PRESBYTERIAN SABBATH SCHOOLS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18147, 9 August 1924, Page 15

PRESBYTERIAN SABBATH SCHOOLS.

.PRIZE DISTRIBUTION. Thero was a largo attendance of Sabbath School scholars and their parents in St. Paul's Church last ni?ht, on tho occasion of tho annual prize demonstration of tho Christchurch Presbyterian Sabbath School Union. Mr J. Tennant, the president of ths Union, waa in tho chair, and tho schools represented were:—St. Albacs, Spreydon, St. Paul's, St. Andrew's, Bligh's read, New Brighton, St. George's, St. David's, Knox, and fit. Peter's. ■ After prayer and praise, tho chairman, in some br»of remarks, expressed hi 3 thanks to tho teachers and tho -Sabbath schools for tho high honour they had conferred on him in electing him president for tlio year. Ho was pleased, be said, to etc such a splendid representation of the _ different Sabbath schools, and ho felt proud that scholars at two of tho schools tuat ha had been connected with wero amongst tho special prize-winners. He then presented the special prizes as follows:

Class. Winner. ' ' School. Fls. A—Xancv Poliio St. Andrew's .. 103 B— Gwcn Ijangfoid Kow Brighton ISI C—Jean Brico Richmond .- IFO D—Jean E. Howio Spreydon .. 18t E—Lottij Patterson St. Paul's .. 263 F—May E. Chrk Lincoln . ■ .. 270 G—lilma liulston Xcw Brighton 266 In asking- tho Bev. W. T. Todd to address tho children, tho chairman __b aid that Mr Todd va3 a veteran in Sabbath school work. ' . ... Tho Rev. "W. T. Todd spoko interestingly °» "How to Gain One Hundred Per Cent, in Examinations," "basin? his remarks on tlw incident of the anointing of Christ hy Mary of Bethany who, tho speaker said, had gained the highest wissibl© marks becau.se "she hath done- what -he oould" and had learned wisdom Christ's feet. He asked (he chairman to .present Miss Boyd, ono of the Sabbath school teachers, with a mounted picture of the incident Tlio chairman, in making- the presentation,- said that Miss Bovd had ever abounded -n vrork3 for her Master and ha'l beon especially keenly invested in the cm.r Tb 0 ministers of tho different churches tluo. prcfx-nfed tho von ,/,- tho scholars attending the Sabbath schools connooted with'their churches. ■ Ihirins tho domonstr.ilion several musical items were' c-mtributrri by the scholais. irom the Shhlcy-Richmond Sabbath Echool.