IIELIGION AND LIFE

By Very Kev. George C. Pldgeon. D.D.. LLB first Moderator of the United Church of Canada

(Copyright)

In the life of the spirit is thel

joy of conversion. -

We remember vividly the depth. and height 01 the happiness that took possession of the soul when the love of Christ first became I personal experience. I

0ne's entire nature was sholl through with a brightness above that of the sun, and it seemed as if all nature rejoiced with us. Prayer was a delight, Bible-read- ing an inspiration as it every line were written for us personally, and the worship of the sanctuary a foretaste of the songs of the' redeemed in glory.

But after a short time the radiance faded: the use of thc means of grace became dull and difficult: and service became a drudgery. This went on until one began to wonder if those first experiences had a real founda- tion after all. But still there faced us the facts that strength for the present and hope for the future were found only in God. and there was nothing for it but to set one's will to struggle through the period of difficulty to the light beyond.

In due time the clouds rolledl

STRENGTH FOR THE PRESENT IIDPE FOR FUTURE IN GOD

One of the moat difficult stages personal experience. He was dealing with the King-, reaction which follows the firstv.dom's gradual growth, ”first thel

blade, then the ear, and then the full grain in the ear." and he. applied it to the growth of re gion in the soul- .

It was evident that he too had been through the experience of the joy of conversion and the re- action that followed. it was also. clear that he had been deeply dis-1 tressed by the reaction and hadl been driven to question the real- ity behind those early ecstasies which answer to the dawning of God's love on the soul.

However, he worked his way through the gloom. and this is how he illustrates the soul's "growth to grace" The joy of conversion is like the blossoms in the spring, bright and beautiful, fragrant. and commanding the admiration of all who see themi

REAL ADVANCE

The blossom stage is followed, however. by the sour fruit stage, in which there is no beauty. and no fragrance. in which the acid predominates, while no one pays any attention to it. But the sour fruit stage is a real advance on the blossom stage, and it must be

KEDGEMAKOOGE. NS, Hun- season hilt in this photo two hun- ters and guides in Nova Scotia tors and guides carry out the legal report deer were scarccr in 1956 limit of two (leer per hunter dur- than they have been in

many aling the open season Oct. 15wNov. ; said the deer situation in

30. at Kedgemakooge. NS. While- olficial figures on the 1956 kill are: not available some hunters have the pro-

Profes'an' Orphunugelllarold Poolc. Ernest Dingwcll,l

' ' W. A. Acorn, Walter Douglas. con'"bu'.ons James Innes. Ray Leard. Mrs. I-ll LOWI-IR TRYON R. Townshcnd, Neil Mat-i)onuid,l

Collcutor. Ruth Foy. Dr. A. ll. Smallwood, Art Wright, 52.00 Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Cull-'.l.S. Gillespie Dr. I-I. Kn.-4.siici', heck. N. ll. Richards. M-A. MacLcan,

01.00 each: Mrs. George Confieid,1Percy Poole, C.R. White.

Mrs. Ralph Foy, Miss Florcnrt-lSl.00 ea: Leilh Townshend, J. F.

Mabey. Mrs. Harris Boulter. Misslsterns. Glyn Stewart. W.B. Mac-

Ethel Foy. Rev. Lloyd Archi-r.lKenzic. Fred Ellis. Harvey Poole.

Mrs. Austin Smith, Mrs. Percy Roy Crockett, Roy Coffin, Mrs.

Fay. Mrs. Maynard For lMaynard Fraser, Sterling Ding-

75 cents Mrs. Charles Poolcy iw.-zll, Mrs. Lawrence Jarvis, Mrs.

50 cents each: Jack Nelder. Mrs.lJuscph Hazclden. W.C. Wright.

1I:lchar;:il-'l't1)w;Itl. -lobe NIWgH"vrWilliam J. Poole. Irs. 'PI ”0.V- W I?” - "Y- Mrs. Florcncc lllzIcl.arnn. Wendell

25 cents: Mrs. Lloyd St0I'dl'- llllai-I.ar-cn. Ernest Pool:-. George Total 3l4-50- lRnach. Sheldon Dixon. Mrs. Kay

MOUNT TRYON . lMorrow. Flora O'Connor. Cpl Collector. Mrs. Harry Quiglevlstewart Sanford. Cst Douglas

:2.&t)l Mrsl; Awrlegl Wovodad I M lgengerlicst. llllrooks. W. Fudge. 1. eac : i ur a e. rsu eit ngwe .

