ECCE VENIT

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21867, 21 August 1936, Page 8

ECCE VENIT

TO THE EDITOR Or THE PRESS Sir, —At the otary Club, in Timaru, on Monday last. Dr. W. Pascoe Goard was the guest of the Rotarians at luncheon,' and subsequently he gave an address on the present international situation. At the close of the address, rising to move a vote of thanks, and speaking not as a lawyer, or as a Crown Prosecutb: but as a Rotarian, Mr W. D. Campbell said they had listened to a most wonderful address. It had been an inspiration. The dangers which s threatened the world had not been overstated. The acts of despair which were so frequent in the last decade were ikely to be increased unless such a message of hopeful assurance as that to which they had now listened became made known. He was thankful for Dr, Goard’s assurance tha* the "nigh' 1 is far spent and that the morning is about to dawn.” The message of hope is primarily for the Celtic-Saxon people; it is also a stern warning to the nations who take the sword, it is the eclipse of hope. If the Messianic reign had begun, why should the Christian Church look for the Lord from heaven? Why the cry, "Behold, the Kingdom.” or the cry, "Behold, He cometh”? The Lord Jesus has put the exultant “Ecfce Venit” into the mouth of millions upon the earth to-day. He Himself said concerning Himself, "And 'hey shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” It has been written. “These words are without any example. Even, the mad pride of Roman Emperors, who demanded religious homage for their statutes, has never gone so far as to conceive such an unheard-of thought. and 1 here it is the lowliest among men who speaks. The word must be truth,

for there is here no mean term between truth and madness.”—Yours, etC ” W, T. KINGSTON. Temuka. August 20, 1936.