The Kumara Times Published Every Evening. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1886.

Kumara Times, Issue 2889, 1 February 1886, Page 2

The Kumara Times Published Every Evening. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1886.

Pbevious to giving onb his text for n | sermon at Holy Trinity Church last! evening, the Rev. H. G. Gould an-j

noonced that ;it the request of the Bishops of Auckland and Canterbury, two missionaries had been sent out from England to promote church missionary work in the dioceses of Auckland and Canterbury; that these ministers had been labouring with success siuce their arrival in New Zealand, and that they were expected to commence their good work at Hokitika on or about the 10th of this month. They would visit Kumara, and he (Mr Gould) hoped the church members and congregation would endeavour to keep up and foster the seed sown by them, for revivals of religion did not usually effect much lasting benefit unless the seed were well nurtured.

This is all very well so far as it goes; but it seems to us that the appointment of a permanent resident clergyman it? more to be desired than a flying visit of two missionaries. Some weeks ago, the Presbyterians being without a regular minister, and the Rev. J. Hosking, Wesleyan, being away from home at a district meeting at Nelson, Kumara was for three consecutive Suudays without a Protestant minister to listen to, and Holy Trinity Church has for many months been without a pastor. The surest way of nurturing and prolonging the benefits which may be derived by a visit of these missionaries would be to appoint a resident clergyman. There is a good parsonage convenient to the church, and the pay to previous ministers has been such as many a poor, pious and efficient curate in England, and even thecolonies, would be glad of. Then why should Kumara be so long without a resident Church of England minister?