CHURCH NEWS AND NOTES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10243, 4 September 1909, Page 1 (Supplement)

CHURCH NEWS AND NOTES.

DEVOTIONAL. Cr/JVTLNG .OLD. -' •: Lllcs droop at eventide, Vi-vt-it roses fall from off the ] \.' iliing3 on earth cannot ""."" .. pas-stag, tuo, a way, hi>.a t '\Vc arc growing old. i tk^^- £~SUrh! 'P;' i:ail ' J: '' ti -- j ■"i-"'' ;i - . - » fc-o~.tr->p a. :ca-- aow ::i inn selUt To think we're old. % t smite at those poor fancies of tise ■ A P S.i*£r.ed smile, almost akin to piiti; w'.-.-« high desires, those parucsos so - ■;■„,;■ 'i -ivy cannot L :..■:;-»•-■::.-. are nl.i; t!:i:: '"'- ~i T -.v.- h:M, more althr.' V.rnove alone, and «hrr a; we pace Soft U ■-.-:. --' r.nr an-: "' ii.ui->.v face. - _ . fcfe step across the ;• .-;. f ::r:-y o: .Inland. Where none are old. RE CHKtiiii" UL. ..t --•:: ..-.-• :;r Lo V. 1 cheerful, jes' set ■ ".-■•: >-: i :<■ "'•' do it. Can't none ' : .j.. ■.'.-';■..-.: tr:i.i:s we start out in , ,i h.'bur we kin help what we end e '» r : -V Wh-'ii things first got to r,- t d •A-Ltf.evor come.-, kot*p ir.o from c--itia' tour.' . . - Since then Ive . - it a •-.mctic*'* t;: put a?i my wor- ".'. '.;'. :•■ ;.-! ti.e hot?.->»£> of n;y heart, - ~-: th*-' i:d an' smile." —Alice ITcgan Rice. rHAYER. 0 Thau Who att the everlasting lf-ht. hi our tine; of trouble brighten -|" ( , r-th of "hv cruldrei) with the jrifnirT-'of'rty /.:•-•: i « ti.e sense cf f-,- ,",; b- pi.•.:!••-.-. a";-n:t "■=■ z'-d within u 3 . :•',"' ..'- !.'.>.. :.:r "i'l:y coming, our :-..■ if i 7 '-:: v.r-n afar off and - • .. •:- ...tv. but :;.v the grace .-1-T-. i ; :;V (ls-ii hearts whi'r*--7. t ,.\.'-" :-.■:•.■ h- i-.L':-u dr-r.vi for Thy Witin'i vi.itrti.Hi-.'of love and light H--.tr i: : . '•' Lord, iu thrs deep w:sli or Bff sr.rtf.-.. tiu-.t we rasy l)e conscious of •:., ~- r~.-~.»!onr-'rM ; D, in the night . r:..- f.,--.'i-of tc-rr.ptation ar.d . . .-.. •...:. >. i lcu:«.'iincis r-ud sorrow. Lr the sak" cf Jov.is our Shepherd and Siriaur. Amen.

Hr A. J- Balfour, tic Conservative feaii-T, reo-nlly askc-d a Y.eh?/. ii.f...:>er t.r r'%r!inr.it-ut, "\\"n-,t l;?s bccoii'.e ot E;s: ; ':f >^>"-rc.-i-" "A,.> yo:: interested p'i •:•-"' replied iho Yndsh member. •1:- .:-.-d' ; ' v.-as Mr B-t'tfonr's reply. •'.'-:... v.iif-i! the rev it's I was raging I :•:..■: I cr.uid lay my hands K r." «•■ I:;r.! .x-i-r-l •..-,•..« lin its probers." -~>il r :; .>. rr ar,kod tho v>hh "wr.J oi'i::iou did you form of Evan 2nhr:.~l ; ' iHtir.odiatcly came Mr Balf.ur'i .insscr. "I regard bin as a rcEgioas genius, whose work is beyond osHsci."- To which may bo added tilt lir Roberts is still resting, though Is ii b-h.'j; frequently csked to resume I.'' ■' .1.- Cry publishes, under the k'zl. a.-iri-'Jriii incidents, from the /;;.:..„.' ■ .i.-i. : ti description of a *."'.. , " jj'-liti.;;".;:: Wi: cliigs in the £....'.-• v.; ir_:ri district of. South India. J-'..: ••'.:;h' the correspondent says: 'i* ...:.• i:o :;:oeting we vreiit to the i\<: h:* '■■•■'■ texn.ila and demolished it.

