BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 30 October 1919, Page 6

BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL

ANNIVERSARY SERVICES

Last evening at the School of Music v lie celebrations in connection with the laptist Sunday School anniversary ,-ere continued, when there wa s again large attendance. Rev. John Laird / peaied the meeting with prayer. The superintendent (Mr Thomas Petit) presided over the () gathering. In d s opening address he referred to the tappy dreamtance-4 under which they . net, as compared with the past five ( .tiniversaries, when they were under i he cloud of war. He trusted all would niter upon the new year with greater , mthusiasm and zeal than before the . var. • . , , The annual report, was presented b> - dirts Thomson (secretary), Hie nninlan j >f rtcholavo on the roll was as follows; . -Boys, 99 1 .girls, 140; total, 209. 1 L’eachers: Nine ladies, seven men. bom Di'izOu and nine certificates ueie gani(..( ri , the Sunday School Scripture exam nation ; and two prtzc s and nmc.mamates in the BnpM.-i Urnon exanm..xlion. The Senior A oung VVomcn « Bible Class, under Mb* Baigent, has a membership of 14. The Young Mens Bible Class has been re-opened i««je the leadership of Mr Cullen The fant department, conducted b> Mi Mrs H. Wood, i s a special i ature ol the school work. One scholar was Ibv death. (f S U-,d'° pt“seli Forty vounig men who had p a se throindi the school enlisted and s aw “ : -xjrvice. Five made the supremo eacrifice. The school contributed the ram of £35 Us towards foreign mission work. The report with thanks to those who had assisted to make the anniversary services a success special mention being made of Mr A. T F. Wood (conductor) and Mr John Tab (organist). . , A varied programme of elocutionary items was rendered by the scholars. PRIZE LIST. Mr s Laird presented the prizes:— Girls. Junior Bible Class: Ida Holbrook and Marjorie Penny U L ' l ‘ M CIL.f H. : Netta Ohing 1. Dor's Millev and Flossie Greenem equal ... Robert-on, Ivy Ricketts. Elsie K - and Kitty Greneem cqmUlIntermediate: Nellie Miller 1. I hylic, Wood, fnd Ronn Harnett eqaa ... Infants: Eva Cotton 1. Joyce Wood 2, Marie Boyce -3. Special jor Scripture knowledge: Joyce W. M . Holbrook, »£* K y ki». ‘Sft ' E Greenem. Ivy Ricketts, Bessie Bobcit«on Poris Holbrook, Nellie Millei. Eva Cotton, Ronadi Wood Kenneth Hockev. Rickard Rawson .Leslie Chapmm ‘ Rov Chapman. Fml Oa ;1m . Stanley Day, Noel Cbapman, Clifford Day, James Robertson. Boys. .Tv hi or Bible Hass: .Tame* Robert-, pom 1. 0-wakl Prebble 2. Teachers i. «-i” “SSfn.f Wood 1. T.ao-ronoo 2. Teacher’s special, Harold n *TTT. ; Kenneth Hockey 1. Bmb nrdi Baw°nn 2. , ir Intermediate: Fred Gardner. • mi . Dav. and Noel Chapman equal 1. Stem le,.' Culen and Jim Lucre eoual 2. Infants: Clifford Day 1, Enc Jennens 2 ' Wellington Union Examination : winners. Margaret Black. 87. N*»tta Cbing 91. Trixie Glover 81. T)or* YT’dler 77 Certificates. Mo Goodaecre, Elsie Kinzett. Iw Ricketts, ■AT.rrtle MilK Frances. Robertson. * Baptirt Union Examination : Prize winners. Margaret Black 91, Netta Chine 95; certificates. Dons Miller, Trixie Glover. Elsie Kinzett, Francos Robertson, Mvrtle iMilb. I'T R’ekette, and Molly Goodacre. _ . Bible Searching : (-rra.de T Dot-'s . Miller 1. {prize pro-ended by Mr W oqd!. Ntette Cbing 2 (prize presented by Mr Edmonds); Grade TL. Krnzett 1 (>wi7,c presented by Miss M. W il-onl, 5 Bessie Robertson 2 (prize presented by Mrs R. Black. _ , Repetition of Scripture: Rov Hislon (prize presented' bv his teacher!. _ ■ Aggregate marks; Netta Cbing 1 ' (prize presented by Mr Pettit), Marcaret Black 2 (prize presented by • X Laird!, Doris Miller 3 (prize presented by Mr Blick). . ... Bv general request the services wi be repeated on Sunday evening next.