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CLITHEROE /ARYERTISER ‘ AND TIMES. FRimAY. NOVEMBER 117. 1939.


fRO C E S S lO N AND WAR-TIME SERVICES IN


:|mpreW ve recall pa rade.


pAITH : VICAR ON LESSONS, LEARNT I FROM I 1918.


niVIG; Sunday’s Wither wah most C* disappointing, and [yet It did little


to detract from; the! Interest which Is always manifested by tlm public b “ the Mayor’^ i visit td 1 the Parish Church.’’ Certainly it did nlot |ahect the lumbers in the procession whlcl\ was amongst the


biggest b a t has'mustered for years. .........


the Ma!yor and Maypress In thd Castle grounds] where previous to; forming Into line, the: Mayor and Mayoress (Councillor and Mrs. Fred Berithm) placed a mpath of chrysanthemums On the Cenobph. , The Borough Bandl was at, tlje'lhead of


■Those! taking part were Welcoh ^


members of the Brltlih Legion] m charge of Major Dent and Captain'Darnell, and a unit of the AntlpAlr Battery, under the


i command of Major % f . Mather.l At the head oL the Leglonalres were the stand-


Sards ol the Clltheiroe and phatburn branches of the British legion. ' Apart


! from the military touch imparted to the parade! was the presbnde of thd; decon­ tamination squad, In, pteel helmets, and the representative sections of tl^e


Service. : ON i THE HOME FRONT.


!'!• A large detachment of uniformed


Anibulahce ben and nurses was under the charge of Superintendent H. Dixoii and Mrs. Allen, the lady superbtehdent,


oy Scouts,; Cubs ahd Rovers cbmmehdable show, ip , : too, Glr; and Rkngers, under Commissioner Miss


by iDlstrlct Scodtbaster F, Forrest, made la Guides


K.6.-Sharpies. ' Preceding.the largely augmented force .,f{ !


■ like duties. j Prefects from the Clltheroe Royal i Grammar School were accom- panled'.by'the Headmbter (Mr. Hardy). The Fire Brigade, Inl polished brass hel­


of Spbhd Ifellce were the AR.P. War­ dens ahd ladies who haye volunteered for


mets, bade! a brave display, andjlnjthelr ranks|were the Auxilliry fl'^u™cn.


; Thd Chief Cnhstablej (Mr. F.,k J Exelby) preceded the ubfoirmpd halberdiers and town;Sergilant, bealbg' the ^rough’s janciept mace. Accompanying the Mayor and Mayoress were' the members of the


iTowii Cmbcll, oEaclais and staffs.of-be idlfterent Corpofatlohl departmehts; the Borough and County Maglstratejs; mem-


beb of thfe Friendly Societies and other local ihstlbtlons.. flie rear Was brought


m tile


la r t to;


iSS.; Iwith


up by la b b and gehtlemen rePbsentlng various breanlsatlohs, among tiem the Captain o f the Salfatlon Army; Mr.'H. M .Hafdacte (Clltheroe Old Boyf Associ­ ation) i Mi] T.-P. Riishton (CleK to the- 'cllthefoe Rural Dlsmct Council); Mr. T. Morton an I Mr. J. SoWerbutts (CUtheroei !Chamljer cf Trade).; |


Jayorn Chaplain, w ^ most -througriou;


o ghi v i c e ’s WELCOME]


I . Befote Vicar


iFuU lllect; ict.i


necessriry idsdom, ritifength, ani qourage l read] the writing on Jthe wrill; and; all .1 y0tuined safely,' David could Aof driril to do! thrill work, an'd-that,' If It pleased: thdt;dlsmal- andifatal, delay which had


anxioub, tr )ublesom|e rind dlfflciiR times ;;Uo(rial life; the revolt ^sMhst reUglon; that jthey would b®' blessed Mth; .the lunlnsplred' -leaderships whiten, failed' to ;


ubonithe Mayor, Aldermen ai.d Coun-; mad rush of pleasure;; Un ^ 'thW ! l | r i d : ^ j n ^


bxtejided a wafm, welconfq to..*'^® 1prayed that God’s uicoouia -iv—v


Pi asure!


I The serv ^ce at the' Parish Chuldh, con­ ducted by :he,Rev. W, S. Helm, lh


lippresslve ^he -----^ - ’corned bby TO '


Master Hlpiself said : ; “ Nevertheless, wheh the Son of Man cometh, shall He flhd’ faith on the earth ?” What then could vye say/to such th b s s : I'what kind of anlswer could we give ? |'- ■ ■


AT THE CRd^S-ROADS. li! belleVe. we are* veritably at the


could look back to tlfe age? of’faith, thei Vicar contbued] Those were times when :war,I pestilence,’ famine and' murder Istalked the lan d ; and yet, they were proud ages In our human history.


