THE SABBATH

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20492, 7 May 1938, Page 20 (Supplement)

THE SABBATH

NOTHING LOST Nothing is lost that is done for the Lord, Let it be ever so small; The smile of the Saviour approveth the deed, As though ’twere the greatest of all. Nothing Is lost that Is done for the Lord, Let it be ever so mean; Many may tout count it as trifling Indeed, But Christ sees the motive within. Nothing is lost that is done for the \ Lord; He will approve and repay; Oh for a heart that is longing to serve, ! And labour, “while yet it is day!” | —A.M. j THE PRESTIGE OF THE BIBLE , “We are constantly reminded that ■! in this country the Bible has unfortun- [ ately lost Its prestige. For quite sud- j denly the idea of the uniformity of j Nature has become one of the fundamentals of the thinking of all classes in the community. Marvels used to be accepted as a matter of course. Miracles were deemed essential to religious evidence, and now science has : created a wholly new outlook, so that children smile at alleged events which ; our grandparents regarded as solid , credentials of belief. When such a ; change has become well nigh univer- ; sai in two generations no little dis- j quiet has been caused. I think ve j need not he discouraged. J.e* us ro • ! feet upon the immense di. tress c iuseO by the new astronomy three centuries and a-half ago when men first realised that, in spite of the Scriptures, the earth is not the fixed centre of the universe. Such distress passes. The present distrust of the Bible will vanish when men realise that we should go to it not for marvels, hut for moral truth and spiritual inspira- . tion.”—Dr. Barnes, Bishop of Birming- ! ham. - | CHRISTIANITY BLOCKS DICTATORS “The one organisation which seems i 'to he able in any way at all to stand j 'against the forces of the totalitarian | states,” the Very Rev. W. R. Matthews, : I Dean of St. Paul’s, London, told the : 'National Liberal Club in London, "is! j Christian communities.” j l “The Communists, which were. I j | suppose, prelty nearly half the German j , Nation when Herr ICtler came into j i power,” he continued, “have vanished; i to all appearances, like autumn leaves ; before the wind. ••The communities which are still ; standing in the path of successful : tyranny are Christian communities and they are standing because they have this" conviction, that the society to which they belong is not a merely j voluntary society, but is one with foundations which go beyond this pre- i isent world altogether.” he declared, j i -The relation between Church and ] State is one which is bound to come to ? j the fore in every civilised community.” j 'he went on. “Let us hope that in free ; countries like our own the problem will \ be faced in a reasonable and brotherly j spirit. But faced, I think, sooner or later, it has 'to be.” (