TEMUKA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2884, 22 October 1895, Page 3

TEMUKA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

The services in the above Church on Sunday celebrated the Sabbath School anniversary. The Rev. Mr Waddell, M.A., of Dunediu, preached at all services. Tho congregation in the morning was not so large as usual, tho attendance being marred by the inclemency of the weather. The Rev. Mr Waddell took for his text in the morning, Judges xiv, 5 and 6. "Then went Samson down, and his father, and'his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath, and behold a young lion roared against him, and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hands." Tho rev. geutlemau dealt at the early stages of his address with a few incidents in tho life of Samson, afterwards applying his text to the Sabbath School. Ho depicted the various lions in the ways of children growing up Christians, and the weapou wherewith they could bo overcome, ending witli an oarnest appeal t ■■■> those prcseut to help on the good work of the Sabbath School, which was far from beiug perfect. In the afternoon the Rev. Mr Waddell addressod the children and teachers of the various Sabbath Schools in connection with the Church. Milford and Rangitira Kchoola were present. At the beginning of his address Mr Waddell said it was a relief to men from cilies to got amongst the green fields aud il wer.i in the couutry v He and addressed them once before about the Spring, and iio intended to address thorn this time on tho same subject. Mr Waddell took for his illustrations two flowers, the snowdrop and tho daisy. The snowdrop, ho said, was the first Spring flower, which, by w .tching, spoke in many diilertut ways. The illustrations were given in a very simple and instructive manner, and could not fail to do good. Tho address was listened to very attentively. Suitable hymns were sung by tho children. In the evening the congregation was large, Mr Waddell preaching a very eloquent sermon from St. Matthew, xiii., SS, " And He did not many mighty works because of thoir unbelief."

Amongst the notices given out was a resolution passed by the Presbytery in Tirnaru, to be given out from the pulpit, relative to the practice of funerals on Sundays as detrimental to the cause of religion, and urging ministers and congregations to try aud discontinue the praclice.