CHURCH SERVICES.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14554, 23 June 1913, Page 4

CHURCH SERVICES.

iYESTEKDATS APPOINTMENTS 1. Hearty and helpful earvices were the rule »t all local churches yesterday. ST. GEORGES. At St. George's Anglican Church the vicar, Rev. Dr. O'Callagihan, held a celebration of Holy Communion, at 8 a.m. pßCis evening discourse concerned conversion and the ties binding! convert and the Lord. At the conclusion of the serviw the National Anthem was played on tihe* organ by Mr H. Webb, in honour of the Corona t:\fS Anniversary. CHURCH OP CHRIST. Mr Wlaterfiouse gave a very earnest address on the 'Gospel and its, Power over Human Hearts, and Lire* last evening. iA/ter .noting the. Gospel was 'God's Power Unite SiaLvation to Everyone that Bielieveth,' the speak« er pointod out "that the faota of the Gospel were stated by Paul in 1 Cor. 15 to be''Christ's Death'; His Burial' His Ressurreetion; and 1 His Appear - in 1") after resurrection to His brethren .and friends.' B*ut behind thesa facts which appeals to our intelligence stands the Love of God which appeals to our hearts. Liovte begets love, and the manifestation of love is loved. So through the Gospel message the intellect"; the heart and! the will are influenced and mam becomes a changed creature. (HAiPTIST AND CONGREGATIONAL. In the morning: Pastor dark discoursed on Exodus 34, 2—3, and in graphic language gpoke of the call to Moses to come up to the Mount o€ Sinai. The call was a private one. when God spoke to Moses as a man face to face. The appointment was one of God's own making:. 'Coma YWowe,' tihe ines&agfc said. If one would dim'b there comes tihe need of strength. He spoke of the view, the outlook for tihie privileged one. One One-is born alone!''and-each, one cap ries Ms own sorrow! one is born a gain alone! one has to die aliorie, one passes to the unseen"' alone. He exliorted his listeners to get to the mountain top, get there early in tihe morning The Saviour found strength ■there by having Communion with' his Fattier ere yet it wfas day. To fotlow these examples, be obedient to iihe hea.vienlly call, this ,cotn-munion vjiih the unseen, is what is needed to-diay. ST. JAMBS'. ißev. James -'Milne -wias the preacher for the day «.t the Presbyterian Church. 'Fiaomig. a Difficult Task* and 'The Fullness of Christ* were 'nil smbjeots in which he pomted out the Shepherd's great love for his flock. Tararu was visited in tihe aftemooin. SALVATION AISMY. The Salvation Army Services wen well 'attended and proved very bright and hearty. 'The Living of Hope was Ensign Rimiher's evening subject, dealt with lucidly by the preacher. The bland contributed lairgiely to tho success of tihe meetings. lATTEIR! DAY SAINTS. The Church of Jesus "Christ of Latter Day Slaints held their usual Sunday meetings yesterday, which were well attended. At the evening! service Mr W. Osborne was the first speaker, who spoke of the establishing! of the Gospel in the days of Christ and the Apostles, and the law of the Gospel pertaining to the salvation of niank'ind. Elder E. Riicks. then spoke upon everything toeing governed by natural law and referred to vicarious work being done for the dead by Christ, and also . referred' to where Paul spoke to the Corinthians upon baptism for the dead.