Those lovely cathedrals, the glory of elir country, were not built when all WariweU, but when times were har^ arid corruption and vice ruled in high places airid simple justice was un- ■known.


AndjEo^they raised those moiluments of beauty, thei putward and visible sign of a fEith that would transcend all obstacles and defy all powers of evil,- to remain until; this day ; a testimony of their trust


in-C^od. . b I m K Helmthen proceeded to quote the ■ 1


mottoes of several towns land cities, in- cliidlnig Loridon, Manchester 1 and Scun- thoree, and to describe their, meaning. Hev i-added : that Clltheroe’s .ancient bOrdugh had ’ no motto' to (-inspire Its people. But If they were to;choose one, would It be a glowing testimony to their faith, or would It reveal the poverty of their spiritual resources ?


BITTER LESSONS. H; had been the more constrained’,to


spelk: on the subject of faith because It was ; I Remembrance , Sunday. Their thoughts .went back twenty [ years from the grim present to the grim past. ; I t could' be said of those they remembered, thoselwho died in faith—perhaps not the highestJfalthi the-falth of which heUiad b'eeri' j tndng to sperifc—that they gave themselves in a war that was to .end war, so toat those who were left might make


Cross-roads'; we are In the valley of decision,” the Vicar went on] “ But I do not believe the battle Is lost; Far from It, If; only we can meet present oppor- tunltiles with ■ all ; the courage and strerl^h of! the weapon of faith.” Fob Our : encouragement arid help we ■


CLITHEROE’S MAYOR AND CORPORATION


(THREE) FtlRGET


I BRITISH LEGIONIREMEMBER OLD


I comrades.; c en o ta ph ; tribut e .


A LEADEN; SKY I .. i the countryside blotted out by I mist wraiths .. . ;- a -


, . . . . a bedimmed Castle Keep from which I the Union Jack Ihuiig despondently.. . . on; his pedestalj In I the centre of the Garden of Renjembrahee, the; soldier figure with head bowed, and rifle at the' reverse . . . and i drip, drip, drip from trees now shorn lof their leafy-dress., Such was the cheerless seUlngi and the


thin rain thatiformed In tiny beadlets-to: mingle Into large drops, , that dripped from coats, mackintoshes and umbrellas


I ( 1


-t!' tl


ghostly atmosplierej for Sunday morn- ■ tag’s Service ;of| Rrimembrance '. . . fh® comlng-ofrage of the Arralstlcd.. .end of the war that we, like the hundreds of men-whose names are jinscrlbed on the


I of life. In misery, anxiety,; suffering and . privation, such a setllng was, perhaps. In ' keeping with the circumstances.


TWO i joENEI^A'nONS. Mayor Mayoijess C orporation, pholographtfd


of i Clitheroe ou|side thC'


Councillor f(!)wn


and Mrs. . af ter ' the


F, i Bentham) with menihers and,, officials a n n u a l . meeting of the] Town Gouncil. ■


Why t h e a l l i e s >^r e o n c e m o r e )\t w ^ r ' I


I large ceniraf; cross, frishloned ;wholly of the same ■ flowers, relieved with ;follagej Fjvlth maffles; of chrysanthemums at thr Ibldes of t le communion rails, niumlne' by a spotlight,'the effect was as beaudfu] as it was Impressive. I ‘


iriethoffisl Church; on .Sunday aftetooonij rind were'jplped: In iVbrshlp byia vera 'large congregation. As Is customary oh jthis annual pay of Remembrance, the front of t le communion table and was embillishedj with popples, ,with


TifEMfiERS of the British ILeglori a t ended service at the Moor Lane


:There was'an ridded touch of ;to the pnceidlngs this year.


|


dlgnit: At' thi


'help in'rigesfprist,” !'the;bearer; of the jLrigion’s 'stahdrird irind his two; escorts advanced along the aisle and j were me]t I by the ciaplaln, the j Rev. J. E.| Storey;


bpenlng verse of the;hymn “ p God, bur thlri 'iriorM a better place. -‘ Sueb 'w®re I ri'ho rece; ysd rthe standard and placed if


thei .thoughts thut brought toars tpvour, |inpositl)ri. A fullj choir.:; under th | eyeb'Wheniwe kept the flrstianplversary' leadershl)' of;Mr. Edward Haiftley, with of arinlstlce arid' accepted that trust--. [iMn Fran c Rushtori at the ofgarij le_ ^ ana God kriew we believed we meant It: '.singing, i he hyniris, which Ihdluded .''. p Bup ithe bitter lesson ! has been learned 'Valiant llearts,” . Specially .written and thatjwe' cannot have faith iri man If we jeomposec for'/the iLegionalres.i Tb® haVe not- got faith In God,’’ Mr. Helm [jiMson wa^ r p n a :b y |U i ^ ! i ^ r ; .^ ^ ^


declared, j j - l ie r e was notliing ;th®t -ould endure


apart from God;; :rio I hope could spfvive [unless it'! Wus footed and rijonnded in God, i' ' |


