THE BISHOP OF NELSON

Grey River Argus, 27 August 1912, Page 5

THE BISHOP OF NELSON

LAST NIGHT'S RECEPTION

The Bishop of Nelson, who is paying- his first official visit to . this part of the diocese,, was entertained at a conyersazone held last night in the Town' Hall. There was a large number of people preset, representing many denominations, and the Bishop himself was at the -door, to meet personally those who attended the function. Mr. Bray was chairman. . MUSICAL PROGRAMME. A first class musical programme had been arranged. The entertainment opened with a pianoforte duet played ; Tsy the Misses Broad for which they were heartily applauded. In the quartette, "A Soldier's Farewell," and "Stars of a Summer Night," sunjEf:by a party of gentlemen, the voices 'blended perfectly, and an encore was 1 insisted upon. Mr. Melville followed- w'ittna' song, "Three for Jack," which: he- ren^dered with tgood effect, having- to'appear again in response to the clamor-, bus demands of the audience for more. Miss Pike sang- ;"A ' Summer 'Song:' with tasteful expression, and : was recalled. „ "The Postillion," which'- Mr. Harley sang- in a manner wholly satisfactoryj was an outstanding ; success ; His encore song was also liberallr- applauded. The quartette pary agin nopeared' wih . two ..numbers, ./'Lofty Dreams and "The Catastrophe,'', the second of which, caused the audience much mirth! Mr: Cadzo.w received a great hearing for his song, and was such a favourite, that he had to'reappear twice.' His first encore number was a .humorous song entitled "The Polka," which caused a .great deal of amusement, after which' he gave that old fnvo'urite, "The Wearing' of the Green.' This concluded the musical part of the evening. THE ADDRESS. . Bishop Sadlier. then came forward to receive the following address, which was read and presented to him. by Mr. Bray, church warden :— "To the Right Rev. W. C. Sadlier,' = .M.A., : B.D, Lord Bishop of Nelson. • ■■"'. "Your Lordship,— ■ v "We, the undersigned Churchwardens,.. Vestrymen and Parishioners of Holy Trinity Church, Greymbuth, together with the Churchwardens, Vestrymen and Parishioners of St. Thomas's,' Runanga, and all churchmen in this portion of your Lordship's diocese, .desire to accord to your Lordship the heartiest of hearty West Coast welcomes on this, the first occasion of your visiting- the West Coast. i "Whilst we sincerely deplore the unavoidable retirement of Bishop Mules and trust' that he may long enjoy a well earned rest, we are extreme-; ly thankful that under, the. good'providence of God and the direction of His Holy Spirit, your Lordship was ; elected, ordained and . consecrated. ■ as his successor. , You come -to us -as: a scholar of recognised and undoubted attainments. Your reputation as aP orator" and preacher preceded you, and from our experience we can say it is entirely justified, for we had the pleasure yesterday of hearing for ourselves your earnest and eloquent discourses. You have had practical experience of parochial work in large parishes in Australia, and will thus be able to sympathise with the parochial difficulties of many of your clergy and their people, and to grapple with those larger problems. which confront tin; church as a Whole. - . ' i "We understand that it is your Xordship's intention to revive the ,Bishopdale Theological College, and train young, men for the sacred ministry of Christ's Church. We pry a that in this and in all the departments of your work you may be divinely g-uided a n d controlled, and that the blessing of the .Most High, may rest upon you. ■ i l 'We ask you to convey to your good wife and family our kindest regards and best wishes, and we express the hope that on some future occasion, we may have the .pleasure of welcomingthem to Greymouth."

THE BISHCjP'S REPLY. His Lordship who, on arising. to reply was greeted with loud applause; 'said that he did not intend to make a long speech. He had been told that the coast was a terrible place. for bad weather. Well, ihe had been here for isome little time and. the bad weather ;had hot appeared yet. ITe had also been told by* a gentleman in Australia that the people on the Coast were not musical. It was well for . the gentleman that he was not here now. The iCoust people, he found, were very hospitable, and he understood now what a West Coast welcome was. He said that he realised that Ihe had 'before him, as Bishop of the Diocese of Nelr son, a. lot of work; but he was sure that with the help of. the he would get through it all right. - All they had 10 do was • to ; pull together. .He asked them to remember four great essentials. .which ,were necessary to-the Avelf are of the. Church. They were unity, hopefulness,. perseVeran.ee and readiness. If they kept these in, their tfriin'ds,'. success was assured them. He urged them to make this dioceese a God fearing .one, and in concluding thanked them very heartily for the farm welcome they had given him. • v ßefreshments . yirere - .then ' handed round and the proceedinigs dosed -with :the singing by the whole audience of With Me.'' -' -• ■