ANGLICAN HOME MISSION.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 230, 29 September 1888, Page 2

ANGLICAN HOME MISSION.

*•'■■ THifflth annual 'tnesting; in connection with the above Mission was held last even' Ing in iAU! Saints' Siinday-shobl room,1 when there was a large attendance. A prelimm*^y service, washeld in the church, which wafe &lso?Vfftll 6fct«iided.'i After a hymnhadr' teen sung the usual devotional exercise^ 1 were gone through.; Mr E. Hammond read: the lesson from Ephesians IV. chapter, let to 16th verses,ahd bhe'iriotishbeht, the Rev. j W. Calder, preached the sermon. Tlje. .gathering then passed into the sGhtoolrooai. Amongst ;the.clergy present ■were, the Primaite, the Veil,... .A rohdedcbhs' Dudley, Willis, Clarke £uid the E-evs. Walpole, OtCallSghan, Beatty; Sprott, Bates, Gould,* J/ Svvßavis, Haselden, J.- S. Sili, Richards, ■ .'Hewj6);fci-Jin^.:Vy,ood3..: - ■". , Thei Yen. Archdeacon Dudley presided, andiiri His dptetiing remarks said, that .this wa's the annual meeting of the Home Miai»ion, ,and the,first .wish of. them nil must be that their Bishop, their!: father in God, lypuld fiaye presided, bufc be' was rrqw away at the mother side- of !the> sVPOrid ; still they hoped ;: tp;,;;hav^;;bim • brick atiioritjft them by next C'!vr)ntitta<s l>a\\ 110 raientSojied that' the iriem%er?(' of the Home Itfissiqtirswply.: xniaiifc fljat r fi it was openwj '*_■')ml. -yrhq would .euWmbe 6« pst" annum towards t>be .unds of i<he Miaulon. liieyl

hoped to see btancbiS of ijiia SJission opened in the ouisdlstriots in order to strengthen the hands of their brethren. The Mission tried as fdr as possible''to reach those who were not otherwise ministered5 to, and he conld only regret that there, were no to speak so, many rivals in the work and not more unity. He fully agreed with a writer to the press upon the folly of several minister's of various denominations visiting one Ismail country district, while others were left unattended to. He could only say that this had not originated with the Church. ' ' -, -,-r The Secretary, the Rev., J. Hasel.den, no:<t read the minutes, of the last annual meeting, which were adopted, He then road'the fifth annual report, which showed that the Mission was doing good work. During the year ,160 members had paid subscriptions, and .46 donations had been received. The income was £36 less than last year.- This was ascribed to thfe fact that «everal large donations had been forwarded to the Standing Com mit>tee ; in stead ofto the ; Homo Mission Fund. In ordeV to giyo ah \ idea of tho'work done Mr HaHelde^n read portioiiH of .the'report of the orgftn,ising clergyman. This showed that -during the year 106 Sunday arid 35 week day seMoeß Had been conducted by him, and 6Q7 communicant's had alketidea -at.'s3wß.plebt:ations'. 19 Sunday services had also been 'conducted by other clei-ijymeiii. The Rev; :T. r E, Hewlett had held 111 services, and 33 other services had been, conducted, making the total number'of services held under the Home Mission to bo 314.' The collections received at these services amounted to #316. The organising clergyman had tried in various country districts to raise means to nay off the debts, and also to increase the funds of tho Home Mission. , £555 would be required at present to carry on the work, undertaken by the Mission. The total income for the year had been £862. ' If more fund-i wore available," larger grants would be given to the country churches. The report was received. : ■ During tho evening tho choir, conducted by.Mr F. Edger, rendered various selections of music. Mr Edger presided at the organ nt the service in tho church. The following papers were, also read :—By the Rev. ~YV. Beatfcy, M. A;, upon " Our Duty an a National Church in the Home Mission," and by the Rev. i. S. Hill, upon " Aggressive Clirii?tianity." At the close of tho'ineefcing votes of thanks wore accorded all who had assisted. ■'■■'■ -;■' l'