ST. JOHN'S CHURCH

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 991, 5 December 1910, Page 8

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH

4 ' The fifty-seventh anniversary of the Sunday Schools of St. John's Presbyter- ( ian Church, Willis Street, was celebrated yesterday. Morning, afternoon, and , evening services were held. In the morning the themo of the sermon related specially to the older peoplo, and the interest they should tako in tho religious nurture of tho young. The af- • ternoon service was for children, the Rev. James Aitken'addressing them. Tho evening service was conducted by tho Rev. Dr. Gibb, who took for his text tho words in the book of Itevela- . tion, "And His name shall bo written on their foreheads." He dwelt upon ( the scene depicted in tho book. Opinion throughout tho centuries had been di- j vided as to whether that scene related to this world or to the next. His own opinion was that it was approximately j true respecting this world. Those who served Christ would see His face, and His name would be written upon their ] foreheads. The forehead of man, it had been said, was for an inscription; 110 ■ other creature possessed such a mark of distinction. When Christ looked at ; those oil whose foreheads His namo had been inscribed, He saw tho reflection of Himself. They boro His image and superscription. They were men, their j bro\V was tho brow of manhood. Dr. Gibb wont on to stato that the lofty , brows of Shakespeare and other famous men gave proof of a lofty mind. Ho earnestly appealed to tho young peoplo present and the congregation to ask themselves if the namo of Christ was upon their brow, or was it-the namo of . Anti-Christ that was inscribed thereon. ! God alono could tell. Ho asked the con- ■ gregation not to ,forget their sins and think- there was nobody to remember them, for they were encompassed by a cloud of witnesses. Ho concluded by calling upon his hearers to remember that tho "day of joys was brief and the day of revelations drew on apace. A special feature of tho services was the singing of the children, assisted by tho choir. The church was handsomely decorated. for the occasion with flowers and palms. Mr. Emile Hatzfiehl told tho Political and Economic Circle of the National Liberal Club that the total capital value of the ,land in Great Britain was approximately sterling. According to the last official reports tho vines of Italy will yield this year about •15 per 03nt. less than in 1909, and tho olive harvest is even less promising. Insects ami tho weather conditions account for tho shrinkage. The first quarter of a, new municipal loan of J537.000.000 has been issued at Paris, and it was subscribed nearly thirty times over in tho city alone. The yield in interest is three per cent. All the school children under the care of the Education Committee of Ileston and- Isloworth, England, aro being insured at tho-public cost. Tho committee pay Is. Gd. per 100 children. No compensation is to exceed Jjsoo, nor more ■ i than .£IOOO toVbejjaid in ono year.