Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-22
UPLIFTING PROGRAM At
CONVENTION OF CHRISTIAN
AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE
Part of Easter

In an address entitled The Wings
of Dove" at the Christian Mission
AIRY Alliance convention meeting on
Monday afternoon, Rey. James Scovill
evangelist, drew a beautiful COMPARE
son of the life of a dove as symbolic
| of the teachings Of our Savior. In at
tributing TO the dove the beautiful
qualities of peace. purity, love, con-
stancy. fellowship, wherein that they
cOngregate in focks. and many other
fine qualities. he showed the teach
ings of Christ. Speaking convincingly
of the power OF Christ in us to lift us
UP out of the scrddness of this life as
on the wings of n dove"
Rev. James Scovill in his kind. SYM
pathetic manner. his soft. musical
voice, held his listeners charmed with
the depletion of his subject.
Rev. c. c. Ryan, missionary from
Africa, with maps to indicate the sta
tons wherein his brother and he had
been operating in their pioneer expe-
rience in Seria Leon Soudan, gave a
fine lecture. AS he told of Gods OPEN
ing in response to prayer of land
wherein no white man had ever yet set
foot. the hearts OF the people were
thrilled: the wonderful fact that in
most of the stations there was always
some native who was able to interpret
their message to them and they were
glad to listen and wonder at it all.
Rev. NFm. Franklin of Old Orchard
followed with an address on Divine
healing and the atonement. Mr.
Franklin said we should understand
that the atonement was that which
Christ wrought on the cross as our
substitute, and he bore as our substi-
tute that we should not have to bear
it. He bore the guilt of our sins tina
we should not suffer the penalty of
sin. He also suffered to deliver US
from all sins. He also More our
sicknesses that we might put all our
sickness on. Him and we be delivered
from it.
Rev. Franklin spoke of Isaiah 1914
1910, that the word translated grief
was rendered sickness in all other
parts of the scripture and that in Mat
thew s, Is and II our Lord so inter-
preted.
The evening session began with a
song service at which the male quartet
rendered two selections which were
greatly enjoyed.
Rev. C. c. Ryan OF Soudan, Africa
spoke briefly of the secret society of
that section OF the country. He
spoke particularly of society known
as the Leopard Society which offered
human sacrifice. This sacrifice was
10 Kidnapped. The persons who cap
tured the victim dressed in leopard
skins with iron claws. In closing, Mr.
Ryan showed the need of prayer
that the people of Africa might be
delivered from Satan's power repre-
sented by this society.
Rev. James Scovill spoke on Thou
Shalt Be Like Watered Garden
The analogy between natural and
spiritual is very marked. A garden
does not become such of itself. God
made the Christian. The soil of a
garden must be broken. So the soul
needs to be broken. The roots of bit
terness and hardness must be taken
out. The garden must be rightly To-
Gated. Christians must not try to live
in the shadow of the world. The soil
must be cleansed from sourness. The
soil should be wen enriched. The gar
den needs to be we'll watered. The
garden needs good seed. 1.-THE seed is
the word of God" All weeds must be
taken out A good gardener is needed.