A WORLD TENDENCY
IGNORING TRUTHS. "The supreme need of the world and of the individuals in it,” said Professor A. Fyfe Findlay in a speech reported in the “Glasg'ow Herald.” "is a conviction of the truth as it is given to us in the Christian revelation in the assurance of God, to bring men into His fel’owship and into obedience to His sovereign will. There has in recent years been a swing away from doctrinal preaching, and a growing insistence on what ic commonly described as a social gospel. I would not for a moment disparage this new outlook and interest, but there has been a tendency to forget that the social concern of the Church, if it is to mean anything of value, must have as its indispensable background and as its source of direction and inspiration Hie great truths about God and His purpose for the world revealed in Jesus Christ. In the world as we sec it to-day, confused and disrupted by human passion, worshipping false gods, and feverishly seeking some way out of its besetting troubles, the appeal to humanitarian sentiment and human reason will accomplish little or nothing if it is net backed by the conviction of a divine power ruling over the affairs of men.”
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 56, Issue 4053, 27 May 1938, Page 3
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211A WORLD TENDENCY Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 56, Issue 4053, 27 May 1938, Page 3
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