DR. TORR'S MISSION.

Nelson Evening Mail, 24 August 1905, Page 2

DR. TORR'S MISSION.

In connection with tbe mission now being held in the Methodist Church, two services were conducted yesterday by Mrs Ton*. Jn the afternoon the Schoolroom was filled with women, to whom Mrs Torr spoke on the sunnier views of lifo made possible to those who arc able to claim Christ as their Saviour and friend. In the evening the same building- was again filled, this time chiefly with young women. The address given was "A Mother's Talk to Girls," and was of a character that made it most useful to those to whom it was spoken. The special merits and perils of the years verging on womanhood were dealt with kindly and wisely, and the surrender to Christ as tho one efficient safeguard was affectionately urged. It was an address not soon to bo forgotten. The young men of Nelson who did not respond to the invitation fo. attend Dr Torr's meeting hist night for men only, missed nn address of rare interest and effectiveness. As a prelude to tho ad-dress Mr E. Richards sang to a s«lo setting, "Jesu, Lover of My Soul." Dr Tout's topic was ''The "Game of Life : How to Win it ?" The choice of the topic and its treats ment were affected by yesterday's football match, and the illustrations drawn from that exciting contest were exceedingly well-tim-ed. Di- Torr, as an Australian, ""barracked" his best on the field for the Australian team, but he readily admitted that the best team won. The story of the rich young* ruler who came to Christ was the Scriptural incident on which tho address was based. The secret of how to win in the game of life was one that every young man ought to be most anxious to know. That was the longing that brought the young ruler to Christ, a step that required no small courage. The secret migljt be summed up In the application of tho precept, "Play the game !" Realise that there is an important issue at stake, and do your best for your side. Let. your inspiration always bo the thought, 'I'm on Gods side." Play the game, and not the man. In football the game is sometimes marred by the selfishness of tho player. He loses his temper, or funks, or sticks to tive ball instead of passing. Many people who call religious people hypocrites .are the greatest of hypocrites themselves. There was n Q more detestable fellow going than the man who makes the alleged faults of others an excuse for not doing his own duty. Play the game, and not the gate The curse of athletic sports in many placos is that they are carried on for the gate money and nothing else. The man who plaved tho game of life for money was ***a blot on creation. Without knowing anybody in Nelson he would hazard the opinion based on the testimony of expprience that tho most miserable man in tho city was the man who had the biggest crtdit balanco at the banker's. He wasn't fool enough to condemn j money in Itself, but' the man who [ marie monoy-tjettJng the one object J of Ijis life was simply rohbing h'im■seir of all that made lifo worth living. Play the game to win. Tho rich '.young ruler who began so hope- ! fully failed to win at the lost bo- ; cause he thought the conditions of j the game were too hard. He failed to perceive that it is oniy by the sacrifice of self that the game of life con be won. If the young men *• present really wished to find and live the life that is truest and noj blest they would yield themselves I fully to Christ, nnd discover the spring of joy in the service of others. Lit up with many humorous touches and fragments of personal experience, it was an address that could not fail to be deeply impressive. The services wiU'be continued nightly, excepting Saturday, until Wednesdav next, when Dr Torr will give his popular locture o.n "What I saw ia Palestine "