The Primitive Methodist Anniversary Soiree

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 32, 1 September 1887, Page 2

The Primitive Methodist Anniversary Soiree

|t|Xf evidence: jwere required that tea nae'eting-s j wejfe j 3tiJLl jpopular iu?T|eildihf^mper^use^lir^etskfibve,' last Monday evening, ought to suf&oe. Thanks for good weather, and to good Hshed, and brought together a large raiumberi of friend^ from near and far. Iroxton, Campbelltown, Halcombe, j T^sHhurst^ iiiwi^ alid^MakinodisCrfcts l being $faWi repres v eiited. vTHb ladies andVo^g tfacßelors; who took upon, themselves the>p^qy|ding of refreshments, deserye_ jjreat credit for their successjinrcatoringrso w.eJlf or- suet a jlarge ' number o£ guestfl(. >^^The fables' 1 were presided oyer . by the f ollo,wing' ladies :•— l^a' andy liliss' Treyena, jof Haleqmbe ; . . v Mrs' Penberthyj assisited by Misli. l^t;reej;er ;,VMrs MepSMy as£&M ffi-lM BbwW/;" Miss 'Olphert 'a'n^'Mißa fiolmUn, 1 assisted by Mias O^biprne, f^m.Foxton }" 'firs' Gou^ld, aisutedjby Miss Waus. An innovation 1 iwas^made 1 by the* 'bachelors j waiting at their own table,; superintendefd! by Misß Popet 6r; th^ee siitings before 1 all were satisfied: The af ter^ meeting whicli was crowded with,an auflienje. of about three r hundred' fifty, was opened 1 {by- the Choir kinging va ] 'hymn, - and thie'OEley. Mri©lphert engaging in' grayer;- ifter 'which Mt ff.- ! p:fThompßon was called, on to take the- chair! The chairman, in Ms opening- remarks, congratulated himself on his having to preside bVer stfdh a large*' and teßpectabl© audience, and expressed < his -Assurance^hat the' utmost order i would consequently preTail^ 'which expectation was fully re- ! alised. -The chairman alsd, as secretary of^the^Oaapel trustetß, Iread a brief and cheering report of thff church affaira'for last ; year.' He stated that the bazaar held some months sinoe for the reduction of the chapel 'debt j realised about £40/ leaving a balance of stock on hand, the sale, of which,, about jQhristmas,/ the friends decided to make the occasion of holdang an Exhibition of pictures, curioa, &c.', (siinjlar to what was so successful inViFpxtpn ja : jßhort, time since)^ for the-; laudable: 'purpose of still rejducing. jthe, debt, ,pr, ; is bettor, wiping it ofi , altogether. . The /first speaker called on^was the, Bey. H. M. Murray, who saidjthaib was the seventhanniversary .soiree of the Church at •which he had the pleasure of being .present. . JBLe. gave a. lively and interesting address concluding with Borne good advice to the young men present, whom it is ip be hoped will attend to his ; wise counsels. .After another hymn Mrs Douglas gave ; a beautiful soio, called ; " I knovr not what .awaits me" in' a sweet and; powerful voic : » that filled', the hall. The next speaker, was Captain Needham, of the army, who, as usual, gaye a practical and pointed address couimauding good attention throughout. Mr 0eo. : Adams, whose wise, witty/and'kindly remarks were well received, was the the next speaker." Miss Lintbn was the next to fuvdiir l the aiidi^nce with a solo rendered in capital styled 'Mr IT. 0. Richardson th"en~gave, in. his energetic 'and -decided manner^ an earnest addres, to . Ciiristiuns. W^hile congratulating then|. rf bii past sucdesses, he .urged, them on to still greater efforts in'spreiadin'g, by every means, a saying knowledge of the wprld's Re"iee^er. The Revl Mr Olphert,' the minister.in chargeV then gave ajreally goocl 1 ana useful address on the , po werri l ful"infl : uen(;es bf wbrrien in iabulaiHg the chaVa'cters of great and good men, in rescuing the fallen and in spreading trufih and rigntepushess in- the earth. Th 6! chairman reminded the audience ihat il'.was /only during the present century that thecHurch discovered the 1 great, women workers l in v pr'eaohing the' gospel and o|;her i; -,chrißtia% e^orts, .and that this future rapid, a4vance;jof Christian temperance, and aU other -beneficent mbvements for-the' elevation of > the! race and 'expressed 'Mb wonder-that such a discovery- was not made hundreds of: 'years sbbnW.f The houriof ?olosing haying arrived Mr' Wratt was eatled'^poa'toniove'and Mr-Henry Curran to secoad, a hearty vote of 'thank's tothW^who had worked so hard to make tte eleventh anniyerekry > a''greatßul«eßß;Vafter l 'yhlch'iae/meetmg was brought to a close by, Mr Olphort pronouncing, ,|he .benediction. Mrs Richardson and Miss Olphert ablyipresided at th.B hariaonium.: //< , » o -. .!'[¥ery'<succeßsful( serlrides were .conducted last Sunday by the Her. Mr Tinßley<^f rPjaTlßiejstoejilarge numbers attended and great interest was maniif estedi f irTheo moimiiigy .sermon based oh the wordV-" Ofr woman great is thyiaitii;''^and'Wa8 r listeried to with: rapt attention; — The Rev. gentleman -al«o> 'addressed the -Sunday scTibol in the afternoon, 'aiid iheld aa- open air f^eiTJce in ,the eVeniia!g, { qn r the fcqtiaSre, v jiWk ' 11 'But" the fw^l't)^ ( ,%o\w&i^*'timey fe^^^^B^WqMaV^ry ayftilftbj^^aftß, jpeing.^uJly^.ocgup^d, chairs having to be borrowed f, to j^cgpwpdalie%oae i ti;l|o,, fajjed ,tQ P*^ .jßU^Etseats.j^ The subject thiatime was %Mch ; Bolemn! enquiry; wartf eated in aiiiasterly! W'aiin^ ;pr6atin]|I f a j deep- 1 ] imprefeaiou ! oil ' the^audiencejfm'an^ j)f whpijij, 'it ' is , iii bb hoped, vrilrcease sau^ring fife's, pattt »?ay, and begin^^.wprkiiin^aflst.fpr, the/ wellf are of theiwselF«s and fellows. Mr Tindey i is! '&« powerful, ; effective, and attractive speaker and has- made ' his; mark mi Feildio g; 1 Th c : financial Te&uifabf the sewices « and- soiree were highly aatisfactoryy !; / ; : ' ]i • '•' (■