Dr. Torr's Mission.
I)r. Torr continued his mission at Whiteley Church list evening, when ill,-re was a good attemluix.'. The former part of the service w«s til.jn Lu' the Hev. J. Jf. Jluttlc. after which Dr. Torr deliver®! nn addrosS. on "The Religious Sundowner." the text boiug takeh from the paraile of "The Labourers"—"Why stand ye all the day idle here?" The preacher, indicated the necessity for a'l Christians to be actively employed in the work of saving men and women.# The coldness and indifference to this duty on the part of many pWufeSsed Christians was pourtrayed with powerful effect and the address closed with a very earnest appeal to people of all classes to Wring ttios* of their own rank to Christ. Sr. Torr spoke in encouraging terms of the results of the Sunday services, notwithstanding the unfavourable weather /condition*. Special attention was directed to the meeting* on Thursday next for women and girls only in the afterooon, and for men ,a»:3 youths only in the evonlnif, and a cordial Invitation was given to all to attend any of the services in connection with the mission.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7853, 20 June 1905, Page 2
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187Dr. Torr's Mission. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7853, 20 June 1905, Page 2
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