THE CHURCH

Southland Times, Issue 22293, 7 April 1934, Page 10

THE CHURCH

news and notes from PULPIT AND PEW. It will be a hundred years in June, the month in which Spurgeon was born, since William Carey, the Oriental scholar and pioneer of modern missions, died. A thoughtful writer, Cumming, by name, reminds us that the task of the Church is not merely to supply ideals: her supreme task to-day is to create the power which will enable ideals to be realized. The habit of going to church serves to fix a habit of mind and soul which prepares us to receive interior things of life, and also for a more practical and effective exemplication of them in practical life.—Frank A. Gustafson. In every Christian community the men who abound in the work are in a desperate minority. The cry is everywhere for dependable workers; men who are not niggardly in their service, but who overflow—Lord Kinnaird. A U.S.A, newspaper has the following which it calls a sensible sentence: “A young man in Rochester, Indiana, recently received a sentence of compulsory Sunday School attendance for one year when found guilty of breaking and entering.”

The importance of the village community in the scheme of national life, is now so emphasized in Scotland, that young men are being trained in different centres with a view to catching their imagination and enabling them to build up the best kind of village life. Services will be conducted in the Esk street Baptist Church on Sunday at 11 a.m. by Mr R. J. Cornwell and at 6.30 p.m. by the Rev. W. E. Lambert. The evening theme will be “Bearing the marks of the Lord Jesus.” Mr Lambert will preach at Georgetown in the morning and at West Plains at 2.30 p.m.

“Under God’s Microscope” and “An Unclaimed Inheritance” will be the morning and evening themes respectively of the Rev. C. H. Olds, 8.A., at the Leet street Methodist Church on Sunday. In the afternoon Mr Olds will conduct his farewell service at Otatara. The Rev. L. P. Bryan, who has been north to attend the Temuka District High School jubilee celebrations, returned home by last night’s express and will be the preacher to-morrow at the North Invercargill Baptist Church. The morning message will be “Finding a Brother.”

The themes at First Church will be appropriate to Sunaay after Easter. Christianity is the only religion in the world that has an Easter message. It is a tremendous claim and a defiant and triumphant message in the face of death, yet to participate in the resurrected life demands something of us. Immortality cannot be had for nothing. A man’s duty, said Socrates 400 years before Christ, is to “know himself.” Know the life that may be his beyond, as well as his life here.” An after camp rally will be held at St. Peter’s Methodist Church at the conclusion of the evening service tomorrow. Campers from the young women and young men’s camps will relate their impressions and experiences. The Rev. O. S. Pearn will conduct the morning and evening services and the evening subject will be “Old news, new news and good news.” The choir will sing Myles Foster s beautiful setting of “O, for a closer walk with God,” and Mrs Martin, of Roxburgh, will be the soloist.

The Salvation Army is holding harvest celebrations at the Citadel this week-end, when special decorations, stalls, and concerts will be staged. On Monday next the Civic Band will supply the programme. It is in good form, and possesses many first-class individual artists. On Tuesday there will be a programme by local artists and a huge auction sale. Each will commence at 7.30 p.m. On Sunday a special thanksgiving day will be conducted by Captain Goffin, son of Adjutant Goffin, now of Napier, who was at one time officer in charge at Invercargill. Gifts of stock, produce, or anything saleable will be gratefully received, and can be left at the Citadel at any time, or will be called for on ringing Ensign Thorn. Proceeds are in aid of local work. The meetings to-morrow are timed for 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.