OPEN-AIR PREACHING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12248, 11 January 1902, Page 10

OPEN-AIR PREACHING.

TO THE EDITOIt. | Sin, —If tlio clcrpympii (if the <ity wore ' alive to the opportunity aiforiliHl In , 'oprn- , iiir meetings of denting out the bread of life. In hungry souls, many of whom cannot bo ; drawn to tho elmrehos, n lonjr and useful ! etep would lip Inkrn toward Hip roliitinn j of tliat vexed problem, '' How to roach the i nin?:ics'r" i Whilo the men who profcFs to I) , " "ivnU'h- ; men on the walls of Zimi" sppiii content ; to enjoy the comfort and luxurirs of their ' well-appointed Fj-natrogucf!, with one worthy j and noble exception, that of the. Central ■• Methodist Mission, one of the sramlesl opportunities of reaching ilic noii-chiireliKocr is left almost wholly to v,v;>t might, with dun charity, bo tenred " rclvTinit? tramps," end ■ such loeal "crarm-s" ai have pranky notions to ventilate- and can gain a hearing no other . way. J If this means of presenting: the Gospel to j tho unsaved were systematically utilised, ' those who gather at fupli places as the. fonn- | tain wn-jkl not have to listen to fucli un- , scriptural and pilly twaddle as war dc.ilt out • lush Saturday night and Kini'ir.y i>y a eele- ■ hrily seU-3tyling hiiiFcli "Pii.itor of tho. f.'liur'-h of fi'nd, T.onO.un. V- : c».i'.iirtn-,). ami \ Aliehlanfl." rrc-mmably, r.n;ii!nn. Wpllinjjtnn. '■ ond Auckland, over which this .-clf-styled j pasfor spreads hiiraelf bv his title, Viiows I ;)•-, litt-lo of liim niul of Vis ro-callrd Clnsroli nf (ir.d ap is l;n:)wn of him here. XcvnrtheIγ.!?, in ihe nl)s»nc<? 'if fompthiiig better, j there is a rl;i-,s of people who can be entertained by a street tirade asainst chirclips, minifiers, creeds, and sundry. This letter is written bv way of a suqgrstion to ihosp who are in a position to do FO. to giro those who can be reached in this way eoTrctliiucr better, and tlma remove the stiginn that rests upon opr-n-tiir jervices in cm , rily. Here is a splendid opportunity for foir.e of those who are well supported by onr city ehun-lics to manifest, tho spirit of the Master by stepping down occasionally from their pulpitn and minisipvinot to Cite nnn-pliHrehgoins people under the dome of Nature's own temple,—l am, etc., Vox Forui.i. A MAORI KAMI , ; WANTED. TO THE IiDITOn, ! Slit, —A petition \vri3 i!.a - .vn up by me ' a<id signed by a'| the residents of the dis- j triet, prayins; tlis t l o=;frna=tci--«!!nernl in Wei-! liivjlnn to slier tlie name of our lceal post | pfiiuo from Vict ori.i B'/iilyo to (icntle ! Annie, this beim; t!ie old name of thh portion of the Kav.-av.w Kiver since !.?&?. I have jusL reeoived a reply from Mr \V. Bray, secretary Pratal Department, Wellington, to the effect that the name suggested is '.lot siiilalile, a Maori name being preferred. Would some Maori scholar, by means 01 your valuable, paper, kindly furnish mo with the Maori synonym fo:- "sunny nook" or "sunny vrash," this portion of the ROrge w favoured with more sun than any other between tlio entrance to tlie Gorge and Victoria nridqe.—-I am, etc., Lewis Harris. Gentle Annie, Kuwarau River, January 9.