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‘Enslaved by the politics money and acquisitiveness’
H
OW sad th a t c r itics of M r P e te r L a n c a s te r 's a r t ic le (As I see i t , March 8th and Letters, March
15th) could not see any merit in
the points he was making. If people feel it is good to give to
help sufferers abroad, then it is so, particularly if it teaches those being helped to support themselves, to stand up to political injustice and allows them to worship in their own
way.However, do the British workers whose donations help villagers in
India build a hand-operated water pump realise that it is their tax, as for eign aid, which facilitates the pur chase of weapons for the Indian Gov
ernment? It is also good to put varying points
of view, so that people develop an awareness of the manipulative power and hidden agendas of government and military structures and the spiri tual destructiveness of dependency that financial aid can create. This has already happened to a ter
I enslaved by the politics of money and acquisitiveness, and the removal of freedoms by the growth of "rights", developed by lawyer-politicians and presided over by an increasingly blinkered and politically motivated judiciary. Does our Church stand up against these things? Can our own spirituality alter this diminution of the human spirit without the outspo ken critics of the status quo? It is not my intention to impose what I feel is right and good on to others. Rather, it is to say that another, perhaps broad er or lateral view can add to a greater goodness to the benefit of everyone.
rifying degree in western nations, in which peoples consider themselves free, but who are becoming subtly
bring a stop to evil governments, but the actions of the oppressed can. Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King proved it in their time and the Dalai Lama does so every day. As for tourism helping "developing" nations, one travel writer I know has clearly indicated how it can create a nation of waiters, bellboys and prostitutes, ben efiting tourists and a few locals, while widening divisions and robbing the majority of their spiritual, cultural and material inheritance. How long must mystics, prophets, philosophers, artists, writers and poets say, as Erich Fromm did, that "love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the prob lem of human existence"? How long will this be ignored because we are for getting what love is or are unable to discover it? I have travelled a great deal and,
As I see i t . . . by Robbie Robinson The cries of the oppressed will not
the world where to find God, Jesus included. Unfortunately the recog nised scriptures and holy books seem to be too rigidly interpreted by many people, without any observance of their largely metaphoric, symbolic and literary nature. Some writings are condemned for the benefit of the nar rower view. The gospel of St Thomas, rediscovered in 1945, is denounced by many Christians, particularly the Roman Catholic Church, as heresy. This is due to the mystic nature of its content, yet all these great works surely express love, not power; speak of God not religion; promote spiritu ality not dogma. There is a fine line between aid and
Items for inclusion i CHATBURN!
Family tree The AGM of Chatburl
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Methodist Women's Fellov ship, chaired by the Re Chris Cheeseman, bega] with a hymn and a praye The Rev. Cheeseman gave interesting talk about h hobby of tracing his fami tree. He has traced his fam| ly, who were farm laboure in Dorset, back to the 1700] where they continued to 11 until his grandfather movtl to London. His ancestors h; large families with unusu; names, but several of the ch] dren died young. Officers were re-electe
Auditor Mr C. Johnson h; retired due to ill-health ari
like Mr Lancaster, have worked abroad, though not in a Christian capacity. That is because I am not a Christian in the religious meaning of the word. Having seen what religions and missionaries have done to the world and to its indigenous peoples I will not subscribe to any religion, par ticularly as some are becoming increasingly dogmatic and in several places so repressive that millions despair of ever finding God. Travel within this land to the spiritually deprived areas Mr ' Lancaster describes, some which are very close to the Ribble Valley, and see if you can find God. Perhaps our charity and love should start there. Through meditation, reading and
Some sweet news for Chipping’s children
A THREAT has been lifted from the children
of Chipping. They will still be able to
enjoy their coltsfoot rock, old sarsparilla, cinder tof fee, rainbow crystals, liquorice root and all the other mouthwatering sweets from the dozens of jars in the shop Mrs. Ann Bretherton has run for the
| last nine years. And children, young and
I old, will still be able to get hand-made ice cream and hand-made cheeses, even though Mrs Bretherton closed her business in Chip ping at the end of last
| month. From Sunday, her stock
moved Into the Chipping Post Office - the shop which, at 333 years, holds the record as Britain's longest-continuing retail premises. Mrs Bretherton's proper
sent shortage of tourists all
took their toll. "I had an accident in
June and that brought it all to a head and I decided it was time to close," said Mrs
Bretherton. Sale of the shop fell
through in February, so she approached Mrs Andrea Cawley at the Post Office. And their agreement
interference, between freeing people from suffering and enslaving them by removing their control over their own lives and their natural laws. Did "helping" Vietnam, Cambodia, Chile and Afghanistan free their people, develop love? Are nations in Africa "improved" through western inter fence and missionary zeal? What hap pened, and is still happening, to the Indians of North and South America, the aboriginals of Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii; the natives of Patagonia, Palestine and Tibet? Will our cash contributions help these peo ple? It can, but only if it helps those in need to help themselves, through love, education, work and community, not for power, religion, toil and money. I, too, have been called a cynic, so
experience, I feel I know where God is. Every mystic and prophet has told
should like to point out what George Bernard Shaw said on the subject: "The art of intelligent observation is often called cynicism by those who do not have it."
