CENTRAL MISSION.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1606, 25 November 1912, Page 5

CENTRAL MISSION.

THE "SISTERHOOD ANNIVERSARY." "Sisterhood < anniversary?*/ SOTrioeff*. were held-yesterday by the' Wellington Central Mission Brotherhood. In the Herbert StreetvHall 'in the morning, -and at the '.Keif Theatre ; in the' evening, the-Rev. E., 0.: Blaihires 'preached.•'Sister Mildred, at tho' woning'- service, 'related some :- of her experiences in connection with' her mission worlc. ' Collections ;Tvere taken at' each 6ervice> during the, day in aid of the Sisterhood wort/ At the evening service selections were rendered by the _ Central Mission-Band.' At tho Brotherhood meeting in the afternoon, ,tne Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout)* presided.' Ho referred in oommendatory term 3 to the work of theßrotherhood. during the past two years, and to the Enterprise shown in commencing the Sisterhood work twelve mpnths ago. Sir Robert Stout said that he was pleased that differences of . belief, religious and political, did not prevent men banding themselves together in 6uch an organisation as this Brotherhood. He was glad to find, a recognition of the right to believe what : one thought .was : true, whether it •ooincidedl.with the opinions of others or not. ■ ' ' ' ' -

Items were contributed by Miss Betty Pnrdom and Master Ronald Pankhurct. The speaker of the "day was the Rev. HeiiTy Howard, of Adelaide. He said that life was necessarily inter-related. Isolated life, was .a mistake for the individual , and for'the community; The .brotherhood of man.took its root from the.Fatherhood of God.; '. A fraternal spirit was not likely to displayed. by unfilial' sons. Nothing had. a value in itself, Mr. Howard declared, its. value arose from its relation to':other, things.. Illustrating this point, he mentioned notes in music, the letters of the'alphabet and arithmetical symbols. Men's lives were of value, he continued, as being part of society. The place for the .'high-minded, pure, man .was right down -with both feet in society—however rotten society might be—working hygienieally ■ through i the whole length and breadth of the social organism." The difference between a quartz crystal and a salt crystal was that one was pure and the other, was purifying. Men bught .to give of,their gifts in saorifice for thecoramnnity. and act as the leaven of society. The final meeting of the brotherhood session will bo held , next Sunda v, when , Christmas gifts for the poor will be received, and books (in connection with the Literature Club)' will lie distributed. It is expected that Rear-Ad-miral Ross, of .the United. States 'Navy, will speak, but this has not yet been definitely arranged. . A boys' band of forty members has been formed in connection with the mission. It is now equipped with instruments valued, at about .£l5O. and will give its first concert at the Wesley Hall, Tar anaki Street, on/Thursday, nest. The prize-winner at the pianoforte competitions on Saturday evening last will contribute selections, but with this exception all the items on the programme will bs contributed by the Boys' Band. ■

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