Service of Song.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1471, 3 October 1885, Page 2

Service of Song.

I B>ihyan^B'PilsrriuW' PrdgressTarrafiged ais; ajboye' was given by .the ! Presbyterian .Ghurcli.Choir m the Theatre lasteyening before^a remarkably good ,audience|/f The views exhibited were-' descriptiye _' oJF the x .journ.eyings of v Chri^itian'* ,;fr6m',tlie-, " City 6? Destruction '' to the/'Heavenfip 1 Land," with' a dissolving iahtern°by Mr Ferguson who must have taken considerable pains and gone-to no little expense to produce the desired; effect^ $Ye have seen the PilgriVn's Progress ilfustrated by lintern views m the Old 'Country, withoiit/half.as good effect-;; and some' of ,tha: slides specjaljy: ; prepared, by '.•.oiir local photoofrapher, Mr . Shailer,' were exceeding beautiful and were ajiso. greatly adr < mired . by the' audience. '.'The^ mdiibai^" portion of the service u was rendered throughout with good taste and pleasing effect und.er 4 tlje,i baton .ot .'Mr Jmtfclhe Rev. Mr Wright reading.the intermediate prose passages. After" a snort interval ..the., amusing, poetical sketch .entitled.-, '"jMisaclventnreE at Margate " #as r^d ' by Mr Pirani, the tale being illustrated by lantern views. This was followed by a'; number of .views "of celebriitad Irish Public Buildings and Scenery, and aJtep.a^ number^ of art; pictures concluding the entertainment with a variety of fanny* r.ketches for the children wjijch considerable imirtli. IMiss ShnesJduring v the evening, topk charge of : thehar-rr mohiurn \v\th her usual success.^ On the* : whole the entertainment was thoroughly amusing and instmctiye and seemed to ? please those pi;esent\imnlensely. To Mf yi ' Ferguson is principally due- the successful result attained for the disinterested way , jinn which v he: has worked- ( upr the i mechanical portion of the performance.