RANKS WITH HEROES
BISHOP OF MELANESIA TRIBUTE TO NOBLE WORKER (From Our Resident Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The loss suffered by the Church of England through the resignation of Bishop Steward, of the Melanesian Mission, was referred to by Archbishop Averill at the opening session of the General Synod to-day. Referring to Bishop Steward’s 26 years’ service in the tropics, he said: “Even his decision to resign his solemn charge, and hand over the control of the mission to another, less physical disability should detract from the efficiency of his work, would entitle the name of John Manwaring Steward to rank with heroes of the mission, including great missionary bishops who had preceded him.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 334, 20 April 1928, Page 16
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