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...exemplifying the ideal of simple trust in God. In our own day genuine Christian faith is at once a vision and a venture, yet, although its visionary character leaves room for possible doubt and makes it seem perhaps fantastical, history has shown, as in the case of Rome before Christ's coming and of China today, that when men lose this visionary trust a low moral state is the inevitable result. With Christ returned the vision of God and the possiblity of redemption. Today the things that keep us most from practical faith in God are engrossing worldly occupations...
...PAUL'S SOCIETY.- There will be a Corporate Communion of the St. Paul's Society in Christ Church, on St. Paul's Day, Saturday, January 25, at 8 o'clock a. m. It is hoped as many members as possible will be present at this, the yearly service of the society...
...BURNHAM, JR., Leader.ST. PAUL'S SOCIETY.- There will be a Corporate Communion of the St. Paul's Society in Christ Church, on St. Paul's Day, Saturday, January 25, at 8 o'clock a. m. It is hoped as many members as possible will be present at this, the yearly service of the society...
...lost when Adam fell. There was another vesper hour, when Christ called unto Himself the sick to heal them of their wounds. And He is still bringing His healing power to the spirit of man today. He gives joy for sorrow, and peace for despair. It is better to live upon the heights of our time than in the lowlands of antiquity. Let us thank God for all these blessings, and, above all, for the Christ who made them possible...
...Tucker spoke upon the subject of repentance, illustrating his sermon by telling how John the Baptist and Jesus Christ called their hearers to repentance. He went on to show how difficult it is for all classes of men to really repent. Some cannot reach the individuality of their sin because they are a part of a great army which sweeps them on in its progress and restrains them from acting independently as they might if they were alone. Others fall into a kind of mental indifference from which they seem to be unable to rouse themselves; they can not throw...