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ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER l9th, 1968 Taken from a sermon preached "y The 1ev. B. E. Long. Semetime ago a progrant on Télevision told of an almost cern- pietely blind boy. A teacher of thie blind, or almost totally blind cýhildren1 took him and his class ojn a trip seeking te increase their self-confidence. The boy, ai- meost blind,, separated hIÏmself front the group and was soon lest in the large 'city. His teacher was mnucli concerned, and sought the help o f the police. Soo-i his par- ents were notified and the search, was on. As the boy struggled to Iid his way homelie grew very tired. 11e encountered a number of dangers whieh couid have eest him bis life. Always these who sought him arrived shortly ater lie moved on. Tension mounted as, he remained lest, but al of the tinte he was getting, dloser to bis own area. At last lie was spotted by a Police officer who was sensitive te the struggle which was taking place in the boy's hife. The offic- er made hto effort to pick hlm up, but fohlo'wed him protectively while allowing hlm the satisfac- tion ôf. finding is own way. The conclusion of the story was a happy one with the boy saTe at hoWe in the warntth of his par- ,ýnt's love. Is this not a parable on life? HOIw often wc ask, "why did God allow-Viat to happen." or, "if God is- the ruler of the universe, why doesn't he stop man freSn making'so many mistakes, and front ereating se mnany unbearable. dituations?" The experiences of the boy Point out a truth about oýur relatiohship with God. God gives us freedom tot choose, to make our own decisions. It is the enly way we can fîilfil the purpose for which God created us. When we cheese as Adam did, te wValk in our owVn way and oeeiesturn ou r bac'ks on God ignorantly and sometimes in- tentîonally, man, a 'living seul,' ehooses death; the dcatb of dis- obedience. In, alinost every- ýturu cif the road we are faced with the questimn "will we go God's way ojr wiIll ie 10 our own way?" us. ualýly chioosing our .own way as little by littie we raise the wall bjetween God and ourselves. We choose death in selfworship;, we ehoose the deatli of alieniation from the Creator just as Adamt did.' Jesus' life was a life which knew agony if there was even hiesitation in- turning to the will of God. Througli Christ God seeks to recover thait lost fellow- slhip whicli is to lie found in our lives., When we think of the great jOurney God made to find and recever that lest felie<shiip, te find m an and bring him back i e3very generation, let us.remÉem- ber that there is a great distance to e letravclled. Flow far is it front white to black? People who thinlk very 4eePly will realize that there are hundreds of shades -of grey. H-ow far is3 the distance ifront holiness te sn? -A very great distance. Jesus knew wh'at the lIfe of cont- pletehoies was. llow far is the dlistance betwcen huntility and pidWhen we -conte to the Point in lite where we want to ie hmble and we beceme very prend( of our himility then let us razethat we have not really fndlintility.. Truc humility dees. not recognize itself as hum- ble, Hoiw wide is the gap between God-cetredness and self-centred- ness. We know every once in a whii'ewihi ourselves and our associations just how grea t this distance is. Week after week I have been talking of the need' of theusands of people ding of hunger' whe need their concerns those who do not have even the bare essentials. Jesus came! te bridge the gap whiceh man creates betWveen hlm- self and, God. 11e is the iadder between God and Man; the link between the life that lias fulfilled the purpose of God and the life tliat is se gar removed front hint. Flow great is tlie distance lie- tween man's lest state and bar- mony restored? We cannot make calculations like one could in the matter of geographiy, but we do know tliat the distance is great, and that God bas been prepared te travel tlie distance in every generatioln, te bridge thc..gap and hring man, baýck in tlie riglit re- latiensliip.. First lie seught eut men in wliose hearts H1e could plant His dreams, and se we have an Enocli lere and an Abrahamt there .and a Moses over yender. Tlien he found a people, a chesen covenant people, witli whom H1e could enter ite soientn relations and tlirough wliom H1e would make a witness te ail nations. wlien people everywliere were given over te tlie worship of idols and cerrupted thereby, it was a very great thing fer one brandli of the Sentitic peoples