Sis. Ruth Good ridge
The following is from Sis. Ruth’s sister in the flesh and the spirit.
Sis. Ruth Good ridge fell asleep on September 10,2000, following her illness with cancer, and was laid to rest on September 14.
In her late teens, Ruth was involved in preaching activities in Guyana, the country of her birth, where she teamed up with Sis. Norma Odle, of the Georgetown Ecclesia in Guyana, Bro. Arthur Greene, now residing in California, the late Bro. William Watkins of Wales and the late Bro. Harry Whittaker of the UK in introducing the Truth to the region of Berbice. From that effort, there are now three ecclesias — in New Amsterdam, the capital, Kilkoy, a village on the east coast, and Plegt Anker. The following is an extract from one of our publications, entitled Into All The World.
“Expansion Into Berbice
The Truth then moved to the county of Berbice, about 70 miles down the coast and across the wide Berbice River, to the city of New Amsterdam. There, Bro. Will Watkins and Sisters Norma Odle and Ruth Worrell began the work of campaigning. Sis. Watkins joined Will and with Bro. Harry Whittaker and some local brethren began a preaching effort in New Amsterdam’s city hall. Many came to a knowledge of the Gospel and were baptized.”
In the 1950’s Ruth was a member of the staff of the Christadelphian Nursing Home in Birmingham, UK, for a number of years, before going on to nursing training. She was well known to a number of brothers and sisters in that country.
She came to Canada, where she married Bro. Lawrence Good ridge, and became the mother of Bro. Lawrence (Junior) and Sis. Sharon Good ridge, and stepmother of Sis. Cheryl Elson, continuing her career as a nurse. Years later, she joined the brethren in the island of Antigua to assist in the preaching activities, but even though her heart was still very much in these activities, she did not have the opportunity to continue. Instead, she still tried to be active in this field by contributing what she could to our St. Lucia preaching efforts.
Ruth is greatly missed by the family, and no doubt by the many who knew her for her very warm, thoughtful, friendly personality and ready laughter. Even though we still grieve, we are encouraged by the thought that we all shall meet by God’s grace in His Kingdom, with other loved ones, when there will be no more fear and shadow of illness and parting.
May Our Heavenly Father be praised for this hope which by His grace He has given to us, and may we all continue to look for the appearing of His Son and that glorious resurrection of all His saints.
Esther Worrell, Hamilton, Ontario
Thanks From Hungary
With the incorporation of the Caribbean Pioneer, the Tidings now goes to even more interesting places as witness the following:
Mr. Alan Eyre (co-editor of the Pioneer),
Greetings and lots of thanks for
Tidings Vol. 63, No. 10.
Happy New Year!
Yours sincerely,
Paul from Hungary
From Kazakhstan
To the brethren,
The fact is I have another occupation besides the most important one, i.e. Bible study. It is: collecting stamps. After Duncan (Bro. Duncan Heaster of Lithuania) baptised me, thanks to the Lord, I got rid of many harmful habits like smoking, drinking, etc., but I can’t get rid of this hobby and I think it is maybe good for me I have at least one human thing in this life in addition to the Truth which now takes up all my thinking and feeling. I’m 65 years old and have been collecting stamps nearly all this time! Also I want to thank English brethren and sisters for the wonderful exhortations they send to us and to thank Bro. Marcus (Bro. Marcus Heaster of London, UK) for all the literature he sends, and also I thank all brothers and sisters in USA, Canada and Australia for all their moral support. I pray for you all the success of your work.
Valentin Gajdamak,
Proletarskaya 105, Taynsha
Severo-Kazkahstanskaya
Obl 476010
Kazakhstan
Partial Atonement
Dear Bro. Don,
Following the recent discussions in the magazine concerning the nature of our Lord Jesus Christ, there seems to be some confusion between the position pointed out by Bro. Keith Cook and the reply given by yourself. Perhaps a clarification should be achieved by means of the editor giving a public reply in the magazine to this question, “Why do babies and new-born infants die?”
Ted Farrar,
Editor, “Advocate Magazine”
We anticipate there’s a follow-up to this question as the immediate answer is obvious and would be agreed to by every Christadelphian.
Babies and infants die because they are born mortal, subject to whatever disease or deformity brought about their premature death. As the scripture says: “By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men… through the offence of one many be dead… by one man’s offence death reigned by one …by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation” (Rom. 5 : 12, 15 , 17, 18). While the infant has not yet committed iniquity, he inherits the mortality inflicted on the race through Adam’s sin. If the child were to mature, however, he would quickly prove himself personally worthy of death because “all have sinned” But we thank God for; “If through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many” (Rom. 5:15). So then “we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification” (Rom. 4:24-25).
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One