NOTES IN PASSING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 247, 17 October 1936, Page 30 (Supplement)

NOTES IN PASSING.

One hundred and thirteen students enrolled last year in the Bible Training Institute.

A text: "He that hath a bountiful eye (that looks at others with kindliness and friendliness) shall be blessed." — Proverbs xxii., 9.

Dr. Maude Royden has been preaching to immense congregations in Canada. At one place 20,000 people gathered to hear her.

Over 6000 new hymns and spiritual songs have been composed by members of the Salvation Army during the past 50 years.

The Rev. Lionel B. Fletcher has published (Marshall, Morgan and Scott) a small volume of addresses under the title, "After Conversion —What?"

It is 24 years since the first meeting of Baptists was held in Mount Albert, and 21 years since a properly constituted church was formed. The membership now totals 174.

Mother Salmon, who has held, for nearly a generation, the office of MotherVicar of the Catholic Church in Australia and New Zealand in connection with the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, has retired from the position on account of her advancing years. Wise sayings from Thomas a Kempis: "Endeavour so to live that at the hour of death thou niayest rejoice rather than fear." "Seek a convenient time to meditate, and oftentimes call the benefits of God to mind." "In judging others we labour in vain, err commonly, and easily sin; but, in judging and examining ourselves, we reap singular commodity." The executive of the Catholic Teachers' Association suggests that Catholic teachers should interest themselves in the series of important educational conferences which the New Education Fellowship of New Zealand is arranging to hold in the four main centres in July of next year. Several - distinguished! educationists will be . visiting the Dominion then, on their way to the Australian Conference of the Fellow- 1 ship. The executive is of opinion that Catholic teachers should be represented, where possible, on the local committees. A feature, during the recent summer, of the services for children on the beaches of popular watering places in Scotland, has been the performing in costumes, with littleor no comment, of six of the best-known I Gospel parables. There were other unusual features that helped to bring religious truths home to the minds of many thousands of children, but none were more deeply interesting or made more impression oii them than the parable plays. Kathleen Kennedy has a timely article in "Zealandia" on reading for, the leisure hours now that so many workers have so much spare time on their hands. There is no friend, she says, like a good library. She therefore reminds us that, as we exercise care in our choice of human friends, weeding out those who for sonic reason do not appeal to us, or whom we feel to be unworthy of our friendship, we should be at least as meticulous in our. choice of our book friends.