ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2946, 10 July 1888, Page 2

ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH.

Annua! Meeting,

St. Matthew's;. annual paroohial mooting was held in tho Soboolroora last night. ; Tho Rev. W. E. Paige occupied the chair, and opened the proceedings in the usual form.

The minutes of tho last meeting were confirmed, -

The Chairman said it gave liiin more than ordinary pleasure to meet them this year. Tho Vestry was ablo to say that the School was out of debt, there was a considerable bulau.ee to tho Choir, and their general account debt was reduced. Services hud been held outside the parish as usual, an additional one being at Pahiatiia. The Rov, J, C, Andrew had voluntarily conducted services at Tinui, for which he sincerely thanked him, as that had enabled him to hold extra services elsewhere, He took the opportunity of thanking the twolay.readora for carrying on the services on the occasions of his absauce. He must say thoy had been most acceptable, (applause.)' He referred to the Sunday School, and expressed a wish that more teachers would come forward and assist," He took the opportunity ot; thanking all who had assisted in church work throughout .',he past year, He had another statement lie wished to take the opportunity of' making, As there appeared to be some misconception with regard to tho arrears "of stipend he thought it was advisable in justice to. the parishand himself, that lie should state how these arrears' had arisen. Before he came to Masterton the parish had obtained a loan of£lso Irom tho Diocesan Fund;, Five years ago this loan was re-called. Four gentlemen. gave a guarantee to the Bank, and the loan was repaid. Very shortly afterwards the proceeds of a bazaar released those gentleman from their liability But, unfortunately, iho guarantee was not cancelled, and was left in tho Bank, and forgotten subsequently, as the vestry required money, the bank advanced it -until" tho overdraft reached £220, when an intimation was given that it would have to be reduced. It then transpired that this uncancelled guarantee was held as a collateral security by the Bank. It seemed to him then, and he still thought, that bo should have lent himself to a fraud if he had allowed any money to be paid to him from an overdraft for which gentlemen Were liable, who had given a guarantee for a totally different purpose, and who justly believed they had been relieved of any further responsibility in connection therewith. With great difficulty be induced. the Synod, two years ago, to suspend for one year the regulation which requires all deficiencies in the stipend to be a first charge on the offertories. By this means the overdiaft was reduced to 150. He also, afterearnestentreaty, obtained from the Ladies Guild tho £sl which had been intended for the stipend, Last July tho bank intimated that the overdraft was not to exceed £IOO, and appeared uneasy at it not decreasing more rapidly. A cheque on account of. stipend for £26 exceeded the limit by £l4, and would have been dishonored at half-an-hours notice, when to Bavo the credit,of the parish.lie paid in the difference by a cheque of his own. Mr Nicol joined with, limi'in obtaining an overdraft at another bank, and closed the long standing account, and cancelled the old guarantee, Lasi year he again tried to gain tho consent of the Synod to a further suspension ot the regulations relative to deficiency of stipend being a first charge, on., the oflertoiiea. This was refused, but tho surplus offerings bad been thus applied, by which means the overdraft had been reduced to £52 Is Gd. It would thus be seen that two years' offertories at £SO each equal to £IOO, .plus £sl, ladies' guild for 1880-7 produced a sum of £l5O in round numbers, which was the amount of arrears of stipond to date, In acting as above he simply did what anyone who valued tho honor of the parish alovo his own interests would have done—declined to receive his stipend at the expense of four gentlemen who probably would have been called on lo make their guarantee good, He must therefore exonerate tiio Parish of blame in the stipend being so much in arrear, He had full confidence in tho Parish, and believed that in the course of two or three years it would bo entirely free from debt without other than ordinary efforts, In the absence of the Churchwarden the Chairman read tho

ANNUAL lIAUNCE SHEET and report as follows : In presenting the Balance Sheet for tho past year the Vostry has tho pleasure to report a marked improvement in the financial position of the Parish.

