THE CHURCHES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 4 October 1909, Page 7

THE CHURCHES.

B^S'^-i ■■KEN.tI-tMSACB; AMiyERsIliY;; A .! \ :^:>i':.:-::'-. T^>a&ivdr3^'se :^ry fees;bf'the ;':;;}i;;\:Pi^sVteri& ; :;Chnrch';.were ,: 'Kf'i I ! 'i \ WeS conducted i BV ; ' j; ;■ Porter; a ' bfj •''?:'!!>, '9^^TV^'V^W-''??r^^p-;'ii!pw*Mt''6'n3 y and. :...!;>■ cqiiectipns.'JsThe'vsertnco^of-Upraise i-Waa. under ;j 1 MS'iv^l^^j^'^'J^.'A'!.',^?,^ : hu 'Cxi: S'/eii-,'vMr^Porter '. Was,'"very-:happy' in" a snort' ■:) /;;;Vvaddress ::Avhi(!h;ihel'gave i" ; t6, the';;children,.-his 'Tho ■•■'■'■ for ..the jnornihg discourse'■'was "Tho'Dctlie;;G6sper;i(Roinansa; ; l6)i!'Mr. T:por- '. ■ of, an:::k%.;•;ojfnt; capital; of < thq.■ world;;.vThe■ :.■- ,^';;'i: nl pst.imposing, and : the'dqctrino-of gods■ eVery-' :-^-.?. , -'tV.';*A^- an d;for-eTei^thing-'.was : -ia-some-- , respecte' ■ ; ii-:-%Ve r y .fascinating::a , h'e,prencher'.then. , deßltwith v.-.fv':;tthe;grounds.^f.:P,aul'a.cqnfidence^>The- ; Apostle ::;-,;,■-;:,- knew ;.thevpqn-er;;of.;-his 'message'.because -he .;-:,fit-. v -i .61 tits' l ; p6w.er'm.-ii9'bw'n-v:; eip;erioni;eS,The":Gospel.still.'cdhtinucd ;t6;niake^ •; V -A Kmany; a/mttn; .utterlj-vurllikfehis'fofmer.self.at ; ..- ;;,'.;sustained' inyfprospscf,of .crossing '-that :: rlyer i'". : ''"i-. ; .;:j?? T l"*t?V im^i; -' : . ■Oth?r-;;e«i>diehli' 1 -.had'.;b'cen :,■•.;.-;..; i tried,;.,but-.they'-.had- entirely -failed.- : . ■ It had' .^; ; - • : r.pcen--objected-.Mt thoi '.Gospel- had -been'a- long /j:/v v!, timlidn;workinKj,;that>e had to'thiik of ;^.-.:^. ;f tii3;..moral,.-con , dition , .of r J:6iir .own-i.i.city 1 and !.: ■ v:>>-i jneighbpurhipdaia'h&iinslvef i'was' that, tho'- Gos-' ..'■'; ,C ;per-would-not save,•f,. : . ■;: ■ .vrtv- : ing;;-ashamed; of vltho! ■ '< Gospbl).' .we' ■■Ay. iv-ashamed:qf..-.our'-iiidill(ii:enc6' , and';apathy;;with ■' >ko4lessed' ■':--.-.!iVi-!.Qod.";-..-: i t : v-.-v.. ,: .". ; ;"-'..-..'.'--. ■'::.,':•=■■■■■■■■:.:■'■:■■■• ~'' :: ;..«v.

