ANGLICAN MISSION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 897, 27 September 1910, Page 2

ANGLICAN MISSION.

* .* A week ago the Anglican Mission closed in the diocese of Auckland, and from all accounts it made a great impression there. The missloners conducted services for a week or ten days in every church in the diocese, and in some places the results were marvellous. One notable feature was that the attendances at the week-day celebrations of the Holy Communion increased as the week went on, the churches being filled with earnest communicants. Another sign of the power of the mission lies in the fact that a large number of those who attended the services renewed their Baptismal vows, and it was noticeable that a considerable portion of those who did so were men. In another place the missiouer had such a hold over his hearers that after the service men waited to offer themselves for immediate work in the church, to show the reality and sincerity ot their conversion. The mission has not only appealed to those of riper years, but to the young. Large children’s services have been held everywhere, and the little y ones have caught the spirit of the mission and consecrated their lives to the glory ot God. Has the mission done good ? That is the question that is asked by many. From the result already achieved, it has done incomparable good, and it will leave its mark for ever on the Dominion. It is a big undertaking to ask eighteen priests to come over from England to conduct a mission in New Zealand, and the Anglican Church is to be congratulated on her zeal for the welfare of her people. The mission has also been conducted in the diocese of Waiapu. At the opening service, the Rev J. C. Fitzgerald, of the Community of the Resurrection, Winfield, addressed a vast crowd in the open air, and held them spell-bound. On Sunday last the mission opened in the Town Hall at Wellington, when Canon Stuart and the Bishop of Christchurch were the chief speakers. The choirs of all the Anglican Churches in Wellington combined, and under the direction of Mr Parker were responsible for the musical part of the service. In every town in the Wellington Diocese, including our v own, may be seen the striking posters of a “ Red Cross,” telling the people that the mission is at hand.