THE AVONSIDE CHURCH.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12364, 1 December 1905, Page 9

THE AVONSIDE CHURCH.

£"' OPENING OF THE NAVE AND _: °* AISLES. 6* j i 1 v«*terd»y afternoon Bishop Julius , ' <JfSnX the opening ceremony '•\' W with . thJ«\ now V ire ond aisles of Holy Trinity Churcn, h -tZdde. At half-past aaven in the '\ < Holy Communion was cele- ' w«l ond at three o'clock evensong. ' £'Kebop preached from Ezekiol 47, 2, , .and behold there ran out waters >\ Ji tho right «<k-" Herring *<> , tho i 2i£rf tho holy waters, ho said that C- iamri* the cl«o there was one of the . ™~Z remarkable passages in tha Bible. V K» ™ 5 nothing like, it tharho knew . ,'. jfL literature. Ezekiel dreamed, but !f " ~ _»_ he was more than a dreamer, ho "' * v*x a poet. Ho had no doubt that "' ruab'ei intended a symbol of something St traa r' cher h - v far tlian , h ¥ T° Seated, a symbol that might be fruitfniwconjuration if it was dwelt upon. Therefore some who rememberli the old Avonside Church. . They tJere proud of it. tie thought it was 4 $ TL' fiJit consecrated church in Canter- * llarv They remembered it as i fctood Krijjt and even now there wa- somo '<r *_rt of 'reminiscence of'it in the beautifo Jcbnrch in which 'tiiey worshipped} J Ho most heartily congratulated theso ■ who had laboured hard, tiro vicar, th«. rhnrch-warde"*, tho vtstry. and the iwotile of Avonside, on the completion of __ Atlw «wk wl,ich tl !°- v H take, _ in d - Those who knelt in the now church for • ilia font timo could but recognise the • XT thought and skill that Bwt dozened it There wero men in thwo old dart that dreamed of greater thine;.. 1 una built churches, knowing that they - "onld not last for ever, but that in a while they would pass aivay, and richer and grander work would take thuir places. What was the good of a man that did not dream, that had no ideals, that did not look forward and picture something greater and grander and nobler? Had tt not been tho life of the Jewish race? He had no doubt of it it was tho power of hope. .And it nero an ill-thing for any church in tho i Aioom to live without ideals. Dtrrmg the progress of the servioo j Bishop Julius consecrated tho new font. At tho conclusion of tho servico those present adjourned to a reception hj the schoolroom, and Canon Pascoo thanked the Bishop for his presence, .he parishioners who bad worked for the completion of the church, tho olergy present, snd the ladies who had given their help.