• I TRAGIC DECUP -----r - iBenthamj), and thejRoll of 'koilour ;b[f


lidale, an bid scholar arid Chain ian[of th®- iClltheiOe branch of .the Britlih! Leglbi


FoUowlni: the reading: pf;tbe Roll, Mr^ Webster sang the !:-solo,'-'“There


mglnnlng his' sermdn, ,the lit-was easy tb'ttace the decline of those llovely ' ■ ----- lasi'twentyi tragic years :;,The bitterness-;


ayor |and] Mayoress, and said that they 1 which dictated the terms of .peace ; the i blessing vfquld re*st'|■ wat»i wcanucos


Death,” l ind, later] Irii the service . A PARABLE.


„


earines which bought escape in a j had reference t6_pavldi flght^_a p e r the; breakdown'


akdown war agairst: .................... .. -^Wllstlnes,4e^tog a


semon, based bh 2 Samuel 23, 13-17, r.'ir’


the Philistines, AUed ^ater sl-"’-


God 'by fhe end of the Mayor’ri second Uiided In the very thing they were pledged jeopardy >f their lives? rmerefore he pour|ea year 'Iof i(fflce,!pe£^ce would have bperi tolritold.! m thatj,meaii; aU.;was lost out the Umtionuntoto^^^^


„ot uis the. blood of men who .went In /,


NAZI LEADERS WILLED EVIL COURSES WHICH i i


mXde conflict c er ta in .


I . ■ ': J- BUT . MANY


OTHERS,


FOLLLES chargeable AGAINSf SAYS REV. J. EJ I STOREY.


cynical, world-weary men, they must think of in 'this hour of sobering refleqtion; but rather! of such promise rudely spurned-of the harsh putting but bf a light! that was- just; leaching upwardspln the soul to the radiancy of, a greater glory.


.1


spoke of it as “God’s red rain,” as a biological necessity, a process; of sifting of space ? . If so,


I There were men who glorified war—who ... ■: ..


wheat from tares, as- Nature’s way of securing the survival bf the fittest. ]


pheiTl^ . or cynical hypocrisy,' it was ; either spedioiis nonsense or psbudo-scientific drivel. It was either a wilful ob a blind; perversion of history] War was the apotheosis of un-


! Where such language was not sheer blas-


reasoti. Like - some blind, mad' giant, it slayed the good Indlffefentlyi'with the bad.


i .


as the seasons of uic emtu ui no luc nunmieo - . of the sun and t soon through the vast fields


a misery, and our hopes and dreams are ho more than vain [imaginings. But'.there tjre npt ‘many men .who as-a-fapt accept such notions. “ this in


the earth dr as the clrclinjgs men our me is a sorrow ana


If it was acceptable at ill, it wasj icceptable not'because it establishbd the gpodbut be­ cause; it curbed and frittered the; bad—not because it .was thri!'only path to justide and ... ..... . .. .............


firiedpm] hut because it was the last- bafrler | basely timid, [or plainly unworthy.; And that to mounting, injustice and tyranny.


........________ ,


the! hills of God; it was rather £( foul pesu- foment deny that by far the greater prirt lencejthat rose and sprriad like p mist frqm ' qJ jjje Immediate responsibility for this thej corrupt plkces of the human heart. It | present conflict lies clearly at the door of (he was ari evil. Most of its consequences, were '


' War was.,not , a heal ;h-givlng iwmd from quarter of la century. ■ I do not for one ' j j^ag been very largely our own case for near


evil] [The only saving Virtue Jn It was that „ar with'this land and with Prance is pot thohgh'lt might Save men from-worse evils ; yet clear]' But that they willed.those pvil still, it was yet known (md only accepted as . eom.jes which, made war. certain does pot an ieyil.


leaders.; Whether they actually willed decency AND i TOLERANCE.


' In that service', they remembered some, that War claimed and caught in its hungry maw. They !sought the freedotn of the weak to live unmolested by the- strong-room for decency, tolrirrince,' justice and liberty to grow and spread; It was a preclrius gift they held up \ to'the world_of our tikne] -^rey risked all and tove all that , man might have leisure to build righteous: citleri wherein man’s own soul might be freri, hato, strpng and pure,; ■when David's three ^en returned with the


water he understood what they had risked— Itihad been dbne. His wafi no niggardly


these words Were b,(t®torij^ In -these days. t jOp.*——


and’ went m to say;; that they poptataed U.jjg .burden Tieavier, .b it:also sho^edi ^ a question that tdUched us ypry blo?ely 'uj; ^bere yre had-failed and how t o i ^ t


wastage of, the yphrs whoiwefe' perplexed and Anxious, were jj^i.fgith, continue-In faith; arid .end In], me? Htu a.q.|v . .. ,— , ; . . inM ” lb they di-unk Of life’s: cup to tie •


to the batMe ;i 'Why Inust we'creep about md our duty and saw to it that im ad dark! stree ;s ris though iiri'prnlng were the ^tongs we wonW try jiever to swerve from i


shadow oi( derith ;ji [Why ta.I , the M t e i t wprd^m^


Sy m \


iKl^i^The ' Wbinen’s :


to be; cfished catastropjt ,e‘?[ I .


enlighten; an enen , Why Is'it that , all therie'st rindllfalresti In life seepis .likely world-shattering!


