PIIIM#SV METHODIST* C3%OH

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue II, 28 May 1880, Page 2

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The fourth anniversary M^ 1^" Foxton Primitive Methodist Jj&bgjich .- was celebsftted on N Monda^^mh|r' i last N by a. %a and The gathWing took place in the Church building, which had been most tastefully and artistically decorated with flowers, ferns, and evergreener The jji'uviaiouswtfie piuvided — - by subscription amongst i&e men^b^rg~ and at s.BOTD.m7'tne^earfcega^,-»rW " Grace " been sung, the tables r Feing presided ovwtoM^s-M'Culloch, and Misses Whtttate'r " (2), Miss SyrnQus, Miss Sniijfh, and^ . Mis8~~" Weight* , who , were ;assj||»^l)jow,^ nurnbeiv of^ladies belonj|^fs^3toflr^ congregation^ atteriSancs**waß !""* exjjellent,, notwithstanding f the unprppijiibtis\ nj^tdrie? ; $ MIV Wejjjjfclfe^ n } wliicb' w'as;;d^bijeaW r wet; JanOHs; {^\ hajrdly necessatf Ito tKatf J ftitfpW /a be&an, the chair"beiilg'o^otipiea l l)y ! 'l yfl th? Rev. J. Duncan ; >(Bresbyterian m^niater)i; who .openetf ; th# proceed^, v ! '< ings by calling on; those; •jpreaen.k.tp lin& the welt-known hymn^/'from alijthat! dwell below .tesk^'^fter. ; , ;j which the Rev. Mr Luke engagsd\in .^ prayer. \i '—.:. i :- .-■ww.n.H x The fchoir then -sang, " We're jmairching to'^iDnvi!;; ■ i -j -io -his;!-vii ie/l 1 {The QjhairDpi^^Qfl! briefly drdssed .,ihe meeting, .'expressing the great pleasure he felt at being present, and hishopß%hat 'heTVonldiberftbW/[ to i attend similar ' meetings - iftj j&e; -, ( { r futiire. He referred to the great good effected by social .jm^tings of the kind in which tney were engaged ,in i mng l ,,the ill $o»ds : p| ti^pod T TeHowship . between, ana ; f remarked; w#h. ; grahftcatioo T) ?n^ ti^t <Y progress maeli . fyy } j$& A \Pf irn^t^, > i "Methodists in Foxton; in' fact, he said, so great had^at'-ift.'Ogreßp'^R'f that one of their ministers (Mr Jones) had from a single man changedinto a double one, a remark whicl*. provoked good humored laughter Choir — " It is well with my soul." Mr M'Culloch then addressed the meeting, his subject being " Anniversaries," considered as milestones reminding was an ■ end. , , to the joui'ney. *"' Choir—" ( My. song shall ..be ; pjfu r Jesus." .-■.■:■',:: -:-j', i' C The Rev. Mr'liUke, padto* of rtlife Church, then gaye an address, his subject benig •'Cbribekitrfttion'," r^ ; i * plied to Christiaii^orkl' h ";' : ;i • ■ ; Choir—" Draw imenearer.*' i/Lv Adams, who gave the nexfc\ speech, referred to the advantages^ of harmony amongst fellow-workeiß^ in the Church, and by several homely but apt similes illustrated important . scriptural truths. Choir — " I need thee every hour." The Rev. J. Jones, of leilding, followed, and in a very humorous manner related his first experiences of Manawatu, and %c progress that had been made in the,..Qiii^,during the last few yjars, since he first arrived in Foxton."" Se theifreferred to the finances 'of the 'Church j - and * promised that at next anniversary a full report and balance sheet would >'* be presented.. On the present occasion .he would merely - $taW j a" few facts. He • reported the gradual - • diminution of the debt on the property.. When the Rev. Mr Standrin left the ■ district, about fehi;ee, ' years' ; ' ago, there 'was 'm ( addition.' to*'^ tHe •'>-■> mortgage 6f a balance- of '£150 owing by the trustees. The. whole -' of the balance had' been f paid- off] or ' at the rate of ( about "£l % - per week, £nd there now t emained bnly the mortgage r of d6BOO, and~a small sßcount long : outstanding of $12, Awi ■ for the lighting o^ tta <$u»ql^ , {This amount tthev;. were" desirous of payings and the proceeds of the tea meeting would accordingly be devoted to it. The usual votes of thanks— to the ladies for their efforts in connection with the tea meeting, the choir for their contribution to the enjoyment of tiioee present, and the Chairman, — having beea passed, the< choiring; . f -. " Precious PrbmisV* and ' Ihe meet-"" I ing was closed by the Benediction. During tjJiejp?«hregrthlß cbpfr;;p&|Jjf the several hymns fro ji Moody and Sankey's collection with great taste and' precision, Miss Wfcittaker presiding atthe , harmonium. The net orthi lea meeteig flare i^k-il ' pected to be between £7 and £8.