NOVEL METHODS OF RAISING CHURCH FUNDS.
At a soiree nnd concert m oonneotion with Maxwelltown (Dumfries) Eitabllabed Ohcjoh, tbe Rev. W Graham, when pleading for 6oanoi.il assUttroe, snid he had received from a friend m America a description of ibe way which they adopted m that country for ''railing 'he money for the Kirke." Thiß whb by raoana of meetings called "Boclables." These were of different klnde. One waa called "theorazy sociable." The ladles oame m the most fanaatlo co3tun.es, and put the pickles m the sugar basin, generally things were turned topsy turvy. (Lutghter.) But the most amusing of -the sooiablea was one at which the ladl.s were put up to auot'oa. (laughter.) The man who bid highest nad the privilege of seeing the pre.tle.it lady m the room home. (Laughter.) The result waa that lf a lady bad a sweetheart he forked out hla last dd'ar rather than let another fellow see her home. (Great Jaiphter.) They did not mean just to go that length In oonneotion wtth this Ohuroh, although his audienoe might if they liked, bnt they prop Bed to have a oonoert.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1840, 14 May 1888, Page 3
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187NOVEL METHODS OF RAISING CHURCH FUNDS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1840, 14 May 1888, Page 3
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