Milton Martin. Mrs. Walter Wood. .50 cents ea: Creighton Dixon,

Harry Quiizley. Mrs. Fred Walsh.l Frank Poole. Sam Scott.

7.3 cents each: Mrs. Theo Curtis., T0131 . , , . .. 3179.50.

Miss Melinda vMulllns. I g

50 tents (-ath. Earle Nlulcntalliiltl. cEN1-gm. BEDLQUE

Mrs. Frank MacKenna. rs. ece C" 4 g M . Ed ,- L d.

3'l':g:y'CaI?renV:t"" Mayhem Mm ando lv'IIrs(.)rI-lllis rVI'ebstci'V.”n or

I Mrs.

Louis Walsh. Total Sl1.25. AIBANV RURAL Collector. Mrs. George Mackay. S3.'1ll .l. (icoruc MticKay. 82.00 each: (XE. Gamble. Arthur

MIPKZIY.

S1"-It John Dawson.

8100 cztcli: Mrs. John Mat-Kay. Yllrw Lorne Cameron. Mrs, John Walkcr. Wallcr Gnmhlc, John Mul- tort. lloicn Dawson.

5" cents: Mrs. Urville Large.

Total 5l7.fl(l.

AIIGUSTINE COVE (tollcctor. Mrs. Lorne Carruthers. S3110 Mrs. liric Robinson.

. .50 3100 each: Mrs. Gerald Macl'iid- Mm Rufus waddcul Mrs. Edwin prank Mm,-Kenzle, Fred Hooper,

3011. Mrs. Brent Clarke. Mrs. Ken- ncth Cameron. Mrs. Theo. Foy. Hrs. Austin Camcron. Mrs. Har- ry lnntun. Mrs. Lloyd Inmnn. Mrs. Wcndcll Mitt-Fadyen. Mrs. Bruce (';nnphcll. Mrs. Harry Machet- lnnr-. Mrs. Vernie Webster. Mrs. Iildon Dawson. Mrs. Kenneth Daw-

s15.00 Ralph Callbeck 10.00 Misses Louisa and Mildred Cullbeck

fs2.00 ea: Howard Schurman. John

Stewart. Mrs. Iviin Dawson. Mrs. T. J. lnman. H--:nry Callhcck.

31.00 ea: Mrs. llaslam, Charles lGrccn. Ralph Lord. A.E. Wright, ll)r. LIA. Britten, Eillson Wright. ilddwin Lord. Ilarold Baiznull. Mrs.

:Ll03'tI Webster. Walter Hogg. Stor-

ling Tuckcr. Otto Doull, Lcslie jlloopcr Earl Lt-at-rt. Clifford lwrighl, Mrs. Fred Jcwcll, Ellis Webster.

.75 ccnts ea: Mrs. Leonard Schur- man-

ccnts ca: Mrs. llarolil ('Iark

; Total ..... .. 554.25.

CARLETON SIDING . . Collectors, Mrs. John Quigley land Mrs. John Myers.

32.00 ea: Mrs -Harry Doull. Koith

Ion. Mrs. Elmer Dawson. Mrs. Lord. John Crozier. Morley Mut- llnrnld Howatt. Mrs. John Mac. tart. Lclth Cameron. John Myers. Williams. Mrs. Roy('.u1cliffe. Mrs. SL00 ra: CBIVIII IIDWHU. Erlr lllnrren Shcrran. Mrs. Lorne Car-Thomson. Paul Lavole. Wendell rulhi-rs. lMRCwIIIlHm5. Sheldon Nicholson. 50 vcnts each: Mrs. Roy Boulter,l.Iohn Hnslam. Gordon Sutherland. Mrs. Artie Ncwsome. Mrs. Wll- Hcrbcrt Cooper. Ralph MncCaull. lard Wadmnn. Mrs. Gertie New- John Quigley. Austin Campbell. sonic. Mrs. Willard Wadman. Mrs. Avalah MacCallum. Albert Mor- Kcnncth MacNelll. Mrs. Peter Pct- rlson. Herbert Stewart, John rrs. Mrs. Don. Duncan. Mrs. Myr-lcampbell. Hedley Muttart. Frank llc Peters. Mrs. Fred Leard. Mrs.-Muttart. Nathan Bell. Rev. J.W. I3""ly Reeves. Mrs. Alban Gaudet.:Howe. Burpee MacMicken. Fcnton

