METHODIST MISSION

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 9 May 1921, Page 7

METHODIST MISSION

ADDRESS TO MEN

' 1 About 200 men attended at the Grand Theatre yesterday afternoon when an address was given by. the Rev. Harold T. Peat. Dr Thomson presided, and introducing Mr Peat, said" that one of the greatest qualifications a clergyman could "have in order to make h..s approach to men was the fact that he had ™; ved v :th men in the commercial w rid: In this respect the Rev. Peat "••■■'i be;-?! particularly fortunate, i»as--1-Wifa-i unioi* to- receiving h:,s scholastic L/aii : 'ng "he had been a carpenter and buil: ?or for eight years. He had thus folio---ed very literally -ito the footsteps of Jit:-. Div-ne Master. Moreover, he had been i.'or two years with'the trcops, and iii*is\M;>d gained an insight into the lives of men in the raw. ; The speaker. wlWtook for his text, ■'Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his wjiv?" said that he coveted the opportunities of speaking to Ms fellow men ci.die great moral question which so vitally concerned our manhood, affecting as fit did 'not ohl^ the life of the individual but also' the welfare of. the. nation. Tlie emphasis on the question was on the ward young, for in youth the stream of life, was running very high, and as a j-iver in flood was liable to leap over it.r bank-, so in young manhood a man'Si passionate nature? was in danger, if unstrained, of lesp'ng over the barrers axid wrecking character and devastating /; a nd blighting life. The speaker wejit on to show the results of unrestrained passion. "A man enslaved^ by passion is under the worst tyranny." Among the results'were to be found damaged eyesight, defective hearing, derangements of tissues. loss of *vil power, nervousness, irritability, loss .of memory, laziness and lack of appiicat on and concentration. Mr Peat quoted from knowledge gained by neri=onal observation in Lomkm.^and then asked how were they to prevent the spread of the vice* which was surely sapDing the life and energies of our young land. On<* of the mosfeffective methods was by instruction. Every boy and giirl, he said, sho-uJd be taught the truth about these matters. Rest, sleet), and amusements were essential to purity. at t>OUI ' national games are good," said Miv Peat, "and we should encourage- our boys to take part in them." But the greatest remedy was to yield to Christ's influence. "Allow His pure and Hoy S>p:rc to guide you and you will w;n through in the fisht against vice." The speaker concluded by appealing to tfs audience to'surrender their lives to Christ. During the meeting a quartette was admirably rendered by Messrs tan-ant L-ddington Ironsides, and Chadwick' i and a solo_;by Mr Harold Ackroyd, both items receiving spontaneous re-alls A vote of thanks to Dr Thomson for cfmtfl \l muacal programme, conciuaed the meeting. v JS^SS'lhS^ "emw* being characterised by a brient fheerfujness which s>n<n\v* well ioriil gmain-ng service,, The £««.&" Jehus' l a j^J*-1" the "Man Oh™* ' Jesus, and.it is anticipated that a -arge congregation will assemble I