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to the ministry of our Lord came from the reiigious iead- ers of the estabiished Church, who disapproved of Him, tak­ ing exception to His healing


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people on the Sabbath. Jesus liclped folk on any day of


the week. The authorities stressed the letter of the law and would point out that the Ten Command­ ments decreed that people should do no manner of work on the Sab­ bath Day. Their strict interpreta­ tion of the law extended to not dragging a Itcavy chair across the earthen floor, lost it make a ridge that would constitute tlie action of ploughing. It was forbidden to pull out a grey liair on tlie day of rest.


e are shocked to realise that the greatest opposition


as tliat would 1)0 reaping! Tills sort of thing, together with


lots of additional man-made laws, made the day one of misery instead of blessing, as it was originally


designed to bo. Jesus pointed out that the Sab­


bath was made tor man and not man for the Sabbath. Sometimes Ho was very conscious of a group of Pharisees on the front row of the synagogue, watcliing Him closely to see wliotlier they could personal­ ly testify against Him to criticise his words or complain about Him liealing a sufferer on the Sabbath


Day. One day He noted the hopeful


face of a man who had a witiiored arm and the cold, hard faces of His opponents. He then asked them a question they found themselves unable to answer. Was it right to do


good on the Sabbatli, to save life, or to kill? The law permitted them to lift a sheep up out of a pit on that day. How mucli more important it wtis to liolp a human beingl He looked at them with anger


and indignation and then witli lov­ ing consideration and then healed the man's arm, enabling him to work for his living instead of liaving to bog for his bread. The Pharisees were very angry


about this. They could only see that the commandment had been broken and took no joy in the heal­ ing of the man and the promise of now life and hope. Conspiring to have Jesus put to death, they were ready to break the law themselves, whiclt forbade killing, but were pre­ pared to justify their action as the just punishment of a wrongdoer. Wlien strictly carried out to the


letter, laws can be an intolerable burden, oven though initially made to guide and benefit the communi­ ty. The spirit behind the law is con­ sideration for otliers. Years ago, when tlie Oxford


group had several absolutes for its members to follow as guidelines, some of us discovered we could not be absolute, loving and honest at the same time. When it might do great harm or hurt the innocent to blurt out the truth, we realised that it was far more considerate and lov­ ing to withold it. We found in out- prayer times that Jesus helped us out with the problem by giving love the priority, oven if we could have been hurt, or vindicated by declar­ ing it. The enemies of Jesus lacked this quality. Jesus stressed that His followers sliould love one another. Joe Sfansficid


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SOME 100 colleagues from various health professions gath­ ered to honour District Nurs­ ing Sister Rose Whitehead on her retirement. Sister Whitehead has been in


district nursing for 18 years, the last 12 with the Pendleside prac­ tice, of which she had been a pop­ ular and well-known member. The farewell party was at


Clitheroe Health Centre, and there were many presents as well as com­ pliments and thanks for Sister


Whitehead. They included a handbag from the practice doctors, a gold bracelet from


the health service, earrings from nursing colleagues and a limited edi­ tion picture from the Hodder Valley and Slaidburn Health Centro. Sister Whitehead, of Claremont


Avenue, Clitheroe, says she is retiring with mixed feelings, having enjoyed her vocation so much. But site will be able to spend more time with her husband John, who retired two years ago, and seeing daughter Heatlier, a local primary school teacher with a family, and son Peter, who lives with his family in the Peak District, where ho has his own business. Our picture shows Sister White-


head with Locality Administrator Norah Br;issington.(110699/7/9a)


Difficult finding words to say goodbye after 41 years


WHEN it comes to goodbye, words may still be hard to find for retiring teacher Mrs Eileen


Clews. For despite specialising in speech and drama,


hanging up her gown at the end of term will be a poignant moment, as it will bring to a close a 41- year association with Stonyhurst College's St


Mary's Hall Preitaratory School. Having taught in Manchester, Mrs Clews


first came to the .school in 1958, when her hus­ band, David, took an appointment as a maths teacher. For the next 13 years, Mrs Clows sus- Ijonded her career to raise a family of four, but in 1971, she became preparatory teaclier.


drtima, having trained under Ida Sliaw at Black­ burn's prestigious Ida Shaw School of Dramatic


After 17 years, she switched to speech and Art.


triumph at Blackburn Festival and other speech competitions throughout the country. She has also watclicd them embark on professional careers


Over the years, Mrs Clews has soon her pupils ' ,


in drama, from acting to directing. Now Mrs Clews (pictured) is hoping to produce


a children's anthology of speeches suitable for competitions. Slio and Mr Clews, who retired as liead of maths six years ago, are also planning a trip to Australia. Tlie couple live in Waddmgton.


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respondent on our letters page A


did so, indirectly, last week. Anyone who is not a Christian


but chooses to celebrate the Mil­ lennium is a party gatecrasher! And so, as the letter writer point­ ed out, to have a witch symbol marking the Millenniuin would be quite wrong. If any figure at all is indicated, it is one of Jesus


Christ. The year 2000 AD marks the


passage of two thousand years


since the year of His birth. No doubt because the Church


was the only source of learning for many centuries, this date marker became entwined with British his-


good many people have been waiting for some­ one to say it, and a cor­


As I see it


tory in general. But, unless one is mistaken, it has nothing directly to do with anything other than reli­ gious affairs - and specifically Christian religious affairs at that. Of course, Christians have long


since come to terms with the con­ cept of people who have no connec­ tion with or interest in their religion neverthless celebrating the birth of the man who started it all. The very lowest point was


reached for this writer some years ago when a multiple retailer brought out a sales brochure so intoxicated with its bargains that it proclaimed: "You'd think we invented Christmas!"


ing fun and cash from the Millenni­ um suddenly become converted to Christianity? Well, no. I t is very much like the situation typified by those who say "every girl wants a church wedding" when, these days, the number of girls connected with churches is small and decreasing. The law of the land decrees -


Will all the people who are mak­


another historic throwback - that everyone is entitled to have their parish church made available to them to be married in, although the vicar does not have to conduct the service if he does not want to. So far, I have not heard of any refusals on the grounds that the bride or


bridegroom are so far beyond redemption that they are not wor­ thy of a church wedding . . . that would be a bold and possibly un- Christian judgement indeed! So what about the Millennium?


A portion of all newspaperpersons pay for the noxt few months will be on the back of gatecrashers, from bills for Millennium-linked adver­ tisements. One does not wish to be hypocritical and, in any case, the Christian door should be opened wide. But there is no reason why the occasion cannot be used to point out the message of Christian­ ity to as many disinterested or non­ believing people as possible. But how to achieve it? Perhaps someone may send us an "As I see it" column with ideas!


Best boot forward for Marie Curie charity


PUTTING his best foot forward in a sponsored Tour of Mont Blanc is Clitheroe man Mr Peter


Watson. Round Table member Mr Wat­


son (35), is off to Franco next month for the two-week marathon foot slogging session in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. A chartered structural engineer


and treasurer of Clitheroe Round Table, it is a real first for Mr Wat­ son who is building up the miles in training with mountain biking


and walking. Along the route, ho and 11 col­


leagues will be staying in moun­ tain huts and camping, with the


possibility of the occasional hotel. Now he is appealing for spon­


sorship and hoping that friends and fellow Tablers in the town will dig deep in a bid to make his marathon charity Mont Blanc tour well worthwhile. Anyone will­ ing to help can contact Mr Wat­ son, tel. 01200 444344.


Pictured is Mr Watson with his boots. (070699/20/5)


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Tim Procter


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