MISSIONARY AT HOME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21029, 13 November 1931, Page 3

MISSIONARY AT HOME.

To raise funds for the furtherance of a ward in the Kerman Hospital, in Persia, for which the New Zealand Church Missionary Society is responsible, an At Home was held yesterday afternon by the Church Missionary Ladies' Committee at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Rowley, at Epsom. Canon W. Fancourt, president. of the committee, presided, and in the course of a brief speech told his hearers that, some years ago Bishop Stuart of Waiapu tried to get, six young men to go to Persia as missionaries. In the end he went, himself, and through his influence Canon Tisdall and Mr. Tisdall also went there.

Speaking of the conditions which existed in Persia, Mr. Tisdall said that children of six years of age were, frequently seen at work weaving Persian carpets. lie also spoke of the persecution which Christians had to faco in some parts of the country, and he urged that, a box of hospital necessities be sent to the ward in the Kerman Hospital. Stalls, arranged with a variety of goods, presented a most attractive appearance. In addition to a Melancsian stall there was a stall for produce in charge of Mrs. West; an Eastern stall, Mrs. Gibbons; lace, Miss Talbot; missionaries' bookstall, Mrs. Currie and Miss Baker. Afternoon tea was served and those who were present, numbering over 100, spent a very pleasant afternoon.