We have much pleasure in reporting the opening the above place of worship, which took place on Sunday afternoon last, by the Rev. John Cheyne, of Castlemaine. He gave an impressive discourse from 3 John, v. 3 - 4:

"For I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth."

The attendance was excellent, every seat being filled. After the sermon a collection was made towards the erection of the church, amounting to £5 1s. 6d.

The proposition for erecting a church in this district has long been on the tapis, and would have been carried out some time since, the want of funds alone preventing. The building has been erected at a very moderate expense; it is a comfortable weather board place, forty feet by twenty, - will hold one hundred and fifty people, and is in a very good situation, nearly opposite Moore's store, central for most of the residents. There is a small debt on the church, and the trustees, who have entirely taken the responsibility of erecting the building, will be happy to receive any contributions that may be handed to them. There is to be a regular service, for the present, on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The Government have allotted two acres of land for church purposes, invested in the names of Mr. Commissioner T. O. Heron, Dr. H. B. Armstrong, and Mr. J . C. Denny, as trustees.

Fryer's Town is the second on the Mount Alexander goldfields, and judging from the interest shown on the past sabbath, it only requires the same kind of movement in other localities, and we shall have no lack of churches. The episcopalians have, hitherto, been very tardy in their transactions. Visit any of the goldfields, and we find Wesleyans and Romanists alive to the spiritual welfare of their brethren, but, alas, the Church of England sleeps on, totally regardless of hundreds and thousands perishing for lack of knowledge. How long will this state of things last? Surely there are many of the clergy at home who would gladly come out to supply the goldfields, if encouragement were given them. It is to be hoped that the Bishop of Melbourne will return to us efficiently supplied with laborers for the harvest which is already ripe.