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#% THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1929 PAGE FIVE "Get the Habit" | | Come to Sunday Worship King Parsonage----Telephone 218 . | " Ww A T : Sunda Come-- Bhool Ts a 8 ening 6.45--3Phg Service,' St. United Cl CHAS. E, CRAGG, M.A, D.D, ML Address: 180 King E, Morning Service--11 a.m. pn--2.30 pm. 7 pm, "THE VICTORY OF LIFE" Strangers heartily welcome at all Services, ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY, FEB. a Churgh=-Telephone 2287 LIEVE" and Bible Classes, Class for Everyone: Service! I St. Andrew's Pr Of the United # erian Church REV. F. MAXWELL, Minister ty, February 17 a.m,~~Morning Subject: y Star ve in shawa?" ES &ehool and Bible Classes, 7 p.m.4-Evehing Subject: "F ighting Against Adujas Odds" "Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together, after the manner of some is, you see the day approaching.' and so much the more, as 11 a.m.~First Com in 7 pam. --P op [ALBERT ST. UNITED Rev. R. A, Song Service. First Baptismal Service. i "THE HILL OF GOD." Everybody ! a attam elcome, yA { First Baptist Minister: Rev, John Gg Also A.M.--"Believe in Me", PM.--"In goriam"' B.Y.P.U. opday, pm. Pray: Wed Meating with n of 8S. S. Lesson B p.m. oir Rehdarsal, , 8 pm. ALL ARE INVITED Fri- i Centre Street UNITED CHURCH 4 REV. W. P, FLETCHE B.A, D.D, ' a em 11 am--" and Progress." 2. 30 Pg School. 7 n.--' The Way, Thefruth, Tae Life." onday evening, 8 m.--Young People's. -- Sunday Christ Cha (ANGLIC | Cor. Hillerott Mary Sts. " BEV. BR. PATTERSON. , 503 n St. , Felypeibry 17 Ey Fonsi Communion. Prayer, ime Their Lessons. fms 4 J 's and Forty 3 p-m.--Sunday,s > ol BEE Ion JYohn', 2 Message to the Revela- She | namely, hs of the Xe to incumb Friday -- 7.30 -- Lan Service. tern Lenten PROTESTANTS OF FRANCE PIONEER MANY REFORMS "The Protestant Social Movement in France since 1880" is the subject of a survey publish in Paris by Dr. Agnes de Neufville, a doctor and barrister who belongs to an old Protestant family. Protestants in France number less than a million but they have been an active and influential minority. As far back as the eighteenth ceptury the fam- ous Alsatian pastor, J. F. Oberlin, had begum to put into practice tue new ideas regarding education, an- ticipating the modern kindergar- tens. Progressive social movements during the past half-century owe much to the energetic lead of Pro- testant reformers such as M. Edou- ard de Boyve. a pionecr of the co- operative society movement. The author describes the estah- Ishwment in the great French cities Protestants of institutions called tes, which, she declares, re- semble the English "settlements" rather than the imstitutiopal chur- ches, for "they act independently of the churches, in order to avoid arousing the suspicion and hostil- ity which very mmany French peo- ple display in their contact with organized religion." Introduced in- to France from England, the Broth- erhood movement made rapid pro- gress and "infused a mew vitality into religion." Tribute is paid to the great social work of the Salva- tion Army in Paris and elsewhere. Believed to have become sudden- ly insane Mrs. John Herbers, of Carrol, Iowa, on Th y beat to death her two sons er. The boys were aged four and two respectively, RAE TE SERVICES FOR THE Special Program Of Evening - Services Has Been Drawn Up Why is Grace Lutheran Church putting on a program of evenin, services? There have been repeate requests for evening services, and now, in order to determine whether they can be' practicably : and success- fully conducted, this initiatory pro- gram is drawn' up. However, the program should not be considered an experiment, Everyone is expected to offer his hearty co-operation, and then the step will not be experimen- tal, The poper way of co-operating is to attend the services, and to men- tion it to interested friends, Especially during the season of Lent, when we review the blessed wrk of our Saviour, we should heel the kind invitation of our Saviour, delightful of all messages, namely His work of redeeming the souls of all sinners, This message of the Son of God dying for the sins of the world has not lost its power to move the hearts of men, It is still "the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, Rom, 1, 16, "his message is too good to keep to ourselves, We must proclaim it. And for that reason there will be evening services, The list of services for the Lenten season is as follows :-- Sunday morning, 10.30: Lessons, Sunday evenings, 7.30: jour Sermons." i Evening services, Feb. Cth: Feb, 17: The avious," Is. 59, 20. Feb, 24: "The | 'reaching - Saviour," Luke 8, 