PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BAZAAR.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 165, 15 December 1874, Page 2

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BAZAAR.

The bazaar in aid of the funds for the erection of the new St Paul’s Presbyterian Church was opened this morning by Mr John Anderson. The stalls are replete with articles of general utility, and all bear evidence of the way in which the ladies have worked to produce such a quantity of needle and crochet work. The various stalls are presided over by the following ladies, viz:— No 1, Mesdames Campbell, Watts, and Misses Sutherland; No 2, Mesdames J, Anderson and Duncan, and Misses Anderson; No 3 (young ladies’ stall), Mrs D. Sutherland, Misses Anderson and Clark; No 4 (teachers’ stall), Misses Gavin, Cook, and lady teachers; No 5 (refreshment stall), Mesdames Broadly and Bruce; Christmas trees, &c, Mrs M’Dougall and Misses M'Dougall. In addition to these stalls, Mr John Anderson had a very pretty collection of pot plants and a handsome assortment of bouquets, which added greatly to the general effect of the decorations. Close by here was an inlaid table manufactured by Dr Campbell, showing great talent and ingenuity. The Rev A. F. Douglas opened the proceedings by giving out the 100th Psalm, which was sung by those present, after which a portion of Scripture was read and prayer offered by Mr Douglas, Mr John Anderson then came forward and said that it gave him very great pleasure to be present on that occasion to open the bazaar, and he trusted that at its conclusion they would find that their success had exceeded their most sanguine expectations. He could not agree with those who said that bazaars were not proper for church building purposes ; he held that they were perfectly so. They had only to look around them and see the result of the arduous labors of the ladies to make sure that they would receive fair value for their money. Hard things had been said about bazaars, and they had been called “ swindles,” but let them look at the honest faces of the ladies, and they would at once see that they could not swindle any one. If the bazaar was a success, as he hoped it would be, they would have to thank the ladies. Let each one of the congregation do their best in the way of purchasing, recollecting the good passage, “ God helps those who help themselves,” and though he hoped to see their friends of other Christian denominations with them, he hoped they would not altogether rely upon that. The object was to devote the funds thus raised towards the erection of a new church for the St Paul’s congregation, the present church being far too limitedin accommodation. He would no longer detain them, but declare the Bazaar duly opened for the transaction of public business. (Cheers.) The bazaar will be open this evening, when the Wizard of the South will perform.