A NEW VICAR

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 48, 27 February 1933, Page 8

A NEW VICAR

ST. JAMES', LOWER HUTT

BISHOP SPROTT PREACHES

The institution of the Bey. H. E. K. Fry, M.A., as vicar of St. James' Church, Lower Hutt, took place yesterday. St. James', said his Lordship Dr. Sprott, who preached from the text —"Let a manl so account of us, as of Ministers of .Christ, Stewards ,of the Mysteries of God," hadthat day entered on a new chapter in its history. Those"to whom had been,committed the task of filling the vacancy had realised the importance of their task, and had chosen one well known to vthem all—one who had already proved faithful to his task. It might be that to some present Mr. Frywould have to prove himself, but to those who had known him at St. Mark's he had already abundantly proved himself. His Lordship urged those present to give to their minister the loyal and hearty support which had been customary from them. . • . The service, taken by the newly instituted minister, was throughout appropriate to the occasion, the reading being from Isaiah 61—the preaching of the good tidings,—John 21—the duty of a pastor. The church was again filled in the evening when the whole service was conducted by the newly instituted vicar. Mr. Fry took as his text the John IV— 17, "God is Love." It was "imperative that the first message of a newly inducted vicar should get right home, and if nothing else was remembered he hoped that the text would not be forgpt,ten, as it summed up the whole burden of religion.