PROGRAMME FOR WHITE RIBBON DAY.

White Ribbon, Volume 41, Issue 488, 18 May 1936, Page 4

PROGRAMME FOR WHITE RIBBON DAY.

Hymn 85. Responsive Reading, 1. Publish ye, Praise ye and say, O Lord, save Thy people. 2. The Lord gave the Word, great was the company of those that published it. 3. Behold the feet of Him that bringeth good tidings thal puhlisheth peace. 4. Declare ye among the nations, and publish and lift up a standard. •'». And he began to publish how gre.it things Jesus had done for him. 6. So mih h the more a great deal they published it. 7. Where there is no vision the people perish. 8. Co it, therefore, and teach all nations, and lo I am with you alway.

9. Jesus sent them two and two int everj cit> and place, whither He Hup self would come. 10. Tray the Lord of the harves. thal H would send forth labourers into His harvest. 11. Whom shall 1 send? 12. Here am I. Send me. PRAYER. Eternal God, Who has formed us, an* designed us for companionship wit! Thee; Who has called us to walk wit! Thee and be not afraid; forgive us, w* pray Thee, if craven fear, uinvortln thought, or hidden sin has prompted u to hide from Thee. Remove the suspicion which regards Thy service as an intrusion on our time and an interference with our daily task. Show to us flu life that serves Thee in the quiet discharge of each day’s duty, that ennobi* all our toil, by doing it unto Thee. We ask for no far-off vision which shall set us dreaming while opportunities arourni slip by; for no enchantment which shall make our hands to slack and our spirit." to sleep, hut for the vision of Thyself in common things foi ecery day: that we may hnd a Divine calling in the claims *>f life, and .see a heavenly reward in work well done. We ask Thee not to lift us out of life, but to prove Thy power within it; not for tasks more suited to our strength, but for strength more suited to our tasks. Give to us the vision that moves, the strength that endures, the grace of Jesus Christ, Who wore our flesh like a monarch’s robe ami walked our earthly life like a conqueroi in triumph. Amen, Minutes. Pledge. Tem|>erance Faet: ”1 know how to abstain, but I do not know how to Ik moderate.” —Dr. Samuel Johnson. “The only glory in life is to leave the world Iretter for having been in it. Intoxicating drinks will not help us to do that.”—Sir Wilfred Grenfell. “Alcohol from first to last is a narcotic drug.”—Medical Research Council. MOTTOES PY MEMBERS When things go wrong, don’t get th* dumps, but with the trouble wrestle. !t is not moans, but manning pumps that saves a leaky vessel. There are three Kinds of Christians: 1. Rowltoat Christians —have to 1* propelled wherever they go. ?. Sailboat Christians—always go with the wind. o. Steamboat Christians make up their minds where they ought to go, and go there, regardless of wind and weather. Which kind ui*e you? DIAIXXiI’E: ‘‘The Trees of the Forest." Plans for campaign and committees to canvass for new subscribers set up, to report at next meeting. Benediction.