1. | March 3. "The Praying Saviour," Matt, 26, 36. Mar, 10: "The Silent Saviour," Is, 59, 20, Feb. 24: "The Innocent Saviour," Luke 23, 4, Mar. 24: "The Suffering Saviour," Luke 17, 25, Mar, 29: (Good Friday) "The Dying Saviour," John 15, 13, Mar, 31 (Easter morning, 10.30): "The Risen Saviour," Mark 16, 1-8, Rev. A. C. Hahn, Pastor, WHAT OTHERS SAY SPIRITUAL DISCERMENT 127 Barrie Ave,, Oshawa. To the Editor Oshawa Daily Times And thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name--1Isa. 62:2, Doubtless, thou art our Father, Though Abraham be ignorant of us, Isa. 63:16 And his nape shall be in there foreheads. Rev, 22:4, We read in Acts 11:26, that the desciples were called Christian first in Antioch, The preceeding state- ment/proves the name Christian, to be of material origin. The former stat@ments tells us, the new Israel, sh be called by a new name; eh the mouth of the Lord, shall me. 'Che Master, gave no name to is followers, Himself a Jew, it na- urally follows, that they who are accounted worthy, are spiritually Jews. To the Jew first, then Gentile the Gospel was to be preached. The Gentile race were to be given a chance to become of those to whom the Covenant was made, To the Woman of Samaria. "Christ said, St. John 4: 22, 23, 24. Ye worship ye know not what; we know what we worship; for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh and now is, when the true worshippers, shall worship the Father, in spirit and The Gospel "The Sav- 17th-March Redeeming LENTEN SEASON He wishes to set before us the most eration of the ministers, the Daily Times. The Church Page It is the aim of The Times to devote this page every Sat- urday to matters concerning the churches and the religious life of the community. In this effort we invite the co-op leaders of the city. Articles and news of a religious or semi-religious nature, as voluntary contributions to this page will be welcomed, in the hope that it may be made a source of helpful inspiration to the people of Oshawa and district. These contributions, of course, should be distinctly non- controversial, but should rather be inspirational in charac. ter. They should be addressed to The Church Page, Oshawa ® church workers and religious Much discussion is current in Bri- tain about the Bible and as to how it should be read. A statement has been made by a committee repre- senting English headmasters and headmistresses. They consider that religious instruction in public schools should be divided into three stages, For the first stage, for chil- dren starting at he age of about thirteen and one-half, they suggest especial attention to the Christian conception of God, and recommend that this stage should be based on the Gospels, They feel that there is a very real danger that "the Old Testament view of God' should be accepted by the young as being nor- mal, and indeed the orthodox, view, slightly modificd by the New Testa- ment, and are therefore anxious to see the foundation of a truer view laid from the first. At this stage they wish to see the Gospels studied not so much from the point of view of the detail- ed criticism of the text as on broad lines of Christian belief and Chris- tian practice, so that boys and girls may realize that the only Christian view of God is that which Christ held. They suggest that in dealing with the Gospels more attempt should he made to explain and jus- tify the unique character of the im- pression made by the personality of Jesus on His contemporaries, as is done, for example in "Ecce Homo." Prophets and Psalms. The second phase in the view of the committee, should be devoted to the Old Testament, Every boy and girl should be taught to recog- nize, that the main importance of the Jewish contribution to the world lies in the Prophets and the Psalms; and the teaching of the Old Testa- ment hisgory should he kept sub- ordinate to this end. They hold that the earlier books of the Old Testa- ment are better suited for use at English Headmasters Give Views on Teaching Bible Christian Conception of God Should be Made Clear at Early Stages Sok To Correct Other ews, a later stage, when they can he more profitably used to explain the growth of the Jewish conception vi God. This is not intended to de- preciate the use of the great stories therein contained, at the prepara- tory school stage. For the third stage the committee proposes the study of the growth of the early Church, based on the Acts and illustrated by the Epistles and the first chapter of Revalation, They also advise a study of the in- fluence of Christianity on the worl ,not in the sense' of Church histox but "as revealed in the lives J6f great Christians of