LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 937, 3 October 1910, Page 9

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

INTERESTING ADDRESSES.

. Services /in . connection the visit of, a > deputation from 'the; London Missionary Society were held in the various Congregational Churches of the city yes"terday. . The society.is one of the oldest and most honoured of missionary .agencies at work in the, world and has a long list of. honoured names upon its roll, amongst whom- might be mentioned such men' as Livingstone, Moffat, Griffith John;. Law,' and . . . - '■ The Bev. G. J. WiUiams, .organising secretary for. the society in Australasia, preached at the Terrace Church in .the morning, taking for his subject; the five Post-Kesurrection . 'Manifestations of Jesus, and in his ; opening words: declared that Jesus Christ never insisted so unequivocally on any subject as on tho command to evangelise the ■ world. Despite the fact -that, this thought had occupied the mind of the Master so miicji the Church 'had for''long : delegated it to a subordinate position. Tho speaker' declared that the study'"of comparative religion had disclosed' tne inherent superiority of Christ; the four great leligious systems outside of Christianity, namely Hinduism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Islamism, had not produced one person whom we could regard as a universal man;, 'Jesus Christ stands out ,as the Flower of hu'lhanity, the moral King of: the race, the all-compelling Personality. As Harnach : has well said: "There is only one religion' for the modern man, anil that is the religion of Jesus Christ". This does not mean that the other re-, ligions are of no value, we do not discount the value of lesser stones in the presence of a; Cullinan, but we enhamee the. value of the latter.. -So when Jesus Christ moves across 'tho field of vision, we'say that-this Man,; and this alone, is tho world's King.- , In tho evening tho Rev. H. P. Schlcncker, of New Guinea, spoko on his sphere of .labour during the last fourteen years, and in introducing his discourse advised his hearers to keep away from the. beach; comber and tho globe-trotter if they wanted to estimato the Value of Christian missions. These men wero frequently unqualified to pass ail opinion upon spiritual work. When such Mine and levelheaded men as Sir William M'Grogor,, one-time Governor of New Guinea, and Sir George Leigh Hunt united in praise of tho work dono by tho missionary, we could well afford to heavily discount irresponsible and' biased expressions of opinion. Tho speaker also gave a realistic and * picturesque description of tho country, its pooplo, and their customs, and closed .with an earnest appeal to the Christian Church, to riso to hor present unparalleled opportunity. Further meetings in connection with the society will bo held ill the local Congregational Churches, throughout tho .yreck.