The Archive · 1938

Greatest in His Time

He was perhaps the greatest Eng-Hishman of his age, He was a timely gift from God to England as well as to. the world. He swept England with revival movement. He found fed a church which Is today one the largest protestant communion in the world, His influence on the spiritual life as well as on the social life of his day was profound and far-reaching. One thing we must keep in mind is that he was never carried away by emotions, He had the mind ofa scientist rather than of a theologian, He loved truth but he hated "exaggerations, By temperament, he was a sceptic in the good sense of the word, His method was Jalways experimental and practical, As a result of his quest, he had 9 reasonable faith and a warm heart which we so much need today, Two Tibetans Held Shanghai, May 2s With two Tibetans and a. large Jquantity of valuables in their hands, Settlement Police yesterday were looking for someone who speaks [Tibetan to facilitate their investiga tion, The two Tibetans are believed to Ihave served the Panchan Lama, the living Buddha of Tibet" who died whilst on his way to Tibet. The valuables found.in the possession of the two Tibetans are believed to belong to the Panchan Lama.

Informed of their disappearance from Peiping, the Setilement Police had been Keeping a lookout for the two Tibetans. Arrests were made detectives of Sinza Station on the afternoon of May 23 in the French [Concession with the assistance of the French Police. Arraigned before the First Special District Court yesterday, they were ordered to be held under writ of detention, Arrested with the two Tibetans iwas Tsang Pau-kyung, a salesman [said to be employed at 099 Nanking, Road. He was also remanded until a later date for further investigation, The valuables found in the pos session of the two Tibetans consisted lof a jewel box, twelve necklaces, a prayer book, a bank book, twenty! gold rupees, a bag of pearls, $12,116} banknotes, $1,800 banknotes of the Federal Reserve Bank, a _silver sycee, a green stone, twenty" gold rings, a diamond ring, eight ordinary rings, two gramophones, a lady's Jwrist watch, a box containing six. pairs of bracelets, and. numerous: Jarticies of clothing' and other vals lables.

The two Tibetans gave their names! jas Lobsang, aged 25, and Danzin, Jaged 33. Owing to the language diffheulty, as only one of them. could] speak 'a little northern dialect, very' ttle was known of their case, According to information from. /Peiping, the two Tibetans disappear-

"Living Buddha, The whereabouts of the Chinese were pot known. salvation of the whole world, He looked upon all the world sz his parish, but he did not look upon him-Self as the parish priest of all the In the building up of a church, John Wesley was far-sighted enough have Jaid great emphasis on layfteadership and lay-training which Ihave continuously promoted in this In the realm of the love of God, John Wesley made new discoveries fand consequently "the love of God freely offered to all mankind", had become iis favorite theme upon which he preached more than four thousand times, Tt was that love of JGod made him' constantly realize the lever presence of God.

Tt was interesting to note the three main doctrines that were fundamental to John Wesley, namely, first: God's unconditional love to all, mankind, Because of that far-reaching love, everybody therefore, had hope. Secondly: The assurance of the Holy [Spirit because of which man and God Jare reconciled, Thirdly: Christian perfection, With that unlimited faith, he started Methodism, Methodism be-Tonged to him but he did not belong fonly to Methodism, he belonged to [God, He was not and could not be limited by a mere denomination, he was called to the ministry of the Modern John Wesley's John Wesley has passed, but his in-Jauence is stilt here, We can learn Jand grow from his religious experi-Jences. We need men of John Wesley's: Jcalibre in our days, We can be: Jsomewhat modern John Wesleys if we: fare willing to let Christ come into' Jour "hearts and change us and Jdominate our lives, It is up to us to decide what we should be. With the' Jopportunities we have had and with' the religious experiences that we each Ihave, though somewhat different from Jeach' other, we can come and should Jcome to a better understanding God and should have a closer. refiationship with God, thereby pushing' Jour church to a higher level, We: shall do well if after this celebration, we feel that we are attracted by the fife of John Wesley and by his experience, especially in the power of his conversion, we also want to be Tike him in our lives.

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