LOOKING BACK 100 years ago
THE quarterly meeting of the Clitheroe Cooperative Society, held at the Moor Lane Stores, reported a healthy balance and good business. It was decided that three-quarters of a percent of the profits were to be appropriated to educational purposes and surplus capital be used to open a branch shop. A farmer's son received severe bruising when his
to Grindleton.
means the childen will still be able to get their penny tray and gift bags. Mrs Cawley said: "Mrs Bretherton approached us
pose of forming the Sabden valley into a separate town ship. The scheme was accepted and described as deserv ing of success because current boundaries were the cause of much injustice and not a little confusion.
about the ice cream and it went on from there. We decided to fit in her stock; we didn't want the village
50 years ago
to lose it. "I know it will be hard to
resist the temptation of dip ping my hand into the jars and helping myself," she added. There will be 111 jars of
sugary delights for those with sweet teeth. At its height, Mrs
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Bretherton's shop once stocked as many as 209 two-and-a-half-kilo jars of different sweets.
recipes, among many other things. The second scheme,
A SERIOUS shortage of softwood prevented Clitheroe Corporation from replacing the castle flag pole which was in a dangerous condition. The Tim ber Control Board said the 35ft. length of Columbian pine required could not be supplied. A Wiswell man was chosen to join the British Furni
A meeting of Sabden ratepayers was held for the pur
horse bolted while he was spreading ashes in a field at Chatbum. The animal stripped its harness and cart as it exited a gate and was not caught until it was halfway
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■ -^120-to church funds an £25 to the National Chi] dren's Homes. A trip to Grange-ovel
Miss I. Dugdale will 1 approached to take his plac| Mrs V. Wright agreed serve on the catering commi| tee in place of Mrs Dui babin. The financial repo was given by Mrs A. Davie: . .Members agreed to dona
Sands has been arranged f( August 22nd, with tea Grange Methodist Churcl Those wishing to go shoui give their names to Miss BowkerorMrs M. Shaw.
Annual meeting At the annual meeting
Douglas and Mr D. Ascnj were re-elected. Officers ele ed were: Miss C. Walk (vice-chairman), Mr H. D(| glas (treasurer), Mr H. Boden (secretary) and Mr| West (auditor). All the sidesmen were
Christ Church, Chatburl the Rev. Walter Dra presided and thanked w; dens and officers for thi dedication during the year.] Churchwardens Mrs
elected with the addition] Mrs E. Drain. The vicar gave a full repj
on the services and activii of the church during the y| and the accounts will be fl sented at the next PCC mi] ing.
Last anniversary The 118th annivers:
service on Sunday was last held in Chatbi Methodist Church befj the old building is replai Former scholars
church members, s travelling considerable tances, were in a large gregation. Also present were cir
officials and representat from all the churches in
circuit. The special preacher the Rev. Amos Cresswe
former Pre s id en t of Methodist Conference was minister at Chatb]
from 1949 to 1950. Mrs Marilyn Yates
organist. The service inciudi
ture Productivity Team to travel to the USA for six weeks to gain industry trade, technical and personnel
experience He was looking forward to examining all aspects of
modern furniture industry production methods, partic ularly machinery and plant layout. The team sailed to the USA in the liner Queen Elizabeth. A Clitheroe haulage firm was taken over by British
gift day in aid of the n velopment fund. Chu officials were grateful th e £2,925 donated those present. The service was folio
by a buffet lunch. T was also a display of photographs and plan: the new building.
