The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-04-18, Page 2144
FROM THE MINISTER'S S
PA8TORQF THE.
BY R NIGHQI,4$ FREE METHODIST CHURCH
Gal. 5:17 "For the flesh
lusteth • against the Spirit,, and
the Spirit against the flesh, and
these are contrary one to the
other.'°'
It could be that Gen. 3:8
relates the first streaking in-
cident on record.. "They '(Adam
and Eve) heard the voice of the
Lord God walking in the gar-
den (of Eden) in the cool of the
day,and Adam and his wife
hid themselves from the
presence of the Lord God
amongst the trees of the gar-
den."
Why. did the voice of the
Lord' God startle there, sending
them ,streaking in the opposite
direction? Because the
• discovery of their nakedness
made them self-conscious as
well as conspicuous, and their
newly acquired carnal nature
rendered them instinctively
hostile to His voice.'.
Interestingly enough this "do
it yourself.' era got underway
first in, the fashion and
*tailoring department, w'qn in
their false -modesty our fore -
parents designed aprons from
fig leaves as a cover-up for
their ,nakedness, and
disobedience. However,
perhaps it's to their credit, for
the modern sons of the culture
contends that no covering is
,necessary, but suffice the
beauty of nature an adequate
covering.. .
God arbitrarily stripped
them ` of their fig leaves, and
clothed_them in divinely
prescribed garments, and or-
dered them henceforth to be
wor,n; not only as a badge of ,
our fallen race, nor as protec-
tion from the elements, ' but'
from the lustful eye of the car-
nal- flesh.
Noah's son, • Ham, was
severely punished for • his
breach of this order. Leviticus,
and Llueteronomy go to great
lengths to spell out this in-
flexible mandate.
•
It might besaid, that their
streaking for cover was the last
in a series of progressively
downward steps away from
God, which began when Satan
came on the scene, and the
graph of human history in .a
see -saw pattern is marked by
spiritual revivals, under great
men ,,,of God, and sad moral
declines When Satan's men got
the controls.
' Since the Second World War
staggering changes in morals
have held the' limelight, and
again most obvious in the
fashion, and tailoring depart-
ment. The course of the past 25
years bear striking re -
indications that the old night
club -hit; "take it off; take it off
cried a voice from the rear"
had been the .theme, if not; the
song .after which the moral
trends have moved, leaving in
• its wake eras descending from
the' New.look -to-- the New
Morality, and 'mushrooming
out 9f the way nudist colonies.
But because they lost their
thrills, the nude house party
has been introduced, and now
more dar"ing still the streaking
fad. Whose voice do you sup-
pose it is crying from the rear?
Of
course tb.e same Satan that,
disrobed our foreparents, of
their innocence.
The flesh still lusteth against •
the spirit and the Spirit against
the flesh.,. But we must decide .
,whichwe will listen to.
-
Once someone,; thinking of all
the. trials David Livingston had,
toendure, the sorrows, he had
borne, how he had 'lost his wife
and_ ruined his health in Africa
said to him, •"What sacrifices
you have made!" •To which
Livingston replied, "Sacrifices?
" ... , Nonsense, 1 never, made a
sacrifice in my life4,
Livingston, like Francis
Assisi, Kagawa, ,Gandhi,
Wilfred Grenfell and many
others lived hard lives by the
world's standards. Yet by
giving their all they found
serenity, •joy, peace and a ahap-
piness denied to those _ of us
' ' who only give of ourselves in
part;
When Jesus said to the young
man, ;Sell All your' goods,' he.
was not trying to'make'his,en-
tering into the new life difficult,
•but easy.
The whole way is always the
easy way ... the half way •is -
always hard.
If you're a swimmer, you
know the easiest way to get into
a poolor lake is to give yourself
wholly to it by diving in head
_ _ fi,>r� yw,jt,)j.ou.t�.qu.alifi.cations..�-or•
fear.
Unfortunately, most of us,
give ourselves to our religion in.
the same half -way measure
• that a timid swiminer does,
when he enters the, water ... one
toe at a time!
• Author Glen Clark says the
'only °technique required in
religion is' the technique of
trusting ALL to God.' He says,
'The only way I can really lie
down on a bed is to let All of
Myself rest in that bed. If I
hold ,on to a chair with my
hand, if I let my head rest.
against the wall, if I let my foot,
reach down to find supportlrn
the floor, then the bed is not
really holding me. But suppose
I actually let, all my body rest
on the bed, is the bed then
really holding me? Not unless
it also holds what is in my arm,
leg and head. If I have all
kinds of body tension in ''my
arm, 'then the bed, for all in-
tents and purposes, is not
holding that arrn, If my head is
full of all kinds of worries that
I will not let go of, then the bed
is not truly holding my head.'
