VAL TRIGGE MISSION

Evening Star, Issue 16782, 10 July 1918, Page 8

VAL TRIGGE MISSION

'The. Store of My Life" was. the subject j of the address given in the Burns Hall | last night by the Rev. Val chair was occupied by the Rev. C. Eaton. | One of the great influences that had moved him into soul-winning work, .-aid Mr Trieste, hud been that coming from his motherir mother. He thanked God. too. for the hiihiences of the family altar in hU home. Between the age of 12 and 19 years his life had no direction to the highest { things. Most of his nights were spent :n ; traiinng rooms, dancing halls, and billiard rooms, He was prominent in football and i ortcket. But while lie succeeded in the ! athletic world h<? was failing in the moial : world, and was reckoned a 'waster." It j was at this time that certain incidents happened that had a movimr influence upon him. and which led to his conversion. The greatest event in his life was when he inent with a chtim to hear a man preach j in Collin'.:wood. He had. do idea of be- ; coming a" Christian ; but as the preaorier i spoke of Calvary lie had a vision of Christ, and desired to V a Christian, and. recognising his weakness, he yielded !o the great power, and there came a chance that altered his whole life absolutely. Shortly after ho joined t>>o church two member* of it offered to help him to preach. They gave him a few lessons, and in due time he entered the pulpit. One of his first works was the starting, with a number i.; his frier's, of a men's shelter in Collingwoed. Thereafter he went to HealcsvilV. where he got his first knowledge of revival work. The revival spread, and in the midst of ir he was transferred to a ron/h district, where he found the people did not want him. At .times he Omiigld I'" was wasting his time, but at hist lln-re came a crisis, and things changed. He ha ! had an idea of irivinir up the ministry, when he met a man who had built a p.... - tory at Clifton Fliti- This man on'ore:! b. i-iva hirn a e-oo.i start, and when thinks." over the otter he seemed to hear T~ asav: "Come, take up your cross and billow .Me," and in response to that appeal he. went back to his I.aekblocks district. where he had the satisfaction of seeing | some of the i i;h workers accept -Icuh. ! After his training he was sent to Tasmania as conference evangelist, where he had labored among men who lived tho wilde-t of lives. These were men who became *plend ; d Christians when converted, l.atcon he was stationed in Melbourne. Anion.! 50,000 people in ColHngvvood ope had a magnificent opportunity of doing social work su-h as ho had never had before. I During his term in that rm's'dou there :•:■'■'■ | only Two Sunday nights when be did not j see" people kneeling" at the rail as pern- ! tents. He h-dieved the reason of this 1 success wss. not that he preached evangelj i*tic sermons, but that his officers were ! men with a passion, who prayed for him ! and for ! h-• sure;.-.-, of his work. Mr Trigge also n;ti rated manv a.masini incidents in his niini-terlid work, and »poke of the difficulties that confront the missionary in the backbloeks of Victoria. He did not touch on his experiences in New Zealand. These ho intends to u.*e a* the subject of a special lecture. To-niirM the fiun! iiieeting will be held in the Burns Hall, and will take- the form of a closing united gathering. Mr T'rigge will commence at Mornington next Sruiduv. continuing his mission for 10 days: