METHODIST HOSTEL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 15, 18 July 1939, Page 6

METHODIST HOSTEL

"EPWORTH HOUSE"

An interesting service took place on Sunday afternoon, when the premises known as 12 Rossmoor Crescent the £l opei uy ™of the Th°mdon Methodist Church Trust, were dedicated for use mainly as a Methodist hostel for young men away from home. + uThm Rev- R' B- Gosnell (chairman of the Trust Board) said that on the expiration of the lease of this valuable I city property several months ago the trustees had spent much time in considering the best use to which the! property could be put, and had decided to lease it to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Baird, formerly of Taranaki. who would conduct the premises mainly as a hostel. The trustees had a vision of a more commodious property on the ™K\. wl? ich was one of the "best in Wellington.

*_ I the sin 'SinS of several hymns, the offering of prayer, and the reading of the twenty-fourth Psalm, the Key. P. R. Paris, chairman of the Wellington district, dedicated the property as "Epworth House." He said it was fitting that the new enterprise should commence with twelve men for was therenot many years ago a Great Man who commenced a new order by •calling twelve other men. to be His Disciples?- He congratulated the trustees upon their enterprise, and warmly commended their vision. .Mrs. a L. Worboys sang "Bless this House, and after a closing hymn and the Benediction, those assembled remained as guests of Mr. and Mrs Victor Baird and Miss Ola Baird for afternoon tea.