REV J. S. HILL'S MISSION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 240, 11 October 1888, Page 2

REV J. S. HILL'S MISSION.

— — — 0 — — The subjoofc at the Mission Bible reading ye=t3rday afternoon was the Ctsris'ian walk, the toxt being; takon from Colossianp, chap i, verso 10. Bsf ore proceeding with the re »d« ing, a request for prayer was read, and ft guts i">u propounded oooo;>rning the futDre life answered. Then Ssripfcnro eftnr Scvipturo wns turned up to elucicUta the BUbi'JC-, &nd apt illustrations from the life of Livingston in Central Africa and the blind shawl makers of Cashmere were given to aheefc the leesons home. At the evening meeting', notwithstanding the counter attraction of Miss von FinkelStein's leoturs, the Provincial Hall was comfortably filled. The rev gentleman read from S\ Lnka's and S^ Matthow'a gobble the parable of lh« Great Supper, and said he wanted his !earcr« to know aad feol their responsibilities. He referred to the passßnger on the ill fated Princess Alice giving biB grapbio account of the struggling humanity iv the water, and the Magia'.ratd's raprimnnd, "I don'o want to kuow what you saw, but what you did ' ? He was silenced; he had done nothing to Bave them. Mr Hill sid be liked to preaoh the glad tidings, and to talk of the love of Christ, but ifc was-ne-cessary eometimea to speak unpleasant truths to awaken people. Ha illußtr«ted this by speaking of a man ho fouud lying us'eep on tho road Bida with his swag beside him. The man was bo stupid that ho could not awako him till be took up hia swig and ran away with it and thua he decoyed I i a ; out of dauger. The subject was then denl^ wicb, the text token from Ilosaa, chap 8, verse 5, " Thy oalf oh Samaria hath caßt.thea off." He referred to tho history of' ttio worship eot up by Jereboam in opposi.ion to the true worship, and dcow lessoas from the life of this king and that of Ahab, to fhow the futility of trusiing in anything falso and untrue. He closed hia addreaa by an earnest appeal to make sure work for eternity, pointing ibem to the Lamb of God that taket'a away tbe aia of the world. Tonight the suLjeot of the address ia "Christ, as the gr^at Phyßioian," A few friends of the mission desirous that no one should be kept away from laok of means have offered to contribute largely bo that there shall be no need of. collections, and it has bsen decided to do away with them. At tha same lima not wishing to deprive anyone of the privilege of giving if they so desire, a plate will bo at the door or donations may be handtd to the Sa^retary or Treasurer of the mission, Messrs Piper and Kingsley.