CHAPMAN-ALEXANDER MISSION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15382, 20 February 1912, Page 2

CHAPMAN-ALEXANDER MISSION.

A I'KEI'AKATORY MEETING. A largo gathering of Christian workers lunrioclod wiiJi tiie contrregaiions of various denominations in a.nd about Dinn-din was liolil in the Trinity Church schoolroom last niijlit, for i.lw> j/urixMu </f making prepatutior, for the evangelistic mission to U. conducted Jii-ro _ iK'Xt month hy Dr Wilbur ClKvpiiMit. Tiio. Kcv. G. 11. Halfour, a vicepresident of tlio Council of Uvutc-iips, piesided. Tito Chairman said it had litoti aitivcd by tin' Council of l&iirchef to take the Jlrvdone Hull in the Agricultural Jluiklins's. It would hold from .%C0 to 4000, ami limy beliowd tbey wore doing wisely in taking till' larpcsi bull, 'flisy frit sine it would l-o croivu'ul. Tnoy iir.-{>-.<l for pju'euil preparation in the v.uy 01 prtiyor and cxpectatitm, .Mill )>utieu)arly to arrange t.|H<ia| homo prxiycr ii*<Hin.,'i-. Then: woukl I>e one liij; icntral iiicvtiu-,; for pniyor and praisp before Uio mis>i<.nors arrived. The information they had was that'Dr Chapman a-.id his narty would arrive here on Tuesday, March 19, probably after holding a. meeting i" liiv<!rcar a 'ill. Besides the even-iiv-r mc-.<tii«s, there wouM almost ooriaiidr lie bibinc** men's nxx-tings in thu middle 'if Lbo day. 'I bat was one of t!io most suocoshd foaturi* '■{ Ur Chapman's work. -Mr Ikdfoiiv went on to reto to thu stimulus which Dr Chairman puv to ministers in tiieir work, to the ?poe;al opportunity thn mission would i-'ive for pon-ona, l work" and to the deep lit-craity for pr.iytrfiil pergonal jirep:ira:-ion. wi>n> alir, delivered iiy tlio Ho». P. W. RtireJoiigh and 11. 1) Gray, and an inspiring meeting closed witJi the hymn, " Lord, I lie-'ir of shower.; of liloj-sing."