Havelock North.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XIII, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 387

Havelock North.

Vicar: Rev. Canon K. E. Maclean, ' . B - A - '.77 . ..". - Two events of .supreme iniportanb^ have taken place duriiig : the -last morith. The first was a visit from" Mr Macdouall, a missionary froifi China, who' came : undoubtedly with a message from the Most .High, emphasising for ; this '■■ age the command of the Master, "Go^ ye .into all the world and preach the Gbspel to every creature." ,lie showed how the centre of world poweiy established ''-at first around th'b- Mediterrarieari, wks moved next to the Atlantic, and wasnow established m the Pacific and how Christ must be proclaimed everywhere,, not. only, for the sake of. the non-Christian peoples, but for . our o-wn sake, for the sake of Christianity itself. .To anyone who thinks arid oh-* servesi it must be evident that we are all only at the beginning of any real understanding of the Christ- teach^ ing, and we shall never understand it m its fulness until the gifts of all the nations are given to its interpretation. And among those, gifts": not the least would be the advanced civilisation of the Chinese, their intellectual power, and their high ideals of rank so much ahead of our own which are referred either to birth or tb money. The second event was the Under nominational Sunday School Teachers' Conference, held m the Presbyterian Church Hall. There were about one hundred teachers presenterChurch of England, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, who were "all of one mind and heart." Through^ out the whole time there was; an inspiring atmosphere of brotherhood and unity, the one desire of all. being to learn from each other how best, to sow the seed of the Christ Life m the child's receptive soul. This was clearly and beautifully expressed .m one of the addresses. You can. teach about Christ if you have good methods of teaching, but you can never help the child to. live . the Christ life unless you are living it yourself. Children have a .marvellous gift. rpf feeling the character of a teacher, and' that makes a much stronger impression both on the child's Theart and mind than what the teacher says. Excellent addresses were also given on Bible teaching for older girls— r on the principles of .psychology— -on, the opening and closing exercises,; 1 and the wisdom -of variety, as^.wel^. as ; the ; atmosphere; engendered by clean and beautiful surroundings. ""ln