METHODIST CHURCH.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1745, 7 August 1917, Page 3

METHODIST CHURCH.

ANNIVERSARY SERVICES. The anniversary services in connection with the local Methodist Church took place on Sunday. There were good attendances at both morning and evening services. ’The preacher was the Rev. T. Coatsworth, a former minister, who preached appropriate sermons. The choir, under the leadership of Mr Sherratt, contributed special anthems. Last night an old-time tea meeting was held in the supper’l'oom of the Town Hall. The tables were laden with good things, and were liberally patronised. The ladies of the congregation provided the tea and waited at the tables. At 8 o’clock a public meeting was held in the church, when there was a fair attendance. The chair was occupied by Air Hornblow. Speeches were made by the Rev. J. IT. Bredin (Presbyterian), Rev. Coatsworth, and Lieut. (Salvation Array). The speeches were interspersed with anthems by the choir. The Rev. Air Harding moved votes of thanks to the ladies, choir, and others who had assisted to make the anniversary services such a. success. The singing of the National Anthem brought a very pleasant evening' to a close.