Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-11

before the battle and other stoi1
were given with telling effect.
DIR. REES PLEADS FOR
PRAYER AND BIBLE STUT
At the evening meeting in {
South church DR.. Rccs made an cal
est plea for prayer and Bible stu,
The church was we'll filled and thu
was an excellent musical progla
The chorus Of 100 voices occupi
seats behind the altar and the NJ
wich University boys assisted i,
service. Mrs. Rces showed wond
control over the large body Of
crS.
Dr. RccS took for his text
Times are in Thy Hands, He $
of the tremendous age in which
are living. "Thc speed shown ir
commercial world is tremendous.
said. When Graham White flew
Boston Light at the "atc of a m
minute he said the people wer
founded at the terrific speed he
attained. Now We 20 twice as
throug the air. Express trains
make so miles an hour. In New
City two railroad terminals oc
100 acres of land. The giant
Vaterland carried 10000 soldier
Europe and brought back an
number Of persons from foreign
"Think Of it," exclaimed DR.. l
taking the entire population
town like st. Johnsbuly and Il
porting it to. foreign soil and
picking up the entire population
foreign city and bringing it bac
our shores all on one round trip
is IL tremendous commercial age
He said the times were trcmcn
politically when political parties !
being brought to the mark and
tical dcmayogucs were being thr
out of Office. He said the times '
also tremendously insane when in
year one thousand women were
cnroutc from Chicago to New \
He said it was tremendously In
when out Of every II marriages t
is Il divorce. He said there is
by day and sin by night. He said
declaration of prominent prea
that startled the country might
true that "Men arc. not falling,
have fallen" -.
He said the times were trcmcm
in opportunity. We extend our s
itudc for the tremendous opportu
presented when we buried John >.
leycoln. The times are trcmcn'
in the cvangelistic movements W
arc. taking place in many parts ot
country. There is Il tremendous
portunity to join in ono Of shese 3
movements and especially the :,
now being conducted in your.
city. d..
Dr. Roes declared that the
need for the SUCCESS of the cyang
tic movement was a passion for 81
He said we have passions for mo
| for social position and for othcrth
but we must now have Il passion
the saving of souls. ~
He said the movement for the
ing of souls was unusual in tn;
needed unusual prayers. He a.
how many there are who now
the Bible in their homes, who
the Bible aloud to their families,
consult the Bible for guidance.
said the weakness of man and wo
was that they pray too little. He
the usual situation was in the S
of the Bible. He wondered how n
had a practical working knowleds
the Bible.
"Thc problem of the day is moi
non church-gocr but the non-g
church." he said. He made a st
plea for those within the churc
20 out and by personal soliclE
yet their neighbors and their FRI
to attend the meetings. He sale
fact that the neighbors and fri
were not present was probably
cause no one had asked them to :
He gave Il number of interesting
cidcnts of those who had done
unusual and asked others to joi
the Lords work and how great
been the results"
The first of the afternoon NEE.
in the Rccs campaign was held ]
lay and DR.. Rees gave Il very he
Bible study on the searching que
as thy heart right
In the evening mis- theme
Stock taking
! Dr. Rccs took his text from G
sis $50, "Whcrc Art Thou" He
in part:
"This carries US back to the G
sis of human history, to the very
max of creation, when God ere
man in his own image; intellec
spiritual and immortal. And
morning stars sang tRgether arg
sons Of God sheassN Nj
1 II Il. = ~ III lIisls 4 helpInats. and 4
beran their existence in the gar
mdey the law. OF every tree t