Page 6 Advertisements Column 1

Taihape Daily Times, 5 February 1919, Page 6

mmm i Wife IsMiHrfl\ "YHE proposed! new Anglican Cathedral to be erected on the site of St. Mark's Church, overlooking the Basin Reserve, Wellington, will, it is hoped, be a beautiful and stately edifice. It will be '« a permanent witness to the j, world of the greater and sis more important problems "?' of life and religion a "~ visible and constant reZ minder of eternal realities before which material things pale into insignificance, v Mammon worshippers will p be forced to admit that j there still exist those who » care more for the House j of God and the reputation 1 of His Church—those who I recognise, a higher -.and J nobler worship—than mere '•' material things, and are prepared to provide a per'manent place of beauty for spiritual worship. IllWlf Parish—each Parochial District —every member of the Anglican Church and sympathiser in the Wellington Diocese and. throughout New Zealand can: have a part in the great work of erecting the new Anglican Cathedral as a Memorial and Thankoffering for the restoration of peace, " for the preservation of loved ones in War, and, as a suitable memorial to those who fell in the: fight for freedom. , \ 'HE entire Cathedral will be built by the free-will offerings of a grateful people anxious to--com-, memorate the blessings of peace and the benefits wont for us by the sacrifice of others. It will be af? edifice of architectural beauty fully consistent ..witK the. objects of its erection. Your gift will be thankfully received and embodied in this age-long memorial. WHAT Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's are to Eng'and the new Anglican Cathedral will be to New Zealand. Lovers of architectural beauty will look with pardonable pride oh its artistic appearance andenoblingstateliness. It will be a p'.ace for public worship, but it will also be a Church of National interest —a repository of the history and traditions of the Dominion. Busts of leading statesmen, artists, poets, literary men. etc., will eventually be there, and the names of all New Zealand soldiers who fell in the great war will be enshrined in letters of gold upon the marble walls of the Military Memorial Chapel. Contributions, or promises, may he spread over a period of five years. Government Stock or War Bonds >may be given. Legacies also are invited. Contributors please communicate at once with the Hon. Organising Secretary, Rev. C. F. Askew, St. Mark's Vicarage, Wellington ('Phone 2492).