Mr. Clark goes on to say that
the busiries's of religiOS .should
be primarily to teach ,people
how to let God carry them and
their burderta"and not quite so
much attention should begiven
to -teaching us how to carry
God's burden for Him.
It's a known fact that in the
early history of the American
colonists thousands of them
were attacked and killed by In-
dians, The Quakers, who num-
bered 'more than any other
-group of outlying pioneers dif-
4.
fered,only from the rest in that
they never locked their•doors at
• night and never carried . a gun
by day. Yet, not a child, man or
woman Quaker was hurt by the
Indians. They believed their
safe•t -was.wholly in the hands
of God and trusted Him all the
way. .
In most of our churches we
do a lot of talking about God
but that is, not experiencing
Him. A Chinese • philosopher
was once asked what he
thought: of the Christian
religion. "Well" he.said slowly,
"It is a very talky rel iein."
We . need less talking and
more whole hearted commit-
ment. The whole -givers• like• -
Livingst'on, Grenfell and the
others leave a .trail of profit,
work and fame which endures
forever• The halfway giver
leaves nothing but dust and
ashes.
tl
me.
. MRS, W.E. DAVISON
A former resident o
Goderich, Mrs. Wellington E
Davison, died . March 3I in
General Centre Hospital at
Winnipeg, at the age of 91.
Mrs. Davison was' bop at
, Caledonia, N.Y., but came to
Goderich as a child. Her
parents; Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Bell, lived at 18 Cambria Rd.
N. Mrs. Bell was a sister of Ben
and Walter Saults; the former
at one time operated the
Maitland Hotel at the Grand
Trunk station. Mrs. Lionel Par-
sons, Owen Sound, Band Miss
'Gladys Saults, Toronto, are
nieces of Mrs, Bell.
Vida Mable Bell was
married to Wellington E.
Davison,' son of Mr. and Mrs;
A.B. Davison, of Goderich. The
.young couple went to ,, the
Canadian West many years
ago, residing first at Saskatoon,
then in Winnipeg, at 870 Minto
Street.
In . Goderich, Mrs. Davison
and her parents were active
members of Victoria _Street
Methodist Church. In ° Win-
nipeg, the Davisons were first
members of Maryland United
Church and later• of .Home
Street United„ Mrs. Davison
taking an active interest in
Sunday School and U.C.W..
The funeral service was held
April 2 at the Gardiner Funeral•
Home, Rev. Robert P. Hamlin
officiating, followed by
ciemiat4in T and interment in
Brookside Cemetery.
Besides her. husband, Mrs:
Davison is survived by one son,
Keith- Bell Davison, of Van-
couver;,, a grandson, Keith
Franklin Davison •,' Winnipeg,
and two "great-grandsons. A.
son, Ralph, died in 1972.
• Mr. and Mrs. Davison have
been Signal -Star subscribers
during the wh'ole of their
residence in Winnipeg.
LAURA BRYDGES
ARMSTRONG
Notice has„been received here
of the.passing of Laura Brydges
Armstrong of Nanton,' Alberta
in her 91st year.
She was' the younger
daughter !o,f„ •the- late".John
Brvdies and Eliza Ann Pen-
tland and spent her, earlv.vears
in Goderich. She attended
Public Schodl :and Collegiate
and .Stratford Normal School
in preparation fora career , of
teaching.
.Her home was 108 East St.,
now the .residence of Mr. and
Mrs, Roy Finnigan.
• With her family shemoved to
Alberta and in 1906 she
married Samuel •'T':~•Armsitrong
who . predeceased "her in' 1954:
For many years she has lived
in Nanton, .Alberta where she
has been a leading figure in the
town's °activities. -
'She •was a remarkable and -
gifted person, a talented
elecutionist and taught suc-
ceeding generations of the
A'
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°
Young people of "Nanton Irl ,this
art until a short time before her
death. She died very suddenly
of cerebral hemorrh e. ti
Her passing is deehy mour-
ned
our-ned by all°•the residents of Nan-
,, ton of whom she was their
"grand old lady" as well as
numerous relatives in this
vicinity.
R.H. LEISHMAN
Richard ,Henry Leishman of
Huronview died at Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital
April 1O. ` He was 88. .
Born at Belgrave May 2,
1885 to Richard and Margaret
(Nethery) Leishman, he left
this area -for only a few months
to live in Arkona, Saskat=
chew.* He returned to ` On-
tariowhere he resided in East
Wawanosh, West Wawanosh
and Auburn until moving. to
Goderich in 1953. He has, lived.
at Huronview, since 1961.
He was married February 28,
1905 in Donnybrook to Eliza
Alice ;Chamnav who died
August' 27, 196:3.
He was a member of' Victoria
• Street United Church.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Percy (Beatrice) Barker
°and Mrs. Fred (Myrtle) Barker,
both of Goderich; one son,
.James, .Leishman, RR 5
Brussels; 11 grandchildren and
eight great grandchildren.
