ECCLESIASTICAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15075, 19 August 1912, Page 5

ECCLESIASTICAL.

CENTRAL MISSION.

The services held in connection with the Central' Mission yesterday were conducted the .missioner (Mr. John Bissett), the attendances being large on both occas-sions>-Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wood sang a duet at the evening service. Tho brass band held open-air meetings at the foot of Queen-street at 10 o'clock, and at the corner of Victoria-street at six p.m. The shipping workers held a meeting on the is. Wha.katano at 10 a.m.

ADDRESS BY MISS BARNES. An interesting address, which had for its subject "I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel of .Christ," was delivered by Miss Helen P. BarneSi M.A., at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon.' Miss Barnes touched upon the,- martyrdom which was readily undergone by Christians in;the early days, and. stated that even at the present day peopfeTeould prove themselves equally sincere.:.-; At the conclusion of the address, which was attended by a large audience, the'' usual.strangers' tea was held at the Y.W:C.A7 rooms. Miss Barnes will deliver j another address this evening.

.SACRED SONG RECITAL. _ A sacred song recital was given by Mr. Fred •'Bailer in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon,":" Mr. J. McFarlane, general secretary of the Y.M.C.A., being in the chair, a It was explained by the chairman that Mr.- Butler was well known as a Christian ,, worker ■ amongst churches in America,,and that he was paying this visit to Ne-w Zealand with the object of cooperating with any churches desiring his services. Several fine items were rendered by Mr. Butler, while two sacred selection*, were given by. the Lyric Four. A violin solo was played by Henry Lissack, a nine-year-old musician, and a solo, " Nearer, My God, to Thee," nicely song by'Sffsa Hetty Hunt. An address was given the Rev. E. A. Erwood. At the conclusion of the recital the customary "strangers' tea was held at the Y.M\O.A; r ;.;." ~ SALVATION ARMY. The services at the Salvation Army were largely attended yesterday. In the morning, Adjutant Haywood gave an address from: Hebrew, si. 6. the subject being " Faith." ; 'The Queen's Theatre was filled with. :i 'rf';Mrge crowd in the evening, the speakers being S. M. Gladding, . Bandmaster Deigkton, and Adjutant Haywood, and the"subject, "Mock Versus Real Salvation." The songster brigade rendered a selection, "Jerusalem, My Happy Home" ; selections were also rendered by the brass-'and string bands. Open-air meetings were held at Weileslev and Quay Stnebtu& . .

THE .MISSIONS TO SEAMEN. The Flying Angel Missions to Seamen was well "atended at evensong last evening by' .seamen. The missdoner (Mr, A. P. Cowie) resided, and Mr. Lascron assisted. .. Favourite hymns and solos were sung after the service, until a few minutes to 70 p.m. At "the/Sailors' Mission .'Hail, Albertstreet, last' night, Captain Bazeley addressed the firemen and sailors present. Pleasant hymns were sung by the choir, and 'solos were sung by Miss" Foster and Mr. Naughton.

- THEOSOPHY. Mr. S. .Stuart lectured to tho Auckland lnoosOphtr"aJ Society at llayner's Buildings, Wellealey-strect, last evening, on the periodic law in. human evolution'; and showed tho. mystic teaching concerning the raven planes of consciousness, in what way these intermingle and overlap each other, find the evolution of worlds and of men. ■The lecturer pointed out the truth of tho wave-line theory as applied to evolutionary "■ The usual discussion followed. In. the Chambers of Commerce. Hal] wider the auspices of the U.V.I), Lodge, •JiP. J. I'. Thomson lectured on "The Control and Culture of th- Mind." Tho Speaker contended that a man's character was self-created by his own thought, each Wan was' the natural resultant of his own past tnmighls. and he could, therefore, by «o exercise of right thinking, bocome the master, and not tho victim, of his destinv.