ST. SAVIOUR'S SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2143, 30 December 1890, Page 3

ST. SAVIOUR'S SUNDAY SCHOOL.

The distribution of priaes in connection with the above echoo! took place on Sunday last at St. Saviour's Church, Temuka. The church was quite crowded for the occasion, and a number of the parents were present. After the usual hymn and opening service the Rev. T. A, Hamilton delivered a brief address, in the coarse i, of which he said that he thought the time a most suitable one for the ceremony that was about to take place. While holy memories of the maijger and the Bethlehem birthday were fresh in their minds, and the echo of the angel song still in their ears, it was good to think of children and of their training. The care of the young was a solemn charge committed to the Church. 'lhis should be specially remembered when so much stress was on secular education. The day school no doubt furnished them with such information as was needed to help them to fight the battle oi' life, but at the Sunday School they learned to conquer evil, and fixed Christian principles in their hearts. It taught them to know what it was to act on principle. The speaker then referred to the self-sacrifice of the teachers who gave up much of their time to the school. They were not all skilled, but all came" with loving hearts, and this the children seemed to appreciate. It was a good thing to have a definite system of training. It enabled the teachers to inculcate the principles of Church teaching, and children left, the school and became good church-men and women, and ready to fight pro aria et focis for their altars and hearths. In this connection he was proud to see that the standard system he had inaugurated was now adapted in the principal Sunday Schools in Canterbury. To the parents he desired to return hearty thanks for the regular manner in which they had allowed their children to attend the school, and also for the home influence exercised, The prizes to be distributed depended largely upon attendance, and this the children should bear in mind. In conclusion he thanked the superintendent, Mr Jiobt, Pinckney, and teachers for their servicer during the year, and also Mr and Mrs Herbert for special prizes, which bad been allocated as " long distance " prizes and would be awarded to those who, living a long distance from the school, had succeeded in making the highest number of attendances. The prizes were then handed to the fortunate recipients by Mrs Hamilton. The following is the prize list:—Standard VI, (Boys), (Mrs Hamilton's class): Tracy Wills 1, George kangridge 2, Trod. Radford 8, Charles Opie 4; Thomas Edwards 5. Girls—(Mrs Hamilton's class): Nellie Henderson 1, Nellie Wills 2, Ada Ackroyd 3, Nellie Fenton 4, Harriet Ackroyd 5, Annie Voyce 6, Susan Greaves 7. Standard V, (Girls), (Mr Cathro's; class) ; Mabel Wills 1, Mary Beeby 2,^

Annie Timpson 3, Lilla Mcßratney 4, Jane Edgar 5, Grace Greaves 6, .Tokanna Palmer 7, Edie Lee 8. The last five prites were special ones given by the teacher. standard IV, (Boys), (Miss H. Sweet'* class) : Fred, Mehrtens 1, Leonard Goodeve 2, Leonard Radford 3. Girls—(Mies H. Sweet's class) : Lottie Gaze 1, Irene Hamilton 2, Nellie Bateman 3. Standard 111, (Boys), (MissFranks' class): Ernest Boulter 1, George C]aridge2,JoeDavey3. Girls—(Mrs Gaza's class) : Annie Mcßratney 1, Annie Mehrtens 2, Louie Radford 3 Standard 11, (Boys), (Miss Thompson's class): Frank King 1, Leonard Hobbs 2, Harry Hobbs 3, James Grant 4. Girls—(Miss A, Erwood's class) : Mabel Ackroyd 1, Edie Oliver 2, Ada Beeby 3. I Standard I, A and B, (Boys), (Mrs Wills' Mass) :: Arthur Ackroyd 1, Eugene Mann 2, Monty Mann 3, Willie Mcßratney 4, George Latimer 5, Bertie Lee 6, Alfred Higgins 7, Arthur Claridge 8. A, Girls—(Miss L. Pilbrow's class) : Lily Timpson 1, Nellie Beeby 2, Ada Bateman 3. B, Girls—(Miss "Wills' class): Lottie Neville 1, Annie Nicholas 2, Queenie Oldfield 3, Mabel Radford 4. Infants, A, (Boys), (Mr-B. Langridge's class): Charlie Neville 1, Lewis Mann 2, Frank Lee 3, Charlie Dunford 4. Infants A.—Girls (Mr A. Boulter's class): Lizzie Surridge 1, Mercedes Greaves 2, Emily Jackson 3. Infants B. and o.—Boys (Miss F. Guy's Class) : Bertie Hobbs 1, Harry Mehrtens 2, John Neville 3, Arthur Surridge 4, Arthur Lee 5, Willie Surridge 6, Alfred Goodeve 7. Infants B. Girls (Miss Ellen Pilbrow's class) : Emily Hooper 1, May King 2Infants C. Girls (Miss Eva Greaveß's class) : Mina Latimer 1, Maggie Edgar 2, Maggie Hay 3. All the other scholars received suitable Christmas cards. 'J he ceremony concluded with a hymn and the usual service.