Road Services. The business, which had grown from one vehicle to a fleet of 16 wagons, two trailers and a reserve new wagon was nationalised when travel per mits were revoked. The company was compensated under the terms of the Transport Act, but the founder and director refused the Government's offer of a
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MODERN farm buildings were criticised for their appearance and suggestions were made on how they should be made to suit the surroundings. A local agricultural surveyor said: "In understanding
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Bookworms through to area final EVERYONE was booked in a showdown district final
between two village primary schools. But competition was in the best-possible spint - books
were the subject when Read and Gisburn schools compet ed in the district final of the Lancashire Schools book quiz. The Read team of Alaina Norris, Sophie Wenborn,
Nathan Littley and Sam Adams were eventual winners and will now go on to compete in the Burnley area finals.
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o m e t im e s my wife shouts a t me! She does! It's to a t t r a c t my a t te n t io n I when I'm lost in a hook, com
p le te ly o b liv io u s to my su r
roundings. There I am, deep in the 16th Cen
tury, sailing the Spanish Main, find ing buried treasure and having a whale of a time as Captain Joe when suddenly there's a disturbing shout of "Hey; are you in?" I'm quickly whisked back to the present dayl As a youngster I was an avid week
heroine that he had just slain her lover. We who had watched breath lessly knew that he was not in fact dead. Then came the dramatic moment when the hero stepped light ly from behind the battlements and raised his sword, crying; "Don Qumar-
do lives!" I was therel Standing up in the
fourpenny seats, holding my sword arm high, repeating the words with exultant joy: "Don Qumardo lives!" How the audience members near
ly attender of the cinema in the silent film days and recall one occasion when I was totally absorbed in an adventure film of the sword swishing, daring deeds type. The hero, with whom I had identified myself as usual, had, to all outward signs, been wiped out by the villain.
He was gloating to the terrified ■
were not to be half hearted or two- faced, but totally committed. There are far too many people who say: "When in Rome do as the Romans do" and act accordingly. In one kind of company they are perfectly respectable, but in the other kind they let the Lord Jesus down and become one of the'erowd. The wholehearted, totally commit
What Jesus meant was that we
me laughed as I sank back into my seat, wishing that I could become invisible. I t is a good thing to be fully
the need for modern buildings it is useful to remember that farming is similar in many ways to any modern industry. Improving their appearance would eventually
mean dearer food." A plan to build 18 houses and flats on land belonging
to St Paul's Church, Low Moor, was attacked by resi dents. It was claimed the development would com pletely destroy the charm and character of the area. A message from the NFU president suggested that
land."
CLAYTON-LE- : DALE
Ship Ahoy Members of Clayton
Dale took to the high seJ their 'iheeting when Cap j John Caley chose as his .1 ject "To Command a Shis He kept his auditl
enthralled as he told hoj all began when as plain . Caley, he always wante be a ship's captain.I blamed his father who, \l he was very young, tooki to see Clark Gable in "C| Seas" a swashbuckling t pirates, mutiny and : gling on stormy seas. He told how he nl
there must be times when the public could be forgiven for thinking that the farmers of Britain were prophets of doom, forecasting one shortage after another. In a complex article he said: "The nation must invest in the
found the pirates, but eT thing else was almost lj book, recalling storil being trapped in ice flo-j smuggling cooks. Bei
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ted, let it be known where they stand by the manner of their living. Some folks never take a stand but flow with the stream, saying: "Yes, that's what I say" to everyone. Such spineless ones are no use at all
absorbed and wholehearted in our Christian living. Jesus used to speak of single-eyed service. If our right eye offended, we were to pluck it out; if our right hand offended, we were to cut it off. This was understood to be eastern imagination.
v unthinkable. Belonging to Jesus means being totally absorbed in His way.
to themselves or to Jesus. There must be no doubt as to Whose we are, and Who we serve. Divided loyalties are
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