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THE OGLBGRiSI; CHRONICLE. Thursday, janaar? .:lu. 1.962 Page Five CHURCHES The Voice Of The Church Anglican Church Of Canada Trinity Church, Colborne Rector: Rev. J. A. Roney, B. Sc., L.Th. Organist: Mrs. I. F. Flanders Sunday, January 28-- EPIPHANY IV 9.45 a.m.--Church School 11.00 a.m.--Holy Communion Wednesday-- 4.15 p.m.--Junior Auxiliary Thursday 7.30 p.m.--Choir Practice Roman Catholic Parish Priest: Rev. H. A. Black St. Francis de Sales Colborne 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays 10.30 a.m.--Mass 2nd & 4th Sundays 8.30 a.m.--Mass United Church Of Canada Colborne United Church Minister: Rev. R. W. French B.A., B.D., S.T.M. United Missionary Church Minister: Rev. A. Shantz, B.Th. Su.iday Services: 10.00 a.m.--Sunday School 11.00 a.m.--Morning Worship 7.00 p.m.--Evangelistic Service Tuesday: 8.00 p.m.--Prayer Service Sunday School Rooms Salem United Church Pianist: Mrs. A. E. Ashbridge 2.30--Church Service 1.30--Sunday School Presbyterian Church In Canada Minister: Rev. W. E. Sayers, M.A. St. Paul's, Lakeport Organist--Mrs. Ivan Flanders. 11 a.m.--Sunday School I. 30 p.m.--Worship Service Topic: The Lord's Prayer. "Lead us not into Temptation" Monday, January 29, 8 p.m.-- Annual meeting at home of Mrs. Delbert Peebles. Old St. Andrew's, Colborne Organist--Mrs. G. Barnes II. 00 a.m.--Worship Service Topic-- Lord's Prayer, Thine is the Kingdom." Sunday School during service. "For Prior, and in the time of the end, there will be a lack of love. Men will become very professional about their religion. There will be less and less of the Love of God manifested humanity. There will be church splits and fightings. There will be controversies and quarrel! St. Mary's, Grafton 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays 8.30 a.m.--Mass 2nd & 4th Sundays 10.30 a.m.--Mass among even the church boards ^e coming. For, He is coming and leaders of societies. The when we think not, and no man love of self will take preemin- knoweth the day nor the hour, ence over the Love for Christ. not even the Son,' only the The church organically speak- Father. Illustrative of the man- Baptist Church Colborne Sunday: Morning Service 11 Sunday School at 11.30 Thursday: 7.30 Prayer Meeting at the Parsonage. Tuesday: W.M.S.--First Tuesday of each month. Pentecostal Church Pastor: L. Carbert Castleton Church-- 10.00 a.m.--Sunday School 11.00 a.m.--Worship Service Colborne Town Hall-- 7.30 p.m.--Evening Evangelistic Service Wednesday, January 31 -- i Cottage prayer meeting at the home of Mrs. Edgar Bush, Cast- Hi-C Club A WEEKLY MESSAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR LOCAL MINISTERS and corruption, weakness and ;in. Of these 19 nations scholars tell us that only 2 of them , were worse than we are at the By Rev. J. A. Shantz i of God, it is for God's people I and not the uncircumcized of 'This is a continuation of last neart> sinners. Jesus said when article, you may wish to you see these things, The end near! Heads Up! Peculiar to our modern history, are the accounts of men who predicted our Lord's return to a specific day and hour. Most of these were even naive enough to set another date when the first setting was a failure. When any human person sets the date for the Lord's return, know this, He will not ing will become a dead and cold thing. Ministers will prea-anything ahd everything but the Gospel. They will not care for the flock as shepherds ought to care. Their preaching will be to please and sooth ■ather than to correct and convict. There will be less manifestation of the Spirit of God in men's lives. All this, my friends, is a sign of His coming again. Iniquity shall abound. Sin will be open and desperately practiced.. This day we have debauchery and vice rampant on every hand. The police forces are fearful of the thrust •of evil. Jesus is speaking to us today. Heads Up! Before the time of the end there" shall be a falling away. The love of many even now is waxed cold. They are falling awayv Some years ago our churches were filled each Sunday, other churches were begun to accomodate and to preach the Gospel, now, every minister is bewailing the fact that the church is almost empty. Once filled our churches twice each Sunday and a host present for