ST. PAUL'S METHODIST CHURCH.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9538, 15 June 1911, Page 5

ST. PAUL'S METHODIST CHURCH.

A r : si LAYING'THE FOUNDATION' STONE,■ ,si ' Arrangements are now. complete for "the ;■ laying of the foundation stone of St Paul's li Broad Street Methodist Church, by His a Excellency tho Governor. The order of p the proceedings at tho ceremony is as fol- o lows:— Opening hymn "Aurclia," follow- tl ed by a Scripture lesson from 1 Chronicles ii 29; 1-9, by Rev. T. T. Thomas, B. A.; c prayer, led by. Rev. A. B. Chappell, M.A.; address by the President of tho \ Conference, Rev. G. W. J. Spcnce; hymn "Foundation," followed by an address by a Rev. C. 11. Laws, 8.A., ex-president of t: the Conferencehymn "Eden," followed r: by the stone-laying and address by His p Excellency. Lord Islington. Votes of n thanks will then be proposed by Rev. J. A. Luxfordl Major-Chaplain of tho terri- b torial forces, and seconded by J! 'P.' li Leury, Esq. The National•' Anthem and c Benediction will close the celebrations, q A meeting will bo held in the even- t< ing, at the Municipal Hall, when a, fine e musical-programme will bo rendered. In- ]( eluded ai'O several choruses by the com- ti bined choirs of the Presbyterian, Congre- . gational, Feilding Methodist, Cuba Street o and Broad Street Methodist Churches;- tl also solos by several well-known ■ local singers. At both tho opening ceremonies . and tho meeting there will be special collections in aid of the Building Fund ..J of the church, and it is expected that the 11 debt, incurred by the new building will ut bo substantially decrease! ■ 0