THE CHURCH'S DUTY.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20181, 9 March 1931, Page 10

THE CHURCH'S DUTY.

■ •-* / • SPIRIT OF FELLOWSHIP. ,• . I "Tp be » prophet of doom px-of I aster in not to be en a level with'th# | message of Christ," said Mr .JE;' J. Sercus,' in 'the coarse of sn address at the Oxford Terrace Baptist Chnreh yesterday morniqg,, yJien intercession, was being pot tbeduty of minister?!,-in w OBJU-v ion, &»" direct men from issuer totheorierbf in times of stress. "At the present time; world, * state of difficulty m biung experienced, and men are being grip- ! ped and japrplgxed bv t}je operation of sirSi XTA* * -any « w«ws' for tbe'times. ]?9»' vital Christian word is fellowship. No m&tter tew. Ww& .the wttoeg, Juiw difficult the circumßt&ncesj it is«a day or opportunities,, toe emptiness of "merely material 'things to Ch\trcs to emphasise ■ft® spirit" 1 or fellowship. ' ' "There is too much arrested,development in the- peoplfe of* outChurches, fchey are' always harking back to thß experiences of ' the first days of theic.faith. There is ae> eaasa for them to have leas wide interests than Christ had," "Mr Hawus/-com eluded with the wards from Gidatuuiaj ''Xet up therefore, as much a* .I*9 opportunity, do good to all,, mm, jbjp especially unto aooh nm of - the