Broadway Tent Mission

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7014, 25 November 1932, Page 12

Broadway Tent Mission

Another successful meeting was conducted by Mr. Harry Dawson, the Australian inter-denominational evangelist, last night. The Salvation Army Band played outside for some time, then Ensign Thorne conducted community singing with Mr. Prince at the piano. Pastor AVesloy Pickards led in prayer, Mrs. Dawson sang two solos, and Mr. Dawson spoke on “The Crises of Life.”

On Wednesday night the subject was “Victory." The speaker took for his text 1 Cor. 15.57:—“Thanks be to God Who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” The very mention of the word victory Seems to remind us ot' some great achievement, said Mr. Dawson. Christ purchased our victory on the Cross. Quite a Jot ot people regard the sacrificial death of Christ for us as something distressingly odd —something wildly eccentric, when one could quote 500 cases of sacrifice of one on behalf of another. Our lord Jesus Christ not only laid down His life for His friends but died for His enemies.- The Apostlo describes victory as a gift. There are two parties to a gift. There is the giver and the receiver. God is offering His victory, but no life can bo victorious unless God's offer of salvation is definitely appropriated. God gives victory over Satan. While our Lord was being crucified the whole world was plunged into darkness for three hours. During that three hours Jesus Christ wrestled with the powers of darkness. When He cried “It is finished” He really meant He had triumphed over Satan and gained the victory for us by His blood. God gives victory over sin. Just as when you throw anything into the air there is a force of gravitation that immediately pulls it down to the earth, so there is a corresponding moral gravitation. God gives victory over sorrow. There is a sorrow sometimes permitted by God and by which He moulds us, and there is another type of sorrow which is entirely the fruits of our wrong doing—the harvest of what we kavo sown. God also gives victory over death. “Deceive God’s gift of salvation, and you will be victorious over Satan —over sin—over sorrow over death,” the speaker concluded. The meetings will continue to-night in the Salvation Army hall when Mr. Dawson will show 200 beautiful pictures of Sydney Harbour bridge ami other great Australian scenes. A fine musical programme has also been arranged and this meeting will be followed by a half-night of prayer to which all irrespective of church or creed arc invited.