WAIPU; PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MEETING.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIX, Issue 4931, 14 June 1873, Page 3

WAIPU; PRESBY TERIAN CHURCH MEETING.

Thk annual meeting of the Prosbytenans of this district was held in the church on V onday, May 12, at 2 o'clock -the Rev. W. M iclvio in thp rhair. Tlie attendance was I.uge notwithstanding tho inconvenience of the hour of meeting and the busy character of the season. The meeting having been opened with prayer hy the chainuan, the treasurer (Mr .1. I' 1 . McKinlay) submitted the following financial roport for the past year, which was unanimously adopted : — " Receipts : To stipend fund, £183 4s. Id.; lititish and Foreign Bible Society, C20 , Sunday-sohool hbi.iry, £12 lls. 7|d ; collection for miscellaneous expenses, l~ 18a., bum total raised « it Waipii, C 175 \^- 8Jd , contnbutions to stipend fund fioin Whangarei Heads, £23 12s. (Jd. Total. Li 90 ( .U. 21d. — -Kxpendituio : By stipend to Itev. W. MacKae, £1jS 10s. "?d ; paid Mr. Edsou for Bible Society, £20 ; books for Sunday-school libiaiy, UU lod .'M. ; ni3Uiancc on church, JL'l H)a., chinch expenses, vauuus,£5 1,"m Inl. ; bil nice cash on hand, 1.2 11s. 10^1. Total, LlOO 0-". '2ld. ' — The Chairman then addiessed tho meeting, lie observed that, a yc.vr having passed away since, by mutual choico, they wcie joined togctbu as minister and people, they were now met for the puipo-io of leviewiug thoir progress dining that time, and, if needed, foi adopting ftesh measmes foi their futuio guidance. This was a woik for which they requned a double memoiy — ono for their attainments, and one for thair shortcomings. As a meeting of this kind it was neoessaiy that everyone should take good heed to his own stewardship Ono member must not steal the praise from another, or, still woiso, transfer his own peculiar faults to his brother's shouldeis. Kadi must beai bis own burden, and rejoice in tho good of otheis. Perhaps it was more common foi tho people as a whole to cast all lcsponsibihty on thoir minister than so to deal with each othei. It did not appear that congicgations suffered greatly fiom scaicity of thi3 chanty. Speaking of tho past he said in their case and in hib own there was much to bo lemembered, which was fitted to make them giatoful for the past a, id hopeful for the future ; and, although his past w.i? not thons any moic than theirs was Ins, yet they could not be blind to tho remaikable coincidence that existed between both. If they had little hope of getting a minister to satisfy them, he had still less hope of bung a minister. Not more ardently did thoy do&ire tho one than did ho crave for the other ; but in tho case of lioth it seemed far too good to bo true. However, after hopo had been long deferred, had sickened much, and was tcady to die, dehvoiance camo, and they woro theic now to commemor ito it For this ho was profoundly thankful to tho Author of e\eiy good and (perfect gift, and being so assured of his calling to his present sphere of labour, ho was not to bo scared from his woik by the hollow sounds which had really nothing to do with him or his people. He remarked that tho fust year of a minister and people's connection always poHso^sod foatuics peculiar to itself, as ho supposed the first year of mat noil life did. The uoveltios incident to first ac |iiaintanceship were always useful. Thoy might be succeeded by bottei or by woiso things ; but it seemed to him that tho good or tho bad of those dajs would always lotain a special chaiactcr for .sweetness or bitterness, as tho case nu^lit be, and he was sure he would not soon foiget tin- inst yoai of his ministiy at Wnipu, howtvci he might bo cpcumstanocd m the futuio, winch was, in a sr use, d.uk to [ them all , nor would his lccolloction bo by 1 any means void of sweetness — Messts. It. i (Hmpboll md I>. J Macleod thereafter addiessod tho meeting on tho progress and prosperity of the congregation. 1'hon a committee of l.S gentlemen were elected to nnnigo the atlansof the congiegation for the ensuing year, and the meeting dispersed.

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