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6 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Scturdey, April 9, 1966 The Church Victorious Adam, death became kind's changed this, and His Resurrection reversed it.--I Corinthians 15:20-34. a SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON 15: Revelation 7: 9-17 hi. The resurrection of Christ is God's end. Christ's death on Calvary way of showing mankind that be- cause Jesus lives we shall also live.-- I Corinthians 15:1-19. John envision tion, standing the redeemed, throne.--Revelation 7:9-15. By Alfred Buescher In that eternal life God provides abundantly for man's deepest needs, Revelation 7; 16-17, GOLDEN TEXT; Revelation s the great multitude of brought out of tribula- white-clad before God's ne JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA Rabbinical Scholars Gave Jesus Support In Jesus' direst and dark- est hours, support for Him came not from His custom- ary friends and co-workers but from comparative strangers, .including .two rabbinical scholars. This Easter-season story tells of one of them, Joseph of Arimathea. By GEORGE W. CORNELL Associated Press Religion Writer! Shades of disgrace trailed him. Reproachful eyes peered | from behind the hedges and tongues of slander whispered against him, as they did against the prophets of old. "Denounce him! Let us de- | nounce him!"' Joseph of Ari- mathea walked a treacherous | | path. ; It had led him into conflict with his class, into challeng- ing his own judicial order, into defence of a convicted capital offender and at last, into claiming the man's body from the Roman satrap who | condemned him. Joseph, the warm-hearted and eloquent country rabbi who had risen to distinction in the leading institutions of the holy city, followed a road that could bring him to ruin. It descended into the dark desert of the cross. But for him, there was no turning back. "Give me this stranger," he requested of Pilate, in-a bold and direct confrontation with that niggling ruler, a scene noted in Scripture and de- tailed in other early Chris- tian literature. After each round of argument, Joseph repeated his insistent plea, Give me this stranger." Pilate, disturbed and dubi- ous at first, warned that it seemed provocative and ill-ad- vised in this messy case. Finally, however, after sum- moning the centurion in charge of the execution to verify that Jesus was dead, the governor testily consented, "Take him!" PROVIDES BURIAL So now the audacious rab- bi from Arimathea, a tiny mountain village near the Samaritan border, hastened | to provide an honorable bur- ial for the crucified rabbi from another rural hamlet, Nazareth None of the siain man's | comrades or relatives had dared intervene to perform HARMONY TNITED CHURCH Rev, N. T. Holmes, B.A., B.D, Minister Mrs. Marie Taylor, A.R "C7. {Piane and Orgo in), RM.T. Organist and Tholrmenter 9:45 A.M.--Sunday School | 11:00 A.M.--Kindergarten end Tiny Tots Classes i 11:00 A.M MORNING WORSHIP Easter message ond Easter music by choir. A Hearty Welcome To All HEAR The Back to the Bible Broadcast DAILY Mon. to Sat. 9:30 - 10:00 am. thean, this son of the upcoun- } ligence had earned him rank- ing prestige in the sophisti- cated circles after he had moved from his native town. He also | had prospered, and owned a spacious house and grounds, He would not lightly jeopard- ize this estate. | FORBIDDEN ACT criminating task. Under pre- cepts of the Torah, it was de- filing to touch the corpse of a condemned man one crucified. | cursed,' Moses prrote. rael, such a death was the ut- most infamy and shame. ever he died, could be so intended, in the face of the ostracism this cause him. clined. From the praetorium, he crossed the Sextus bridge to the upper city, and at his house, bade his servants ac- company him, taking along a flat cypress litter. gate and up the rocky hill be- =e -------- that service. disappeared, fright. But Joseph, a virtual out- sider, described in Scripture as a prominent public figure, a "respected member" of the civil - religious council, the sanhedrin, "who had not con- | sented" to the charges | against Jesus, and who cour- ageously clung to his position, even after it