The liabilities at the commencement ol tlie year were as follows:—Loan on Parsonage, £150; interest on do,, £l2; stipend Masterton, .{l7B In 6d; WhareamaJlUsOd; total,£lß9os; old debts, some of two years standing, £2]; interest Bank, £2lssßd; overdraft., £9Q 10s J Id, making a grand total of £471 Ms 7d. The present liabilities are-Loan, £150; stipend Masterton, £l4l 7s Od; Wlmreama, £l7 2s 6d; total .stipend, £l5B 10s; Bank overdraft, £36-lCsOd; interest, (fee,, £2; special subscriptions, £ls 14s; total, £303 Os Gd. The Parish has forwarded to tlio General Church Fund £3QG J7s Od for stipend account and £9 4s on Whareamu amount; also interest for 1887 and 1888 on loan for pension fund upon the parsonage, which, if unpaid migbt have resulted in a demand for inpayment from the gentlemen who personally giiaran. teed the loan, The vestry deemed it expedient to sell their Building Society shares, invested in for the purpose of extinguishing this loan to.pay off the interest £24, applying the balance inwards reducing the overdraft, the shares realised their full value £54 3s 7d, and the proceeds were applied as above, The £9' imnually paid to the Society together with interest lessened on reduced overdraft will thus meet the £l2 due for interest o n loan, repayment of which is not likely to be demanded so long as the interest is punctually paid. In March an ofle r of £SO towards redwing the overdraft

was made onjbttdition that the full amount of Btipehd due on June 80th was paid, Special Subscriptions to the amount of £15.14s paid, and '■£,%%. extra promised were roceived, the offer therefore could not be taken advantage of, the money received is placed on the liabilities, and is at tho disposal of the donors. The 'Funds of the Sunday School and choir fund are kept distinct from those of the Parish, but the Vestry learns, with satisfaction that the former is out of debt, and the latter has a considerable balance to its credit. The Vestry has represented to the Church Property Trustees tho advisedness of letting the.frontages of the church site on building leases. The trustee have the matter under consideration, and the Synod will probably be askedfor its sanction to the proposal, But it ought to be understood that any rents derived from leasiug the site would beDiooESAN vroperty, and that this Parish is. not entitled to any exclusive benefit therefrom. The Vestry gratefully acknowledge the material substantial assistance offered by tho Ladius' Guild, and regrets'.their loss of Miss Beard's valuable help, occasioned by her roturn 7 to England, Other ladies,-however, have "kindly undertaken the work, and will, no flonbt, render material aid in the; present year. The Vestry heartily ibanks the Lay Readers, Messrs Von Stunner and Grundy for carrying on : the Church services during the absence of the Incumbent when holding services on the East Coast, "at Brancepeth ami at Pahiatua,-the organist (Mrs Paigo), and the gentlemen of the choir, and the Sunday School teachers, for their valuable ; and effective assistance during the past year. ..Tho vergar continues to ■ fulfil his duties as conscientiously and efficiently as he has done for many years. The Vestry desires to place on record its appreciation of the kindness of Mr Sellar who has for'a second year acted as Hon, Sec, relinquishing both salary and commission, and 'conducted tha correspondence and kept the accounts with his well known tact and ability, ~-..:

In conclusion, the' Vestry feels that tho parishioners cannot hut he satisfied with tho improved condition of the financial position of tho Parish, especially in a time of general depression, and is hopeful that with ordinary care the Parish will, in the course of two or three years, be entirely free from debt, without calling on tho parishioners for extraordinary efforts, Tho Chairman formally moved the adoption of the report and balance sheet, subject to the audit, Mr Payton, in seconding tho report, tooktheopportunitytopointoutwhathe considered one or two weak points in it. On former occasions the balance-sheet bad been published prior to the meeting, and'all present were able to master the contents; now it would be published after the meeting, when no one cared two pins about it, They had had tho bulanco sheet read to them unaudited, In the future, perhaps, they would not get it at all. He could not grasp the contents of tho balance sheet by simply hearing it read over, but it seemed to him there could not be the substantial improvement claimed in the report. .There must have been somo financial struin almost verging oil bankruptcy, when they had had to snatch their sinking fund for current expenses,. The olorgyniau bad not'been paid up, und.that placed him and themselves ut afalso position, Ho hoped in future that tho stipend would bo paid punctually to the day. The Chairman apologised thai tho bjilanio sheet had not been printed and circulated before the meeting, It had been overlooked,

The motion was then put and carried.

The balance sheets of the Sunday School and Choir Fund were also adopted. The Chairman said lio had much pleasure in renominating Mr James Nicol as his Churchwarden, .Beforecalling upon the parishioners to elect a Churchwarden and Vestry, he would read tho following paper, which had been put into his hands recontly : At a meeting held on Friday, tho 80th June, 1888 at Mr W. H, Beetham's tho following persons, king churchmen in the parish of St. Matthews, Masterton were present viz., S, von Stunner, \Y, H, Beetham, P. G, Moore, H. H. Smith, S. F. Beard, tV, T. Grundy, and W.. G. Heard,

