Primitive Methodist Tea and Concert

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 3, 4 July 1893, Page 2

Primitive Methodist Tea and Concert

♦ A very successful reunion of members of the above congregation, to celebrate the opening of a new vestry, was held yesterday evening. About six o'clock a large number sat down to a capital tea, the tables being presided over by the following young ladies viz. : Misses Bosher, Blackmore, Milner, Curtis, Evans (2), and Heald. The Rev. G. Clement presided at the after meeting, and referred to the steps which had been taken towards raising funds to pay for the new vestry. The sale of the old budding had realized £o, cash received from various donors had brought in LlO 14s 6d, and the sale of tickets for the tea that night, produced L 5, making a total of L2O 14s 6d. The vestry had been erected at a cost of L2O 12s 2d, thus leaving a small credit balance of 2s 4d, a fact which was most pleasing to all connected with the Church. In September the Primitive Methodist Connexion in New Zealand celebrates its jubilee, and next month the Feilding branch keeps its seventeenth anniversary. Members of the congregation were determined to make strenuous exertions towards wiping out the debt of LI 34 on their building fund. Already L 57 10a was promised towards meeting this deficiency, and there should be no difficulty in raising the remainder by the end of the year. All sorts of live stock and produce had been promised towards a gift auction, and ■on Thursday next, the j ladies of the congregation were to hold a meeting at the parsonage to consider what steps they should take in the matter. The speaker concluded by saying that their prospects for the future were most bright and promising. Mr Adams also addressed the meetIng, and stated the old building recalled many pleasant memories of thoso who had worked with them in the cause. Many of these had gone to their last reward, others were still with them, and when they are called away there would yet remain many others ready to come forward and plead for the good cause, and tell of the never dying loye of Christ. During the evening, the choir rendered two or three anthems very pleasingly, duets were contributed by | the Misses Milner, songs given by Miss Curtis (with violin accompaniment by Miss B Curtis) and Miss Alice Gould, Mrs Clements gave a recitation, and the Rev G. Clement and Mr Gould contributed readings. Mr J. C. Thompson moved a cordial vote of thanks to the ladies who presided at the, tea tables, to those ladies and gentlemen who had done so much to make the evening a success, and to the Rev G. Clement for the able manner in which he had carried out his duties as chairman that night.