Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 20, 1946, p. 11

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tnegeniptowher fhe quality tea mm obaige pekoe sontjiy school luton the sund sc lisbon patjl in afxhbnb and ootomth j themselves or tfatakers when they were not fataf ympty r iiy serkmmy en4 with no moral rioa- neea ttay emiakfed ttwpmhw ie- llgfcwe when in caot tbey were only nipersuttous and uatetioup 8uoh orowd needed to be awajteoed to the seriousness of life th tdent of this lesson woutt be well advised to toad more of the con text than tb lenon tort supplies in by ov o todd lbsson acu wam w 14 oor 1 23 26 lmen imlvtiioii through obrlst eiont 1 here to tin world of xauwammmpa ipouttaa of yesterday ny mom tuin lit tuui to our busy world of o and polltkwt what mt the mki to the situation uheo and wbat is fee irekrvaoce to the attuation todayf wei cbrlxafewm spectacular example of what becnmes of socd- ety when it is tfaus preoccupied when that be nwr premntod cbd no always couched t for satisfaction call 274 r 5 for thattrucking job or for your winter wood wilsons its a date the time every saturday night the place georgetown arena lovely rose room the price 50c per person modem and old tyme dancing with modern aires orchestra sweet and 8win rwn s luxury poverty vice tbe buffering of the gospel tual dabblers solely on tts basis of aaieb and he hardness of tbe it in terms reason and tnteltoct he did not rea- fflmsm ana mm w in ceims mow uu m tbjt bad tbterenos toju sitaatton son with them as one philosopher with and the environment in which be another he told them that they were found himself epeaking as be did to being very ignorant and superstitious people in many dttferent centres al- aboujt an unknown god that tbe wjsye iwbai he bad to say was said with god whom they worshipped in lgnor- rataenoe to their situation and out- anoe bid fully revealed himself in je- look on we just as in last weeks sus and they needed to be in ignorance lesson we saw him ongtoaafatng the no longer they are behind the times coming of owda kingdom over against and this cod will judge the world ac- the glory of tbe roman hmplre in cording to tbe righteous etandards of tbesealonlca so this week an we see htm in athena and oortnth the gospel he preaches is the word of godtopeo pie in a parubular situation and ita relevance to that particular situation is quite clear athens hod been tor centuries the intellectual centre of tbe world but i tbe athens of plato socrates and ar istotle had declined the areopagus which met on maxs bill had degen- stated into a secondrate debating so- hls full wvelatlon all men every- where therefore are called to repent they may be sure that judgmenvllas come because god raised this jesus from the dead of course paul was unable to prove to tbe satisfaction of mere human reason that this gospel was true some did believe but tbe majority mocked at the idea of resur rection he was thought a fool by these wise men who met to discuss their vague theories about the onl ine bwww wu wealthy and the powerful it was all there in ochnth these things paul declared to be tbe result of sin sin ners cannot saive themeetvea samuon can come only from a divine source and a drvine redemption alone will suffice tbe atonement of jesus christ provides a way of reconciliation with ood a way of salvation in fact the only way what was true of the situations in athens and corinth in large measure is true of our modern society tbe outlook on life which the majority of people have even the socalled edu cated is essentially frivolous and su pert idal they are agnostic acknow ledging some vague sort of diety be hind the universe even though it cannot be proven rationally and scien tifically they attend churches in fltsl and starts but nave no real christian i iruuh erated into a secondrate debating so- 1 tneir vague uicwm defty where philosophical and religl- verse but he could only say what be faith and ttie result is a son or na- itadt tritjt bunerfi- i was commissioned to say and hope ture worship a superstitious idolatry dety where phuoeopnicai ann sui- i o w i ous subjects were dealt with superfi- i was commlsbloned to say clauy frivoloualy and with an ah of rtof mum be awakei complete detachment from life this intellectual crowd considered them selves religious indeed as the revised version puts it paul called them wj j religious but the authorized version has him call them too superstitious the two usually go together hteuglon that is agnostic based on the worship of an unknown ood behind nature can only be superstition and idolatry i secular history bears witness to the decline of philosophy in athens and the picture which acts 17 gives of a company of people who indulged in in tellectual curiosity always hoping to hear somethi new but trusting to human- reason alone to prove the truth of it is quite true they took unavoidable delays hi nthing on estate doe to estate tax ation and the routine of pto- i bate frequently leaye a fam- c ily with little avabame eash for current living expenses to bridge this gap an i inex pensive life assurance policy wilt provide money for current living expenses and you may be certain that it will ba im mediately