RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 942, 8 October 1910, Page 9

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY.

A RECITAL IN THE PULPIM. At Marylebono Presbyterian C3iurch on a recent Sunday morning, Dr.v Bal-. com Shaw, of Chicago, surprised. f many visiters by reciting, instead of rending, tho whole of the second lesson, j which consisted of a lengthy, passage from tho New Testament. In the .com•fie'of a striking sermon on tho words,.'^Except■ a com of'wheat fall'into.;the [ground and die, it abideth alone," h».said the whole aim of -his ministry ]:w.as to get people to be fonder of.;ithfjJ furrow and not so forid of' the : bin.' <[■ It'was sowing,, not. storing, that was '-wanted. When ho went out into .the''-;.«arid his. college mates told 'him ;ho y> rmild.: get no reputation or' money in the ['ministry, and wanted him to.bp a lawytjj'.v; "God pity the minister who wants a. .reputation I", said Dr. Shaw. -"As ftir,money,', only ministers ' in America,, : l tilth ■:■ rich wives have any.ie spend. , I.)'was. also told I'should:.always have 'toi,'trim my sails to suit .cranky people, r .1 ''have ■never found it-so.'.'After,;twn>uty years in tho ministry ,1. 'am lierb: h/i". this 'pul-. pit ;,'tp. -say. if'. you put ■■ a:' irtfm with.'- a heart and with'brcadth of na3 ;ure in the pulpit he wiirda'one'of : two -If hings with' his' people. .He will either Inarm,, and broaden and 'sweeten them ; ' dr'he-will send: them from" the churfil 1 to'.some ; pi ace to which; only; narroU'j cold, and', bigoted people,go'."*- . '-: :;■;; 'A ■"•■■''

" N.SiwiwBAPTIST ■•- . 'president. ;;v-v:";;';.;v; .'The Rev; James Barken.;'.v : the'•',-' new pVosident;;of.>tho ; j;Baptisli;:; !^nion^coi: Now/ Sout%.WaleSj.-is;'a -nbtive' of •Lin r ; cdlnshire,;.Englarid.y'He.; \ entered'•.','the Baptist ministry in 1883,- -arid was' successively pastor, of ;row-on-Tyne';'and West Hf krtlepooT.. .'.The' work;<in .these populous ,j centres; .'waV strenuous, .and- in,const ijuence"'of;.. a breakdown. in,',health ;Mr.,' Barker- came'; ■to .Australia; 1 arriving-,:in.: 'Adelaide';:ini ''For hearly;'el.even.jlyears he held .charge oyer'!the,Union' 0] iurch'at Augus-,; tin;,-afterwards,receiving,!.;air Vappoiht-' Gnu'rclv ago}'Mr('BarlU'r;.yi'sited New. SoutH Wales r ,is>a " .'deUjgate.''..minister ,'from the Baptist phion,. cjf ■ South ;;Aus-; tralia,i and :on 'the'.retiiie.ment':-of;." the Re'Vi J. A. .Soperi'lie'.'.wj*j ; ''unanimously called to 'the .pastorate ,qf':' the ''Metropoli--. ,'tan, Church,-inr'"?^^.^^'^^^.*^'^?/.'.'/^;.';'';

r;'^-i,PICNItS:; : AND 'IIW lSSIONsI:^?''?! '..-. 't:', paltry hess,"j : ; bb^n;ed/the'';Pie^: : Baptist con'tly. l '\;"l ; .ain ;glad bfv'.'laafbpportunity. bf::saypE;this:r:';ltus; : a : :5 ; riess.\ ; 'You .'lnipw; in aii <i rdin'ar'y. church ;it". is- easier half4j-crbwn;for//a' picnib. ? than; : threepence*';". • for:: /missionworksr^ybu'/wbii't/'mind.; me telling .-.the:. 'trqthjj wi'll.'ypu? -.:Tho.7a anie'-applies; to hbme,',missibns//; : f.,lt;is 'al, bad /'business, 1 ■■ba.d:'.'biisinesS';'^:;WKoii , all :the giyiug^pf; all Mm' i ;in': the "world 'amounts to-' it, for all.the/beatheni/iti/ is'.beastly i/bad: business,.,and 'if/we.daa ! t/-go;;':home I ashamed .of, ;ourselves, ■ ')• then . we';>are : I,;beybndAhopeH';/:- 1: -.vi-.-.r-' ■: V/}'^\

• ; IN™SsTI3 W FACiTSj''; ;;;'"/ ' '."The 'old Teproacli /abcrt \t ,'parsons'.-; chil-' di-en'/'..turning/:put.-badl3 ■; has/.:generally faUp'intp);disuse. : -:/,ltVf ;allacipusness; : ;Sb'| : JarVas /the/sons ,bf/Met^;dist/pre'acners; is /boncornedj ."isVafiu'n'daritlff 'f ijluswated;; in;! 'tho;.ne\v register ofiKingi.wood'and--Wopd-;libuse(Grove'/Schools,"-rsi .ys- thß,:"Methadist'.' Tim'es'.'/; in/ ■an'/prticiii/which. will, I -be, 1 /read/with .mterestUn/coii\ii'ection'with, the 'siibjfect /discussed fin ■: "1 Jhei/Bbyplt;; of/ the .-Young /Peo"gla":!'.;' i .V'?Tlii S ;.; volume /traces iths,/careers rbf--322fi ordl r /b'oys, ; ;'and: r gives. /spine ;accpunt/bf'/their/f/achievemehts '■'." in,, ' the 'business. At- Hfe/:;'V/1 //-/!:/;;/;:;// ////;'' V;'' The. 'following ;teble(.''is \instfuctiye':as : -ssbwn'g.':'thpv'm rpi-bf es'sions. : and'-; the"; nil jber. .branches' l of national istream/ofl bbys'/educn fxi.' .in':,' the,;-,two' |-r: /;; ■■ ii?sK '■■£ % is£\'% t*/^- : - -.-i'V;- ■■ -■■ ..;Entered' l ''/the,:;; ; W^le3jjaV;-Methp'dist- , --' : ;"--.1

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