History of National Anthem
Dave Joll
>Why does Christchurch have the name Christchurch?? could it be named
>after JESUS???
No, it is named after somewhere in England.
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Paul Wilkins
> MatriX wrote
> >Why does Christchurch have the name Christchurch?? could it be named
> >after JESUS???
>
> No, it is named after somewhere in England.
Come along to the Christchurch Cathedral and read the message written on
the wall there. I had quite an interesting discussion with dear old
Patrick about the origin of the name Christchurch and why it's not a
split name (as he insisted on calling it in his sig). Had to go there in
person with dead tree and pencil in the end to bring the message back,
but I digress.
If you'd like to hear the origin as has been written (chiseled even)
since 1840-something just met me know.
Paul Wilkins
Paul Wilkins
> If you'd like to hear the origin as has been written (chiseled even)
> since 1840-something just met me know.
In fact, here it is.
There are four panels. The first on the Canterbury Association, the
second on the Diocese of Christchurch, the third on the Diocese of
Canterbury and the forth on Christ Church Oxford.
1
To the Glory of God and in loving memory
of Alfred Richard Creyke.
This porch is built by his wife.
THE SEAL OF THE CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION
Members of the Canterbury Association by which
The Settlement of Canterbury was founded.
The Archbishop of Canterbury (President)
The Archbishop of Dublin
The Marquess of Cholmondeley
The Earl of Ellismere
The Earl of Lincoln M.P.
The Bishop of London
The Bishop of Winchester
The Bishop of Exeter
The Bishop of Ripon
The Bishop of St. David's
The Bishop of Oxford
Bishop W.H.Coleridge
Lord Lyttelton
Lord Ashley M.P.
Lord Courtney M.P.
Lord John Manners M.P.
Lord Alfred Hervey M.P.
Sir Walter Farquhar Bt.
Sir William Heathcote Bt. M.P.
Sir Walter James Bt.
Sir Willoughby Jones Bt. M.P.
The Dean of Canterbury
The Rt. Hon. Richard Cavendish M.P.
Thomas Somers Cocks M.P.
The Hon. Francis Charteris M.P.
John Robert Godley
The Rev. George Robert Gleig
Edmund's Halswell
The Ven. Julius Charles Hare
The Rev. Ernest Hawkins
The Rev. Dr. Samuel Hinas
John Hutt
The Rev. Dr. Walter Farquhar Hook
Augustus Stafford M.D.
John Simeon M.P.
The Hon. John Talbot
The Rev. Charles Martin Torlesse
The Ven. Robert Wilberforce
G. Kettilby Richards
William Forsyth M.P.
The Rev. Edward Coleridge
The Duke of Buccleuch
Edward Jerningham Wakefield
The Earl of Harewood
The Rt. Hon. Sidney Herbert M.P.
Viscount Mandeville M.P.
Lord Ashburton
The Hon. Sir Edward Cast
The Rev Richard Chenevix Trench
W.H. Pole Carew M.P.
Viscount Alford M.P.
Lt. Col. Archer
F. Alleyne McGeachy
Arthur Mills
Charles Griffith Wynne
Samuel Lucas
The Rev. James Cecil Wynter
Lord Brook M.P.
The Hon. Francis Baring M.P.
James Edward Fitzgerald
The Rev. William Maddock
Lord Wodehouse
William Vaux
E.W. Went M.P.
The Rev. Thomas Jackson
Henry Sewell
William Guise Brittan
Edward Holse
The Rev Nugent Wade
Earl Nelson
Captain Charles Simeon
Henry Selfe Selfe
The Rev. Dr. Rowley
The Rev. John Owen
The Rev. William Josiah Aylmer
The Rev. Robert Bateman Paul
Cornwell Simeon
John Duke Coleridge
Captain George Dushwood
Granville E. Harcourt Vernon
The Rev. John Phillip Gell
2.
DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH
You have come to see this Cathedral.
Remember that it is the House of God
and a place of prayer. Observe here
how men have used their talents to
build a shrine for God's Glory and to
create a place for your worship.
Having seen the beauty of form and
colour, craft and skill, pause a while
to pray and thank God for His good
gifts to our fathers & to us their children.
Ask a blessing on those who minister,
and on those who worship and seek
strength to serve their generation.
Pray for God's blessing on
our nation, and our world, that He
may teach us and all men the Beauty
of Truth, the Wisdom of Love and
the Spirit of Fellowship.
And go forth from this sanctuary of God
with renewed strength to witness more
gratefully for Him in your daily life.
The Lord preserve thy going out
and thy coming in.
3.
DIOCESE OF CANTERBURY
IN 1832 THE REV. SAMUEL HINDS D.D.
subsequently Bishop of Norwich
in an essay outlined and discussed
the advantages of colonisation
on a religious basis.
In 1843 EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD
conceived the idea of forming a
Church of England Settlement
in New Zealand
In 1847 John Robert Godley
began to work for such a settlement.
In 1848 THE CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION
was formed. Dr. J.B. SUMNER
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY being
President and LORD LYTTELTON
Chairman.
Of the 52 original Members 17
had been at Godley's old College
CHRIST CHURCH OXFORD
On the 27th Marth 1848 the
Canterbury Association resolved that
THE NAME OF THE PROPOSED
SETTELMENT BE CANTERBURY
AND THE NAME OF THE CHIEF TOWN
CHRISTCHURCH
4
CHRIST CHURCH OXFORD
H.M. QUEEN VICTORIA
by letters Patent. sealed with
the Great Seal of the United Kingdom
31st July 1856
did constitute and did define the
boundaries of the
DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH and
did appoint as the First Bishop
Henry John Chitty harper D.D. . . .
TO BE BISHOP OF THE SAID SEE
OF CHRISTCHURCH . . . AND THAT HE
AND HIS SUCCESSORS BE FOR
EVER HEREAFTER CALLED BY
THE NAME OR TITLE OF
THE BISHOP OF CHRISTCHURCH
and did ordain that
THE TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH IN
THE DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH
SHALL BE A CITY . . .
Thus CHRISTCHURCH was
the first Town in New Zealand
to be constituted a CITY.
Thanks go to the bank of ANZ for the pen and to Vadal Internet Fone Shop
for the paper napkin.
Paul Wilkins