‘THINK AND LET THINK”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 826, 21 November 1929, Page 7

‘THINK AND LET THINK”

ADDRESS BY METHODIST CHAIRMAN A BROAD CHURCH “Study the place of Methodism in the Christian Church." advised the Rev. E. Drake, chairman of the Methodist Church in the Auckland district, in the course of an address at the opening of the Methodist Synod yesterday. "That place is a very important one,” he said. “Methodism had always been characterised by a broad catholicity. One of John Wesley's sayings had been 'Think and Let Th i nk.' A Lot hod ism has never possessed aa.v hard and fast form of worship, for it laid always considered the spirit to bo everything and the form a matter oJ second -vu to importa nor. I: was truly a broad < hurch. and • mu nearer to being an international church than any other branch of Protestantism, he said. It proclaimed a full-orbed gospel for every man in every nation, characterised by an exuberant ethical vitality and culminating in a life of holiness and of sound spiritual health. The popular question. “Is the work of the Church worth while ” was quite sufficiently answered by the great benefits enriching the experience of those who complied with the requisite conditions. In all ancient religions, as every strident of com para tve religion knew, there Were mysteries known onlv to the initiated. There were corresponding mysteries in Christianity known only to those who were, willing to pay the price. “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him.” It is onlv m response to trust, obedience and self-surrender that God reveals Himself.