KENTTERRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 937, 3 October 1910, Page 2

KENTTERRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

■;: ~yl>;, .^N^^SW^EB^CE^.;-; ; -;^ ; ; ; ?■ "•.' -P-Mabhing:vatv'tne- '-•■' .-. of' Kent Terrace|Presb'ytef;ari;.Ghurcn.' ye&f v '•- . &May Davies, of'■ v , Knos.Cliweh,.l)\m6din,.based'his sermon;.: ■ '6n Isaiah : l,' : 18, "Thoughyour sins be as '"-'v.:9' 'soarletthey. shall : : be as "white : as show.":?-: 3 ;-Ini spite of modern-teachets-wKo .■:. 2 asserted.;that.'"forgiveness:was a; beggar's X" \. refnge-twe. must .•pay.,, our "j.'debts," :-:and'V :,' :there: were, some•;debts J wefoould-never.. : ; pay.' The ruined character,' the -'bligh.tedi }; home, 'thei'ruthless gutting to' the wall i:' of competitors in-business; are.debts, that . : . , a hurnan;.beihg;isV'unable.jto. : ;discharge;i;': J :The cloistered scholar, scientist,'; or phiicU-, ;\ .'. sopher is sometimes apt .to take, a,wrong j v : 'view : did.:not' moTo!'s j among: theV mass of -.'men." '■■ Tfie - : ■; said .ffiat .spent: ini •... '; icolleges:• he. .thought"of "Christ, as ian, ex-".j '■■ ■■ ample,, but.when-, he went; out- into 'the'. 'i\ » real 'struggle-of life.'and came into.grips; ;. j". with sin -and: its';dread, consequences he': -.".' '' -wanted Christ the -Propitiator; •'-.:■■ In- the ''.{■ °: afternoon, - speaking 'to the] children and 7 ''-! ■ parents onithe Bible,'he said.';that.aV-:' ,', .though, he: had. been trained ;by some'of i-i' ~:■ the-w-orld's :grcatest''Bible/s^lars,:;yet( : - ; ,-; '•' their. influence could, not.- compare ■ withv >v '"' the Bible'teaching he received at hisewn?,;;' . mother's.knee. :The ; Bible;*as:.the;.only.■/.-.-: ■i ; Boot that : .-■ 'of man's need.':.:,•';'' ,-.■■■?■£■£}■ ■'.. •The'".Eev;' ;^.';'Davies,vM:Av>::: pre^hed''v' ; ; 3 .' againin,:the;>vening.to: a/large icongreiy'' 3 gation, .taking;.his text ; out of-., the BooK-;V' l. of Amos, v ~ iject: which he : considered and discussed - ■;,':' ..' was ' ''3Je''.^DayA ; . : ol:,.the>lx)rd.fl''t.;The'.'v : ;i j preacher "• said .. the.; gra'ndhand .terrible!;' I things, \vhich .the Prophet. Amos ..witnessed "; in nature'gave,colouring to.his.messages.; ■■.". The ."day of.vthe Lord, of ::which;:the 7 proV*.; ".. would be noted.for;the':clear..--. " "revelation .it;;would Vgive ; ' of tie; painful ; ;;;; • and perplexing"mysteries of:.our present', ,■ .. .existence. - The .event was hastening/and':.' ;' one should Teady. ior,it.' 7 : Iniquity ..' - abounded: Often, the coiamercial;'tone of ; •:■ 5 .the : community: was, low.; : Many of the';; : ) people w'ereioutside,'our . shjp, and forHhis state of matters,. per->':- : ,': .'■. haps the Church, was. herself largely.re- •■.■';■ sponsible, for it ;had. not; with 'sufficient->;.:■■ ', earnestness gone forth' to ''ee&k. those who/- ; '■-' are,:ignorant, and out ,of : ; t the• way.•'■■■ They ;;■-. L must not, liowerar, r despond..''-The.star-of■■'••'; i. hope'was shining. .Let. them follow the ;■.'_'■■■ i gleam, -and: they would reach tixjirvdesti- : v... • nation.as our A.Tniy.did at Tel-el-Kebir.' i . Special collections were; taken'.upat all'.' the services, and generous- contributions-',.: ; were ; raised. '-:. ■' .:'•■■"'''-:;';'' ;:'-- :;: . 7 ' ! :-" ; .'- : '^:-V. : ', ~ i. Anthems, were rendered :by.: the,,:choir,";;: : ; ' conducted' by ,Mr. : 'J.-K.;EdieV. : . ■'.[?';'■■ ..' ';■'