CHURCH PLATE.
LORD BLEDISLOE'S GIFT.
IDEAL OF CHRISTIAN REUNION. [THE PKESS Special Service.] AUCKLAND, November 25. A munificent gift intended as a permanent witness to the ideal of Christian reunion has been made to St. Matthew's Church, Auckland, by the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, and f.nrlv Blf-dicMo 'I hf* ilift of Jt silver chalice and paten, both of a size befitting the large church. The chalice bears the following; inscription- "To the glory of God and in humble appreciation of the movement ir. Auckland toward the reunion of the Christum Churches. Whitsuntide, 1930." Upon the other side are engraved the names of the donors, 'i liarles and Eileen Bledisloe."
The origin of tho gift is of interest. At the beginning of last June all the principal religious denominations in Auckland with the exception of the Roman Catholic Church joined in a week ol services and other gatherings to celebrate the 1900 th anniversary of the d<-scent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. On Whitsuntide, June Bth, the culmination of the week, Lord and 1-adv Bledisloe attended the celebration of Holy Communion in St. Matthew's Church. His Kxcellenc.v noticed that owing it- the large number of conimunirnnts it was necessary for tlie celebrant to replenish the contents of the 'halice and say the words of consecration afresh. It then occurred to him to present the .church with larger communion vessels than those it already possessed, and to make the gift a witness to the ideal of Christian reunion, of which so much had been said during the week that had passed. In oursuance of this plan, in which her Excellency joined. Lord Bledisloe immediately sent an order to the Artificers' Guild of London for a chalice and paten of beaten silver large enough for the needs of 250 communicants. The vessels recently arrived in New Zealand, and have just been received from their Excellencies by the Vicar of St. Matthew's. Both are splendid examples of the silversmith's art and worthy of the best traditions of English Church plate.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20095, 26 November 1930, Page 11
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336CHURCH PLATE. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20095, 26 November 1930, Page 11
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