The KESWICK CONVENTION 1932 PUBLISHEDBYAUTHORITY OF THE COUNCIL NOT FOR RESALE Reproduced by the X-tended Missions Network By the authority of The Keswick Convention Not to be reproduced THE KESWICK CONVENTION 1932 NOTESOFTHEADDRESSES REVISED BY THE SPEAKERS PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE COUNCIL PICKERING&INGLIS Printers and Publishers 14 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C.4. 2.29 BOTHWELL STREET, GLASGOW, C.2 29 GEORGEIV,BRIDGE,EDINBURGH He is Mine LONG did I toil, and knew no earthly rest, Far did I rove, and found no certain home; At last I sought them in His sheltering breast, Who opens His arms, and bids the weary come: With Him I found a home, a rest divine, And I since then am His, and He is mine. The good I have is from His stores supplied, The ill is only what He deems the best; He for my Friend, I'm rich with nought beside, And poor without Him, though of all possesst: Changes may come —I take or I resign, Content while I am His, while He is mine. Whate'er may change in Him no change is seen, A glorious Sun that wanes tot nor declines; Above the clouds and storms He walks serene, And on His peoples' inward darkness shines All may depart--I fret not nor repine, While I my Saviour's am, while He is mine. The Keswick Convention THE INVITATION IN humble dependence upon the Lord we invite you to the Convention at Keswick for the deepening of spiritual life, to be held from Saturday, July 16th, to Sunday evening, July 24th, next. We acknowledge with thanksgiving to God the unfailing presence and working of His Holy Spirit in these Convention meetings from the days of the Era Convention in 1875 until the present time, and we praise Him for all that He has wrought. Nor will He fail us now, for His desire is toward us and His resources are infinite. We earnestly ask that there may be constant and believing prayer for those who shall bring to us the messages of the Lord, and for all those to whom they shall minister, that the word spoken may search as a flame of fire, revealing those things that mar the life and grieve the Holy Spirit, and causing us to put them away. He calls for yielded hearts and wills, not to restrict, but to emancipate our lives, for the yielding is to Him "Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto Himself a people for His own possession." Thus by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, making our requests known unto God, " the peace which passeth all understanding shall keep our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus”; and, when we gather together in the Convention, we shall End the Lord to be in the midst, and He will grant to us the quiet lowly spirit that waits upon Him to hear what He shall speak. On behalf of the Council, R. B. STEWART MAY, 1932 Chairman PAGE THEINVITATION, 33 SATURDAY, 16th JULY COMINGHOME,--------------- 47 God's Desire for His People, - Mr, R.B.STEWART In Harmony with God, - - Bishop TAYLOR SI SMITH, SUNDAY, 17th JULY THEDAYDIVINELYGIVEN, 31 TheDivinePortraiture,- - Dr. S. B. GORDON, - 63 Paul'sTwoVisions,- - - Mr. A. LINDSAY GLEGG, - 59 The Gift of the Abundant Life, Dr. W. Y. FULLERTON, - 73 MONDAY, 18th JULY A DAYOF BEGINNINGS,---- 8 THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN —1, The 1 Beginnings of is Christian Life, - REV. JOHN MACBEATH. 43 A Picture of the Christian Service, - REV, W. H. ALDIS , - 94 The Impotence of Omnipotence, - REV. G UY H. KING, 99 The Discovery of God, - D R .. S. D. GORDON, 103 A Keswick Apologia, - DR. W. Y. FULLERTON, 110 A Mighty Man of Valour, R EV. W. W. MARTIN , 115 TUESDAY, 19th JULY THE TOWN AND THE CONVENTION 123 THE OF A CHRISTIAN — II, The Characteristics of a Christian Life, Rev. MACBEATH, 723 The Cost of Sacrifcial Service, - Rev. W. WILSON CASH, 134 The Forgiveness of Sins, - - Bishop LINTON, - 139 A String of Blesseds, - - Dr. S. D. Gordon, - 144 The Story of the Elder Brother, Bishop TAYLOR SMITH, 151 The Divine Commissioner, - Rev. E. L. Langston, 156 WEDNESDAY, 20th JULY THEMOUNTAINPATH,---------------------------------------------------------- 163 The LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN —The Resources of a Christian Life, - Rev. JOHN Macbeath 165 The Three `` I's," Rev. GUY H. KING, 175 The Charter of Calvary, Dr. NORTHCOTE DECK, 180 Walking with God, ------------------------------------Dr. S. D. GORDON, - 185 The Danger of Drifting, Bishop Linton, 191 The Life that Abides. Rev. W. H. Aldis ....................... 