GERALDINE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2479, 21 March 1893, Page 3

GERALDINE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH.

The Anniversary Services of the Sunday School connected with the above Church was held on Sunday. The church was nicely hung with native shrubs and floral decorations, and a picturesque looking arch was formed over the pulpit. There were large congregations throughout the day, and the collections were in aid of the Bchool fund. The Rev. W. C. Woodward preached at the morning service, and before entering upon his ordinary sermon delivered a five minutes allegorical sermon to the young ; dealing with the largo oak tree and the little ivy. For the ordinary sermon he selected the text Proverbs xxii., 6 " Train up a child in the way it should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" ; and preached a very instructive sermon to parents as well as children. He showed that the possibilities of childhood were marvellous, and spoke of there being two powers at work in moulding the character of the young, viz : the power of environment and the hereditary power. Sometimes the one power counteracted the evil of the other power, and sometimes both powers were evil. The Rev. A. B. Todd preached at the evening service. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. In the afternoon Mr W. S. Maslin, Superintendent, gave away the prizes as under before a number of parents and friends of the scholars. Mr Maslin congratulated the successful scholars, and said that the school for good behaviour was equal to any. The funds this year were not so great as last year, and as it was a mixed school, to which aay child in the district was invited, he urged parents to help them financially, so that they might have a good supply of tickets and booklets. Below is the prize list:— Girls—lst Class : Maggie Scroggie and Gerty Fife, equal, 1 ; Annie Bowkett, 2 ; Emily Maslin, 3. 2nd Class: Sarah Bowkett and Bessie Bowkett, equal, 1; L. Howard and Jane Fyfe, equal, 2; Gerty Ward, 3. 3rd Class: Mabel Richards, 1; Matilda Billings, 2. 4th Class : Lena Scroggie, 1; Bertha Sherratt and Lizzie Smith, equal, 2. sth Class : Lizzey Berry, 1; Elsie Sherratt, 2 ; Annie Towzer, 3. 6th Class : Lizzie Howard, 1; Emily Bowkett, 2 ; Rose Stringer, 3. 7th Class: Annie Newport, 1; Gerty Hammond and Ethel Hammond, equal, 2; Ethel Walton, 3. Boys—lst Class : Robert Scroggie, 1; Frederick Howard, 2. 2nd Class : Walter Maslin, 1; John Jones, 2. 3rd Class: Frederick Maslin, 1; Thomas Bowkett 2 ; Frederick Maslin and George Sherratt, special prizes. 4th Class : Robert Newport, 1; Robert Sutherland, 2 ; John Bowkett, 3. sth Class : Ernest Howard, 1; George Waters, 2. 6th Class : Caleb Maslin, 1; Charles Stonehouse, 2 ; Percy Smith, 3. 7th Class : Thomas Towzer, 1; Peter Billings, 2 ; Robert Waters, 3. Besides these prizes a quantity of books were distributed amongst the infant classes, each child receiving a prize Mr Robsou's prize for good attendance, best behaviour, and singing practices, went to Bertha Sherratt.