THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 305, 3 February 1910, Page 7

THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.

THE GENERAL MISSION. An interesting feature of the session of the General Synod was the explanation by the forerunners (Canon Pollock and Rev. H. A. Kennedy) of the General Mission as to the objects and metnods of their work. Canon Pollock said thev came to prepare the way for that special Manifestation of the Divine power which 'was called a mission. They were also here in response to a kind invitation from the Church in New Zealand, and they had been most helpfully received, so that they felt they could go con •idently forward in the assurance that God had called them and the bisho '3 and clergy were with them. Their work (would be to stir up the zeal of the Church, in which they had the expressed £>ood wishes and promised prayers of bishops, clergymen, and laymen at Home. The Bishop of London had told the speaker that he would pray every day •for the mission. It was a great work, and if they would reap they must sow- ' Not 'much good could come of the spasmodic effort that was sometimes called ft mission. Preparation in the parishes was necessary, for the missionaries came to reap rather than to sow. He asked for assistance in getting into touch with the clergy everywhere. The forerunners tame out as a link between New Zealand and the missioners who were to follow 'in July. A great work lay before thoste Sn the places where a mission was to be held, and they should pray earnestly that the most suitable missioners mignt >be chosen for each place. The fore■runners would assist to settle thes'e and other questions by means of personal visits to the parishes, and would then meet the missioners and tell them what had been done and what the missioners would have to do. He hoped the local clergy would make every possible use of the forerunners during their stay m Wellington. At, the bottom of every man's heart was the image of God, awl it was tor clergy and laity to pray, tnat Ood the Holy Ghost would reach that image. The "'old, old story of Jesus and His love" was as powerful to-day ai ever it was'. The Rev. H. A. Kennedy said he esteemed it a great privilege to be invited to address the Synod of a (free and self-governing branch of the Church, for with all the advantages they tnjoyed in England, churchmen there (night in some respects envy those in "New Zealand. "The mission must come from .yourselves primarily, not from the ( missioners, : " urged Mr. Kennedy. Much, he insisted, depended upon the laity, for they shared in the general priesthood ot the Church, and they should pray for blessings on the mission.