available and the result is a sort of na- slde by side in extremes standards were quite materialistic and there was a love of luxury and a preoccupation with business and politics prom the passage to l cortnttilans which is part i of our lesson text it is quite clear that paul preached here salvation through christ in bis atonement alone the cross which is a stumbling block to the jews and foolishness to tbe greeks it might well be asked what meaning could reconciliation atone y01rstb enjoy yours to protect that some would be awakened to fattti and a lack of moral eiriousness corinth waa a difficult place in which weu as intellectual depth and honeaty to preach the gospel it was aeeaport the increase of lawlessness and im- and the most important conmerclal morality in our time the cynicism and and political centre of greece cosmo- materialism of modem civilization tbe politan in nature vice and luxury existence side by side of wealth and abounded wealth and poverty existed poverty the present day craving for j 1 luxury and the power which money supplies the preoccupation with poli tics and business these are charac teristics of our age wbich strikingly resemble those of corinth in pauls time but all our problems flrom whence do they arise do they not arise from our sin before god and to solve them must not man be reconci led to god when one thinks of the vast political educational economic and scientific efforts which are being put forth to bring order out of tine chaos of our world there is deep pa thos in the fact that none of these ef forts can succeed so long as man re mains in sin sinners cannot save themselves from the natural conse quences of their sin nothing can rec tify the ills of the world which does not take into account the radical na ture of sin and the fact that man un- reconciled to god is powerless to de feat it the christian church is not alone in seeing the predicament there is consternation in many quarters today over the trend toward despair and ruin from which mankind is unable to ex tricate itself but tbe church alone knows what can be done and that la to witness to the power of jesus christ from whose hand alone can help come the power which alone can save man kind from spiritual mental and physi cal ruin that does not mean that the jeauttoauyeatq or that the world will be saved from further cala mity and war this witness will cause some to believe but the majority wfq mock out of their shallow and super ficial attitude to life upon these judgment will come but tbe church win have borne its witness that there is no other power under heaven where by men are saved but tbe power of the crucified resurrected and everliving ohrist and that is all it is cornmis sioned to do and when the church is trut to its commission the future can be left confidentially in the hands of god a head ducks by t m shortt ornithologist the obovs ukutiotion shows red head ducks in their natural canadian habitat it over the cool sun streaked marsh a breathtaking wbirrr j heralds their coming red heads twin symbols of brilliance and grace sweep overheads- are gone but conservation measures will ensure their return year after year in increasing numbers sanctuaries have been established many of them being marshy lakes which restore former breeding and resting places by assisting the agencies whose efforts are directed towards conservation everyone of us can have apart in the preservation of canadas waterfowl the hunter a conserve fionisf the banter too becomes a conservationist if he adheres rigidly to bag limits kuls dsstnictive animal and otitis whenever possible and re spects the forest tows regarding camp fires etc an water- itcmd iiomcohservatlon and canadas mighatort pabluhwlby 1wl br 1 bytucatl l ballll it ol pamphlati pomihim 07 ibb iuiuuv carlimffs the carling breweries limited juan chester ernest west win iialton junior farmers public speaking competition six ualton junior farmers compe ted in the public speaking competi tion staged in the milton high school auditorium on friday november 8th president geo s atkins of the halton junior farmers was in charge of the evenings programme and a delight- 1 fill programme it proved to be norvall juniors were represented by jean i chester and john lyons acton jun- iors by donalda switaer and ernest west muton by cedrtc hamop and palermo by brla wendover in addi tion to the six addresses there were two entries in the amateur entertainment namely miss blanche mcklnnorn so prano soloist representing acton jii- nlors and a sixpiece orchestra from the muton juniors the judges were mrs b s adams miss e e carson and geo e elliott au of milton whose decision to public speaking went to jean chester of nor- val in tbe girls section and ernest west of acton in the boys section in the amateur entertainment miss blanche mckinnon was the winner these three young people will repre sent halton juniors at the district competition to be held in tbe water- down high school next week memories to honour a lifetime for lifetimes to come moderately priced j monuments market a card or letter will bring our ervice to your door oakvnxe monument works 29 colbome st oalorffle on highway

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