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CLERGY COMMENT All Scripture Is Inspired By God BY FATHER OTOER DEVENT Foe a Christian Christ lb Lord commissioned the Apostles to preach to all men that Gospel which la the source of all saving ruth and moral thus to Impart to them divine gifts This commission was faithfully fulfilled by the Apostles who by their oral preaching by example and ordinances handed on the Message which they had received from the Lord Some the Apostles and apostolic men committed at least a summary of this message of salvation to writing under the in of the Holy Spirit Put in a Utile different way In composing the sacred books God chose men and while em ployed by Him they made use of their abilities so that with God acting In them and through them they as true authors consigned to writing everything and only those things which God wanted Therefore all Scrioture is by Goo Tim Because God speaks in sacred scripture however through men In human fashion the interpreter of Sacred Scripture In order to see clearly what God wauled to communicate to us carefully investigate what meaning this particular author of this particular passage really Intended and what God wanted to manifest by mean of His words In other words we cannot take the Bible read a passsage end say this la its mean at least for me maybe for somebody else it means something else there is only one meaning the one which is meant by God and expressed by the human author In other words we must search out the intention of the sacred writer and must among other things have regard for literary forms These authors were men of their times their cultures their ways of writing history their ways of expressing themselves We find different literary styles poetry official records novels even as we have now We have the same differences In our way of using language Different persons often produce a different description of the same event One person may tell a story as precisely and as baldly as a police report the other tries to caputre something of real Ufe a third one may make It very dramatic perhaps by exaggerating certain things If we do not know the speaker we might make mistakes In the exact happening of this particular event because we do not consider the difference In the literary genre used Truth is therefore proposed and expressed In a variety of ways depending on whether a text Is history of one kind or another or whether the form Is that of prophecy poetry or some other type of speech From all this it becomes clear that we cannot just take the Bible read a passage and say this is Its meaning We must investigate what meaning the sacred writer Intended to express and actually expressed in particular circumstances as he used contemporary literary forms In accordance with the situation of his own time and culture For the correct understanding of what the sacred author wanted to assert due attention must be paid to the customary and characteristic styles of perceiving speaking and narrating which prevailed at the time of the sacred writer and to the customs men normally followed at that period in their everyday dealings with one another The first generations of Christians had little chance to have a copy of all the books of the Testament Tor the simple reason that there were only a few copies available most the people could not read anyway and the last Book was written only at the end of the first century They received God s Message from the words of the Apostles and apostolic men in other words from tradition which later on alteastparUy was written down in what we call the New Testament Taking into consideration those different literary styles of which we spoke above we have to ask ourselves how did those first ChrisUups understand Christ teaching and that way is the one meant by the human author under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit The divine Truth is the one and is the same for everyone because only one correct Interpretation can be the true one Saint Peter in his Second Letter states these things In very strong terms and this Letter is also part of Gods Word STEWARTTOWN St John Church Guild held Its annual Christmas party at Hunters Inn In Georgetown After enjoying dinner a number of contests gave the women an opportunity to visit Gifts were exchanged from unknown friends Mr and Mrs Sicken Mr land Mrs Tom Clapham and rs J Ross attended the funeral service of their aunt Mrs Frank of Utterson Dec 3 Mrs died In hospital Mr E and Mr T Clapham were pallbearers at the service held at United church Burial was at Stephenson Ward cemetery Sincere sympathy of the community Is extended to the family of the late Mrs Bud Anderson who died In Princess Margaret Hospital Toronto MUSEUM TRUCK The traditional Christmas opera house at the County Museum KelioPark Milton is currently A profusion of candles and greenery decorate the main building where refreshments will be served for the next six days The regular staff will be augmented by Ihe Friends of the Museum who will assist at the from 2pm to m each There is no park or museum admission fee for this special event and all the museum buildings will be open for viewing One of the most popular artifacts on display this year is a 191B Ford truck In the carriage house This vehicle can carry one and half tons on solid rubber tires and was first truck BALLINAFAD contribute something towards the program A varied and interesting program was provided con of reel la lions humorot readings demonstrations a contest and one of the guests Although