ECCLESIASTICAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7515, 19 December 1885, Page 5

ECCLESIASTICAL.

At St. Paul's, the Mission Services will be continued to-morrow. The first service Is Holy Communion at eight m. Morning prayer will be said at ten a.m. At oleven a.m. the Bishop will hold an ordinat on. whon Revs. Messrs. Perdval and Hewlett will be admitted to Priests' Orders. One of the Mlssloncrs will preach. In tho afternoon the Kev. C. Rodlnirton will >rive an address to children and parent at hullpast three; and, at tho same time, the Ho*. O. K. Mason will give a special address to them in the Choral Hall. In the evening, at seven, the Rev. O. Bodington will preach, and at the closo of the service on Instruction will bo given by the Rev. G. E. Mason.

Tha concluding number of the Incumbent's Advent series of sermons on "The four Last Things" will be delivered to-morrow evening at tho sevou o'clock service in St. Mattliow's. The serins has interested many, especially the ono on Sunday last on "Hell." Tho fourth, on " Heaven," will d«ubtlcßS bo of oqual inter* st.

The Hist anniversary of the o; ening of St. Peter'a Presbyterian Ciiurcb, Surrey Hills, will ho celebrated by special aervicoi to-uiorrow. la the morning the Kev. A. Cairick will proich, Rev. R. Sommervtllo will preach to the children at three p ni., and Rev. XI. F. Macuicol will preach at half-past six p.m. Tlio choir will bo ansinted liy some talent'd musical friends who are givins their valuable aid to maVte the service of praise as efficient as possible. Special collection in aid of thu church fund*. The Ithv. 11. Bull w;.I! preach in tho morning at Pitt-street VVeMeyau Church. Subject, " The Holy Catholic Church." At th>> Grafton Road Wesleyan Church, the Rev. A. Reid will conduct tho morning, and the Rev. B. Bavin the evening, service. The Rev. Mr. Macran will preach at St. Stephen's Fresbyetcrlan Chnrch, Pousonby, tomorrow evening. Tho Rev. A. J. Smith vrill preach to-morrow morning at the Alexaodra-itrcet Primitive) Methodist Church. Subject: " Which is the Church !" The Rev. C. Worboys will preach to-morrow morning in Pitt and Vincent Street United Methodist free Church on " We know in part," and in the evening, on "The Reality and Responsibilities of Life." The new Devonport Congregational Church, Victoria Road is to he opened to-morrow. Th,. services will be conducted by the Revs. J. Robertson, M.A., and G. W. J. Spence, of Gib'nomo. An address is to be given to parents and children, by Air. K. Wood, at three p.m. A description «f the building has already appeared in our columns. It is a neat struclure, capable of holding 230 persons. Collections will be mado at each service, on behalf of the building fund. At the Beresford-atrcot Congregational Church, the Rev. H. M. Livens will preach in the morning ; and the Rev. J. Robertson, M.A., In the evening, on the subject of "The Incarnation."

'• An Examination of the Age of Rcuon " (by request) will be the subject of the Rev. J. S. Hill's adoress to young men, in the lecture - ball, Young Men's Christian Association, to-morrow afternoon at three o'clock. A meeting for united prayer will bo held this evening, at half-past seven o'clock, In the game building, when a Bible reading will lie gives.