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cil was held in Jerusalem to deoid; the question for all the |'I‘IlIl'CII€l5.—- Acts I521-6.

The council decreed that the Gentiles would not have to be circumcised. but only keep certain moral laws. ing chastity. Not the law, but grace was important. They chose a Hebrew and a Hellenist to carry back to Antioch.——Acts 15:19-34.

includ-

the decree

MEMORY VERSE: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: Iieveth; to the Jew first, and also to the Gl’oek.”—Roma.ns 1:16,

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'l‘lie pillars_of the church at Jerusa- That Paul was true to his ministry. lem recognized the apostolic s.uthor- and true to the doctrine of grace wag‘ ity of Paul. fomier Plhai-isee persecu- Ilustrated when he rebuloed the great 255$] glgflsgglllf» ";Mb G3: apostle Peter in public. because Peter,‘ through revelation '0: Christ, He WW“ by the Pharisees’ md not “H

taught some time before knowing the others.—Ga.latiaiu 1:11-2:10.

for it is the power of God unto

sod-we with the 2: 11-14.

U3IV3ﬁ°n to eV3"y one that be‘ 1 many have these words brought

Gentiles.-Galatiansi

POLICY OF UNITY

Paul Preaches Salvation

(Editor's note:— The follow- ing material relating to to- morrow's Sunday School les- son based on copyrighted outlines produced by the Di- vision of Christian Education. National Council of Churches in the US. and is used by per- mission.)

By N. SPEER JONES The title of this week’: lesson is clarified for us when we un- derstand that it is Paul. in this

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LISTEN! the

story of. . .

It’s an old family custom. I hang apmystockingforsantatoﬁll. Then everyone has to be very quiet ‘while Daddy reads the Christmas Story from our big family Bible . . . about the Shepherds . . . how they watched . . . and listened. That’s why they knew Jesus had come: be- cause they listened!

Again today, Christmas brings goodtidings...ot onearth . . . good will toward men. Church bells ring . . . children sing carols . . ._ the Story of Bethlehem is told again.

It means Joy to the world: if we istenl '

preaches is salvation by

‘ords a very important episode in Christian history held in Jerusalem in 50 A where the leading representativ- es of many of the Christi a n the newly converted Gentiles. in- churches met to debate matters eluding circumcision

arising from the conversion ofl

case. who is entrusted with the E the Gentiles. so that the church Gospel, and that the doctrine hegmight maintain a single united th eipolicy, rather than splitting as- grace of Christ. not by law or'under in argument.

°°d w° I‘ _ Some of the converted Jews The selection from Acts rec- in the Christian church, espec- ially the erstwhile Pharisees (strictest of the Jewish parties), ., were insisting that the precepts the Mosaic law be followed by

a council

that it was the grace of Christ which saved, not ritual or law. rlst.

w both Jews and Christians called him James the Just. He refers to Peter by his Hebrew name. Si- mon or Symeon. ~ The upshot of the conference was that Gentiles were not re- qulred ‘only to ab things, including unchastity. The latter is mentioned mecifically. because the Levltlcsl law against it was extremely strict. whereas among e p a gsns (Gentiles), unchastity was often a part of even the temple rites. To carry the decree to Antioch

Peter. in the council, asserted . the council sent one Jew, Judas

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Barsabbas, and one who was ap- ; patently a Hellenist. a Roma citizen (16:37) wi a Lati name— silvanus. which is the. more formal form of Silas. ‘ Present at this Jerusalem Council was Paul, who seven years later wrote his letter to; the Galatians. It is generally 1 thought that this is the occasion i described in 2:1-lo. althou g hi some scholars feel that he de- scribes here s different visit to Jerusalem. ' “Galatia" was an abbreviated, form of the word "Gallatica." or Greek Gaul. It was an area in central Asia Minor. wild country; with difficult terrain and little civilization, the eople charac- terized by changeableness and emotlonaiism. To such people. easily swayed by the oratory of im-posters. Paul wrote the only recorded letter we have of his, which begins with a rebuke. He chastized them for listening to any gospel other than what he‘ had taught them. ' To emphasize the truth of the Gospel he preached. Paul remin- ded the Galatisns that he had not received it from men. but from God. through revelation to him. a z e s l o u s persecutor of

