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S. Barnabas’ E)as anb the flDdanestan ffiMssion-
Fix this textInterior of the Patteson Memorial Chapel, S. Barnabas, Norfolk Island.
Fix this textBeattie, Photo., Hobart
Fix this textHKRE is a whole world of interest in the points of
Fix this textcontact between the history of the Melanesian Mission
Fix this textand the recurring Festival of S. Barnabas. There is
Fix this textthe interest that comes of instruction ; for the events
Fix this textassociated with that day in one year or another repre-
Fix this textsent practically all the stages of the Mission’s progress and the rise
Fix this textof all the problems that now confront the Mission. I'here is also
Fix this textthe interest that is fraught with inspiration ; for that day brings
Fix this textus into touch with the lives of the men who have led the Mission.
Fix this textIt was in 1849 that Bishop Selwyn began the Mission with the
Fix this textlittle schooner Undine. Next year his old school Eton rallied to his
Fix this textsupport with its first meeting in aid of the work in New Zealand
Fix this textand Melanesia on S. Barnabas’ Day, 1850. Eton gave two
Fix this textbishops to New r Zealand, George Selwyn and Charles Abraham
Fix this text(Wellington), and two to Melanesia, John Coleridge Patteson and
Fix this textJohn Richardson Selwyn ; and for sixty years S. Barnabas’ Day
Fix this textat Eton has meant a commemoration of the Melanesian Mission.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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