MISSIONARY ADDRESS.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 12020, 22 August 1907, Page 2

MISSIONARY ADDRESS.

) Last night there was a' large atten j dance at All Saints' Schoolroomj , when the Rev. M. K. Baker, th{ acting Vicar, gave an address or , Christian work in Equatorial Africa, i whiohjWag, fully.. illustrated by lan tern pictures. The reverend gentle > man spoke chiefly on Uganda, the i Congo, and the Soudan. Reference i was largely made to'the "workers anc • missions of the Church ol England 1 Missionary Society. The different forms of heathen worship, the super--1 stitions, the contrast between the natives who had'embraced Christian' ; ity, and those who are still heathens, ' the"horrors of slavery,, the native ; churches, schools, hospitals, anc | mission stations, were all referred to. 1 The reverend gentleman, in conclud : ing, urged his hearers to help misi sionary efforts by becoming Gleaners, and by supporting the missionary journals'. The Choir sang some ahtnems, and the Rev. J. P. Kemp , thorne gave the opening prayer, and pronounced the Benediction at the ,- close. Mr Baker thanked Mr Webl ; for presiding at the organ, and the members of the Choir for theii assistance, also Mr Hobbs for preparing some of the slides.