ECCLESIASTICAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8258, 17 May 1890, Page 5

ECCLESIASTICAL.

At St. Paul's: 8 a.m., Holy Communion; 11 a.m., morning prayer ami Holy Communion; 6.30 p.m., evening prayer and sermon. Anthem, " Lift Up Your Heads (HopAt St. Mary's Cathedral, Paruell,and All Saints', Ponsonby, the ordinary services. "The King's Commission" is the subject of the evening sermon at St. Matthew's Church, whilst that of the morning one is The Master's Mantle." The services will be ot a festal character, the respective anthems being Kent's "Thine, 0 Lord, is the Greatness, and Gadsby's, "O Lord, Our Goveinour. Holy Communion will be administered at the morning service. , The anniversary of St. Stephens I res byterian Church Sunday-school, l'onsonby, will Ixj held to-morrow. The pastor, the Rev. 1. V. Robertson, will preach morning and evenin" In the afternoon a children's service will be conducted by Mr. W. I*. Hunter, oi Otahuhu. , . ... , i At Devonport Presbyterian Church tomorrow, Rev. .James Hill preaches a .special sermon to young men. . Rev. Scott West will preach morning and evening at St, David's, and the Rev. A. Carricfc at St. Andrew's. „ ~ ... At St. Peter's the Rev. R. Soinmerville will preach, morning, "Trees of God's Planting ;" evening, "Jeroboam's Two Golden Calves." , The arrangements of the esleyan city churches are as follows :—Pitt-street, morning, Rev. J. Walter of England : evening, Rev. K. Rest. St. John's, l'onsonby, morniii"', Rev. J. 11. Simmonils ; evening, Mr. J. T. Nott, B.A. Grafton Road, morning, Rev. E. Best; evening, Rev. W. Gittos. At Devonport Wesleyan Church Rev. J. Dukes will preach. Morning, "Is Denominationalism Intrinsically an Evil V" evening, "The Signal Growth of Christianity. Pastor Birch will preach morning and evening at the Tabernacle. At the Baptist Church, Ponsonby, tne Rev. .1. D Gilmore will preach. Morning, " Our Great High Priest;" evening, "Lost, Sought, Found." The Rev. Mr. Walker will preach at Newton Congregational Church in the morning, and Rev. B. L. Thomas in the evening. Rev. J. Chew will preach at Bcresfordstreet Church. At Mount Eden Congregational Church Rev. 15. L. Thomas in the morning, and Rev. C. E. Davidson in the evening. At Franklin Road Primitive Methodist Church, Rev. W. C. Woodward will preach in the morning, Mr. E. C. Carr in the even-

ing. _, . . . The, Pitt and Edwin - streets Primitive Methodist Church Land of Hope anniversary will be held to-morrow. Mr. H. J. Ross in the morning;, Rev. G. D. Cox in the afternoon, and Rev. W. O. Wooaward in the evening. Special singing and recitations by the children. . . . ~.,,., At Alexandra-street Primitive Methodist Church, Rev. A. J. Smith—morning, "Patience and Persoveraueo"; evening, " inning Souls." , . At the solicitation of a number of mends, Mr. George Aldriclge has consented to give a series of Sunday afternoon addresses, in the Opera House. The first will in; given tomorrow afternoon, on "Is the Bible True?" Questions will be answered at the close. In the evening lie will lecture in the same building; subject, "Did Christ Die: Orthodoxy versus Scripture." At the Temperance Hall to-morrow night the Rev. E. H. Gulliver will deliver the eonchiding lecture of his course of Sunday evening addresses. It will take the form of " A Retrospect." The Sunday afternoon addresses at the Young Men's Christian Association will be resumed to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, when Mr. C. E. Button will deliver an address. All are invited. The Sunday evening Evangelistic service, conducted by the Young Men's Christian Association, will be held to-morrow evening, commencing at 8 o'clock. All are invited. Mr. J. Arundel will give one of the addresses. The meeting for united prayer and Bible reading will be held in the Young Men's Christian Association Rooms, this evening at i 7.30.