, 1909-09-22

righteousness and true holiness
This address was followed by the singing
of the second of the two hymns: 80 Lord
uphold us by thy word.
Pastor Westergaard then followed with an
address, which he began by quoting the line
''Haye you any room for Jeeus2' and ex-
pressed the wish that the new building
would prove to be the means of forcing u
way for Jesus in peoples minds. Every
body had room for pleasure, business and
the Ike, but few had room for Jesus Christ.
He heartily congratulated the congrega-
ton here in Basin, and hoped the renewed
building would prove Il blessing to them.
A Danish quartet was then sung.
This was followed by an address from
Pastor Richard Thomson, who spoke as
follows:
Ladies' and Gentlemen. allow me to fix your
attention for a few minutes upon that mar
velous change, which has taken place in the
religious activities cf our days.
"What was the only object Of the ohurch's
work thirty years ago? To save the soul
of man, to save the individual. Well we can
never give up that Christ came to save our
souls, and if we once shall reach heaven, we
must be saved individually. But we see
in our days, that the church Of Christ tries
not only to save the soul of man, a part of
man, but the whole man soul and body
the church Of Christ has not only q message
to the Individual but to the society, it trios
to save the society.
.sWlat has made that change First Of all
the worldwide movement Of today from in
dividualism to socialism. Half a century
ago we gave the freest possible scope to
the individual in the industrial and ecOnomI-
cal life, and what has come out Of 1t ? The
present social conditions, with enormous for
tunes for a few people and poverty and dis
tress for the greatest part Of mankind. Pro-
lessor Huxley rather shocked the world
when he told us, that the survival OF the
fttest was not always the survival of the
best. but he told the truth, and now we see a
change from iudiyidualIsm to socialism go
ing on; the god not Of the individual bUt of
the commonwealth is the warcry Of today.
Secondly science has taught us a new les
son about the intoIuep endence OF body and
mind. We have believed almost for Centu-
ries, that body and mind were independent OF
one another, but now we know, there is q close
intercourse between them. We understand
now, that the health OF the soul depends in =
certain degree on the health of the body; bad
surroundings, bad housing OF the people,
degrading poverty, toLin& for the bread
from morning 70 ulSIl, III 5CILOI9 N''N 'b1NS
for the evolution Of the soul, for q spiritual
life.
Thirdly we have rediscoyored the teaching
of Christ concerning the Kingdom Of Hea-
ven. The object o. Christ's life was not only
to save individuals, but to establish II klpg-
dom of heaven, here on earth, the great goal
of his work was TO transform this world to be
the kingdom of our Lord and Of his ChIist.
"And now what are the fruits of that change
in the religious work ? l shall mention only a
few, the institutional Church A. ia America and
specially the University Settlement move
ment in the English speaking countries.
'Some of the most inspiring evenings Of my
life have spent IN the famous University Set
Element, Oxf I'd House, in Bethual Green, in
the Eastend Of London. What is the object Of
the Settlement TO provide a centre for
religious, social and educational work, and
[ wish you had seen how they try to realize
that object. What an activity, clubs for
men and boys, debating societies, social
gatherings, bible classes, religious discus
sion meetings, different classes OF %iustruc-
tion and SO On.
"Whata band of workers the best students
from Oxford and Cambridge giving up a life
Of comfort and pleasure and study for sery-