THE ANGLICAN MISSION .

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 934, 29 September 1910, Page 6

THE ANGLICAN MISSION .

: -9 — ADDRESSES TO MEN. "THE ONE EVERLASTINGLY DI3- :-. SATISFIED ANIMAL." ':Thoroughly .practical,- and •oharactcr* '.. ' istically:7£orcible was. the address. deliv«'. ered to a meeting; of men in the. Town . "i v Hall by the Bishop of Christchurch (Dr, .-( !■!'/•'■' . Julius)'' yesterday ,at midday. , /' . .:/■ . i. ': ■>That :''Maii "docs7not live" by bread alone, but by everyword that/procecdetli'/. \ ; ' out of;the mouth of God," he expounded •'. • • during the* course of his twenty minutes' - ' /.. address, to a m'ost'attentive'./audience.''He;;.;///': had: once been told, he . related of his ''•■ '. experiences ■ in : a poverty-stricken '-parish; in Loiido'n, that the; best way .. to/'.foster'vi v \ the spirit of Godliness in' tlie hearts. .;. / of 'the■;projld''iras-'.'tbV.bepn' , 'by''w t feding"'V'''v.;v : .' the : poor ' beggars." /'_ How far ' was' such : -/,/'.■; a policy; sound? 'ih' I New; Zealand" 'they';had, liohe of the poverty which /clouded the slums of /London./V.'Were they ,- any better-off, "spiritually?. The whole •' truth of the matter was. that /man/was-i 'the ono./everlastingly/.dissatisfied / ;::'./ in God's universe.., His,'millennium'of ; .•. material/satisfaction-; and/coritentedness ! ; of • ; >, mind was always' a .'thing of }he future.- /v/i/: He' might ..think- to-day that: if ho had but ,<£soo a year he ,would ask. for :noth- , ing. more. / If he ./got:; it i/to-morrow; ;h/e- ■■ i; !'-f would. not be satisfied. They had- been ; ; ; i. : /told by:; scientists, that the time', was.-rap- v f idly.; approaching''-. when .-.the\iburden 'of ;./.'. y ;.'i j: labour, .would be vastly . lightened v'^byj;"Amechanical substitutes ■ for/ ..brawn . \an(( /' ./, ' ■ muscle, that they would ba *abl& to -get ' along with two hours' workV per day./ 7 Would man be satisfied/then?/{^tophafe:/;«;;//; ally, no. Wealth, material riches, were,. / / after all, the; merest .of side issues. No ; : man could acquire repose of mind and " *. complete -satisfaction with, his lot. unless ho had a little piece of God in his heart '/'- '■'•// The Gospel in its relation to : everyday' ,'; life was- the burden of t-hoearnestaxv/ ;/' ■dress/which/was delivered by Canon Stm art to the business men's, meeting in tin i Town.Hall between-1- and 2-p.m.. ■• - AT ST. PAUL'S. . A large congregation,' which occupied - .i : nearly ever seat, in St. /Paul's Pro- . . Cathedral, Mnlgrave Street,. assembled, yesterday afternoon, for., the /Bible pro- /. .paration/in' Genoral Mission: Tlio service was a very ••' ■ simple,'yet'.most impressive, 0ne...-After .Ian opening hymn,. Canon j Stuart said a portion-,of the Litany-concluding'with /&;;'•: ?■/,;; large number of special, petitions dealing with personal , ana family troubles • and . : - diap'poihtmentsi "moral/'and v/iinteUTOtu^/.r/f;'''/ij-j difficulties,. sickness. and sorrow;, . and -' /r tliankgiying for. prayer answered.' Each.-' was put separately/inithe form, of'a' bri^.^sV' : .;/// petition; - foUowed-by ;/''We';bKeech>Tl^/''^V-;;:/; to.hear, us, good Lord" from'the,congro- ~'/>.-'{V gation. Canon Stuart gave a most earn- Sv/ ■ /.V: est address on the words, "I am the vine j *ye are the' branches,"- in the-course of "• / . which he. showed' the need for vital union •-. - ; between, Christ -arid 'the--Christian.'; ' He ./ said no one could estimate the .power for i ; : ;,•/...• good ' that would be exercised in. "Welling-/../ ' ; //. ton by twenty men fully persuaded'that • ': . the one thing above all others worth liv-'- . ing for; arid, if need, be, worth dying for, -. •' was tho reconciliation, of inan -ivith God. : . It''was':.a'address, and was followed by. the .;larg<". •. *. : the ~ 'djepest'vattenti6ri;'; y .v//;;'ft The last of preparation; eei> vices-will^^'be'. : held^'-at St.^ tcmoon,beginning at 3 . o'clock. '/{if.;/ ,'i/';;; EVENING MEETING. GREAT ASSEMBLY AT THE TOWH . • The evening meeting.in';the Town. Hall/:.. . attracted a- great concourse of people, tho congregation being'.probably .as largo . . has - "attended.'- anyj''/; "of ''/.the// evening'' : ings, since, the -mission* commenced.'