ARRIVAL OF PASTOR CHINI QUY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2157, 17 February 1880, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF PASTOR CHINI QUY.

Pastor Chiniquy arrived at 1 o'clock to-day by the express train from the North. He was met on the platform by a strong body of protestant clergymen and laymen. The party drove out to the Presbyterian Manse, where the Pastor had a formal reception. Between 80 and 100 persons were present. Mr Anthony Mills, Master of the Orange Lodge presented the following address “ To the Bov Charles Chiniquy. “ We, the Orangemen of Tiniaru, in connection with the Grand Lodge of the Middle Island of New Zealand, have great pleasure in welcoming you to our town and district. We have watched your progress through the Australian .'colonies and the Northern provinces of this our adopted country with extreme interest, and rejoice exceedingly at the service you have tendered to the Protestant religion. We cannot but admire the Christian fortitude you have displayed, and hope that from the foundation laid by you a power may be raised that will help to put down the error and superstition which at present is to be found among so many of our fellowmen. We trust you will long be spared to preach the glad tidings of the Gospel, and when your pilgrimage is ended, that you may have the welcome words of our heavenly Grand Master, ‘ Enter thou into the jo} r of thy Lord.’ “ Signed on behalf of the Timaru District. “ Anthony Mills, “ District Master, No. 1 District, and W.M. L.O.L. No. 13.” Pastor Chiniquy from the verandah of the parsonage replied to the address in a ■few well-chosen remarks, thanking the members of the Orange Lodge for their handsome compliment and expressing his appreciation of the kind welcome which had been accorded him. This evening ho will deliver his Hrst lecture in Timaru in the Presbyterian Church the subject chosen for the occasion being “ Why I with ‘25,000 of of my fellow-countrymen left the Church of Koine.”