RELIGIOUS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1325, 22 July 1897, Page 30

RELIGIOUS.

SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.

The following are the results of the examination of the third and fourth grades of scholars attending the schools affiliated with the Wellington Sunday School Union. Major-General Schaw, R.E., end the Rev. J. T. Noth, M.A., were the examiners : GBADE 111. Prizes and first-class certificates —Harry E. Chapman, Courtenay place Congregational, 89; Lucy Field, Thorndon Wesleyan, 82; Meta Gibbs, Courtenay place Congregational, May Stanton, Baptist, Violet Buchanan, Palmerston Presbyterian, 80; Gladys Hqggett, Courtenay place Congregational, Naomi Dallaston, Baptist, 79; Baisy Mo watt, St. John’s, 78 ; Bert Ilott, Bowen street, 77 ; Clifford Smyth, Kaiwarra, 76; Lewis Jenkins, Thorndon Wesleyan, 75. Second-class certificates—Thomas Johnstone, Church of Christ, 74; Bella Ferguson, St. John’s (Mount Cook division); Vida Armstrong, St. John’s, 73 ; Percy R. Webb, Winnie Quinton, Muriel Pringle, Bowen street, 7 v 2; Violet Edwards, St. John’s (Mount ' Cook division), Bessie Taylor, Courtenay place, Emma Northcott, Thorndon Wesleyan, 71; Annie Armitage, Petone Wesleyan, 69; Amy Williamson, Knox Church, Lower Hutt, 68 ; Percy Brittain, Taranaki street Wesleyan. F. Lankshear, Bowen street, 67 ; Chrissie Hunt, St. John’s (Mount Cook), Christina Mcßean, Kent terrace, G. Mairs, Sydney street, 66; Kenneth Bartholomew, Feilding Presbyterian, 65; Nellie Coad, St. John’s, 64; Percy Higginbottom, Taranaki street Wesleyan, Kathleen Hannah, Jas. Grey, St. John’s, 63; W. Crump, Taranaki street, Robt. Edmeades, Petone Wesleyan, 62 ; Mabel Callam, Church of Christ, Nellie Elliott, Courtenay place, 61; Alethea Harding, St John’s, Janet Mansill, Church of Christ, Frank Gamble, Petone Wesleyan, 60. Third-class certificates —Gretchen Geyger, Francis Glasgow, St. John’s, Ethel Guise, St. John’s, Mount Cook, Chas. Caddick, Kent terrace, J. Chappell, Bowen street, Amy Chandler, Palmerston Wesleyan, 59; Edith Dixon, Taranaki street Wesleyan, Geo. W. Sixsmith, St. John’s, R. Thompsou, Feilding Presbyterian, 58; Sissy Tasker, St. J ohn’s, H. Parkinson, St. John’s (Mount Cook), Norman Leete, Bowen street, 57; Fletcher Moxham, Thorndon Wesleyan, 56; Ethel Muniz, St. John’s, Blanche Murray, St. John’s (Mount Cock division), Harry Howard, Baptist, 55 ; Archie Heffer, Bowen street, 54 ; Harriet Sims, Johnsonville, 53 ; Hilda Palmer, Kent Terrace, Wm. J. Simpson, Petone Wesleyan, 52; John Graham, St. John’s, Mabel Mason, Knox Church, Lower Hutt, 51; Lena Kuch, Taranaki street Wesleyan, Vera Dixon, Masterton Wesleyan, Alice Vincent, Petone Wesleyan, 50. GBADE IV. Prizes and first-class certificates —Richard Jno. Larkin, Baptist, 90; Annie McLeary, St. John’s (Mount Cook division), 81; Mary Grant, Palmerston Presbyterian, 78; Elsie Woodman, St. John’s, 77; Gwendoline Darnell, Baptist, 77; Grace Crespin, Baptist, Clifford Stubbs, Feilding Presbyterian, 76; F. Barnes, St. John’s, T. S. Lambert, Kent terrace, Walter Frethey, Thorndon Wesleyan, Aileen Anderson, Church of Christ (Nelson), 75. Second-class certificates —Freda Schultze, St. John’s (Mount Cook division), Ida Roberts, Baptist, 74 ; Frank Sinclair, St. John’s, 73; Lena Lennox, Kent terrace, 72 ; Barbara Graham, Baptist, Tom Heffer, Bowen street, 71; Nellie Chowen, Thorndon Wesleyan, Kenneth Smyth, Kaiwarra, 70; Marion Aldersley, Taranaki street Wesleyan, Levi Lowe, Courtenay place, Annie Northcott, Thorndon Wesleyan, 68 ; Nellie Caddick, Kent terrace, Beatrice Larkin, Hannah, Johnston, W. Fear, Baptist, 67; John Johnston, Baptist, Ettie Clark, Sydney street, 65; Charles Lamb, Kent terrace, 64; Bessie Alexander, Courtenay place, Francis. Grant, Palmerston Presbyterian, 63; Cecil Swallow, Courtenay place, Carola M. Webster, Palmerston Presbyterian, Elsie Edmeades, Petone Wesleyan, 62 ; Clive Edwards, St. John’s (Mount Cook), A. McDougall, St. John’s (Mount Cook), William Ellison, Courtenay place, Warren Edmeades, Petone Wesleyan, Evelyn Pascoe, Palmerston Wesleyan, Lily Millican, Church of Christ (Nelson), 61 ; Thomas Wilson, Baptist, Nellie Hendle, Kaiwarra, 60.

