ANGLICAN GENERAL MISSION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 927, 21 September 1910, Page 8

ANGLICAN GENERAL MISSION.

SERVICES AT WADESTOWN. SMission, services wore'again hold at. •iSti/Luke's; Church, Wadestowhj' yesterday. well tended,-'and' tliero was a very large', con-; ;gregation;^bp^;of;; chil^rfiiiand.; their .eldefsi; at .the.(special. diildre'nis...service :ih';;the afternioon:At sbr-. vice the'. congregation'. wa;s again very : ;large. Mr. kiuloch,. after, an instructive address upon tlie subject .of repent-. ance leading to the forgiveness 1 of. sins, -jjreached;'a, po'woifrtl : : Atonement.",.- The addresses, were direct and most impressive. -At an aftermeeting,. .most. ,of .congregation solemnly their' l !baptismal vows. .Thofihal'mission "service will take place Luko's this evening;, and a special ■thanksgiving:: Communion/service: is to (be held to-mprro>v; moining.at 7.30 a.m.. ■This afternoon, at St.'; Anne's, Northland;'; a special children's service will bo .-., v. TOWN HALL MEETINGS.* : Full particulars. will be: found in our advertising columns regarding' tho mass meeting' to -be held in; the Town Hall on-:Sunday ( ;. afternoon,-.next in connection, with' tho .Anglican General Mission. A successful choir practice;ivas, held at, St. 'Paul's pro-Cathedral last.night, and the. final practice. will take' placo at the Town Hall on Saturday-afternoon at 4.15 o'clock. All taking part are requested to- attend and additional volunteers,- especially-;male voices', - would; be welcome- Other ■ airangements; in connection with the . mission; will ; be announced on tho arrival of ' Canon Stuart, the leader of the mission, from Hawke's Bay.- . I An excellent 'illustration . ol' tho very secondary place , which' is being, given. by the ,'missioners' : to ritual : matters is ;provided by,'a private.letter which has been (received in - Wellington. (Referring: to: the services conducted by the Rev. J. C. Fitzgerald at-'All Saints;. Auckland, theHvriter states:' "I:went, last Sunday to -hear Mr. Fitzgerald. He'is a splendid'speaker, ind has a very fine voice: Ho is deadly (in earnest. He must be .very Low Church indeed, for; 1 have novcr seen an Anglican clergyman conduct ' a service like he does." As a matter of fact, Mr.. Fitzgerald is a pronounced High Churchman, and belongs, to the Community of the Resurrection, the members of which are sometimes . referred .to ,as the "JVlirfield Monks." . - '