ANNIVERSARY MEETING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 333, 21 October 1908, Page 6

ANNIVERSARY MEETING.

: COURTENAY PLACE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. , .The anniversary "of the Courtenay Place Congregational • Sunday _ School was. further commemorated last evening at a well-attended : meeting, over which the Rev. A. Macdonald Aspla'nd presided.-, r ,The chairman was supported by the Revs. J. Reed Glasson and W. A; Evans, who gave short addresses. r A.' silver-mounted, : baton was presented to Mr. T. Forsyth, who "for the past seven years 'has- acted as conductor, and trained the scholars in their anniversary hymns. ' An appeal made by the secretary for subscriptions'to'replenish the school library, and for the, general, funds of the school. The annual ..report , stated., that the school membership, not, including scholars who had been absent' a" .whole quarter, was 706,, an increase of. .13 .on, last year's figures. /Of ■this number,42 were;in the infant division and 16 in the'Yoiing lien's Bible class. The teaching staff had suffered heavily through the resignation,' owing l in most cases to removal from the city, of some of its most faithful and efficient members, including Mr. Walter Barnes, the. late'secretary, Mr. Ludwig, who for ten years conducted tho infant department', Miss Barnes, Miss Campbell, Miss Bowden, and Mr. Shands. Several new 'teachers had joined. .Fifteen scholars entered for tho Sunday School .Unions' examinations, !of whom 13 obtained prizes or certificates. The missionary coUectioris had broken all -previous records,, the-total amount being £16 ,Ss. 4d.,, or nearly ££, more than was collected last year. "The young men's class had been most liberal giverß. The collection by cards on behalf of- tho London Missionary Society had also-been-.slightly-better than last year —£13,17s.—the. largest amount over £3, being collected by one. of the youngest collec,tors, Minnio Gray. The highest number' of marks, 351 out of a possible 352, had been gained by: Hilda Owens; Alfred Owens being second with 343.. Thanks were due to Messrs. J. C. Port, Harold Millor, A. Gray, and A. M. Lewis for services connected with the renovation of tho 1 infant' room. The general account of the school shows a debit balance of about £2. j The report was adopted. Recitations were given, by Misses Jessie Forsyth, Enid Reid, and Linda Rouritree, and i Miss--Lilian Thawley sang a solo.