every genera- tion and in the missionary work of the Church, particularly in its vast expansion during the last century." When Facing Life, Other suggestions offered are: That there @hould be a definite at- tempt, before the pupils leave school, to give a general idea of the relation of Christianity to other faiths, and philosophies: and that, in view of the mental atmosphere into @hich boys and girls will be plunged when they leave school some attempt should he made to en- sure that in their last terms at school "they are encouraged to face teh difficulties they will meet and to realize how many of them are based on mistaken notions of what Christianity really is." The committee add: *"As will have been secn, they feel that dan- ger of what may be called an Old Testament conception of God, though less than it was, is so real and great that at every stage every effort must be made to make it clear that this conception has no authority except where it is in har- mony with Christ's teaching, The committee recognizes that the ef- fort of any 'Divinity teaching must ultimately depend on the teacher." 0) | of Prayer | ® Daily Sonic Deoonon Prepared by Rev Clarence HWlson DD for Commission on Evangelism of: Feders/ Council of the Churches of Christ in Americs. Copyright 1929 in truth; For the Father keth such to worship him. God is a Spirit and they that worship Him, must 'worship Him in Spirit and in truth. " Now what does all this mean, but that when the Gospel has been preached' throughout the world. There shall come forth, out of all nations, a peculiar people, who have given themselves, unreserved- ly; to God. Not to what is mistaken- ly known as God's service, but who ve become subject to God's will. ted and ohn 16: '{ 13. Howbeit, when He the Spirit of truth is' come, He will guide you into all truth, for He shall not speak of Himself; But whatsoever He ; that shall He speak; the Blessed Master before them, will be accounted eventually afilic- ingly a law unto themselves, they will obey mone other than God. faith will be 2 working hypo- thesis, not a dead letter, God will them a God of the liv- When the spirit is awakened and the soul becomes aware of its sep- erate existance, though appearing to live, according to the tenets, of natura law. It is obeying the spiritual law, which sets it free to law of liberty. Brings the sinful one, a feeling of remorse and sor- row, which no earthly power can alleviate. God never punshes. But the soul which seeks perfection and has received the seal of freedom, punishes iteslf, when freedom is abused. through allowing human desire to prevail over divine opera- tions. ELLEN BRYCE. The devotional articles of "The Fellowship of Prayer for 1929" will be published in the editorial page of this newspaper throughout the Len- ten season beginning today and con- cluding Easter Sunday, March 31. "The Fellowship of Prayer" is is- sued annually by the commission on evangelism and life service of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. The author this year is Rev, Clarence H. Wilson, D.D.,, New York, N.Y. chairman of the executive committee of the Na- tional Council of the Congregational Churches and long pastor of a lead- ing suburban be at Glen Ridge, N.J. In the preparation of the sug- ested "Fellowship" devotions Dr. ilson has had the assistance of a committee composed of the national ing the consciousness of unity in worship among people of all the churches. The use of "The Fellow- ship" devotions by individuals and families and at services small or large everywhere is earnestly com- mended to the Federal Council's en- tire constituency comprising twenty- eight denominations with a member- ship of more than twenty million. The theme of "The Fellowship of Prayer for 1929" is "The Christian Heritage." "The Christian Heritage," Dr. Wil- son states, "has these various ele- ments; my relationship to myself, then to my work, my home, my church and finally to my God and Father and to my Master and Bro- ther, These relationships have fur- ished the six general topics of the secretaries or superi of evangelism of fifteen denominations. The purpose of the "Fellowship of Prayer" according to Rev, Charles L. Goodell, D.D., New York, N.Y, ex- ecutive secretary of the Federal Council's commission on evangelism and life service , is to further the observance of the Lenten or pre-Easter season as a period - for deepening spiritual life. and increas- devotions. : "The 'I' which appears in the Medi- tations and Prayers of the devotions is not the. author but the reader. The use of the first person singular brings the thought home with an in- timacy not to be secured by more