CHURCH MISSIONS

Evening Star, Issue 19891, 13 June 1928, Page 4

CHURCH MISSIONS

In contixiuation of the evangelistic mission, a combined service of Trinity Church and the Central Mission was held in Slado Hall last evening. There was a good attendance of worshippers from both congregations. The Rev. W. .Walker was in charge of the service, and preached on the text 1 John v., 4: “This is the victory that overcometh the world oven your faith.” By the world was meant the unchristian and the anti-Christian forces of the age, said the speaker. It meant human society viewed apart irom God and controlled by the spirit of selfishness. There were two opposing forces in life—good against evil, light against darkness, love against hatred, God against the Devil. The world, therefore, represented all the forces which belonged to evil, no matter what form they might take. The answer to the question “What is faith?” went deep down into life. It was described as that strong, buoyant confidence in God which gives strength to fight evil of every form without doubt, or fear, or despondency. It was not merely to believe something, hut a belief which impels to action. The preacher then considered various ways by which faith gains the victory over the world. Christian faith needed to he brought into direct relation with all the facts of daily life. It had to do with_ the conditions under which lived and worked and carried on their business. The power was not in the faith any more than electricity was in the switchboard. It was the connecting _ link which brought God, with all His redeeming and transforming power, into human life. By such a faith they must seek to reconstruct society on a Christian basis, and thus bring more of heaven to earth. Miss Marett officiated at the piano. The mission will be continued this evening. The meetings were continued in Knox Church last night, when there was a fair attendance of both young and old. A willing band of lingers gathered outside the building, and for a quarter of an hour sang some of the best-known hymns of the church. The service was conducted by the Rev. Tulloch Yuille, who preached on the text “No man can serve two masters.” In his address he made an appeal for service to the highest ideals, and claimed that what constitutes sin in the life of men and women depends upon what they live for. “We live unto—Everyone can fill in something after that “unto,” and what we,, fill in determines the moral condition of our life. After the sermon, during a time of reverent quiet, an opportunity was given to any who cared to record their vow to serve God and man. _ The meetings will be continued to-night.