UNITED MISSION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14362, 7 February 1911, Page 6

UNITED MISSION.

LAST EVENING'S SERVICE. Tho only service yesterday in connection with the Dnited Mission was held in the Drill Hull in the evening when the meeting, which was attended bv several hundred persons, was again marked by heartiness and enthusiasm. The large choir under the enorgctic and persuasive leadership of Mr.J. Carnegie-Farquhar rendered a number of stirring hymns, and in response to the soloist's encouragement the congregation made, themselves, heard in the choruses. "1 want yon folks to sing as heartily and as sweetly as you can Why this must be a musical town. ' Ti'maru ' is a musical name. Come on now—all together. Imlicra to make you sing. If I don't 111 get the sack. Oh, ves, 111 keep you cool with the windmill—that's what they call this (and he waved his arms expressivelv)—any liymu you would like at the back there?—' Count your blessings?' All right—l tell you I have a I number to count. It's a blessing to be able to sing. Any time you re down in tho dumps you sing 'Count your Blessings.' That will cheer you up.—Well done, ladies, that's splendid. Now then, vou men, see what you can do, and ladies don't help them on tho sly. The ladies have a knack of doing that." Then he gave the choir some practice. "Ah! choir, there's that mistake. Don't do it again, now." Next he showed them how to do it, "Its the Saviour that Loves you"— tho choir tried again, and made a splendid success, and everyone smiled happily, Mr Farquhar more than anyone. He called on the cungregation again. " Everyone of you, all stand and sing. I don't want you old folks who have walked a long distance to stand. Stand up_ the young and sprightly ones. Now. very softly everyone, "When the 801 l is called up yonder I'll he there." The singing, as Dr Henry said it would be, was a great feature of the meeting, and among the factors that contributed to its success was the excellent accompaniments of Mr Fishwick. " Keep tho choir seats full,' said Dr Henry, " and we have our hall full." " I am gratified to see so many here to-night," remarked Dr Henry. "Monday is always an off night. People attend four br five services on Sunday, and on Monday they are usually suffering fjrom religious dyspepsia, and it takes till about Tuesday to jet into condition again. So it is encouraging for us to see so many friends here tonight." Prior to a greatly appreciated solo by Mr Farquhar, Dr Henry made an announcement in regard to requests for prayer, for trhich he said there would be a private box at the door. .. For his address Dr Henry took ins text from Matthew xx., 28, "Even so the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto but to minister, and gave His Life a ransom for many." Confessedly, ho said, that was one of the great texts of the New Testament. They all knew who the Son of Man was—Jesus Christ the Word personified in the flesh. He was the Servant described in the .text. No man had gone so far down in sin, but that if he desired to be saved he would find Jesus Christ at his side, and the omnipotent hand of the Master would be there to lift him out of the pit. Jesus Christ put himself at the disposal of the drunkard, the harlot, the liar, the libertine, the swearer, the unrighteous, the ungrateful. Every man who stood with one foot in hell, Jesus Christ had gone beneath him so that he might not perish but have everlasting life. Jesus lived a life of utter and complete submission to the Father's will; so they would note he had perfect joy and perfect conquest because of that submission. Jesus Christ in His perfect si binission iherefore illustrated a secret for them. They had redemption through Him—the price of that redemption was His life. By His death He became the ransom which bought them back, and redeemed" them to God, that they might belong to Him. The Lord God laid on Him .the iniquity of them all. They were healed with his stripes; he was bruised for their iniquities, and he bore death for, or instead of, every man. That, said the preacher, represented ilie very essence of the Bible. Man needed to know that Jesus Christ not only died for the whole world, but that He took up the penalties of their sins. Not only did the text represent the spirit of service, but also the methods of salvation. They had studied the text for the purpose of ascertaining what God would hr.ve I t-lem do, and how they could put them-