CHRISTIAN CONVENTION

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 13975, 7 May 1913, Page 7

CHRISTIAN CONVENTION

Mr McFarland 'delivered an interesting and instructive address from the first effistlo of John. 1, 1-f, pointing out that, like the Apostle, we can speak only of K what wc have seen and 10-ard, and, in speaking of what hv knew, the Apostb John’s Kpi'lie v.a, like a field <fi God’* treasures. Two (/nut troubles faced m to-day- unre-.t. and want of power in tin religious world. All men wviv open t< arrest. Man’s mind -oared everywhere always unsatisfied. Purest was foilr-d above, below, within, and without, in politics, society, iiuth-ua! life, and re ligion. We needed to go to the ic:t cei tic, and that brought is to feel our reed of power. Never was there inert |»ower of a temporal kind than to-day, a? evidenced by armies, nan,-, ir.ve.t’on and commerce. Man. weak in himse’f reeded pou-. r within to -land agaln.-t the world, against temptation, oppo-itiuii. ami influences that would hr■•■ak him (town i ,he hour ot trial. Hod could give that power —power to soar to the heights, tgo to the depths, t > torch other soul.-. Why did we not get that power- Tin can** wro want of faith. The source o' Hod's power wa- tourd in the Hoi;. Spirit, and St. John .seemed to have special measure of the spirit of Jestif Hhrist. He was call'd the apostle of love. Ho belonged to the inner eirrle o f Christ, and he breath d the spirit of the lord of Life. His feet were oi the Rock of Ages, and therefo-e his word= appealed to many. He brought its to the very i s;-tro of the Divine Lite, and opened a rbvir for all to ente-. Hi* first F.r.istle napred out a Christian life, and enabled is tv realise that fellowship wit’’. Ho-' that brought rest, and power, and lasting ;or. Tn the evening Mr McFarland .-.poke on " Telie-wship with Hod.