THE REV. THOS. SPURGEON ON NEW ZEALAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1943, 18 December 1884, Page 4

THE RE V. THOS. SPURGEON ON NEW ZEALAND.

On the 14th October the RcV. Thomas Spin geon, of Auckland son of Iho Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, dulivcrecl a lecture at •. ) - Metropolitan Tabernacle on New Zealand, or, as he designated it, "Slighter Biitain." The Rev C H. Spuig.-on picsidud, and though a charge waß made for admission— the proceeds 'going towards building a tabern-icle at Auckland, of which MrT. Spuigeon is to be pastor — theie was a numeious atten 'itanre. The lectuier said the Biitain of the South was about the size ot (Meat Britain, but was difleient in shape, it being about I.'JOO miles in length, and with an average breadth of 200. More than half of its inhaluhuits, of whom .there were about 500.000, were Bntish. They were not the outlandish people some imagined, for they had got all the products of civilisation, including gaols, policemen, sewing machines, steam tramways, and Spurgeon ssermons. (Laughter.) The rivers abounded with salmon, trout, bream, and other fish ; pheasants and hares fled and lan, especially when the dogs were after them, and in certain parts rabbits multiplied amazingly. There were no venomous reptiles, but they had mosquitoes, which, however, weic of a nuld disposition and genial ' temper. (Laughter,) This country was in many lespects like England, Anthony Tioflopo said the great drawback of New Zealand was that after cro&bing the ocean and tiavell ing so many thousand miles you had not succeeded in getting away fiom England. The people were mteiibely loyal, and the English and Scotch always speak of England and Scotland as "home." He called it " Brighter Britain " because of its supeiior climate, which, however, was by no means perfect, for on the Canterbury plains there was a sort ot sirocco blowing at ceitain sensons. In Auckland the summer season lasted nine months of the yeai, and they had abundance of rain. New Zealand was " Blighter Biitain " also in the sense that she was favouied with local option, but in spite of this there was much drunkenness. Pie daie noL volunteer the statement that the soenuiy was better than that of Gicat" Britain, but on account of the greater clearness of the atmosphcic it was much brighter. He did not wish to take upon himself the ie«p jiisihil'ty of ad\ i -ing any one to emigiate, hat to those who ueie disposed to unigi ate he would say tint there was no bottei count! y than New Zealand, and no better city than Auckland. But those who went theie must knuckle down to the iiist employment thet w.is ofl'iML'd them, .iiid bide their time until woik and wortli wero lecigliised, as they were sure to be. The Maotis, he '-aid, weie the noblest of all the savage races. They weie fonneily cannibals, but th.it was a thing of the past. Their numbeis were diminishing, paitly on account of diiinkenness anil smoknig, and paitly because, of their manner of life, but ho was happy to siy that the (iospel was pi cached to them by lniasionaues w ho-c zeal had never been e\od!ed. The lectu.e was divided into two pat ts, and ni the interval between the til &i- .md second U.e Rev. C. 11. Spin gum qa 1 c a slioit address, in the eoiust' of wliic'i he s.»id tlie chinch of which hi- son was pastor ,tt Auckland was uondu fully lii-o this. It was not oveibuul. ncl with lefiiiPment, which was ii kind of thing not tultn itcil h"ie. He knew his own people on the Sunday when they ncie going to the Tabernaclr. There was a ditifuient kind of walk about them from that ot other people. lie saw the good people going aloni.' so— (imitating their walk, amid much lmghtei). They weie going along to church or somewhen-, and they went slowly, as if they had plenty of time, and theie was plenty of loom when they got there. But his own people came tiotting along quick. (Imitating them also, amid roars of laughter.) They knew that unless they got theie in time they would not get tbeie at all. He was glad that the people at Auckland weie building a Tabernacle, lor time was. no better education for a people thon to h.ive to build a Tab-'ii.icle like thi*, although some of th 'ii fii.'iuls who had joined the.n s.nci) it was built had not aeijniied the habit of g,\ mg .is their pi cdccessoia had.

Mr Ikvivg is side in Chicago. He probably, sajs the Boston Globe, was so indi&ciett ,is to t.i 1.0 >i dunk of Chicago «ater. The Ohieigo people should lia\ •; w lined him against it, for they r.ewr think ot dunking it themselves. They don't daic. 'I Jih, settled c\p>c cc-ion ni defceiminatun that mantle, t!ie iaio of a nun who is |ust sf.utmg (.ut to li.we .1 tooth pulled is onh rijunllidby the snbilnerl look t!i it fifupa o\ 01 Ins, fuituns, as he p.urw s uitli In*, 11 uni on fiie knob of tiie dcnticil loom, tai us (|.ni t!y lound, anil tiptoes hick tluough tlvj hallway, oul of (looib again. S\-\ii'\thy —]TT f \ pocliondiiui al Tlabby (\\h.> has inst spccusit- il in .1 penny voith at a iailw.i\ \\i idling mac him) — " You will lie to Inai, lone, thai I lia\e lost 71b ' Wife of his bosom— " Gtacions tjoodiKss ! And I wanted a new bonnet so badly "' Hubby (gloomily) —" No, no ; 7H) ol flesh, I mean " Wife (with incense lib'f)~ l> Oil, is that all? I wi^h 3 ott woiilc? It C a iittie more conbideuitt, and not fii^hten anyone out of their wils about such tildes " An.l then h.s actually Milkul foi the icst of the evening. —Judy. Tiil Aniei icans ar" given to telling many amtibing btop.es Loneeinini,' their fiicmen but the following is taken not from an Amnican l>ufcn Gorman sourcp;— ''The watchmen of tlio New Yoik Fite Brigule (sajs this autliont^) sleep in electric beds set by th< clock, which awakens the slcepci in this man hit : Two bells u'ixe the fii.st signal foi using, while a lamp near the bul is lighted by electricity, .'"oon aftei an iin>&ihlu power teaus the niyhteap off the sleepei's head ; at tlie .same tui.e a spmt lamp under a cofFeo machine begins to bum as a futher inducement to lise. This pioviny fiuitlcss the eleLuc bell .sounds again, and as a last w,uiiin« a paper appeals at the side of the bed with the woul ' up !' impiinted on it. In the case of this admonition also icinainin" ineffective, the bed reais itself up on end and simply deposits its occupants on the flco 1. A specimen of an nl.jm bod of this, kind is at picsent exhibited at Casbcl, in Germany. Such at least is flip .stoiy of the Frankfinter Zietimtj ; and if it can be verified there will be an cnoitnous demand for elechic beds for the u&e of qhe sleepy headed Bntisli domestic."

Tha Bad and Worthless are ne\er imitate/I or counterfeited. This is especially true of a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the remedy wutaledis of the highest value. As soon as it had been tested and proved by the whole ■woilil that Hop Bitters was the was the purest, best and most valuable family medicine on earth, many imitations sprung up and began to steal the notices m which the press and the people of the count!y had expiessed the merits of H. 8., and in every way trying to induce suffering invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting to make money on the credit; and good name of H. B. Many others started nostrums put up in similar style to H. B , with variously devised names in which the word "Hop" or " Hops" weie u&ed in a way to induce people to believe they weie the sa«ne as Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies or cures, no matter what their style or name is, and especially those with the woid " Hop" or Hops" in their name or in any way connected with them or their name, are imitations of counterfeits. Beware of them. ,Touch none of them. "Use nothing but genuine American Hop Bitters, witjh a bunch, or cluster of preen liops on the white label, and Dr Soulc's name blown in the glass. Trust nothing else. Druggists and Chemists are warned against dealing iv imitations of counterfeits. . , „, ,