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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 270, 3 August 1918, Page 2

RELIGIOUS. TTNITBD INTERCESSORY SERVICE FOR OUR KING AND EMPIRE. The usual weekly meeting of tho'above on Sunday Afternoon WILL NOT TAKE PLACE TO-MORROW owing to the service arranged by tho Wellington Council or Churches. GOD AND THE NATION. Wo ask ourselves again on another Anniversary of this terrible conflict: ■why is victory delayed and THE BLESSING OF PEACE WITHniuLD? After giving the matter duo consideration wo feel that the'reply must be that as a people we have not yet put oureelv3s in tho condition that God can-grant us these mercies.. .The" Empiro has borne her losses, and mado eacnfice after sacrifice with calm and resolute fortitude, and appears willing to suffer anything rather than to humble herself and acknowledge Mi- dependence upon Divine help and strength, Onco again, citizens aro called upon to record, "their inflexible- determination to continue , the war to a victorious end." Wo marvel at the folly of whoever is responsible for tho wording of this resolution, which iguores the Supremo Arbiter of the Nations and considers Ho is not worthy to tako into account. What shall wo say of the prevalence nnd shnmelessnc=s of vice in this time of war? A writer in the Homeland, and one competent to express such an opinion, saya of Britain: "The bruklising power of lust was nover so dominant as to-<lay, and "the general temper of men and womeii to the things of the Spirit is one of bland indifference." We have been asked to make some protost against tho utterance of the Chief Justice, reported in Monday's "Post": "Unitarians do not rely on past sacrifices for tho eal ration of humanity"—by which Sir Robert Stout, either intentionally or otherwise, has called in , question the work of Christ as the Supreme Sacrilico for sin. All wo can do is to repeat the words of the Saviour: 'If ye believe not that I am (the Christ, tho "Supreme Sacrifice), yo shall .die in your sins." But, however much we may regret that one occapying tho. highest seat on tho Judicial Bench should publicly oppose .the teachings of Christ, wo arc more concerned to hear of a professor who, from a leading Presbyterian pulpit in tho Dominion, recently told hishearem thai they could practically "cut Daniel and tho Book of Revelation out of their Bible." Is it any wonder that there ia war? Ton of the foremost spiritual leaders of Great Britain gave it as their solemn conviotion "that the present world-crisis points to the close of the Times of tho Gontiles, that the Revelation of our Lord may bo expected at any moment, and that nil human schemes of reconstructionmust 1)6 subsidiary to His becond Coming." It. is our firm belief also that. these mon of God liavo correctly read tho signs of the times. The darkest lionr in earth's troubled history, tho bloodiest hour, the most awful hour of anguish may bo approaching and without doubt the courso of Christianity is being threatened as never before. Yet, to those who hold the truth of our Lord's Second Coming, there is the conviction that tho darkest hour of world experience mav bo tho hour before the dawning, "HE THAT OVERCOME , ! , !! AND KEEPETH MY WORKS UNTO TIIE END. TO HIM WILL I GIVE POWER OVER THE NATIONS. . . . AND I WILL GIVE HIM THE MORNING BTAR."-Kovela-tion ii., 20-28. aro offering— VERTICAL FILES TRANSFER CASES '-■" ■ FOLDER GUIDES, ETC. Aro you fully stocked ?, Wβ carry tho widest range in the Dominion. Cnll or write for illustrations and prices). THE OFFICE APPLIANCE CO,, LTD,, 17 and 19 Cuba Street, WELLINGTON. TT'S n Cold Wintor! But a Leyland *■ Hot Water Bag will keep yor warm. Obtainable ut all leading chemists.