Anglican Tea-meeting and Harvest Festival.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1668, 26 March 1886, Page 4

Anglican Tea-meeting and Harvest Festival.

A largo gathering took place "at 'the ; Sal\ ation Barracks la.»f evening, the occasion being a social tea-nineting given by the membeis of -.;,.AII. Saints Church, Shortly after' 6 p.m., the yisitofs begnn to assemble and soon every available space m the building was occupied. The rtf it shmen t tables, loaded with ; choice' I eatables presented a pleasing appearance and grace having been said i»y the Rev. Mr Copinger they wore at once ass:ii(6ii by ;i(l presant.and the.ladifis-.in attendance kept busy supplying the de.maruls madf on -them. Appreciation of thf* good 'things was} plainly; eyjdferit ja«i. the tables hnri to be reQlled more than nncp, , : TlnM"*- Vas, however, plenty to spare nn'd ail seemod to thoroughly enjoy the soci.nl. re-uuion, , The ladifispresidiiVii at tI»H tea tables were-^Nb 1. Mrs QopinK^r assisted by Mrs .Lloyd and ■'■Miss/HylUn ;. No :2, , Mre.Hirat ; .No. 3, , Mrs Bell and Miss ' Waldegrave' ; No 4", Mrs Fnltcn. and the .Minsen Armstrong ; , No 5, MvKjerisen : artH Mrs •'Larc'omb * No 6, Mrs Purk and Mvas.. Hawkins. x\ftcr grac- oil prts nt afi'jnnr.ixd to the Church where the Harvest Festival, was to be held! "The biiUdingi-was 5 be^ntf- ' fully decorated with e/ergreenßV'Bhi'afs of corn, ; fruit and. ijowere; .jacro.ss: ; tbe^ Chancel, ovrM-head was. hung, .from side to side prettily arranged clusters of. hops, • surrounding a small wliito, cross. The baptismal font wa's ; alsV very : choicely '■ decorated; • with • flowei's". After ' tlie/ Bishop haditaUen his' Bt*at the j Proc'esf 1 sional.Hymn was sung. .New members were afterwards formally admitted into . the choir, when the usual, service took place. Tiia Rev MrCopiygerprcachtid an impressive senuon,.'aiui the o "Bishop - : •havjng pronounced the Benediction the concluding Harvest 'Hymn ..was eung. The ..coneregatioa w^ai a very |iuhierc(uß oh«. - - •.