CONCRECATIONAL CHURCH, COURTENAY PLACE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 196, 13 May 1908, Page 3

CONCRECATIONAL CHURCH, COURTENAY PLACE.

ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual tea ■ and social gathering in connection with the Congregational Church, Courten'ay Place, wire largely attended last evening.'.' , ' i • '■ The Rev.-Macdonald Aspland,-, m address-, ing the social gathering, referred to the. satisfactory year's work, and thanked' the congregation for their cooperation. . . The annual report and balance-sheet (already published) were adopted. • The Rev. J. Kennedy Elliott (Presbyterian) then made a speech, in which ho touched on several topics/ After ■ congratulating the congregation on the year's work, and .on the improvements made to the church, he denied that it was necessary for ministers to speak often on so-called " subjects of the time." They wero not ordained to teach sociology, science, astrology, or any other 'ology, and the church which did not make conversions was of 110 use for anything else. He told an anecdote of a famous ecclesiastic, who asked ;wliy, when so many ministers were speaking of tile times, one poor minister might not be allowed to speak of eternity. ' He urged on' members of the congregation the necessity of attending, .not one Sunday servico, but all the services. Ho also stated that it would be easy for him to show that', in every way tho world was improving, and tli'ey were living in a great time, which afforded splendid opportunities for good. . Tho Rev. J. Dawson (Primitive Methodist), in a very short address', congratulated tho congregation, and. tirged that, tlio great' needs of' the Clnirdh wero loyalty J unity; progress, and spirituality. ;. ' v. Tlio Revs. W. A. Evans and J. ,/Reed Glasson gave addresses'; which were models' of brevity. Mr. Evans expressed his pleasure at tho optimistic tone which liad characterised, the proceedings '.'in ' general," and Mr. Glasson uttered a Warning against the perils of self-complacency.