METHODIST CHURCH.

Otaki Mail, 29 September 1922, Page 3

METHODIST CHURCH.

VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT. At the Otaki Methodist Church on Wednesday night, the Rev. Dr. Laws, president of the Methodist Church, addressed a combined congregation of the circuit. .Rev. R. P. Keall was chairman, and tho Rev. Watson opened the meeting by prayer. The chairman, in extending a hearty welcome to the president, said that Dr. Laws, during the past two months, had visited must of the circuits in the Dominion, and after visiting Petouc, Otaki, Levin, and Palmerston North, would return to hs home in Auckland early in October.

Dr. Laws, in his address, urged the officials and members of the church to rededicate themselves to the Master’s - service, to apply more personal effort, and to let their sacrifice and service be more intense. This would lead to others joining up in the noble work of soulsaving. A trustee and a Bible student of the church of which lie was pastor had conic to the parsonage and pleaded with him to direct them how they could bring about a revival of religion in the church. He asked them to kneel in prayer and seek God’s guidance. The answer came and within six months 120 persons were added to the church attendance. In other Auckland suburban churches similar things had happened through the agency of one or two devout persons. “Thus,” said Dr. Laws, “this is a better way of winning souls for Christ than arguing outside the church on the principles of utilitarianism.” In conclusion, he urged every member to take up the challenge of the new century of the Methodist Church by building up strong characters, and to enter upon intense and aggressive work in all branches of the church’s activities.