.1“'! jl MEN’S


Itheii: si^cthfi T afternoon, ^ p a' large ;, nport, gave , Md’|Mlss 1


nbers, gave owed some


|caft.1 Both and enjoy-; and Mrs. j


Itih'ahks to ! . and Mrs.!’' a similar;^


Dvided;by ; I Grindle:- i wont the I j


|ogiamme, i;; ' '


fetitloh ;^dll ktedlcravat


.fruitiwaa: /I.lBS '.Teece!


' ' i ™


to toll', ‘ Betting-your life thto .there is a God.”: ! I ' i ! ■ f i ..................... .... lihtot Duble ■vtasi that moto to®to ^tad


'


not fully had [nqt forice;w' not onl; ’ ness ar


len.by Mrs.1 i ,by';Mlssj


irthday tea; iss Goodallj Tlbutlon to. I ade fudge,':


herb) and;


Ired .ln thei enjoyable


Iglng of the


thefhad mistaken th® f tobknee, triel false tor


Arid cbe:


oueatod. deiriitod


of; huriiari;llfe had been lr|reVplcable


Its


1)6613> ISHO.tltlriB SDOUu i*. p vance npnt, tff ng? toto


ablfe— eY.Ojk


shojuttagl ri*ioto


peace _______ Surely It was! at'such a;.time


a S e


understood this. ealitodlthe; toto“8th .to the riht to destroy faith, and iritoh, but its resourceful-


i streri soug d its i IllJ i


h o w t o :8ENO!VOOR CARDS (ABiibAD


] (There will be snow this;Christnias^n your, greeting cards.:' -Arid; Rohta' Red­ breast will be In the picture as. usual


Triejam wrir wa.s;-


FAILURE. ............


Issues: wli Ich: layl bet®'^®: th®m. was] riot an'extra; mlght;hrive, :or


som'ethlni' he might use or.dlsrega.rd at


an -extria'| ttalent which a; man ...


:____ i ia ^ not L ^ nor was. It I m .circumstances,.,or the pcom of cem-


alent whlc Tin .!


Fa


in jfalth lead your fellow Citizens whery . ever the steps of your Loid Arid Master way. [ Neyer let the. pressure


went ibaci to the; history of men’s iailltae t® grarip .the real


,ot fa r . to;] seek, It disastrous |


'Why ta.lt Hhat even His me. , ’


, i


lo^ dead;” others who sustained sUch grleb- that'lffe now.to :them -w|s


/


a-skine th( auestlonS‘'“''WhV, in'spite of lifnjfji'. not faith In'our cause, howeverj fuib? ,W;re they surfeited conqueroto-^ glvri'ouxstns.'andtohkpsourdaughter^ need not, ’frprry | about triptoause If w ,ug


i“ I t Is, Mr. Mayor, because I believe all thririe thoughts are to


bid you go and perforpi your allotted tosh ^ th a'good courage,’:-the iV to ^ s aM I


coniluslon.; : “ In lalth; meetothe dalW calls on your time, strength |^ d Patlence 1 ih faith preside over the affmrs of, tm. believing I that it can be won t( a worthy place In God’s purple


dreams tod .seized and known ]the, delights | of all tie excellencies a man coUld set tis heart upen? Had they reached thte .end. of the


where ddy Is fallowed;by a night, that nevjr ends? , Had they


eredEyls


jgg.iu„touched by simple, Ireal -loveri- ^.p^gns in a world where pamjis j ,


.iOii J'-'J'ri ***y»f-.


entered he Kingdom that all men sought in 'orie. way or. another ?


froa i—spent all their . i , ; ; . .


gave up so- freely, so]bravely, so hopefull; In the vbrds bf Rupert Brooke, they gave


RENDEZVOUS WITH [DEATH. :The a: iswer was “ No.” 'What 'wais It tl


their yerrs'-to be ; . ] .i those, who wpuld bpw jgtopt .of the world; daunt you, [for this, death.”


been, tieir sons (ri®y Inmbrtajity. They kept "a rendezvous with It was no holocaust of sourrid,


