MISSIONS TO SEAMEN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 212, 1 June 1908, Page 9

MISSIONS TO SEAMEN.

. There worn"-largo .'congregations at- tlw 1 Mission!!'to'Seamen Cliiii'eli yesterday, when V ilie, now,-pine-organ' \vas 6pei'ied. lu tln».. moming'-'.at'-ll Jh'.' Laurence Watkiirt, Musi-' ■Bac., presided at tho organ, and Mrs;' J. : Lowis sang the solo, "0 Rest in the Lord" . .'(Mendelssohh). : Tl» Missioner (Mr. J. 'Moore) 'preached, and' tho. lessons were "read ' 4,y Messrs.:' 0; •p. Pow'les. and .Baleottbo Bro'wn; At'the-'Orening service Jlr. Maugliah Barnott was the organist, and ' thif .solo, "Angels over bright and fair" (Halldel), was taken by, Mrs. B. M. Wilson. Mr. Moore preached,/and Messrs. :E. 'L, Burgess 'and J. S. Cunimings read the lessons. Mrs. ,51; A. Williams unveiled a tablet on tho \orgau,,r\tith tlio inscription '.'Gloria ;in Kxcelsis- De 0...,,, This, organ. was presented by the friends'and workers of tho Missions to Seamen, Wellington, New Zealand, May, 1003." " ; 'At S;3O Mr. Gardiner, gave a sa'o- ■ retl i-ccital oii the.organ. , ' . • Tlie iV'mbiilance meeting at the Missions to Seiiinen on Friday attracted a largo mini- . ,ber of people... The Missioner (Mr. J. Moore) occupiecl I 'wic" chair, and during the evening gave several,instructive hints relating to first aiil and'.healtlr matters. Competitions wore , held,' being won by sailors from ships in port. Mi-. J.-W.-'Cnrr-provided an eseeUcn't'.pro-. gmWu'io'iif ViiW'sic, tlie following' coiitributin.g " 'itdnißMrs. Carr,. Misses Mils'ohi', Messrs'. Carr, Milsom, I'argettei', and •.'ASkwith.: Carr \'acted .as pianist: l A ' Vdt6 of thanka Was accorded the ptoformers.