OPENING OF THE WESLEYAN OHUROH CARTERTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 October 1882, Page 2

OPENING OF THE WESLEYAN OHUROH CARTERTON.

The tea-meeting and subsequent gathering at the opening of the Wealeyan Chapel, Carterton, on Thursday evening was very successful, both as regards the funds taken, the numbers in attendance, and the ability and appropriateness of 'he addresses, In spite of provisions haying to lie provided to meet the re quirements of some 250 to SOOjjood folks, old and young, there was a plentiful supply for all, and enough to have satis6ed the wants of even a larger attendance had there been such.

The proceedings'were .opened at the chapel with the hymn "Jesus shall reign," and a prayer by Mr Bavin; of Wellington. Mr Dewsbury occupied the ohair, and after, a few introductory remarks on the new building, the choir efficiently rendered "The earth is the Lord."

Mr Bavin, after expressing the pleasure i' »avo him to come up from Wellington and he present un this occasion, congratulate I tl'e congregation on tho state of theirtinaices,and.'henumberoftheirbabies (N. te by correspondent: And their name was legion at thega'herina). He objected to their being a led Dissenters as a branch of the church, but assented to it so Was that they dissented from all tint was wrong, and assented to all that was was right. After dealing at length on the special office of the Church, he exhorted them to nil work diligently. The' choir then aaqg " Glory to God in the highest." - '

Mr Boath opened with a few amusing remarks on babies, the efficient supply there had been at the tea, and a little advice on cookery to wives, as conducive to keep their husbands in good temper. Aftor referring to his connection with the Wesleyans in hjs youth, he expressed a belief that none worked harder than them to secure what the first line of their oponing hymn expremed. Success, he believed, depended on the faith men had in them, and having had this faith in their church they had been able to erect the present building. Mr McGregor of lera few congratulatory remarks, said he was very glad to see clergymen of different denominations meeting together, as it showed Christians loved and did not hate each other, and tended to clear away all jealousies. The Christian work was above nil oth'nra, as it went for the benefit and improvement of the_ human race, and in the main all Christian churches were pretty much alike. Choir: " Thine 0 Lord."

Mr Isitt congratulated them on the smallness of the debt existing in connection with the church. The success of Methodism was chiefly through every man doing what he was'fit fur. Choir: " Exalt Him all ye people." A vote of i hanks was nccorded to the ladies and the choir on the motion of Mr Hart, and to Mr Foster for his gift of the pulpit on the motion of Mr pawsbury. The total receipts amounted to about i£3o, the debt on the church being about £IOO.