PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1703, 3 August 1875, Page 4

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NEWS.

The Neio Zealand Presbyterian Church IPeius for the present month is now ready, and contains the usual amount of instructive matter relating to the church it represents. The leading article treats of the union of the Free and United Presbyterian Churches, which must take place sooner or later. The sermon of the month is on the important question. " What shall I do, Lord '!" by Key. Wm. Macrae, Waipu. The discourse, though brief, contains several salutary suggestions, which readers may profitably take to heart. An essay on "Time" by an amateur author, is of a serious nature and worthy of attentive perusal. A paper on the "Revival," brought about by the energies of Messrs. Moody and Sankey, will be read with interest, as a record of the movements of those gentlemen is various parts of England. Some very interesting correspondence of certain questions, intelligence of the United Presbyterian Synod, iv Edinburgh, in May last; and reports of the district churches of this colony; will be found of special interest to members of Presbyterian churches. We would also draw attention to a literary curiosity on the last page of the present number; viz., the oldest christian hymn, supposed to have been written by Clement of Alexandria, in the year 150. The style and refrain of this pious effusion will remind the reader of the national anthem, which appears to have been modelled after the original style of St. Clement. It will be seen therefore that the present number of the News is equal to any that have preceded it, and forms a complete record of the progress of Presbyterianism in New Zealand.