ELLIOTT MISSION

Evening Star, Issue 22440, 10 September 1936, Page 1

ELLIOTT MISSION

SCOTTISH EVANGELIST'S ADDRESSES A largo congregation was addressed in tbe Burns Hall last night by Fred Elliott, the Scottish evangelist, who took for his subject, ‘ A Zoological Vision,’ from the ■ text Acts x, 12. Peter, on the day of Pentecost, opened the tgates of the. kingdom -of heaven trir' lhe''Jews.,' PeterUvaa .on the house- . top praying when Tm saw a sheet, knifr"-. at the • four corners, let down to the earth wherein were all manner or animals, representing the different classes of people on the earth. (1) Tha domestic animals. represented bile, devout people of which Cornelius was an example. Natural goodness would not satisfy God’s holy claims nor procure a place in heaven. It should be easier for a devout person, to trust Christ than for the man who was down in the gutter. (2) The second class of people were those represented by the wild beasts. Those people who were like the demon-possessed man of the Gadarenes out of whom Jesus had cast a legion of demons. When the inhabitants saw the man “he was sitting at the feet of Jesus clothed and in his right mird.” No matter how low a man might sink in the social scale, when he came into touch with th© Lord Jesus he could be saved and made a member of the Church of God. The Gospel of Christ could save men. and ( women of the wild beast type just as surely as those who were _ high m tpe social scale. ’ (3) The third class_ pf animals were creeping things. God cursed the serpent by compelling bun to go on his belly. This class represented those who were -seeking riches while they had time to think of nothing higher. Such men were to ;be pitied because they had never heard the Gospel message. Gold, did not satisfy the heart’s desires. Christ said: “What shall it profit a man if ha gain the whole world and Jose his own soul?’’ Men had given up fortunes for the riches that Christ alone could give. (41 The fourth class were “ the fowls of the air.’’ Fowls in Scripture represented what was evil. Christ spoke of the fowls of the air devouring the seed sown. This was the work of the modernist who tried to destroy the value of the sacrifice of Calvary. Men who tried to destroy God’s Word and banish God from the land were represented by tbe fowls of the air. Yet tbe Gospel made provision for these for many were known to, 3m ve been saved and were now preaching the Gospel to their fellow-men. (