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church, men and events
Tho Elcnnor Symon ls.'<irMlng Homo
opcneil luHt B'oolc.ut liummlnckii,
jn <.no or tho loiiol><5st jmrta ot a«h-
ivilln, onih-r tho tttiHplcoH of. tho Aim-
i iilluii I nliil"! ' MJh.slon. It will euro
for tho Hciittorqa popumtlon wltliln n
liiindioil ntllca or ao iimund It. Tho
lloino wait/ miulo po.ialblo throUKh
I,,, ironoruhlty ot Sir Joshun Symon.
.inn' t'foatilent of tho Kenuto, It to a
connote btilltlltiB. with lorfto. W6U
vpntllnlT'il rooiHH, nml.lH siuroutiilod
pv o 'Voronthili 11! foot wltlo. It In In
olitultte ttf HiatorB Stowort and Hdgtir.
mansk at i.oiixi.;
Tito 1-rofdtytni'Inn mnnao at T.ornn,
riTotttly i-i-mplotod. la a Bno oxamplo
of tho bom-Ill. of , oo-opornt!oii In
iitidi'italtlitKa of this kind. It Ih tiindo
,.f eriHi'iil lilooka.' and cost £2000,
with fotnlaliliiKH. most of wlilcli nro
(rjfts front ailhoronta of the l'rpaby-
I.-rlttii Cltttfttli. Tlio, MImhoh Martrai-ot
jtulok alii! Sivngor ltnd ti lat'iro aharo
In biiltdihf? tlio mnnao, na, year nftbr
vottf. thoy collected money from vial-
ices t" btirno. Tho htillilln-.r Ih In-
tondeit for the mho of- mlnbrfers, m|H.
slon.'itloa and doiieons of- the choi-oli.
and forma a Hno rent holm- for tho.ac
Jn need of recuperation. Tlio debt on
it Is less tbtiti £200, and tills will soon
bo cleared off.
hkv. h. ii. xonwoon rktihics ,
A social ovcnlntt wna lichl nt Kt.
holm's. West nrunawlek, on Snttirdnyf/
to bid trood-byo to tho llev. Henry
II. ,1. Norwood, the vicar (who,
throtiKb Ill-henUh, wna oliltecd to ro-
sli,-tt). and to Mrs. and MIhs Norwood.
Mr. II. ft. Sherlock wan clinlrmnn,
and the How A. K. Sinclair, tho new
vlt-ttr, and tho Ilcva. II. a. A'onl nnd
A. tlajnlln woro |!reaent.
Mr. Norwood wna Riven a cheque
front the parishioners, and n enblnet
sh.ivlnj: stand from the memhoi'h of
the tennis cluh. A snltnhlo trlft was
also made to Ml-,. Norwood, and Miss
Norwood received ono from tho Kln-
(h-rcarten School. Tho clorpv apoko
lilttbly of tlio work done bv Mr, Not-
wood. and exprOHHcd tho hope that
lie would soon ho restored to health
Mrs. Norwood was previously enlpi-:
tallied hy tho Ladles' Guild at tho
........ ... ....... , onuro a presen-
tation was made.
SA1.VATIOX AHMV'S Tmusrpn
Commissioner Rowton. ono ot tho
Iradei-K of tho Salvation Arm., in
Australia, who recently returned
from Knclnnd nftcr taking part in the
rnectlncs of tho Hlch Council which
Hooted General Hlqglns In placo'of
Hi-noral Urani wel 1 .Booth as tho Army
loader, made an Intorestlm; siieoeh nt
tlio centenary conKi-osa of tho Army.
In Sydney n few days ntto. Ho said
that when Genera! William llooth.
the founder ot tho worlc.'-had set out
on his mission to reach thc Peoplo In
the streets, bo wns subjected to a
df-nree of obloquy, derision and Insult
that would have deterred any man
loss rc.idv to sacrifice himself for his
fellow men.
In ISS2. In Great Hritaln, .n20 cases
wore recorded In- which Salvation
Army olllcors had boon assaulted.
Kome very violently, n« they nt-
tenipted to niako known their 'faith.
Today, however. Jn nil parts of the
world whero tho Army operatod, its
work wns resoi'ded as necessary for
the wolfaro "f thc community. And
thoso who did tlio work woro honored
Instead Of boliur derided. Commis
sioner Son-ton has been a Snlvatlon
Army ofllcer for 40 years, us ho
Joined soon after tho Army wns
founded.
AltOCND THE CHtTlCItKS
Archdeacon Hancock., of St. Paul's
Cathedral. Is mukintr TO ml proRress
towards recovery In St. Ives .private
hospital. East Melbourne!' after' liis
jitol, meed. illness, which Involved an
operation, it is expected ho will be
tthle to leave tho Institution In about
a week's tlmc.-
Tho Itev. Fntlior ICInpr, who Is con-
ditct insr a retreat for Anglican clergy
at Mornington, came to Australia
several months ngo from the Com-
inunlty of tho Resurrection- at iticr—
flold, England, to assist tho Commun
ity of the Ascension at Goulburn.