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Death7indEternity .

ls Brought In Mind

By CARDINAL McGUIGAN is it not still true that the vast In the last few weeks we have mlI°?ltY 05 PWPIG appear I-0 die witnessed the deaths of two II!!! as they have lived? great public servsnts— Mayor N0 REV0LU'"“N Donald Summerville and Prest- N0 (ICED Interior revolution is dsnt John Kennedy. At times like IIOYHIIIIY 10 be expected as the these many people begin consid- Ill! 11011!‘ 8PPI'0aches. T h o s e ering thg gubjecg. of den", “.1 who have lived with indifference eternity. Many begin to a sh themselves "Am I ready fo 1 oath?"

who have lived in vigorous antl- cipation of the life to come. die. as did a famous writer. crying: “Now for the great adventure!"

Those who have lived pre-oc- cupied with self and property go into eternity with a backward glance. eyes fixed hungrily upon the shore that is fading fro in sight. Those who have lived as pilgrims and strangers homesick for heaven die as did the saint who proclaimed "Now we a c bound for home! At last we are going home!"

There is no necessary relation- ship between the quslities of a man's life and death. for the graces of God are bestowed ac- cording to the inscrutable good pleasure of God alone: God can. and sometimes does. effect a to)- al conversion in the last i p l i I second of a man’s thinking and

To understand a little about death we must go back to the death of Christ when He said "Father. into Thy I-lands I com- mand My Spirit." To how many martyred lives have these words brought release since Christ first consecrated them? To how

repose as saintly men and wom-

en have pronounced them in the office of the Church “lnio Thy Hands. Oh Lord, I commend my piri "

0hrist’s last ,try "with a loud voice." was not like the cry of one dying: it so moved the com- mander of the soldiers that, in- sensible to suffering as he must have been. he became frighten- ed by the enormity of what he had done. He cried out: “Indeed, this man was the Son of Godl"

Yet on the threshold of eter- nihy. Christ retained_ the sim- plicity of a child. I-Iis very last words were words that a child might have used. They were the words of a prayer which 30 years before in Nazareth He had learned at His mother’s knee. Impressive as is the simplic- ity of Christ's death when we concentrate our attention upon it alone, it is entirely consistent with the general tenure of His Life: and this is the first teach- ing of the last words for us.

Granting the exception and tremendous changes that may occur in the spiritual disposition‘ of a man about to die (changes due to utterly gratuitous last- minute graces granted by God. as in the case of the good thief),

illing.

Ordinarily. however. d e a th- matches life and proves to be only his last phase and consis- tent with it in character. To ax- sume that matters may be other- wise is to be guilty of presump-

on.

On the heartening side. how-' ever. the man who has been sc- customed through life to walking. constantly in the presence of God and who has sincerely striv- en to do all things in God, a n d through God is already so direct-. ed toward heaven that the trans- ition from earth paradise is almost incidental.

For him there will be no ﬁnal frantic turn to God as the e n d. approaches. He will conclude

Christians (1:10-24). Here he re- lated how he went away into Ar- a-bia, a thinly populated in probably to reflect alone what happened to him it Jerusalem. the center of his i new faith: then he visited with} Peter (Cephas) for two weeks ( 1- )

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Then he reminded them that. his apostolic authority was ac- knowledged by the J e r u salem church (2:1-10). and that he was so unswerving in his obedience to his ministry that he even r_e- i bulked the great leader Peter lI'| (public (2:11-14).

Then Paul returns to the core of his message, justification byl grace (2:15-21). The very heartil of his argument is contained in the final verse; if justification were by good works or the law. then Christ died to no avail.

Nat. Council Pleased WII'I'l New Dialogue

PHI-LADELPH-IA (AP)-—The National Council of Churches has hailed "the new climate of dialogue between members of the Roman Catholic. Orthodox and Protestant Churches" as representing “a mutual seeking for understanding."

In a message recently to its :1 church constituents. which claim to represent 40,600,000 members. the council hoped lo- cal conversations between the various religious faiths would increase. as wel as "meaning- ful talks with Protestant Church bodies" not part of the nstonal organization.

