The herald., 1897-03-01
CHRISTIAN WORKERS CONVENTION
An English Evangelist Glasses Theosophy and
Spir!taa ism With Nihilism

The Christian Workers convention
/ that has been in session the past three
] OF four days in Simpson tabernacle
I closed last evening. Three services were
held during the day.
/ MIR. Henry Varley, the London evange-
list, filing the pulpit on each occasion.
In the preliminary Bible reading at the
morning service. he was rather severe
on the Sunday paper, which he said,
"debauched the mind. encourages the
aters, amusements, and all that is OPP
posed to God" He was thankful to say
that in England. from Lands End, to
John O. Groats. there is not such thing
as paper on the LoId's day.
The text was taken from the twen-
tieth verse of the Epistle of Jude. In
the passage read" said the speaker,
there are five principal points mem
toned, building. praying, keeping, ex-
pecting The first has reference to
Jude's faith and in the original has to
do, not with the structure but with
the founda ton. The better the super
structure built on bad foundation, the
worse ii is for the structure itself. In our
faith let us never forget, that better
foundation hath no man had than the
faith that is in Jesus Christ.
when you reject the light the dark
ness comes in; that is why all the falla
cies are entering that come to your
Shores nihilism. theosophy and spirit
ualism. The wrath of God abideth with
the unbeliever.
However much you may think lightly
of unbelief. remember it is the most
terrible looking forward to judgment,
and fiery Indignation
The speaker alluded to the rejection
in the schools of this country and Eu-
rope of the theory of creation as re-
corded in Genisis, under the influence Of
the evolution, led by Darwin and Its
contradiction by Virchow, the highest
living scientific authority. There never
was a time when the line of demarca-
tion between belief and unbelief was so
clearly drawn. The more we leave the
bad part of the world to itself, the bet
ter for ourselves. Jesus Christ Is Gods
center of gravity, if He is not competent
to accomplish the changes we desire In
society, ii can not be done by temperance
or any other agency. If the devil were 10
come to Los Angeles, he would be q
perfect gentleman, suave of manner,
cosmopolitan in his tastes and shake
hands with everybody.
I'VE are not only to build up our most
holy faith, but we are to pray in the
Holy Ghost; prayer should be fervent,
persevering and effectual. Whilst 1 am
speaking to you the holy spirit is pray
understand that the holy spirit has
possession of you. through the Holy
Ghost. If the holy spirit is not COM
forting you. it Is because you are not
walking according to His will. Thou
sands of people know nothing of the
Holy Ghost.
Keep yourselves in the love of God,
for it is in extent wide as the ocean itself.
When you know that God loves you
perfectly, it will cast all fear out of your
heart. The divine love is perfect and
God comes to you and asks you to abide
in it, 1t can never change; keep your
selves there; don't let anything move
you from that.
There is to be the looking for the
mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ. The
worlds greatest need is a competent
ruler
What is to be done with the corrupt
men filling positions in great corpora
tions; where are you going to get the
power to deal with them? Are you to
have anarchy? Let the Lord Jesus
Christ settle these things. Isn't it
sad thing to see that the people of God
are in a small minority everywhere? If
Christians were to be as one there Is no
power could stand against you. Where
God is, where His love is, there must
be power. l believe Christ's coming is
near His second coming is due, there
lore expect HILL
The subject of the address of the af-
ternoon was the irrationality of unbe-
lief. First that unbelief is necessarily
ignorance of the divine government,
practically it means denial of divine ex-
istence. Human society is constructed
upon the basis of mutual confidence and
that involves reciprocated trust Were
there not this widespread diffusion Of
trust among men, society would be in
capable of continuance. If men refused
to confide in one another our social life
would be impossible; commerce could
not be carried on; family life would be
estranged and to. n to pieces and society
in a chronic state of evolution. If mu-
tual confidence denied produces such
condition among men, distrust of God
is more disastrous in its consequences.
Every appeal made by God and revealed
in His word is both reasonable and right
and born of the facts of experience.
The subject of the evening address
was the "Prodigal Son." the central
thought brought out, God over all,
blessed for evermore."
song service preceded the afternoon
and evening meetings, led by Mr.. Frank
Wallace, upon whose shoulders the
mantle of Phillips, Chaplain, McCabe,
Sankey and other sacred soloists seems
to have fallen.
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