ST MATTHEWS' CHURCH.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 6 November 1912, Page 2

ST MATTHEWS' CHURCH.

pi? n° n ? locese > Right P^v ? rV S? ley ' Mttuted the Rev. 0.1. Mertonas Vicar of the Parochial District of Helensville. There was a good congregation, . and the service was choral and was very impressive. Evensong was taken by the Bishop down to the 3rd collect, he then proceeded to institute the new Vicar, calling upon him to read to the congrega? . tion the Declaration of Assent, admitting the authority of and his obedience to the Bishop of the • Diocese. The Bishop then read the license of institution signed by himsel. H e then called upon the wardens to conduct the Vicar to V of the Church, and present him with the key as a token of his : induction and then take him to the bell which he tolled so that ™c People outside would know v that he had been duly inducted. lhe wardens then conducted J**"^ him back to the Bishop, callinjT upon the members of the vagf^ to come forward, which %-vdid 1 he Bishop then asked aljfto kneel while he prayed for the Vicar and the people. During the Bishop's address he remarked that the late vicar had done good work, and he hoped that the members would rally around the new Vicar so that God's blessing would be on the work in future.. The Vicar conducted all the services last Sunday in a very impressive manner.