no better weather prevailed for the third meeting of Ihe Creative Stltchery class a large number of women met Tuesday afternoon at the Community Centre Two new stitches were shown to the class and some ideas were given out regarding wall hangings sampler cushions etc The class not be meeting again until early in January The new project for the club is The Cereal Shelf The current one ends this week with achievement day being held on Everyone was asked to Saturday The service of worship was fairly well attended on Sunday with some new faces spotted among the congregation They received a warm welcome from the pastor Rev Stiles It was announced Sunday that Dec IB would be family Sunday All are Invited to stay after the service for tea and a social time The lowers and the plant placed in the church were in memory of the late Mrs An and Harry Shortill WInnlfred Smith President Mrs William McLean was hostess for the meeting of the Women Institute Ten members and five visitors were present Hostess with the help of Mrs Marshall served a dessert luncheon to the women shortly after l p The meeting got under way about Mrs McLean opened by repeating the favorite Christmas Away in a Manger During the business period it was decided that should be given the welfare convener for purchasing Christmas boxes for s Mrs Jesse McEnery was convener She called or each member to give a current event of local interest Following this everyone joined in singing carols accompanied PARENTS NIGHT investiture mice inaropecontttamingelby a a Above cub master Mrs Jean SSS cub and participate Layman Watercourse Snow Disposal Still Banned Environment minister James has reaffirmed his policy for direct snow disposal He stated Based on the results of this ministry recent studies we will continue our policy instituted in Direct disposal of contaminated snow to watercourses Is banned except under extreme The name George is usually ated with railway airbrakes Gentlemen THE WELL DRESSED LADY WEARS A E OF FLOWERS FROM FENDLEYS FRESH FLOWER CORSAGES For Christmas parties and Dances ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS CORSAGES For her coat MILL ST Your extra Quantity prices lor Businesses and Orgsnlutlons emergency conditions Studies conducted In municipalities throughout Ontario last winter confirmed the fact that snow removed from streets and roadways contains levels polluting materials Concentrations of organic materials salts oil heavy metals and other solids were particularly high In snow removed from high use arterial roadways Emergency dumping for the 197374 season must have the prior approval of the ministry Municipalities must provide all Information about normal mow disposal practices and define the conditions that require emergency action Permission will be granted only after the water quality of the receiving watercourse has been evaluated Mr staled further that municipalities which receive approval will be required to inform the ministry of the environment immediately upon initiation disposal operations With the ban on direct dumping and with field studies continuing throughout the winter the believes this source of potential pollution can be controlled and water quality standards can be maintained throughout the province Halton Region MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CREST CONTEST Entries are Invited residents of the new Regional Municipality of Halton to participate In a contest to design a Corporate Crest that will clearly define and represent this new region To be considered all entries must be written and graphic and submitted to the undersigned on or before February A cash award shall be paid to the participant having submitted the entry judged by the Council to be the winner All entries shall become the exclusive property of the Corporation of the Regional Municipality of Halton and will not be returned ALLAN M MASSON Chairman Regional Municipality of Halton Steeles Avenue Milton Ontario L9T1Y7 Nov after a brief lines Shirley as she was known to us was born in Oct youngest daughter of Mr and the tote Mrs Alfred Thompson She taught school at Alton Acton and and at the time of her death she was doing supply work Funeral service on Monday hut was conducted by Rev Walter at Churchill United church where she and her husband wen married on Aug 13 IMS and has been an active member for many years as choir member soloist and Sunday school tendent Burial was in Huxley cemetery Hlllsburgh Her six nephews were pallbearers Ronald Barry and Tim MacArthur Dan and Mark Shortill and John Thompson She Is survived by her husband Anderson two sons THE HERALD Wednesday II Page SB Earl 12 and Jim father J Alfred Thompson of slaters Mrs Bernlce of Acton Mrs Richard Shortill Ruth of Balllnafad and brothers Ralph of Mills Bill of HERALD CIRCULATION TELEPHONE NUMBER 8772201 NEW YEARS EVE DANCE Georgetown Golf And Country Club an that tickets are now available for our gala New Years Eve Ball per couple INCLUDES ADMISSION BAR FOOD NOVELTIES MUSIC ROSS HIUIER HIS COUNTRY RHYTHM BOYS FOR TICKETSCALL WIN A TRANSISTOR RADIO WHK COMPLIMENTS OP THE MOVIE GAME Tripp REAL EtT ATI LTD REALTOR MOORE MM FLU Donald Sutherland Where we that if you are net happy service you tat us know IM RESTAURANT Tavern BUY NOW AND SAVE ALUMINUM DOORS AND ONLY SUM A I DELUXE 3LITE door UNLYREO A BIO BIO VALUE CARPET TILE glamorous floors 11 Nil 48 EACH OR Per Yd PLUSHU Nil 38 OR 3 42 Per Yd PAINT 50 OFF TWO BY FOURS INSULATING IS NOT AN EXPENSE IT S AN INVESTMENT 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