ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH.

Evening Star, Issue 12885, 7 August 1906, Page 1

ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH.

At the annual meeting of the congreg,> tionof St. Andrew’s Church to-monow evening the session report will be presented, in which it is stated : “ The work of the Church, has gone on quietly but effectively. It is a good thing to have some special object marking off each year and making it notable in the congregational annals. The past year has been such. We sent out a missionary of our own to the foreign field. Tins was a distinctly new departure in the history nob only of our Church, but of Presbyterianism in this colony f?t. An- • draw's may contemplate with pardonable pride- the ’fact that-it was the first to intro- 1 <luco a sister to make more efficient its home-mission work. Again, it has been the first to rend a missionary to the foreign field, and find ■ tire entire funds for her salary. Nothing could be more gratifying than the response which the congregation, made to the minister’s appeal in this connection. He asked for some £SO. and promises were-forthcoming at onoe for £l4O for the first year and very nearly the same amount for the two yean; following. This does not include a promise’ of £6O a year which was made under conditions that rendered it unnecessary to call it up. But it wall be available in other ways. Some thought that other funds of the Church might suffer as the result of this special effort. But a study of the treasurer’s figures will show that this has not been so.° On the contrary, almost all the funds exhibit a slight increase over those of 'the preceding year. The special work of the coming year is the building of a now Sunday school in Kensington. Tire way the project is heirm taken up is extremely gratifying. Every? body appears anxious to help, and the scssion_ has no doubt from the enthusiasm manifested that tire necessary funds will soon bo forthcoming. Judging from the attendance at the Sabbath sendees, the pastor’s preaching continues to be much appreciated. It is gratifying also to notice that tire attendance at the communion service is very satisfactory. The June communion showed a record number, 307 having participated in the service, which is the largest number in the history of the Church, the next being March, 1904, when the number was 298. Twenty-one now members were admitted by examination and forty-three by certilicate, as against seven and twentythree the year before. The number admitted to the June communion is the second Irighcst on record, Hecember, 1900, being the highest with twenty-four. Tire disjunctions have been eleven by certificate and s.i by death. The number on the roll now stands at 478. The new departure in the prayer meeting, by which several organisations each took part on separate evenings, can hardly be said to have proved a sue? ess. The choir and organist still continue Their mentor arris work. The numbers of tire young women’s Bible class ana the Goforward Soc.ety keep up wed, and tire interest shown in the work is very cons.deruble. The Junior Christian Endeavor Society meet on Friday afternoons. The session would impress on the parents the duty of seeing that their children are scut to 'the Friday afternoon meeting, and that they are encouraged in the work of the society. ’ From an examination of tire membership roll, the se.-s.ou are glad to know that nearly ail the children connected with the congregation belong to the society. The .Senior Ghrustian Endeavor have also had a most successful year.' The number on the roh flirty-two) shows a slight mcreat-e, and the interest manifested m the work is.very considerable. This report would not be compmte without a very hearty recogiutuon ot the ‘labors more abundant’ of Sister Chnstabel. Late and early she In busy in the mtciesls ol afl who need Her. Sue is found among the young and the old, tending the sick, sating up at night with the dying, and, oke ripen>er’s Fame yuoenc, ever * making sunsmne in a shady paioe.’ ”