: ! 3 ; ;:..'•:-,' :: ,^;-P!le , 'aftefnoon::ier.vice was,Specially.'desißticd I•,-/:■;.> •i/,io%thej'''Sunday: v ; school;-: : o hildren.::and- their ; > :./ L '¥'':jeabhers:andi : friehds; ; : , -The.Jsinging , was under >; E.:;C. f Jack.Vra)lid-address &'jv/;:/i : y? 6 ;V^ d words!:6f/the.Gospel::"The ';■':■ ;':f-.4. r V/.lflrd/;h'ath'/ iiee'd/"of,'hini;"- .and'. the '■• lessons :~-=";.v drawn: little-' things vas S::;'::::;:>swell.iasigreat,:'andltliat'.i{::the children yero. : -'.-Y-.^v.i-WnvWr^ !■•■■ ; ::r'^.JSelUer,-:pe.ople,':fdr,:'as'.the.-Prbphet puts itv"A' f : : *"V 4-5 ;ljtHoj;ohifa::s!iftl!;;lead KThe su'bject ': of "',.'•.:.;•;•■. tnirfdiscour^e.-atchightwas:''Begeneration." ,ThiS !<:.;&:./;; Pfwoher/stated:: that:' earnest ■ •/i;';'--:-«efer::for/saiyatipn-.woiild:vsUcceed,:'and .that the ..Saviour. ;o(; thc''-'World. did. hot .;>/:'',^v'P!ini«nts-:but. i i6oiifidence.:;/!B*generation-.;was : ;' 'tf: .:our'i::felieious ',:::V:-; ; . :-.iorosds,.and, ; :,this r commohness..wa's -one' of tho ■rtftii: w%?! £l «? •jwe':-ihet>with' , ;.i in?*' .dealins,-;;;.with- :,-■ ...- _~;.. ..■.'■jdinm,,.of'regeneration.'':Simon.'MagisVteceiyed fen-; andiyet^remairied:in;the".gall ;'•:/.::;: V:. ot 4bitterne^.': ;% Panl;thanked G6<l. Jhat-he' was f;.-' ; but- : : to. preach.; - Ee'generai iii:; ; /,O , v t"a - ; ; was'a?newr.prlnciple;o'f. actjoh' planted in SS " 'fe th9jheaf t; of ::man;- /Further; •: regeneration .was ;;; : :rf^-.? n .' lfl e«''on.'in r th6 l] hearttwhiijh'always'led to' t/,:iV"' a PWtne3s,:of.;lifo.:V.Spme:pebple , abused: the r : v::''^W 0 7'';,P ( -''G9d."Wd -thought, that '-.in the' end' γ-v' K■'; ™y?vwould;: manage- 'ioy sq'flec'ze',-.-' into ■'heaven.. \'&%: jTheyHforgotf'that:without a j. ;■:;:,«:/ t/v/rf:;.!,cisjs,would'in^eality:be / a':hell.'-Tlie preaeher;-v.'v-.'.inVcpnclusiphJrraade-an'eloquent! and solemn ii'.v'.V foriimmediate deoisipri,-.and !said' : that ; ; ';;./:::-:the(;subicct-he;ljad that: night /brought .nndeT, i:/''--- i - , -''fe t |}».i'not|rt irecefttly/iheld;^/ f'. ; ;.v^|'fl;i/ / : v^V' ; disunion-.-of Christendom' ■ was the 'subject l-wv/::dialt/wi^/by^lie:;Hev}:':T. : ':H.vßprott-in' the : v.s,,,.;';•;course ■;:.ot'.;;.ttis;'::6ermdiir:at: St.- Paul's pro-' v: : 'u' : t :<yatnedral';yesterdp.y -mbrning; ■': He stated" that •.'.■:.:■'";'-:, of/.reunion was coming-to ho gene- '.: :■:.; :'";..rally;re'garded:;as one of the:great aims of, the-■;'i;".v.;:-':'Ctoiit!|aii r /.pepple" 'uf the i present/ centurjv /The' ';•■• .'.Rlflinjluence': of; the J Church':was': greatly 'tampered 7'/'..:-.-:-''by'i ; its-divisions'in/dealing,''.for..'instance; , with ■ /:;../ 'fiiicK/quostwhs'/as;wa'r;Ztho"'teaching of■■ QHris-://,'::v;tian'i,.uiorality.-in:our: schools, , -'and the/social .■:.'. ■;■■ •:/ ! :,*e.volutioti.V'Vi)isunipn ir -liid *;-hwl' disastrcius/'re'■.:':,eults from ,thetiuie of tho-great/echisln between V ./.'.';,the.Easternian.'!,,iAVestern:Churches. ■■'People begun: that if short of/a' , crime /'-./'/'i agalnst.-'hnmanity—to .cfeato."any further. di- ■.:,:: visions. ;;Still,, the : . present -generation was"not. ; . ;.. ■ v-.-ukely:.to;seo .reunion, accomplished;' that might ..-;./-/-..not; nappen till'nearly .the close of tho present :;..;; -, century.:- .;■ History [ had; shown" .them : that- it ,;^, : : : ,.-.would.vbe.useless..t6 try/.to.establish unity by. ;':;v'i'S^ns^of'a ..rigid/unaltemblo. , creed,;pr by a- /;.';•.,■*.' ;entralised - goverhhient-.- with' one' man at 'its /,:::' / bead. '■ or, by ./Uniformity .of/worship.-: V Theso ■ : ~r m ethods. had/beeh: tried, and had: failed.'-'Ho ,'. - ".iOOKed.with much more hope to tho ideal of unity ;;..;■ vv f>u;Kfprward:by,St.:Paul, which'had never yet' • ; : •;;:-:-been; given a;trial, v-, This ideal was stated in > ::;,,: 'ihe'xf following;',jrords ! i of. ■ the Epistle '■ to '■■ the 'i -~'•,:-•■■-• :iiphesians^-^; : [:::/--. '-,'■'■..'. •//■::::'-::■,'■; ■'.-. : : /,'-..; '■ ■i. ■ : -'-'. therefore/the/prisoner 'of the L6rdv'be- ■ '■■■::, ; eeech .you,' that .ye. walk '.worthy of the voca- .,},/■.; tion :• wherewith yo are' called,, with.. all lowli- : i ;:....;,.-ness/and:rmeokness;/with,:;long-sulforing,: for-' , jV'- bearing 'one, another.: in love; endeavouring- to V ; J "v keep;'the/unity/:of.,the;vSpirit':ih the bond: of i .',,■■;;' peace.: jThere is one body, and 6ne Spirit, even ///',as.'ye are'called in one hopo of your calling; '/// /one; Lord, orio faith, one baptism* ono God and /'/-■/Father of all, who is above all, and' through '■ V;/;/:all;' ! 'and.iny6iC;all."- : ' : : :v-: '.-.::.: ° •,, ; / : - : ?:'i'he: unity family was not the, creation ;-• '•■'!■'• ■';:' of ,?its. membertJ',' It |consisted in the tics of >V./. ■ blood: and- common parentage; and.it existed '/.,'.:■: eventhough the home: might bo a bear-garden'; /;/'.':;but : the'.fact."of .this' already-existing unity.was '(■:'; /.a strong: groiind on which'to baso/nn appeal to '-;--;//the/membefs/to give.eipfession .t'oit in/their 1...-;': : ; conduct! towardseaoTi/other,' -Likewise St. Paul f i:"~;.;. eidvh'ot'ask : Christians to' create the unity of the -i.:;;:,/Chtireh./'It/was -alroa'dy: there.'-."There is-one ?_• :.5.::-:: body,'' '-'ho.: wfote/. "one .Lord, '■ one faith, .■Oμ k::'-:/': : ;baptism;" 'It: if as thecliity of-Christian people: t';i v,•':•'. to , ,giye /expression to- this -unity .in" their.-lives-f.':-;./ M indiyiduals,':dnd Us'in'ombers of the- ChurOh.