THE ANGLICAN MISSION

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 940, 6 October 1910, Page 6

THE ANGLICAN MISSION

iYESTERDAY'S MEETINGS. The interest; in ■ the Anglican "General Mission' shows no'sign of .flagging, indeed, the attendance at the,various,'services are. increasing day.;by. day. : ':;Thb programme yesterday : consisted r-of ' Communion services, Bible readings] instructions, '.mid- ; day, meetings for men and'women; openair processions and-addresses; arid mission services.in the-,evening. ; -Mr.'3oo Harris spoke, to another, large crowd at tho Queen's .Statue. ' Reports fr.oni other centres ln the, province (which;we have ten compelled to .curtail;'owing' to 'pressure of' space) '-show; that :,tl;e'.mission is creating - that'the services are being largely, attended;'-.! K - servioes in the • Tarious • Wellington; parishes will be continued to-day.; ,

ST. PAUL'S ( ■ - _ Notwithsiahdiiig- the inclement weather;, there 'was' a good/ attendance at the 7 o clock ..communion yesterday • morning. The..missioner.gave a; helpful ■'.address.:to the mission workers, ■ taking as. his:;text, ' , ile .sa.\v them. toiling,: in: sowing;" ■ ■,'■ ■ • - contin ped'his-cipdsition ■ of. the Epistle to the ;Philippians. .Taking: as his. theme. tho : great - passage regarding .the; he-point-' e '■ '^®t: ; * s the,: great characteristic of Cnristiiinifcy 'to the homeliest: .duties '• the '"loftiest: "-motived; Thusi: St. '■Paul-.'.bases.' his .exhortation to humility and,, considerateaess- upoii... the. tion, of the_ Eternal Son .of God., ( The isubject: in : the -. afternoon'- ~.was;. "Prayed": Its■■vital importance'to 1 tian living was /earnestly urged," and the difficulties, connected',, withV it. -.were' 'dealt; with thoroughly yet :: very. simply. '■ V ■ 1 ; : . In . the eveping,: after an opea-air/ eervice; , the .mission .'was continued in. the' chnTch.. VThe: , My> Salvation." : Salvation 1 was !h6t'H;!sort of railway,.'ticket which;one obtained- at, a■ mis T sion, put in one's •pocket;)aid forgot 'all about till ohei was-asked it' at' the -Day of. Judgment.V." Salvation : includ-, fed;, three.' great.i elements—forgiveness'; for the. past, spiritual' power for the. present;' ..growth}.into.- a-' nobler future.' In an' Instruction:: the missiorier :dwelt with«the . observance (if : the' Lord's "Bay,''and. urged.. all to .keep, it: h<jly.'-..' It.,was looking at the questions, from a wrong : ipoint- of, view, to ask:,."ls it : a sin'to'do tnis'orithat on. Sunday?" The real question was: "Can you afford-to'. do this or that .in'view 'of the.claims of God and of your own higher and-eternal .nature'?".. •■/ ,:

At • all servicesthe . • attendance.. was, larger ' than on . any, previous day. "<i ~: 10-day's,''services' are •as followi—Holy Communion and brief address, 7 . a.m.; Bible; reading, --11 .a.m.; women'sV'service(Jsubjeot:': "Bible Study"), 3 p.m.,- open-air service, 7.30 ', p.m.-;;i mission service- and sermon (subject: "My Church"); 1 8 ; p.m..

.V"'.':" ■»' '■'■"■'l ST. MARK'S. : The mission at St. Mark's Church foljlows; the steady,':, deep, .and 1 quiet ..course •:that,' has marked, it from ;its beginning. ; The" sendees yesterday were . the 1 :; Holy • Communion,' at -which a largelnumWr of •personal requests for prayer were offered, a service', of intercession, in the afternoon,, and-the. mission, service at night. . The Rey. G.F:' C. de Carteret,'the sioner, took in the afternoon , as. his subject—the third of. a'course of instruction, in the. Christian; . life—-the,; Christian's' power.of victory; and,.traced the steps that make victory.possible. ;\'.y < ,The, mission service "in the: evening 'was' very well ;'and: the,' address, which was based on the words, "The Son of: Man .is come ...to-seek andtc>. save .that'. which: was lost;"was listened.:.to 'with' keen, interest;. : Moit of • the; congregation remained. to, the after-meeting, • and.at: its .close" the.; iliissioner .brought out for the first' tinje "resolution' cards.",; These! were, taken by,] those who i had been moved, during.'- the Emission 1 to 'form definite 'resolutions. Aft®r ; the; blessing these cards were, sighed,by, the missionfer.-. Pew could have stayed' the servire lthrough, without 'feel-, irig the inspiring.: influence 1 . :'of reverent' worship.; : : ' v ;'

ST. PETER'S. ." The mission was continued,at St. Peter's; Chiu-ch; yesterday, jivh'en a .goodlynumber attended the eaj'iy.'celebration. ' At' ,3;.jj.m..,a,',congregation gathered /to he'ar ;the: last of- the'; Kev. >G, C. ..Cruick-. shank's;addresses)From, to-day 'onward' this' afternoon, service in. the."church-.-will be .'conducted by,, the Kev.'. J/ ,C. Fitzgerald. At 7 p.m., again ,a surpliced procession, headed by ''..the'cross,;, wended its- way. round Cuba, Street, and ::addressra.-were' ,delivered;,by/:the Rev. .G. iC. ,'Cruickshank and Rev. Q;: G. Mutter, and while the. procession was. .marching,, a .Litany,was \J- v , At the church the instruction was on "Contrition," ' which ' tie preacher ex-, plained, as Godly sorrow, or the breaking of , sinners' hearts :,-in": coriimnnio'n - with Jesus'; , Christ..;The,isermon:,,had;as its theme the story of the woman that ."was a sinner. .-The preacher ma'de many apt illustrations, to,bring out the chief points of . the: story, and'; said- "the, self-righteous raan;is the nearest approach to ,'a .lunatic in ;tKis world," for he.is; tleluding himself: 'like' the :nian in the asyltim. , , :•.

; ,The. Rev.... J. :C. Fitzgerald- announced, :that " people, would MbeVinvited to go to the altar rail, to-night at the, mission service, and. renew., their./?.'baptismal . vows. The other services to-day will be held at the usual hours. . ; •' ..... ■. ;

. ST. THOMAS'S, NEWTOWN. At the daily celebration of the Holy Communion at 1- a.m. ; yesterday a very large number of intertiessions were ' offered. -At the 3 p.m.: service, which'was' well -attended, the -Missioner; (the Rev. H. V. Stuart) : continued,:the Bible readings from St.; Luke's Gospel.:: ■ ... The daily service for- children, at 4 o'clock is remarkable for . the keenness of the' children. . . ; . At .7 ' p.m. a short service of prayer was hold in the church, and-then the people, accompanied by the .vicar; choir, and. the Missioner's assistant, iMr. Joe Harris, proceeded to th'e junction»of Rintoul ana Riddiford - Streets, .near which <?pot ■ an open-air service, was held. , . At the mission service the church was filled. ' The' Missioner 'said; that Jesus, Christ came' to bring .to men - not. only forgiveness, 1 but-also strength; the power to becomeivictorious oyer'sin, if. they .will only seek that power in Christ's "way, and riot in their own way. , At. the ■ aftermeeting an instruction, or, confirmatioa was ; givcn, followed by' a devotional meeting. Practically th 6 whole of the. large congregation remained till the end of tie service. : ' . .