MEETINGS & ENTERTAINMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 244, 12 October 1908, Page 3

MEETINGS & ENTERTAINMENTS.

CHBTSTIANITX AND PROBLEMS OF , . POVBKTT. , ; . .I'esterday afternoon, in the Masonic Hall, Devonport, Mr F. G. Ewinston, gore ail address, on, the above subject, In connection with the "Reaswit Home" meetings, prtn- , clpally for men, especially noo-ehurch goers, started by members of the various churches at Devonport. Mr James Gilbert occupied the chair, and Sir Charles Williamson pre silled at the piano. Moody and Sankey's hymns were' snnfc. The chairman, as a stranger here, congratulated the Auckland people in haying two such excellent dally pajwrs, that published Canon MaeMurray's address to the Synod, and did other things making for . righteousness. Mr Kwingtou alluded to the rise and "fall of empires in his lifetime, and the great changes now taking place iv Central Europe, but said 'that the social and industrial changes were as great and important as the political. He then Trent off to show the enuses of poverty, both national and artificial, aii<i urged various remedies, the principal being sane legislation and personal regeneration, heeacse, without a change in the human heart, eliminating selfishness, and ini'nsing a sense of accountability to a Supreme Being, neither employers nor employed would be so fair and Just to each other as to properly carry out the golden rule on which human welfare, depends. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Ewington. ST. PETER'S T.M.B.C.A. At a. special meeting of St. Peter's T.M.B.C. held yesterday morning, the new president of the class (the Uev' Robt. Ferguson) was welcomed by the leader on behalf of his fellow members and himself. There were 42 yonng men present, and after the. Rev. Fergueou had replied expressing his pleasure at. becoming president of St Peter's Clnss. which was known throughout the Dominion, a free and hearty discussion eiisned on the subject of "The Outsider." introduced by a tncy paper from a n>enn>er.