METHODIST CHURCH

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 75, 26 September 1922, Page 8

METHODIST CHURCH

VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT.

At the Trinity Church, Wellington South, last night, the Rev. Dr. Laws, president of the Methodist Church, addressed a combined congregation of the circuit. Mr. C. M. Luke was chairman,, and the Rev. ■E. Drake, opened the meeting by prayer. • The chairman, in extending a hearty welcome to the president, said that Dr. Laws, during the past two months, had visited most of the circuits in the Dominion, and after visiting Petone, Otaki, Levin, and Palmerston North, would return to his home in Anckland early in October.

Dr. Laws, in his address, urged the officials and members of the church to rededicate themselves to the Master's service, ix> apply more personal effort, and to let their sacrifice and service be. more intense. This would lead to others joining up in the noble work of soulsaving. A trustee and a Bible student of the church of which he was pastor had come to the parsonage and pleaded .with him to direct then? how they could bring about a revival of religion in the church. He asked them to kneel in prayer and seek God's guidance. The answer came, and within six months 120 persons. were added to the church attendance. In other Auckland suburban churches, similar things had happened through the agency of one or two devout persons. "Thus," said Dr. Laws, "this is a better way of winning souls for Christ than arguing outside the church on the principles of utilitarianism." In conclusion, he urged every member to take up the challenge of the new century of the Methodist Church by building up strong characters, and to enter upon intense and aggressive work in all branches of the church's activities.

A feature of the service was the singing of old Methodist tunes.