THE VOLUNTEERS.—CHURCH PARADE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5343, 12 November 1885, Page 2

THE VOLUNTEERS.—CHURCH PARADE.

It was a cheering as well as an impoairigspectacle dn'Sunday'evening at- Trinity Church after the bell had ceased to ring, the Voluntary concluded, and-ithef(service commenced^'to see such.a fine body of stalwart men in their bright,. neatMiniforms rise to join sin: the. .public; jtfoyship of ; the Great Creator. The first five or six rows of seats on either side of ;theTaisle were alloted to the the regular seatholders being "accommpdated with extra seats provided/from !! ttie 'schoolroom. The utmost decorum'a'n'd'reverential demeanor were observed'throughout the. service by the very'la¥ge ; c6iigregation assembled ; and when. tfiac,gTand/'iHspiriting old J tune ".The Old' J Hundjreth"' was sung jto'tM MOth people that cm earfcW'do dweir,'';<&c^it I'waß''s6ul-stir-•rmg^cle'ecl^toliear number of men's 7 ' voices,* led' 1 the chancel,, joining heartiljriri Me ! sihjging of the glorious ; music. ? "Tn'e r -Psalnisffor the day (Bth evening) were'chanted as usual by_ttie clioirito Mercer's setting, as was also the being t'b I'aichant" from Joule's'collection. Besides 'the _"01d. Hundfeth" -already mentioned, ah anthem "The'strain upraise of joy and praise," also and hymn. " Sun of ,my souL my Saviour dear;", .'taken from & M„" were also sung, the latter at the close of the service, the whole_congregation again joining in singing it." During~thVcollection the following offertory sentences were sung by the choir:—" Let your light so shine before men" &c, " Whatsoever ye would that menshoulddo unto you," <Src, "Blessed is the man that- providef h for the poor and needy,"L.&c., anct I" Not every one that" s'aith/l unto me, Lord, Lord," &c, the latter to music composed recently by'thelmbfr-m'aster/ Mr Wnon. The effect 'of* the singipg;pfjthese " offertories" was very pleasing indeed, as well as /appropriate,.marking. i» new departure lately initiated at Trinity Church. The Rev'. T. B..,Maclean) preached a most eloquer.t. and stirring sermon from the text " Whatsoever thy hand findeth todo, doit with thymiehfi." (Ecclesiastes 9th chapter, 10th verse). He divided his sermon into two parts-rfirst .asj to the duty of soldiers, and second as to war. Whilst deprecating war and the fearful horrors it brings in its train, and after quoting some of G. A. Salals, burnjng words" uttered at his second lectureon 1 Russia, Mr Maclean urged upon the necessity of being prepared for war as being the surest guarantee 1 for peace, for, he added, we .could"not hope for universal peace amongst civilised hations'at any rate during our'time,' 6r : perhaps during the next generation. But he cherished the hope that at no 'distant - date all international disputes would be settled by other means than the arbitrament of the sword. The various companies marched to and from church to the inspiriting' straih|T'bf the united bands ; and thus ended a very impressive and successful church parade.

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