ECCLESIASTICAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9154, 8 September 1888, Page 6

ECCLESIASTICAL.

At St. Paul's to-morrow the subjects of sermons by the incumbent are, in the morning and evening respectively, "Two Masters" anil "Religious Truth : A Word to the Wise." Holy Communion will be administered at 8 a.m. " The Stigmata, or Christ Likeness" is the subject of the sermon to be preached by the incumbent of .St. Matthew's Church to-morrow evening, the service commences at 6.30. The celebration of Holy Communion is at 10 a.m. ; Morning Prayer and Litany with sermon at 11 a.m., whilst the children's service is at 3 p.m. " Some Thoughts on the Sermon on the Mount" and " Too Late' are the titles of the Sermons to be preached to-morrow at the Kpiphany Church by the Rev. Dr. O'Callaghan. Services will be held as usual at .St. Thomas' (Union-street) and All Saints' (Ponsonby) Churches. At the OUhuhu Wesleyan Church anniversary services will be preached to-morrow by the Rev. T. Spurgeon at 11, and by the Rev. T. Adams at 0.30. Mr. Adams will also conduct a special afternoon service in the Public Hall at 3 o'clock, to which visitors and non-church goers are particularly invited.

The Rev. W. Gittos officiates to-morrow morning at the Pitt-street Wesleyan Church, and in the evening the Rev. K. Beat. At the Grafton Road Wesleyau Church special evangelistic services are to be held in the evening. At St. John's and Mount Albert Wesleyan Churches services will be conducted as usual.

In the absence of Pastor Spurgeon the Rev. R. Bavin will preach at the Tabernacle to-morrow morning ; in the evening Pastor Spurgeon will officiate.

At the Ponsonby Baptist Church to-morrow Pastor J. D. Gilmore will continue the series of addresses on the " Christian Soldier" in the morning, and in the evening will deal with a novel subject entitled, "The First Coat, and Who Made It." "The Mystery of God " is Mr. G. Aldi idge's subject to-morrow evening at the Church of Christ. The Rev. S. J. Neill, of the Thames, will preach tomorrow at St. Peter's, Surrey Hills. "Sir James V. Simpson" is the biographical study to be dealt with by the Rev. J. S. Hill at the Y.M.C.A. to-morrow afternoon.

Sir Win. Fox lias kindly consented to give an address on " Christian Temperance " in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church to-morrow forenoon. In the evening the Rev. A. Carrick will preach on " Moses' Triumphant Faith." "Associations, or Friendships," a lecture to young men, is the Rev. J. Chew's subject of discourse tomorrow evening at the Here*ford-street Congregational Church. "The Divine Manifestation and " The Divine Love" will be treated upon by the Rev. B. L. Thomas in his sermons to-morrow at the Mount Eden Congregational Church. The usual Sunday evening services will be conducted at the City Hall to-morrow evening. "Life's Inscription" and " Moses and the Israelites" will be the morning and evening sermons at the Franklin Road Primitive Methodist Church to-morrow. At the Alexandra-street Church the Rev. A. J. Smith will discourse on "The Old Paths" in the morning, and in the evening there will be an evangelistic service, accompanied by a string band. Services will also be held in the Richmond Road, Waterviow, and Pitt and Edwin street Churches. The arrangements made by the Auck) nd Congregational Union in connection with the visit of the Rev. Dr. Hannay and Mr. Henry Lee are dedetailed In another column.