Rotorua.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume I, Issue 5, 1 November 1910, Page 15

Rotorua.

Vicar: Mev. 0. A. Tisdall, M.A. We were able to report m our Notes of last month thtt our Missioners had arrived, and that the . lission had a most encouraging opening, .lie encouragement went on. Day by day a joodly number came to the Holy Uomnnu . on at 7.30 a.m. At 4 p.m. each day the i hurch was well tilled wich a most eager aid attentive lot of children, while each evoiing at S o'clock it was again filled with an. overflowing congregation for the great daily Mission Service. On the secL'-id Sunday there were a very large numbex of Communicants, over 200 attended the special service held m the afternoon, while m ihe evening the congregation fille I the Church right up to the Altar stepa, and was also packed into the Vestry, and numbers had to find their way elsewhere. The Mission Message came with the power of the Spirit. There was

nothing: hysterical or over emotional, but the whole Mission was characterised by a strong and sober earnestness. The more immediate results are a number of adult, candidates for Confirmation, and a request to the Vicar to hold a special Men's Service on one Sunday afternoon m each month, and to continue the Intercesory Service and instruction on every Friday evening. We humbly thank God for the many blessings vouchsafed to us, and are greatly encouraged to go forward; The members of the Mainaku congregation held a most successful Gift Auction on Labour Day, whereby they netted nearly £40 for their Church Building Fund. Working bees are now busy on each Saturday afternoon preparing the site, most kindly given for the Church by Mr. A. Hemming.