CHURCH NEWS AND NOTES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10502, 9 July 1910, Page 3 (Supplement)

CHURCH NEWS AND NOTES.

TFIEKK is a glory. is ;i .'lorv in the day just waking. V" ruddy beams shoot up the ''eastern slope, irHit-hucd heralds to the world < xnnounning that our God is God of ' Hope. r . ;l glory in the busy noontide, ccer hands strike lusty blows Vith "light, u »1 streams golden rays on sea , u . ( ; meadow. .\luniing that our God is God of "i'.idit.' L'lory in the silent night-tide, l' u , tarth sinks tired to rest, and " tttni'ilt-s cease, j.mr calls star across the light--•'ti k'."! heavens, V|. is" witness God is God of Peace. , a glorv-—All! that we could -,a>l it.very heating star or nodding jio'.v.<r; is a hidden treasure —could we .it"i. !']"• '! in life's every fleeting hour. I —George B. Wishart.

PRAYER. ; c n-. Lord, wo beseech Thee, Vll} m:iy run :ifter Thee, with the „ of I'ive and the imitation of heart [ire. Open Thou our lips, and our ; ;S shall show forth Thv praise. in "iir hearts the desires that vnrthy to be spoken to Thee in r . strengthen us to lay hold of promises and cast them - ;i . Thee as our petitions which vrih surely receive. 0 Lord, we ,re than Thy gifts; great and . rt:il a-s these are. wo are not satisviih them, and Thou knowest that ; ir.- in it enough for us. Give us ,!f. ti'i lielp us thai>we may take -1; ■ h is freely given to us in Jesus Amen.

ITEMS. . ■ Catch-my-Pal" movement, less iri.v known as "the Protestant" ■iL-nnence movement, started a souths ago by the Rev. E. J. LL.B., of Armagh, has now U members, of whom three-fourths -or.. Outside Ulster, other places liking up the work in Ireland, in six of the crowded centres in ■ :E d converts are being won. Mr r-uiL hopes to see his crusade in;i:td in England, and has been meetings with that object

;.;s been fairly common knowledge ;i; L - time past- that a group of in- :;•! C'ongregationalists have been vi riiij; to secure the services of ißiplwil Morgan as a missioner to ,ur«-in■■-. A passage in the report t'.-ii'iregatioual Council urges the ;|:v for an attempt- "to mid mightily stir the all-too-■rj. spiritual life of our churches, .-mall, throughout the length reditu of the Union," and the ,:! Purposes Committee is conwhether it is possible to apa special missioner to the Tlie Council expresses the that tlie appointment possibly ie <■:' our best- known bretliren," lie welcomed with profoundest An invitation has been sent to Dr iei! Morgan to pay a visit to Aus;U!'t New Zealand, possibly in the

summer. - shakers of the United States curstributecl such a picturesque ■ : . u, the general religious landih.ic one can scarcely hear withregret that this sect is likely , to come to an end. This is sinrnested by the fact that Ceiled Society of Believers -t Village, near Lebanon, Ohio — .!'-mie">f all Shaker communities :tb' Alleghanies—lias lately gone ie hands 'of a receiver. There - ; . at Lebanon only twenty:rt ■--Is ired men and women, as ■t .li ti members whom that house11M claim at the height 01 its ri:v. Taking the' United _ States v.hoie. the communistic Shakers -ro<! in the second quarter of last rv. ah:,lit 5000 members, whereas tht-v are believed to be not more "■it. ' hi snite of this decline, the movement has had a longer and mi . --still career than any other iiri-ai- experiment in American

, i::!v it was decided to form a v ' " north-western Australia, r invitation of Australian the Key. l)r Gerald Trower -i I'remantle on Juno 21 i>y v Moldavia. Ho recently rei tli.- bishopric of Nyassaland. f„ r some years he had been ;: r ; amongst" the natives. He is r i'i vigorous constitution ciu.i I::!:-.-uUir strength, and has apliv borne the' hardships and . r Nyassaland remarkably well, i- t - :".'course of an interview at ■VI . lie expressed his pleasure •tin visitiii'-r Australia. In 1890 - vicar of Christ Church, byclII; results attending the work - (inn -U iu Nyassaland had been r-■■:"-.>i;r:igiiig. *he said. Chnsv ;■ .a made the natives much <1 li-reli'Tit Seven years ago live iu small mud huts, but now iraSlv all the dwellings are built. striking instance of greater res itv.-dom in Russia has been only -lv r ported, although it occurred ill:--TV 2-3. A missionary of the ,W'ilhelm Fclter commenced to r«. -M-iis iu Moscow, but was tor- ' 1[ - went to St. Petersburg, ! : -rview with Premier Stolysecured recognition ot Ins i i . >!d such meetings. Return- > M -row. he resumed the serai, i. on the date above men- !. ; , : :ised three men and one wol; - re administering the ordin-

;••• r..,,Hired of the converts a conn - inability to free themselves ' id a promise to serve Jesus : r' -r of their lives. The autlioni; Greek Church have been •r.. I s.-d at- Mr Felter's action, --.mil: it. through their official . east ridicule upon it. So tar kr n it is the tirst time thiur;ee has been administered r. :L precincts of the "holy ' city U resting to note, writes Dr ;; . the Southern Cross, that by 1 7:' the Presbyterian G'ene- - ■ y ,7f Canada "has approved " - "> union with the Methodist ('■ national Churches of te.e The Methodist Conference i., carrv the proposal ior : a majority as large, or ev.n "• -" : il;e Congregational Churc;:ea haw shown a. more fa.-u- ---! • ra.st desire for ur.i >_■: than r ■ > of the same name ill Aus- \ movement- so great, and - i i\< such vast issues, of course s-- slowly. The present negotiaii::'. - been i;oi:ig on foi s'.-veu ; - ::r. ! another seven years may 'the union is consummated: t! •• - ii..!e question must- bo ro- ; : the Presbyteries and Synods t Mirches concerned. But- that v- :rt-at for union has reached its a: - sine is a matter for profound pt. The uifion movement in Canwas started by the PresbyI" Church, originated in the diffii providing for the religious I- i f i;;st-inrroasing immigrant : territory.

r. ( . !•'. Aked raised £65.0-0 ' ;; : u liour on a recent Sunday r. building of Fifth Avenue Baptist . Xi>iv York, of which he is -r. One of tin- cab!-.- corrcspon- - that as an e.ihi.-rifr to c»n:;.f.nnal geuerositv. I)r Aked stir- ■ d himself. He arranged that the :•••»• should throughout c-ni'orco the »-l «>t giving, and at the cioso of -• n:iiHi appealed ic'tright for half a i;ii dollars (tItM.OiKI) irom his im- ■ iate hearers. I'ledge cards were ribatod in the pews, and as the iitses were handed up to the pulpit, Aked announced them. Mr J. D. kefeller, jun., gave £SOOO, and Mr 1). Rockefeller promises "dollar for | ar contributed by the whole conup to a quarter of a million. half an hour promises announced ; £3:2.500 had been promised by the ircgation, which becamo £65.000 er Mr Rockefeller's challenge gift, am proud of you." said Dr Aked, very grateful." It is expected

[ that the remaining €:!•").000 necessary J for rebuilding the < iiiircii will bo raised , immediately ;i!id without difficulty. 'lliti I la; t services in the old church wore hold I hiffc montli, and during the rebuilding (which will take a year} Dr Akod will j ill tho .Millionaires 7 Theatre.