The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-03

tian's mission is the evangelization of his followmen;" The Christians min istry must be one of personal work, :" Dr. Lent said in part:
 The steadiness of Christ's life-purpose was manifested in his refusal to be drawn aside by selfish ambitions The temptation to make stones into bread to satisfy his hunger, to leap from ;t pinnacle of the temple to satisfy the ad- miration of beholders by marvellous preservation of his life, to secure mas tery over the world by compromise with Satan-all that he resolutely cast be- hind him. How few can resist the temptation to avail themselves of the opportunity to add to their own power and glory? Was Mohammed sincere when he began his work? Was Dowie, perhaps acting in pure conviction at the start? But who. like Christ. can repress self, for the sake of a mission ? How often, instead, does the star pur- pose fade away, paled in the glare of the light of f-advancement?
 Tn steady strength of Christ's life purpose was seen in the subordination of legitimate good work to the one end, the salvation of men from sin.
 He could and did heal men He was compassionate, and the sight of sick ness touched his heart. But he did not put his work of healing on a par with iilS DIGdCulIS. OldlkHT SdS HIS IllT7 acles Were the bell which he rang to call people together to hear the gos- pei" The poverty and hunger of the poor appealed to him for aid, and not in vain. His compassionate benevolence recalled to Matthew the words of Isa- iah concerning the suffering servant of the Lord, Himself took our infrmities and took our diseases" And yet, we are wrong if we suppase that he put first his ministry of healing. When peo- pie began to throng toHhim, following because, he had fed them, or cured them, he quietly withdrew, and left them. He would not have men blindedto his mes sage to their souls by the Asser good he bestowed. It. is a perversion of tht truth, that puts him forward as a sci enlist. Jesus Christ, scientist" Never He was Jesus Christ, and remains Jesus Christ. Saviour.
 Jesus might have had following as a judge, whose business would be tc arbitrate between man and man. anc secure the rights of the oppressed against their oppressors. Bid my brother divide the inheritance with me. one asked. No doubt there was wrong committed in the administration ol property, then as now. Then as now wealth was unjustly and unequally dis tributed. Social injustice is world-old Jesus was not blind to It. But his worl was not the propagation of social O. economical program. He came rathe to deal with the cause of all injustice sin. Man" he answers, who made m q judge or divider over you?' He cal not attend to that one case. He ha \ a message for the cause of all such diff \ f1culties. Beware of covetousness." Jesus was hailed by large, restles 1 party as political deliverer. Did he no Rome?'' As Messiah. must he not ire l the land given to Abraham, once rule l by David. deluged by Maccabean bloc l in the cause of liberty, and now stil l crying out for another Gideon, or Ju das? They came to take him by fore
 and make him king" And what kin l would he have been, so just, so wise s l mighty at whose word ten legions Q angels and more would appearl l3u he aluded the zealots who would hnv crowned him, and went alone into i mountain to pray.
 These things, to heal sickness, reliev poverty, feed the hungry seek 1ustic for working people, give political lib l erty and righteousness, are all goot
 But after all, they are incidental to req Christian work. Much emphasis is be
 ing laid on the duty of a Christian i
 social relations, and justly But thes
 activities are in our lives. as in Christ's
 but auxiliary and incidental to tn
 one supreme aim, to reconcile men
 God.
 l In speaking of personal work Di
 Lent said
 Our tendency is to trust to machin
 work. Through societies and preachin we work at long range We migh
 learn method from modern bushes
 firms The great Insurance eompanie
 advertise largely. They put lecturer
 into the field But do they trust t
 such methods for success? If you eve
 had an insurance agent after you, yo
 know they do not. It Is personal per
 sistent, argument. persuasion, and en
 treaty that creates insurance business, Our wholesale grocers deal in Iii necessities. Yet they send out salesme 1 to Dursuade retailers to buy by person al work.
 1 The gospel Is a necessity, but " l can't simply preach 1t, and then trus
 it to kind fortune. We must do per
 sonal work. as Jesus did.
 The qualifications needed for evan
 gelistic missions were declared to b
 Spirituality" a spirit that makes fo
 unity; the sense of a mans need of i Saviour; the conviction that the gos
 pei can do it's work, and consecra
 tion." These parts of the sermon wer
 elucidated with force and made
 strng impression,
 Before the regular afternoon ses
 sion the Womans Baptist Foreig Mission society held it's annual meet