CHURCH ANNIVERSARY.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 22, 30 August 1882, Page 3

CHURCH ANNIVERSARY.

The anniversary of the Feiidingl'riini tire Methodist .Church passed off rerv successfully. On Sunday two exi -elh ti sermons were preached by the minister of the.$ r esleyan, Church, the Rey, K. Fennell. The congregations were very good — the evening one especially — notwith-

standing life? wet weather whichprevailed

On Monday the annual tea took place, and .proved aw great , treat to all, as indeed it rick.ly :.4«^rcd to be, for t!ie tables were fairly covered with the best thifigs/.tlte "ladies of' the" congregation could 6tfpp)y. " After tea a public meeting' was held for addresses, and, iit accordance with previous announcement, Mr R. Linton, late of KaijefeQirf^ now of 'HatconTbe, presided. He sajdjlie felt veuy glad to come and see the Feil.ding people once more. He-was-pleaaed to see such-trai+y arrromr the Feildmg 'Ministers then on the platform, viz., the Revs. Murray, Fennel I and Sadler. , He hoped it was a three fold cord which would not easily be broken. He then called upon

Mr Oliver fclt--pf"biitf ; of the three ministers named, and be trusted they would all work together as one. There was m.uek to^e-d,o,ije^!iTFcih^iifg>andth£ congregations as well as the ministers must be united in henrt and principle, doing i their duty fa-ithf.uUy. The best of working in a Christian cause was that they got good; .wages as ! they < we^t'on, to say nothing of the great reward at last, which he urged 1 v\t W diligently s^et. ' '

The Rev. li. Fennell was then called upon, and the applause with which he was greeted betokened 'an indication of the satisfactory character of his services on (,he previous day, ,as we.ll .as.the fact of 'the many'friends'he has made for himself during theistiorfc t4riie he has been in Feilding. He skidrtbat as soon as he arrived 7 m'tHe / taWn lie expressed publrcly a. hope |that' he you Id .be able to vfcoiik-i well with the .other .Churches,, but little did he think Tie should meet with such friendship, 1 as it 1 \idS' been .Aim happiness to reaTTsif. j He felt honored by being called upon to preach the anniversary sereins of , tjie, Priniitiv.e ijierecommended trying. to, make .Churjshes as comf.ortab)e:and attractive as possibly. Not.thfrb the. .worship wofeiGyd absolutely required a -fine huiUHofci yet none could be too good or grand for sucb-ani object, The 1 moist fcfognjfieent*, costlyCand bt-autii ful temple*. She World 1 yte* saw'Wita'b'ililt by the direct cbrrimand ofiGod. i Singing in public wors'fiipsKould also 1 be made as godd' as 'possible,' and Christian people should' always wear a suhriy smiling Face. They, would then favorably influence others with u reference to religion, while gloomy; professors would only repel.

Mr Lucas said He was one of the old hands of the Primitive-' Methodists in Feilding.... i'heir old. building ,, wa,s the rtrst CJijirch of any kind in the town. He had longed many times to see Christian union amo/jg-jthe , of the place, and thought he was now beginning to realise his wishes. * The ministers then present, were united in hea-f,and aim^ apd the 'people must imitate tliem, and the time would , sop/i. come when the, present sanctuaries *wbuld be y too sindll to contain the worshippers. The Rev H. M..;Mu*i>ay .was received with applause. He was very clad to be present for the third -time at their anniversary meeting. , &s,t° un MJ»k u ? V.ould shotf Ko* W JlU&tt'aM keep it. 1 They must all be, at work, whi^U would tend to do away r Vrith' separating differences, many o^ w^ich w^re loalyi fancies at^d airy nothings, and which, when earnestly at work, they had noLtimclo think about. The should not forget that there was alsQ!ft^Pe»Uty, in .certain things id which^all Churches were not different. He concluded!* l^' congratulating the Feilding Primitive Methodist Church on the progress it had matter" Mr^tiqhardsfon. paid the Churches: of tlie town should consider themselves.extremely fortunate -^ip having three such worthy minister^«i« those present; but generals of an aftuy could, after all, do nothing withoutc'-the, rant and file, and the members of tKeXhurcke^ should, like the.raiAis'ters, 1 bWWttfed i^eaVn^st woffe.

The Bey T. Sadler mad? a short speech, in which .fa'ejl%attide&Jo» 'behalf: %£> the trustees, the working ie«~for their labors in fencins,ajd ( doi^g:9t^ej; imprftßemo^t?. to Qhui<ch.' gi-o.unds^ and, said they must' have anotlier bYe, as the work was nofyet i: cb'mptet l 6d l ! i:i He ,tneri. trbposott a votef.of thails to.'t'ne lidifes hr tl/b excellentprovision"si J !*6 \e*itisfo\)e*. ■ ''■ This-wag: <M<eeot\ds<kj by «>M*i Sater riiid carned^vithjapp^mation., o5 „,,,(! .: On the motion oFMr ty thanks were voted to all who nad assisted in the fatetlng : '{MitSigr- the ' CMirman, the «pea*ersi MrV Rieia^'Cfpr presiding at the harmonium^, 1 r «ndt he tri^bers of thij phoir, whoj wetmay ftafcei san^sonie ofi Sankey's melodies' very. Creditably at inWa^ t . ;i j,,, V ; :iJi s v ,«,;■.;,..:, -\ .!• H tiaj aot be p.ut of fllace hero to congrafeftite, 1 imdefed' tlfank 'tlie Primitive working bees iovitievf labors, as the improreirielfts^theyihavfe' knade, notf O«*y ddd to tjte appe&raooe of the.jjpdundi, but also of the sjjeet.. : , i ■ •,.[ ..t ■^■.il.l-i //