were, at their &erision as they
seek to run the world without His
Son.
Thank God, this period of
Christ's rejection is'alsoa wonder-
ful period of grace. When sin had
risen to its height, God saved Saul.
of Tarsus, the leader of the world's
rebellion against Christ, and sent
him forth to proc.la.im ''tire go: pal
of the grace of. Gad" (Acts 20:24),
the good news that "Christ died for
our sins," and that any sinner may
be reconciled to God by faith in
"Christ. This is why the Bible calls
the divine administration under
which we are living "the dispensa-
tion of the grace of God" (Eph.
3:2),.So, while "peace on earth"
awaits a future day, we may novv
have "peace with Good, through our
tor' Jesos Christ" (Rom. 5:1).
Ch�ngiof name
for new church
Last April the three religious
denominations planning a
union, thought they had come
up with a name for the new
church; Buttheir minds have
been changed by reaction from
the grass roots.
' At the tenth meeting of the
General Commission on Church
Union, . representing the
Anglican, United, and Christian
(Disciples of Christ; Churches,
Church of Canada was chosen
as the name to be recommended
to the,, participating
denominations.
As a result of critical com-
ments from members of the
three churches, the General
Commission at its eleventh
meeting recently in Port Credit,
decided to recommend a change
in name to Church of Christ Tri'
Canada.
Actually, Church of Christ i ►k.'
Canada , was one of the names'.
considered at' the earlier
meeting but'it was passed up at
that time in favour of Church of
Canada (without, the article
the).
According to the two
Executive Commissioners of the
General Commission, Canon
,Ralph . R.: Latimer and Revs
Monitor.
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SUNDAY
DECEMBER 3
THE DECISIONS WILL SING
REV. CLEVE WINGER WILL $PEAK
AT
Westfield Fellowship Hour - 2 p.m:
HuR0N;, MEN'S CHAPEL, AubUrn - 8 p.m.•
• _ ALLWELCOME
VOTE AS YOU LIKE .„ BUT VOTE �.
•V arty the fact that there's a warm welcome for all at the Huron Men.'s
Chapel, Auburn and Westfield Fellowship Hour.
my Christ has the answer to your problem.,
The Bible, we believe from cover to cover.
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, ternify --. Hare you made plans for it?
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MENEN yARE STILL SEEKING HIM
Evil Prevaiisir When Good Men Do Nothing
Robert B. Craig, Church of
Christ in Canada. •"doesn't have
a territorial designation."' They
,point out that it is an
ecumenical name and has been
used by union churches in other
countries.
The meeting in Port. Credit
November 13-16, took into ac-
count the comments from
church members and the• news
media since February, 1971
when the Plan of Union - First
Draft, had been submitted. The
document ,has now been referred
to a revision committee and will
be submitted for interim ap-
proval by the executive of the
General Commission and then,
hopefully, to the executive com-
mittees of the three churches at
a joint. meeting in February,
1973. The . Plan of Union will
them besent. to the. membership
of the three churches for final
approval.'
LritIs
from
eta
Lion ggknown ,forlts
various
important charitable under-
takings •in the community Neta
Theta (Goderich) Chapter of -
Beta Sigma Ph'. Sorority this
g I o ty
year is lending its `wholehearted
support to the fight against the
Nation's, most serious 'health
problem _ ; painful°, crippling ar-
thritis, it was announced• this.
week by Mrs. Gerald Feagan,
President of the local Chapter.
"Here is a disease that effects
more people than heart, cancer,
tubercolosis and diabetes com-
bined and for the past several
years The Canadian Arthritis.
and Rheumatism Society has
been, providing its professional
home -care services to many in
this community and district, af-
flicted with arthritis, and atno
cost to the patient. Because we
feel that citizens of Goderich
should share in the cost of the
Arthritis Society's program of
patient care, ' research and ,
professional education we are
undertaking this community
health services project in the
hope that our sponsorship and
with the help of local school
students ..we can attain- the
Society's objective .of $1000 so;
urgently needed this year," said
Mrs. Feagan.
Planning for the campaign to
be , held on December 13 is
already underway with Mrs.
Joseph Craig, 122 Elgin Ave E,
'Chairman. of the local Chapter's
Service Committee, in charge.
• Everyone knows -1 someone
' wit,h arthritis. More than a
Million and a half Canadians
are afflicted. Nearly one-half
million are limited in their ac-
tivities
c-tivities in some way , due to the
disease and close to 95,000 of
this group are unable to work,
keep house, or carry on their
usual major activity:
The social and economic cost
of the disease is staggering. An-
nually, it accounts for an
estimated thirteen days'
lost work -nd about a $457
million loss ' to the Canadian
economy.
Despite the'belief, that nothityg�
can be done for arthritis, the Ar-
thritis Society now proclaims
SUNDAY
SERVICES
:•A
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(Baptist . Convention of Ontario and Quebec)
MONTREAL STREET near The Square
REV. W. H. McWHINNIE F.R.G.S.
Organist: Mr. Frank Bissett
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School '
11:15 a.m.—Morning Worship
"What do you think about the Christian Faith?"
Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.—Baptist Youth Crusaders
This Church has an Evangelistic and Missionary Vitsion.
COME AND WORSHIP WITH US
WESLEY .MEMORIAL CHURCH
THE FRSE METNODIST'CHfACH
Park St. at Victoria
H. ROSS NICHOLLS, Pastor
10 a.m.—Sunday School
11:00 a.m.--Worship
7:00 p.m.—Evening Service
WELCOME
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET
--EVANG'Et IRTIO == 1 NDAMfllENT
REV. R. BRUBACHHR, Pastor
Church 524-6445 Residence 524-9497
10:00 a.m.—Bible School for all ages
Free Bus Service
11:00 a.m.—iVORSHIP SERVICE
6:30 p.tn.--Y.P. —"Word of Life Club"
7:30 p:m:—Evangelistic--Service
Wed., 8 •p.m. --Prayer Meeting and Bible Study
WELCOME TO THE FRIENDLY CHURCH
Knox Presbyterian. Church
THE REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL, B.A., Minister
THE REV. RONALD C. McCALLUM, Assistant
WILLIAM M. CAMERON, Director of Praise
SUNDAY, DECEMBER* 1972
18:1X1 a.m.--Sunday School
11:00 a.m.—Divine Worship
Sermon: An Advent Sermon Series:
(1) "A PROMISE IS NEEDED"
(Nursery and Junior Congregation)
*** WHITE GIFT SERVICE•
* '"
7:00 p.m. Young Peopts's Sootily
ol,r
a Eater to Worship it►ps t, to terve
Y.
that Canada la today on the
threshold of the best arthrittia
control prograttl Yn the world,
Treatmentr ams have ' � been
developed which, oan prevent
serious disability m four,,otit of
-five patients suffering trom
'rheumatoid arthritis,
In addition tothep; ; professional
home -care services provided by
the Society to arthritics in
Goderich and district, the core
of the Society's entire program`
is the network of R.heuinatic
Disease Unitslocated in
teaching hospitals all across
Canada. One such . Unit is
located in 'London, 'associated
with the, University of Western
Ontario School of Medicate. It
has . been temporarily located.
since 1967 at Westminster
Hospital on U.W.O. campus.
Since its opening the London-
based Unit has provided
specialized diagnosis and
rehabilitation treatment to
several arthritis sufferers from
this eatlamu�. a
at no
to the patient.
The financhll. support. Of 't
P
citizens of Ooderich and district
wilt 11el `to hast tis clay' when
p
this, dreadful affliction can be
completely controlled and, .in
p y
the meantim, will rasaist the
Society - in .maintaining, ►nd. ex -
spending
x -a ndin its direct patient care •
°srr vIlees and facilites
CEMETER
MEMORIALS
And Inscriptions
Stratford 4 Ontark)
Bob iticCollont.
Representative
65 Montreal St„ • GoderfOtt.
Phone 524-7345
T. PRYDE & SON
CLINTO,N—EXETER.=.-SEAFORTH--GO DERICH•
Memorials
Markers
and
Cemetery
Lettering
Frank Mcllwain •
-200 Gibbons St.
524-9465
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Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle
Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
CORNER OF ELGIN AND WATERLOO STS.
REV. PETER G. ST. DON, Pastor
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1972,
10:00 a.m.--SUNDAY SCHOOL
11:00 a.m.—WORSHIi? SERVICE
7:00 p.m.—EVENING SERVICE
Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.—Bible Study and Prayer
Friday 8:00 p.m.' Youth Night
For further irnformati'on abdut church services call 524-8506.
"Nothing lies beyond the reach-Orprayer, except those things
which lie outside the will of God"
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
December 3 •
Advent,.. I
Hotly Communion at 8:30 a.m.
,
Holy Ca'mmunion and Sermon 11 a.m.
Sunday School and Nursery' at 11 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 6, Holy Communion at 7 p.m. (Chapel)
Organist -Choirmaster: Mr. Paul C. Baker
L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M.
Rector: The Rev. G.G. Russell, B.A., B.D.
Victoria Street United Church
: _ MOUSE - 1'F FRIEND►sHIP T • - -- ---REV .-LEONAR'D' WART "--';-
10:00 a.m.--Bible School For All Grades
. 11 a.m.--WHIAr.E C IFT WORSHIP SERVICE
"WHAT IS, A G IFT?" .: (Children participating) ,
BENMILLEER UNITED CHURCH
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1:30 p.m.—WHITE GIFT WORSHIP SERVICE
(Chilcfren Participating
Friday, Decembter 8 -- S.S. Concert (Viet. St:)
Saturday, Detber 9 ---• S.S. Concert &
Pot Luk Supper, Bennriller)
North Street United Church
RE1r. RODER1' L. tAVAflONT
SUNDt1Y, .DECEMBER 3, 1972
9:45 a, m.---10,ytar-olds and over
1050 tr"m.-43abieit to 9-y 6r ids
10:50 Gain. -=Mori tg Worship
• (Hp* 'Sing')
.:ADVENT 1"
fir»tE�i.�CYI=E
Lorne H. Dcbttstlir ' Director et' Music
Mutt Clara( MC IG0W l irtartt .Visitor