SIR WILLIAM HARTLEY'S HOBBY

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 698, 24 December 1909, Page 14

SIR WILLIAM HARTLEY'S HOBBY

By a generous gift, of ,£973,- the remaining liability lias been. swept ; from the Primitivo Methodist Church at. Soutbport. Tlio tlor.or. i 3 ;Mr.>Sy: Halli vhsU-nnrihteresting : tion .Vith/tho/religious -, life 'of Lancashire as fhe of Jonathan Ireland, the; famous .street ;'i, preacher. V : ;Mr,.Hall's '. contributions amount -to , .63000,: arid : include a window.' .in : memory :nf ,his v wife. : Sir-:"William.!P.>Hartiey; haf : ';intimatc/Rs.weiations with " the /Church,.'to whom; ..along'-;.with: "the;. Eev..:J.' : Heavl(!y/its : inception , was duei-y'He. has .contributed JI7OOO. /By.the, vote of"the 'conference its: wMls,';.Sir' William-, became' the president of the 'Churob/.-;His.:s6n-in-lawi : :the Eev. J. :T. /Barkby;' : :ii-the/present/pastor. .-•• Sir.;. William' ;Hartley/niakes 'n . hobby of architecture * .and' building,; and it . is/anr, : open, secret ; that, the premises,; which;'are "generally/acknowledged", to' 'be;thfl finest in the derioriiindtion; were/largely' afid: the church" is present, ministry.:;'

' A GREAT COMMUNION SERVICE. ;;i rßepresentatives Cof ■. tho: Churches of Christ '(Disciples of .;Christ), .'from all' over', .the. world assembled at Pittsburg, U.S.A. in October last t) celebrate .tho centenary of the movement .-with' {whichithey'-arevidentified. /News "is just 'to - hand off the great :_coinmimion; servico .held ' ihj; in 'tUe' city/could'-be'tsecuredsto a'ccommb-- : dal'a 'the. audience;/This. 1 , was; foreseen,'' and: the Hetvice .was.'held in<"Forbos' I'leld,", the great :rocreation; g'round. of ihe';city. / Hero ithere <igi •aii /enprmous/grand - stand: erected in>- three tiora'pr/ gallories, so" constructed that each :seai>.' holder has an uninterrupted viow-of the field ■below,', /and;; seated/for: about:'thirty'■ thousand •peupld./ i All-;tHe ; pr.bcee'dings Hvero; directed from thd ground ;bslow. ;by a/- preacher -.with /a; flag, ; while': the.:singing of the. immense audience was loj'bysoven' or .eight instrumentalists. There ■ werp/M-tabte with :100 ciders-and ;500 deacoM;, Altar /sibphg.'-'praypr, '; and the vast ■ audicn'cb reading, -in ' concert,. to the lord's iSupper'/the . servcd' at a; given- signal. No addresses were given. Fully. : 27,0i)0/perebns ,pariook....o£,,t'bo. emblems.' /Dele--;'gotes," :w6ror present/from: all 'over/the world,/ Australia and /New, Zealand being well,represented,/ -It. was described :;by. the Pittsburg press •«w .' being the' -largest, i communion /service'ever held, lio this as it may it was certainly a greit; occasion; 'r/,/ ■'•;"• V-.,' ' ■'■