ST. PETER'S CHURCH, HAMILTON, FREE AND OPEN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2098, 17 December 1885, Page 2

ST. PETER'S CHURCH, HAMILTON, FREE AND OPEN.

A Okvkjut. meeting of the parishioners of S^ IVtei"-, was hold .tt the Public H.ill, Huntlton, cm Tuesday night, fur the pi.r-|io--i> of cnsideimg the loeommcndations to make ti.e chuich free mil open, and to m\ite special thank oifoiings foi extinguishin" tlio clunch debt Over forty pimshionois weie present and the chair w,is t»kon by the incumbent, the Rev. It. 00. }>igg>. The meeting w.h upened with player. The Chiinnnn briefly c\pl lined the objects of thf meeting, find d»elt on the f.ict tint 1) >th the committee appointed at the ipeci.il nierting of Church people, and the meeting itself at its adjourned fitting, displayed the most complete unanimity in respect to the two subjects under c>n-ideia-tion. It had never been his good fortune before to preside over meetings 10 hearty and so th.n.msrhly of one mind. Mr W. A. Ur.ih.ull m«ved the first resolution, as follows :— "That as n memorial of the Auckland mi»sion ISB,i, a tablet be placed in the porch, netting 1 foith that from the lit Janu.'iy 18XG, the parish church was inado fiee and open." Mr lirahnm dwelt at some length upon the desivihility of making the chinch free. Ho did not for one moment think that by so doing the revenue of the church would f ill off, be cause, while on the one hand he was confident the cnngiegation would give under the new conditions quite as much, if not more, than they at pte»>ent contributed, on the other he felt sure that opening the sittings to all would ie-.ult in an inciease of the congregation. He quoted figures to •.how that while for yearn past tlieie'hid been a sensible falling off in the revenue received fiom pew rents and subsciiptmns, the voluntaiy ennti ibutions to the church had gieitly increased. Mi R. F. Sandes, in "econdmg the. motion, waiinly appiovod of the piuiciple embodied theiein. It had been suggested th it meetings of the parishioueis be hold .iioic frequently and ho hoped this would be attended to. Weie they to have quait'ily meetings, i]\o state of'tjie chinch's finance would be bi ought more piouiinently befoie the congrogilion, and a keener interest 111 the affaus of tho paii-.li would be evoked Mr S. T. Siddon, A. Svvarbrick, 00. Edgrannbe, Clntty, Templer, Sc.uancke, and Smith spoke in suppoit of the motion. Some httln diffei once of opinion ap]>i>aiod to exist a-, to tho advisablenes-. of abolishing the •■übsciiption lists, but it wis ultimately .igiP"d tint so long .is they were tot mied the church could not be .said to be " free," and the motion was then put and earned unanimously. Mr Sear.mcke moved, "That as a thank offering for tho late minion, the piii-luoiicrs do in ike a unitrd aiul .speci il effort by donation for tho extinction of the debt on'thc Pui-.ii Chinch He reminded the parishioner that they had a duty to peifonn. It was not to bo expected that they could "extinguish " tho debt at once, but they might do ngio.it di\il. It was propo«ed that .1 box bo pi. iced in tho church for « certim time into which all donations for this purpose might be dioppod. Money might also bo handed to, the Treasurer. He might mention that' since the subject wts mooted upwards of £11 had Iven paid to the Treasurer voluntarily for the puipo«e of reducing *.he debt, so that they hid evoiy encouragement to go on. (Hear, hear.) Mr Stevens in seconding the motion, said if eveiy member of the congipg.ition gave aceoiding to his 01 her means the box would spee(Hy bo filled. He hoped all tpjß money would be contiibutcd in a «piiit oftrue chaiity, but they must not foi get tint they really owed a gieat deal to the chinch, and ought to pay the debt olf. The motion was put and cauied unanimouslj'. The Rev. Chairman wirnily congratulated the congicg.itii.n on the decision they hadcometo in lPgardtoboth matters brought before them. He could tell them that the form which they had decided to give to tho Mission memorial had tho entiicsymp ithy and appioval <if the Missionois, and ho trusted under God's prov idence it would bo found to bo tho 1 ight thing. Of one thing ho was certain, the principle was light. On tho motion of Mr Sandes, seconded by Mr Smith, it was resolved " That tho Vestry bo lequested to tnke the necessary atops to entry out tho foregoing 1 evolutions. Thore being no other business, the Rev Oh tii man said Graeo, and tho meeting terminated. It was not long ago that tho doctors discovered the existence of muscular diseise, due to tho e\ce<sivc stnin of buyd' v tiding; and now they have given t' 11 ' 1 name of " tennirt-elbow " to a iiimful ailm.Mit, which h fiufficiently explained by its title. Whilo playing, mtensa pain is .suddenly felt in the light elbow, the arniH drops to th' 1 suh % , and " take" or m-rvice is impossible foi penod^ varying from six weeks to m\ months. Sash c.mo'», it now nppc.ll -t, aio veiy fre quent. Mr Ben Dawson, .inrt frintcrei, Lower Queen-street, Aiirlvl.uwl, is a c isb pur ( baser of c\ 1 r) Jotcription of fruit \fr I). Richanl«>n, arrliifpct. C ambrulfff invites ti-ndois for tho pruction of .1 liousc it Ruliinond for Mr Gl.i<ifonl V\\p Kintritt (nr drunincr .iilvrrli^crt h\ (he Pultfkun Road Hoard is for 00 chains, not f.O, as <t ili d in 1 i>-t is^ue AfrJ S. llucMiml will *ell at tho W.uLato I Torso Hi/nr, CambndKc on Sitiird.iy nnl, thrwell-Vnown nt<>l.orse Mutako, with all Ins ongagpmonts. Hr lins lor s lie on arrival, '2000 four .tnd «ix-toolh wctlier^, overland from Napici. Lady ]lr\urii'lPßS — Ladies, you caunotiinkp fair skin, rosy diet k-., and sparkling ryes with all the rosmotifs of Fr.ince, or bcatitifipr-s of 1)11 world, while in ti"»r health, and nothing vmII Kivi» you nrh blood, Rood health, strength, and beauty as Hop Hitters, American Co's made, A trial is certain proof, Set