In its most significant action the council at its meeting laun- ched s broad attack on racial religious and economic discrim-

ation. Delegates. in almost

unanh mous agreement. ve de- manded that churches whole-

heartedly support every effort to wipe out discriminatory prac- (ices. in and out of the churches.

They hailed current efforts

OII "=17-H Toward Human

of both the American govern-, ment and the UN before it couldi use its atomic arms. The same would apply to any other atomic power.

B'°II‘°'I'°°‘I Test Period I

OSLO, Norway (Cl'-'-Reuters) ( John A. MacAulay of Winnlpeg,F M‘ ° . delivered a Nobel lecture at 1 Oslo University here Wednes- MEXICO CITY (AP) _ The

head of the World Council of}

day and said there was some evidence that within another 50 Churches reported Sunday grow yea" great progress Iowud ing challen es around the world‘ I‘“"““‘ "'°”‘°”‘°°d "'3" 5° to the righgt of Protestant An- glican and Orthodox churches‘ to carry on missions. Dr. W. A. Visser ‘t Hoofl of Switzerland told a council meet- ing here that Christian missions- are undergoing a new period of testing but said this lent the- Chrislian church a new oppor-I tunify to counter criticism and- challenges. ' Visser 't Hoof! spoke before

Advance Seen

MacAulny is chairman of the League of Red Cross Societies which Tuesday shared the 1963. Nobel Peace Prize with the In-‘I ternational Red Cross Commi-.

e. "The curtain is lifting." MacAulay, “we can have umph or tragedy for we the playwrights. the actors the audience.

said tri- are and)

,. .the first plenary session of the

Let "3 book "I" 39.3” '°" tr" commission on world mission umph. world is sickened of and evangelism at the world “"9°dY Council of Churches.

MacAulay praised the factors working for progress toward human brothe and "away from the practices of hats and deceptio "

"Near all the signs in the realm of politics and of ideas point in the direction of increas-v ing rather than decreasing un- willingness to recognize the rai-

hislifejustashawouldcloseslwlth God,her)eaftsrashas low. He will anlvs alreaﬁr

favorite book. turn down th e light. and climb the stairs.

He will be perfectly at home part of him.

St. Paul's Anglican Church

Established 1769 by Royal Foundation The Rev. B‘. Louis Elias. l..8.T.. Rector Orlanist and Choir Director: George A. Thompson, F‘.R.C.0.. (CHM) A.R.C.M. Third Sunday in Advent

8: 30 a.m.—-HOLY COMMUNION

‘ of heaven with hesvsa "

11:00 a.m.—0rder of Service for young people. Subject: “SPIRIT OF GIVING" Sweet on Earth." p.m.—Hymn 'ng p.m.-—Evening Praye-r and Seriiion. Subject; "JESUS CONDEMNEI) ISEES. BUT: THE PROSTITUTE MERCY. WHY?"

Attend Church this Sunday.

TIlINIT¥h UNITED CHURCH

arlottetown. P. E. I.

Ministers: Rev. J. G. E. Bali, B.A.

G G. Wyrwas. B.A.. B.D. ayton C

6:30 7:00

1l:(l) a.m.—WIi.'lle Gift Sunday (SUNDAY SCHOOL IN A'I"I‘ENDANCEl

Anthem: Junior Choir, “There Is A Name Moat

THE PHAR - RECEIVED

Rev. CI . Lew Organist & Director of Choirs: Royston F. Mugford. A.R.C.O.

