ECCLESIASTICAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9124, 4 August 1888, Page 6

ECCLESIASTICAL.

AT St. Paul's to-morrow evening, the Incumbent will deliver the first of two sermons on "The Divinity oil Christ," a kind of sequel to the course just ended The subject of the mornings sermon is " Much given, much required." Holy Communion will be admuiisted both at 8 a.m. and at midday. There will also be a children's service in the afternoon at 3.30 p.m. "Man and his Maker; Creation Scientifically and Scripturally Considered," is the title of a short course of sermons announced to be preached by the incumbent, in St. Matthew's Church, on the ensuing Sunday evenings, commencing to-morrow. At St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, the Rev. A. Carrick will address the children in the forenoon, and will, in the evening, give the (third of his course of lecture» on the Bible. "Duty and Its Cost" is to be the subject of Dr. O'CaJlaghan's sermon at Epiphany Church to-myr-row morning, and in the evening "The Visitation of God." The usual services will be heid at St. Thomas's, Union-street, and All Saints', Ponsonby Road. The Rev. J. S. Hill will speak on "The New Jerusalem and the New Earth" to-morrow afternoon at the Young Men'u Christian Association Hall. At the Pitt-street Wesleyan Church to-morrow, the Rev. C. H. Garland will preach in the morning, and the Rev. E. Best in the evening. Services will take place as usual at the St. John's, Grafton Road, and Mount Albert Wesleyan churches. The customary evangelistic services will be conducted by the Young Men's Christian Association to-morrow evening in the City Hall. " Near to God" is the title of the Rev. R. Sommerville's sermon at St. Peter's, Surrey Hills, tomorrow evening. Holy Communion will bo administered at 11 a.m. "The Opening of the Seals" is the subject announced by Mr. George Aldridge for his lecture tomorrow evening at the Foresters' Hall, Karangahape Road. Pastor T. Spurgeon will preach as usual tomorrow at the Tabernacle. "As the Stars," and "Behold the Lamb," are to be subjects of discourse to-morrow at the Ponsonby Baptist Church. At the Beresford street Congregational Church to-morrow, the Rev. J. Chews sermons will be " Come and See," and "Opinions of Her Own." At the Newton Congregational Church the subjects will be " The Secret of the Christian Life," and " The Paradise of Fools." At the Alexandra-street Primitive Methodist Church to-morrow the Rev. A. J. Smith will preach on "We Would See Jesus," and Clean Hands." At the Franklin Road Church the subjects chosen by the Rev. C. E. Ward are " This Thy Day," and " Things Temporal and Eternal."