was spurned and Jesus was discredited and dead, stepped forward to at- tend the fallen, unwanted one, whom others had abandoned | or shunned. A nervy Mostly they had scattered in| man,this Arima- try. His vigor and incisive intel- Jerusalem, there | of Yet now he approached an especially is ac- In Is- "A hanged man how- laid na family tomb. Yet Joseph No executed criminal, likely would He hurried, for the sun de- yond the city wall and to the foot of the sapless tree, where Jesus hung. There, Nicodemus, another minority Pharisee on the san- | bedrin who had wanted Jesus | spared, joined Joseph in ex- tracting the nails and lower- ing the bruised and lifeless body from the scaffold to the ground. The borne by and their peaceful, of Joseph," splashed, where flowers grew, where a newly - body of Jesus was Joseph, Nicodemus servants to embankment. It was the ninth hour (6 p.m.), and nighthawks called in the twilight. FRIENDS WATCHED It was a lonely, fair. From a distance, only two friends of Jesus---both women watched _ silently through the trees as the two rabbis rendered the last offices for the abased and for- saken Galilean. Joseph had prepared new his family, but since they were newcomers in the city, it so far had remained unused. the Now it would become the rest- | ing place for the stranger. While still outside, aromatic nard, Judaism did not practice embalming, nor use coffins. | An outer shroud was wrapped around the body, before it was | carried into the sepulchre. Inside it vas placed on one | of several recessed ledges, hewn into the side walls. Then Joseph and the others | withdrew. The Roman guard, assigned , the landscaped '"'garden where fountains | hewn tomb | opened in the face of a stone desolate af- tomb for himself and | in the | waning light, the men washed | the body and anointed it with | notes, he held the messianic hope for the "kingdom of God," confident that the Lord acts in human history, Whatever his reasons, Jo- seph took his stand with a de- famed and marked man, not counting the costs, realizing that it would arouse resent- ment in high quarters, By his decision he himself became a marked man. According to legend, he be- came _a wandering Christian disciple, carrying with him the cup which Christ used at his last supper, and extending the faith to the British Isles, where, spent by his labors, he sighed, "We be weary all," thereby giving the name to Wirral Hill. by Pilate, rolled the huge, disc - shaped stone along its groove until it covered the mouth of the tomb, and sealed it with metal straps. The task was done. Joseph, out of some daunt- less urging of mind and char- acter, had befriended the friendless, even in death. Although publicly never as- sociated with Jesus before, his action and Scripture indi- cate he had developed some secret regard for the upset- ing teacher from the north. Unlike the dominant, but | soon - repudiated Sadducean | party, Joseph believed in the | immortality of the soul, in the enduring rabbinic tradition of | the Pharisees. As Scripture | FREE METHODIST CHURCH Erie St.. off Simcoe 5. Minister: Rev. C. M. Bright (Next after Bloor St.) Phone: 725-3872 10:00 A.M.--SUNDAY SCHOOL 11:00 A.M~--EASTER SERVICES "THE RISEN ONE IN THE MIDST" 6:00 P.M. -- E.MY. 7:00 P.M--FAMILY GOSPEL HOUR SPECIAL SINGING CRUCIFIXION SLIDES, ETC. Wed. 6:30--C.Y.C. 8:00---Prayer Meeting 8:00--District F.M.Y. Rally Brion Pretchord of Ottawa, speaking. A WARM WELCOME AWAITS YOU Fri regan FREE METHODIST CHURCH 1042 Rossland Rd. W., East of Garrard PASTOR--REV. R. H. JAMES, 725-1280 9:45 A.M,--LIBRARY TIME 10:00 A.M.---SUNDAY SCHOOL 11:00 AM.--"THE RISEN LIVING SAVIOUR" 7:00 P.M,--"THE ROAD TO EMMAUS" WED. 8:00 P.M PRAYER ond BIBLE STUDY Those who have papers, magazines, etc., are invited to bring them te our church. Proceeds used for World Literoture Crusode Do not miss the Light and te Her on Radio Station WHLB, Niagara Falls, N.Y., 1270 on dial at THE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY CHURCH CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH (Anglican) Mary ond Hillcroft Streets EASTER DAY 7:00 A.M,--HOLY COMMUNION He led them out the fish SRR IF YOUR ANSWERIS "YES" 1, Do you believe in the broth- erhood of man, irrespective of nation, race, or creed? 