9:3) a.m.-—Senior. Intermediate and Junior Church School 11:00 a.m.—Primar'y. Kindergarten and Nursery 11:00 a.m.—“THE MANGER AND THE MUSIC" Rev. J. G. E. Ball Anthem: "And The Glory Of The Lord" (The Messiah-Handel) p.m.~Whit.e Gift Service. p.m.—I'Ii' C and Y.P.U. Candle Light Service

“A WELCOME AWAITS YOU AT TRINITY AND SPRING PARK"

2:30 7:(X)

SPRING PARK UNITED CHURCH

(Cor, Klrkwood Drive and Dunkirk Street) CHURCH SCHOOL

11:00 a.m.—Nursery in Sunday School Ronni ll:0() a.m.—"PRAYERS THAT WERE ANSWERED" (Rev. C. C. Lewis) ' Choir: Glory" (Rubinstein) Organist: Mrs. Ron II. Atkinson

I I Central Christian Church 21! Kent Street Charlottetown, P.E.I. Morning 10:00 a.m.-—-Bdble School for every member of the Family. 11:00 a.m.—Lord's Supper and Morning Message:

"THE VIRGIN BIRTH" Anthem: "0 Come. 0 Come. Immanuel" EVENING

7:00 p.m.—Even1ng Worship Servi-on 18 young girls will be presenting a Candle- Lighting Service.

"MESSAGE OF HIS COMING" Minister—Mr. William O. Wcale Organlst—Mrs. Allison MacRae. A.R.C.M, YOU ARE WELCOME TO WORSHIP WITH US

The Kirk of S. James

The Reverend T. H. B. Somers, M.A.. S.'I‘.M.. Minister Organist and Director of the Choirs H Christopher Gledhiu. M.A.. B.Miis.

9:45 a.m.—-Church School ll:00 a.m.—Churchtime Nursery and Nursery School 11:00 a.m.—WI1.ite Gift Sunday 11:00 a.m.—»ADVEN'I‘ MORNING "THE HEALING THE ADVENT GOSPEL" (Isaiah 40:1-2) Anthem: “The Lord will come" . (Scottish. arr. T. G. Lery) rumpet Solo: William Lea 7:0() p.m.—ADVE LESSONS AND Organ Prelude: "Berceuse" (Vierne)

CAROLS

Pl‘°I- Llﬂllll l’8|Iliﬂl- WIN) 1'e- son d'etre of missions." he said- ceived the 1962 Nobel 2‘

Prize Tuesday. called at an‘-

Scripture Text Greeting

other Nobel lecture for a con-

trol system to permit the use ardgcfor-Every of nuclear weapons ‘ '__“ caslon only with the approval of the:

national government Involvodi and the United Nations. .

Under his proposal. the United; States would need the approval

First Baptist Church

at THE BIBLE HOUSE

170 Kent Street Opp. EA'l'ON'S

Carols: "Lo! how a rose e'er blooming" (Praetorius) "Ding dong! merrily on high?‘ (Ai-bean) . “Fall softly. snowﬂakes" (MacNut:tI "Of the Father's love begotten" (T-himan)

“The Cherubim Song" (Bortniansky)

“Beside Thy cradle" (Bach)

"’l‘hree kings are here" (ll/IacNuft) "

"Today is born Immanuel" I.Praetoi'ius) Offcrt.m‘_v: "Lo how a rose" fkrahmsl

"Let the heavens rejoice. and let the earth be _

the Lord: for He comcth. for He cometh to judge the earth: He shall judge the world with righteousness. and the people with His truth."

9:30 a.m.—Primar_v. Junior and Intermediate Church School

WORSHIP AND SERMON: RCY AND COMFORT OF

NT EVENING WORSHIP OF‘ THE NINE

Organ Posllude: Symphmiy ("Christmas Oratorio") Bach glad before

be- part

esdy

Corner of Prince and Fitzroy Streets Rev. Malcolm F. Harlow. B.A.. B.D., Minister Mrs. V. L. Dingwell. Organist and Choir Director 0:45 a.m.—sunday School 11:00 s.m.—"AL.L I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS" Anthem: "Behold I Bring You Good 'l\idings" (Sir John Goss)

7:00 p.m.—"CIIRIS'I'MAS PRELUDE" O8l'KHBIl(g‘IiL Service

TOT D9309. including the nucleus lest-ban treaty. but stressed the need "in work more urgently for ii world without war. and for ii world under law in which peace with freedom and justice can be achieved."

Bishop Mueller of the Evan- gelical United Brethren Church said in an interview he favors a meeting of the world's top religious leaders when Pope Paul VI visits Jerusalem next Jan. I-Ie . su eh‘ a meeting "would be good for the world and certainly would improve un- derstanding of all peoples."

