"GUARDING LIFE'S INTERESTS,"

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 161, 10 July 1899, Page 2

"GUARDING LIFE'S INTERESTS,"

A* the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Service conducted, by tha Jfewton.

Mission yesterday the Rev. James JifUne, minister of St. Andrew's, deliveped an eloquent address on the

j,fepve gubjieetr Taking Wb ttxt from #ie 4th ©f Proverbs, namely, "Keep thy hfißit with all diligence, for out «f it* »r<n the iPBUen Of life," the reverend gentleman set out by showing fhati every life pas ita interest, and thft* intepeit w*« important because of the value of life, The heart referred to w«w the seat of the affections and praotJQas. Frore it we know joy and sorrow, Jpvf and. bate, peace and pain, jt van the »«&t el «H feeling. Ap Gibraltar, Coafltantinople, and other

jjlEusfP tm the map of the world repre* sented th© key to wt. po?Bfißfli<m(s, so the bfftrt was the key to what was ffmtesfc in tJ»« life ©f *»*»• It was the mainspring c* action. Neman could Jive & life noble, pure and beautiful without fortifying and guarding the heart. The issues it involved were tntmeiidoiiii The greatest wisdom wan neflegsary to guard and fortify against temptation, which was ever setiw, In order to acooroplisli this there muqt he 9« flfteießt commander «™qc4 of experleuoe, pywpatby and power- In Christ, the Captain of our iial*fctiQn, these elements are oombin* ed- Hiß 9Xperienc« ie unbounded. He Jfno"^B »H. X* 's acquainted with every p^aae of life, and there is 9<?thing jn the whoJe round of human Ji|« thit'-^ bw not « knowledge of, <3eth,s«i»ane and Calvary furnished striking illiurtwtiQns p* Christ's aym^ pathy, whilst the heavens above us and the earth beneath our fe«t revealfid'tbe cTidsacs «| Eteppwej The heart must be kept with all diligence, signifying g?fat watchfulness; only a jnan can watch, over the human heart. jitUt G©d. only man a*n look into the heart 0* »»»• Kow can we watch? We have tfce example ft* * perfect life, and it is before us. Every man roust twcwlsa patfenee and perseverance. J>erfection was not won in a day. Paul, with his great attainments, said, "I press forward." Every failure should! be the incentive to try again. It would never do-to allow Satan to take possession. The nearer we come to Christ the more we gee the distance between us. We must toil on, and toll «ver. Neter grow weary in welldolnff, Every mm eserta an influence over others. That influence is for beaven or hell, good or bad, and it is. always producing fruit. There must be heart preparation. No great deed was ever accomplished without jt. Fame'was not within the reach of all,

but there 'to BomeUiiug' lilg-her and better-—that wnp goodness, To be grppt was td bo {jopd, imd to be jjoorVwas to conform to the moral image of the God man. This was wJthlu ihr< rpaclx of all. Mr Milne wn.« Jifiteuad to witji earnest and thoughtful attention, The fJunennte-nfjemt O f the Mission occ?upied the chair, and the Benediction brought to a close a meeting that was devotional, instructive ami musical.