THE CHURCH

Southland Times, Issue 22074, 22 July 1933, Page 10

THE CHURCH

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PULPIT AND PEW. Pastor L. P. Bryan will be the preacher at the North Invercargill Baptist Church to-morrow morning and Mr R. J. Cornwall in the evening. The speaker for the morning at the Esk street Baptist Church will be Mr W. J. Ward, and the subject, “Never man spake like this man.” The evening service will be conducted by Pastor L. P. Bryan, of North Invercargill. Meetings at the .Salvation Army tomorrow will be conducted by Adjutant Tong, who will continue his address on “Sanctification” at the 11 a.m. meeting. At night the subject will be “What is the Sale Price?” Master Ray Tong will sing “What Have You Done for Jesus?” Lieutenant Penhall will address the afternoon meeting at 3 o’clock. At First Church at the family diet at 11 a.m. the theme will be “The Challenge of the Trumpets,” the children’s' portion “The Pied Piper.” At 6.30 p.m. the subject of the meditation will be the message of the church to the world. Has the church a message for the times and is its message able to meet the world’s needs? The anthem will be “O, Come, Let Us Worship” to the musical arrangement by Himmel.

A unique and inspiring service will be held at the Central Methodist Church, Leet street, on Sunday evening. The praise, prayers and message will be given almost entirely in favourite hymns in congregational singing. The choir will introduce a new setting of the Lord’s Prayer to a tune by H B. Weatherdon harmonized by Dr Stanley Brown, As the service vzill be broadcast a full congregation is desired to make it effective.

“The Creed of Cain,” the last of four challenging addresses on “Religion and National Life,” will be the evening subject at St. Peter’s Methodist Church to-morrow. The large choir will sing Himmel’s “Incline thine ear,” the bass soli being taken by Mr L. H. Allott. Mr W. H. Farley will sing by request “I shall not pass this way again.” Large congregations have attended this special series of Sunday evening addresses and friends are urged to come early tomorrow for the final talk.

Five years ago an aerial medical service was inaugurated under the auspices of the Australian Inland Mission, a department of the Presbyterian Church in Australia, to minister to the physical, material and spiritual needs of the most sparsely populated portion of the continent, which comprises nearly two-thirds of its total area. A large part of the work consists in attending to the sick and injured in places which are otherwise out of reach of medical and hospital advice and assistance. Over 100,000 miles have been flown to date.

The vicar of All Saints will conduct Evensong in the public hall at Woodlands at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow. This is the commencement at the ministrations of the Church of England in this district The services will be conducted regularly if fair support is given. The parish of All Saints is a very busy one and it is hoped that the extra work which is being undertaken at Woodlands will be appreciated and appreciation shown by regular attendance at the services and a living interest in the work of the church in the district of Woodlands.

Sometimes you hear the Gospel in unexpected places.. The other day in the British Parliament Mr Lansbury said, “The way of the Gospel is the only way out of our difficulties.” “I re-echo every word,” said Mr Baldwin.' “Salvation is still in Jesus of Nazareth and Him alone,” said Mr Lloyd George. Let us hear Bernard Shaw—“ After contemplating life for over sixty years I have come to the conclusion that there is no way out of the present misery but the way of Jesus.” Thus the three political leaders are agreed that Christ alone can break the seal and open the Book, and Bernard Shaw says Amen! There is a Christian way of life for men and nations, and it is the way of service, not self, the way of love and not hate, of peace and not war. We have missed the royal track, we must get back to it.—lgnatius Jones. Mr and Mrs George Wilson (Melbourne), foundation members and missionaries for 30 years in . connection with the Ceylon and India General Mission, intend visiting New Zealand at the end of this year for the “Pounawea” Convention. Mr Adam Scott, who for many years bore the burden of duties as secretary and treasurer for the C.LG.M. in India, is at present doing deputation work in Australia and recruiting his health. New Zealanders represented on the field are the Rev. James A. Ker; Mr and Mrs T. Thomson; Pastor and Mrs Douglas Nielson; Mr Eric Johnstone; and Miss Julia Hill (missionary designate) who has planned to leave Auckland for the mission field on September 5. Mostly all are graduates of the Bible Training Institute, Auckland.

At the request of many who heard last year’s recital, St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church choir is repeating several of the musical works at this years recital, which is to be given in the church, Dee street, on Thursday next at 8 p.m. The first part of the programme consists of the choral fantasia on “Tannhauser” with orchestral accompaniment arranged by Mr R. L. Pettitt and the beautiful part song “Daybreak” which will also be played with orchestra. Solos will be given by Mrs B. W. Hewat and Miss E. King and an instrumental trio by Mr and Mrs A. E. H. Bath and Mr R.L. Pettitt The first part will conclude with an anthem from the Orpheus Male Quartet. The second part will be devoted to Maunder’s dramatic work “The Martyrs,” in which the choir of 45 voices will be assisted by the following soloists: Soprano, Mrs N. Henderson; tenor, Mr L. E. Dailey; baritone, Mr F. H. Johnson.