MARSDEN CENTENARY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1412, 12 April 1912, Page 4

MARSDEN CENTENARY.

HOW IT IS TO BE CELEBRATED,

(By Tclejraph.—Press Association.)

Auckland, April 11.

In the month of February, 1915, New Zealand will have an opportunity of celebrating what the Anglican Bishop of Auckland (Dr. Crossley) referred to at tho Church of England Men's Societies' Conference as a most remarkable anniversary, namely, the centenary of the .introduction of the cross of Jesus Christ with its message, its hope, and its healing. In celebration of this great event Dr. Cross-, ley said the Bishop and Diocese of Auckland had been requested to arrange for the holding of the first great and united Church Congress for New Zealand. "The name of Morsden," continued the Bishop,

"is to lie enrolled on (lie list of heroes ill the battle lino of God, and we would be unworthy inheritors of the sacrifice a.'ul daring of himself and his comrade missionaries if we did not make a great move to witness to the world that on the hundredth anniversary of the landing of Marsden we were desirous of commemorating the I'voj'jf by some great and common action." (Applause.) The speaker said he had little doubt Hint they would be able to obtain visits by bishops, not only from Australia, but from Canada, the I'niti'd States, (lie Church of England, the Church of Ireland, and Episcopal Church of Scotland, and prubablv limn South Africa. He desired to a»k the C.Ii.M.S, Dins early to join in making the Maisden cpiilemiry nn occasion, not of a. flourish of trumpets, but of penitential resolve to be up mil doim as was Marsden when he preached the Gospel at Uio Bar of Islands. lAuplauseJ