THE HEALING MISSION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18532, 17 October 1923, Page 10

THE HEALING MISSION.

THANKSGIVING SERVICES.

BENEFITS ACKNOWLEDGED^

Thanksgiving //services :in connection with the Hickson mission were held in St. : Matthew] Church /yesterday. The evening service was a particularly C impressive one, the church being crowded with worshippers, among whom were many who had' received benefit from" two 1 mission. , ? - An .eloquent address was delivered by Bishop Averill. . who spoke; of the deep influence the mission had exercised upon the spiritual life of the community.:, It was i customary, ho ; said, to read at /a--mission thanksgiving service I; the testimonies of / people who had received': help,but it would: be impossible for him to do so on this occasion, for the: reason/that j so many letters had : been received i that' j it 'would- take the entire evening to read j them. This in itself /was: a striking' testi- : mony to the success of the healing mission, which , had awakened /in the hearts of people a now faith and hope, ' courage to take God at' His word, and to believe; that He was still able and willing to do for ■ His children >> the/■■; same :• wonderful works that were done of old. • '. i Thanksgiving, services will also be held at St. Matthew's this afernooh and this evening. ' '■''"-. MB. HIOKSON'S TOUB. ARRIVAL AT GISBORNE. " ' [vx : : iKi4icaii , ißi.~-bws^.'^ooimKSTOitftWT.y: GISBORNE, Tuesday. ,/; Mr. .7.; M .) Hickson arrived, at Gisbovne to-day for the ';. purpose of continuing his healing mission. - '•' ' , "I did not, owing to night travelling, sea a great deal of the scenery on the route ; from the Bay of Plenty, 1 ' ! said •Mr Hickson in an interview; "but I can say from what I did o"biierve. that no matter where a man might have travelled > elsewhere in the won' 8 ha could- riot have seen finer scenery of its kind than that on the ,Opotiki-Motu;;:Eoad,; There ; are many different kinds of scenery, but, 1 for ruggedness and grandeur, ■ combined with virgin forests,'l don't think h your road could be beaten." *