The morning times., 1896-09-21

| Church welcomed the pastor, Dir. Hugh
| Johnston, yesterday, on his return from
| his six weeks holiday. The morning dis
course was ON the # uturc Life as IL Gave
| New Meaning and Worth to the Present
Life" In the evening he continued his
! Illustrated course on the Harmony OF the
Gospels" the section embracing one OF the
most interesting portions OF our saviour's
life.
About twenty OF the choicest pictures
were thrown upon the screen, many oi
| them reproductions uf the most famous
artists. The hymns sung as the pic
lures were put upon the Canvas
were Jesus the Water OF Life vii!
tive ''''sare iii tue Arms Of Jesus" What
"a Friend We Have in Jesus and Guide
Me, o, Thou Great Jehovah" Nearer
My God to Thee" was sung as a solo by
Miss Gray, and was eAQuIsiIciy illustrated
| Mr. Moray giving some views which he
has Just brought back with him from Lon
DON
The preacher said: THE miracle OF the
feeding of the 5000 deeply impressed the
multitude that had gathered in the desert
To hear Jesus preacn and ON the impulse
or the ent They conceived the idea Oi
proc.limirg him king. But his prompt
strained his disciples to 20 before him unto
the otder side OF The sea. while lie sent
the multitude away. Then he assembled
into u high mou ntain apart to pray.
IN THE STORM
LAS the Disciples rowed storm came
down upon them. Here were they ia i
storm in the very act OF obeying Christ.
From this we learn that God is III nature.
The dispensations OF nature and Providence
are one. What Is Providence? c Cd in
motion. And God II is who sends the
tempest, who is in the storm. We lcafn,
too, that the path OF duty is not always
smooth, nor yet the iath Of obedience
II is not the smoo h road but the night roa q,
Religion offers 10 guarantee against evil.
IL does not ward OFF adversely or save from
Gala nifty.
1t was the last watch Of the night,
between 3 and g O'Clock of the wild morn
ing; the weary boatmen had been tuiiine
at their cars since the evening, and had
only made twC-thirds OF the way across,
when suddenly, close to the toat they "a "
through the @icaIu Of tie water a human
form walking On the sea. II was Jesus
coming to them"
The preacher then showed DOre's and
Lander's pictures OF the entire scene,
Next tErisl ulHCOuTseS COuCerEIuE the
true bread which cpnIeth down from
heaven" he continued '.Sa wing. i am the
bread Of life, He thus likeus himself not
Ia the luNurics but the EeCessaries of life
We need Jesus christ As surely as we
cannot live without bread, we cannut live
truly without Christ Dangers were gath
cring about Him, and To avoid present
trouble He sought the coas Is OF the
heather, tut He conld not be hid. \ Syro-
PhoeniCian woman heard that lie was in
the nrIEhhorhuod ana came to implurc
mercy on Child CrievUusly vexcd with a
devil.
- Lord, help me- she cried
:" 1t is not meet, he said, to take the
ChiilrcHS bread and cast II to Ihc uUEs.'
She owned that she was a cog, still lie
dogs were allowed 10 eat the crunItS that
fell from the ohildTen's table All that
she wanted was crumbs. She had con-
guercd. her child was healed.
'Aputher touching incident was pic
tured II healing the deaf and dumb man,
and also the blind man. who first saw
men as trees walking and then was Per
feCtiy healed. Jesus was CcirE to Fhilippi
1t was close to Dan, the extreme north Of
Israel. Here the great CulIrssluu was
made, when in answer to the question.
Whom say ye that | am Peter an
Swcred. Thou are the Christ, the Son Of
the Living God"
THE TRANSPORTATION
From that time he began 10 show the
disciples how he must suffer many things
and enter into his glory" He has broken
with the past, and after SIX days he took
three of his little band and asCeuGeI one
of the spurs OF HermOn. Here took plaC,.
the scene of the TRANSPORTATION.
The pastor dwelt upon Raphael's great
painting. 1t was the immortal painters
unfinished work. II hung over his bier when
he passed away. worn out at thirty-sevcn
by his immense labors. All Rome mourned
ms loss, The preacher described his own
Feelings. as he stood for the first time
before that painting. 1t was the splenGpr
OF pictorial eioquenCe. and he could imag-
me now and why men SobLed as they
looked upon the beautiful dead fac, OF
the artist, 10 his great unfinished WORK
They came down from the mountain"
he continued I'VE were not made to live
too high up. One day III seven in the III cunt
and then down again. But going down
we can take the mountain withus For what
other purpose are our vOcatoDs, our times
OF change and rest. If you have been away,
bring home with you the mountains and
the sea, the bracing air. the blue sky and
the, singing birds of the country to cheer
and sustain you during periods of service
and of toll So you may take the church
home with you. Garry this Sunday all
the week Never leave the church.
take it with you, and you shall go forth
to meet sorrow, conflict and toll in the
Masters strength" .H..r..r,-. t..a. r ...,.--