The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-03-08
LAST SERVICES
OF DR.. REES
ON SUNDAY
The Services Well Attended
Notwithstanding the Bad
Travelling

| Despite bad street conditions c&us-
ed by the blizzard there were three
large audiences at the Rees meetings.
| Sunday. In the morning at the North
church the aubicc, was "The Master
is come, and calloth for thee. That
God "calls' men is shown in history,
in the Bible, and in experience. Such
calls have a threc-fold purpose; first,
for pardon. Blind Bartimaeus could
not be stilled as he cried out "have
mercy upon me-" There are many
today who arc spiritually blind, to
whom Christian truth haa no mean
ing, to whom sin is not selious. Jesus
has the some soicitude today to heal
the blind OF soul if you will cry out
"have mercy Gods call is also for
service. As with Moses, the place
whore God calls Us is Holy ground;
with us also should be the conviction
II am that | am hath sent | you.
Many here have received sight at the
hands OF Jesus, but what have Yet.
been doing since you met the Master
| have been for four weeks in this
beautiful town, filed with cor1fclt
able homes. | have no. coveted
those homes, but have coveted you.
What could be accomplished here and
in all this region if you respon led
fully to Gods call DO you know the
ioy of service? There were never
such opportunities and such needs for
Jealous Christian actively as today.
And God never calls a man but He
also opens the way. There are in
Vulnerable homes and lives that neeI
kindly Christian ministries. Are va
TOO busy? But what is your life for
but to do the Masters will? Gods
call is, in the third place, a call to
consolation. That was the meaning
of the text: these were the words of
Martha and her sister by their broth
ers's grave As Christ came to them
in answer.to their glievous need, 50
He will come to all lives bereaved',
lonely, and discouraged; even those
who have buried their hearts in some
grave His grace is sufficient for you.
How does God call us? BY His
spirit, who is ever pleading for en-
trance, that He may strengthen, COM
fort and inspire your life. God calls
by His love, which is greater than the
love of even mother or wife. He calls
by the Word of Revelation. Your
churches for generations have pro-
claimed the Christian Gospel in your
hearing; you have the open Bible J
you know its meaning, you are not as
though you were living in Heathen-
dom. You are responsible because
you may kno w the truth-if you will.
God calls you by the Christian church
which bears witness in your midst to
eternal velites. He calls you by
your home, by its Christian culture,
you by His Son. The country about
here is not unlike that "'~''+ '~''usa-
lem and | can imagine Jesus standing
on one Of those hills, and, as before,
crying "How Oft would | have gath
cred thy children together, O st.
Johnsbury as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wing-and we
would not" God calls US by His pro-
vidences. Mr.. Moody once had a man
come to him and say: 81 was an in
fidel. l lost my little girl, and I
dreamed that saw her in company
of white, and she was stretching out
her hands to me, and saying, "this
way, papa, this way" | tried to find
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