Funeral service was at Stiles
Funeral Home'Saturdav, April
1'3 *with Rev. Leonard Warr of-
fi-ci•-ating:_...,. -.. _... --- _m •...� . - �.
Interment 'was in Maitland .
Cemetery. Pallbearers .were"'
grandsons Ted Barker and
John,, .Frank and James Leish-
man; ,Eric ' Wihliamson and,,
• Terry Bauer. • -
W.H. DUNLOP
William Hamilton Dunlop;
4•
3 North Street, Goderich died
in Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital Thursday,
.April 11 at the age of 80.
Born in Motherwell,'
Scotland April 24, - 189:3, he
came to ,Canada in 1925 "and
resided in Windsor from 1925
until moving to Goderich in
1970. He a•'was employed as a
structural draftsman with The
Canadian Bridge Co. until his
retirement in 1958. . .
He is survived by his wife,
the former Janet Baxter; 'r Pi •
sons, Dan of Toronto and 'Rov
of Goderich; six grandchildren
and three great grandchildren.
Funeral service was Monday,
April 15 at McCallum Funeral
Horne "lith Rev, - G.L. Royal
officiating ,
• Interment was 'in Maitland
Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Brian Dun•lop,;,Hamish Dunlop,'
Bill Dunlop.,. and -.Michael
Bowles..
TO THESE fAREEt1
following a lengthy illness.' She
was 81. , •
The former Julia Dwight
Lewises she „was horn July 4,
1889 to 'Goderich to Judge Ed-
ward and Ida. (Shaw) Lewis. •
Judge Lewis was the Conser-
vative
for Huron from 1P902-1914.
IV,Ir's` McIntyre wag a ong
r}communlifelity.
Shidee ryt asof mthisarried -to Robert
Edresen McIntyre member .of Parliament
who
predeceased .. her,, August 15,
1971.
She, was a member - of St.
George's Anglican . Church.
There are no survivors.
Funeral service was Tuesday,
April 16 in •St. George's Church
with Canon G.P. Russell of
ficiating. • -
Interment was- in Maitland
Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Richard Duckworth, .John
Duckworth, Bill Duckworth,
•James Donnelly, Keith Cutt
and Ben Chisholm; •
•Arrangements tv 'e n charge
,of McCallum Funeral Home. •
J.H. CUTT •
John WHarvey Cuth of Huron -
view, formerly of Goderich,
died at. Huronview ,April 7 at
the .age sof 75.
The son of John and Jennie
'(Robinson) putt, he was born
January 1, 1899 in ;Jamestown,
Ontario. • He lived, i•n'-•B•Ian-
chard Towhship until coming
to Goderich in 1917,
. He-was-a.g,.oceer in Goderich
having purchased a business
here in 1922. ,
He was a member of Knox
Presbyterian Church., •
•He ,was predeceasd by his.
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wife, the former E ` es of
St. Marys in 1972. Surviving
._are two : sons, John Maxwejl
(Max) Cutt, Goderich and Cap-
tain Harvey , Raymond (Ray
Butt, CAF North Bay; one
daughter, Mrs. Ken (Ruth Eva)
Garrett, London; seven grand-
children and. one great grand-
child.
Funeral service was at Stiles .
F�hneral Home" Wednesday,.
April 10 with'Rev. G.L. Royal
officiating. ••
Interment was in Maitland
Cemetery. ,Pallbearers were
-John (Pete)=Graf, Bert Worsell,
Eric Fincher, Keith Stothers,
Keith Cutt and Ken Garrett.
C.H. GARDi(ER . . -
Charles''Hardld Gardner; 147
Blake Street W., died April 13
in Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital. He was, 65.
Born August 10, 1908 in
Woodstock, he was a "Craft-
sman" (fitter ,and vehicle
mechanic) with,the R.C.O.C. •in
World War- 11, serving in the
United Kingdom, Continental
Europe and the Central
'Mediterranean` area.
Following Ws returrf from
overseas he worked as a farm
laborer. He was a member of
the Royal Canadian Legion,
Branch 109.. He '-,was an
adherent of St" George's,:
Anglicanlurch, He. was ,they.
dear friend of 'Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Hicks and - family. -of - -
Goderich. .
Funeral service was Monday,.
April, 15 at Stiles Funeral
Home with Canon G.G. Russell. -
Officiating.
Interment was in Veteran's
Plot; Maitland Ce't'riietery.
Pallbearers were members of ' -
•the Legion, • Wm. Moore, R.
Chapman, • E. Tonks and GI -
Watson. ,
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Sunday, April 14 at Alexandra
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'Robertson Memorial School
(BLAKE AND ELDON, STREETS, GODERICH)'
tUNDAY.SC.HOOL - 9:30 A.M.
