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of the State Endeavor work, a fast friend, and had his membership in his church at Berkeley. It. was my privilege at his ordina tion to give the charge to the Evan gelist, taking my text from God’s call to Moses in Exodus, chapters three and four. In reviewing his life, what could have been more appropriate than this theme ? E very S ervant oe G od should have 1. Divine Authority. He must be sent of God. " “ Come now therefore and I will send you.” —Ch. 3 :10. 2. Divine Apocalypse. A revelation of God. To Moses He appeared in the burning bush.—Ch. 3 :12. 3. Divine Ability . Conscious help from God. “ I will be with thee.”— Ch. 3 :12. 4. A Divine Anointing. An unction from above. “ I will be with thy mouth.”—Ch. 4:12. 5. A Divine Attraction. Someone to lift up and point men to. “ I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Ja cob.”—Ch. 3 :6. 6. A Divine Attestation. God’s seal upon his service. “ What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.”— 4:2. Tom Hannay had the consciousness of Divine Authority, he believed he was sent of God. He had- Divine Ability. God was with him. He had a Divine Anointing; the Spirit of God touched his lips. He lifted up Jesus Christ as the Divine Attraction. The Divine Attestation to his ministry is to be found in the thousands of lives that have been changed through his testi mony. A princely leader has fallen. We shall hold the memory of this sweet, strong life in the sacred pre cincts of our hearts as long as we live. Since his départure, many have volun teered for service in his chosen field. The call comes to us from the grave o f our brother in the distant land, and from the millions yet unreached.
felt-that better quarters were needed and we helped him to erect a chapel in which Sunday school and evening services were held. It was my privi lege to attend a gathering there and to see personally how'his manly, self- sacrificing life was telling upon the hearts of the people. When he left Mojave a gold watch and chain, given him by the people, testified to the place he had in their hearts. Saloon men and bartenders and their families united in testimony to his faithfulness and o f their love for him. For two years he labored among the Christian Endeavorers of the State as Field Secretary, Yoked with Paul C. Brown, he gave himself heart and soul to the work. It could be faithfully said of him, “ in labors oft” he spared not himself, for he rarely rested. Had he known that his life was to be short he could not have la bored more indefatigably. The young people loved him and opened their hearts to him. In one year, together with Mr. Brown, he reached a record of 1400 confessions of Christ by the young people, besides the hundreds of Christians who made a full surrender of their lives to the Lord.- . During the visit of Mr- Charles L. Hurlburt, Superintendent of the Afri can Inland Mission, to this city in 1911, he heard the claims of British East Africa and immediately offered himself for service in that land. The need of Africa was woven into his messages from that time, and its claims were brought to the attention of the young people. As a result, a large number of volunteers are registered throughout the State. His applica tion, together with that of Miss Fran ces King, his fiancee, was presented to the Council and they were both ac cepted. Their marriage in July, 1913, was followed a month later by their departure for their chosen field of la bor. Tom Hannay found in Dr. Lapsley A. McAfee, pastor-counsellor
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