BISHOP WALLIS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1194, 1 August 1911, Page 6

BISHOP WALLIS.

A LAST LOOK AT THE SOUTHEIW CEOSS. The following letter from Bishop Wallia to the clergy and people of the dioceso oi Wellington appears in the "Church Chron. icle" for August:— "My Dear Friends,—Let mo assure you of my loving gratitude for the very ?en erous proof ot your affectionate remembrance, which lie Archdeacon ot Wellington presented to me in your name the night before we sailed. Ho was good enough to inform me that all the parishes of the diocese had had a. share in this great kindness, and that among the contributors was an especially largo number of those whom I have had the privilege of confirming. Jly earnest prayer for you all is that you may go from strength (o strength in the power of the Holy Spirit which God has given you. "Many sad moments havo come to mo during this voyage, as I have thought of the work and friends I have left behind. Perhaps the sadden ot all was when on the evening of Ascension Pay, nearly a •week after we had crossed the Equator, I saw for the last time the Southern Cross, standing upright in all its beauty above the horizon, and knew that I should no longer look iiprm that precious reminder of my life and work in New Zealand. But below all the sadness was the certain conviction, for which I thank God most heartily, that He had showed me what He meant me to do, and so I have no fear for the future either for you or for myself.

"I need not assure you that T am pravinsr for you every tiny,' and that I shall 1)0 vorv :io.ir you \u sw'rit on tho Tuesday in Wiiitsnn week, when you will meet for t.lic conwerotinn of my friend mid former chaplain to lie my His Ion? experience will have helped him (y> we what things are needed in the diocese, and when lie is able to fell you what in liis judgment, aided by (he Snirit of God. are 'lie forward movements that are mest urgently ollo:l for at the present Vinie. T am sure you will rive him that hearty eo-"wrntion which T myself have nftW Hinnlrfnlh- received from you. "M.ny Rod's l.Wsinc r'ways u— vnn and your work for the spread of His Kingdom. ' "Vnnr .olTWWitp fl-V"d. "FttEIWTC WAT.T.TR niishop)."