CHURCH MISSION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 81, 7 April 1910, Page 4

CHURCH MISSION.

THE HENRY POTTS CAMPAIGN. A laree number of people nt-sembleil in the Kentteirace l*re»by:erinii Church last evening to welcome I.V. Henry und Mr C. A. Pott?, who hay* come to New Zealand to engage on musionary work on behalf of the evangelical churches. The Rev. J. K. Elliott, chairman of tho Wellington Minutem' Association, presided. The chairman biief?>' welcomed " tho visitors. Ho said he locked to great good resulting from the auvion. The great fight for civic and notionul righteousness which Dr. Helrr hud fought at home had been wat«b«d with great interest. The meeting vas a pledge, so to epeak, of hearty co-operation in the ministers' efforts. Tho Rev. J. J. Korth said the Ministers' Association .'ooked upon the mission as a very soUnn occasion. Denominational barriers had never been very high in Wellington, and just now they were all down. The churche* wore going to co-operatA with all their strength and enthusiasm in this mission. Wellington had nany problems. It had many people ivno did not know their right baud f/oto their left, morally speaking. Rev. Dr. Gibb declared that h» had little belief to missions of the *en*ational and "big drum" order. Ho had been connected viih missions whCrc the reaction had been vory great, and on the other hand, lie hod been connected with missions which had done a great deal of good. Hi was satisfied from all. that he bad luard that Dr. Henry had come to them in the right spirit, and that he would d» good work. Rev. Jfr. Serpell briefly welcomed the mission*™ on behalf of * the Methodist Church. When Dr. Henry rose to reply tho audieuco stood, and waved handkerchiefs He said his visit to New Zeai land wan the fruition of a hope which he lud entertained for very many years. For twenty years he had been dealing will problems similar to those in lin^ton on the frontier of American civilisation, 'lhe solution of these problems was to be found in an open Bible, and tho preaching of the Gospel. After alluding tit the essential result* of amission, it it- was to be successful, he ft>oko of the value of co-operation beiween the churches. The churches should prove by their unity thoir regard for those ouUidc. He hoped this mission would bo attended with excellent result*. Ilia messai;e would be the simple messauo of the Old llook. (Applaus-e.) Mr. Pott* also briefly returned thanks.