ECCLESIASTICAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8156, 18 January 1890, Page 6

ECCLESIASTICAL.

At St. Paul's, the sermons by the incumbent, tomorrow, are on " Jesus at the Wedding Feast" and "The Incarnation and its Fruits: a Reply to some Modern Objections." Holy Communion will be administered both at eijjht a.m. and at midday. The anthem in the evening is Hatton's " Like as a Father," and Windfall's "Nearer, My God, to Thee," will be given as an offertory piece. We understand that Mr. Hardwkk, formerly organist of the churchy but now of St. Mark's, Wellington, will preside at the organ at both services. "What the Church Means," brief meditations for Kpipuanytide, will be continued to-morrow evening (seven p.m.) at St. Matthew's, when the division of the subject taken will be "The Manifest Divinity of Christ." Attheen<l of the service the musical selection will be from Rogers' " Offertoire." Holy Communion will be administered at eleven a.m. service. At St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell, the sermon in the evening will ho preached by the Rev. Canon Howell, of Adelaide. The ordinary services at All Saints' by the incumbent. At St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Rev. D. J. Steele; St. James' Presbyterian Church, Rev. R. F. Macnicol; and at St. David's, Rev. Scott West. The Rev. 11. Sonnuerville will preach at St. Peter's: Morning, "Little Faith ami Its Doubt*" ; evening, lecture on "The One Fact on Which Christianity Rests Historically Indisputable." At St. Stephen's, Ponsonby, the Rev. T. F. Robertson will preach: Morning, subject, "Times of Refreshing"; evening, " The Grand Resolve iu Life." The following are the arrangements for the city Wesleyan Churches :—Pitt-street: Morning, Rev. J. S. Rishworth ; evening. Rev. J. H. Siuimonds. Grafton Road : Morning, Rev. Mr. Miller; evening, Rev. W. L. Salter. Special services will be continued every evening during the week in the schoolroom. St. John'*, Ponsonby: Morning, Rev. J. H. Siinmonds ; evening, Mr. H. Field. At th>- Auckland Tabernacle Pastor W. Birch will preach morning and evening. Pastor Gilmore will preach at Ponsonby Baptist Church. Morning, " The Church's Hope;" evening, "A Startling Novelty in the History of God's Son. The Rev. Mr. Robins will preach morning and evening at the Newton Congregational Church. At Beresford-Ktreet Comrregational Church the Rev. J Chew will preach. "Morning, " Tethered, or Divine Restraints;" evening, "lApsed Masses, or the No-church Party." The Rev. B. L. Thomas will preach morning and evening at the Mount Eden Congregational Church. The arrangements for the Primitive Methodist Churches aro as follow —Alexandra-street, morning, Rev. A. J. Smith—subject, "Tears Wiped Away;" evening, subject, " A Triumphant Death." Franklin Road : Rev. W. Laycock morning and evening. Pitt and Edwin street: Morning, Mrs. P. W. Jones, of Canterbury, ffideu Terrace (Victoria Avenue: Afternoon and evening, Mrs. P. W. Jones, of Canterbury. Open-air at six, Miss Le Fanu.

" Types of Christian Life : John Knox a Type of Steadfastness to Truth," will be the subject of the Rev. J. ss. Mill's address to young men to-morrow afternoon, at three p.m., in the Lecture Hall, Young Men's Clirlstian Association, Mr. Georgu Aldridge will lecture to-morrow evening, at the Foresters' Uall, on " A Herald's Proclamation for the Last Days." The open-air meeting of tho Gospel Temperance Mission will be held on the wharf on Sunday evening, when addresses will be given. The Rev. J. S. Hill will deliver an address this evening in the Young Men's Christian Association Rooms, at half-past sev.-n. He also will give an evangelistic address to-morrow evening at the City Hall service.

At the Temperance Hall to-morrow night, Mr. Gulliver is to deliver the address on " Orthodoxy and Its Pretensions" of which he gave only an outline last Sunday.