HANOVER STREET BAPTISTS

Evening Star, Issue 21836, 27 September 1934, Page 6

HANOVER STREET BAPTISTS

JUBILEE CELEBBATIONS A social gathering was held in the Hanover street Baptist School'Hall last night in connection with the seventieth anniversary of the church. The minister (the Rev. E. S. Tnckwell), in welcoming those gathered together, said that no fewer than 300 letters had been sent out to those who had been associated with the church in the past, but were now scattered through the dominion. From these many greetings had been received. The church had a fine history, and those belonging to it today had come into an inspiring tradition and inheritance. The Christian citizenship of Dunedin and of the whole dominion had been greatly enriched by the men and women of sterling character who had passed through the Sunday school and church." For that evening they were to live in the past and draw inspiration from the memory of outstanding personalities and achievements. It was a good thing to live In the past now and again, though not. to abide there. Still less must they live on the past. The past, rightly considered, was replete with inspiration, hoi h its successes and its failures constituting eloquent lessons. A feature of the evening was the showing of a number of lantern view* of men and women and activities of the past of the church. Mr F. W. Simpson, who had prepared the series of slides, exhibited these, while Messrs .1, Jackson Pnrdie, T. Davys, and A. (1. Stewart spoke of the events depicted on the screen. Another interesting item was the cutting and distribution of the jubilee cake of two tiers, which had been presented by an anonymous donor. It was a tine piece of work surmounted by seven candles, each candle representing a decade of the church’s history. Mr Thomas Davys, who had been associated with the church from its very earliest days, lit the candles. Mrs Coombs, of North-east Valley, another of the original band of members, blew them out. Mrs Tnckwell, the present minister’s wife, cut the cake. Mr A. C. Stewart, a remarkable craftsman, anil known as the “ church builder,” had utilised the beautiful rosewood in a very old organ long since put on the shelf, and from this timber had made a number of unique pieces of furniture and ornaments. These had been beautifully constructed and were on exhibition and for sale in an adjoining room—where they attracted considerable interest