NOTES IN PASSING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 267, 10 November 1934, Page 2 (Supplement)

NOTES IN PASSING.

A text: What a fathomless wealth lies in the wisdom and knowledge, ui God! How inscrutable His judgments! How mysterious His methods! —Komans xi. 33. (Moffatt's translation.) When we pray, God is not changed, but we are changed into His glorious image and likeness. J3y prayer wo cannot change God's plans, as some people seem to think. But the man who prays is himself changed. —Sadhu Sundar Singh. ' Wise sayings: You can't plan for success or for happiness; they take you by surprise. . . . Immoderate laughter always ends in a sigh. . . . An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions. . . . Let us do something to show that we have lived. For tho first time in seven years Armistice Day falls this year on a Sunday—to-morrow. The various congregations throughout the country will doubtless observe the two minutes' silence at the commencement of the morning service. The membership of the Baptist Church of New Zealand shows a slight increase for tho year, and stands at 8725. Five hundred and thirty-one persons were baptised (luring the year, and several new preaching stations were formed. In connection with the coming visit of Professor Moffatt to the. Dominion, a civic reception is to be given to him at midday on Monday, the 19th of this month. The Presbytery of Auckland i« arranging for a luncheon in his honour tho same day.

There arc a number of changes impending in the Auckland diocese of the Anglican Church. The Rev. R. EL Trill, who succeeded Mr. Monckton ill Takapuna, is leaving with his family for England early next year. Among, other resignations is that of Canon Hobday, the acting-vicar of Ellerslie and editor of the "Church Gazette." TTe will leave for the Old Country in the beginning of February. The Rev. Albert Whiting, who succeeded the Rev. Lionel Fletcher as minister of the Beresford Street Congregational Church, will also be leaving for England next year: It is with regret that , their two communions will part with these clergymen, as well as a much wider public.

The Rev. Alexander Don, who died the other day in his seventy-eighth year, wits one of the oldest missionaries of the Presbyterian Church. He had a varied career, had travelled extensively, and done yeoman service in the mission field before settling in New Zealand, where he took an active interest in public affairs. Mr. Don was the author of "Light in Dark Islands" (a history of the New Zealand missions to the New Hebrides) and of a. life of the Eev. Peter Milne, for long Tresbyterian missionary in the New Hebrides. At the time of his death he was engaged on a history of the Presbyterian Church in Central Otago. Two of his sons reside in Auckland. Three sons and one daughter rendered service in the Great War.

A PRAYER. Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we would begin each day with reverent thoughts of Thee, and with oiir reverence we would join the confidence that Thou wilt vouchsafe to us Thine all - sufficient aid as we give ourselves to our several duties, and help us not only to serve our own interests, but also our generation, and to glorify Thee. Amen.