PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18456, 10 August 1925, Page 3

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

, f' SOUTHBKIDGE CHARGE. 1 ' M the- eanul meeting of the congregation ,*■" of St! Joha'f Pr»»byt«ri»n Church, Southf bridge, the 4. Lymbuin occupied the r- chllUf. >■ - M The ea»i«ty j'■ dark; A. MoEheraon, s • moved that the meeting should express its sympithy;with tifr,kiniater(the Rev. T. 6. Buller) ia hie ilUeii, and he was granted ; ' thiee months' jelfaf from duty in order . to endeavour - to'vlecoperate ;hia health. ' ■ The report of the Committee of Management stated tJS&Jthe oolleotiooß for the : year did; sot . colore favourably with .thoM of the there being a difiex- - ence 0f,£17. Mi&could be accounted for by the effect' .tJSAf e{>ideniio had upon the „ atteridaflciee atjjwrvices, and also by the r ;<tei that ho graces had been conducted £; '.' at or. tajunrutu since, the epidemic f .theJiUfaeaa of the minister. The S < .procwa ©ftha'vinnual flower show were I (Is *lod, And of » Bale of produce : MBOunta raised fpr Foreign, r" ■ "jEilbe "*id Maori Uiasions bad decreased. 1} ' working had shown a profit ,of to a credit balance .towards the' manse fund. <if -the aefcion referred to the ; -? l caused by the visitation of The sesaipn had lately «etvi<seii'of *,inuoh eateemed elder,, JVvtVjtife, whose death had caused an f church.' • to the visiting' ministers services goring the illwen also presented on Scuool, .the P.W.M.U. and the |BBfe s : :It ( wita announced that the following had eJeotedt yttemljera of the Management ' IMBP&fcnittutteq:— Meadames Q-.' Benny. F. W. BBag&otfc&'Misa ifiimpaon and Messrs Ch Benny, Eggleton,.' J. Stringer wert. pasaedto all church Annt» «jid pot plants, Mesdamea -F. H. ( andi F.~'Gilbert, Miss '-Lewis and' MMait jf; : M.Gabbie apt J,\Howatson; Mrs-TTebater and 1 MiasSimpaon; d«y*rative, Meadsmes J. ' Howataon C. Eggletonj oookerjj Meadaxnes G. J. Hampton and Mr A. McPherjunior, Misses McPheraon and a^Waattdi.i! home indngtruaa. Meadames Butand Misa producej R.J.'Parkin and G.