CHUBCH OF ENGLAND

Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 1, 15 June 1867, Page 3

CHUBCH OF ENGLAND

— The state of so-

ciety in Tauranga has become rmeh'tbat the reiigiousrequ.rements of the settleinent oug^U to beOneofthe firs't and chief . objects of tbose wlio wish well to the comniuniiy. We congratulate the two sec'ions of religion wliicli for. more than a quarter of century have not tieglected to alford spiritual itistruction .to'tbejr respectjye churclies witbin Tauranga. The Yeirerabte Arclldeacr.'n jtrown, who has worthily ;and efKeiently ' tninistereti over his flock For nrore than 30 years, has diligentiv withiu the last few'vears

i siiice ijr-ooeans bWan. to setfle. offi.-iafed ovtpr the C!t»i rch of Englsrvl, whenever time | wouM aho'w 'lini to .Jo so, ln viag htd t i aftnnd and visit the native settiements in the interior. we tfnst how^er that arranseme'ntn . ;wi!l iieiniade at nn distant period to secnre. ponnaneiT'lv in l, exchisiveiv Ui.e-services.of.! the venerable pastor of thi« ahucch, 'and that ! a tnore commo iiousv sapotu.-trv tn w.o-siiin in i . wilt be ereeted, suitabie, f i» the growing wants a >-l respectabilifv of this cd'timqnitv. ! We wwi.l also recoirtmend to tbe congreg-i- i tion the desirability df purehasing some in- i expensive instrumont as an acco-npaniment to ihe choraT pbrtion of the seip'ice. Thc | genfleman who has had to leidhfnr matvv ! years fhe voeal department, is occ whoso 1 health and strength cannot rnnch ! ... cer per- i mi.t. tiim to continne to do so. and, therefore, . we would snhmit to the con-;reg-iti..n the neeessi i v of secnrin g iustrrtmental aid in order to nn dePprof.erl v the beantifnl sei vines of the Churcli. With a very small efFort a snfii.-'ient subseription, not much more than £20, might easilv be raisc] to effect .thn pyrchase of a tole'rable harmonium, an.l we »re" sure tiiat thefe nre not a few ladies an i gentlemen in Tauranga, who would wiilinvh* give f'.oir scrvicys to perform on the insfrnI menf, and thos Contril.ute to the harrrione of i the oongregatVm wliile engaged in pohlic ! worsjdp. Indeed it is.almost a n-.atter ofsur* | prisc to i|. that sueh an addition fo the "iioir | has >i >t i. -.'o intr.odnce.-l lief-ire, and we ' ' j cnvince I that' this hint wilDnot be il'.-ti.ken | >r .litogciher dcspised.