SUNDAY'S SERVICES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 28 September 1916, Page 2

SUNDAY'S SERVICES.

VISIT OF BISHOP AVERILL.

ON Sunday morning last, 24th ; inst,, the Right Rev. Dr. Averill I (Bishop of Auckland) conducted the 11 o'clock service in St. Matthew's Church, Helensville,^ and unveiled the tablet erected to the memory of the late Lieut. T. G. N. Screaton, 15th (North Auckland) Company Expeditionery Force, who was killed in action on Bth May, 1915, at Gallipoli. The Church .was packed to overflowing. The military were represented by Lieut.-Col. Hazard, Capt. Turley, Lieuts. Fletcher and Garry, and members of the Territorials, Defence Rifle Club, and Senior^. Cadets, also several retnrneJM| soldiers. During the serv^Bjlj^F^ Bishop presented Messrs j^RS and Hill (lay-readers) with licenses to preach. He also paid a high tribute to the noble work performed by the late Vicar, the Rev. C. J. Merton. The Bishop , delivered a very eloquent and i powerful address, which was listened to with rapt attention, and he impressed upon his hearers the need of the spirit of Christianity and sacrifice instead of that of materialism and love^p? of power which had so- engrossed r /1i the world before the war. MrH. . '■ White, jnr., presided at the organ ; and with a full choir, the singing was splendid. In the afternoon, at the Star ' Theatre, the Bishop officiated at "' one of the largest military services ever held in Helensville. Members of the Territorials, \ Rifle '( Club, Senior Cadets, Foresters, '•' FireJßr.igade, r returned soldiers, h and Staff Officers, headed by the '$ ■Band, marched to the Theatre, ' '1j ■pd made a very impressive \% ■pectacle. Every available seat '$ Wfc the building was occupied. - '$. ■he Bishop's address was of aw Wfost stirring nature, and, will ,1 wig be remembered by ihose '""'? ■resent. He urged his hearers, ?5| ■ot only to train their minds -If ■nd bodies, but to cultivate the %$ ■pirit of Christianity, otherwise :i ye 7 were not whole men. He "~; ■rminded the shirkers of their & ■pligations, pointing out the dis- ' ■race of later years, when their , ■fctle children would ask: ''€ ■ Father, what did you do for our "^A ■buntry in the great war with '1 ■ermany?" and their answer t ■ould have to be "Nothing." , t: ■fter the service, all units fell-in ■btside and stood at attention, • ■hile Bandmaster Berryman ■'< ■mnded the " Last Post." • ■ The collection, which amounted ,f\ m £8 2s 4d, goes towards the ■ aval Relief Fund. ; • *, Pln the evening there was .~;- ---another very large congregation * 'i '?u St Matthew's Church, and v the Bishop gave a very fine address, dealing with his subject "% in a masterly manner. &