VALEDICTORY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 6 February 1907, Page 2

VALEDICTORY.

KKY. P. CI. i',VAi\!>. St. Mary's Hall was tilled to How ing on Tuesday night, when I lie congregation bade farewell to Key. P. (i. Kvans, vicar of St. Mary's, on the eve of his departure for a holiday ..rip through the Orient and the United Kingdom. The porcnes and anterooms were all tilled with friends, and several, unable to gain admittance to the hail, left earjy. His Worship i.he .Mayor (Sir K. Dockrill) presided. The proceedings took the form of a concert, with speeches sandwiched in between the \arious items, and followed by a sumptuous supper. The committee is to lie

complimented on the excellence of the arrangements. The. chairman, in winning tho vicar "CioJ speed" and a mippy journey, referred to the excel'cut work done liy licv. Evan» in his ten or eleven years'' connection with .St. Mary's, .lie also imule very com pliinonlary reference to the manner in which Airs Evans had so gcuerou-iy and bountifully assisted in works of charity.

Mr ]J. 1). JJodford, in '"a happy s|necMi, also conveyed! to the guests thjc whole} hearted appreciation of their work and kindnesses by the whole »f the congregations in tho parish, and made reference to the vicar.s prowess Hi golfing . cricket, and swimming

Fuithcr complinu'iiLau-y remarks fed from the lips of Key. ' Urkins. who claimed long acquaintance with iim! a personal admiration ,if tin- Rev. Kvaus. mill Mr Morshead, speaking on 1 of Hit! lay readers, made eulogistic refercnoc to tin' vicar's preaching un.l his work in arranging In,, plan of services for nearly twenty localities each Sunday. AH the speeches worn mark|'<l by a ring of sincerity, anil were lii'iirtily ajipliiudcd and emphasised by tin' largo gathering uf friends. In the course of his reply, Iti-v. Nvans said that he knew his 'wife do' sewed all that had been said of iler, and more, lie hail told her thai if she were met at Heavens <jar.es l>v all Ihe people that she had helped in' time ol need, what a. groat and hearty wel conic she would have to the Kingdom. Referring 'to his own work, he w. not ogolisi enough, or f () o! enough, t" say that it was all that if might" have heen. It was not all honev in being vicar of St. Mary's, because'che'parish was almost large enough for a diocese. Hut he could say that his work would .never lie undone. He referred to the division of the parish, and the of ministers as coadjutors and helpers in the parish work, and looked forward to (tic appointment of 'others in the west and central dis Inets. His preaching lmd lit'en a happy thing, and he had endeavoured .<» preach the Cuspcl its ],,, j,,,,, ,•„,„„, )l in Christ Jesus, without consider mg whether his remarks wou'd give oll'ence in any quarter—and iie would continue in the same way. His pi in cipal joy had heen in his work amongst Ihe sick and dying, for he placed that work first, attending to the hale and hearty afterwards. And he had gi'val pleasure in the increased uumher of candidates from lime to time prepared and presented for confirmation, in flic growing and glorious work of a noble bund of .Sunday-school teachers, and.

ookmg back over the past 10 vers. 10. know l.nat 1,,. l m ,i imd in vio ; v ,- illp benefiting of the people- of the phi,.,., with no ulterior motive with no axv to grind, hut the good of the' people amongst whom he laboured. || ( . considered his outdoor pastimes were part of his work, for thev Timl strengthened him and enahled 'him to earry out that work. In parting, no asked his hearers to heeome jTvin" members of 11,,. (;l„, r <.|, : to give their utmost support to the Sunday-school; and he paid a wai'm tribute to ilie earnest, faithful, noble, and who'e hearted work of Archdeacon Cole whose work in the uplifting of Unchurch in T-aranaki few coiuM con ceive.

A really capital programme was given by the following, many of Ihe items being encored: Pianoforte duel -Misses linker; vocal duct. Mr and Mrs Wilkes: solo, Mr T. W'oodard; vocal tno, Misses and Mr linker: solo j|r« Wilkes; s „|o. l!o V . | )( , lltp AIW'TAXTMACAIXAV.

Adjutant .Macaulay, who has earned undoubted popularity and esteem during his charge of the Salvation Army ->>>]•!; in \e«- Plymouth, Wils farewclied a„ (he local barracks on Tuos.kn \iioght. The visiting ollieers Were Can j&'j" Hurt, of Waitara, and Unit. plains, of high-wood, and there was a tee attendance. Adjutant Macau toy* delivered a most inierestim- ),-,. ture, entitled 'Leaves From an Olli ecr's Diary," giving an amusing skelcli "I "is career as an Army officer. The '•ecilal, which treated subjects froiu the pathelu- almost to the ridiculous was much enjoyed. At its conclusion Ihe hi'lies connected with (he corps served supper, and a pleasant hour was spent .m social chat over well brewed eiips <>f coll',-,, and other similar libalionV The Adjutant leaves for Clirisichutrli on Tnursday morning, and after Ihe conlerence will take up his work in Waiiganui.