THE WORTHINGION AFFAIR.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4662, 5 June 1893, Page 3

THE WORTHINGION AFFAIR.

Yesterday's Servioes. At the Temple of Truth yesterday morning there was a large attendance. No defeotiona from the ranks of the Students were perceptible, and many Btrangers were present. No reference to the situation was made, though some eearohara after coincidences professed to see in the selection of the 14th chapter of Romans as the lesson for the day an appeal to the congregation on the preacher's behalf. In addressing the congregation Mr Worthington based on the seventh verse of that chapter an eloquent and impressive exposition of the dootrine of the brotherhood of the man. In the evening the Temple was densely packed, and the doors were closed some time before the hour for beginning the service. Those excluded numbered some five hundred people whose sym- j pathies were evidently not with ' the i party in possession. They collected i under the portico and caueed some disturbance by frequently rapping with sticks upon the doors and occasional bursts of irreverent hilarity. A Bingle stone waa I thrown upon the roof. The audience within was most attentive, and the "teacher" conducted the service with complete imperturbability, i At the olose of the meeting a large crowd remained hanging about outside the bnilding. The situation was freely discussed, and cries euch as " Bring out the brute," '• Where is he?" and "He's not game to chow himself/ were indulged in. At one time it appeared as if there was to be a hostile demonstration of a very unpleasant kind. At this Btage the police were telephoned to for reinforcements, but when they arrived the orowd had begun to disperse. The Mayor of Christohurch, at the request of some of the Students, mounted the steps and aßked the people to go home quietly. Mr George Capper afterwards attempted to address the crowd, who, however, declined to hear him. .