METHODIST CHURCH.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16262, 12 July 1918, Page 8

METHODIST CHURCH.

ST- ALBANS. The quarterly meeting of the St. Albans Methodist Circuit took place on Wednesday, the Rev. A. C. Lawry presiding. A motion of condolence with Mr W. Henley in his bereavement was carried. It was resolved that a letter, expressing sympathy with the Rev. W. A. Sinclair in his illness be forwarded to him. Tiie news of the death of the Rev. S. J. Serpell was received by the meeting with regret, and a sympathetic resolution was adopted. Mr C. F. Edgar presented a satisfactory balance-sheet, the income amounting to £197 8s 9d, and the expenditure to £196 4s Id, leaving a. credit of £1 4s Bd. The membership was reported to bo 367, with 282 Sunday school scholars. Messrs J. Lomas, S. R. Webb, and A. Williams were appointed delegates to the proposed Council of Churches. It was announced that the Rev. T. Hammond would visit St. Albans in the interests of the Home Mission Fund. A committee was 6ot up to arrange for a special effort to raise funds for providing gifts for boys at the front, the Rev. Mr Walker having consented to deliver a lecture on his experiences at the front. A conference of Sabbath school teachers was arranged. Messrs J. D. Barnard and A. D. Hassell were appointed as representatives to the Prohibition Convention. WOOLSTON. The quarterly meeting of- the Woolston Methodist Circuit was held on Tuesday, Bev. F. Copeland presiding. Appreciative reference was made to the long and faithful eer- | vices to the church at Heathcote Valley, and to the cause of Methodism by the late Mr McDowell, and a vote. of sympathy with the relatives was carried. It was reported that the income met the expenditure, and that the membership was 231. It was decided to support the proposal to appoint a 6upernumary minister as hospital visitor, also to raise the amount required for the Military Chaplains' Fund. It was decided to accept Mr Hklop's offer of prizes for Sunday school com- ' petitions.

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