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pastors reply on prayer meeting split feb 13 1967 dear sir since you have set the cauldron on the fire allow me to lift the lid and ex pose the contents this is no witchs brew designed to bring evil upon the stouflville community the reasons for the ladies pf the christian united missionary and baptist congregations declining to participate in the world day of prayer sponsored hy the world council of churches are quite valid and available if the re porter had heeded the rec ommendation given to con sult the pastors of the hurchcs involved i am quite certain that the rea sons for the split if such t was would no longer be shrouded in secrecy and nixed with disappoint ment and confusion you have reduced this o a denominational con- lict between the six local churches the protesting churches are concerned with something larger than that namely the de termined purpose of the world council of churches to organize a universal church body in union with the roman catholic church we cannot align oursehes with such a group and remain faithful to the word of god we reject as unscriptural such teachings as the pope the vicar of christ and the head of the church his in fallibility the immaculate conception and the work of mary as mediatrix etc as soon as an overture is made to the roman catho lic church for united wor ship and prayer by the protestant churches that very term protestant has lost its meaning and the church the right to use it furtherthe current at titude of certain protest ants toward the bible questioning its inspira tion toward jesus christ suspicious of his diety toward the supernatural denying the reality of the new birth the holy spir its indwelling miracles etc have erected a barrier which prevents true chris tian fellowship and prayer at the same time how ever it must be stated that i will embrace as a broth er in christ any person regardless of the religious affiliation who affirms the dicty of jesus christ lov ing and trusting him as saviour and lord i regret that the whole issue has exploded into the sensational our ladies at tempted to introduce the change quietly and with out unnecessary publicity these sincere efforts have been thwarted yours truly gordon t gooderham pastor stouffville baptist church editors mail feb ii 1967 dear sir in your article of feb 9 inder the caption prayer service splits churches sincere but misinform ed woman says all over he world the trend is to iring denominations clos er together while here in itouffville we are destroy- sg what little has been xcomplished the refer ence to stouffville evi- lently referred to the three lenominations who could tot conscientiously go ilong with a system vhose clergymen and lead- rsf are not using their trcngth to consolidate uslorical christianity in ur times i recognize that he ladies who meet for he world day of prayer n our community are not ully cognizant of the prin- iples that govern the orld organizations that ponsor this particular ay there are organiza- ions which sponsor this ay of prayer who do not upport historical chris- ianity and therefore we re not able to support uch faith unites people and ailh is belief but if we do iot believe that jesus hrist is god and that the nan christ jesus was not aised from the dead how an you bring denomina- ions closer together here was a lime when the id line denominations ompriscd of bodies of christians believed some- hing although they dif- cred on minor details hey were splinter groups hich came down from he protestant reforma- ion and who paid a bitter rice for what they bcliev- d todav sponsor groups f the world day of pray- r will tell you that belief t christs divinity and lis bodily resurrection is olongcr essential imme diately a denomination de clares that as many de nominations have done so they cut themselves off from the stream of histori cal christianity it ceases to be christian and the man or woman that be longs to such an organiza tion is forced to withdraw he is free to do so and if he is honest he will do so to us as a denomination we believe that a world day of prayer is a day when christians pray and when the sponsors assume the name of jesus christ but when the sponsors subtly deny the cardinal doctrines of christianity such as gods self disclos ure in the person of jesus christ etc they cease to be capable leaders of christi anity another serious matter that is forgotten is that the protest registered by the fathers of the protest ant churches still stands we do not accept the bible plus tradition nor any mediator on earth or in heaven between god and man except jesus christ our lord the new testament hasnt the re motest suggestion of an other apart from him our people are sociable and are void of any ani mosity towards anybody but at the same time how can they enjoy christian fellowship where faith in the cardinal doctrines of christianity are gone- and in their place human tradi tion and the opinions of men are substituted how can you pray where there is no belief there is no doubt that many of the women in stouffville who have met for the world day of prajv cr still believe in histori cal christianity but the majority dont realize that they are subtly being drawn into a totalitarian system which will dictate to them what they are to believe and not believe many in these three de nominations have with drawn to continue to pray under another sponsoring group because they see what is coming they do not wish to be associated with an institution which arbitrarily legislates what a christian is to believe anybody who cannot see this coming is simply hid ing his or her head in the sand the judgment of god is already falling upon the apostate church in the very fact that the holy spirit will have nothing to do with her in the book of the revelation it clearly says of the harlot church and strong is the lord god that judgeth her on ly such a strong god could judge such a highly organized seat of anti christ which has usurped the scat of the holy spirit in the church those who have discernment of the times can see god prepar ing instruments in the earth which he will use to judge her as he judged the jewish church in the days of the prophet habakkuk god told the prophet that the chaldeans whom the jews feared were being established for correc tion and god used this m rasum tkfstjjy fctxify 16 1967 tat 5- withalike new car 1961 pontiac 4d00r hardtop complete with automatic transmission and radio finished in maroon a truly outstanding buy i lie j6s2s1 call mc at chas cooper ltd claremont 6492114 buy your office supplies at the tribune markham ph 2943355 roxy markham ph 2913355 it 1 daniel boone comes alive at centennial dance out of the pages of history and