PRESBYTERIAN TION AT GREYTOWN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3684, 11 December 1890, Page 2

PRESBYTERIAN TION AT GREYTOWN.

.'. "The opening, of the new: Presb-. > ;>- terian Church at Greytown was 'on' Tuesday celebrated in|a befittiog way, 'f' ?■ and in a manner worthy >; of the:. •/ :/ occasion, and of so marked advance in ■ the surrourtdinga of; tHat' -" worthy denomination iu the South , :. Wtiirarapa--a few months ago a newf ; .'•'-,- church at Carterton and now.oiie at Greytown, , , - .". -, '. "■-.'■-'' -/ : A : sale of .work, held in the. side room of the Forester's Ha)!, .qcoupiedthe afternoon aud very successfully ' ■•{■■. too, for there was a very iaioe 1 eoJieb-• • of needlework and fancy'work,' 1 and what was more to .the point the j things sold well./. Mesdames D. P. ; : :- Loasby, B, J. Thompson' and Hay- / - cook were in charge -of this ■.-departwent-'-.-•'.'.-•■''."-'-' ; ?f-'- ;; - ■■-■'•.••--\-!'.''''- : At half past five a tea. meeting held in the Forester's. Hull, and: yery. . popular that festivity Beerned.' were altogether fire ; tables,- each'BP?v ,• tastefully oatiaraentail by flowers bearing a lavish surtjdjt of eatabl&jP' : % so.many kindß diffioulty when'a'peridp: sat)vdown r /;;^ ; ;. was to., make a■• selection/ wfiefo ' ■?; he was given/soi-raucu • choice.; f ■ From three to four hundred persons :; , had tea, sixty or.' seventy, Jof 'whom _•'?'. were children. These latter.bad ay':.. separate table and appeared, to greatly '; enjoy, themselves. ... The following, ladies bad charge of, tables-, or-ass > sistfld at them ir-Mesdamea Stevens, ~ • ■'■■ Baillie, R J Thompson'and Tocker,' .• Mrs Loasby, • Miss Brunton, Miss • ■■:.• Slitter and Mrs. Humphries,.Mrs McMaster, Mrs 'H,; ; ;MbMaßfer. aid Misses MoMaster, Mesdames Black, :' Young, nnd.HilHer,' Mesdames Duff,-.; Haycock, Montgoruerte, and hisses Haycock and B.Natjjjn.;: f; : : ■.;•■;; The publio meeting in the evening passed off in.the samo. pleasant • manner aa the proceedings:, of j.the ? .'..,.' efternoon., The church w»s fall the door, and .the assemblage included many visitors....The Rev Mr '.:■ Murray occupied the chair, .A /pro-.'?' gramme of speeches '. arid [ music .■ was / dealt with to the evident of the audience. The speeches' poML sessed more : variety, and: iverep/'' decidedly more interesting than ■ one ' usually hears on such .occasions;-and ' the musio, particularly that of: tLe / ' ohoir, was very good, bo that "every-"''-. one was pleased. The "Old Hundredth" being sung, the Rev 'Mr Lymburn opened the meeting with prayer. Then followed:-TheTe Deum, Choir; \ remarks by Eev Mr Murray] solo,' : "Zion," Rev Mr Dellow;, Address, . Rev Mr Lymbiirn;-Anthem, choir; Solo ."He wipes the tear," Miss Alice Oaprou'.j Address, Bev, Mr' Dellow; Antbem, Choir; Address ' Bev Mr Wyatt 3 Solo, Mrs Shearer;'. Bong, "Najareth," Mr R 0/Black;, Address, Rev Mr Shirer; "Jubilate/ - Deo," Choir. •' ':..;-";- .-i:;-^i:--.--j The choir consisted of about thirty./' voices, and was in charge of MrjE/ 0 / Black, Miss May. Thompson played"' the accompaniments on the orijan.,. ; •> During the evening a telegram-, from the Rev Robert Wood, of Mas: ' terlon, was read, regretting his absence, through a trap accident, and nxpre* eiog his good wishes on the occasion; ' of the opening celobration.