Clinton News-Record, 1948-07-15, Page 3Tl$DAY, JULY 15, .1948
CLINTON
NEWS -RECORD
PAGE. THREE..
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What Does The Church Mean to You
By "PEG"
We are in the summer seagull
and many people are leaving .the
cities and towns on Friday and
Saturday to go to their summer
cottages.
Just what does that mean as
far as church is concerned? There
are regular church goers, who
when they are away from home,
seem to forget that there is a
God where they are spending
their holiday, Sunday is ab-
solutely a day of worldly pleasure.
Their church has no part in the
Lord's Day. This, at times, in-
cludes those of us who call our -
relates Christian, but we are quite
ready to find reasons why we
should not go to church. We can
perhaps drive a distance of fifty
or even a hundred miles to the
place where we expect to spend
Sunday, but when the Lord's day
comes we find it too far to go a
couple of miles to hear the word
of God perached. How can the
expect God to be with us if we
persist in neglecting Him? Un-
less we are away, in the north-
land it is not often that we are
holidaying where we are not near
enough to attend some church
and if we should be too far to
go we can gather our party to-
gether, read and discuss God's
word and have a prayer service.
There is no excuse why we care -
not in some way worship Cod
while we are on holidays. Even
should we be confined to bed and
cannot get out at all we can have
our service.
Recently the oldest minister in.
the United Chueh passed to the
Great Beyond, Although in a
.very frail condition he carried on
the Lord's work to within a week'
of his glorious going on to meet
his Saviour, his loved ones, and
many of those to whom he had
ministered during his seventy
years of service. Although in
his' 98th year his one regret at,
leaving this world was that there
was so mpch to be done and so
few to do it. Many times we
have referred to Rev. C. W. Watch
and his marvellous ministry.
Those who had the privilege of
knowing him can never forget
the visits he made to those who
were ill. It was a benediction
to see him come into a sick room
and his earnest prayers can never
be' forgotten. On one of the last
occasions we yaw him, he was
very frail but there was no quiver
in his voice as he prayed. Then
he left accompanied by a friend
and when be got to the door he
turned and said:
"And if cur fellowship below,
In Jesus he so sweet,
What heights of rapture shall
we know
When round His throne we
meet."
That is a persona]: incident bet
it brings a great lesson to child-
ren, youth, and on to a great age.
If we had the enthusiasm for
the work of the Lord such as
that servant of God had, would
we be found missing from our
pew m the church on Sunday or
any other/service, or would we
allow an opportunity to pass with-
out speaking a word for our Mas-
ter. No, indeed! The vastaud-
ience which gathered in the
church of which he was associate
pastor, to pay last respects to
him would be nothing to the great
host of his parishioners and
friends who would meet him in
the Eternal Home where the Sav-
iour whom he so faithfully serv-
ed, reigns. There is much to be
done, but there are so few to do
it. How can we serve Christ if
we neglect attendance at His
House of Worship?
We, at times, wonder just what
the church has ever meant to
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Fred Lobb Heads
Lobb Farnaly Reunion
The second' annual Lobb re-
union was held, at Jowett's Grove,
Bayfield, on'Monday, July 5, with
50 members present, A bountia
ful dinner and supper was en-
joyed by all. An afternoon of
sports and games was enjoyed,
followed by a ball game and
swimming,
The president, Wilfred S. Lobb,
Flint, Mich„ welcomed, everyone
and conducted the election of of-
ficers which restated as follows:
president, Fred Lobb, 11, R. 2,
Clinton; vice-president, Clifford
Henderson; secretary -treasurer;
Mrs. William Holland sports
committee, Grace Lobb, Don
Lobb; table convener, Mrs. Cliff
Lobb. Greetings were sent from
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Lobb, Stave
Falls, B,C,• Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Snyder, Radisson, Sask.; Mrs.
Vera Wilson, Sarnia; and Mr. and
Mrs. Con Pipping Woodstock.
The president and Mrs. Robert
Williamson, London, each told of
experiences in meeting other
Lobbs whose ancestors came, from
the same place in England and
have some of the same Christian
names as the families around here.
It was planned to hold another
reunion in Bayfield next year,
us. We haveattended a class of
instruction, then we have been
received by the minister and of-
ficials of the church; we have
answered the necessary questions
in front of the congregation and
we have gone out into the world.
Just what has it all meant to us?
Have we truly accepted Christ as
our personal Saviour.
A young man who, God willing,
will devote his life to the min-
istry, said to his mother recently,
"Mother, when I am minister of
a church there is not going to
be any slipping intothe mem-
bership of the church the way
some are doing now. Everyone
whose name is entered on the
roll must be truly converted. Un-
less we have been able to put
the world to one side and accept
Christ as our Saviour we can
have no true idea of what God's
House should mean to us.
We know that God will judge
those who spend His day apart
from Him. So often following a
weekend we see a long list of
casualties in the paper. They are
not always people who have not
attended church, but in many
cases they are. How careless we
become and when we once stay
away, it will be easier to do so
the next Sunday.