RemembbAncIi Althcugh very little publlcity| had btou


i given to'the fact of Remembrpee Stn- day ta connection-with, thri local Con-


The Impression ,that they have_been “ censored out ” may have been gathered


'toegtoiapl ' Church, [and very, uitle display br.ceremony made manlfest!|lri the sei vi .ces, the day was not allowed to


l


' i I . j-i, •„ I “crirds on wlilch the nariie and [address I the


true,,


Amidst so naupn^nai was ^ re&spifablriand|hdlllant| tne^


drir^ess foi! ligkt, ; [ ,([ii jthat was comtoy^ fata


i tries this; year. [ , ] , : That really means'that the ; c a rd ^


rlJlte fiari^toenfitorylng^omto^^ end., M


i '„“iTr"TitotSd of written or typed-arid I -riiiencri, with the congregation s t^ i on to] 'they can be sent only through the shop-: I revere itly,‘was also observed.:,; ^ fo re


pictorial I or plata-rmust - be prlyat' Christmas cards, with the pender s name


ad-| [addresses. [“ Ceiisbrable ’’ countries ;are | for thri.Ktag and I. j«11' a ^ S


..... .......


| giam, arid the'overpeari;,possessions, o f ; <- 1 ipalil. Portugal Holland.;and italy.l


prayers;were;.off' ___„ ______


[and f ir all nptlons of theq-world] for chufclies throughout the ', earth,


Iriuthoflty in the land,-for th e j^ ^ f re , ■


from a G.P.O. anriouncement that only jpass without special reference rind solemnity. 'The; mpr:


one, with hymns. Scripture Readings


^oung Worshippers’ League] .[LesSon, prayeif! and sermon, having brie focal


point--Remembrance. A ; period , r of ........


.......... ‘-—ding


red ind


the ,hat


joy| and' mpr? plctafful roalised their; fondest


soUl. He glorified' the deed by! dedicatmg to Grid the gift that deed had brought to him.


‘ ' ^davs lGorintle5S 'thousarids, Ubtogs right.' ! This-time we must begin| Kbey? vrere they men, tired ,out-sick bf - -i— I


j b a n a living death:| Who were “‘““ft.''; T ”


soihilmble and so nbblri as that! Unhappily it was not so. (Here 'thri preacher gave, figures 'relating to the victims 'In the last war. When


He would be no beneficiary.- Rather would he bri priest, both receding and offriring what seemed .a sacrifice of love. ' How fdrtuhat'e' for: this' world (if men; .were alway?


mlUlbris;: wounded. 20 millions; : women: 'widowed, five'mllllonsi children orphaned, I nine millions; total .sixty mUlions); What ihrid been at stake,?..,;Freedom.,and justice.


:1919 ■^came to pass ithe killed,-totalled ■


In' pain and weariness men had striven and di 'ed


force—alrea iy wh olesbme water :of a hew' opportunity. They .light (veil,, but it seemed that the'world


hb „.hier. al


!wk)i was had were


w ^ "poisoned arid m^de inurky by folly, and grasping covetousness.


DREARY ■W 26-


seem to me to admit of much doubt. All tliejsame, many follies are charge­


It Is nqt true] that war is ip Itself ;lnevltable, or that thlri present,war was unavoidable. Trie explanation is something much I'lss quietening to]the conscience than that. Men, as we know,; , sometimes will an 'end, even though they. shirk from willing th® means to thrit end. They are thus either flabbily sentlinental. cynically hypocritical.


it in'their prrictlces.


.Even. thebry:


many of those who; accept quite inconffnently deny ]'


; '


Do men and inatlons merely go .round in dfeai-y circle ? fsiust It always be’ a circle and never a;spiral? ,'Is the thing that hbs


We fought twenty-five years ago. 'We are fighting for the same thing. But why ‘


; God wp ; do not seem fto have absolute • power to control events,


sis' 'millions did not die comfortably cither, nor is it; comforting to reflect-that we'arc lonce again at-war. Even under


I' ! ' i -


1 '.arise here andjfhcre ,1b we have sown no' wheat,


sow tatos where; Madmen may'


man shall not die for mere slogans, water they bring, we can ‘pour out Lord.' . Prom their sacrifice wp p.uriflbaiioi. : From, their sorroWi surely win-the will, to purge , the bitter and unhappy, things. It is a cpi owe them and a. duty we owe to It', is'a sehlce .we owe to purl God aud,th?IiB.” ;


i But unto God' we can still sec


lUrtesy we:j burselves.


then our life is a sorrow arid trj'to •toalle clear.! Tt is itab to suppose that, I factory, pt ;h ■


T.mni 'fW


unto- theiil cap win'i we may;; world of,!


