ANGLICAN MISSION.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 367, 7 June 1911, Page 5

ANGLICAN MISSION.

At the present time it is of interest to notice the great development in the work of mission preaching in the Church of England. In the forefront of this movement is the Bishop of London whose mission addresses draw all classes of men. The London business man will spare half an hour in the week-day dinner-hour to listen, and it is the same with the shopassistant or the "coster." Two to to three thousand men will often meet to hear the old story of God's love as revealed in Christ, from a man who believes all he says, and is in sympathy with, and knows the difficulties of. his hearers. And there are scores of great preachers, whose chief art seems to be their power of expressing simply and clearly the needs of men and the power of God to help in every difficulty. After the South African War, the Church there was disorganised, and it seemed almost impossible to get it back to the old footing. A band of chosen clergy from England went out and preached throughout the whole land. And their efforts met with a ready response from the people, and very grateful acknowledgment from the clergy. Since then, chosen men were sent to Australia, and only last year, in response to an invitation from the Anglican Synod, a band of mission preachers came out to New Zealand. Everyone has heard that wherever they went their meetings were crowded, and some of the warmest tribues to their work came from the ministers of other communions, who attended the services. Mr Colville, who is beignning a mission here on Saturday, has given much time to mission preaching in the Old Country. He went out to South Africa with the missioners after the war. He has been in New Zealand some time, and joined the band of missioners while they were in this country. His great power of holding the attention of men in all walks of life is well known, and it is likely that the attendance at the meetings will be large. All services will be advertised, and special attention is directed to the addresses to men to be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday next and the following Sunday.— Contributed.