The Clergy Speak Out Tension in the Christian life WGOnhmi Tension bad There seems to be general agreement on that Tcnnion leads to ncnoua breakdowns and heart attacks life needs some kind of ten sion or It flat and Male Ilka food without Halt and as Useless an rubber band without tip or a spring without snap The prophets of old Israel described such people as Rented upon their Ices and referred scornfully lo those who took their Jeremiah Creative tension in condition or moral and spiritual growth It In Important that Christians realize this Fur Ihc Christian I ens ion arises from the limitations and uncertainties of our mortal lite We dont know much and we cant ee far ahead Wo walk by faith Hut necessarily engaged in a continuing struggle with doubt constantly a belter and fuller understanding of And in the same way he Church lives by a process of self criticism as It striven lo hear the word of God and reform describes a Christian being in world but not of See John That means tension We can escape It only by withdrawing completely from the world or by conformity to Ihe world Hut Jesus rules out any so wo must Iry to live with It In the pant many have worked out a kind of compromise by making a partial w Ithdrawol from worldly ways They shunned worldly pleasures Kiting things that others regard us harmless amusements such as card playing theatre going dancing drinking sex But they rarely given up he pursuit of power privilege and position They have been as sharp us worldling In business affairs and on devoted lo making money In political life a Christian will usually think and the way as members of his party Too many of us seem to assume that life should be all sweetness and light and Hint dispute and conflict bad Hie Bible should taught us otherwise Jesus in conflict throughout his public ministry Our rest we shall have hereafter said Oliver Cromwell and Ihnl will lie eternal To be In the world hut not of means to march lo Ihe beat or a distant drum and not lo mind being out of step with Ihe crowd 11 means nol only lo preach the gospel but to translate Into Our allegiance belongs elsewhere and Ihtil spells conflict Hut ihen fallh Is nol faith unless It Is on trial and that means In a stale of creative tension The Christian is Hie stranger In Ihe world Hill to meet heads Department heads of Hal- ton Hills will huso Mayor Tom Hill at all their meetings committee of the whole decided Monday night The vole to have Ihe mayor Iho meeting was Hist to four with Councillor ICrn Hyde strongly He claimed Ihe presence of the mayor would strangle lot of exchange between the department heads Bin led It would nullify any good the meetings do Councillor Joe Hurst agreed with Hyde lie said If Ihc department heads want to get together and discuss town they shouldnt have lo have Hie mayor present They will do It only In secret If his Is passed he added Hurst pointed out he mayor could call a Hireling he wanted will department heads Councillor toy said there was a fairly close relationship now deportment heads and coun cil and It should be preserved by having the mayor present If we dont we are shutting Ihe door he added Councillor said It should be the mayors liege and responsibility to call of department heads He contended the mayor could explain how council felt about certain matters Brrr Its supposed to be spring hut Is It Acton Press W 1974 Obituary William Dolmer dies suddenly April 27 sen Ice was held Tues Am at he llumlcy Shoemaker Funeral Home for William Thomas 137 Isabella lnrry Sound who suddenly on Apr The sou of Mrs and the late Harvey Hie Is surv by his wife mid three children Jimmy llonnie and Tanya all living at home He Is also survived married lUM to toil In Kit A baker by irnde he was an in Id Interment wan the Cemetery with D Whitehead officiating were Jack Sheeny Itefd William and lae llewelllng of sister Mrs Mel of llramplon Horn In Oct Ml Dolmei was Next public holiday Is Ihe Viitnrlii Day observance May Jl UHFVHF SPECIAL 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