Flcti-her Peacock, Nora MacLcan., Mrs- Keith Cudmore. Fred Horne,

Brenton Diamond, Earl C I a r k, Walter MacMillan.

.50 cents ea: Mrs. Hedley Stewartf Mrs. George Jackson. Mrs. Ivan Brycnlon, Mrs. Harold Stead.

.25 cents: Erncsl Walker. Total .. 310.25. Grand Total r . . . . .. 528.75.

away, "the sun of righ1.eousncss"igonc -through if the rich, ripe Vince ls "drastic." Lands and for S110"? 888"! "With h93lin8 in HIS: 77"” '5 9V" I0 be P''9P3F9d 50? esls department officials say. how- WINES-" like 5I3S'9T'S 11Ib16- ' p '

ever. there's nothing to worr3.pAR.ABLE5 I So it is in the Christians pro-

abom. (Cp phogol gress. Our human nature is weak Years afterward we were study- and unsteady, and the height of

inp. Professor A.B. Bruce's exposi-1 our early joy in the Lord will be tion of Jesus' parables and camel the measure of the depth of the .to the one which Mark alone rec-I depression that follows. So often Ml"-V (7h3FlPb.ords-the seed growing sscretlylour environment hinders whe1'e formcr pres-lor "automatically" as the Greek it ought to help: temptation as- Wclf:irc- has it (Mark 4:26-29. lsails the soul whenever an open- Council, died Saturday. She was, It was a very thorough theolo-I in: for it appears; those on whom 88. For 25 yc:1rs.slic was nziitonall gicai interpretation. but suddenly We depend for guidance often

LEADER DIES

OTTAWA iCPi .

H. Thorbiirn. ORE. ident of the Caiiudian

treasurer of the uonicn's Mission- we caught the ring of a genuinel mistake I518 Wily- nry Society of the Presbyterian

Church.

ROLLO BAY WEST V?

Collector Mrs. Clifford Town-. shcnd. I 32.00: Mrs. Clifford Townshend.

Mrs. Edwin Reid. 31.00 ea: Miss Cassie Andcrson.l

George Banks, Mrs. Arthur Wood, Mrs. Andrewl Anglican Cmmh of Canada. was

Paton. Mrs. William Dixon. .75 cents: Mrs. Charlie Campbell. Total .. 58.75.

BETIIEL , I Collectors, Sterling and Winston '. Lund. l 131.00 ca: Leigh Ferguson, Norman Rankin. John S. Horton, Everett Horton. Charles MacLennan. J. Jenkins. Percy Lund. Everett Lund. Walter Wood. Leonard Wood.

1 Total 510.00

'Nonrii MILTON

Collectors. Margaret Colcs and Elsie llooper. 31.00 ca: Mrs- Lemuel Neill, Mrs. -William MacQuarr's-3, Mrs. Char- ;les Smith, Mrs. Robert Carterg Mrs. Ira Rodd, Wilbur Robinson, Mrs. Amos Rodd, Eric Laird. ,Mrs. ilarvey Colcs. Mrs. Loren "Thompson. Mrs. A.B. Coles. Mrs.; Eric Colcs. Verner Coles, Mrs. Rcagh Moreside. Mrs. Chester. Mathcson. Mrs. Preston Neill. l Mrs. Lindsay Coles. Mrs. Georgel ,Hoopcr. Mrs. Percy Hooper. E.M-. Crabbe. Mrs. John Crabbe. lllrs.l '.Raymond Andrews, Mrs. Brcntonl lColes. Mrs. Ernest Coles, Mrs.'

