A MEETING FOR PRAYER.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1932, Page 5

A MEETING FOR PRAYER.

■" JL,meeting'for prsiiaa. and prayer; to, God is held' every Sundayv.afternoon ;at.' 3 o'clock in the pf -, the . X.M.C. A., but is -not otherwise connected with the" Young- Men's Christian Association. .It is open .to jail Christian men, and women ■of.' any or no denomination. t , The • Rev. Dr. Christy (Anglican., hospital chaplain) ig expected, tp deliver;a" short address at ito-morroTv's. 'meeting \on ''Our God Is Able." Canadian papers recently report an appeal to men of faith by the Hon. R. B. Bennett, Prime Minister of Canada. Addressing a;;■ large ; meeting, in connection with the United' Church Missionary Congress, assembled in convention at Toronto, on.'lst' October, Mr. Bennett asked:"How'could present difficulties be joy'ercpme? Some people looked to Governments, and said they must do it; but men and women (he continued), it will be one way only—-by you and me, ourselves, and.by no, one .else. It is what the individual.will: ;do that will determine the issue." . (Continuing, Mr. Bennett stated: "The grace; of.God saved England in; the eighteenth century. And lam firmly convinced that, nothing but the grace of God will save.this world. You may talk about your eccjndniic theories, the application of . the 'gbld; standard,1 the: demonetisation of silver, balance of trade exports and imports/but ■ one' thing only will save Christianity, and that' is .the grace of God! That is my conviction. The challenge to'-the' world to-day' is a challenge to the whole of ' Christian civilisation. Canada with its 10,000,000 of people could do a great: deal. 'By evidence of faith and confidence; in the future we could indicate our belief that. this depression meant to try us .by fire J that we, may be purged from selfishness and filled with a realisation of. bur responsibility to our neighbours." ''' ''!"■' ; ■■"■■'"■' ■:■ ■■