THE REV CHARLES CLARK

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3693, 22 December 1890, Page 2

THE REV CHARLES CLARK

A RooinUconoj' In connection with the Rev Charles Clarke's lecture in the - Palace Theatre, Greytown, to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, on "The Tower of London," to which it is almost a certainty that everyono who possibly can will go, an interesting reminiscence of an early mutual acquaintance with Mr Claris has been recalled to the mind of a Greytown resident. Twenty-one years ago this gentleman was a citizen of East Melbourne, Victoria, and the congregation -to which he belonged, requiring a olergyman of special zeal and eloquence, sent to England for one. The Rev Mr Clark Came. He 'started at a Balary of twolve hundred pounds a year, no mean stipend either, even in . that golden- age. • His thrilling elocution and his rare ability as a preacher drew crowds to the choroh of his ministration, though then he was only in the youth of his fame.and experience as a public speaker, Later, he left tho church, and of his. subsequent suooessltis needless for us to speak. To realise how it was achieved one only needs to hear Mr Clark, and if we were offered choice of subject, we should say give us the dear old "Tower" with all its romance, its tragedy, and its by-gone ' splendour. Why one's whole body, as it were,, vibrates with feeling during its recital. But our Greytown friend, to whom we alluded just now, attaches, a sentjmental interest t 0 ji r oiarli's visit tp, that township, fqr exactly twenty one years s'iqoe his oira marriage in Melbourne was the first ceremony of its kind which that Reverend gontjeman conducted after his arrival in the wlonies. We oan quite understand that in his case a double welobme will be extended to the noted leoturer when he reaches Greytown.