WAVERLEY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 12, 12 July 1889, Page 18

WAVERLEY.

(From an occasional Correspondent ) Os Sunday last His Grace Archbishop Redwco ! opened the pretty the text •Do this in remembrance of Me ' and delivered a most tZT Ih3 ! c . 0u ™ e - and refe " ed »« * I«PPy manner to the cause of h" be - t .ci that day, viz., the opening of ihe church. Father Mulvihill, with hi* u^l forethought got the choir .rom Hawera down to sine all our churches. • Gloria from Farmer's Masmq B flat ;» Credo ' from Y\ inter s ; '• Sanctus " from Farmer's and "Agnus Dei "• for an Oftertory the beauiiful duet " KccePanis ' ' Hawera at 6 a.m. in the morninz. and as the dis'ance is over 30 miles it can readily be understoo i th rt t it was no slignt undertaking The coach was provided by Mr. James Flynn. livery stable proprietor, Hawera, free of expense, and to ihorjughly generous and warmhearted man. it would be a hard task to fiod. For the evening service the choir s.ng the Psalms, " Magnificat " from b. Webbe , ' ' Tan turn '' and • O Salmans " from Beethoven, in A ilat : Litany from Handel, and tor an Offeitory Mrs. Flynn sane iv a really beautiful manner "Angels Ever Bright and Fair," with violin obligate by Professor Hicham. Hi-, Grace a K ain preached, and, to use the words of an old gentleman present, it was the finest sermon ho had ever heard and I tally endorse this. After the sermon the Rev. rather Mulvihill announced that nearly MO had been collected that day ana, considering the small number of Catholics, it must be taken that the taith is strong, * th*n!? ar f de \ r - ReV FathCr Malvihin is of all our grateful thanks for his energy m pushing forward the good work-for this ffwlltft^ that thG «"•*«««« haa Now, a few words about the good people of Waverley. Catholics and Protestants seemed to vie with each other who could do the moat.

After the morning's service the members of the Committee, Messrs. Hearn, Kennedy, Leo.and other gentlemen wdorn I must ask pardon for forgetting their names, also the gentlemen of the choir, were invited to dine at Mr.Eller's hotel with his Grace and the Rev. Father Malvihill, /'and for a good feast— well I had bptter let it alone— l have not been able to eat common food since. His Grace did the honours of the table, and I h.td the pleasure or eating a grand piece of turkey carved by bis Grace. Whether it was his Grace carving it for me, or that the turkey was better than ordinary turkey, I do not know ; but this I can say that I never remember eating so much. During dinner hi 9 Grace had a continual flow of really interesting conversation, ani amongst other things related how the Aichbishop of Sydney used to say that there weie two things generally went together at the opening of a new church, and that was '' roast turkey " and " Mozart's " twelfth MaBS. the former always well done, which could not be said of the latter ; but, be said, in the present instance he could not cay trat for both were well done. The ladies were invited to a grand spread at Mr. Leo's, where they did not fail to do .<mple justice to t-ieir kind host and hostess's hospitality. In fact, each o>e tried to excel in kindness to make all happy. After Vespers the choir where invited to host Ellis', were they were treated in the manner I have mentioned, and at 9 p.m. the choir started on their return to Hawera, arriving at 3 a.m. the following morning. A word of praise ought to be given to Professor Higham for getting the choir to such a state of proficiency ; also to Mr. T. Hall for his rendering of the tenor solos ; to Mrs. Swinburne, a Protestant lady who so kindly went to assist the cboir ; to Mrs. Flynn ; and lastly to our " Broth of a Boy," Mr. James Flynn ; may he prosper as he well deserves to do, have a long life and good health to himself and family. I waa forgetting to mention that Mr. Whittaker presided at the organ, which, mark it well, waa lent by the church of England, or ratoer by the Church warden. May their shadows never grow less.