SUNDAY SERVICES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 68, 21 March 1910, Page 6

SUNDAY SERVICES.

■ '.-.->: . ■ .■•■ ' -J;:Mr. Enos Bacon, the singing tusogejirt ' < held no less than four services' Va '.tiw East-street Hall, Newton, yesterday- ;\ each of them was extremely' well attend, ed, and late comers could not' find seats. ''"'. Mr. Bacon proved to be an eloquent speaker, with a personality about Ins every gesture and inflection of the voice ,''' which riveted the attention of his con. . gregations throughout' the course of|hl»S addresses. He also is the possessor ot. '■'';■_ two remarkable voices—one a deep, sonorous baritone, and the other a pure soprano. Mr. Bacon's sermonettes were as varied in character as they were gener- , ; ';t ally attrastive. For the most part hia ■ discourse is serious, -but it is never sombre, because it is every now and th'6al§|l relieved by scintillations of wit and humorous passages. The evangelist also : : : gives pianoforte numbers very pleasingly. The Rev. H. S. Woollconrbe, . who -?Stjjll visiting the Dominion as the representative of the Church of England Men's Society, held several services yesterday. He preached at All Saint's', Ponsonby, in/ 8 the forenoon; he was present and toqkif§f§| part in an excellent men's meeting ai^'itPisl branch conference at Otahuhu. in the afternoon, and in the evening he preached at Holy Trinity Church, Devonport, and later on he conducted a men's meeting ia the schoolroom. ' '' "'vx-^^^S Services commemorative of the / anniversary of the Bayfield (Ponsonby) Wesleyan Church -were held yesterday. There were large congregations, and special hymns were ad- M?ij mirably sung toy the Sunday echodi scholars. - • - ) The anniversary of the Ponsonby Bap- ' tist Church' was celebrated "yesterday. There were in all three services. '.y : ln.":thesSS morning the Key. R. Baine preached, the Rev. E. A. Kir wood occupied ■' the pulpit at the afternoon service, and the pa,tot of the church (the Rev. A., W. North), preached in the evening. ■. . ' The first of the anniversary ■ services '' held at the Mount Eden Hethodisfc Church yesterday was conducted iby the ' Rev. Wm. Day, of the Mount Edea Congregational Church, and the evening service by Mr. J. T. Leafe, of the. Central : Mission. There was special music at both. services, and Mr. A. K. Wrigley contributed a solo at the evening meeting. ' The anniversary services in ,connection : with the Mount' Eden.Baptist Church.. were held yesterday. In the morning , the Rev. Gray Dixon preached, and the ■ evening service " was taken by. the Bey,. Howard Elliott, -minister of the church. There were large congregations present • on each occasion. >;. ■',s. ■ , ■.:•:■ •, . *' * - " - . - ,