MISSION SERVICES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 85, 11 April 1911, Page 8

MISSION SERVICES.

AT ST. PAUL'S. The midday Anglican Mission services were continued to-day. Meetings for women were addressed at St. Paul's, and for men at St. Peter's Church. There was a large congregation of women at the 12.20 meeting, which was addressed 'by- the Rev H. J. Blackborne, _ who _ impressed on his hearers ihe solemnity of Holy Week. Every day this week Christians should dwell on the great atonement made for them by the Good. -It was well called^ Hory Week, and they should do all they could to get away from the business of the world and snatch some moments for spiritual reflection. The suffering c-f Jesus Christ on the cross was the culmination of a life of suffering; but physical suffering was not to be compared with the suffering of bearing the "burden of the sin of the world. What a terrible thing sin was when it caused such suffering as the Lord experienced in the garden of Gethesemane. But what a comfort it was to know that He <had the power to cleanse us of sin by His blood. Not only from the guilt of sin could He cleanse, but of the power to sin. Our lives were surrounded by temptations to siu, but this temptation could be conquered by belief in the power of God. The preacher urged that his listeners should this week thank God for sending ! His only Son to bear our burden of I sin. The second meeting was addressed by Archdeacon Harper. ST. PETER'S CHURCH. The services for men were continued at St. Peter's. There was a fairly large congregation. when the Rev. -R. H. Hobday, Brooklyn, delivered an appealing address after noon. Rev. E. W. J. M'Connell, Khandallah, was the preacher at the eecond service. He dwelt on the moral laws of God. Since Christ had suffered on the cross God could forgive the breaking of the ten commandments, but not that of His own moral law. These laws carried with them a, fearful punishment. And what did God require of us? Not merely the observance of the ten commandments ; not the' letter of the law ; or of any law ; not the stereotyped code of respectability. He required of us acceptance of His forgiveness and His mercy. The Anglican Holy Week midday mission services conclude to-morrow. It zsproposed to make them annual fixtures. To-morrow will be the last opportunity of publicly hearing Bishop Wallis at the 12.20 p.m. service at St. Peter'e.