CHURCH NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11569, 18 January 1913, Page 7

CHURCH NEWS.

i The Key. A. T. Thompson will ocI cupy Knox Church pulpit to-morrow, at ', the morning and evening services. The \ subject at the morniug service will bo < "The More Excellent Way" —Love, ; the greatest thing in the world. ' The evening subject is entitled "As ; v Wise Master Builder." We are all ; building daily, hourly, our future hab- ! itation—the house of our body, tho ! house of our mind, the house of our ! heart, our future home. Some of us ! succeed only in building graves and t tombstones. ! The Men's Society will meet on Sab- ! bath morning at 10 o'clock, when the • subject "The Prayers of the Bible," ► will be introduced by Mr .0. Finlny- [ sou. [ During the next two or three Sabbath I evenings in Knox Church, the Rev. A. I T. Thompson will treat of three impor- ► taut subjects under the headings of t "Christian Pessimism," "Christian I Optimism," and "Christian Patriot- ! ism. '' The Church and Religion, like ► all other institutions, are in the midst ►of change and revolution. A change • of values is taking place, making old I ami time-honoured values less operative ( and serviceable —hence "Christian t Pessimism" in the outlook upon the ! world. But new values are making. ! The tide shows signs of turning, hence t "Christian Optimism." Meanwhile, '> between the ebb and ultimate turn of ► the tide the right attitude should be ;'' Christian Patriotism. '' The public • are invited to this important course of ; sermons which aims at estimating the ; factors of the present religious and spi- : ritual situation facing the churches. Rev. S. ,1. Serpell will conduct the morning and evening services at the Methodist Church to-morrow, and also the afternoon service at Wangaehu. Rev. E. T. Olds will take the morning and evening services at Kuripuni. I The Rev. B. L. Thomas will conduct the morning services at the Congregational Church, Chapel Street, tomorrow. In the evening Mr F. de Lisle, of the Congregational College, Adelaide, will preach on "Experience; the Teacher.", Visitors are cordially welcomed. My inn books are provided, and seats are free. Presbyterian services will be conducted to-morrow by the Rev. .1. S. Young, at Miki Miki in the morning, Kopuaranga in the afternoon, and Mauriccville Town Hall in the evening. Evening services will also be held at Wangaehu and Lansdowne, Messrs p. Pryor ami G. Falla respectively conducting . At the Baptist Church, Murray's Hall, Queen Street, to-morrow. Pastor E. Swinerd's subjects will bo: Morning, "The Duty of Trusting in God"; evening, "Noah's Telescope." A welcome is given to all. There i» a considerable amount of uu?nndorstanding abroad with regard to the proposals of the Bible in State Schools League. The system has been working in New South Wales for nearly half a century, and there is abundant testimony from educational experts and schoolmasters that it has worked successfully. The local branch of the League hold their first public meeting 1 in St. Matthew's Schoolroom on Tuesday week, January 28th, at S p.m., when the speaker will be the Rev. G. S. Cook, of Thorndoii. Mr Cook is able to speak from first hand personal experience, as he was educated in New South Wales, and two of his brothers are at present, schoolmasters in that colony. Personal experience is of far more value than theories and suppositions, and those who are doubtful as to the advisability of introducing the system into our Dominion would do well to hear what Mr Cook lias to say.