FOUNDERS OF A CHURCH.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 66, 18 March 1915, Page 3

FOUNDERS OF A CHURCH.

MARSDEM, - SEI/WTTH, AMD ■ ■ PATTESOW. '" "•" — - MEMORIAL TO JMJSSIONARIES. J XJXYJEILED Uf CATHEDRAL, A fine memorial. to v the missionary pioneers .of the Anglican. ChufiJi,in- Sew I Zealand .and_, Melanesia', was; unveiled yesterday . : afternoon; ':ip : , ':Bsi - JEary.'-a Cathedral, Parnell > - .in the presence ■of ,the" Bishop *nd i a J^r^;--gatheriiig'r! of clergy-ind laitjf. _ The .memorial : e6a--1 sists of four- large stained-glass windows in the sanctuary,'-dedicated respectively to Rev. Samuel Marsden. who held.the first Christian;seryice_;in;NeytZeaJaiid at the Bay "of 1814; to. Bishop- George Augustus'- Selwyni Bishop -of New Zealand; to' Bishop John Coteridge_F.asteson, .the martyred fiirst • Melanesia; ;an%to.»tlie / .;e£r]y missionaries of the Clnu-ch j Society in New Zealand.. I The unveiling of the Msrsden and i Selwyn windows-was, performed by Jlev. ! Canon ((lioMurrsLy, who has been largely j responsible, for . the . erection" of the memorial, _ and the __ others were veiled by - the itev." Johi" r M.A. , ' —"--:-- -.-r,-::-A NOBLE Bishop Avcrill, in the course of an address, said he felt the need for fuller study, of the lives_and yprk of- the.early missionaries, of in-'Kew Zealand,, men who and' triumphid over*/ "-innumerably -~a!ffieul€SeeV —s£eir memory -was■ a^grest^:heritage 'and-■ '*; valuable .itseet'Jto genjerations, and it-was . fitting"tlia£ a inef mbrial to them-should .be".placed in the Cathedral JGhurch r df" Auckland. ' ing of Paniuel Margden, the Bishop fouh'i:• a', parallel"between; his' work^and T ti)itt. of .- St. Patrick, j who; convert.the heathen Scots•"iri ■ Ire?aa«l, jiis'f ks .Mafsdeh.Tett' T l?ew"South T ' : -WkTes to establish';th'e firsi misslon v a , nteng T "tHte "HaoHs." To Bishop" Churcii dwedj a constitutibn,";freer.priinitiTe-g;nd democratic, without'; bias" : as M;or-ifie coioiir line, and lirihainper.eS to the State: ■;Amongsi'.tKer!early"DiiS i ' sionaries they honoured was William King, who. was the"companion; oE liTarar den r , and_ c.pntmued to_his : death_in the work' Maeng^-*lt was.fitting that two of -the windows ■ shcSild have v. been. jinyeiled/.bv; grandson, Rev.- ~ John King 'Davis. - Honour ■ was also due to Henry; and- 'WilHam liams, who in later years saved the mission from collapse, just as. Aidan.jColnmba, : ity in England latter: Augustiße's; efforts: had been blotted." out ■..":. c '... iv THE TWC: BISHOPS.;.' liie coming compared 'with the'eoihifng: to. EngiandjSoff Archbishop Theodore [ 'of 'tarsus,: whttliii' tiie 7.th sions united- Church/ of -England.; '•Selwyn came at a time when the ous missions- needed consolidation/ continued the "Bishop.'. "All honour. tp.,jhe Church Missionary Society and its;--«?prlj-ersi but- the !missipn_niust^. become .-the: Ghurch — a of the Holy Catholic Church of Chriet.*. To hi 3 energy, will,.and statesmanship'"we owe. this '. T"..- .- ■ Turning'"toj£iKshop.--Pstjteson, .Dr.Averill said that he bore comparison with St. Patrick' and with Cp? ,l ™ l, *. that he heard .the-call to cross the sea". He was. like'Columba' .in'the of his character, and:, the devotion and saintly- life of- .such a martyrs must aiways be an inspiration to';those"wholaboured for Christ in New Zealand and the islands of the^sea. : " ' -'-" /->■--.■'.■.' . . The - four, 'windows ■ depict: the. four: ; evangelists, and'also'bear the-embtems' of the latter—a man; a-lion,--an an eagle. Each : ftpure is surmounted' by. an ornamental -gpthre canopy, pn-_\?hiclx. • stands an angel..holding..a,.scroll,. They, were designed by -the Jate..\rchdeaeon j Vhilip Walsh and Jones and" Willis, "London. - , '_■ .. ■'..'_... . ,The collection towards,- defraying, -the' cost amounted to £28 10/-. ■ ~- ,1.