general terms. It is believed that the experiences recorded are those which are common to all Christians." LONDON MINISTER TO PREACH IN KNOX One of the most brilliant and cultured preachers in the Western Ontario district is to occupy the pulpit of Knox Presbyterian church at the services on Sunday in the person of the Rev. J. H. Woodside, who occupies the pulpit of one of the prominent Presbyterian church- es of the city of London. Rev. Mr. Woodside is widely known through- out the Presbyterian church in Can- ada, and the people of Knox Con- gregation are to be congratulated on securing him to conduct the ser- vices to-morrow. Prince Edward Island Presbyterial of the United Church of Canada, met last weck in Trinity Church, Summerside. . aad 1 SA RE Ten years ago a little group of Finnsh young women organized a church in 'New Jersey, and later called a Finnish woman to be their pastor and leader under the direc- tion of Mr. Bowden, who is in charge of Congregational foreign- work. First they worship- t that they rent- the week was as a social centre for an ever- increasing group. Later 40 girls raised $2,000 to church was subsequently built. Now there is a chapel for religious ser- vices, a social hall and kitchen, and a dormitory whith will accom- modate a number. The church is growing and many Fin- nish families are' becoming me bers. . All the Churches': Bid You a Hearty Welcome 52 Simcoe St, S. Church Of. Bagot St. ON, LL.B. Phone 148 Phone 3128 | AM. EAT WATERS" 3 P.M.--SUNDAY SCHOOL *Y 7PM. "CHANGING SEATS" p.m.--Sacred Concert in Aid of the Welsh Miners' Fund A Hearty Welcome Awaits You Here. NTEN SERVICES ANNOUNCED FOR ANGLICAN CHURCHES With the opening of the Lenten season, the services in the Angli- can churches of the city to-morrow will take on a special Lenten atmos phere, In Christ Church, the Rev, R. B, Patterson, at the morning service, is to deliver a special mes- sage on "Some Lenten Hymns and their Lessons." The Rev. 8, C. Jar- rett, at Holy Trinity Church, has two sermons of special Lenten in- terest. In the morning, he will preach one of a series of sermons dealing with "Friends of the Mas- ter," the character taken for to- morrow morning being St. John, In the evening, he will deliver the first of a series of addresses on "The Prodigal Son." The Rev, Can- on de Pencier, of St. George's An- glican Church, also announces spe- cia] messages appropriate for the season of Lent, C. G.I T. Services at North Simcoe Ch A touch of especial interews Is given to the services in the North Simcoe Street United Chuream to- morrow by the fact that they are to have special reference to the girl's work of the congregation. The members of the C.G.I.T. group of the cliurch are in charge of the services, which promise to be full of profit and inspiration, espec- fally to the teen-age girls of the congregation. On Monday evening, the young people's league of the church will be addressed by the Rev. Captain Best, of Whitby, who is well known in Oshawa as a forceful and elo- quent speaker. / Sacred Concert in Simcoe St. Church Tomorrow Evening Following the service in the Sim- coe Street United Church on Sun- day evening, a sacred concert is to be given by the organist and choir of the church in aid of the British Miners' Fund being sponsored by The Daily Times. An excellent musi- cal program has been arranged for this event, which is worthy of a large and generous audience, purchase a lot on which 2a real || KNOX Presbyterian Church ry rd Simcoe Street North Brock Street . J, H, Wopdside of Stgf George's Ppesbyterian $ p.m --Sunday School, A Cordia)] Welcome Always to Knox Church SIMCOE STREET HOLY TRINITY CHURCH Cor, Court and Barrie fits, REV, 8. C. JA Incumbent 30 Fairbanks St. Sunday, Feb 8 am--H nunion, 11 a.m.-- Sermon. S Servige,, *' Master. P 17 Com- tins and ial Len ends of . John," m. -- Sunday School, 7 ~--Evensor.z and se . First of a series "The of flddresses on Pg¥digal Son." Wednesday evening-- .30 p.m. -- Course of ddresses on "Women of The Bible." "Sarah." PENTECOSTAL | angelintig Meeting 7» 'Prayer Meeting, Frida, # eight o'clock. Committee in charge. Strangers Welcome, tajf Best, of Whitby. Everybody Welcome, é Hl CHRISTA Christ Is Cg the Trihg™o| N . As the "Lion of Juda" to establish : Of God." R Ros 16, 15; 5,5; Maft, 24, b-51; "31- 46; Amos 9, 11-15, "Thy win Be Done On Earth" Pentecostal "Assembly 200 King $t. W. Sunday; Feb Sunday Sche ) a.m. ; 1 am ning Ser- i FP --Evening Sez Gospel Hall 40 NASSAW. ST. . First Church of Christ, 64 Colborne Street d. borrowed or purchased sad periodicals subscribed for. Open on Tuesdays, Thursdays snd Saturdays from 2 to § pm. WELCOME , NSS