TERRACE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 104, 3 May 1926, Page 3

TERRACE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

THE EIGHTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY. ■

It was a message radiant with hope that the Rev. E. Weeks gave to his congregation at the Terrace Congregational Church last night, oh the occasion of the church's 84th anniversary. Taking for his text Philippians 4 and 6, 7 and 16, "In nothing be anxious, my God shall supply all you need," he said that it was clearly evident that to bo a Christian was to be buoyantly confident. Commenting on this fullblooded joy of the Apostle, the preacher said it came from a man whose experiences had iv them more real trial and suffering, and whose future was more precarious than aryone in his audience. Speaking of the cause of worry, Mr. Weeks said: "It is only when you doubt your ability to cope with the thiiig you dread that anxiety is possible." He asked: "Are you no.t afraid of disease because of a consciousness that" you will not; be able successfully to combat itif" Referring to the source of tho Apostle Paul's buoyant happiness, the preacher said it came from a great thought —an implicit confidence in the love of God. It was this that sent his heart singing and which kept up • the music as it found its way down through the ages. Explaining how this thought, could be built into life here and ''now, the preacher laid stress on prayer. "Prayer is the great concussion absorber. The great adjuster of spiritual values." The guardianship of God's'peace over hearts and thoughts—that was our affections and imaginations—were beautifully illustrated. Mr. Weeks spoke of the need for Christians to lovo, to believe, and be willing to demonstrate that religion is not a series of platitudes,: but an operative forco coming from a vital relationship with God. During the service Mr. Weeks announced that through the .kindness of many friends the residents of the Horns for the- Aged Needy were that night among the " listening-in V.congregation. He also intimated that he might have a little financial balance, in 'which case he hoped to announce anbther effort to bring help and cheer to some other needy group in the community. The 84th church anniversary tea will be held in the church hall on Tuesday ,\t 6.15. —(Published bjr arrangement^ '