It was unanimously resolved—l, That in view of the preseut state of the finances of the Church of St. Matthews and of tho arrears of the clergyman's stipond, it is incumbent on churchmen to endeavor to devise somo means whereby the same may be placed on a more satisfactory footing, 2. That to effect this it is absolutely necessary

a. That the clergyman's stipend for the parish of Masterton and the Whareama District bo assessed by tho Synod for tho present at £2OO per annum in-lieu of £'3oo per annum as now assessed, n, That the frontage of tho Church aero bo cut up into convenient business sites and let, and that the rents to bo derived therefrom bo added to the ordinary revenuo of tho parish. 8. That the above-named persons are prepared to be nominated as members of tho vestry for St, Matthews Church for the ensuing year, and pledgo themselves if elected, and the second resolution is given effeot to, lo take up before tho 81st day of March, 1889, debentures to the amount of £IOO towards liquidating the presont liabilities, and to exert themselves in tho direction of carrying out the first resolution; but that if elected and the second resolution is not given effect to they will feel it incumbeut upon them to resign charge of tho parish affairs. 1. That a copy of these resolutions he giveii to tho Sev, W. E, Paige by Messrs S. von Stunner andW. H. Beetham, The Chairman said those resolutions called for no further remarks from him. As they had already heard in the report, tho vestry had taken the initiative with regard toloasing the front of tho Church acre. Thore was a grievous misunderstanding with rospeot to any proceeds which might arise from gueli leases. Thdy could hot touch tliat fund as a matter of law,

Ho was Held out iii the 8: would haw the; desired 'effect of ,'gej®rf Mng the. ronts,' : :or(hav'e ; ti'deterfenty§; eflect iii gottirig tho ; ; Bamlr' tlie' ; fifcresultingirptii the leaßes;}-That course was a; matter of opinion/; H;Mr' /V 7.; T.: Gruudy-i was^electedA-C pavishioDer's ohurchwarden/on vfthe motion of Mr \Vv I[. Be'etham/ Becon : o:l ■; ded by Mr 2$S v- ',. Mr Beetham .said as one of whose names' appeared iiiihe repbrtiS just read by the Chairmait, ;ho .would ?§ move the first resoteia, anl he must 3 expresshimself : a* being:^utterly• ashamed of having- to do;Sa> Some9> two or three years ago suggested that Master ton: > uof: ; -; able to find the sum : at" whichi tliey® were assessed. He had; • objected to the insinuation, 1 and felt;jj> that it could be done; He vory largely" upon; supporLJ|oirlf| Whareama and the'-East (Miri arriving at!.- those ; conclusions, .;'' He; was very sorry for the\djssappqint:< nient. ■ He was ashamed. to acknow-& ledge that the sum had not been xol-'f? leoted.' He acknowledged'how;thai; ■lie : was wrong in his lihlf'/ that those who'had said could not be; raised had been; in 'the \4 right,'; He folt his'position; as movers ?,■ ofthe; resolution moro painful-i after.: > the: statement of the Chairman, and % the disinterested Way "lie had acted v over the payment of thpstipend..' He; '■ \ felt sure that the the stipend and. made other; arrange- " nients with'the Baiik,if they'have ; ■ considered the ..matter, Since the meeting referred to he had had some '•/ conversation ■ with the 7 "Bishop! andi • learned that the church acre-was .',' Vested iii Trustees/and the Synod had no control over/it, ,;.The bishop, expressed the thought,' however, that ; - a very considerable moiety, on the suggestion• of the Synod, woubHbe- >; paid to tho Parish. \He trusp it n would be so and the parish belhfte'dJl out of its present difficulties. '• ' M Tho first and second, contained in the report .were, read and taken as one. '■■/■' ,

Mr ■■¥. G, Moore seconded the motion. . With regard to tho first part of tho proposal there could be hut one opinion. It was difficult to grasp their position by simply hearing the balance sheet read at the meeting, ; , It appeared to him that .tho success which they claimed by the report was' : largely duo to outside effort, and such a straiircould not well beiiiaintained. It remained for them to devise some means to.get out of their, difficulty. As the contributions did not increase and their receipts were insufficient to meet their requirements it would be necessary for them to do as many others had to do and retrench. The heaviest charge on the parish was naturally the ministers stipend, and it was in that.direction*>the firstAnslaught would have to be ma»lt was with regret that ho found it neces-' sary it should be so although he had not changed his opinion that the ■; amount at which the Synod ; lir'vi assessed them was greater than coufri he raised. ■ ■' *■'

