CHURCH SERVICES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 160, 22 June 1935, Page 6

CHURCH SERVICES

At St. Matthew’s Church to-morrow there will be celebrations of the Holy Communion at 8 a.m. and at 12 noon. Matins will be at 11 a.m. The Vicar will preach. Evensong at 7 p.m., when the preacher will be the Rev. A. M. Niblock. An evensong service will be held at Mahora School at 7 p.m. and also at St. Barnabas, Parkvale, where the service at 7 p.m. will be taken by Hie Vicar. There will also be a service at Raukawa at 2.30 p.m. There will therefore be no baptism service at St. Matthews.

Adjutant Riseley will conduct this Sunday’s meetings at the Salvation Army, and the Whakatu outpost service will be led by Commandant Cook.

Services in the Havelock North Presbyterian Church will be conducted by the Rev. R. Waugh morning and evening, and afternoon at Clive.

In the Hastings Methodist Church to-morrow evening there is to be a solo by Mr. Walter Brough, late of Auckland, who will sing “It Is Enough,” from “Elijah.” Mr. J. K. Warren will also render a violin solo, “Meditation.” The choir will sing “Across the Bar” and “Fear Not Ye, O Israel.” The Rev. R. B. Gosnell will speak on “It’s never too late to mend” —the second series of talks on “Themes From Modern Proverbs.” The family service at 11 a.m. will be conducted by the Rev. R. 1). Gosnell, whoso subject will be “The Writings of Jesus—What did he Write?” The anthem will be “King of Kings.” The hospital service will bo held at 6 p.m. and at 3.30 p.m. there will be the Sacrament of Baptism in the Church.

Special services of inspiration will be held m the Baptist Church, Karamu road south, to-morrow to mark the occasion of the church’s 26th anniversary. The visiting preacher for this important celebration will be a former minister, whose work was greatly esteemed, the Rev. H. IS. Edridge. Mr. Edridge will bring messages of challenge, speaking at 11 a.m. on “Bringing in the Sheaves,” and at 7 p.m. (when the five evangelistic evening services will be commenced) on the subject “Ye Must Be Born Again.” The morning service will conclude with a special observance of the Lord’s Supper, when all members are asked to be in attendance. Friends are urged to be in their places in good time for these opening services of the anniversary period.

The morning service in St. Andrew’s Church to-morrow will be conducted by the minister, the Rev. D. J. A. Shaw. In the evening the preacher will be the Rev. George Miller. The evening service will be relayed to St. John’s Hall at Mahora as usual. Strangers are cordially invited and all Presbyterians are reminded that life is correspondingly unsatisfying when the worship of God is neglected.

A warm welcome awaits all who attend the Stortford Lodge Undenominational Mission Hall on Sunday evening at 7 o’clock. Mr. Butcher will be conducting the service. A hearty invitation is extended to all to conic along and bring a friend.

•Tho revival services conducted by Pastor Greenway continue this week in a new meeting place, namely, the Ritz tea-rooms, in Heretaunga street. One subject of interest among others which seems to be attracting considerable interest is the theme of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit for believers. While this is by no means the special truth held by the Apostolic Church, which advocates a balanced ministry, yet because of the different theories propounded relative to this subject the niissioner has been led to speak to Christians each Sunday afternoon on the need and the possibility of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and will continue doing so. The main points in his teaching under the above heading are;—That the Holy Spirit is a Person and not merely an impersonal influence. That on the day of Pentecost the Comforter came to abide forever, and therefore that day can never be repeated. That in a personaf sense there is only one Baptism of the Spirit. That the special work of the Holy Spirit is to glorify Christ and not to speak of Himself. That the final test of any movement claiming the presence and power of the Holy Spirit is not its possession of gifts of the Spirit, but whether the Lordship of Christ is manifested and Christlike qualities are being produced. That a spiritual comprehension o'f the meaning of Pentecost, translated in terms of practical experience, makes for the preservation of unity and not for schism and division. Since its inauguration as an outcome of the great revival of religion in South Wales in 1904-6, the Apostolic Church has enjoyed the Unity of the Spirit m a remarkable degree, having hundreds of assemblies established already whose co-operation with each other in a governmental and practical sense remains undisturbed. Remembering that “God is not the aiithot of confusion” the Apostolic ( hurcli allows no extravagance, but firmly adheres to the rule of all being done unto edification. Pastor J G. McCabe, who arrives in Hastings this week, and will be welcomed on Wednesday night when be will give his first address of a series to be delivered by him, has also had considerable experience in Apostolic Church ministry. He is worth hearing.