CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 184, 20 May 1873, Page 5

CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

A meeting of Church members tv as held in the Schoolroom on Monday evening, the 12th inst. Tlie Rev. J. Jones took the chair ; and ■the members present were Messrs Dawkins, iLake/Talboys, Brown, Mac Nab, I. Wright, Wakefield, and Fraer. The meeting was duly opened with prayer: after which, The Chairman stated that the meeting had been called for the purpose of putting Church matters in proper order ; and he would first call upon Mr Fraer, the secretary, to give the meeting a st dement of financial matters, and any other information that might interest the members generally, Mr Fraer then read the financial report, of which the following is an abstract: — April 1 to December 31, 1872. Receipts. Subscriptions £35 0 0 Offertories 24 11 0 * Expenditure. Rev. ,T. Jones’s stipend.... £56 5 0 Sundries 10 0 Balance 2 6 0 „ , £59 11 0 To Balance, Jan. 1, 1872—£2 6s od. . The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Fraer for preparing it. The meeting also passed a vote of thanks to those gentlemen who had exirt id themselves for the welfare of the Church during tiie past twelve months. On the motion of Mr Fraer, seconded by Dr Lake, it was resolved—That a parochial district be formed, and that the management of the Church be vested in two churchwardens and seven vestrymen. Mr Dawkins was then elected members’ churchwarden, and Mr Fraer was appointed minister’s churchwarden. The following were elected vestrymen, viz., Messrs W. Talboys, J. B. Lake. R. Brown, W. Mac Nab, J. Marsh, J. Perriam, and E. M; Wakefield. The question of ways and means was then •gone into, and after some conversation, in the coarse of which a general opinion was expressed that there ought to be no difficulty in raising sufficient funds fur minister’s stipend and Church expenses, it was decided to make an energetic canvass for support among Church members throughout the district, as it was only by establishing the present fortnightly Sunday services on a satisfactory footing that the way would be opened for procuring a resident clergyman. ■; On the proposition of Mr Fraer, seconded by Dr Lake, it was resolved—That the Vestry be instructed to take steps to secure, at as early a date as possible, a suitable building for Church of England purposes. It was arranged to hold the first Vestry meeting on Wednesday evening, May 21.