1 l

Bert Hooper.

.75 cents ea: Mrs. Elmer Cnlcs,

Mrs. Reg. Coles.

l.70 cents: Mrs. Parker Smith.

..50 cents ca: Mrs. Alton Rodd,

Mrs Erie Colcs. Tolnl . . . . .. 531.20

STANLEY BRIDGE .. Collectors Mrs. Elmer Fylr and,

Mrs. Stanlcy Colcs.

51.00 ea: Vernon and .ll.:tyimrd.

Simpson, Mrs. W.l. Grccn. Mrs.

iA.S. MacEwen. Stanley Colcs. T iMrs- F.S. Bell. Mrs. Cranford . iMacl(ay. Earl Cnrr. lllrs. John,

Fyfe. Blols MncEwen. Mrs. Lorne' lMacEwen. Mrs. Gordon Fylc, Mrs 2 Elma Fyfe. Miss Geneva MacKay Carl Woolner. Mrs. Ray Douglas. K.R MacKay. Mrs Erlr Bell

75 cents: Mrs Melville Morrison 50 cents ea: Mrs. Max Ferguson. Mrs. Earl Henry, Mrs. J.E. His- c

Mrs. Lee-man Macwllliams. Howait. Harold Muttart. Albert 7.3 cents: Mrs. Life Clarke. Craswell.

Total 326.75. .00 cents: Elmer Stordy.-

Grand total Slum. .55 cents: Lloyd Macwllhams. SIIURIS .50 cents: Raymond Harvey. Irv-

Collcctors. Mrs. II.H- Laricr. Mrs. Keith MacKenzie, Mrs. Neil MacDonald. Mrs. .l.R. Maclu.-an. 325.00 H.H. Larter..

325.00 Matthew and MacLcan. Ltd. 810.00 United Church Guild. 30.00 Mat-Kenzle's Service Station 3500 George Webster-

S500 Mrs. H.D .MacLesn.

36.00 Mrs. .13. Matthew.

8500 Mrs. E.J. MacDonald 35.00 Griffin Fisheries.

3500 Claude Richards.

35.00 R. J. Macltcnzle.

34.00 Birtls Feed Service.

83.00 Waldron Dingwell.

31.00 George Leard.

86.00 B. L. Stewart.

8200 ea: Rev. D.A. Sharpe. Mrs

Coming Events

Card party Grandvlew Rall. Wednesday. Jan 0th;

Auction and dance Vanna Rail. Monday. Jan. 7th.

Dunstaffnage card Iume Monday January 1th at l:8.

cr-one also-iei L.0.I.. wiuom-r

meet In Canoe Cave Jan. 8th. 2.8).

Unloading car at Old Sydney coal at Han-lbrooh January 7th. hmes C. Wood.

Brookfleld annual church meet- ing will be held in the church Tuesday. January lb. at fun.

Hockey North River rink tonight. Itlllca rllornets vs. Hampshire Bu . . skate

on Total 819.25.

ing Muttart. Frank Muttart, Keith Stordy. Stanley Hawaii 11 a r ry Muttart Mrs. Cook Howatt, Ran-l ONE NIGHT LATE

-dolph Szvenson, Frank Qulglt-y.E SUDBURY. Ont. tCP1-Sudbury Mrs. John Stewart. Donald Mac-3 plans a Twelfth Night bonfire of

parties re- 1

iDonald, Wilber Cairns. Arnoldlchristmas trees for the second

Francis. Hazen Lowther, Hebcr Myers. .25 cents Charles Paynter. Total 044.10

SOUTH MILTON Colleetor John M. Moore

312.00 Arthur Curtis. '

85.00 Mrs. C.R. Blrt.

8100 ea: Rev. A.E. Piercey. R.L. Coles, Russell Colon, Gerald Hoo-

per.

