Today and yesterday in New Rochelle . roundsand envelops all. 8 TODAY AND YESTERDAY The word Welcome on a church doorproduces the same effect upon the passingstranger, that the sign of the American con-sul does when he sees it in a foreign coun-try. It quickens his heart beats and he hastens toenter, for there he feels he can get news ofhome; he can tell his troubles and, if neces-sary, receive assistance. And so, let us pass the portals of the churchof John Calvin, hoping that we may becheered and refreshed by so doing. JohnCalvin we are told was a stern man, yet, letus hope that under that o
Today and yesterday in New Rochelle . roundsand envelops all. 8 TODAY AND YESTERDAY The word Welcome on a church doorproduces the same effect upon the passingstranger, that the sign of the American con-sul does when he sees it in a foreign coun-try. It quickens his heart beats and he hastens toenter, for there he feels he can get news ofhome; he can tell his troubles and, if neces-sary, receive assistance. And so, let us pass the portals of the churchof John Calvin, hoping that we may becheered and refreshed by so doing. JohnCalvin we are told was a stern man, yet, letus hope that under that outer shell he was askindly as those men of Scottish blood whotook up and followed his teachings for somany, many years. They, too, were oftenaustere and forbidding in appearance; still,under the crust, so to speak, their heartsthrobbed warm and tender. And so, as wesit in the pews waiting for the services tobegin, a hush falls upon us all, a feeling ofawe, a feeling of expectancy, a feeling as ifwe should do as Moses did, put off our. IN NEW ROCHELLE ^ shoes from our feet, for the place in whichwe are seems holy. We feel as if almost atany moment we might hear the rush of wings,and when the quiet tones of the organ beginto steal through our senses we realize, in-deed, that the Spirit of God is here. Andsomehow, as I sit and listen, the Spirit of himwho wrote, The Cotters Saturday Night,seems to come and sit beside me, and I feelas though the minister should begin the ser-vice by saying, **Let us worship God. Andthen when the music dies upon the air andthe sermon begins, the Spirit beside me seemsto warm and brighten the atmosphere aroundus, and the same kindly sympathy that madeits home in the heart of Burns, seems to per-vade and take possession of the hearts of allthe congregation. It is not at all infrequent either, to observe inthe sermon a sparkle of humor like that withwhich Robert Burns was blessed; and whenat the time of one of those sentences in lightervein, I see a ti
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