THE ANGLICAN MISSION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 952, 20 October 1910, Page 6

THE ANGLICAN MISSION.

' IMPRESSIVE BEGINNING IN CHRISTCHURCH. t'/iv-'l;^;/;.;/ ■■ SOLEMN'PROCESSION THROUGH j ' . (By Helesraph.—Press Association.). ■ Christchurch, October 19. l;'-;-The-f-:v:--th'e;;;, was,' '..inaugurated' % to-night .with'■ ai>service' in the, Cathedral; : j' !. and in. the' Phillipstown'-Cihurch. ■. Tho £ choirs; and' Clergy.; from S praC ticall£;all: the : Anglican churches m the :«ty and sub- : ' urbs were present,;, and, accompanied by i , Bishop' Julius, Dead Harper, andother fc;.!,'Church",;- dignitaries, "'marched vinji solemn': ; ; ; /Vfprocesribn-along. the ..Cathedral: aisieis, and; S Jl-.'/ithrough someLof , the . principal streets. In {r.'f-fTOol^a'A^iprei'.^lie-Bishop; briefly ;V ";; : 'dense;;throhg, exhorting! them to:'attend' the service.'.; The. Cathedral was the congregation deeply interestedf in .the serv)ce: ahd : the :sermon-by" Canon Stuart/ , ,

The mission: appears to have. made a (most encouraging: commencement in-.the '•dioccse bf.'Christehureh;'. The services at 'opened; oh, Saturday, night, qays' ■tho Christchurch "Press," and. the size of .the congregations have, surprised; the most, .optimistic. /Quite half'of the big Saturday;- evening:' congregation ; wore back' at the Eucharist early ori'the Sunday morn- ; ing/l On, the Sunday;.afternoon the church .; was mini aiid 'iio resident-can "remember anything.', approaching to. the' congregation in the evening. I'or an hour before-the. evening mission , starts ' it' i great .part of the- congregation, preceded 7 a''large;'-white .'Cross, .march:;round the. roads," .takihg a different : route each '-.night. ■ V.;- -.'.'.l-."'.