ANGLICAN MISSION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 930, 24 September 1910, Page 8

ANGLICAN MISSION.

•« — V . TO-MORROW'S MASS "MEETING. Tie Anglican General Mission will make a start- in Wellington city-.'to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon, with a great mass meeting in tho i'own Hall, at which the speakers will be the Bishop of Ghristchurch (Dr. Julius) and the Rev. E. A. Stuart, Canon of Canterbury, England. With two such able and eloquent-men on the platform,- tho audience;, is certain to hear much that ii helpful and interesting,, .and it .is siire'_.tb be expressed in a fresh and striking manner. Bishop Julius is, wellknown throughout New Zealand as one of the foremost preachers in the Anglican Church; who is equally at home in the pulpit and on'the platform.- He has. an ;unconventional and. telling'i.way of. ; making - his.points;' and possesses' that, power of gripping and holding ;an; audience which is so essential for a riially '-siiccessful' public ' speaker. He -is .. also .. ;i man. who understands men. Canon Stuart has made a name for ,himself, throughout- England as; a, great mission;, preacher, and took a prominent part in the Mission of Help, which paid a visit to' the-Anglican Church in South 'Africa ' after : the great- unscttlement ;caused : by the war.- In his public school and, university days he excelled in athletic sports, being captain of the cricket eleven- at -Harrow; and. of. St. John's -boat fon -.the river" at . Cambridge. , In to; his ; 'successful parish work ho - has for many , years conducted a. weekly service at • St. Mary-le-Bow, London,;, for: city; men, which has attracted crowded congregations. He is •'a; cleari "direct, and, forcible speaker, 'having a style 'of '■ oratory -'which i enables' him to make his meaning "nn•mistakably.. clear, -;and to drive home jhis points in a.convincing manner. His addresses at the Cathedral in Auckland 'drew- crowded /congregations. 'Indeed, all'the-, inissioners seem to have made, 'a deep impression'in' the i nprtheni city, and the services now being held in the diocese of Waiapu ■ have been. equally well attended.. -V.- ~ The Town'Hall'meetings will bo oon- • tiriued at midday, i and ■in the evening during' nest- week,, particulars of which will;be found in- our advertising columhs. . ,-; ; ■ 'A - rehearsal for the choir is to . be held ■ this ■ afternoon' at. the Town ■ Hall, at a quarter past-four._ A full-attend-ance is - earnestly-, desired. 1 • There :• isstill room -in -the-choir for a few; more ladies;, and'the conductor (Mr. Robert Parker) would .also be pleased to additional .-male- .voices.- : ( 'i' ; The ' stewards'; members. ofoommit-, tees, and other workers -: in conncctior with the , mission aro . invited to . meet Canon; Stuart at - the Taranaki Street M ission Hall this afternoon at .3 o'clock. The Bishop of Wellington (Dr- Wallis) will-preside. . \ -' ; .J