ALL SAINTS' CHURCH.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2193, 23 October 1920, Page 3

ALL SAINTS' CHURCH.

To-morrow week (Sunday, Oeto-lu-r dOlh) will be llio -Hlh anniver--ary of All Saints’ Church. Very few people realise that this is one ol' the old historical churches of I he diocese, (he consecration dating' back as far as 1187<>. T’oxion owes the present excellent site to (lie wisdom and zeal of one of the lirst European settlers in this district, Captain Francis Robinson, whom manv people still remember as a typical Fngli-h gentleman. With a keen sense of loyalty and devotion to his church, he secured from (he .Maoris the land which Wits already field lapn, on undertaking (Ist) I hat it should be used for the. erection of a church, (2nd) that the grave of Laliona, .-.on of the famous old chief Taraloa, should always be respected. The purclm.se price was fIDO in gold, which at that time was considered a la rat 1 sum.

To-morrow wee!; will he observed throughout the country as the feslivai of All Saints, ami as it is the palroiial festival of the Fox (on cliiirell the sendees throughout the day will he of a special character, and it is hoped that all ehuivh people will make an effort to attend and join in tin 1 rendering of praise and thanksgiving. Arrangements have been made for special music, and the vicar will lake as the subject of his evening' sermon, "Looking Forward.”