196 THURSDAY, 21st JULY THE CONVENTION AT PRA YER, - 203 THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN—IV, The Duties of a Christian, - - - Rev. John Macbeath 205 The Purpose of Redemption, - - - Bishop.TOHNTaylor Smith, 214 The Threefold Truth of the Holy Ghost, - Dr, W. Y. FULLERTON, 219 The Triple Life of Power, - - - Dr. S. GORDON, - 224 The Divine Command, - Rev. E. L. Langston, 231 Crowning Christ King, Rev. W. W. MARTIN, 235 SERVICE AND CONSECRATION, -------------------------------------------------------------- 243 MISSIONARY HOSPITALITY, - - 246 THE MISSIONARY MEETING, 247 THANKSGIVING AND FAREWELL, 257 SUNDAY, 24th JULY TheLivingGod, - - Dr.W.V. FULLERTON, - - 261 The Present World Outlook, Dr. S. D. GORDON, -- - 267 5 THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SOCIETIES, PHOTOGRAPHS-The Speakers, Dr, Fullerton, the Missionarles, 50, 58, 246 GENERAL INDEX, - - - - - - 277 The Keswick Convention Of 1933 WILL (D.V.) BEGIN ON Saturday, July 15 AND END ON Sunday, July 23 SATURDAY JULY 16, 1932 Coming Home 7.45 p.m. – Opening Meeting GOD’S DESIRE FOR HIS PEOPLE Mr. R. B. STEWART IN HARMONY WITH GOD Bishop TAYLOR SMITH Coming Home THE Keswick Convention is a great home-coming. During the past two days, trains from north, south and eat, motor coaches and cars on the roads that lead to the Lakeland, have all been bringing their burden of happy men and women who are "coming home" to the little grey Cumbrian town of Keswick. The heart of the mountain lover beats more quickly when he catches the first gleam of the rugged peaks or granite crags of the land of his desire; and even more quickly beat the hearts of thousands of Convention people as the train begins to take them from Penrith along the last Stage of their journey, or the car swings through the last few lovely miles that lead to the birthplace of their souls. For such as these, Keswick is holy ground. Much has been sung and said of Lakeland, and the theme is inexhaustible: it is one of God's own poems, and Keswick, with its fairy lake and encircling mountains, one of its loveliest Stanzas. The poems made by men about this land of lakes and mountains have been poems of crystal purity, for the mountains, like the sea, purify the thoughts and words of men. Keswick is a place truly meet for the awakening, Strengthening, and uplifting of souls. All through yesterday, and to-day, people have been coming into the town to be absorbed, with no apparent effort, into its pleasant homeliness. Every house in the grave little Streets near the Tents would seem to have its complement of visitors, some of them folk who come year after year to the same house, sure of a welcome. Many more have yet to arrive, but a modest computation puts the number already in Keswick as well over five thousand—five thousand Christians gathered together in Christ' Name! It promises to be one of the record Convention gatherings of recent years. As the hour of the Opening Meeting draws near, there is a general movement in the direction of the large Tent in Skiddaw Street which seats over three thousand people. Before eight o'clock it is so well filled that one wonders what will happen when the Convention really gets going on Monday. It is early yet to form an opinion as to the character of the throng that fills the great Tent, but it can be said that at least a fourth of that 4 THE KESWICK CONVENTION, 1932 vast company is composed of quite young people. Keswick's glorious Brigade of Youth will this year maintain, and probably increase, its Strength and hopefulness. At the other end of the life-scale are the veterans of the movement, and one recognises with joy many familiar faces, beautiful with the peace of the life in Christ. Some of these have their fighting and working days behind them; others are Still going on, Strong in the Strength of their Master. But the bulk of the huge assembly is formed of men and women in middle life, who have come to Keswick for a period of Strength- ening and refreshment in the midst of their Strenuous lives at home, and in the Mission Field abroad. Some of them look very tired to-night; the Stress of the time is telling upon them, and is doubtless responsible for the presence of many a peace-maker at this year's Convention. The world has been proving almost too Strong for them: Therefore to whom turn they but to Thee, the ineffable Name. Builder and maker Thou of houses not made with hands! What, have fear of change from Thee who art ever the same. Doubt that Thy power can fill the heart that Thy power expands? As the week goes on, there will not be nearly so many tired and anxious faces—our Lord would have none at all! The meeting is just what an opening meeting should be. The Chairman, Mr. R. B. Stewart, takes our thoughts far beyond the Cumbrian mountains to places in this and other lands, where those who have received blessing at the Convention in former years are praying for those at Keswick to-day.