of Israel te lhiar tlie message: "Here, 0 Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; and theu sliall love tlie Lord tliy Goýd witli ah thine licant, and with, ah tliy- seul, and. with ahl thy might."' God kept reminding Israel that a greater revelation ef Hint- self was aliead of tliem. Prophets arese saying,- "Keep your eye on God,-lie will yet do a greater thinýg. ln the fulnesî' of tinte it came te pass. Tlie seekig God, no longer content with priests and prephets came hintself in Christ Jesus. Wlien the Holy Cliild becante tlie Holy Man, H1e made it clear tiat the seeking God liad ney' er altered his'quest : "The son of man is conte te scek and te save tliat wliich was lest.' 'Ne matter liow far maln seents te le from Ged, God seeks for Mim,- Ged longs for hlmi. Then on the etlier side tlie matter is crucially urgent teo: Man is lonely without God; lie may net admfiit it, he, may net receýgnize 1Vi, but the loneli- nýess is tliere. Man seeks ntany ether satisfactions ahl of whicli are eventuafly empty. Ex-citement -dies, friends change and pass, a- way, strengtli dintinishes but a hunger persists. There i-s a God- sliaped blank at tlie heart of man, an entptincss that Ged alene can fill. A wealthy business m-an and Mis wif e froim a very large city were surrounded witli material things. But in the acquirinýg they had, in a sense, lest their ewn seuls. Well o n in life they visited the littie town iwlere tliey grew Up, With a nod at thc town, the hus- band remarked, "Well, tliat's wlierc we came from dear." ller reply releaseýd a liiddecn ache: "Yis, and I'm wonderirtg where we got te.' Thie outer plenty was ne answer toe I inner poverty. Tlie deep-down quest was net ýdead: "Wliere is H1e?" is the question which remains. [Ne fînd Hlm iu thecacmmen things of hife. Wc need Hint in ail the cent- mon things of life. We neeýd Him in ail our experiences. H1e leads us holme te Ged. RUSSELL ROWE ELECTED CHAIRMAN Russell Rewe, MPP fer Northt- umtberland, lias been ýelected chaifuxan of the ,fIlousýe standing conimittee on educatien. 1In a close election with a ment- ber of the opposition, Tin Reid, LibUenal for Scarborougli East, Mr. Rowe won by six.votes te five. Mr. Rowe initially abstained WHY JESUS CAME part 2, Rlussell C. Hoey, M.P. Northuntberland Duriaim Parliantentary reforr ni1 Can- ada has been semething like the weather. Evenyene alked about it but ne one did anything about it. Thc modernization 'of the rules and procedure of tIc b3usýe of Comxons bas been p)r-.emised by successive Prime Ministers for many ycars. Little was donc un- tii Mr. Trudeau took office in this new Paniantent. Tliis wcek the House of Cent. mens is dealing witî thec Report of the Spécial Conirnittee on Pro- cedure wliich recontnended fan- rcaching and rcvoiutionary chang- es. Generally speaking these changes are acceptable te ail par- ties with the exception -of the proposed change which w ould permit the Gevernntent, House Leader te allocate tinte for each debate if te parties arc unable te agree arnong tliemselves. The balahce of the new rules are acceptable te all parties. They wili up-date the whloe pro-' cedure of ddebates and provide for thte referrai of estimates, leg- isiatien and enquiries te Stand- ing Coýmmttees. The' lengtli of speeches will le sliertencd (gen- eraiiy speaking front 40 minutes te 20 minutes). Standing Cern- mittees will be given grpatly i-u creased authority. I arn hepeful that thc question of allocation of tinte fer debates wilh ie settled between thc part- ies by agreentent. Sente provis- ion along these ine& nmust lie i- cluded la the rules. Witltout such a provision te whole new systent could lie rendered inoperative by the staging of a fillibuster te pre- vent a matter coning up for a vote. Once this hast hurdie 15 0v- encorne, and I ant confident it wihl be. we will have moved the opération of Canada's Parliament inte the 2tli ýCentury. catienist-s te appear before it and conduet an' informai inquiry into the pros and cens of educationai telévision. Walter Pitntan, NDP, Peter- borougli, suggested that two men Llody Dehnis, a co-chairman of the cemmittee sliould cahi were the royal commission report on aies and bjeetievs of eéducation in Ontario and Douglas Wright, dliairman' of Ontario's cemmitte on univcrslty affairs. Mr. Pitrnan'saidte contnittee members could do witli a great deal of seif-education atd should go outside the Legishature te study the educational system in opération. 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