DEVONPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 22, 27 January 1898, Page 2

DEVONPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of this confrere K^' was held last night, Key. R. Ferguson *™« siding. As one of the speakers remarked " Victory all along the line" seemed to be' the keynote of the various reports for the year 1897. The membership now stands at 126. Thegrossreceiptsreachedtonolesstlian £GOO. The church is filled at almost every service, and the average collection is £7 The special collections exceed by £20 those of 1896. Thehandsome surplus of £58stands on the credit side of the accounts, £50 of this by a (congregational resolution) has been banded to Rev. Mr Ferguson, the minister to pay the full year's rent of his house. A site on Mount Cambria commanding nia*nificent views of Auckland Harbour, etc°" has been bought at a cost of £120.' Xhl erection of a manse will be proceeded with in due time. The Sabbath-school with its staff of fourteen teachers is doing good work. The Takapuna Sunday afternoon service is being carried on amid much encouragement. AH the reports were unanimously adopted: Mr Ker's from the Session, Messrs Mitchell and EntricanV from the managers, M. T. Macky's from the school, and Mr E. Adam» from the Christian Endeavour Society Messrs S. C. Macky, McMurtrie, W, M c ". Corquodale, Budge, T. S. Young, and Fairgray were elected managers, and jflj Sibbin auditor. Fitting reference was made to the deaths during 1597 of two former pastors of the congregation, the Revs. A. M. McCallum and James Hill.. Hearty thanks were awarded to all who had helped on the work of tlaj congregation during the past twelve months. It is the intention of the choir to entertain tba General Assembly delegates to a moonlight concert in Auckland Harbour during the coming session in February.