• WORSHIP SERVICE -- 11 A.M.
• Pastor: Bruce Bjorkquist
333 Eldon Street, 524-5081
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FIRST .BAPTISTCHURCH
(Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec) '
MONTREAL. STREET near The Square '
AoV, W,H. Ii(icWH•1NNIE F,R.G.S.
Organist: Mr. Frank Bissett -
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9:45 a.m".-7-Sunda Bchool - -
, 11:00 a.m. Mornin Worship ' '
"When Did You Win Othdrs for Christ?"
. COME AND WORSHIP WITH US
ALL ARE WELCOME
Tiie Free -Methodist Church-
.
Park St. 'at Victoria ' Pastor: H. Ross Nicholls
10:00 a.m. Be part of a growing Sunday School
11:00 a.rn, "Lawful but no Expedient" •
7:00 p.m. McMillan Frilly
Music and Haiti Mission 'Report -
Anyone needing - bus transportration phone 524-9903 _
Everyone Welcome ,
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET
EVANGELISTIC — FUNDAMENTAL .
REV. R. BRUBACHER, Pastor
10:00 a.m. BIBLE SCHOOL
For free bus transportation please call 524-9497
11:00 a.m! WORSHIP SERVICE
6:30 WORD OF UFE CLUB
7:30 P.M..EVENING SERVICE
• Wed. 8 P.M. — PRAYER MEETING
Welcome to the Friendly- Church
KnorPresbyterian Church
THE REV, G. LOCKHART RgV.AL, B.A. Minister,
THE REV RONALD C. McCALLUM, Assistant
WILLIAM M. CAMERON, Director of Praiso '11
SUNDAY, APRIL' 21, 1974
10:00 a,m. Sunday. School
" ^ 11:00 a.m. Divine Worship
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Sermon: "AND FURTHER TO EASTER"
., `(-Nursiry b Junior, Congregation)
7:30 ,p.m. Young 'People's Society
Enter to Worship'
.w.
Depart to Serve
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The family that prays together....Stays together
THE SALVATION- ARMY
'18 WATERLOO ,ST. S 524-9341
SUNDAY SCHOOL — 9:45 A.M.
FAMILY WORSHIP 11:00 A.M.
EVANGELISTIC ,SERVICE 7:00 P.M.
SPecial Guest Captain and'Mrs. Don Copple
from Chatham and the Chatham Band.
WEEKDAY Home League (ladies) Wed:, 8:00 p.m.
.Prayer &Bible • tudies Thur'it. a 7;30. p.m;
OFFICERS - CAPTAIN G. HERBER - CAPTAIN M McKENZIE
"All Are Cordially invited to Attend"
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
SUNDAY, - APRIL 21, 1974.,
EASTER 1
Holy Communion at 8:30 a.m.
Holy•Communion 'and Sermon at 11 a.m•
Nursery and Sunday School at 11 a.m.`
RE -DEDICATION OF CHURCH.. AND
CONFIRMATION AT 8 PQM. •
THE RT. REV. T.D.B. RAGG,
BISHOP OF HURON
Coffee hour at conclusion :of : Service
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Rector: Canon G.G. Russell,.. B.A., B.D.
Choirmaster -Organist: ,Joseph B; Herdman
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Come to a Growing Sunday School.
If you need a •ride, we have a Bus.
Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle
Affiliated With the .Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
CORNER Of ELGIN and WATERLOO STS.
REV. PETER G. ST DON, Pastor
SUNDAY, APRIL. 21, 1974
10:00 a.m.—SUNDAY SCHOOL
11:00 a.m.--MORNING SERVICE
SPECIAL GUEST SINGERS AND SPEAKER FROM BIBLE
COLLEGE IN MORNING SERVICE - -
• -7:00 p.m.—EVENING SERVICE
Tues. 8:00 p.m. BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER
Friday 7:30 p.m.—Youth Service
"Seek not to be better than cur -neighbours but better than
ourselves."
For further information about church services bail 524-8506
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Victoria Street United Church
HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP REV. LEONARD WARR
10 -A.M.—Bible School For All Grades '
. „ 11:15 A.M.—Worship Service • •
Sermon: 'THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH'.
BENMILLER UNITED CHURCH. •
10 A.M. Communion Service & Bible School
Mrs. J. Snider Mrs Leonard Warr
Victoria St. Organist Benmiiier. Pianist ..
& Choir Director *tr -• & Choirs' Director
North Street -United Church
REV. ROBERT L. RAYMONT
SUNDAY, APRIL 41,, 19'74
9:45 a.m. w10 years Old ,and over
11:00 a.m. - Babies' to Bine years old
11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship
Lorne H. potterer • Director of Musk
Miss Clare„McGowin ,+ Assistant Visitor
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