ECCLESIASTICAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12968, 11 September 1905, Page 3

ECCLESIASTICAL.

' : ' THE „ MELAiJESIAN MISSION. 'A'*-FAREWELL service' to the missionaries leavtop.'* 11 for Melanesia by the steamer . Southern Cross, whioh salted on Saturday . afternoon, was j held in All , ■(, Saints' Church, Ponsonby, ou Saturday morning. The service was 'a "most impressive one, the Angli- ■■■■; can Bishop of Auckland (Dr. Neligan), Archdeacon , Calder, and several other clergyman, taking part. l The Bishop gave an earnest and appropriate ad-. dress on the Importance of missionary work, and, appealed to all present to give the Melaneslan [ • -'-V''" Mission their sympathy and support. ,» - - — ■ —— , • - ST. - MARY'S CATHEDBAL. - The . anniversary of the oonsecration of "VBCv">' : s| Mary's Anglican Cathedral was celebrated: . yesterday." The cathedral wis prettily decorated, and the services were largely attended. it The Rev. Mark Sutton.preached in the morning, and the Bishop in the evening. The : choir, under Br. Thomas, rendered special music. On Wednesday evening the consecration of ; the building will .. tp|g be further celebrated by u parish tea and enter t3inment, ; ___________________ —: , CONFIRMATION SERVICE. ! A confirmation service, was held yesterday morn- , ing at St( John the Baptist's Church, •JNorthc6t«|^ l ia by the Anglican Bishop of Auckland (Dr. Neligan), ®|1 assisted by the vicar (the* Rev.- Mr. ? Smith), wheii 1 14 candidates were presented.His Lordship delivered an Impressive address, and' explained \in '' > clear and : simple language the full > meaning of the vows taken by those who had been confirmed, S| whom he exhorted to attend the : communion ser- M vices regularly. The church was crowded.

THE CENTRAL MISSION. Yesterday forenoon Mr. George Bowles delivered an address at the Albert-street Hall, and -took 4aa||§|s§| his subject, "Persecution." Mr.' Chas. J. Heiuery , preached last evening in His' Majesty's; Theatre, .taking' as his text, '."-Prepare to 'Meet Thy God." The mission superintendent, in referring to - tlia remarkable : •;revival at Waihl, i expressed his firm conviction that ere long the city of Auckland'woaMy£i|€j| deceive; a like; visitation '•' g* A NEW CHCHCH. On Saturday afternoon the formal commencement of . the building; o£ a new Baptist'' Church took place at York Avenue, almost opposite i the site !: of ■„ the - Campbell Statue, at Epsom, v, The *,Sf building is being erected under the auspices of i3s|i th? local Baptist . Union. Mr. W. Penman, chalt£''jjes man of the union, presided, and after the . Rev, ® Mr. Kirwood had ottered up prayer the Rev. ANorth read a statement showing' the need of a Baptist church in the district. Mr. Snead delivered an addresson Baptist principles, and Pastoi Clark spoke on the deed of carrying tho Gospel ji-'S'ti Into t all corners : of : the • earth. •;•? It is felt thatchurch will fill a long-felt want in the neighbour- MS hood, which is rapidly growing iin population. n ;■ — ' THEOSOPHY. ■•:.; ■ • . , i Last evening, in the rooms of the Auckland ' r branch of the Tlieosophical Society, Miss Davidson fe lectured on " The Memory of Past Lives." k There | " n was a large audience, and an interesting discussion fed followeed. Last evening, in the rooms of the 1 H.P.B. ; branch, 11ffl?SS Theosophical "Society, Mr. Rosegger, who has trarelied extensively in the East, delivered a very fa-. 1 teresting lecture on " China and the Chinese," to a ■ .J,', large audience. . ; '• ' ■ . ..