ST. PETER'S CHURCH, ONEHUNGA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5364, 25 January 1879, Page 6

ST. PETER'S CHURCH, ONEHUNGA.

TO THE EDITOR. StR —Your reporter is in error with resoect to word iu my verbal report for the irnt year, which is calculated to convey a false imp'essioa. Uc makes me say that during th« year there had been little ch'kQ"e or improvemaut." 1 did not use tje word" iinpnivemoaS at all. What 1 did say vas that the congregation and number ot communicants was about the same as l_a«t V, ar, and L thought everything waa going on satisfactorily. In the minuter of the last year the report; was read, which stated that increased accommodation had been provided, and the church was well tilled. I have no tvi-di ti mike a church report a meaus of self laudation, but I must protest '■gainst a wrong impression going forth. With regard to seat rents, allow mo to say that the re.isou that several members of the congregation wish for that system is, because cert .in families who have seats allotted to thein contribute nothing beyond what they put into the -veekly offertory towards the minister's stipend or the working expenses of th) church, while other families contnbuie liberally.—l am, &c., A. K. Tomlinso>". ■ Onehunga Parsonage, January 23.