Rev. Dr. Luther A. Weigle. dean emeritus of the Yale Uni- versiiy Divinity School. dis- closed that Roman Catholic and Protestants in Britain next year will begin using the same ver- sion of the Bible.

Sermons Urged By Church

TORONTO (CP)——The United Church's official ' Observer. current edition that Protestant ministers preach some sermons this Christmas on Mary. mother of Christ.

"We expect that Roman Catholics fcel Protestants have been neglectlul of the other or our Lord." the paper I ya in an editorial

Protestants. the paper adds. are asking Catholics "to face up to matters of religious liberw. mixed marriages and a

lion Presbyterian Church

Corner Prince and Grafton Streets The Rev. Donald A. Campbell. B.A.. Minister Miss Roberta Shaw, Deaconess Mrs. Madelyn Macxlnnon, L.Mus., B.Mns. Organist and Choir Director

9:45 a.m.—-Sunday Sohool—Classes for all ages. 10:00 a.m.—Bible Class 11:00 a.m.-—Nursery School 11:00 a.m.—DIVIN'E WORSHIP ~ THE ROAD TO CHRISTMAS

hem: Who Will Come To Bethlehem?

—0ld Spanish Carol

7:00 p.m.—Cl-IRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE

Junior. intermediate and Saiior choirs participating. ‘ ‘ Carols by Junior and intermediate Choirs “The Babe Be-thlehe-rn"—~Bernaord I-Iamblen by Senior Choir Congregational Carol Singing.

A CORDIAL WELCOME TO ALL

PARK ‘ROYAL UNITED CHURCH

lit Christie Drive, Parkdalc Rev, J. ll. Tye, .A.. B.D.. Minister Mr. Leslie ﬂiscott, Organist and Director of Choirs

9: . . 9:45 a.m.-Junior. lntermedi .. Senior Church School 11:0) a.m.—Nursery and Kindergarten Classes 11:00 a.m.—DIVINE WORSHIP “White Giff Sunday" Sea-rnon: GIVEN US TO GIVE. Anthem: On The Hilly Strep’ - -W. Hutson. Oflcdory. "As Lately We Watched" 1l:l.'>— Primary Church School ‘kw p.m.-—Eveni'ng Worship -Austrian Carol. "Candieligbting Service" _ (by Canadian Girls In Trainin

I St. Peters Cathedral Rochford Square Anglican Church of Canada The Ven. Archdeacon J. R. Davies. M.A,. Rector The Reverend Canon E. M. i\Ialone, i\I.A.. D.D. Honorary Assistant Priest Miss Suzanne Brenton. Lic, Mus., Organist Mrs. B. W. Patterson. Choir Director

December l.'+—The Third Sunday in Advent

8:00 a.m.—Hnly Eiicharist

3:45 am.-Mattins

9:45 a.m —Suntla_v School

llzm s.m.—-Choral l<Im-hai'i.:~1 snrl seruion

'f:(l0 p.m.—E\‘PnS0lhK and sermon.

Visitors are most welcome at all services.

235 Cumberland St. at Lnngworth Ava.

11:00 a.m.—-“STUDIES i‘§_GEi§iEsr.s" 7:30 p.m.-—-"THE THIEF‘ IN THE NIGHT"

Speaker: JAMES AWSTAHRT-BIS: ivi.rii.

CALVARY TEMPLE

P-nteenstal Atsemhlies of Canada Upper Prince Street Rev. C. K. Benn. Pastor

9:15 a ni.-—l-‘c-llmiship Hour. Summerrside Radio 9:45 a.m.-—~-Siinday School. A (‘lass for You llrm a.m.—-Morning Praise. Come and Worship 7:30 p.m.~—I'I\'.5mHf‘Il.<Il(" Rally

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other thins-<.'

‘J You Are Welcome To Worship With Us

Charlottetown Bible Chapel

A'I"l‘I'ZNI) (‘.IiARl.()T’l‘I-‘.T()Wi\’S I-‘lilil. (QOSPEI. CHURCH

Major Ronald II. Walker

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