METHODISM IN PALMERSTON.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9541, 19 June 1911, Page 4

METHODISM IN PALMERSTON.

'■■ ■Tbr.spiiiipf ,;is- .a:'red "lettiyvvilte, in-.- th/e, -liistpty 'o^local-;]\lotlio(lisnK^ : -His- Ex? ,tlip cerem'6n'y' ■ stpiif3''pii'%eK]ia'ndf;pnie-iieWvClufrdh iii: Br 0 a'd- - St.- -P aut l.'-s '■.M'ctlio.di'Bi:.fihin;c]i;' ami' the present is . a fitt ; ing:oq,ca§ip'n. tp'refer to. the qtiite, f jiiade by the Pal- ; ; aii(t; iU- importaiitliiirt,. it How ocenpies jiii -tiie'iGlnii'clr life of. this cpm-intiniiy-i ■'■.' When ..PiiimC'ristoii: was only /jfr village' ; syith. ri. scoi-<i -of small houses, services. were' held hy the it. was not till 1875' 1 tjiavtitli& i first;;c] 111 i:ch t\'jis-' orcctetl oil' a. wsite :pri^eiit ; e(ljljy. Mr Kibbtowhitei., i.iv :.Broad: ; ;sti:eet[ (iliis; bnll.diiig. >vae. cap-v .sopn-ioiiiitltd be-too smalt', aii.d-.aiiother: : slte;;w^aK'presented hy Mr :James;:Lm-' ip : iv;,in,l379v From the..;"diry/of/ismall tilings'' "the- ■ Metliwlisfr Pnircltgrew tapidiy.; In. ISS2., a..-;biiilding-- : ,to' 6eat ;.320.;poffigii(s'■ was. .erected.: .'places, arid; Schools'multiplied ' r-iiiiidly- : to-. |<ee'p;-pacc with the growing ■nee : ds oltlie.f district till to-day Methodism. place in thevjiic'of tdns/ebmnumity. There are now in the circuit and two -otiicr':pre"acjiing places; members pit the..i;p'll total 446, which makes' the -m-;-■ctiittlie largest but two in the : Xo:itK ■island;;: 820 scholars are' i'ound-%-thei : : seven/Sunday schools and there/are' 63teachers engaged. in this -important' ; .of-tfio work. : It W 1 .seeir/that the Method ists';,liave/a' 'big-icMiiivto-an .jtnerston's life.and;^re:Uiceii]yv■lfili^e. to.- . ■|iei,needs of ; 'the.vdistrict■ |';iNb't Only, dtas/the parent cluirclr/in^he.rireiiitJfound' it necessary;ito ijiiild/a^itbstan-' tialstructure,;butVat; the; ;Methodists ; have : also ; found tlieit build-, iiig all to small foi^lioir'requireihelitsy. and.the trustees■lwwjust'decißed; •a ,scheme ; ;tor : ; er(!ctiiig-;;.ant:u\)Si)-date : . brick structure in the not very;dista'iit' future, .On thesct evident 'sigiis};ot : progress we congratulate the; Met lip-; dists, and trust that their functionHfc morrow will .b&crownedwith' sue£c : s : s\'.^