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REV. DR. R. M. C. WARD
Dr. Ward died of a heart attack Feb
ruary 17 at his home; Essex Ave.,
Bloomfield, N. J. Born in Pittsburgh 53
years ago, he started his pastorate in
1929 at the Reformed Presbyterian
Church, Newburgh, N. Y. In 1947, he
went to the Bloomfield church.
Dr. Ward was a graduate of Geneva
College, Beaver Falls, Pa., the Reformed
Presbyterian Seminary, Pittsburgh, in
1927 and did graduate study at the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh. He received his
master of theology degree from Prince
ton Seminary in 1929 and his doctorate
from the University of Edinburgh, Scot
land, in 1939.
He is survivedwby his wife, Mrs. Mary
Slater Ward; o sons, Robert Jr., a
junior at the college of Wooster (Ohio)
and Thomas S. Ward, Bloomfield High
School senior; a brother, Thomas J.
Ward of Wilkinsburg, Pa.,
and two sis
ters, Miss Eleanor Ward and Mrs. Edithbelle
Johns of Bellevue, Pa.
STORY TIME
When you get up in the morning and
brush your teeth, have,
you ever brushed
them with Colgate's tooth paste Even
if you haven't you've heard of Colgate's
tooth paste. I wonder if you have ever
heard the story of Mr. William Colgate's
life
Many, many years before you were
born, there was a shoe cobbler who had
a very large family. One of his
name was William. Way
back then a
shoe cobbler did not make very much
money, and as more brothers and sisters
began to come into the family, William's
father found it harder and harder to
make enough money to buy food and
clothes for everyone. So one day he
called William in for a talk. While they
were talking he told William that he
could not support the family and that
William would have to get a job.
So William Colgate packed the few
things he owned, said goodby to those
he loved and began to go down the small
path that would take him to New York
City.
As he trudged along an old mule driv
er asked him where he was going. Wil
liam told him that he was going to New
York to find work. The old man said,
"William, remember two things first,
that one-tenth of all you earn belongs to
God and always give it to Him, and
second, remember the Sabbath Day and
use it as a day of
worship."
They talked
awhile longer and then they knelt down
in the old tow path and prayed.
William went to New York, and he got
work in a soap factory. He worked very
hard and he did his work very well. On
Saturday, when he was paid for the
March 9, 1955
week, he remembered what the old mule
driver had told him, and he took out his
tithe. Then on the Sabbath he would
take his tithe to church, and there he
would worship God and give his tenth to
his Lord.
William was very sincere in the things
he did, and he was honest in every way,
and the Lord blessed him.
In time William was promoted. His
pay check was larger then, and he con
tinued to give the Lord His share.
William was smart. He looked for
new ideas and improvements that could
be made in the soap business. Soon his
work became very valuable to the com
pany. His salary became even larger. He
said to himself, "The Lord has blessed
me. I will give Him two-tenths of all I
Then Colgate became a member of the
firm. He was very wise in the ways of
the business world. The company began
to depend on him more and more be
cause they knew that he was sincere,
and that the advice he gave was good.
God blessed him abundantly, and Col
gate was grateful to God for what he
had done. To show God how much he
appreciated the success He had given,
Colgate promised God
that he would
give three-tenths of all he made.
In time, Colgate was made president
of the firm; the company grew and Col
gate said, "Lord, for all You have done
for me, I will give half of all I make
to Thee."
Soon the company was one of the
largest in the country. Colgate was try
ing to make the best soap possible, and
the Lord continued to bless Him. Col
gate became a very wealthy
man. He
had all the money that he could wish
for and he said, "Lord, I have all I need.
From now on, of what I make I will use
only what I need to live on, and the rest
I will give to Thee."
When we remember God and are
faithful to Him, He will bless us more
than we can believe is possible. It may
not be with money as He blessed Col
gate, but it will certainly be with happi
ness, which is something that quite often
even "money
can't
buy."
Whatever makes men good Christians,
Daniel Web
makes them good citizens.
ster.
AN OPEN DOOR
By Rev. Hugh J. Blair, B.A.
In Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, this
summer, I saw a most interesting kind
of door. It was the door of a large gro
cery store, called a 'super
where all kinds of food stuffs were dis
played for sale. One day I went down
to this 'super
to buy something
and went forward to the door. I
stretched out my hand to open it, and
immediately felt a bit foolish, for before
my hand touched it, it swung open. At
first I thought someone on the inside
had opened it, but when I looked there
was no one there. And then I realized
that this was a kind of door that opened
by itself. Apparently it works by a
kind of invisible 'beam' across the door :
when anyone passes through this 'beam,'
electrical machinery is set in motion to
open the door. Whatever may be the de
tails of the working of this wonderful
door, however, the obvious fact was that
all that had to be done to make the
door open was to enter.
Sometime afterwards I heard about a
dog which had learned about this kind
of door. It was very hot weather at the
time, but most of the 'super
are nice and cool inside, since they are
cooled by air-conditioning. Well, anytime
this dog found that the weather was too
hot outside, he didn't stay outside with
his tongue hanging out and panting with
the heat. He just went down to the won
derful door of the 'super
and
when the door opened for him went in
side and got cool again!
As I stood and watched the door
swinging back and forward as people
went in and out, I remembered that
Jesus said, "I am the
door,"
and that all
we have to do to enter His kingdom is
to come. We find invitations like 'Come,'
'Enter,'
all through the Bible, as if God
were telling us again and again, "All you
have to do is to
We may think
there are barriers to keep us back from
Him, and difficuties that would hinder
us, but when we decide to come to
Christ, Who is the Door, we find that
the way into His Kingdom lies open
before us. "And whosoever will may
When we do trust Him and come to
Him, we find that every other door in
life will open when we come up to it.
The door that opened by itself reminded
me too of the story
of Peter's escape
from prison, told in the Book of the
Acts. Herod had made as sure as he
could that this prisoner would not es
cape, for he remembered that he had
got out of prison once before. Sixteen
soldiers were commanded to guard him
in relays of four, and to make doubly
sure Peter was bound with two chains,
and all the doors out of the prison were
kept tightly locked. But an angel came
by night and struck the chains from
Peter's hands, and led him safely past
all the guards until they
came to the
iron gate that led into the city;
and
as they came up to it, it swung open by
itself and Peter was free! "They came
unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the
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