CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13795, 16 June 1915, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

(From "The Colonist," Juno 15.) The annual public meeting in connection with the Church Missionary Association was held in the Shelbourne street Schoolroom last night, when the Bishop of Nelson preside^ over a good attendance, mostly of ladies. Prayer was offered by Bishop Mules. Bishop Sadlier, in the . course of an interesting address, said he believed that throughout tho 'diocese the sym-| pathy of their people was being awak-i ened towards the Church Missionary Association. He described a visit which! he-paid when in England-to the headquarters of tho. pnreiit society, the Church Missionary Society, and gave some particulars of the extent of its work and the thorough way in which it was carried on. He was struck, ho said, by the fact that the committee work w*as attended to by tho very best men who could be selected for the purpose. Dr. Eugene Stock, lie mentioned, ha"d specially dewired him .to convey his greetings to Bishop and Mrs. Mules. He had been pleased also to meet the Rev. J. AY. Pratt, a cousin of the Rev J. P. Ivempthornc, and like him a descendant of the Rev. Jo'siah Pratt, one of the founders of the Church Missionary 'Society. A. portrait of the Itev. Josiah Pratt had been presented to him, and he hoped to place it in the Diocesan rooms. He had not been able to see the Rev. Stanley Kempthorne in London, but he had fiin.ee learnt that he was at the front/ of the Gospel war, helping Dr Melville Jones on the Niger. They had with them that night Miss Opiei■■■who"■intended to go as soon as possible to work in Ceylon, thus adding one more missionary to the workers they had in the field. Their native churches We're developing wonderfully, especially in India, where a native bishop had been appointed. In conclusion, the Bishop touched on the relation of the war to ; their missionary work. Were they as a nation, he asked, depending upon" God ? They, each had much to thank Him for. Were they doing enough for Him?

Miss G. Opie spoke of the importance of mission .schools as a powerful instrument for winning an entrance to the hearts of people at present practically untouched. The Rev. 0. J. Kimberley, secretary of the association, gave an address, illustrated by means of a large map of the world, in which he urged the necessity for more missionaries and of increased support for these who were already at work. He specially, referred to the value of medical missions, and outlined a scheme for helping efforts that were being made in Persia.

Apologies were received for the jtyiavoidable absence of the A ren. Archdeacon Baker and the Rev. AY. S. Lucas.' *

Hymns were sung during the meeting, which closed with the Benediction.