PRESENTATION TO THE REV. JULIAN WOODS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 62, 4 July 1874, Page 11

PRESENTATION TO THE REV. JULIAN WOODS.

, l ' ,-/ / I , knownTfs WW P T rW / that the ReV - Juliatt Wo ° d ». * well ™w m— iIVi 1 V? nai i 9rationofl hi 9 Berv}ces in connexion with the city - lThe ' Cornwali Chronicle lthus - MnAO^ .^ or3hi P tfe. Mayor, in a few complimentary remarks, S? fjJ 2 th ™T eSt c labo -" ° f the rev ' gentleman during the mission Services Sa ' S T £*° £* con^tion ™re under for Ms £m £ ?v then ™ ad the addreß9 » which set forth in' flattering Wood 8 mS ei r» Ofthe c°°gregation>c °°g regation> ™<W<™° d a hope that'll? Woods might be long spared to minister to the Bp iritual wants of bhe people, and conduct many more missions like that which had been so' um7^l- J ' ntleman a purse enclosing a cheque for the *£$£lfi%£L amOUUC C ° lleOfced bb ' the «»TO^n toward, Wai" °^ r eoeiv j n g the testimonial, Father Woods stated that he could insi\7?T^ tOW Preß9P reB9 sufficiently his sense of the way m which his labors had been received in Launceston. The deputation had been End enough to refer to them as having been very successful ; and he might state that he did not sac how they could have* been oS wise than successful when he thought of the prayeifnl anxiety which Tfcp rfi? 7™,1 d \7\ 7 - of the congregation themselves. Ihe interest with which the mission had been regarded was a Source of great encouragement to a missionary, and in that reaped; he would always look back with feelings of pleasure to the mission which had been held in Launceston. In its progress it had been quite in keeping with all he had seen of the place, which in his mind offered every scope tor the energies of a missionary, and likewise afforded him every encouragement in his work. He gratefully, accepted the testimonial m the kind spirit in which it had been offered, and as it showed that the congregation was generous in its liberality, in endeavoring to promote the cause of religion. He could assure thorn' that the money ™uld be well employed, and would be devoted to lurtner the interests ot religion an d education in Australia. Having said so much, he also wished to thank them personally for thei? flattering address, and he could assure them that he would long retain it as one of the treasures of his missionary life. It was a renewal, so to speaK, ot his acquaintance with them in the mission field, aud he trusted the time might not be far distant when he would again be enabled to renew his labors amongst thorn."