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CHURCH NOTiCES ST. JOHN'S METHODIST CHURCH, LEVIN Minister: REV. H. S. KINGS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1946. CHRISTMAS SERVICES 11 a.m.: Good Tidings of Great Joy. 7 p.m.: The Mystery and Majesty of Christmas. Speciai Choir Music. Soloist: Miss M. Irving. Christmas Day, 10 a.m.:- United (|ervioe, of Presbyterian and Methodist Congregations. A Hearty Welcome To All SEDDON ST. CHURCH OF CHRIST CNear Railway Station) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1946. 10 a.m.: B.C. and School 11 a.m.: Worship and Communion SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SERVICE Illustrated with Sacred Film. Speaker: MR. GRINSTEAD. Offering for Young Peopie's Work. Come and hear the voung people sing. ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1946. Minister: Rev. A. Salmond, M.A. (N.Z.), B.A. (Cantab.) CHRISTMAS SERVICES 11 A.M. and 7 P.M. Combined Christmas Day Service in Methodist Church, 10 a.m. SALVATION ARMY (BATH STREET) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1946. CHRISTMAS SERVICES 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. 2.30 p.m.: Sunday School. There would have been no Christmas without Christ. GOSPEL HALL, LEVIN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1946. 11 a.m.: Worship. 2.30 p.m.: Sunday School and Bible Class. 7 p.m.: Gospel Service. THURSDAY, 7.30 p.m.: Missionary Prayer Meeting. A Hearty Welcome To All. QUEEN STREET HALL SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1946. 2.30 p.m.: S.S. and Bible Class. 6.50 p.m.: Your. Favourite Hymn. 7 p.m.: Preaching of the Gospel Speaker: MR. HOBBS. No Mid-week on Wednesday, Xmas week.

Recently a gentleman was walking along a railway platform, and in front of him were two Eire Army Officers. Suddenly he heard one of them draw the attention of the other to a poster which read— "What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" The Officer said, "What a searching question! Who asked it?" His companion replied," "Prdbably' it is sdmethihg out of the Bible, but who uttered the words I don't know." Whereupon the first sneaker replied, "Well, it is a searching question anyway." RlBLE TRUTH CORNCERNING PARADISE H" you ■ ver uhought What the word "Paradise" means? The ready aiiovver comes: "Jesus said to the thief, This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise." Paradise therefore must mean heaven, and Jesus here promised the thief that he should be with him that day in neaven. But was this so"? Let us ask some questions : — 1. Does not the Creed state that Jesus was "crucified, dead and buried, he descended into hell," etc. How, then, could he have gone to heaven ? 2. Is it not written, "Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell" (Acts 2; 27) which shows that his soul was there? 3. Did not Jesus say on the morning of His resurrection, "Touch me not, for I am not yet ascended to my Father" (John 20, 17), proving that Jesus had not, even then (three days after his crucifixion) , been to his Father. How then could the thief have been there? Do not these questions show that the matt'er requires further consideration? The general construction placed upon the promise to the thief does not harmonise with revelation, nor even with the Creed, and it behoves all to see that they are not building on a sandy i foundation, otherwise the superstructure, be it in appearance ever so beautiful and strong, will fall in the day when God's wind will blow and God's rain will beat upon it. This, and many other apparently contradictory questions are harmonised in the 300 page book "Christendom Astray," obtainable post free from:— H. W. Christie, McDonald Road, Levin. XMAS SPECIALS . "Stirling" English Vacuum Cleaners, £18. Plastic Pendant Lampshades, £3/19/6. Chrome Smokers' Stands, £2/17/6. Crystal Microphones, excellent value, £5/5/-. Extension Speaker Cabinets, 45/-. Come in and Inspect the New Decca Portable Gramophones — Just the thing for your Xmas camp, £11/5/complete. W. t. Clark's Sound Centre 457 OXFORD STREET. 'Phone 221S. Sound Recording a Specialty. Model ' Aeroplane Kitsets and Accessories in good supply. Meteor Gliders, ready to fly, 1/- Ea. For Head and Chest Colds — Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. W r, Woods, Ltd., T.i»mbton Qiiuy, Wgtn,