ire that'! Theii


Extended'in a double row across the-


length of the gardeniwefp the Leglonalres' of the town, who loughri In the last war, and a -.sprinkling of uniformed Ambul­ ance men, assembled to pay ,homage to comrades; who nfevep cable back . . . who He “ over beyond’’ In soil'that Is “ for ever England.’^ -i -1 I n " ' : : : There was an even greater solemnity about the scene thai usual, as, taking up positions on either side! of .the cenotaph, were khakl-clad representatives, of one ‘ of the Services, amonlg th[em Clltheroe youths;,'.', .jrepijesentatlves: pf another generation .called to combat. .:, And.one thoiiL


wondered what as they stpoci shadow of thrit


to rittontlori urider the their thoughts' might be


iymbollcal, brooding


figure hl^'h aboye them.: :!. i i ■', •. . In a ’shoit'lintervai of waiting. Captain


P. B. Mitchell, b.B,E„ helzed the oppor­ tunity to[thank; on behalf'of the branch of the Leglpnl the public In general and workers’ In particular for! the ■


cenotaph, and th® tailUons whose lives were forfeit, believed wis to end war. In face of the recurrence lof a deadly con- : filet, with all ;th]at It entails In sacrifice ■


■


* s


In support of |the Poppy Day appeal. He driarto of,,sixpenny


1 pibfessed' PPPPles ■was attfiriBnjtabile to'thejGoyern- taent having trikeij over ;a part of. the


a 'man’s briliefs' make no difference,' Such a! I a bright Id®^' rittostos Ivy^leaveri proposal is sharply refuted both ■


pernicious bellefri, these,-crimes evidence.; What is made clriar is this: that!baddoc-j


dbetrines Wfi-ffi®' ' ' REALI’TY' ()F MCRAL ; FORGES.


my good.' now is fosters the.emergence of hate, cruelty arid in-{ tolerance. The deeds reveal a faith] but it IS;


“ Today


men are saying to evil The light that Is in so many men; iheer .darkness, a darkriess that


.


a harsh arid coarsening faith. Wriil, a faith can only be overthrown by a faim and (the evil faith that Is.so cursing the lue of man, today can, I am persuaded, only; be overj thrown


able agarist the French, the I Poles] to®-! Czechs arid ourselves during; the ] past twenty years; and those, .follies' ihavc operated with deadly if indirect effect. It is paUering with the tmth to deny it|


But it is in! just .those, folliris and vn-ohgs that 'as


peace have


steadfastly’ set


lie at our own door that we have'showp lour Unworthlness of the'opportunity won fop us at so bitter!and heavy a price, iIf wel


entirely the! fault of Hitler; that; things are the


than it is ' It


applied cliristiah! faith. That faith is-this i institiitloris exist;for man, not' mta for in-,| stltutions: '- Man; himself; is - thg supreme social value.The measure of tohat fs good jle? riot.-;in:*inan’ rather in! Gods of His wUl.


by a .really accepted arid bravely, can s knowledge


I happen to be socially'useful:; they are seek- the meiporial, tacludlng one f a ihipned of ............... ' ’ -----''' very being | lovely bhrysidthei|iuiM irom:.i.he Mayor; ; ultimate I


Ing thingri rather! which are of thp of the.:riniversd, beauties. !whoa


meaning'is God, I, - ., -i j| “There are men who. insist


claimed in war, bur condition this day would .......................... - ■ not ife


the- Ideals' we had so urgeritiy pro­ been jhaplrier


ourselves to :>valiBf in


as they arc [now. ] Far too often'during perlbd of peace between the'wars, expedi­


ency . triumphed over principlp,. pyen places where principle, was loudly trumpeted. Injustices have been perpetrated, condoned, or itoorrid tp a profoundly dlsturplng degree.


and again Clementaiy rigtit arid wrong -iiave Ibeeri yblflcJcjedPto, blanketted by so-called National, interests.’ ' ] ■ ' ‘ . i , , .


Shocking things have , been done, and ,we have!not been s'ufflbiently.shookW.


'^ime


that -life* might be sweeter,.cleaher, They filled the cup with the.


not worthy of thtm.- That which they won became rio sricramerit. The waters


not - ” poured or t unto the Lord ” in and with a purified ! spirit. __ They


e are flgiting again the enemy


CIRCLE] war, again to-day.


I BE'i’Ry^YAL OF MORAL PRINCIPLES; The gllosts of Manchurlai Abysstala, Spain,


[many aj long day .yet.' Iri the; betrayul of moral principles it ■ is ourselves we Bbtray most tragically. -.But in those betrayal we have no: simply done ourselves moral iiljury. We hayri betrayed also and shamefully the trust hanried on to us:'from twenty-six million pairs of hands of men;and women who died'that so;me better-thing might have,


Czechoslovakia and Chiba Will hover round the council! tables of the,Westem World for


room td lirie and grow. ■ ; riw


! very


comforting. But then, these twenty- and .they that dp His will agidc with Him.. I qjjj jjjgui^boa Shall ! ,


th t


ch Tcfle t on a ■'. ■ I ' . -I


hot r ■ CdngregatiohkI Church


Incteastagly, they might be used of God great ministry of rriconclllatlon.


