CHAPMAN-ALEXANDER MISSION

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1713, 2 April 1913, Page 8

CHAPMAN-ALEXANDER MISSION

:: : ♦ ? — AN ADDRESS TO CHRISTIANS. 'Upwards., of "two thousand people at■tended the mission service conducted in the Town Hall last evening by Dr. Wilbur Chapman and Mr. Alexander. The first paift'of the serTjce was given up to' song, letl .by Mr. Alexander, and he showed again that lie h'ad : not lost any' of his special power of' making crowds sing .heartily arid' tiiiliefully. . "I stand before you with a -high idealof Christian living, and I believo the ideal is' 'possible' of attainment," said Df; Chapman introducing the subject of ,his address. "It is only when God has all there is of us," he said, "that there is-power in oiir "testimony and in our ,liying; And 'so• the text of Scripture to which I invito your attention you will find, in the "Second Epistle to the Corinthians, the eighth chapter, and the'fifth verse: 'But first gave their own selves unto ;the .Lord.', . 'First' gave their own selves unfx>. the Xord.' This is the secret ..of hbly'lWiri'g, and ! tho secret of success-, ful giving.;' If' you want to go,to the. place , in Christian life' where it is joy to live, learn'th6 secret of this scripture. If. you want to go to the placo where it is'a joy to give, then learn tho secret of this-scripture"—He went on to say that tlie text was for the man who had been compromise; for the man whS,<;was>;-nofedoing his duty by' his chur'cK'"'4'sTticjh*KiSS he had done earlier in :his"-life,-for "the man ,'who was really .a . Christiaiirbut who had a secret sin. There wer% niany men who found it a.hardship. • to'go to cluu'dhii'twice on Sunday'; iwhot were' too' biisy or too tired to be at the -lpijl-week-ser.vice, nnd who never thought ni .|eachyig a 4 class in Sunday school! Tho mcssageflvas for the mail who 'called himself a Christian, but who had been hold•ing himself back, and thereby losing his blessing. - "First they gave tlieir own selves unto the f Lord," lie. said. "Will you let me say this;yery quietly to you? It is only tho life that,; i?. of. God." 'Without absolute: surrender there no holy living; Tie' fcdiltiliiie'd, none of that kind of living that made'men' priests in theb 6\(-'n! ftotisfehcildal, !!H» would lik® to say to young ministers—ho recognised that there ..were imany visenior ministers At whose,feet, might well sit and learn—.Give Him".a chance. Let• Him takd'your lifd.'' Take your hands-off-; let Him speak and'think, and live and work through your life. Do it now; .come, do it. now. 'But my message is not*alone to ministers, and let me say again I am speaking, to young ministers. Somo of women in this building, let ;-IQE n ■ life. Some of you boys let Him take your, life, Hands off, and let Him put. HTThnnds on. It is a w;onderful life. And, 'lie continued, there was only one answer to' the' question "Does' it - pay;" The answer of Paul had been emphatic, and in recent times what' would Ha\*9 been the answer.'..of William Booth and ,D. L. Moodie? "Tho very best thing you have," ' he said,, .to God, because' God gave'you the best "He had. W'ill you do it?"' I ' After his address, Dr. Chapman asked those who hod decided that evening to surrender' more fullyl'their lives to God and His work to ■'stand;-afterwards l\e asked, those-in.the body of the hall to come, forward to the; platform-.while he prayed with them. About - a • hundred people canle forward., but many hundreds of Mothers remained standing in the body ci/ the hall. ' 1;' •' . ,?'his morning there will be a meeting for prayer'-in all the churches connected . with tiie mission ' at 10.30 o'clock, arid there will,be an afternoon service in St. John's, conducted in part by Dri Chapmaii and -'Sir. .'.Alexander. , The'.service TOJfef&ening as usual. ' To-morrpw-iWill'H)# -"Bible Day," and there will be an afternoon service in St, John's Church, and an evening service as usual. On •Friday-"there-.will. be an afternoon scrvice 'for .old people, and in the evening Dr. Chapman's address will bo entitled: "A Plea for the Home." In this service parents _aro specially invited to bring their children ..