THURSDAY JULY 10. 1921
THE LOST PROPHETS.
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more rare. The simplicity, free dom and spontnaeity of the early religious He and Christian worship encouraged the exprcise of the gift. The Apostolic injection "desire spiritul gifts but rather, that ye
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of Umbrin recognised the prophét in St. Francis of Assisi, he Florentines in Savanarola. | Eighteenth century Bighand wres the stone of the prophetic labours of Whield, Wesley and other
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At the Wesleyan Church, last Sunday, the Rev. Clouston Porri prophesy (1 Cor. 14 wits preachers. There was as much of taken serialy by members of the the prophet in William Booth as Church." The giler olhe proplets | there was of the "General" I will pour out of My Spirit was not it closed order. The India and Tibet to-day the Sudh upon all flesh
and they lurination and inspiration of the Sunder Singh of the yellow, rohe shall prosphesy Sets 2.17-18.
misarul sperren stories of the "Desire spiritual gifts but rutlordinary Christian bong the is on the most recent of the
cherished privilegič of thự nêw em↑ prophets. The inspired prophet season in Thames II. Thee's notable | that ye may prophesy," 1. Cut of prophesying
may be the exception in the Chris drum, of the newspaper world, The early simplicity of Christian tiun Church but if the promise and “Her Reputúfim," which comes to The preacher's ide, discourse
worship was ttxr simple. In the precedents of the Early Church the Coronet, Theatre this evening follows:
The first impression, which the progress of religion the Church and been fulfilled the exceptions ifte fenture attraction for the beginnings of the Christian religion develped order, and orders and would have been the rule: her mest -w days. The Southern produced upon contemporary organization, and elaborate and in sous und her duughters would hate beauty is played by charming little posing ceremonies, which restricted; praphesied and ordinary men and May MaAvey who besides further servers, would be the list in free exercise of the gift of women wou ve been eariched proving her ability as an actress luus sian croated by the same religions?
The eld Conflict in wisdom and utterance." The the care to display some very upon present day Friend or critics, prophesying
between prophet, and priest found a progress of the Christian religing pretty. Spanish costumes and to Christianity is progressive, but
fresh arena in the Christian Church has been consistently aspiritun demonstrate her skill as cancer.
1. pogress the prophet began by The wedding day scandul it wor and history repeated itself. Ghör in his Progress of being misunderstood and later, hy
be linking to divulge here; since it ligion" says: Prophets enan-being redz un account of while he is the keystood of the story shows
however imposing it Lay be in its development, it has ant het al progress. We hear of failure al we see failure; we seek the vanes
in the present hutsutue of thate religion and prests reis contribution to the progressing how a young girl is sacrifind suspect that they are to be found enslave it. In every man there is the Church às been irlegülar and in the past. The harvest of dis, some element of proplet and soute limited. cnitent my separated from the priest, and tifnidity, routine, the sowing by many centuries of Else of yours tid jo atrophy the Church history,
"i prophet in all of us abd to develope The story of the beginnings of The priest." The Uhristian religion contained in f
The fate of the earliest Chris fiat, prophets was id'd taisinider-
21: Prond chapter of the Acted, the fate of the later and permits us to see the founders with more disastrous consecuenetą, fly appeared to the rwd, heshi
was to be ignored. From the fields, musembled qu Meritsale to zvisltate, the Härsést
fastival, The impressious of festive tuultiinde may be worthless, it may be the incinsidered juk-century and misunderstands it. ment of the mob but sympathy and The plaint of the ordinary mo Insight may enable us to discover to-day is that the Christian religion sie rality underlying the appene in striking contrast, to what it was auce and some truth in k Tabout the begiming is Videyless.com Hmpression.
well as powerless and spiritless.