Bible study prayer each week during the week, but now few attend regularly. Why! because there Is a coldness, and a powerlessnes: and laxity in spiritual things spreading over the land; many are falling away ............Heads Up! "He that endureth unto the end the same shall be saved' When the Gospel is gone out to all the world then shall the end be. Beware the snare at this point. The Gospel according to Collossians 1:23 is already preached to every people. All the day are using translation work, radio and TV mediums. Actually, the requirement is fulfilled and does not hinder His coming today. As time is granted, the process of fulfilling is ever going on, making the Coming of the Lord even more and more evident each day. The Bible Societies are printing new translations and the Gospel of Christ is spreading out and out unto the day when He comes. Friends, Heads Up! ner of life we should be follow-is this of Francis of Ass-A certain man approached Francis as he was hoeing present time. People, Heads Up! On one occasion Jesus spoke to the fig tree and it withered and dried up. The fig tree is typical of the Jewish People. The Jews are God's timepiece. If we watch the movement of the Jewish people, we know Mvhat hour God is at. The fig tree withered and here Jesus' is speaking again of the fig tree. When you see the fig tree putting forth its leaves, Heads Up! "I am at the door", saith Jesus. The Jewish people are now a recognized nation in their own promised land. Since 1948 every prophecy and sign of His coming is fulfilled sufficient that there is nothing to hinder His coming at any time. He is coming. Heads Up! After all this warning Jesus saith, "therefore, -- -- (because you know) -- be ready." (v.44). gardenjmd asked him what he, There .g a reward to the true and the faithful, but look, the unfaithful shall be cut asunder and appointed to the place of . torments. Be faithful, and faint «,wo? „]US»inot' and to y°u sha11 He §ive would do if he knew with certainty that he was to die al eventide (or that the Son oi was to come). He answered and said, keep on hoeing i When He comes find us all prepared watching | und^^d £ ^mglgZ] and waiting and working. We , -cannot be so heavenly minded but let us watch and pray and Jlis Coming will not surprise that we are no earthly good. " But beware, pilgrims road to heaven, that we do not ■ become earth bound. The true Christian is like an eagle, he has a powerful life and an high life, don't settle for a life in 1 the chicken coop. Jesus indicat-| es the ridiculousness of setting'pii f TT P W the time for His coming for itluraltOIl IOl U.L-.I!. shall be as the lightning shin- , , _ eth out of the east even unto I The Inaurgural Service for the west. When we read and the Unlted Church Women of hear of these vain persons sett- the congregation of St. And-ing dates for His coming, rem- r«w's Unlted Church, Grafton, ember Jesus says, Heads Up! took ?lace at the churchs make us afraid, rather it will gladden us. Heads Up. Coming. n. Inaugural Service at For the believer to watch the movements of the children of Israel, there is a vast wealth of But His coming is not yet, these are but the signs. As it was in the days of Noah so shall the coming of the Son of Man be. How was it in the days of Noah? May I take the liberty to say they were more righteous than we are. Noah sponsive was building the ark and preaching the judgment of God, and people stood there and laughed and heckled as he built a boat in the desert. Today we preach judgment and repentance and the people sit in church and nod their heads, whisper Amen and thank the preacher but do noting about it. Well, in the days of Noah they were having the times of their lives so they thought. They were gluttonous, they ate to the full, materialistic philosophy was rampant. Noah, a man of righteousness was the object of their scorn. Why work so hard, let us eat drink and be merry. Thoughtless and heedless they plunged themselves into Christless eternity. They had big weddings and festivals, indulging in sin and sex, paying no attention to God's messenger, and in that day their saviour, in the person of Noah. They married and divorced at on Sunday morning, January 14th. Inaugural Service Leaflet, prepared by Rev. Norah L. Hughes, MA., B.A., Ph.D., was