„•:•: soldi-rs gave a shout cf js- ■;■:<■: li vas destroyed. The foiteV.Lg dAT vi-e pulled down another teithen ternok? at an adjoining village. whore we also have a new corps. . It ins th<> first experience of the kinu tint tl-.- rnpiain had iisd, and hewss pariorb.r'y active. In tugging down i liijj '.'v.iit he got a knock on the ; &js\ b::t. unheeding the trickling ' niacd. rushed o;i to deal yet another bio- .-.t the Devil: It was a stirring sight/' ■ No church ever failed through p-v=riv.'' said Rev. J. Scott Lidgeil, r of the English Wos'eyan C'on- >. recently, "hut it hid through iL- iLi-efaci cf" wealth. They did not emi! n.ore buildings: they did net fill wr.r.t ;!;:•;.- had, while people within the Si.aiwu- cf thor-> buildings were doing withr-it Gecl. One distinctive element of the present day was the drawing cf the c'ratrches nearer together; hut he ItojKtl their distinctive i:.arks were not Re"in : -; blurred. Or.e influential men> fer of a Wesleyan congregation with trhoat he had conversed admitted that tlwte was much in Methodism he did nzt pndorse, but he attended the services he got something for his soul. It was only money could be accepted as an equivalent of personal service." A two years' tour of Oriental mission fields has just been made by Dr Edward vV. Capon, son cf President of the American Board of Congregational Missions, and the results of his investigations are to be given nest session to the students at Hartford Theological Seminary. Dr Capen confesses to a little sense of disappointment at first over what has been f!nn» c:>:;iparcd with the work yet "to be •!■••. liit th.-> longer he stayed at ■.•>":s>i.s t!.;- more he realised .-:•• which would ;••■ ■-...• ~.!..«.:.. i,-'..- vfit o'.:tl;.:r.g pepute*s not inciud-.-d now an.org the • • •-•. Ke is convinced that the " ! '....--f.-'-rits of Christirniiy of the- "•■ - :■.•■:!- the iamress of the -■ ::..-:ii;,,eai svis.oi:;j in which 1 ."..;rU; of thi Oiio:>t have trocu c \ '-"-" :'.. just as Arglo-Saxon Chnstb.r.ity shows the Enuux-nrc- cf Greek and !{ou;ari philosophy. He dees not look to the Orient* for th-> perpeltia-j ttt;a of a • simon pi:re J CV.'!'.gve£aiior..ilisn«. b;:c thinks that the principle of int:«p■ ruL'iiw will everywhere be medi/i'd by the principles of fellowship and supervision. The Rtnr.o correspondent of FrccTMn'.= Journal wriU'S as follows regard- '; the audieuce of the Bishop of ~5° c -"~ Mnnton with the Supreme Pontiff: — Bia l.ordshin the Most Kev. Dr Duhig ~« r.-coivurf by the Holy Father in his pnv*:o study." His lordship was acWEpmird to the Vatican by MotisigJ"~ o*'.J Jordan ('rector of the Irish Col- "?~. iicrr.o). The nudieV.ce was long **< i v"r;-- interesiir.r;. .Kis lordship •■;: i >-..; ■!:•!-.-i of the- Church in the fail '•■■ : . .:-..• ••; „: 'Ji- .--juth, of the ; "•.:.• -.- : ; hv a!:, r. t:rl cf the u«- ■■! 5..:. : i- -?'-»■- f-iilders of that •"■"■•■• ; .•" -:..-•:••. '■'::'■ i'ontiff exi'- - .; ;••■■ _;■«•;; he felt at '•'■■■' : :;i - i.t ~: t>f iue:. jc\-ful tidr •' 'i ■■ f,-r»'»-utly prayed, he said, JV-' ■•■('. would continue to shower His • 'ii'-s oa the country and people *"•"-> ao wisely v.srd tl'.e" pacd things S»rt-n thorn for the glory of the Creator *nd the w«lffsre of the nation. Dr "Unig j. avo {jj-g Holiness a brief ac-'r;'-".c of the particular conditions of ■"s own diocrsc. at which the Pope *as greatly pleased. The Holy Father ~~?s most careful in iiiquiring about *ne health of the distinguisheil C'ar"unal who rules in his stead in Austratl3 - Wiile the Pope lavishes his p:?t-« b - , m the AcEtralians acd their |ountry, he did not forget the old nason in which his lordship first saw the Pfjnt. Ireland came iu for her share