The 20th century, inay, not j "despise prophesyings" but it w prats On attitude of the 1st
We must bear in mind, however, that the crowd at Potent was ignomut of a spiritual crisis which had occurred in this life of the
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to the great god news. The Mi sissippi River flood is a remarkably, Spectticle, a whole, villages being swept away with its inhabisnis. These scenes were taken by spocini | arrangement with the muffurities in charge of Laguna dan in Arizona who agreed in open one of the gigantie dood gutie and inundate the surrounding country. Haan interest is supplied by the that the two young people whose
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Sees it not, weither bears its thundered Wore." dongly McKema in his Reminis genes" writes: "Tis more than thi for the young liberals of twenty years ago to recognise that the liberat With had lost its prophets, and that this proplus
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The Christian apostles waited at Pentecost for the Voire. Expetant faith mist be restored. We must believe that thuil ik mot unconcerned about the things flat most quncern us: that He is
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Hongkong is supposed to have. its share of lounge lizards, poodle- fakers and other quaint tribes, but luckily it has few if any walk-offs. A walk off is. the name for a pen- ailess society bounder who sponges on his friends for his upkeep, ard" judging from the example portray- ed in the Star Theatre's new feature film. he is unpleasant person indeed. picture has been "adapted from the famous Broadway stage success and has been aptly nanied "The Walk Ofs." The two people "thus designated are a brother and
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Apostles and of happenings in an application to present needs of same fist their firul fuith it upper room, and that it is our anciently „Jormulated - Christian knowledge of these, dings, whichef principles. In this application of is more than time for the Chris makes intelligible to in, the emid. † fuch, principles the Church as fian Church to recnoise the low
skwn herself to be trulitional and loss of faith has lost to her the ļ The holiday-maker- saw a stamil conservative, The man in the voices of the prophets. "God is group of men in a state of exaļu- street asks why Were the Christian { Dot thumb but the religious mun | ** Lion and enthusiast. speaking | prophets silent during the agitation today is not listeningin. excitedly, uttering strange words. For the abolition of slavery: the ebgew prophet, was a patient and publishing the wonderful passing of the Factory Arts, and works of God.". The signs wore | The Rłuration Acts! familiar enough to many of the be wind" and; we quotes from an crowd whose experience of harvest | article in the Christian World Test vids gave them understanding, entitled "The Man in Die Street.",
These iner, said the molars, tai the Churel has áng ratne tej are full of new wine." They are alcoholically irresponsible. Solve
social reformation or cast believe that God is salicionify respondent. they would have regained in deliverance. We confess that the concerned about us, about our Ahong the secret imchines of sister, the brother fully deserving taispicuous as the disciples of an Church must bear the blame, Her-tasks, our problemos, our hopes and the experimental pogrine of the epithet, having lived on his impostor Prucified "at the previous duty to
wife's money until she divorced the world was to be a our despairs, that He will reveal the Frendy tiovernment air sehim to "teach him a lesson feast : sober, they would have pre- "School of prophets for which to us His Will with such clearness is a carrying type of aircrats, flirting. The sister on the other པདསྨན་པ་"
which has neither engine nor pro-hand Has courage and spirit served a prudential silence about high purpose she was entrusted that we know the Voice," tragic incident to which any refer-wil spirnnat gifts of proptery; it
This faith is needed to by as
peiter-in-the-ordinary sense. *- aplenty, and it is her romance must be pwwwative and was said of her at the beginning urgently as it was the beginning of the parts which promine owner from Kentucky that
Inside the hull of this machine with
a quiet forceful young prilous. *Drunkon." "They tenker I will pour out of Aly Spirit opam | The Christina cera, but it must le extravagant chins, which didy all flesh,
and tiny shall the faith of all, of the politician, combustion chamber ad ejects it of the picture. In addition to the dores gas minder pressure in afforms the chief love interest wineandamed imagination could} prophesy, ** It ratst be admitted the social reformer, the industrial rearward into the air through extremely interesting story, the that the neglect of this Christin magnate, trules mion" officials a series of specially designed nozzles, full dramatic and comedy strength Peter's reply is familiar: Wedury has been responsible, for the workers, a faith insistent and cara mot drinken us ye suppose," | INS 10
wo are not under the influence of gifts most, necessary in onder ve tasks 10 do, and problems to the winged. "weket" tsp fashion displays, the dresses all the Chanel of spiritual patient which will lead thus who The reaction to this caseless dis of which is barely hinted at in the
charge will, it is calculated, drive scattered allusions above, wine, but snovost by the nightier, fulfil her mission to the world. solve into the audience clamber of influence of The Spirit of God. "The dearth of prophets and the the Father of men, where
greater. Han the fastest attained being the last word in charm and Our new experience is the fall-inilure of prophecy, however, is as counsels are made known. Anus,
with propeller-driven aeroplanes. expense. May Allison plays the 41279321 of a old promise. The liable to be exaggerated as the the prophet, was not less a soriul
Theoretically, it has been worked leading role and her performance prophet Jord had said At it dearth of Christians and the fire reformer.. The Lord God rerealet out that a speed as great as 370 is generally said to be the best of shall come to pass in the last days of Christianity. The prophets are His Secret unto, His servants themes ar should be possible her career, alike for her personal saith Gad; I will pour aut ̧mystif Aither hiisunderstood or prophets," the secret which-Ainus
by this system, which is called charm and for the freshness of her sparit on all s
ignored. The crowd at Pentecast learnt was also concerned with the jet" propulsion, hin such extreme acting. they shall prophesy. The day believed as gid Peler "That holy way of social righteousness.