New South Wales, the fathers of
which conduct missions and retreats.
Father King will remain In Australia
for somo time before . returning to
hngland. In August ho will hold a
convention ut St. Peter's, Eastern
IHU. TJiIs will consist, in tlio main,
of a series of connected addressed ex-
Im'sdUtml'; a W0Ck' Th ,U">,lc in
On - AVedtieaday, May 22, Iho llev.
E.t i innle, who has boon vicar of St.
John s, Mansfield, will ho inducted by
tho .Ucnn of-Melbourno ns vlnir of
St. John's, Bliickhiirn. The parish
Decame vacant owing to the Illness
of Iho Rev. Kings), -y (h»le. who had
to give up tho work. For ihreo years
Mr Finnic wns rector of All Saints,
Bright, ami for Hcveral roars rector
of Christ Church. Kllmore, For a
brief period, ho acted us locum tenons
nt tho Church of at. Ansulm, Middle
Park.
l.)r. Janot Watt., only daughter of
the late Rev. William Watt, for many
years a Presbyterian missionary on
the island of Tan tin, Xcw Hebrides,
will leave Melbourne sliortlv for
Shelinghur. Madras Prosldenrv.'Tndtri.
The Very Itev. Br. .Scott West,
former Modenftor-Genornl of thc
Presbyterian Church of Australia, has
been awarded. thc V.D. military deco
ration.
The Right Rev. Alexander Crew,
Moderator-General of the Presby
terian Church of Australia, |H about
to make a three months' tour of the
churches.
The Itev. G. J. Williams, the sec
retary for Australia and New Zealand
of the London Missionary Society,
has returned to Melbourne after do-
l»g deputation work on behalf of the
society In West Australia and South
A.ustrulia. lie will go to Sydney
shortly to attend the meetings of the
executive committee, and will not re
turn to Melbourne until early in
Juno.
The Rev. W« M. Anderson, formerly
of Bruthon, Glppstand, bus received
a call to become pastor df the' Ilurst-
vllle Congregational Church, New
South Wales.
MEDICAL scheme for natives
,Dr. Raymond Penlngton, of the
Methodist Foreign Mission Bluff, has
urrlvcd in Melbourne from India, lie
has been In Calcutta, whore he com
pleted bin course at the School of
Tropical Medicine, R Is expected
his services will bo utilised In the
preparation of a medical scheme for
use among the natives In tlie Man
dated Territory of New Guinea.
The Rev, Br. Allan, of Baltimore,
u.&.a., wno has been granted 12
months leavo of absence, will spend
It In 'Vlctorln, where ho hopes 1o bo
of uso to tho Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. J. C. Jamicson Is about
to begin a series of meetings for
teachers of senior .Sunday school
classes nnd Bible class members,
which will bo held on the third Mon
day of each month In tho Presbyter
ian Assembly J In II, Collins Strcer,
Tlio consecration by Bishop Green
of the now church of Holy Trinity,
Hampton, will take place on Sunday
morning, at 11 o'clock. The church,
a hnmlsqmo building, has been erect
ed nt a cost of £8000. Tho vicar is
tho Rev. A. Craig.
PRpiniHTIOX ORGANISER
Mr, W. FY Finlayson, formerly Ru
bor member for Brisbane la the
liotiso of Representatives, nnd since
then one of- tho lenders Jn- the Pro
hibition movement in Australia, iVn-
fluently occupies tho pulpit In thc
Adelnido churches. He was always
rocognlsod' ns a fluent speaker, and
Iiuh been associated with church work
for many- years. Ho Is now an or
ganiser of tho Prohibition movement
In South Australia.
Tho Kensington Methodist Sunday
school will hold Its 47th anniversary
in the Town Hull, Bolluir Street, Ken
sington, on. Sunday, The children's
concert,, also In the Town Hull, will
take place on tho following evening.
Christ Church, St. Kllda, has ar
ranged a scries of winter entertain
ments to pay off tho debt on tho. par
ish hall, Tho -first, a card evening,
will' bo- held lit' tho hall on Tuesday,
May 23. '
This year tho Rev. Father Flcquofc.
of St. Patrick's, Church Hill.- Sydney,
will cclubrato the golden Jubilee of
his ordlnfttlon to tho priesthood. He
has been at St. Patrick's for 49 years.
Another . devotod servant of tho
Church In New South Wales Is Mother
Mary 'Bertrnnd Walsh, who, 00 years
ngo, . mudo her profession ns a nun.
She has becn In Australia since 1871.
The canonical cloistering of tlie
Sisters of the Curmelite Monastery
nt, Kew will tako place on -Sunday
afternoon next. Tho solemn cere
mony will bo performed by Dr. Man-
nix,' assisted by tho priests of the
dioccsc, nnt a largo gathering of the
adherents of tho Church is expected.
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