THE ANGLICAN MISSION

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13883, 7 November 1910, Page 9

THE ANGLICAN MISSION

I KK.UARKS BY BISHOP JULIUS. Jln the course o f his en . -Faith" at i],o Cathedral ye.= tercHy s morning. Bishop J uli ,, s f . mp1 ,:,. i5 , ;(1 ,},,. I pniiit that it Ls not so much the quanj nty ns the quality o f fnith wl)ich mir ,. i ! -'' if mcantnins are to h.-r I removed. The mo-t elementary type ■of faith was required; it mi-ht be the j faith of :m apostle, enlightened and liliuininat.-d by the Holy Ghost, or it might he the faith of a rude soldier like Gideon. It was just because this (juality oi htith had died down anions them that he was moved, «»mp time ;u:o. to cevk the mission which in the <]]<>{•■:<<•■ hnd just ceme t o a t-lrse. For the Church did not desire to do, or did not .'(•(.' what could be done.' They l'.n'i h'lim tiii'ir heads and thon-'ht that i;eitii"r man nor God <-oi:icf do it Tliiit. in < ffect, bad been the position. ••What- ha.> biTii the effect of the niis-.-iicil'" tli-. , nrraohvr proceeded. "! dent know: God only knows that. 1 j think I can pit my finger on ;:netliiiiz: I 1 cr<n .cc men- —f think especially :ir-'ii I —who liavr li:en led to understand the i meanince of those two little, words, i I <-rur : and to think that there- arc dcl pirnh'.c things that an> alr-o possible; tiiivt there is nn iv;!<cn why men, seeiii'.r evil, .should ac(]uic:-:c" in it, and that men. having in t!:em ihe Jove of Gix!, eh'iuld realise Unit influonce upon t'-e world around tiiem." In another i p:vi-t of his discourse, Bisho;> Julius reif.v :d to tho question of impurity, j p.ml ?.".id t::iU f -he ini-'.'.ion hnd brought 1 a deal of it to light. Men of tho world •Uirngacd their shoulders and .said, "Oh. well, you know it has got { o }yo th'M'e is no doubt about it. There is the mountain, and we have to fee round it." But the man of God s:nv that there was no mountain that could not he removed by men going forward in Hip faith of God. He was not, lie hoped : *ueh a foci as tn.believe that they could turn the whole world into :; comimmity of .saints; but evils could he cither remedied or removed if only they he'irved that mountains wero not immovable.

LYTTELTOX. The mission services in connection with Holy Trinity Church wt-ro continued on Saturday, and were well attended, In tho evening a precession of the choir, congregation and clergy went tlirj-.igh the streets singing I'yinns, and an address was given by tlio missicner, the Rev. T. Kocs, followed ijy a service at the church. "\<-s----terday mornin;; tiiere were large numbers of communicants at Holy Communion at 8 o'cleck, and a suny eucharist at 11 a.m. The church was filled at the children , :! fcorvice at H p.m., and au.ain afc 4 p.m., when Mr Joseph Harri.s delivered nn impressive i address "to men only on "'The Conversion of St. Paul." At the evening service tho Rev. T. Rees delivered an address of instruction on "Amendment oi:' Life," and preached a feermon on "The Indwelling Christ." Tho mission sorvices will conclude with a thanksgiving service this evening and a thanksgiving eucharisl to-morrow morning. PAPANUT. The mission Rcrvicea at Papanui wereconcluded yestcrdtiy. There were larjif ■ in tho morning, and at the Gcrvices for children and for men in the afternoon, and tho church was orowdrd in tho evening. In tho morning the Hey. J. H. Darby preached on "The Power of Christ," showing how it still had its influence, as shown in tho relations between God and man and man nnd man. In the to men he urged them to use all their power and example to overcome the habits of intemperance and immorality. In the evening, after pointing out the difficulties in the way of leading a right life the missioner urged all to tread the path trodden by the saints of God, nnd follow in the footsteps of our Master, Christ, and thus find a sure protection against the temptations iof tho devil, our own passions, and all j evil. KAIAPOI. Tho Ttev. H. P. "W. Farrar, rector of Brideport, concluded tho mission tit Kaiapoi parish last night, when a mass meeting was held in tho Oddfellows' Hall, which was packed. On the previous evening the missioner spoke to a lnrge congregation in St. Bartholomew's Church on the parable of tho iSower. Last evening his subject was the parable of the. Marriage Feast, and the Foolish Virgins who had no oil in their lamps, and wero too late. He made a strong final appeal to the people. The heartiness of tho winging of the hymns and the earnestnoss of the responses showed how much interest was taken in tho service. There were very large attendances at the Communion service on Sunday morning. The final Communion service takes place at 0 a.m. to-day. FENDALTON. At St. Barnabas', Fendnlton, the mission services were continued on Friday and Saturday, the Rev. Prebendary H. V. Stuart preaching on each occasion. Yesterday Holy Communion was celebrated at 7 and 8 a.m. Included in yesterday's services were a children's meetand a meeting for men. The mission will be continued this week, and will close, on Thursday.