THE ANGLICAN ,

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 951, 19 October 1910, Page 4

THE ANGLICAN

v -;Vjj- '■'~■■. ;:" ,»'.'.. '?.,;.-.■ •,'■■■' : ;> ■^γ'-X.' ISLAND BAY.i; : vH:. V .' The power of; the A'nglicani Mission is growing in; strength ;everyday- _'ai>.'St.;. Hilda's,- Island Bajv. Mondiyi-evening; is not considered a good onejfor mission services, yet that night was'".a'most remarkable, one. Before 17.30 p.m. people were arriving, and all the ingenuity of the church officers' was required to seat tha largo congregation in the churchroom; the aisle was'filled with extra chairs, and at 8 p.m., when the rriissioner came' from the vestry to begin the service, he had to. elbow hie way through ,the people,to .jreaoh:'. the ohancel.. .'lt -was 'quite"impossible then to find even standing room. 11.I 1 . The vicar announced, before.the that for the rest of the week tlio evening services, would be held in the' Assembly Hall,, in order, to accommodate the people who wished k> attemi'ithe mission. Mr; Farrer. took, as , the subject of his .first address the "Parable of Dives and Lazarus," and made a stirring appeal to all to remember that, their eternity depended on their lives in'this, worlds In his second .address, Mr. Farrer ,todk for his' subject "How God. Reveals Himself." Ho' slumed that, apart from Christian, testimony,' there was in tho ; works , of..heathen Roman historians 'the fact that JesusChrist was. not a : mythical .pefson, but a man who actually lived.- He, then unfolded the evidences':, for.the fiict; of ,the Resurrection .of' Christ.' To-night: "tne services will be hold kithe.AV .sombly Hall. -. ■. 'SJ.h '*;>■'..-'",'■ ' : ';;;V.' ■' : '..■BROOKLYN/ , ,,''.'' \ty£k :The Anglican Mission services, were , continued yesterday at, St. Matthew's, Brooklyn. The women's ..service. at; 3 p/nu was well ..attended. At 7.45.the mission service wasrheld)' and, .in spite of .the bad weather, there was aJargo .congregation.,': The subject was, ''.'How to. Reipent. l] At the • conclusion of the. Krvice a. large-number of irequests for prayer :;iyero. offered , , up,, and several persons caine. forward.. to. renew the baptismal vow..' ■ mission will be continued.to-day,;when there will be a special:children 1 s^s'eVvice.at 3.30 p'.mV, and the usual.niisiiion service;at 7.45.'