“IT STILL LIVES”

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 43, 15 November 1926, Page 11

“IT STILL LIVES”

i THE WORD OF GOD. The Pentecostal Hall, Vivian Street, was crowded to the doors last night, when the Dutch evangelist, Mr. van Eyk, opened his Wellington campaign. Proceedings opened with the singing of hymns and prayer. In giving an outline of his main religious beliefs, the missioner stated that ho believed that every letter in the original manuscript was an inspiration of God "The Bible does not contain the Word of God," he said, “but J say it is the Word of God.” The message that be was to preach and to bring to them all, said tue missioner, was a message that had life, power, and deliverance in it. He went on to deal with the relation which existed between the Old and New Testaments. After pointing out that the Word of God meant far more to the ancient Jews than it did to modern communities, Mr. van Eyk pointed out that the 01<l Testament was the quartz and the New Testament the gold lying in the quartz. The Word of God would always exist, said the missioner. "Men have endeavoured to destroy it,” be exclaimed. “But they have failed. Critics have criticised the old Bible, but they have failed. Nations arose against it. Where are they ? They have passed into oblivion. The Word of God still lives to-night. It is as a proof of that living word of God that - I am here to tell you of it.” After dealing at some length of the Pentecostal creed, Mr. van Eyk remarked that many people considered that Pentecostal ism was devilisro. “If Pentecostalism is devilism,” he declared, "then thank God for the devil. He’s been converted.”