THE EVENING SERVICE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 116, 8 February 1908, Page 4

THE EVENING SERVICE.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S MEETING. In the evening a service for'young people was held, tho Rev. D. Hird presiding. Ihe Rov. J.' .H.- Mackenzie (Maungaturoto) delivered an address 'on "Ideals.".

During the. course of his remarks lie 1 gave ail interesting account-. of. the work of.;, tho various institutions which existed; for, the young; .people' in his pastorate :of MailngaWroto. ; lie then went on to say that ideal to be aimed at was "God,'s Ideal", of perfect manhood and womanhood. ' Everyone should set lip an ideal of conduct ill his life, '.arid ' strive to 1 live up 1 to it.' An ideal which only : existed in dreams was', worthless; anyone who , had . a proper conception of'what constituted thd,ideal in tho-.conduct of life) and neglected! to striveiafter. that ideal - en-,-dangered, not only his own soul, but the souls of ,'others. : . / V'-'■ The Rev. B. L. Thomas (Nelson), who also dolivered 'an' address, prefaced his' remarks with the observation Mat 'had KA been a solicitor's clerk, charged with the. duty 'of •attending ; the Church - \yitk'..the. purposo of annouiicing tHe terms of! a w'ill involving; a large sunl of moneys the people would havo flocked ~to'; .the 'clnircU, consumed with curiosity. Turning to the subject of his address, "Young People— I Their r Jleritage," ho, saiu that the young "people. were the children of an ancient people;:. r The country they lived in, "God's Own Country," wss a now one. They had, however, inherited the traditions of their forefathers^.-,The world, in fact, ( was their, heritage. ' They. were! living .in-, a .country without a past, without any historical 'perspective. It- was for them,.with God's help, to evolve a higher civilisation which would be a glory and praise for the centuries to come. Not King Mutton, King Butter, but tho King of Righteousness demanded their homage and loyalty. Ifhad boen said that the people of this country required appraise / values—Christian values—not ! by their own / standards, but from _ the standpoint of dwellers in older countries. ; ' During the evening a solo was rendered by Miss Hunt, who gave an artistic interpretation of "0 Divmo Redeemer" (Gounod), and an anthem, "Incline Thine Ear" was sung by the choir. -Mr.-. Horace Hunt, 1 S Mus. Bac., presided at tW organ., To-day-the member's of the conference will relax from- serious business, and with thoir friends will enjoy themselves at: Day's Bay, whore a picnic will be held.

TO-MORROW'S SERVICES

The pulpits of the-Congregational churches' have, for to-morrow's services, been alloted as follows: —

Terrace—Morning, Rev. A. B. Hunt; evening, IW. W. Day. CoUrtenay Place—Morning, R. .Mitchell; oyoning, Rev. W. S. Fernio. Newtown—Morning, Rev. R. M'Nnughten; evening, Rev. J. Sarginson. Mastorton—Rev. J. H. M'Kenzie.

Primitive Methodist Church, Webb Street —Rev. S. Griffiths; Sydney Street—Rev. W. J. Smith. Tho devotional ■ services for Monday and Tuesday mornings will bo conducted by Messrs. E. 'Wood and A Liiidstiy respectively. ; '