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Smillie 'Clan Reunion
Held at Bayfield
Bayfield proved an ideal set-
ting for the 1948 reunion of the
Smillie Clan, Saturday, July 3.
Sixty-five descendants of the late
Stewart Smillie, who was born
on the Smillie homestead, a mile
north of Hensall, now occupied
by Clarence Smillie, enjoyed a
delightful day, e picnic dinner
and supper.
Attending the reunion from a
distance were Samuel Buchanan,
Medicine Hat, Alta.; Stewart
Smillie, Niagara Falls; Dr. Jennie
Smillie, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. Rowe and family, London;
Mrs. Jean Statham. and Billy,
Kingsville; Mr. and Mrs. William
Brown and son, Detroit, Mich.;
Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Elder and
Kenneth, Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Eider, Oshawa. The 1949
reunion will be held at Bayfield.
1. Gi ,mour-McDairmid
Reunion Successful
About 80 members of the
Gilmour-McDairmid clan gather-
ed for their picnic en Thursday,
July 1. During the 'afternoon
sports were enjoyed under the
direction of Mrs. Stan Love, Ex-
eter,
Results: Under. five, Robert Ad-
dison, Gary Mundell, children,
5-7, John Mundell, Ken Gilkin-
son; children; 8-10 Nancy Mun-
dell, Betty Newton; young lad-
ies', Vivian Hastings, Blanche
Zaphe, married ladies', Mrs. J.
Addison, Mrs. R. Hastings; mar-
ried men, Yeoman Aldwinckle,
George Mur. dell; ladies' kick -the -
slipper, Margie Zaphe, Mrs, Gor-
don Mundell; men's kick -the -
slipper, Gordon Mundell, Glen
Lockhart; time race, Abe Zapbe,
Grace Gilmour.
Both relay races were won by
the north .group: Lucky tickets
were held by Yeoman Aldwinckle
and Glen Zaphe. Friends were
present from Wingham, ,Bluevale,
Hensel', Exeter, Clinton, Kippen;
Brucefield and Hamilton.
Nethery Reunion
Held at Goderich
Harbor Park, Goderich, was
the scene of the Nethery reunion
on Saturday, July .3. A program
of sports was under the direction
of A. E. Nethery. Members were
present from Sarnia, Windsor,
Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Kitch-
ener, London, Goderich, Sault
Ste Marie, Clinton, Wingham,
Thedford, Londesboro, Blyth,
Galt, and Belgrave.
Prizes were given to: Ralph
Johnston and Wilford Nethery,
Sault Ste. Marie, for coming the
longest distance; oldest member
present, Mrs. E, J. VanCamp, Bel -
grave; youngest member, Lonnie
Boucher; couple married longest,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leishman,
Clinton; most recently married
couple, Mr. and Mrs. James Gal-
lagher, Galt; Mrs. James McGill,
Clinton, for finding the mystery
lady who was Miss Norma Neth-
ery of Hamilton. s
Greetings were received from
Mrs. Ella Francis and Miss Minnie
Hollingsworth of Sault Ste, Marie,
and Miss Annie Leishman, Hailey -
bury, who were unable to at-
tend. The following officers were
elected for 1949: president, Henry
Leishman; secretary -treasurer,
Miss Isabel Nethery,
Our church means to us just
what we are willing to put into
God's work. Do we belong to
the class where the members are
willing to do anything which
will help with God's work, or
do we belong to those who stand
to one side and criticize? We
refuse to work with one organiza-
tion because we do not like the
president,. We could not think
of singing in the choir because
we feel the choir leader does not
understand music well enough to
hold the position he does; we
have not time for Sunday School
work and parents do not see that
their children come regularly.
There 'is just one excuse after
another, but in the life of a true
Christian there should be none
of that.
Behind our church work we
can visualize Christ as He hung
on the cross with outstretched
arms, nails through His hands,
andelis feet and a sword thrust
in His side, He died for each
one of us. All He asks is for
us to accept Him. How can we
fail to work that His cause may
be advanced and how paltry are
the excuses we put forward? After
all are we not ashamed that we
stand to one side and let others
do His work while we grumble
and complain? If we are not
satisfied with the way others are
doing things why not try to do
them ourselves and see if we
can do any better. Can we preach
better than the minister, lead the
choir more efficiently than the
choir le,ador or sing more sweetly
than the soloist? How paltry
these things seem when we com-
pare them with the great sacrifice
Christ made for us.
Let each one of us consider
seriously the question "What
kind of a ,church would my
church be if every member were
just like me?" May God give
us the courage to go on and do
our very best to do, His work.
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EXETER - Five teachers at
Exeter Distrist High School have
resigned and three others have
been hued for the next school
term. A. y. Watson has accepted
the position of commercial teach-
er at Kincardine. Miss Kay Tay-
lor has resigned and will return
to Dorchester. Miss Norma Coutts
will return to Wingham. Arthur
Campbell will resume physiesi
education studies in the United
States. Miss Maud Howell has
accepted a position in Walkerton.
Joseph Creech, who has just fin-
ished the University of Westerns
Ontario, will return to teach here,
G. E. Meikle, Windsor, OCE grad -
nate, will join the staff.
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