Third-class certificates Jessie Chapman, Knox Church, Lower Mutt, Mary Hound, Kaiwarra, 59 ; Charles Lankshear, Bowen street, 58; Eva Gibbs, Courtenay Place, Norman Lambert, Baptist, 57; R. Jenkins, Thorndon Wesleyan, 56; Amy Howard, Baptist, 55 j Edward A. Seagar, St. John’s, William Poole, Bowen street, Liz’zie Milne, Andrew Buchanan, Palmerston Presbyterian, 53 ; Charles Johnston, Palmerston Wesleyan, 52; Colin Moxham, Thorndon Wesleyan, Mabel Gardner, Kaiwarra, 51; Faith Calvert, Taranaki street Wesleyan, Bessie Howard, Baptist, Flcrrie Harris, Sydney street, Myrtle MacClure, Johnsonvilie, Jessie Brown, Church of Christ, Nelson, 50. The maximum number of marks obtainable was 100.

The 8 o’clock celebration at St. Paul’s proCathedral on Sunday morning was taken by the Rev T. H. Sprot\ who also conducted the celebration at 11 o’clock, assisted by the Kev E. Tuckey, the incumbent’s sermon being based on the 91st Psalm. At tho evening service the JRev W. C. Waters, incumbent of St. Peter’s, preached from Ephesians, i., 9. The anthem was Garrett’s “ In Humble Faith, Mr Kobert Parker presiding at the organ. At the Church of Christ Sunday night, Mr Turner delivered an address on “ Dancing,” and dealt specially with tho subject in its relation to church members. _ The speaker coulOlidtd that it was an evil fraught with ruinous consequences, to our Young and rising generation, and baviug tieaH with the arguments usually advanced

in its favour, showed that no warrant could be drawn from the Bible for this pastime as carried on at the present day. Exclude one of the sexes from the modern dance, said Mr Turner, and it would soon lose its power to charm, thus, he contended, showing that to a large extent it fed upon the passionate side of man’s nature.

The Rev F. H. Spencer announced on Sunday that he had taken a room in Brandon street, in which he would hold fortnightly meetings in connection with foreign missions, beginning on Thursday, July 29th, and that iu the future the evening offertory on the last Sunday in the month would be devoted to the cause of foreign missions. A meeting of the Wellington Cathedral Building Fund Committee was held in the Diocesan Library on Thursday. Present — The Ven Archdeacon Faucourt (in the chair), Messrs F. de J. Clere, T. F. Martin, C. D. Barraud, A. Stace, R. M. Tolhurstand G. H, Bethune, The accounts at present show that there is ,£SOB 12s 2d available towards the extinction of the mortgage debt. The total amount of subscriptions in aid of the Cathedral up to date is £4197, of which £3123 3s 8d has been paid in. The rents oa the three houses on the site amount to £132 per annum. A further sum of £IOOO is necessary to obviate the possibility of having to pay any part, of the interest to the vendors of the site. It was decided to print and circulate an appeal to subscribers for contributions. The committee desire it to be known that the Cathedral i 3 to be a free church,open to anyone who may wish to attend.