MISSIONERS FROM ENGLAND.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 898, 18 August 1910, Page 4

MISSIONERS FROM ENGLAND.

AN INTERESTING ANGLICAN C.QM- ' . • MUNITY;.

Among the passengers due to arrive from England by the Turakina next week are Canon E. A. Stuart (of Canterbury, Euglaud), the Rev: H. V.. Stuart '(prebendary of,Lichfield Cathedral), and the ltev. J. C. Fitzgerald (of the Community of the Resurrection).' They are >to take part in the Anglican General Mission to be conducted in New Zea.and. Canon E. A.-Stuart, who is the leader of the mission, belongs to the evangelical party in the church. He is well known throughout England as a preacher and speaker. He is to conduct a mission in the Wellington T.own Hall in conjunction with the Bishop of Christchurch (JDr. Julius), .commencing on Sunday, September 25. Canon H. V. Stuart will conduct missions at Karori (October 1 fo G), Eastbourne (October H to 16), and Pahiatua (October S to 12). One of the most interesting personalities connected with the mission is the Rev. J. C. Fitzgerald, a distinguished High Churchman, who is to conduct the mission at St. Peter's, Wellington (assisted by the Rev. G. C. Cruickshank), from October 1 to October 10. The Community of the Resurrection to which Mr. Fitzgerald belongs lias been brought into prominence recently by the striking address given at the World Missionary Conference by the Rev. W. H. Frere, the head of the Community. The Community resides in a large house on the outskirts of Mirfield, a small manufacturing town in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The grounds almost adjoin Kirklees Park, a placq famous for its association, with the Bronte -family, and well known to all readers of "Shirley." Fartshead is also near by, where Patrick Bronte was'curate. 'The first head of the Community was the present Bishop of Birmingham (Dr. Gore). Mr. Frere is a recognised authority on the Prayer-book, and the "Mirfield Manuals" have a very large circulation. At the present time a son of the Rev. Mark Guy Pearse is one of the brethren of the Community. Another member' is Dr. Fiwis. a-'distin-guished historian, editor of several volumes of Lord Acton's Lectures and Essavs, and a contributor to the Cambridge Modern History. Some time ago tho Community were accused of socialistic ideas. Mr.. Frere explained that as a society they had no politics, but that each member was at liberty to express his own opinions on such .questions.