performances will not, naturally, Ensi dawngtl," "all the Lorth's people; men of God in the old time sake Ve return to the Apostles at
be attempted in preliminary trials. ware prpplicts."'
the as they were moved by the Holy Pentecost,
overcome dificulties in The inauguration of Christianity Spirit, what they could not be prophets. What the crowd saw and sending and aligning it is pro- was sigmfised by an outburst of lieve was that the men they were heard filled them with amazemes would be unched by a hydralic Through the non-appearance of
the ckel-plane prophagy. Ordinary men and listening to could spook as they The explanation of the markers
accountaut, one of the women became the mouthpieces of were proved by the same power, was a mookery. They were cutpils, and land at the end of its an
most important the Spirit of God, the voice of the Men to-day are prepared to believe ignorant of the secret of the elevated wires,
Hight on some arrangement of prosecution's
witnesses, the case in which Lam prophets, the' voles of God. fong] in the inspiration of the baly chamber. The apostles, the
Tak-yin, a partner in a druggist silenced was again to be fieard. apostles but not iù un inspiration women and brethren had "con
concern at 233 Hollywood Road, is We know it is the fate of the common to all believers, who lined steadfasily in prayer."
charged with embezzling several prophets to mismidlerateral. receive the spiritual gift. It a Tamination comes and the Vaier speak in the name of the Tadjourned without evidence at the hundred dollars, was again ad- Happily it was by a festive efowa paurs to us that only an nem is heard in the upper room. They claim no monopoly of "wi Kowloon Magistracy yesterday full of good humour that the first luck of faith and reason can mutke Some of our politicians, social and dom or utterance."
afternoon. Christian prophets were the mis possible the pre-occupation that economic reformers are learning the
The beginning of the Christian Mr. G. R. Haywood, prosecuting understood. In the presence of art has been silent. His voice un-use of the upper room," they Church was signalised by an out-on behalf of one of the partners, Such a crowd Peter exercised the heard, and His counsels unkouw are taking their tasks and problem burst of prophecy, it carried with asked that the adjournment liberty of prophesying."- Mis- since in those fur off days He where they hold Communion with it the promise of # divine should be granted for the witness understanding is the endliest stage spake to "His children though the Father; and wait for the illumination and inspiration com to be subpoenaed; if application in the prophetic career, when Sun" and through His servants the illumination, and inspiration of the mon to all believers. The Church were not granted he was afraid understanding comes the prophet Apostles. It seems to us that only Spirit of God. Jus. become heroie and tragie those who have no knowledge of
failed to preserve that simplicity the prosecution would have to The crowd heurd
withdraw, strange and freedom of Christina life and memory. The claven followed in history can have no knowledge of words, and a stranger message worship essential to the cultivation defence, said that it was for the succession the prophet, herald of the Christian prophets. loly men but they were ignorant of the and growth of the Spirit Court's discretion but he could the Christ, the Master Himself of God, preachers, poets, and re Spirit of flod by which the minds prophecy, Thure exists to-day not recall a case in which the we revere their memories as formers have appeared in all ages of the Apostles had been Christianity that strange anomaly prosecution applied for as ad- Apostles. prophets and partyrs. of the Church's history when "dic lightened- and by which their illumined
uninspired journment to subpoena one, of The Atorin of persecution which religious life of the people Im inspired mossage was made the preachers, teachers, and lenders, their material witnesses. If the suged round the early Church revived, when men have hüngered message of God.
Christians while outside the churches the case were adjourned the com failed to break the succession of and thirsted for the word of God, beliere in Christian prophets although it and when hen have been filled illuminator but not as the inspirer Zion, the inspired artist expresses
Spirit inspired poets sing the songs of plainant should pay his client's added to the number of martyrs, with a passion for fighterustienis), of prophets, who are un neede
His Worship said that he had the truths of Chris only power to award $5, expenses. Strangely it happened that in the and truth-lly inen have appeared to-day. The quakers are wiser, tianity and the inspired musicians He would adjourn the case that followed their voices in whose message the people have they believe in the ime light bring to earth the Irmonies of reduce defendant's became less clear and the prophet heard the võier of God." "The uni and the "inspiration of those who heaven..
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