My Dear People of Zion:

This is probably the last letter I will have the privilege of writing to you and being so I would like to say something that would be helpful to you. We are all apt to dwell upon the past and Zion has a noble past of which any church might be proud. Such a past al ways furnishes material for inspiration for the present and future work. It is well that it should be so, for your present is to a certain extent the evolution of days that are gone, but there is a dwelling on the past that is nothing less than morbid Our activities are in the present and future and it is upon the present and future that we must chiefly dwell. There is a profound truth in St. Paul ’s words that forgetting the things that are past we press forward to new attainments. Zion Church begins a new epoch with its new building and new equipment, and its new activities should not be measured by anything that it has done. It should strive with might and main to do greater things for the Kingdom of God in Charlottetown and among humanity.

There are four things I would like to say as I part from you. The first is, HAVE THE SPIRIT OF COURAGE. We are naturally creatures of fear and we shrink from great undertakings but if we attempt great things for God we can expect great things from God. Men of courage and enterprise like Paul and Luther are the men who accomplish great things in the world and it is the same with churches as with individuals. Let Zion Church be a church courageous, active in all enterprises existing solely for the good it can do.

The I would have Zion BE A CHURCH OF FAITH. All true courage is based on faith in the unseen yet realized that behind its work is the spirit of the living God and it is faith in the presence of an almighty power that gives heart to courage. The Church that has no faith in spiritual things, that does not realize the real presence of Christ, is already a dead church. "Lo, I am with you always " said Christ, and it is this faith that makes us smile at difliculties and in a new strength overcome them.

Then, Third/y, I would IIA VE THE SPIRIT OF LOYALTY. I would have every member and adherent of Zion Church realize that his first duty is to this congregation and be faithful in his attachment thereto. This does not mean that Zion Church is superior to other churches (may the good Lord keep us from a pride such as that) but it does mean that Zion Church is the sphere of my church activity, and that Zion Church is my Church home, and Zion Church calls me to work for it, and that if I fail or am indifferent to my work in it, then the work of Zion Church is crippled to that extent. Loyalty to one congregation often means the broadest charity to Christian work in every form.

Then, Lastly, I would HAVE THE SPIRIT OF UNITY. In a large congregation of strong-minded men and women there are bound to be diversities ,of questions. That is a healthy sign. In the multitude of counsellors there is wisdom, but when two or more strong-minded men get Filled against each other and neither will give way, then you have

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