of corr.rrseud-.tio'n. The Pope dwelt especially on the fidelity of the Irish race throughout the world to the Sec of Peter. The anniversary of the opening of the firs:. Church of lingland church iu Australia has just been celebrated. The , first minister of this earliest church v."as i the liev. Jiicharcl Johnson, who was ( burn in !7r>'). and graduated B.A. as ; . . ...' >;•-....• f—..;: o:. .Mii-y ilagdahu ; Cohc-ge, Cambridge. He was appointed, j on the rccommendaiion of Wilberforce ' to William" Pitt, as chaplain to the ; firs: llv-'-t which arrived in Port Jack- I f oi!i m Saturday. January 20, li'Sb. ' 2-.o zz'-.vn suitable appointment could • iuive <j-?-.-n made. Johnson'was a man J in every way eua!i2ed to discharge his i ::r -uou; and ofren painful duties in I n:i» ; il«';:ug to the spiritual needs of .:uch a mi:-:; 1 community as that en- *.:-:;--'."! to his charge. Another name j of note appears in connection with j Johnson's appointment-, for the well-< kuown Kev. John Newton addressed 1 some farewell lines to him. Johnson wps p.'.isessed of a truly missionary . piri., and was ready to pro to the end:; | of :he earth to do his ?vi;:st-r's servL-e. ; j For r.i:; years he hi 1 to celebrate divine- j j .-,ert:--? in the open air. subject to ai! I j th-.- di-.d-.v stages and inierruptioiis j ! -.-•"--;•-;.::!".; 1:1:0:1 such an arrangement! •a a changeable climate. The original J ch'trrh. built at a cost of £4M, wa: con- ! siructcd of strong post.-, wattle; and j plaster, and was thatched, i The Salvation Army organ gives par- ] ticuh.rs i»i the enthusiastic welcome ae- \ corded Commissioner 31'Kie at Stock- I h:.ini. The de;:>:.-ns';.rati.'in, which was • c-.-adiict.-.i ?>v Commissioner Howard, ! was far beyond cxnectations. The re- | cepiie-n at the railway station was a ' gigantic affair. Salvationists from all parts of the territory had gathered to give their nevr leader a genuine Swedish welcome. The great station square, in which was stationed a flittering army : of brtudsmen. was peopled with groups ' ef o:i:ee;s, soldiers, and friends, all intc:K on obtaining a first glimpse of the e-agc-r.y-c:-:pccted traveller. Warm as hr.d been the greeting accorded the Commissioner inside the station, it was altogether surpassed by the tremendous ! ovation which he .received as he ■ ••merged from the station vestibule. • The assemblage let itself go, and the ; enthusiasm was overwhelming. After a : f. v.- words of greeting the Corair.is-. sioi'.cr. seated in a war chariot, was ; escorted to the national headquarters; by a magnificent procession, which in- j eluded a splendid array of officers, sol-di*-rs, and hands-ucn, with fiags and banners adding 10 the gaiety of the; .-.ceiie. Th> march created ranch friend- ; ly interest, the police arrrmgon-.rnts be- ; •ng excellent. Twelve hundred soldiers and recruits were present at the ; magnificent welcome meeting in the j Ter:;pl-\ when Commissioner M'Kio was • intr.'.'duc-.i !;y the foreign secretary to ; hi? Swedi-h soldiery. The Corr.mis- j sioncr, p.mid acclaiming volleys, de-; clared that he came among them as; as o:i" willing to serve He wished to j !rj at one-.' brother and leader. j