MEETINGS AND SOCIALS

Evening Star, Issue 14516, 7 November 1910, Page 4

MEETINGS AND SOCIALS

CHURCH OF CHRIST. Mr G. D. Cox was the preacher, at the evening service at the Tabernacle, King stroot, yesterday.' -Basing his remarks upon John's Gospel, i., 41 and 42, the speaker spoke upon " Personal Service for Josas m the Winning of Souls." The Apostle Andrew was a sincere follower of Jesus Christ, and having found Christ, he found his brother and brought him to Christ. Andrew was a very ordinary man, a typo of the average Christian in that Tespect, but he need the powers with whkh God had endowed him to win souls for Christ. Those who have found Jesus j Christ, whose heaTts He filled with joy and peace in believing, to whom has come a ggobo of pardon through His blood, can do some part in telling others around of the Saviour that they have found. He that winneth souls is wise, and the record of individual service is crowned with God's blessing. But if a man is going to be a eoul-winner he also must be a sincere follower of Jesus. MUSSELBURGH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The services continue to bo well attended in the Masonic Hall, Prince Albert road, whei'o they are held pending tho completion of the building now being erected for the congregation in the Queen's Drive. Yesterday the services were conducted by Mr E. Gardner (from Knox College), and the sermon was based upon tho conversion of Zacchacue (Luke six., 10) : "Tho Son of { Man is come to save that which was lo6t>."i CONCERT AT ANDERSON BAY. A successful concert was held in the Presbyterian Hall on Friday in aid of the funds of St. Michael's Choir. It was orfanieedbyMrA. J. Downing, choirmaster. lr W. E. Taylor, F.R.C.0., opened the programme with a pianoforte eolo, and was accompanist throughout theevenmg. Songs were contributed by Mies Jean Butler and Messrs J. D. Cameron and A. J. Downing, while Mies May Bain and Messrs J. Deaker and A. E. Farrant gave very interesting and amusing recitations. Messrs M'Lennan and Blundoll contributed a clarionet duet, and Mr T. Amos a flute solo. Two items by the choir concluded the first part of tho programme, and during tho interval Mt Gordon Titchoner supplied two selections with the gramophone. The second part of the programme commenced with the comedietta ' When the Cat Came Back,' by six young ladies from All Saints', the concert being brought to a close with two more items from St. Michael's Choir. WALTZING COMPETITION. At Mr Hyman Isaacs's dancing class social on Friday evening tho walteing competition was won by Mr W, Holli3 and Miss M. Mockford. Messrs W. and G. Clark officiated as judges, Mr R. Gray, being timekeeper. During tlto evening i songs were rendered by Mrs Chas. Isaacs and Miss A. Conio and Messrs Goodlet and Holmes. The music (supplied by Clark's orchestra), the catering (by the Indv members), and tho M.C. (Mr A. Holley) gavo the forty couples who attended every satisfaction. MORAY PLACE ANNIVERSARY. Tho forty-eighth anniversary services of tho Moray Place Congregational Church were held" yesterday, when the Rev. Wm. Saunders (paske of the church) occupied tho pulpit both morning and evening. The preacher chose as his texts the words "Sirs, what must I do to bo saved'!" and "Man shall not live by bread alone," at tho respective services, and from those words gave most eloquont and stirring sermons to largo congregations. Tho choir rendered several anthems and tho 'Hallelujah chorus' in their usual fhiished stylo. The anniversary services will bo further celebrated by a conversazione in the Early Settlers' Hall on Thursday evening, when the address of the evening will bo given by tho Rev. P. W. Fairclough, of Trinity Wesleyan Church, EARLY SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION. A very successful "musical and gift afternoon," under tho auspices of the Descendants' Clubs, and for the benefit of the fair and art union fixed for show week. was held on Saturday afternoon in the Otago Early Settlers' "Hall. Though tiie heavy rain during tho afternoon must haw kept many away who otherwise would have been present, the attendance of the lady friends of tho Association was very good. A musical programmo was provided, items being given by Misses Dundon, M. Bain, Warren, Craigie, Dense, Mrs W. Smith, and Mr MTvenzie, Miss D. Wilson contributed a slop dance, and Mr E. M'Kinlay a tenor bom solo. Mr Wood, during tho afternoon, made a few remarks as to the object the Descendants' Clubs had in view in giving the musical and gift afternoon and the All Nations' Fair and art union. Ho said very much remained to bo dono in the way of fittings for the portrait'gallery and museum, which would require money. Tho work in connection with the sale was to them a labor o? lovo .and appreciation of tho pioneers and the work tney had done, and was a practical way of carrying out the true feeling expressed in the motto-of the Association : Reanimate Otago's pioneers To fame undying through the dying years. The concert hall was tastefully set out as a tea room, tea being provided, tho ladies of the club doing all that could be done to make tho afternoon's function a success. A voto of thanks to the performers and the ladies brought a most enjoyablo afternoon's entertainment to a close. EVANGELISTIC ADDRESS. At tho Church of Christ, Filleul street, on Sunday night, Mr H. Tidman spoke from the text, 'A root out of a dry ground.' Wo would not expect, ho said, to find orchids and roses flourishing on tho pavement. Poor soil did not produce rich vegetation. Yet from a rationalistic point of view. Jesus, like other great teachers, was but the product of His timo. There' were many to-day who professed ability to account for all things on tho ground of heredity and environment. And such, with a small amount of knowledge and a Odessa! conceit, included Jesrs of Nazareth under this law. They said that He was but tho product of His age. But, though heredity and environment might have much influence in shaping merely human ends, as instanced in the respective careers of a Cecil, a Salisbury, or a Gladstone, this principle did not suffice to account for the lifo depicted in tho Gospels. To regard this matter with ratkvnalistio eyes was to take a very oire-skfed view. We imist faeo this question with both eye.s wide open in order to get a full and rounded vision of tho truth. Some might ho inclined to reason that Jeens's natural descent from David might account for this grandeur of character. Certainly David's personality was a rich one. But we must remember that Solomon, notwithstanding his great gifts, was a failure, as was Absalom the rebel. To make mental reservations with regard to tliis question, saying, "Well, I look at it in this way," or "I look at it in that way" would not give us a knowledge of the truth of Him Who was the Truth. We must face the question with the open eyes of childhood, and that spirit would enable one to see in Jesus the Christ, the Son of the living God. U was the busincfa of the prince of tli's world or age not to bring men into moral degradation (rather, he exerted his. vast power to uplift them in their own esteem), but to blind them to the glory of Christ as humanity's Saviour and King.