CHURCH SERVICES.

Evening Star, Issue 12866, 16 July 1906, Page 8

CHURCH SERVICES.

There was a good attendance at the men’s meeting at the Garrison Hall yesterday. The Rev. W. A. Sinclair, in op ning, said that be would be in attendance at two o’clock on Tuesday at the men’s rooms in Dowling street to consult with any who might be out of work and try to get them positions* He was glad to bo able to report that one man was got into a position last week, and eight men signed the pledge. The RevMr Hay took for his subject ‘The Future of the Church arid tlie Future of the Working Man : Are Th.y to Lie Apart ?’ He emphasised the great difficulty of inducing working men to come to any meetings or discussions of this kind. He considered that if tliese men could be got to come to these discussions it would result very greatly to their mutual advantage. The Christian Church was facing this question <if the social and economic conditions surrounding os. A great many working men stayed away from church bwrause tne r ligious instinct had not been aroused within them—not because the Church was out of sympathy with tlieir ideals. The wo.leers complained that the Christian Church did not effect the revolution in the e.conomic conditions; that the Church did Hot make the capitalist less selfish. Did the labor unions make him any less selfish? asked Mr Hay The Christian Church, like a great many other people, was just beginning to realise in the mass that it was necessary to do something deeper and more thorough than in the distribution of dol s. Tins had been considered their duty until now, and they had done it; but now they must go to the root of the trouble and seek some sort of a revolution in the economic conditions of the present day. The highest destiny of the workers and of the Church was one. and that was to endeavor to make it possible that the ideals put before us by Jesus Christ Himseif might be lived on earth. This could not be attained without a union of both -ne workers and the Church. During tlie afternoon Mr Gilbert sang a solo. The Haniillon-Garmong mission, which is being held in connection witn the Church of Christ, was continued in the Tabernacle, King street, y sterday. In the morning the speaker was Mr W. J. Hastie, who preached on the 40th and 41st verges of John 1. In the afternoon Mr 0. hi. Hamilton gave an address to womeii only, when the church was crowd;d. During the service Mr J, P. Garmon g sang an effe tive solo, ‘My mother’s prayer.’ In the evening the main part of the building was unable to hold all the people. Mr Hamilton’s subject was ‘The First S rmon,’ which was delivered on the day of Penticost. A number of anthems were given bv a large choir, and Mr Garmong sang ‘Jesus of Nazareth.’ There was a very fair attendance at the Y.M.C.A. strangeis’ social tea yesterday. Mr A. K. Axels n was chairman, and gave a short address after tea on two views of life men take—viz., the man who made life a game of chance, and tb© man who sought a plan and shaped his Lie accordingly. The former, he said, could not poss : bly succe d, while the Latter, with the Divine - plan, could not possibly fail. A musical programme was supplied by a quartet party ard Mr C. Grace. The men’s evangelistic meeting at eight o’clock had an increared attcdance. A number of members delivered Gospel addresses.