Thrinks was [expressed 'for .all;, the


riacrlflces arid herolsips of: our national llfe[ with confession of eVprythlng! base, unholy,and selfish. Nor;were the'men now on active [service fprgotten, nor the arodous hearts and homes] left befitod./


INNER ■.■ RESOURCES. ,.I ']


The Rriv J. A. Slriclaif, [taking ris his •;ext, Psataf 112, vrirsto?,'“The ;man of


•;hri fixed heart.” mM6' application-of his irikon tb"theJn'dMdpal father than to thV nation. “ Peato of irilnd and soul,’ said the nretoher,]“ ls n o t , ,conditioned


'!“ tihrlstirinlty,!’ continued. Mr. Sinclair Hdoes ript pfemlsri immunity,from trial


bri' outwtofi/ circrimstances, nor ; is', it 'deMndririfiob'these, but bn the reaUza- ■tlbn ’0# inner. , and;: spiritual resources,


_____does not go to plecfiS; fiut quietij[ arid confidently in God, parenthesis,. Mr:: Sinclair- reinarkep he pel sbrially, oould nottoelleve that this year's Alct of Remembranto was “ a broker silence” as'spmri[pep[ple reterred tp It. . ‘i l f I might be toUowed to [state my otm; belief parabollcally,” he added,. f‘lt would be thus-v : the alabaster box may le broken but the perfume remains


heart


rests In a that


liitact”, ', '- .'' ' '.’i 'The 1 lay,; when ■ ' [;': ,]'■ K''['[;'


A Well-iattended: service -at-slx-ojclock-i in the school had further aripllcaaori to,


A Forrest reridrired: most effectively and sweetly,; two duets, “;Nlght|ls thd| com- lirig to a-dlriam;” [arid “ Some driy the


Mr.: E. Coates ' and Mrs.


silver cord wlU' break]” ' i .A ftoe®tof sermtnj] which ;[had ; as [its , kriynote. “!Broi herhood,’’.was listened; to with rapt


■arid' trlbulattoh; [but gives -strength, [striblllty Md sliriadtaess in these.” i “ The eamristly the best gifts,


attentlori, Mt. Sinclair -preaching j ,from the trixt! iriTst Corinthians 12-31, ‘fjCoVet;


■: ■■:__I TOSSIDE


‘ THE LATE.''.MRS.' ;$L11JIGER.,:-'! Mamy .R’lerids attorided a inemprlal.


service to the late Mrs. Elleii SUriger, pf Eorest Beep,! whlch,the,|Re,’r. J. A.,Sta- ciata.ibf Clltheroe, conducted oniSiinday • apeh , | -


in the Tostide GongregatWl Chapel, ■ At the tatermentthere; thri Wednesday befbfe]-wfeaths and other flpral tributes - .


h ;. tld; Gongregatlpifal rtofri'tont'lbJ*:-^ Father[anl:.EllZabet ,h;-| jng. j The ex-^rvice


..^.^...tori-arid Annie; ‘ All.f t' Oaklands; r-.walkcd froiri 'Mribrir'Edrik arid Cicely Mabifi' MrSi'Mel-1 institute: whefe the service was


, ..tag. I


ita; /Alice; Bridget and Nelle; ;.J. Sltager (Biackpbpl)'; All’ at Tu'riierfo: d (Wlswell);


-Htoxfcrind'Florrle; All 4t Knotts; ;Ethel arid;sallia'''(GrlntIlets5>)-t.-J T, arid'M.'A. Birtwistle; Mr ind Mrs. He- land and .[Hilda: M. Metcalf ei; C. Jackson; J] A. Bfteriiiand; Phineasiand Ann (Ruth- iriell): Alice! (Rathmell);1Pdrk Nook-


land “Newllrig.” ■ c '


' I The coffin; made by Mr.! W. Banks,'of Waddtogtbn, was fashlomd Trom .'pak grovto at Bashali Eaves- , TheTrep yras feled 14 years ago, and the first limb was fifteen feet from the


,, , ,


epurt. “ Why, do you do?' he


MAi-iti-'j -Sltatof- 'Mr. p. T.I w^t. Ipasitor »t ■ '


gregritlonal arid I impress]


atl burch/


' : Tihe sefylt “Rockpf Agri National Ah heta.:


mere i I rim aware tnai suen rcueciiuus.ure uui i - -■ reality of moral forces, the validity of moral ................................., .upon thtor secretary) £or-thri btonto: good, men are not simply'seeking totogs that -had' already] beenjplacfcd, t o b ^ e of.