. Very ;. few 'seats-in; tho-hall '.were empty, w-hou r tho hour of eight o'clock arrived.- Th«;'.; opening hyinns, sung with fino expression/ ■' . \ v. /by,the large choir-and' congregation, were . 'j followed iby a ; Scripture . reading, tho 'rt& Bishop- of- Christchurch selectijig for/ the'/) //.-'iv , "bccastoiTttlie /'flf thzchapter,} in?the';Epistlai' : S .of St. Paul ; to the /Romans. -.. 1 ~' ■ Taking as his text, _ "God cominehdeihi . . 'Hisj'love'.-towards "US in ' that, while' - .wq j / / ; -/V' were-yet sinners;. Christ died : Canon' Stuart delivered- a most imprea- • . ./. sivo address. To. convince men of God's love, he 6aid, - was/' a' matter of j infinito - diflicnlly.' It was asked, "How could God - .permit all the sin and misery that we .saw. around us?" 1: He : (the preacher):had , :'-;/':'/''i i ■/ come to the .'conclusion either..-.that a, devil. . held supreme sway over the world, tiiafc .. the vrorld was ordered by mere • chancei •' : : : or.that there was agood God.who had.some a - .cltcrior :/ reason' : . for v •/ • permit-':', ' ting . misery : • and--', wretchedness t»/ : . : exist.- Tho last was • theSonly .i----sible bolief: ■ Men. were: looking, at,, tho ; :. wrong side of life, and could' not see'.thev. pattern designed'by God, , but His .lora :- . appeared.- in numberless. 'ways. '; It : waa v.yjs :• shown in the gifts;' of God/to man, and tho'greatest proof of all'.was tho Cross of. . Calvary, which stood as.- a warning- and. /... /: as,a. promiso that. God : had not/, turned-• ''. his face away from men. • VV;-f^;^!VKft-i.;.5-fQ-:-TO-DAY'S MEETINGS. 'The mission meetings' to-dayvwillba-'v/ /;:-.'■] .as 'followit-v'::;' ; /rV , Mid-day: -For. men at Town- Hall; fot womenat Seamen's.'Mission Halll /; - j;'; ■^'./i 3 'p.m. :/ Bible/preparation/at" St.;.Psal'« Church,. MulgraVo. Street. -• . ■ '•. •• •. .•' • :. Mass ■meeting;: at:.; the, Town : IMPRESSIVE INCIDENT. "MT DUTY LIES STRAIGHT BEFORE vVv'/^r (By Telegraph.—Special-'CorrcspondantJ • ■ Napier, September 28. Just prior' to : the " commencement: of / ■ /\k'J; tho address to men at .the final - meeting •• .; . . . of tho Anglican Mission, Canon- //'. ' who was sitting among: the. audience, walked' to the 'Chancel steps .'and made/* • .• a. brief,; but important, speech: '-' ; ..' : "I want to-thank the missioners," ho;.:'.'/ .; said. '. '-'All /havo noticed:'one thing—that' - is the-wretchedness and misery- causedJn . thisworld' through drink: / 1 have; been. ' . hero for sixteen years, ■.and. I/have at ~ . • ways/been :in the custom/, of taking some-'. --- -thing-to dnnk. To my sorrojv 1: heard- , very. /O'yK/r ter which\caused;.paH/!fid/j^ief A members of -my . congregation./ As •a ~ ' . Christian—l don't say as a priest—l can ••. /-. do nothing else than to follow th« nobla ' . example- of: St.. Paul who said that if eating ' m'eat'-;offeiided"-hisi.;brethren' ! isn«;vv^ : :'>' i would cat none.., That being; so my duty • ; ■ . .lie's straight -before me,.:ahd':.L purpose by' - God's:help . to be -a\total . abstainer. : ; /Not : V;: - only that, but I have been so convinced, - ' by -the words' of' Father Fitzgerald of; • the crime in' this / world . caUEed /.through 5 .':/■; A.- - drink that I shall do my. utmpst to make .' . everv. 1110.11 total abstainer. Ido this.. -.■ ■■ gladly, and willingly for ..the sake of. oiy.. • :people. ; '/ /// ' ///.-:'.// '//':■ x ."We musV.'.he added,'"thank the-mis-/ ' . sibners.'for showing .us our imperfections.'] / : ',j; /. :have/,brought,'iis 'nearer/to/.Christ; than many of;us have been'before.-'Tho; nearer we: come thej.inore clearf/ ly do wo see our imperfections. : I am:/ , /';.' sure that God's mercy has .fallen upon;":-. Ellis' pi nee; i; His' Holy /Spirit, /has/ 'beeny i'/j-'/v here; and speaking for myself I have never been, in the wbolo of my■:life, so;■ ;/»;'/./>". near' to. God as I have been in'the past. /-/;/":;:. few days.- I pray, nay, I.fc-el sure, that;. God will/ bless/ the- missioner/in his; work : in" other places' lis we. know He has /cer- _ -'/;//:. ■ /tainly done liere.". ■ . '• .'. v /''./.; ■.:■:...://. ' . As; Canon 'Mayhe. ! returned. to his seat .:/ ■:///'. tlio '-Bishop f of *:Waiapu; r<Ke -and-/ sKook him warmly, by' tho hand with a fervent \ i•/ "God bless you." . ; - • •- ; ; •.;