81.00 ea: John D- MacDonald. Annie Crabbe. Pope Hooper, Or- ville y. Mrs. Norman Lar- ter. C Mactietll. ltlrs. Daniel Cummings, Nell Ilacbonald. Ger- ald Cotes. Tom Iloore. Mrs. Ray- mond Burgoyne. V.L. Gllluple. Mrs. 1.3. Matheaun. William Cur-

th. Proud. Jack Poole. Rough Younhn. Harry Moore, Edna Munroe

Bernice Newson. no ea: William Maclay. Mn. Vernon Pronde. . Prank

sin. nuns Newton. Newton. lire. Wallace Bry .i, . Jenkins.

'5ear in cesslon. But will be held next Monday night. the lath night after Christmas. because the Twelfth Night falls on I Sun-

day. It I117. 4'55"" N':g!Ih?'isartas1 er not einbnrra tun! t. . lgc , bllrlltll - 1. I run! l'?'”' '7 mu .5. 0,1”. atsoroen. 1. new” . mar. uoouur W- .33.... mm tonsil . " nun Incl.

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VICTORIA l('Pl m Flirty-three year - old Canon Ralph Stanlet Dean. DD. youngest bishop of the You 3".” have time to

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THE UNIVERSAL WEEK OF PRAYER JANUARY 7th - Hell. 1951

Monday, 8 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. The Baptist Church Wednesday. 8 p.m. . ...... .. . .. St. Paul's Chuurch

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Our Christianity is tested and proven by the earnestness with which we seek God's will in each situation and the resolutenessi

ith which we defy our difficul-I ties and do it. :

There is no victory without con- flict and those who would enter into peace must accept life's chal- lenges. and. with Christ's help- fight the battle through.

At present ttvsre is a general

lexpectancy of religious revival 'and many are seeking the viay

to God. The way may be hard at

'firat, some of the most earnest

souls found. God only after a hard struggle. p

PRAY FOR THEM

We should pray for them that they too may find the love of God dawning on their souls like the inornini; with all the joy it brings But they warned that lIl('ll' feelings are changeahlc as April weather and that emotion is not the faith that saves. It is the action of will that acccepis Christ as Saviour and commits our lives to Him as their Lord.

Our purpose to be Christ's- must be a definite and final com-p mitment of ourselves to Him. There must be no looking back.l Christ can and will help but only. when. without any reservation.1

we place our lives in His hands- I

In all the parables of the kin:-I dom we note the certainty of they I

consummation "when the grain is ripe. at once He puts in the sickle because the harvest has come."

To change the ligure, the race of life is toward a certain goal The voyage of the soul is toward a particular port We are not

drifting aimlcssly on a shoreless; dealing with: the last things Jesus taught I-lisl

sea. In His parables disciples that He was going to

leave them and would be away!

for a long time, but that His re- turn was certain.

When he does return. He will require an account of our use of all that He has entrusted to us. Our ability and reliability in His service will be tested and proven in the long delay. so that per-

MOMIRY -Ian. 7. 1957 TheGuardinn Page 3

FAIBVIEW

The parishioners and others at- Midnight Mass at St Martins, South Shore,

tended

on Christmas. The choir chantedl carols before the Mass. Miss Audrey MacMillan. Bridge-I

the

beautiful

water, N- S.. spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.

sistence and perseverence in the task appointed is expected of us.

"Does the road wind uphill all the way?

Yes. to the very end.

whole long day?

From friend." C,G. Rossetti.

tum should be ...-... ..

morn

to night.

ll. Macmillan, Fairview.

Mrs. Reginald Taylor.

at Fairview school. spent

Eachetn. Rice Point

Mrs. Clifford Hogan, S o u t It Shore. has as her guest. Miss Don-

na Shea, Fort Augustus.

The many friends of Miss Claire - Mclsaac. student at St. Dunstan's College, who was a patient in the Charlottetown Hospital. are pleas- ed to see her about again after undergoing an appendix operation Mr. Elsworth MacDonald spent Will the day's journey take the; the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. llester Smith, Nine Mile Creek. Mr. Ernest Smith Rocky Point,

was a recent visitor to the city.

SQUARE DANCERS

Admission 50 cents.

The Swingsters Club will have OPEN HOUSE, Wed- nesday. Jan 9, 1957, with a BOX LUNCH. Each couple bring own lunch. Swingsters provide coffee.

teacher the .Cl1riatmas holidays with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Me-

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