ST. DAVID'S CHURCH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10046, 5 February 1896, Page 6

ST. DAVID'S CHURCH.

The aiinual congregational mating of St. David's Presbyterian Church was lnr*ely attended by members and Iriondi. The Ilev. 11. 6colt Wert (pastor) presided. The chairman having briefly reviowed Hie pastoral work of the church for the nasi y»ar. Mr. William Anderson (session clerk) read 'the Kirk Session Heport This report showed that the number of members on the communion roll, after careful revision, was '287, that 20 hod been admitted into the fellowship of the church, that the disjunction.? wcro 13, the number of baptisms 18, average attendance at quarterly communions 178. Toe report went on to dual with tho work which liad been dons by the various societies oonnected with thru church, such as Yonng Mob's Fellowship Association, Sabbath School, Ladies' Guild, Band ef Hope, Minister's Bible Class, etc. Some interesting particulars were given with regard to the mission church at Kdondale. The thanks of the session were given to tho principal office-bearers in oonuectinn with the church and Its different agoncivs, and Uae report cloned with the prayer that their esteemed minister and his wife might be preserved in tioulth&nd strength for many years, Mr. Adam Wilson, tretsurer, read the statement of accounts, which sho wed that the revenue was £068 17s lOd, and was about balanced by expenditure on ordinary account. Mr. J. Courtnoy Oreer, jun., Secretary, read fae report of the Manager's Court, which comprweil a statement of the more secular afriir.l of Uio congregation. It was shown that although the year had been started with & debt of some £30 against tho general fund, the Imoks had been closed, with a small credit balance, that tho sum of £23 hwl boen paid oft' the Church dobt, and that over £16 was still in hand to the credit ot the Debt Extinction Fund, and also that the debt of £10 on the new classrooms had been wiped off. With regard to tho fund for re rooflnj the church, the members Were reminded that about £76 would bs required. Of tho £60 promised about £20 had been recsrved. Howover, as the season is approaching when these repairs must bo carried out, m appeal was nude for the balance of the sum required. Die report went on to mention the financial a/ffairs of the different societies connected with th* church, special nuttos bolng taken of the Ladles' Onitd, by whose aid th* managers had been enabled to meet certain dillicnUies, which might otherwise have proved sorlous. The amount collected for the City Mission Fund was £24 3s 6d, £A of which had been contributed by the Edendale Mission. The total revenue of the church, raised for purely religious purpose*, was £714. Theso reports and statement* wire unanimously adopted. The rsiirint managers were Messrs. tiresr, McDougal, McKinnoy, and James lloberlson by rotation -all of whom were re-elected, and Mr. J. B. 801 l for private reasons, in whose place Mr. Charles L&Koclit was elected. Messrs. Jehu Patersoii, jun., and Alfred K Wilson were reelected auditors. Mr. Knight and Miss Fraser were re-elected to receive contributions to City Mission Fnnd, both of whom received a vote of thinks for their past services on this behalf. Dnrhifi the evoning a few election* of sicred music were rendered by the choir under th* able eonductoratiip of Mr. J. Q. Philipoi

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