We had a great time at the Officers; Retreat held at Sofitel Mercure Hotel at Johore Baru. We left home at 1.45 p.m. and arrived at about 3.30 p.m. We returned home this afternoon, this time the journey was much quicker as we took the new link and came through Tuas.
The theme of the Rereat was "A charge to keep." The Bible studies were based the words of this old hymn written by Charles Weslcy. We were all reminded of our calling as officers of The Salvation Army.
It wss good to meet fellow officers from the other parts of the territory and share fellowship.
A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify,
A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky. (Charles Wesley)
The hymn is a paraphrase of Matthew Henry's commentary of Leviticus 8:31-36. "We have every one of us a charge to keep, an eternal God to glorify, an immortal soul to provide for, needful duty to be done, our generation to serve; and it must be our daily care to keep this charge, for it is the charge of the Lord our Master, who will shortly call us to account about it, and it is our utmost peril if we neglect it. Keep it 'that ye die not'; it is death, eternal death, to betray the trust that we are are charged with; by the consideration of this we must be kept in awe."
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