We, find also the good practice cnr—, ri?d out c-i asking intending coni~f municants the questions, prescribedI and giving their answers in the pres- ence of the congregation and of ,rzlv— ing them Fa. suitable. address hy the Moderator before the dispensation of the sacrament, the duties and re— sponsibilites of their profession being dulyfiimpressed noon them and the congregation to which they are at- tached, Also we find the practice. fol- lowed of givin: them the right hand of fellowship by the session. How earnestly many 0f us desire to seep... return to this. no language can ex— press. Had not our conduct a strong: influence? J‘s significant fact is that we received more oi’ our young; men then that: we do now. On April Nth. 1908. we find the pastor asking that the. hour or service at Peter‘s Road be changed from 2.30 p. m. till 10.30 a. m. on the last Sunday of every month during the summer season to enable him to be present at the Murray Harbor North Sunday School. ‘Also that the children might be 'pres- tilt at the regular services of the", church. It might be a good idea to re-i |\l\e this practice during the coming lr-uinmer season

We find the names of ministers named McLeod. MacDonald MacLel-j lan and Stewart etc, preaching thei Qpreparat'or) sermons at communion! lseasons which is a ’proot of the; inleasant "Plat lOI‘JZ of the pastor to!- :thcs p bict ltr.cn And on the first Sab-l:

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t preached by the pzistor‘ 0n "(’iocxli Citizemiiiit‘ a very timely topic. It ist' followed (.11 Nrn‘cinber 91h by a real Thanksgixng SFI‘UCP in Cambridge filnii on Iiotenibcr 9th showing the tiiitei'est taken in tnesc things that lwe regret to say tire-now too often neglected.

All thee and inf-ill); other neces— sary teionstructions having; been made an: the. pastorate hflVlIitZ now tasted the three years; required by law of augmentation ceini'nittee,.t.li.3 time

tcnme when these charges should ‘(make an agort to relieve the Fund of 'at least part of the grant. A great ltlnmny congregations iorget that the church has other children (like the old woman who lived in a shoe) and none of them can claim a permanent ang‘iopflnigipual gnanLJmLhei>rew sour ees. Those of us who hate spent our ministry in self-sustaining charg: . es and at one time‘or another have been designated by our Presbytery to ' \‘gslt ass‘sted charges are fully aware] "or the reception we meet and the. Lsicries of poverty that'we hear even 1 Though there has hem increase in the ; ;;r\c:ii‘.\ rslii‘n and filllliiif": Hit 3'!“ (>21 ‘nscambei9m 1903 the Rat w Hl Spencer of \tontngue an old net gh- bor and friend of the congregation met with the session and Board Ci 'managers to consi ider the ma tter oft 'beeoming self-sus‘aining For y‘eais the field had been augmentedi land in that time had drawn more lthan $2 50000 of assistance towards m nisteriai suprort and so after mat- ure deliberation it “as unanimously decided that a canvass of the congie- Zation by Rev. w. H. Spencer accom— 'panied by one of the elders or man— . Rgt‘i‘s. ,tvli,at.,i,be situation as. regarding augmentation be. explained .to the 'contzrezation and that. subscriptions; be obtained with n \‘lPW to the con-i 'rrczation becomintz self sustaining m“ as; nearly so as possible. It would seem that a good response was made but as in many other cases the sub-, \CJi‘DCl‘S did not or could not make; good and as the aucinentation granti was reduced finan ‘inl problems pros- ‘ etl hard as there were still demands; made for contribxi'ion to the schemes. of the church which tell harder on: those willing to bear-mere than theiri just share. '

We find the nmnbersiup increasing all tit time fli‘ZI as assessments for? work of the titurch are based on these ft corrcroondingt advance is ex-r

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