New Church Symbolises
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Methodist Achievement
THE Methodist Church, which embraces well over 85 per cent, of the indigenous Fijian people, will celebrate on October 9, when the handsome, dignified new Fijian Methodist Centenary Church will be officially opened at Suva.
The old Jubilee Church, which somebody once called the Cathedral of Fijian Methodism, was outgrown years ago, and in 1935, 100 years after the arrival of the first Methodist missionaries in Lau, the scheme for a new church was launched.
Interrupted by the war, the appeal for funds was revived several years ago with a broadcast appeal by Lady Freeston, wife of a former Governor, and to-day the fund is only £6,000 short of the required total of £25,000.
People of several races have con tributed to the fund but a very large proportion has been raised by the Fijians, It is probable that, the remaining £6,000 will be subscribed before the end of the October celebrations.
The new church (Stinson photo).