NELSON. [From the Nelson Examiner, August, 18.]
Ordination op a Lutheran Clergyman. — On Sunday last, the ordination of Mr. Heine, as a German Lutheran clergyman, took place in the chapel of that body. The service was conducted by the Rev. J. P. WohJers, from the island, of Robuki, in Foveaux^ Straits, where that gentleman Tias been fde *ome time prosecuting bis missionary labours. Mr. Woblers began by reading his commission issued by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Klieforth, superintendent at Schwerin, by authorization of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh. He then addressed Mr. Heine on the importance of his holy calling, and went through the forms prescribed. Nearly all the Germans in the settlement were present, many having come a considerable distance on the occasion. The ordination of Mr. Heine is a subject of great interest to the numerous Germans in this settlement, as they may now possess the advantages enjoyed by other Christian bodies.
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 428, 8 September 1849, Page 3
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154NELSON. [From the Nelson Examiner, August, 18.] New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 428, 8 September 1849, Page 3
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