TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Colonist, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8366, 30 September 1895, Page 2

TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Thb anniversary Ber vices in conneotion with the above were beid in tbe Churoh yesterday, there being large attendances al t c three servioes held. The Rev. Jas. H. MacKenzie, pastor of the Churoh, preached morning and evening, the theme of eaoh address beipg appropriate to the occasion. At the morning service the lesssons chosen' were Psalm 23 and John 21, from the 15th verse. The text, was taken from the 23rd chapter of Proverbs, verse 29, "My soh, give me thine hearJ^ "In the evening the lesions wer* Deuteronomy, 6tb shap tbr, and the 16th chapter of,Mattbew. : The text chosen was Mathew, 18th chapter 6th verse, "But whoso offendeth one of. these little ones Which believe in m«, it were b<>ttor for him tbat a millstone were habged . about hid neok, and that he were drowried in tho ffepth of the sea." After referring to ihe inj ary done to the child's mind through hekriofe Badred and boly things spoken of slightingly and jeeringly by those wbo were not professing Christians, the preaoher went on to say that the ohild ran more danger fnm the actions Of Some professing Christians which went to form the belief- i_ tha ohildren that the religion profesßed was unreal and a Bham. There watrr he said, nothing* more likely to cause a child to 6tumble than to Bee the Word of God presented as by these, who, in their real Ufe r showed no preparation for fitting tbetnselve. lor tbe better land — if tbe parent bod-Heaven in view, no ooe would know it better tbav the child. 4 So many children did' not J t am oat as expected, many of them stumbling, beoause of offences by those older, who should know. Thus a responsibility beyond measure came upon professing Christiana for . the future of sooiety upon the eartbfabd of God's Churoh upon tbe earth, depended chiefly upon their oanduct. \ Every new generation came np new and freßh, and the higher and nobler tbe older generation lived the nearer the new generation oome to the example of Christ, the more -complete.; and perfeot would tbey be in tbe things of Christ by His graoe. He pleaded with bis hearers, in tbe name of Chrißt, for tbe sake-fff the ohildren to take the safe p->th and avoid oausing the little ones to stumble. - At eaoh service speoial hymns were EUOg by tbe children, assisted by the teachers and ohoir, the congregation joioing. The ohildren s-mg very well indeed, ard heartily. A ohildren's service was held at threeo'clock in tbe afternoon, Mr MacKenzie presiding. An address to tbe children wis given by Mr Littlejobn on thoroughness— a practical address, so' worked as to bethoroughly intelligible to the youngest of the scholars, and oontaining advioe tbaVthoogb < speoially applicable to the young, coold well be acted upon by those of muoh older growth. After Mr Littlejohn's address, Mr iMaoKeozie distributed prizes as follows:-* ■■<■ ! Girls.— Olas * I. : M. Calders, Ei Andrews. Glass II. : E. Hodgson, F. Dobb. Class HI. : B. Brown, E. M'Conchie. ClaBS IV. : B. Oroßbie, H. Robertson: Olass V. : 0. Thompson, M. Brown. Class VI. ; Mi Littlejobn, L. Bobertson, Boys.— Class I. : Claud Hamilton. Glass II. : R. Kelson. Class III.; Areb. Hamilton, Arch. Simpson, Thos. Robertson, Class IV. : Reg. Hamilton, Alex. Simpson, Hugh Simpson. : Class V. : Oharles Littlejobn, Alan Hamilton. ; Preparatory Ches : Inez Sherwood, Mostyn Oonstable. Infants: Nina Coo Btable, Percy Noble, Mabel Rowe, Cyril Hunter; '■- - 4 ' c All the foregoing prizes were given by the teaohers of the varions classes. Mr MacKenzie 1 said that perhaps some tdi disappointment at not getting a prize, bnt he bad offered a way by which any of < them who wished to apply themselves to the task might seoare a prize. For tbe younger children a prize was offered to all who could repeat the ten oommandmentß, and ibe following had done so: — Margaret Littlejohn, • Ffofebe* Fleming, Is ibel Fleming, Florence Easdale, Charles Litt ejohn, and Moßtyn Constable, wbo all received Bibles, and Mabel Brown and Pearl Fleming, who had secur d Bit-ler before, received other awards. For <he elder. the fifth chapter of Matthew was set, and Elsie Andrews repealed tbis without the slightest flaw. The other prize winners were Bessie Andrews, Flo eooe Thompson, Nellie Barton, and Janet Easdale 7 ' y Bpeoial -prizes in Clasßlll were awarded 'b Innes Wilkie and Ethel MoConohie. The Saperiotendent (Mr B. B. Snodgrass) awarded gifts to I. Wilkie, F. Thompson, F. Dobb, Harold Allan, E. MoConohie, and G. Noble for services renderel in connection witb the anniversary. ° Mr MacKenzie said that prizes had been offered to members of bis Bible Class for the best eseays on" Plaoes visited by our Lord." Tbe essays sent in were very good, well worth reading, but that of the first prise winner was distinctly tbe. best, showing oareful reading, oareful thinking, end careful writing. The awards were lßt, Mies Annie Flett (Mrs Calders' prize of one guinea) ; 2nd, Miss Janet MacKenzie (Mrs MacKenzie 's prize of half a guinea) ; Snd, Miss Nettie Reeves and Miss h Mange Wimsett, ejgaNl, dividing Ms Flett's prize. ■ '■ *• Mrs B. F. Cbisholm's prize for regular at endanoe v. is w.n by Miss Annie Hodgson. After tbe service eaoh 'soholar not a prize winner reoeived a gift. On Thursday evening the anniversary celebration will be cone uded by a gcholara' tea and a servioe of song. 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