PRIMITIVE METHODISM.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 2, 12 December 1911, Page 5

PRIMITIVE METHODISM.

SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY. CELEBRATIONS;

SPLENDID SINGING BY SCHOLARS.

The twenty-first anniversary of the Primitive Methodist Sunday school was celebrated in the Broadway Church on Sunday last. Favoured with ideal weather, the parents and children entered into the special services with great zest, there being good attendances throughout the day, particularly in the evening, when the church was crowded. The outstanding feature of the celebrations was the splendidly tuneful and expressive singing of the scholars. Great credit is due to Mr T. Lamason for the painstaking and thorough manner in which the children were instructed in the music and for their rendition of the bright numbers, and to Miss E. E. Robinson, who efficiently presided at the organ.

Three addresses were delivered by the pastor of the church, Rev. B. Metson, and were listened to with interest. The morning subject was based upon the words: “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven,” and in the afternoon Mr Metson gave an “object lesson” to the children, which hold their attention to the finish. The subject was grounded upon the texts: “Ye are the light of the world” and “Let your light so shine before men,” candles and other materials being used to enforse many helpful lessons. Recitations and solos by the scholars were also given at this service. A, notable item was the repetition of the hooks of the Bible from memory from Genesis to Revelations, and then backwards, by Eileen Parker.

In the evening, the preacher spoke from the words: “What manner of child shall this be”? and pointed out that physically, intellectually, morally and spiritually the answer to the question rested largely with the parents and teachers of the little ones. *

The staff are to be congratulated on the record celebrations of Sunday.

To-night there will be a tea for adults at 6.15 and an entertainment at 7.30. At the latter, the reports will be read, the children will render their bright hymns, and the prizes will be presented.