DR BARNHIDO'S HOMES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1933, 25 February 1892, Page 16

DR BARNHIDO'S HOMES.

The Rev. W. J. Mayers conducted no less than four services in the city on Sunday, all the offertories of which were for Dr B.wnardi/s Homes. At 11 o'clock in the morning he ocupiu.l the pulpit of the Moray place Congregational Chinch, ;mdat half-past ti in the evening lie spoke from the platform of the Choral Hull ; while in theaftoinoon, and again at S. 15 in the- evening, he appeared at the Garrison Hall. The serviced, it is almost needless to say, were very well attended, especially those in the (turriioii Hall. The; afternoon service was mainly intended for children, and mobt of the Sunday schooU were well represented, the body of the hull being crowded almost exclusively with little folk*. Mr Mayers' subject was, "Some of God's bairns and how they are saved." The discourse, like the previous ones, had reference to the work carried on in England in the way of re->cuing children from poverty and destitution, but the remarks of the speaker were specially suited to the bulk of the audience, though proving not uninteresting to the "children of a larger growth." The largest audience gathered at the Garrison Hall in the evening, the hall being densely crowded in every part. MiMayers, in the course of hi.s remarks, incidentally alhided to the fact that some people objected to money being sent out of the colony, and stated that he observed that the strictures of such people only referred to money sent away for charitable purposes. During the next few weeks there would be a great deal of money spent in pleasure, and of that about twenty times as much would go out of the colony as he took away with him, and nothing at all would be said about it. He might also say this : that if his mission here did no other good, it had awakened people to the fact that they had charities of their own which needed supporting. He did not ask them to neglect those charities. Charity began at home, but it did not end there ; and when they had seen that their own institutions did not fail for want of support, he asked them to give him a little, over and above what they gave to local charities, to send Home for the purpose of maintaining children who had been rescued from poverty and want. He did not plead for Dr Barnardo ; he did not plead for England ; he did not ask them to give him something on the common, low ground of charity even ; but he came to them in the name of Christ, and delivered a blessed message to thorn, co. that they might have tho privilege of helping (l the work in which ho was engaged.

At tUo PoHoo Court on Friday Mr Robin, one gf tho presiding justices, rcniarkt'd that it wa> & pity tUwg mi no iacbrfoto P?ytom for ole