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The St. Andrew's Year Book

The St. Andrew's Year Book image
Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
December
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Vcar Book of St. Aadrew'a clun-i'li for 1891 has Jast been issnei ïroni the Argras presses. It was care iully prepared by Bhe rector of tlu iJhni-c;l. Bev, Henry Tatloek, anl presenta au Impoölng array of lacts and figures, Bhowlng the many diverse interests wliicüi come uiider the rector'a Charge, and the work which the parish Jkik Ucea doing. Rev. Mr. Tatlock. as roetor, is assleted by two assist aal ministers, Rev. Bobert A. Holland. ,lr., curator ol llarris Hall, and BeV. louis P. Jocelyn, in charge oí Geddes Missiiin. and one lay reader, Mi-. Kniest J. Dennen, til charge oï Foster'a .Mission. ín thL past two years, bhe namber oí cominnnicants has lucreased trom 3(4 to 504, and t!ie Qumber oí fainlllea in the eongregatioii i'rom 220 i ii 851 . and the Dumber n!' souls in the cangregatlon trom 680 'to 1,014. vest cd chüir, l'.ic charge of Jolüi Howard Allen, organist, -onsií-tfí of twenty sopranos, s al! os, íour tenors, eigJit buBses. The piarisli propérty i- valned al $80,0( 0, i: i ludlng 2,500 cin.. ín; !. partóh has no indcbtc.liiesa. '!'i:c endowmem funds are the Srania'n fund. $1,000, for malntalning the Sunday school and parisfa liln-aries: thc David Heuning fund, $500, for Sunday-school and county honse ■ estival, onr-half eacih: the t'hambers Fund, $500, íor parish expenses; the Rebeeca Henriques fund, $500. for par ish ín jK-nses. The reoeipts for the Ilnancial year weré $7,380.í0 and the total disbursements, $6,898.80. Not induded ín this waa $2,416.29 received and expended for chance! improvemente. The fund for misalons and eiiaritioH reeeived $819.85 frona 108 gubácrlbers. The trustees ot t ! i s fumi are Eev. Henrj Tatlock, I!. Soule, Mrs. V. ('. Morris, Mrs. E. A. Rathbone, H. J. Bi-own and .1. M. Wheeler. The pai-isii stat Lst tea show lnany Imteresting features, among them the íiiIIduímu: Baptlsni8, 86 whole number oí baptized persons ïn the parlan, 881; conílrmed dnrlng the year, 69; whole aumber oí conílrmed persons in ;he parlsh, 580 cammiinlcants report ed last .advent, 411; admitted, (!); reeeived from other perMnes, 68; total idded, 132; died, 7; removed írotu par ish, 82; total lost, 39; present niiuber. ."HU. Marrlages, 8; burláis, 21; public services, Sund&ys, 150; other daya 152, total 302; celebratioiis of holy ommiimioli,1 - public 70, private 11, total, 81; congregation- families and parta ol families, 851 uumber of souls. 1,014; studenta not Included, ;!00; toial aumber about 1,300; SundayBchoole, teachers and omfloers, 36; Bi bolán- 887. The parldh lias charge of the ïui.sSlon Sumla.v-school at CJediles. which meets each Snnday afternoon, and lia.s 72 aciholars. The rector or ássistain minister holda services at Geddee the second Sunday oí eacii moath, The Foster's mlssicn Suudiay-Bctool has 45 scholurs and the rector or asalstant holds services at this minden the third Suinday of every ïuantli. Services are al8O held at the county house on tJhe ïirst Sunday of every mo-nth. Tlhe parish Sunday-school, Tvivieh meets Sivmlay noou, Ia uow -itudying the life of St. Paul. At four o'clock each Sunday afternoon, Trof. F. ;. vScott eondücts a seminary and Bible study ia Harrts Hall, and he is ïiow lecturiog on "T&e Book oí .lob." The Brotáherhood of 8t. Andrew's.. ■ganlzed for uork among the young men of the ehurch, eontains nlneteen inembers, witii Geo. II. l'o'itd as director, M. Duke as secretary and Greo. H. Snow as treasurer. The society of Women Workers, recently organlzed for work among women, coutaJns forty members, the reetor beimg president, and Mrs. V. C. Morris .seeretary. The Ladies' Aid Socjety was Organized in 1866 and the present offlcera are Mrs. B. M. Thompson, president, and Miss Annie Condón, secretary añd treasurer. It includes all the ladies oí the cliurch and has charge of the sociale glvon, its object being to rait ïimds tor pari.sh purpoeee. The Chancel Society, organized in 1870, cares for the chancel and its furniehdngs. During the year its reoelpts were $542.67. The officers arr Miss Annie Condón, president; Miss Minnie Drake, secretary; Misa VAlzulirtli I.. Beekwlth, treasurer. Tlie Woman's Auxiliary was organLzed in 1891 for ntfssionory work, lt.oUIcers are Mrs. L. M. Palmer, piv,iii.-in; Mr, c S. Mlllen, eeei-etary; Mrs. J. M. Wiicclcr, librarían. lts funds are ddvided between the salary of a missionary in the upper península, a BCihool ia West Virginia, a teacher in Japan, and the Harris memorial medloal si-holai-sliip iu 8t. Joim's College, ghiongtiai. The Junior Auxiliai-y was organized last September an-d numbers thirt.v members. lts officers are Margaret Ij. Tatlock, presideait; H. J. Browu, jr., ice-presideut; Editli D. Nancrede, gecretary; Elsa G. Stanley, treasurer. They Ihave ju.st filled a Christnias box to tie sent to the Indians in South Jlakuia. and are now preparing to furiiish a room iu a missionary actiool to be named the Urania Voorheen Brown room. The Hobart (ir.ild is oificered as füllnus: ' Rev. Henry Tatlock. pre.sddt'iit ex-oíflcio; Rev. iï. A. Holland, jr,. curator; Miss Katherine B. Camp, viee-presidcal : E. ('. Nicn-ols, recordiug secri'tary; A. Andrews, cprresponding secrétary; Ross C. Wiútmaa, treasurer. The Guild has two endowed leetUTeglidpa.