2. Do you believe that "reli- gious truth," to be acceptable, must be in harmony with the | truth in every other field--sci- | ence included? 3. Do you believe the primary | responsibility for human Prog: | ress rests upon man? then you are professing the Unitarian belief APRIL 10th 11:00 A.M. Speaker: Mr. Wm. Belfontaine Subject: "Religion = 21st Century, Unitarians must create it' UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP The Club Loreley Dean Ave., Oshawa --S -- Reveals the startling signi- ficance behind world news! + with PROPHECIES next 20 yeors! Monday .- Saturday 9:05 - 9:35 P.M. (or immediately following Jr, A Hockey) and Sundoy 10:30 - 11:00 P.M, 1350 RADIO 8:00 A.M.--HOLY COMMUNION 9:30 ond 11:00 A.M.--CHURCH SCHOOLS 11;00 A.M.--HOLY COMMUNION and ADDRESS. Nursery Core at 11:00 o.m. Service 7:00 P.M--EVENING PRAYER ond ADDRESS Wednesdoy-- 10:00 A.M.--HOLY COMMUNION ST. GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH BAGOT AND CENTRE STS. The Reverend Canon F. G. Ongley, M.A.--Rector The Reverend R. G. Brooks $:Th.--Assistant "SUNDAY, APRIL 10th -- EASTER DAY 7:00 A.M.--HOLY COMMUNION 8:00 A.M.--CHORAL COMMUNION 11:00 A.M.--CHORAL COMMUNION Sermon: The Rector 7:00 P.M.--FESTAL EVENSONG Nursery facilities available et the 11:00 A.M. Service, THURSDAY, APRIL 14th--HOLY COMMUNION--10:00. A.M BIBLE LESSON Word Most wy Rom ¥ The word Waster, coming from a Sanskrit word meaning "drawing," is particularly ap: propriate when we consider that with the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead a new day began to dawn and a new era came into being, Master marks the resurrection of life, the very basis of Christian religion, Not only does it proclaim that Jesus rose from the dead, if also af firms for every Christian his faith in a life eternal, Through His death upon the Crows Jesus made possible the forgiveness of our sing and opened the way for the salva. tion of the world, The purpose for which He had come into the ARG EY WRT Nive His resurrection authenticated His death, and showed the su- perioritybof life over death. Death could not hold Him, and he "'burst the bands asunder' and proved all that He had taught. That first Master morn- ing was God's way of showing mankind that because Jesus lives we shall also live The resurrection of Jesus | Christ stands out boldly in the} Easter Means Drawing' J D Appropriate sof the Anostle Paul. and he, after his experience on the Damascus road, accepted it as a fact beyond question. Nep- ertheless, in discussing the im- portance of Christ's resurrec- tion, Paul becomes carefully ob- jective, examining it negatively, "If Christ be not risen . Our preaching and faith are preaching and faith are vain; the apostles are false witnesses; man still bears his yoke of sin; all that we have suffered and sacrificed in the name of Christ is of no account. But, he as- world had been accomplished, | « serts, Christ is risen, He has become the firstborn from the dead, and all those who belong to Christ will also be raised from the dead. Christ is risen! » . and our faith is enriched by His victory, Now Paul contrasts Christ with Adam, by whom death and resurrection, brought life| li and immortality to light # | through the gospel. aies priysicaily, Te' can aniier in reliance on the fact that Christ in reliance rose from the dead, without a. picture of the great multitude before the throne of God, set forth by John in his Revelation. The multitude is in- numerable and is made up of those of all nations, and kind- "|reds, and people, and tongues. These are the redeemed, ones who have died in the Lord, wearing the white robes of the and singing an anthem of praise. They have come "'out of great tribulation" triumphant. nies had become covered with an eternal tribulation which made their fel- lowship with God and the Lamb more previous. hunger no more, neither thirst esus, through His life, death any more; neither shall the sun on them, nor any heat. For the lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall Jead them unto living fountains of waters; and Cod-chell syine own. all tears. from their eyes." This is