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k j hejaco thejflsirgetown herald wednesday dec 31st 194 1 many good wishes to you this glad holiday season and may it be yours to enjoy contentment and prosperity during all the years to follow dickenson haulage aimimimaiifthm sunday school lesson first quarmr 1946 great christian teachings beliefs that matter mcclures wish you all the season s greetings we thank you for your patronage during the past year and hope that our associations m tha coming year will be as pleasant home furnishings store ph0ne54-w- georgetown mainsti by rev r c todd lesson john 20 80 81 ac to 16 1116 1 tim 4 16 1 john 6 16 that hoardy headed actor on the stage of life 1947 has just about acted out his part we await the entrance of his successor wondering with bated breath what laughter his antics will bring to our lips and what tears hsacting of tragedy will bring to our eye but whateer of laughter or tears of joy or sorrow of peace or war we rest assured that the plot has been written not by the hand of a playful fate but by the finger of the father god for the first three months of 1948 our bible study will follow the mam theme great christian teachings- the first lesson is in troductory and stresses the impor tance of christian doctrine it is entitled beliefs that matter fol lowing m succession are the titles what we know aboutgod our relationship to god when we work with god what we know about jesus his work of salva tion what we know about je sus his nature the power of the holy spirit the fellowship of christian believers the world mission of the church the per sonal witness of the christian the worth of christian charac ter the kingdom of god et ernal life it is strange that so many mod erns can cling to the idea that what men believe is a secondary affair in its importance today when even die most abstract scientific theories are producing amazingly practical inventions it should be plain that ideas and theories are powerful and mighty christian beliefs are pow erful and mighty the enemies of christianity know this even if mo- derhf christian do not- when a die tator comes into power one of his first acts is to establish censorship a the royal dank of canada general statement 29th november 1947 assets notes of and deposits with bank of canada other cash and bank balances notes of and cheques on other banks government and other public securities other bonds debentures and stocks call and short loans fully secured v commercial loans in canada tiowtiw to provincial governments tmttf to cities towns municipalities and school districts commercial loans foreign bank premises liabilities of customers under acceptances and letters of credit other assets total assets liabilities notes in circulation 4 760 709 72 dominion and provincial government deposits 88980 316 ig other deposits 1 845 205 532 97 acceptances and letters of credit outstanding 72 190306 81 other liabilities 3095 547 02 capital 35000000 oqj nuuei mi fund 40000000 00 unpaid dividends 934559 38 balance of profit and loss account 3474246 53 total liabilities 2093 641218 61 162276927 93 169001082 93 70779865 93 875 847469 18 116 509788 71 42 512791 49 1436 927926 17 435 872162 46 4 331251 20 8117 482 00 118717442 19 10 631 002 53 2 90 30681 6853 645 2s 2 093 641 218 61 profit and loss account profhvkr the toot mdd 29th norambw 1947 bafcxr dominion and pro- rfncial government taxes but after oonblbnnons to staff pamioii fund and after appropriations to conhogcaoy b it out of which rcmitm provision for all bad and doubtful dabta has been mad law proywon for dominion and provincial government taxae 2850 000 00 ls provision for depneaahon of bank prenuma 692687 01 dmdbndk no 238 t 8 pr annum no 239 at 8 per annum no 240 at 8 per annum no 241 at 10 pr annum amount carried forward mmni of profit and loss account 30ft mombsr 1946 tuisstti ot pmftt nn1 t m 1947 stdnet o dobson precidw 70000000 700 000 00 700000 00 875000 00 1873401048 3 742687 01 4 981 f 47 2006 83247 1 467 414 06 1ames muih genral managy of every agency which is education al or propagandastic or which pro mulgates ideas or beliefs otf any kind men are imprisoned or exe cuted for harbouring dangerous thoughts in other words for har bouring ideas powerful enough to blow up the dictator and all his schemes these men deal with ideas in an ignorant way in a way not certain of success in the long run but at least they are possessed of enough brains to know that what a man believes m his mind has a way of working out into his actions g k chesterton brings this out in a somewhat exaggerated manner when he says that if he were renting rooms he would not ask the land lady what rent she ohaxged or whe- thei her sheets were clean but he would simply abk her what her itw of the universe was his de duction was that if her view of the urmersc was a true one her rent would be fair and her sheets clean what a man believes does matter and matters terribly how ofteiwwe ha e ieen parents with christian convictions simply teach their chil dren to follow a pattern of chris tian conduct and neglect the more difficult job of forming christian beliefs in their growing minds and v e have seen these same parents wonder why it was that when their children came to the age of discre tion they adopted beliefs that were not christian and which led them to conduct which was n conse quence uirchrmtian such neglect of teaching basic christian doctrine id widespread in our day and to a very large extent is a reason lying behind the current increase of crime and our economic plight when the christian doctrine was superseded in german j by the secu lar notion that man is the highest form of animal then men could be treated as animals driven and her ded in cattle cars and concentration camps in as which our humane societies would prosecute if they were applied to mere animals the christian doctrine in the minds of men went first one another doc trine wab accepted the actions of the nazis resulted what a man be licvt3 does matter and matters ttrnbly what are the basic christian be liefs the lessons for this first ijuutci of the new year deal with uuni 1 he christian be it vet in a cod who creates sustains and re deirrih who is holy just und good tht loving iathtr of all mtn he believes in man as made in tht im age of this rod with a fallen na ture sinful and corrupt needing od s grace and redeeming loe he hdicies that od mnt his son to seek and to save that which is lost that in hrist god wrought an unique w ork of redemption that the epobs of christ gives men power oir sin and that in peronal dcci sion for christ we must take our stand b his side a redeemed and practising christians he believes that the holy spirit of god and of gods son is the experience of the believer that christians of njl lands and of all ages find their unity in christ and constitutes the chord which is christ s body that the christian church has a mission to preach tht gospel of god t redeem ing grace to all nations proclaim mg the relevance of christ as sa viour to all spheres of human life and ttivitj the christian believes that each believer must give a per sonal witness to christ as his rep rosiiitative or priest he believes that comradeship with the living christ leads to christlike character that the kingdom of god the reign of god over nil the world must come and that the christian lives by the powei of chribt s resurrection and possesses certainty of eternal life in this world and in the world to rume file christian has a cried to live and this is the victory which over- cometh the world even our faith i john 6 4 mennonites buy bethel church a mennomte congregation is be injr organized in pilkington town ship mennnnitc residents of that district have purchased bethel uni ted church sixth concession of pilkington situated five miles west of elora and six miles northeast of i loradale quite a number of mennomte farmers have purchased farms in the area united church services were held in the church until this past sum- mei the small congregation being served from the alma united church the mcniionites of the area have been attending the ploradale men nomte church other mennonites residing on the 1 oth of peel near drayton who have been attending the floradale church also will worship at the pilkington church the bethel church a white brick edifice has seating for about 300 elora express advertising reduce the colt of goods per article by iscreuatng the sales of titom food j wishing our customers kbissv a happy new 1 greetvs year and thanking you for your i patronage during 1 947 rich ard sons hardware l main street phone 25 mini the close of another year of business farves us this opportunity to wish the greetings of the season to the many customers it has been a pleasure to serve robbs drug store the rexall store georgetown n civ year greet ngs to vcd t the close of another year we realize how important your friendship and good will have been to our business and take this op portunity to wish all our friends a happy new year imcbean co main street pho 64 may the happiness of the holiday season be yours throughout the coming new year arrow taxi phone 454 seasons greetings from tom hewson representing willoughby real estate agency hudson cars reo trucks woods electrical equipment de laval milking machines goodison farm implements oliver tractors mill street phone 332w