THE CHAPMAN-ALEXANDER MISSION.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1722, 12 April 1913, Page 8

THE CHAPMAN-ALEXANDER MISSION.

THE PARTING OF THE WAYS. Another service was conducted by tho Chapman-Alexander Mission party in the Town/Hall , last night. An-:'announcement was made by the .chairman .'.'of the Finance Committee, which was greeted with loud applause. He expressed the thanks and gratitude of the Finance Committee, that they/had now been left without a single. trouble. They had no longer any sordid cares about pounds, shillings, and pence. "Wo now ask you to give your thank-offering," he said. "You will have the opportunity tonight and on Sunday afternoon and.evening'." Let the spirit of God be .with you, ( and. give according to your means." Dr. Chapman choso as the text for his message a verse from .th? first chapter of 'Duteronomy, "And wo : came to Kadesh Barnea." . Ho drew a parallel between the lot of the'children of Israel'in bondage; fainting 'beneath the heat of tho Eastern sun,.with the'taskmaster's whip Scarring', 'their. aching backs, and thoso people , ;of later days in tho bondage of sin. And likowiso ne drew a parallel between the sacrifice of the passover of thoso days and, the sacrifice of Jesus on. the hill of Calvary, . Presently the children of, Israel, after the sacrifice of the passover, set out.on their*march to the promised land, marched dry-shod over tho bed of the Hed Sea i until they came to the place of the crisis, Kadesh Barnea. There the Israelites might have listened to wrong advice, and might not have gone on to the land of promise; they have tarried by Kadesh. Barnea, a fat land, but they went on to Canaan, the land .where,,they could live a life of surrender. Some of his congregation were ho doubt at ICadesh Barnea that night. They -had gone forward a distance on the march to Canaan and drawn back. But thev must go on again, giving everything to God, and so they would live the only life which was really a life of power. He urged thoso Christians who were living a life of ■ compromise to give it up, and make" their surrender to - . God com-, plete, . ' , ' ' At the end of an eloquent appeal,. Dr. Chapman asked all Christians who could say they would surrender themselves more fully to God than ever beforo from that night to stand, and several hundreds of people stood. To-night a meeting. for young men who are members of Bible classes will be held in the Y.M.C.A. building. On Sundav there will be a service for men in tho "Town Hall at 3 p.m., and at the same hour there will be a service for women in St. John's Church, conducted by Mrs. Chapman and Mrs. Alexander. A servico will also be held in the .Taranaki Street Methodist Church for young .people, conducted by Mr. and Mrs. r.orton, and in the evening there will be an 1 after-cliurch rally at 8.15.