VOGELTOWN SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 29 August 1914, Page 8

VOGELTOWN SUNDAY SCHOOL.

OPENING ÜBKEMON !>'. I J!Y THE BISHOP OF AI'CK LAX.IJ. The Anglican Sunday school which has been erected iby tie 1 laments of Vogeltown, assisted by toivn friends, was yesterday formally opvned and dedieated "by 'tlie Right dlev. Jiishop Averill, the building ibeing well tilled: wil.ii parents and children. Alter the singing of a hymn, the JVishop. offered up an appropriate prayer, ■ concluding with a blessing on the new Kun<)ay school and the wrovk to d«i carried on there. Archdeacon Evans 'then feat! a portion of ftsripture, after wnkii another hymn was sung, t'he chjftlreu present making their voices heard to gieat advantage. Jiishop Averill, after expressing great, regret at the absence »i t-Je vltar owing to indisposition, intimated that there would be no collection (owing to uie calls for patriotic pivvpostw) but said that anyone who wished could l contribute at the door. It was, !he said, very generous of those hi charge to let visitors off just now. He expressed his great pleasure at being' i| resent .to give a Messing to the room to Ire devoted to the religious ed'aeaUoii of children. 'He offered them; his wrj sincere congratulations iboth on their desu'e to erect the room and for carrying out. t'he project, and 'he especially thanked the ladies foT the interest hliown ;"y them in obtaining funds for the site and the building. He also thanked tlio men for tlu-ir voluntary labar. The site had cost £IOO, and ttw building was valued at £340. There was 110 doubt that the whole of tflie cost would have been mctluul it not been for the for patriotic purposes, but d.j was quits sure' ,tlie people would not; allwv the good) work to suffer owiu? to other calls on their generosity. He hoped the day was not fax distant when religion would be taught in Sta?.; schools, for any system iof education that left out any part of a. c-hild was d«fi«ont. What was i.eeded in education was unity of action ill the_ State school, the Sunday school and in the- leir.-e. lie impressed on parents that the Sunday school .was no' ! substitute tor home training, but an addition to it. fcr <jod expected them to do thesr ben to teach i children the truths of Tclifiio-i. and he bcgetl thenii not to negleo; this. He expressed the greatest appreciation ot the work done in the Sunday schools, and great admiration for tlfc good people who gave their .time and' talents to the work, frequent!) at (Meat selfsacrifice. It was a great grief to him to see t'he lack of roverem"? there was on ihe part of Jcwnjs pe.),'it- towards their :pa.rents and the aged llus showed what was wanted was to impress children with fundamental truths which wouid affect their natures as well a,s promote a religious lit", and he hoped that the parent) would see that their children attended '.'.h' Sunday school punctually and regularly, ana do their best to help the •».lden at Inne. ~ . , Addressing the children, ino said he was glad to >ee them thcie. and he urged tlrenii :o try <:i«l learn as much as possible. With reference to j-.ri7.es, the liishop Kftid that he thowcht l. was the teachers and not the children who should reeuve piflzes. He did not want the. children to con;: ' o the school to get prize,?, but to learn abe ut God. and to try i> live good Christian lives, and lie urged them to be good to their parents, not to lie Milky or bad tempered, but to bt* like bright, beautiful flowers so %s to make tin-* home cheerful and happy. In conclusion, the. Biishon r,-ud that In hoped before long; the building wmld need enlarging, that church aervi.s\?s would be held there, and that, he would in time see a church erected for ttio worship of (!od. (Applause.) After sipging a liynin the bcni'diufcion concluded' till: proceedings'. It is over five, years ago since a S'.mday sch&ol was ' first 'established at, \ ligeltown by Mrs. Dabb, it Oeing -first held at, Mr. "Bannister's lious>\ and afterwards at (Mr. Xeal's. . Starting with 1-1 children, the number 'taut grown to -IS. A piece of land was oll'e T Sd on lease for a site for the school, r.i.tt an appeal matte to the parisni-niers of St.. Man' fi for financial assistance, but it was' thought; advisable to acquire a freehold site, and pan of t.lio money raised was devoted to that purpose. The balance in hand is to l>- t-uppl?-meuted (by the. proceeds of a bazaar to be held shortly when, it is hoped, the debt on the building will be e.ti.mguis'h»d Agisting Mrs. Dabb at the iprasent tiiim;' are Mrs. -Veal and Miss Pelham, and other workers have also come for- ' The stun ii' £2 os was eoluvied at the door yesterday.