WHAT GREAT PREACHERS HAVE SAID.
COMFORT FOR MOURNERS
▲ special telegram in "The Press" yesterday stated that the Rev. p - ?• Waiawright, a Baptist ilinifltcr at Upborne, had been compelled to resign 1»« charge owing to difference among hia congregation because in a eormon ho bad ventured to make the following reniaiki: "The men who give their all and pass out into the beyond with shattered body, have sacnncod tlieir lives lor home and country, for ireedom and fair piay. Yv ill those millions who have thus dieJ paes into an everlasting flanun,, aeu, because thev have never realised the btuuty and the graco of Jesus ClniflV, Because, through mountains of prejudice and ignorance, they have never untter stood the urgent need of ecaf-eurrendcr to Him. To nx© RUC k , a . Him thinkable, unbelievable. Just a 8 Chrut welcomed those -who did not know ilim because they posecteed Hb spirit, *> 1 believe He will welcome those who not knowing Hun, shed their b.ood for their country, gave their li£ for seemed to them rixht. Kot in the higner mansions of Heaven, P"™*!*}' T™ they be received, but in some humble station, where they will grow and develop into saintiinees Christ-!iken«96. The followine extract* from aermons and addieosea delivered by eminent preachers will no doubt be. read with interest, and may bo of some comfort to those who have lost relatives in the wax.—
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15369, 28 August 1915, Page 9
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