EVANGELISM.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 545, 28 June 1909, Page 3

EVANGELISM.

v VjTHE> : H. ■ ':■•■■Taiireood-h'umqiired,: sample yet":expressive in his delivery,! tho Rev. G.-H. Colo is, !in his personality, a sort of .'• embodiment 1 of ■h'is mission/;a frank,;', homely; .intimate,'appeal' for, enlistment "in::the'cause of-.-,humanity.'-His work,as an evangelical niissioner ih:Yietona was of suoh practical good in'its result particularly as regards his-efforts among the boys.as to attract the attention and approval of, ;the ';'■ State ~ Government; - • whioh' •: has - accredited him to 'the New Zealand Government during .the'period of; his mission in .the Dominion.- • His addresses are framed on the common.lessons and experiences of humanity and are,rendered additionally attractive- by the :raey.humorous, > and.', vigorous diction wherewith he.expresses^his.ideas,., and his | command v over his audiences is one of his most; remarkable :characteristics. The Kev fl«:?.-:C»lo-:opened his mission* in Wellington',y«teraay,with,a series of services uroonnechon.with. the. Trinity Methodist Church • at Wewtown, when, he '.conducted-no-, fewer 'than five:.separate services,. all of .which, were very largely attended. ~.,:• , •,;■""■ '•■ >:■:.■■■ ■ '•' ' .;^:In ? preaching .frpm .the. sixth ;verse_of the Ilpistle to Jude, he delivered a powerful address in the ■ At 2 30 p m a-special'address .to women only was nven in,the:;church; and at 3.30.p.m.' a frank vigorous,: and intimate discourse was dejivorod to a largo audience of men. The text. .What is Man, v that,Thou' "are Mindful \of Him, . formed -the subject .of • the ovenine address .at tho,churoh-a: clear, earnest, -and forcible; .address, the/theme of, his argument being constructed on tho idea that God was not a.discovery, but a revelation. A very; large audwnce.'assemblod v in".the Newtown' L 'brary ;Hall ..at, 8.30,.p.m.v' when the' final address: of, a strenuous ,dayV work was ,'de, pn'tbe subject;of. Christy intima'cy:' ,with-:the.- l ;mdsses.-.'. From the. text."Christ came down 4 and" stood' with. M'tbem- -'on ' tho Plain,", tie .speaker held tho attention of his hearers,, throughout..Va:,v most'' '■ enferWine .discourse..' ;',.,,',..-. ..'...:,> • ; .■ .~*?- b . Q ole reSdings to 4 1 & will-dehver an address on "Life a lttumph;or.a; ,-..[. '.: n '-,■. .;. °'