KENNINGTON NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 22486, 23 November 1934, Page 5

KENNINGTON NOTES

(From Our Correspondent.)

A combined lodge church parade of the Oddfellows Lodge and the Rata Rebekah Lodge was held at the Myross Church on Sunday morning. The Rev. Bro. Thomson based his address on the text: “Above all have charity amongst yourselves, for charity covers a multitude of sins.” He said: “Charity is a precious grace. The word love in the broad sense is the nearest word one can apply to the word charity. Love to God and to man is the greatest thing in the world, but it must be ardent, sincere and unremitting. What does charity do? It covers a multitude of sins by refusing to see them, but sees the greatness and goodness in our fellow men. See the good under the apparent evil, for when love is come in all its fullness there shall be no envy or jealousy for love covers a multitude of sins.”

The fortnightly meeting of the 1.0.0. F. Lodge was held in the hall on Monday night, Bro. E. Barter presiding. A discussion took place over the form the 21st birthday party was to take, and it was eventually decided that the evening commence with a supper with toasts, speeches and musical items and a dance to follow. Bro. Peters offered to donate the birthday cake and the offer was gratefully received. It .was decided to invite the members’ wives, the ladies’ lodge and old members of visiting lodges who had assisted the Kennington Lodge during the past years.

The monthly meeting of the P.W.M.U. was held at the Manse on Tuesday afternoon, Mrs Thomson presiding over eleven members. A letter from the Rev. Mr Noilage was read by Miss M. Caldwell. It proved of much interest to members. As it was the last meeting of the year the opportunity was taken to make several presentations. The P.W.M.U. members gave Mrs Thomson a gift as a token of appreciation for her many kindnesses to them. Miss Simpson and Mrs Bartlett were given a copper jardiniere and a crystal violet vase respectively as special prizes for flowers at the recent show. Miss Muriel Sampson was given a honey jar in. recognition of the merit of her various entries at the show. The Busy Bees, whom the P.W.M.U. were entertaining at afternoon tea, presented Mrs Thomson with a bouquet, Shirley Matheson making the presentation. Muriel Sampson, on behalf of the Busy Bees, thanked Mrs Thomson for her. help during the year. There was a display of the many useful articles made by the Busy Bees during the year, including the knitted quilt for the health camp. A lantern lecture entitled “The United Kingdom to Ethiopia” was given in the Myross Church on Tuesday night by Mr and Mrs R. Anam. Many years ago Mr Anam was a boy on his father s farm a few miles away from the Myross Church. It was not until 1928 that he decided to proceed to London to study for missionary work. The pictures projected on the screen showed the commencement of his travels from the port of embarkation at Sydney till he reached London. There he passed through a medical college after which he extended his travels to Scotland and Ireland. Some of the views of the Scottish lochs and mountains were outstanding. On returning to London he was appointed with another young man to form a mission station in Central Ethiopia. They journeyed by mule train far into the interior where the natives had never seen a white man and were very superstitious and quite uneducated. The missionaries did not know a single word of the language and there was no written word of it for them to study, but after some months of toil in building themselves huts of split sticks and gaining the confidence of the people and acquiring a vocabulary they held their first service. After five years’ work in the country the pictures

showed them with a well-formed mission station and clinic and a band of Ethiopians who could read and write. Mrs Anam operated the lantern and at a suitable interval Mr and Mrs Anam sang several well-known hymns in the Ethiopian tongue. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the lecturers.