the promise of a life and a future where there shall be no impov- erishment. It was John's way af Aallin. nae! of telling these awhe-live-under privation that God's providence is bountiful for those who love and serve him. Thus man's deepest needs upon their earth, both physical and spiritual, are provided for in the life which is eternal, Easter sets before us an en- during hope in things which are eternal and which undergo no changes, save from glory to glory. The resurrection of our Lord places within us an un- dying hope that, because of our faith, we shall someday join the others who have died in Him, The Easter message carries us far beyond the idea of immor- tality, challenging us with the hope of eternal life. Believing this, our lives in this world take on a new meaning. Jesus demonstrated that man need not truly die, for though he ate a spiritual life with Christ No Easter lesson is complete alvation they have inherited and become Though their ago- joy, it was their More happily, "they -- shall came into the world as the re-| sult of his disobedience, hecom-| ing a pattern for all mankind. | It took God's Son and His re demplive work on Calvary, to) change it, and the Resurrection to reverse it. The previously un allterable consequences of sin and death were ended when Rowland L 11:00 A.M.- Westmount United Church Bond Street West ot Rosehill Rivd Shopping Canire) Minister, Rey, Fronk H. Ward, BA MeCor EASTER SERVICES OF WORSHIP 9:30 A.M.--Family --'THE RISEN LIFE" VISITORS ARE CORDIALLY WELCOME AT WESTMOUNT Oust nerth of the Oshawa Organist Choir Director CENTRE STREET UNITED CHURCH | Corner King and Centre St. REV, ARTHUR W. MAGEE--MINISTER Organist Mrs. A. H, Foy 9:45 A.M. -- SUNDAY SCHOOL 11:00 A.M "For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the lory"' SPECIAL EASTER MUSIC Care provided for bobles and small children during the sarvice. The Friendly Fomily Church ot the Centre of the City. d, Mus, Bor imines SS Service ST. ANDREW'S Minister: THE REY, J. F, Senior Discussion 11:00 A.M.--Nursery, Organist and Choirmoster; MR. KELVIN JAMES, A.T.C.M, 9:30 A.M.--Junior and Intermediate Departments (Children 9-13 years) Pre-Confirmation Class -- Grode 9 Kindergarten and Primary Departments EASTER SUNDAY 11:00 A.M. Have You Found Easter ? Babes and toddlers are cared for/during service. UNITED CHURCH |} SIMCOE SOUTH AND BRUCE STREETS G. MORRIS, B.A., S.T.M ALBERT STREET UNITED CHURCH (Corner of Albert St. ond Olive Ave.) MINISTER: REV, HELMUTH DYCK, B.A. Orgonist-Choirmaster: Harold Ellis No Sunday Church Schoo! except for Toddlers FAMILY EASTER SERVICE AT 9:30 A.M. and 11:00 A.M. "The Significance of the Resurrection" A CORDIAL WELCOME TO ALL Sermon: Group -- Teens NORTHMINSTER ORGANIST -- MR (CORNER OF SIMCOE ST. AND ROSSLAND RD.) | MINISTER -- REV. H. A. MELLOW, B.A., D.D, RONALD KELLINGTON DEACONESS ~-- MISS SHIRLEY M, McKEE UNITED CHURCH | EVANGEL Pentecostal Church eeting in the T. R. McEwen Senior Public School Auditorium WILSON RD. SOUTH R, D. Ellis 725-9617 Pastor: Rev. 9:45 A.M.----SUNDAY SCHOOL Classes for All Ages. 11:00 A.M.--"The Empty Tomb" 7:00 P.M.--'Go Tell... He is Risen" Special music at both services WORSHIP WITH US THIS SUNDAY 9:15 A.M.--Primary Grades 1, Primary Grades 1, Sacrament of Baptism CHURCH SCHOOL SESSIONS 9:15 A.M.--Intermediate Grodas 7, 8 and 9; Senior Grades 10 and over 10:45 Nursery ages 3; Kindergorten ages 4 and 5; 3 SERVICE 9:30 A.M. and 11:00 A.M. 11:00 a.m. service. 2, and 3; Junior 4, 5, and 6 2, and immediately after the ee ee ee BYNG AVENUE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 83 BYNG AVE., WEST OF SIMCOE ST, N, OFFICE 728-2931 11:00 A.M.--Eoster Worship Service ker -- Rev, R, A. Bombay Induction Service for our Minister Rev, F. ©. Spring. 7:00 P.M.