onto the dance floor strode a veritable daniel boone on friday night at the centennial dance in the legion hall sponsored by the stouffville kinette club in real life the story- hook character is mickey hunt elm road the coonskin cap was made by his wife kay shown here giving it a final finishing touch staff photo for sale for sa by betty ross would you like to buy a pair of ladys balbrigan hose fashioned legs and french feet whatever they are at 25 cents a pair or if you prefer seamless brown balbriggan hose sell for three pairs for 95 cents a necessary item and good buy is ladies corsets in drab double bust and side steels embroidered in silk at 45 cents each honestly you cant go wrong at 45 cents please dont contact me for any of the above mer chandise i just cant get over the 45 cent corsets myself order directly from the t eaton compa ny queen and yonge streets toronto the catch is that you must somehow get back to the year 1884 when these items in the light of all this mr editor should not gods people obey his words and not follow the leadership heathen nation to correct men w longer be- exhibition now his ancient people who ieve the nspred records the 600 page volume dls- had departed from the liv- men who reject the arti- d t cles of the church of eng- were listed in the t eaton cataloe jok here ladies lined kid gloves sell for sloo a pair and nighties with solid tucked yokes are from 50 cents up to 5360 and here are red llannels listed in the 1884 catalogue ladies scarlet underwear scarlet vests all pure wool nicely finish ed 100 the other day as i pas sed eatons store i looked up to the second story win dows and thought how in teresting and effective it would be to see hung out of the windows as they did in the 1880s yards of kidderminster carpet and nottingham and glasgow lace curtains in the year 1966 the traffic not horse drawn whizzes by eatons the embryo catalogue began as a handbill hi 1874 had grown by 1884 to a 32 page booklet six inches by nine inches which was passed out to visitors at the toronto a market place for mail and telephone buyers it is an accurate history of the tastes and needs of cana dians how many small and big people spend un countable hours dreaming over the glossy pictures in the catalogue how many husbands and wives have yearned planned argued known frustration antici pation recreation over its pages all types wrought iron work made to order interior eiterinr railing pnrth column k rilling wrouzh iron furniture room dividers fire escapes for free estimates call 6492625 claremont 9420721 pickering buds ornamental railings brock rd n rickcring thurs fbi sat february 16 xi is dr goldfoof g9rl bombs vincent trice fabian franco ciccio also paradise hawaiian style elvis presley donna buttkrworth james sh1geta both pictures in wide screen technicolor matinee sat 2 fm both above pictures mon tues wed february 20 21 22 ian flemings thunderball in wide screen technicolor starring sean connery as james bond luciana paluzzi claudine auger 2 showings at 700 pm t 915 pm adult cut moke woub ing god the message of the prophets contain the philosophy of history god does not change in 70 ad god judged the jew ish church and the same god is preparing to judge the gentile church the last word of christ in the revelation to his chldrcn in the apostate church was come out of her my people left you become a partaker of her plagues land and the presbyterian westminster confession of faith are not leaders worthy of a following of men and women who of jesus christ can honest ly say he loved me and gave himself for me yours sincerely rev clarence t bass minister of the christian congrega tional church in stouffville about twelve million can adian homes the prepara tion of each edition re quires the effort of over 700 employees more than 2500 tons of paper 60000 pounds of ink not only is the catalogue fund late dick ward marmill employee 37 years blitz late richard dick ward of markham staff photo markham the resi dents of markham village were shocked last week to learn of the sudden pas sing of richard dick ward one of the towns best known and most highlv respected residents mr ward died feb 7 at the home of his daughter margaret mrs norman brown in scarborough he was 77 mr ward was a long time employee of rccsors marmill limited and his work with that firm cov ered a period of 37 years even following his official retirement from the com pany staff in 1963 he would go every saturday- morning to complete the books a practice he con tinued up to a month be fore his death mr ward was a charter member of the markham- unionvillc lions club and a past president of the or ganization in recent years mr ward served as the book keeper at the markham arena several days a week in the fall mr ward fulfilled an ambition and travelled by plane to the site of an rcmp post at fort simpson on the mc- kcnie river where his son corporal robert ward stouffville reprc- sentatives of 7 stouffville churches in addition to the kinette kinsmen lions and legion will partici pate in stouffvilles first heart fund blitz on satur day feb 18 a heart fund chapter has been organ ized here ladies who will take part include mrs audrey good mrs jenny cuth- bertson mrs ernie car- ruthers mrs joan kamps mrs grace norton mrs a g thompson and mrs neil smith kinette president mrs maris anderson will represent that organiza tion residents are asked to receive these canvassers on saturday and be si gener ous as possible 1867 u 1967 a dream about to become a reality our centennial project stouffville civic square a project to be truly proud of a project that needs your help jf help your heart fund fight heart disease your number one health ene my send a contribution now to the canadian heart fund 247 davenport read toronto ontario is stationed he remained there one month mrs ward the former lottie gidman passed auav in 1965 service was conducted on friday afternoon from the dixon funeral home markham with interment in grace anglican church cemetery 15000 must be raised play your part youll be able to point with pride at your new civic square and say my contribution helped build it a special mil committee of the stouffviiik cen tennial committee i in charge of the fund raisins campaign they have with the helpful assistance of the bank of nova srolla canadian imperial bank of com merce and stouffville credit union tet up a tonkins arrangement whereby your contributions will be added to the civic square fund contributions may be made in permtn or by cheque at either of the two banks in stnuffville with cheques being made payable lo the civic square fund be proud to be a canadian show this pride by playing your part in helping to build this memorable showpiece youll be glad you did i