followed and conducted by Rev. R. J. Knock. I The topic was "Belinef in God makes the difference", with Marjorie Shepherd as the leader On Sunday evening, January !and Charles Conquergood, Bob 14th at 7.00 p.m., the Hi-C met McLaughlin, Gordon McDonald, in the Sunday School Hall of the Ann Teal, Maureen Parker tak-United Church with sixteen ing tne parts 0f different reli-present. gions. It was very informative The President, Maureen Park- and interesting. After this the er, opened the meeting with the Hi.c broke into three groups Lord's Prayer. Ann Ferguson and discussed three questions: read the minutes of the last Do we really bellve in God? meeting and took the roll call, what do we believe about Him? There were suggestions made; As christians, what should we about what the group could do. believe about Him? for the Centennial. The groups broke up to prepare programes After some discussion they for the following weeks. | had a game and the meeting The worship was in charge of closed with the Mizpah Benedic-Charles Conquergood. The Apos-1 tion. tie's Creed was read in unison] - followed by a hymn. The offering was received and dedicated. Incline my heart unto thy test-The Scripture was read by Mau- imonies: and not to covet-reen Parker followed by prayer. I ousness. instruction. "Whoso readeth let the slightest inclination. The him understand." The abomin- sacred aspect of marriage and ation of desolation is now in the home was held in light est-existance. In the Book of Dan-1 eem, the people were most de-pointed to the abom- generate. Basically they were ination that maketh desolate. It is briefly this. The Israelites are to make the sacrifice of Atonement only at Jerusalem, once a year, and in the Temple. Several times the Abomination of Desolation has existed. Since unrepentant people, they hardened their hearts and would not listen and repent of their sinful condition. Even so today, people will try every menas and every doctor but they will not seek the Face of the Lord. 70 AD the temple is destroyed Just a few prepared or and even today the city of Jer-| ered into the ark that day, even usalem is only partly under so the few prepared ones will Jewish jurisdiction. At the pres- go to meet Him in the air, and ent time, the Jews cannot sac-| we shall be like Him, we shall rifice their sacrifices as pre- see Him as He is, but alas, some scribed by the Mosaic Law, be-! will he left because they cause there is a Mohammedan not ready for His Coming. When Mosque where the temple once i conditions are as they were stood. Jerusalem is now deso-1 the days of Noah, beware, Heads late because of the presence of Up! It is said that 19 civilizat- the abomination, the Arabs, ions have been judged and des- ional concerns, closed the ser-Jerusalem is a type of the City I troyed of God for their vice vice. Worship service included re-iding, scripture and prayers in unison. The choir sang, "Hear us O Lord", and 'Follow the Gleam" was sung by the Junior choir. Mrs. Harry Hare, Oshawa, a retired Missionary of wide experience in many countries including Trinidad and Ceylon, gave the inspired address, entit-"Visions of the Future", which explained the purpose of uniting the Womens Associations and Womans Missionary Society of the Church, to unite all women in the congregation for the total mission of the church and to provide a medium through which they may express their loyalty and devotion to Jesus Christ in Christian Witness, Study, Fellowship and Service. To inaugurate the United Church Women that they may go forward bearing full part in local and world responsibility in the church is believed to be a step forward. To celebrate the beginning, not of a new work, but of a new organization is believed the work can be done better. The experience of many church women's groups suggested it and much prayer and thought have brought us to this day. We can succeed in this organization as in any, only as we put our selves into it, with the will to make great things come to pass. Dedication of the chosen executive to take office and responsibility in the service of leadership to help women of the church to a deeper and richer experience of the living Christ; and to wider interest, as Christian citizens, in all vital community, national, and internal;-