LATE WAR NEWS. SOUTH DUNEDIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Evening Star, Issue 15914, 21 September 1915, Page 10

LATE WAR NEWS.

SOUTH DUNEDIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

| j The annual reports of the various I j governing bodies of the South Dunedin I Presbyterian Church contain the follow- | ting items:— I Kirk Session —Our minister, the Rev. I R. Fairmaid. continues his work with I unabated and fidelity, and many are I the testimonies to hand of blessings re- | | ceived through his ministrations. Mrs I Fauanaid has rendered hex husband much I valuable assistance Of the work of our I deaconess, Sister Agnes, wo cannot speak I too highly. The membership now stands I at 400. compared with 398 last year. It I is worthy of note that some 15 past and B present members of our Young Men’s Bible Classes have responded to the cadi (for men to defend our Empire from the | assaults of an arrogant and unscrupnlous ’ 100, and of these some are now on active ; service and others are in training for that purpose. In addition, several of our memIbers have sons away. Committee of Management.—ln October ' last year the Ladies’ Guild organised another very successful sale of work, and i in view of the conditions obtaining as a I result of the war, the result of over £IOO a I net was very satisfactory indeed. This I I year it was decided, in order to allow the J guild to devote all their time to work in j 1 connection with our wounded soldiers j | and the Belgians, to do away with anyI I tiling in the nature of a sale, and a I j Golden Sunday was held in June, the I I very* satisfactory result of about £BO I i being realised. The result of the sale of I , work and the Golden .Sunday enabled the | i committee to install the drainage and j asphalting at the manse and Reid Hall, j and alto to meet the quarterly interest ion the S.S. Building Fund Loan. In ; December Mr T. J. Brownell (choirmaster) and Miss G. Brownell (organist) . resigned their positions. It was decided to combine the two offices, and Mr J. M. Lomas was duly appointed as choirmaster and organist, taking up bis duties on the first Sunday in May, The receipts fiom all sources totalled £B2l 0s 9d, and. after meeting expenses there was a credit balance of £32 11s Id left. Sabbath School.—The losses in teachers during the year have been exceptionally heavy—viz., Messrs Sneddon, C. N. M'Domikl- and J. M'Call, Misses Linton. Crawford. Bruce (2), M. Wilson, and Mrs C. X. M’Donald. These were all faithful and dependable teachers, and a number cf the above had rendered long kind devoted service. The roll totals on August 1 were as follow:—Officers. 3; i teachers. 19: assistant teachers, 17; | scholars, 381; total. 420. The attendance j has been very good in the junior and in- ; termediate departments, but not quite so 1 good in the lower departments, owing to ; a considerable amount of sickness. The 1 Oracle Bell contains 206 names under ! four years. The balance-sheet shows re- | ceipts (including a credit-balance at the I beginning • of £1 Is totalling 8! £B6 5s Bd, and the year closed! with a i credit balance of £5 12s 2d.