God’s, realaiiaty and the toyerelgnty ju tic


In seeking justire, tnlTb and the Alongside '


miujme quycTcia-i-j i ruth


rind


to- 1 the Last Post, f


lofiSet°® ffieinui i ® ^


. Mayoress ajad i ttife Gcjrporatlon, others were laid by Mr. A(f. Wood (Letoon


who nevtotheless; refuse to accept; the reaUty vrasrin oP behalf pf the Primrose rind of Go'd] jWell,^ riven if there were no God, W M^on ® K e s I of'the !rA,O.B.: lies would be lies and sin would-stiff-be sin, Rlbble vaiipy


principled, and the triumph of rlghteousnras, fo- toc H’ Messrs]R.Coytaerthwalte,and for the Rotriry Club; Mrl J. Parker


the goori arid the true be quite so Inevitably an article of tori honest thinker’^ creed ?, I


moral ,force woirid be real moral principles I ; .Two veterans oftobe pptog;^y|r®“ would be] vtori but'would the final vlctory^to War, Messrs. J. O’Neill arid Bf; Camp­


do r io r i« r io i 'John,Stuart-MlU used to^l i*^'’*'* f say that; there is no reason Mn [the naturto In a brief


bell placed'a wreaffi on the memorial « ihleto


of things’' why; truth ’ shojtld prevail hytan.’’Flghtohd g ® t o f f i® over lies. Nor! is there if tW natme ojf I gave ai remb def aS to the meani^:, things lb the soul-less, God-less of dus,t I J .


some-mln say, it is. But givetothe r a 0 | °t,rase. “God gato In I ’


Into adeathless! fellowship, 'tne leiiowsmp m ■ gn mas joccaoiuu,


to believe that;might is nght, prthat any- Qojj' gj], man or any group of men can Set aside the I


I


dbcency of honourable scruple with impunity.. God is love, but He is also a consumtag tau. went on, W


o;;SriOTe:britlirils


both life and peace. 'When, all the noiseraf j self-appointed dictators Is over) Gad abides


thev riilrit servide, ®rid| quoted the poetic [is membl’y that we


God tori fellowship with ohe another Iri I bering old! comradeSj ®to ®®toP™ons or K.


- - - - - - -


God. A man accepting thli faith will refuse I ijjends who werri iri the fight, and they .


He wllljnot spare men palnland contact, He toth® preseni,


will not exempt them from sorapw. but .He ImagtaatWe tocuMto will ensure that in every; experience of life, j Yet we shall riot'make tauclyif tne pres handled in the right way.i men- shall finff.l eptunless'wefharie vision.W'


j to PUrlfy QUr vision


mdh wim " I make something -- I ,


" :toto|safatoUy th^ta. toetoo^ iriritrieto) ■


‘S ; I r ' S °n;Zl?XSfe,[by the rise Of their futdre


e must,pray rit we may


better of lij|ri than that be jwhtatlid away Tor


,4ed wliri the tayinn Benediction,' and the


JGiTON .......... .... .........


institute, at Stopper j Lade, on funday taom- rv


to the vlUai ;he Memj con(


-held in toe, MBiribrial jnen I


lead the riames Of tioSe:who|fta in;toe war, igiiig,'


----------- tablets. ; Mtss,. ,, Rlmlngtbri, riccompanled-toe i coUectlbh] wa[s fir'EarljHaigjS


Fund;',:. »■ ■/,:


s,v,«r .w-vri and Mr. . Daniels, Newby, ■ess.: I Mr, T. Lancaster The


: : "My husbaid thrifim bf nbthlrig.but fpod,’’.saidto wotaaifiUt a][Noftri London


■


[ [ riP, air eloquent


trines are rilways tnore deadly than; even bad] actions. Bad actions kill the bodyl but badj


ever, and Inl Some collected[ wap cons fortaer ytors.


.


1 all contributor^ The service to


gratetal fonto Clltherof and district was; he was nob ln


ympges th( detobly Iri’ At tlie total ;


, a position to Is to, to to, establlsh-ainA


rec the


;,led';by the ' “ ’.I B«


the h ym n p (J( icu


and all h iman striving. Monstrppsl crimes' gjj^ennyi variety thair the d r i^ a l . In . .. i .r •


„„ ,5iVTo,.or,n5]L ol I o ht-iaht, Idea. utillsinE Ivydeaves with the ^ jhistoryi floweta and tops making an even nicer


are being committed in this to ld ] tojday. Ujje couritry, cofiectprsl had beeb busy as ’Die really serious! factor is. the nature of the,'


,]amount ixcess of allzedta


no doubt! it would ' fftae l[ekloriWere !p dflordto, and to


with the; slnglnR of help ln;ages.past,’.’.


______ Brind,'!tlnder ;the baton of MriBertJCross,'followed by an


Invocation by the ^ev the ch.atolato[,l ..... dippe:


:J..E. Shjrey, M(A., FLAGS.


i While the silerito]wasib'elrig observed, ] the flagon.the'Keep andjthe.tvrp Braijch.


standards ■(CllthferOe arid Chathurn), were’ Pnst 'AiePeeded by the Reveille. f


'


hrilp -given


If someone ;a:iks hlm.l How jurit says ‘ Hungry.'■


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