Diocesan News.

Waiapu Church Gazette, 1 September 1910, Page 39

Diocesan News.

PitAYERS TOR THE EoYAL FAMILY. — The Bishop has authorised alterations m the Prayers for the Eoyal Family, so that they will read : " Our Gracious Queen Mary, Alexandra the Queen Mother, Edward, Prince of Wales, and all the Eoyal Family." Sunday School Teachers' Prize. — The Bishop has received from a friend m Christchurch the sum of £1 Is, to be expended at his discretion m connection with any Diocesan wort. He has decided to give books, to the value of the above sum, to the Sunday School Teacher who obtains the highest marks m the Diocesan examination for teachers to be held m October.

Rev. F. 0. Long.— The Home Committee having carefully oonsidered the qualifications of Mr Long, and the needs of the various mission fields, have appointed him for educational work m the Punjab. This is one of India's noblest spheres of -work. It is peculiarly rich m associations of whole-hearted Christian service, not of missionaries only, but also of civilians and soldiers, who could fight a battle one day, make great treaties another, and found a mission station on a third : men, from whose tents on the Day of Rest was heard the voice of prayer and praise: men who, so to say, are the saving salt of the Empire, and, m a double sense, missionaries of the Crown. And the peoples there ? "Well, to be allowed to carry home to them the message of the Cross, through college, school, or evangelistic tour, should be viewed as an honour indeed ! A post of honour — that is the description. To make known — or try to — the living Lord Jesus m such a land, and to such classes, might well fire the ambition of any Christian ! Already the Iftew Zealand Church Missionary Association has one missionary (Miss Smith) m the south, and another (Miss Giffard) m the west; now a third New Zealander is appointed to the same Indian field, but m the far north. That is fair, geographically, if that can count for anything, but Western India urgently needs a man for evangelistic work, and our devoted missionary (Miss Smith), is crying out for the strengthening of her beloved Telugu mission m the south. Doubling the mission stations should be the aim — the ideal — of this, so to speak, " Infant " Missionary Association, so far as India is concerned, let alone China, Japan, Africa, etc. Are there none from 'Mr Long's University or any University to offer ? Are there no State school teachers diffidently responding : " Send me ? " May G-od graciously give us more enquirers as to the work ! Mr Long will leave New Zealand for the Punjab about the middle of October. Meanwhile he will visit the various centres of the Dominion. Licenses. — Lay Readers licenses have been issued to : Dr Tuetere Moanaroa Wi Repa, for the district of Karaka ; to William Arthur Greener Penlington, James Bernard Hunt, and Colin Dale Arlidge, for the district of Gisborne ; and to Tamati Whakatau ; Porokoru Mapu ; Aporo Te Huiki ; Te Roera Niania; Whakaiti Mohi; Te Wetini Anaru ; Kipa Anaru ; Te Teira Maihi ; Heperi Matoha ; Hemi

W. Paikea ; Ihaka Eautahi ; Hemi Kireka Eapaea; Hoera Eapaea; Hanita Te Macro ; Te Kilririoterangi Niania ; Maremare Eria ; Te Eipohau Epiha, for the district of Hawke's Bay. Licenses to officiate have been issued to the Rev. Cyrille Gordon Biddle for Hastings, and to the Eev. John Hobbs for the Diocese. Lay Eeader's Tippet. — The tippet worn by lay readers may be obtained at the Diocesan office, Napier, price 3/6 each. Orders by post should give the measurement from shoulder to shoulder across the chest. All licensed lay readers are entitled to wear this tippet. Bishopuic Endowment Fund. — The Treasurer has received a sum of £10 from Mrs S. Bolton towards the capital account, and sums of £25 from Mrs Eussell, and of £12 10s from Mr T. Tanner, towards the income account. Contributions, either for the capital fund or the income account, may be sent to the secretary, Archdeacon Euddock, or to the .treasurer, Mr F. W. Williams, Napier.