Mr Payton said in what ho had to say he did, not wish to embarrass tho position of those who were, displaying their- desire to cope with the financial position of tho church, It seemed to him, however, that the first thing they ought to do was to wipe out the stipend debt of £l5O. He would, as ail. amendment move: " That the' amount of assessment be relegated to the incoming vestry with an instruction to make the payment of the existing stipend debt a first consideration." Frequent reference had been made in Wellington to the position in which the Masterton church stood with.regard to its minister. In his opiu« tho disgrace attending such a stated ■. things rested with the Diocesan Synod for over-assessing tho district, He concluded thoy ought first to get over the debt of ilso which should absolutely ho wiped out. Ho did not caro whether tho stipend was £2OO or £IOO, but whatever it was it should ho paid to tho day and not4|' cause of anxiety to the clergyman, Mr L, J. Hoopor seconded tho amendment, He asked if tho debt of .-6150 was a newly incurred ono. The Chairmau said tho debt was au old one, tho ovordraft having been paid oft' and that one left standing. They were not in a worse position financially than before.

Mr I l '. 6. Moore, m speaking to tho amendment said it was quito possible that tho parishioners there present might think that those present at the meeting referred to were interfering unduly, He would assure them their only desiro was to obviate 'the disparaging remarks of tho Wellington press ami denominations here.' If tho lato vestry were satisfied with the present position of affairs and saw their way clear _to relieve the parish bjfjfc--financialdiflicultieshewassiireiiotone ; ' of those who had attended that meet' ing would say thorn nay, Mr Hooper hud said the position at the present lime was no worse than it was seven, years ago. That, .they were in nf% worso position was due to 'oxtraonßf ordinary outside efforts. But howfT long wob, those special efforts tolast? Ho'did not think it right to depend upon suoh a source for- their ■.' income "?.s*'■ Mr It It Meredith spoke in favor of '• tho amendment,

Dr Beard was against tUo amend- -.. mcnt. > He could boo from tho fact of thoir soiling the Building Society shares that they wo going hack. : . Mr W. G. Beard considered tho amendmont altogether too indefinite," *• The mover of it should iiavo fixed a certain amount of stipend.and have goii2 in the direction of a higher or.' lower rate. Instead of that he ha(L; rolegated it to the incoming Those who had met had certainly hitT,: upon something definite. They had ' ■-. the interest of the Church at heart,:;. and the fact of thoirwillingness to give ~k-; a personal guarantee showed that theylljj were in earnest. He asked the parish- «f oners if it would not bo more satisfactory toluvo agaarautee that the L15d, ;,: , would be wiped off and the stipend "of : v ; L2OO paid. It would be fir morei" : satisfactory for everyone concerned. Mr E. Meredith pointed but th»V."

titers .to 'no gnarantco tlmt the stipend of L2OO would bo paid. ..'•'•■'Mr'Payton in .reply said, as ho liad stated when moving thenmond- ; mtnt he had not tho slightest wish 'to embarrass thoso in favor of the proposition. His amendment was to aosrtain oxtont mowt to bo friendly. Mr Beetliam had iufovmed them that the debt would bo wiped out in nine months if the proposal were carried, lio thought that was a fairly satisfactory solution of the problem, and with that understand- . ing he would, with tho consent of the lDffljjpj waive his amendment. Mr iKoper objected to the amendment being withdrawn. The aniondment was put to tho . ; meeting, and lost. The motion was then put aud • carried,

After sonio further discussion a

. vestry of six was appointed, com-i-prisiiig Messrs W. H. Boetham, S. Jhfon Stnrmor, 11. 11. Smith, F, G. S. F. 1 Beard, and W, G, Beard. Messrs E. W. Porrit aud C. A. ' Tabiteau wo appointed auditors. A hearty vote of thanks to Mrs Paigo and tho choir was carried on tho . motion of Mr W, G. Heard, and tho meeting terminated.

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11 A short timo ago 1 purchased your remedy for one of tho children, who had a very severe attack of billiousness, and it occurred to me that the remedy might help my wife, as I found that our little girl, upon recovery had • "Lust!"

" Her snllowiiess, and looked as fresh as a new blown daisy. Well, the story is soon told. _ My wife, to-day, has gained her old timed beauty with compound interest, and is now as handsome a matron (if I do say it myself) as cau be found ill this country, which is noted for pretty women. And I have only Dr Soulo's American Hop Bittors to tlmnk for it. " The dear creature just looked over my shoulder, and says "1 can flatter equal to tho days of my courtship," and that reminds me that there illicit bo more pretty wires if my brother farmers would do as I have done."

Hoping yon may long b« spared to do food, I thankfully remain, C. L. James, IMtsvillo, Prince George Co., Md., May 20th, 1888,

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