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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1935, 17 March 1875, Page 2

• The ChristchurcU Press thus describes a harvest festival service held at St. John the Baptist's, when there was'-a large congregation :—The church was prettily and appropriately decorated with flower?, evergreen?, flowers, com, a* d fruit. The choir stalls had wreaths of flowers interspersed with fruit, graiD, and flowers j the pulpit, lee era, ani seats in the church being similarly decorated, whilst tb.9 beams and buttresses were also wreathed with evergreens, &c. The communion rails were most tastefully decorated, the spaces being filled with devices formed with ears of wkeat on scarlet and blue grounds, alternated. In the east window was a handsome device, consisting of the words, " Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness," most artistically worked with ears of wheat, and embossed with flowers on a scarlet and blue shield, which had a very pretty effect.