--The Pastor Speaks, "The Broken Seal' Byng Ave. Choirolaires sing © Selection of Easter fovourites, 10:00 A.M. gor ble od SCHOOL 7:30--C.A. SERVICE . THURS. as 50 BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER REV. L King St. United Church 129 KING STREET EAST WESLEY HERBERT Minister Miss Nancy Froser, Deaconess Mr. Rhyddid Williams, Choir Director and Organist Church School and Morning Worship at Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1164 King St. E, -- 11:00 yo cotemmamema 7:00 P.M. -- THE SALVATION ARMY 133 SIMCOE STREET SOUTH SPECIAL SERVICES Conducted by Colonel & Mrs. Wm. Effer GOOD FRIDAY -- 10:30 A.M. SATURDAY, 7:30 P.M, EASTER SUNDAY SUNRISE SERVICE 7:00 A.M. 11:00 A.M. "CHRIST'S EASTER LEGACY" "WHO BELIEVES IN CHRIST SHALL NEVER DIE" -- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. -- WE INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THESE SERVICES 1350 RADIO BAHA'I! WORLD FAITH Teoches. "Men must eliminate all those prejudices which divide man- kind" For Information re: weekly meetings or literoture Write Box AS Oshawe Times THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA KNOX SIMCOE ST. NORTH (Four blocks from King) Minister Rev. G W. C. Brett, B.A, Musical Director Mr. Matthew Gouldburn, A.L.C.M, ST. LUKE'S Rossland Rd. W. et Nipigon Miniter REV, BD. R. SINCLAIR, B.A, Pionist Miss Jane Weir UKRAINIAN Simcoe St. South Minister Rev, J. Jacenty ST. PAUL'S Wilson Rd. N. at King St. E. Rev. Wolter Jackson inister Mr, Fronk Walter Musical Director 9:00 A.M.--Church School 11:00 A.M.--Morning Worship 9:45 A.M. CHURCH SCHOOL 11:00 A.M "THE EASTER VICTORY" 7:00 P.M "ROLLED AWAY" Come and Worship With Us 9:30 A.M. CHURCH SCHOOL "11:00 AM, EASTER WORSHIP "GOD |S NOT DEAD" Al | Cordially: Invited 9:30 AM. CHURCH SCHOOL HUNGARIAN Minister Rev. €, Seress at Knox Church Simcoe St. North 11:00 A.M "CHRIST 1S RISEN" 3:30 P.M.--Worship Service 2nd and 4th SUNDAYS Anthem: Soloist: Mrs. Anthem 11:00 A.M.--AIl departments of the Adventist Church, Please enter by side door, Cars will leave at 10:40 a.m, sharp, corner King and Charles Sts, ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR ALL AT THE FRIENDLY FAMILY CHURCH EASTER SUNDAY "CHRIST IS RISEN" St. Motthew 28:1-10 "In Joseph's Lovely Garden' Alan Thompson "Easter Morn' A ha AVA, Church School at the Seventh Day SIMCOE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 245 SIMCOE SI Rev. GEORGE C. SMITH, Pasto SUNDAY --7 P:M. EASTER SERVICE THE 20-VOICE CHOIR PRESENTS '""NO GREATER LOVE" by John W. Peterson S "No Greater Love" is @ 40 minute Contata of the greatest ey of all ages, It is one of the finest musical presentations of the Easter Story and you can't afford to miss hearing it! There will also be congregational singing of the Easter Songs, Pastor Smith will speak. Join the great crowd that will attend this Sunday night. 10 A.M.--SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR EVERYONE 11 A.M.--WORSHIP SERVICE--THE PASTOR SPEAKS SIMCOE STREET UNITED CHURCH SIMCOE ST. S$. AT BAGOT STREET The Church in the heart of the city with the World on its heart. MINISTER: REV. JOHN K: MOFFAT Director of Music: Mr. R. G. Geen, L.T.C.M. | Listen to "SONGS IN THE NIGHT" Sunday 11°15 CKLB-1350 | B.A. Anthem---Unto the Pos Anthem. -- 7:00 "Life's New Led by D, Houlden Junior Choir --. EASTER -- 11:00 A.M. "What | Believe About the Life Everlasting'"' Solo--My Redeemer ond My Lord--by Buck rt, Ross Cotton Hollelujah!--by Handel chal Victim Bring---by West P.M. -- Dimension"' Anthem--Hoark! The Vesper Hymn Is Stealing--A Russion Air Anthem--O Worship the King--by Carter Senior Choir--Led by R. G. Green Anthem--And it Was the Third Hour ~ Mr If God Be For Us--by Handel Soloists: Mr. Robert Henry - Solo D. Mrs, Weldon by Sir George Elvey William Shepherd Anthem----Good Christion Men Reafjoice--by Bullock Mr, Edouerd Bartlett Anthem. by Handel | | Violin Solo---Lege: | | Halleluah | Department | 9.45 AM Youth -- SUNDAY SCHOOL | -y Wieniawsk) 1 11:00 A.M.--Children's Dept, | King Street Pentecostal Church 611 KING ST. W. One Block West of Oshawa Shopping Centre REV. 5. D. FELTMATE -- Pastor Phones: Church 728-5371 Parsonage 728-6662 EASTER SUNDAY 9:45 A.M.--Open Session in the Sunday School. Special Illustrated Message! 11:00 A.M.--Morning Worship "THE GLORY OF THE RESURRECTION" -- 7:00 P.M. -- "THE CROWN OF THORNS" A new ond beautiful ---- Bester Contata ----- sung by The King Street Choir featuring Trios, Duets, Solos, etc. Sixty Minutes of Music! Message! Melody! WEDNESDAY 8:00 P.M. Studies in the Book of Revelation conducted by the Pastor, EVERYONE IS WELCOME J