KING-STANLEY. Under our present circumstances, the only Service on AshWednesday will be the Evening Lenten Service, as in preceding years, at 7.45 in the School-house. This will be continued on all Wednesday Evenings during Lent. The Collections for Churchwardens' expenses on Sunday, Jan. 4th, amounted to £1. 14s. 4d. The following donations to the Chancel Restoration Fund have been received since October : J. Russell Buckler, Esq. F. Fox, Esq., Clifton, through Miss Sarah Hayward.. Miss Lewis, Totness, Miss Plomley, Clifton, Mrs. Fisher, Clifton, for Font, as Memorial to the late ) The Rev. Sir E. Colt, Bart., Vicar of Hill, Miss Hanson, through Miss Hawkins Mrs. Cholmeleigh, Woodchester 99 99 99 Mrs. Edward Wise, Woodchester, 1st Subscription W. Lane, Esq., Ebley We have also to add the following sums to the list of Offerings from the Parishioners, £13. 10s. 6d., which appeared in the December Magazine : Mr. J. Howard Howard, 5 Mr. Thomas Lusty 99 99 10 Mr. John Burroughs, CHURCH REGISTER. BAPTISMS. Jan. 3-Elizabeth Harriet, daughter of William and Emma Walkley, BURIALS. Jan. 1-David Pinnegar, aged 87 years. 9-William Charles Alfred Dorington Lewis, aged 6 months. 12-Elizabeth Burroughs, of Swindon, aged 78 years. :0: STINCHCOMBE. The Christmas decorations of the Church showed marks of particular care having been spent on them. On either side of the East Window was a double triangle made of wood, overlaid with leaves. Below each of these, and on a level with the base of the window, was an ornamental design in wood, covered with leaves. And on either side of the Reredos was a scroll in scarlet cloth, bordered with variegated holly. On these scrolls were the words, "Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given," in leaves of variegated holly. The Reading-desk had as its appendage a large star-shaped decoration. On the Pulpit was a cross of red leaves on wool, and a circle of the same materials adorned the top. The Windows were surrounded with wreaths of evergreen, and the white stone-work of the pillars was set off by dark stripes of evergreen. The Font was pretty, in which was a wooden cross covered with a red flower and green foliage, and the silver leaves of an African tree. On New Year's Eve there was a Midnight Service, at which an address was given by the Rev. J. A. Rawlins, Curate of Bisley, and late Curate of Stinchcombe. The attendance was fair considering the snowy and slippery state of the ground, and no doubt it would have been much larger had it not been for that hindrance. On the Feast of the Epiphany the school children were regaled with tea and cake in the school-room. This was supplied to them by the kindness of Mrs. Anne Eleanor Prevost, sister of Sir George Prevost, in commemoration of her 80th birthday, which was on New Year's Day. Never had so many children met in the schoolroom before. It was Sunday School, Day School, and Night School all at once, and there were no less than 123 present. Tea began and ended with the Grace and a Hymn. After tea a song and "God save the Queen were sung. The Archdeacon addressed a few words to the children, asking those of them who could, to remember the kind and aged lady, his sister, in their prayers that night. And before the children left the school-room they gave three hearty cheers for Mrs. Anne Prevost. The Treasurer of the Church and Choir fund presents his account, and begs to observe that in consequence of the large cost incurred by the repair of the organ, there is a very considerable deficiency, the actual deficit at present exceeding £4, and at least £8 will be needed before the usual annual collection in July. The Vicar proposes to have an offertory to meet this deficiency immediately after Easter. C. Woodward, for training boys J. Brazington (Blower) Total 31 13 4 SPENT. £ d. Aug. 31-25 Harvest Thanksgiving Forms Oct. 9-20 Dinner Tickets for Choir at Choral Fest ival at 1/1 19-Organ Builder, Mr. Williams, for thorough Nov. 27-Rev. F. St. John, for 24 Tallis's Service for Choral Festival 10031 4221 0 0 5 0 1 10 30-Mr. Hunt, for 24 copies of Anthem and Dec. 2-One large copy of Anthem The Annual School Account for last year will be published in the next issue; there is a small balance in hand. A Meeting will be held at the School-room for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, on Tuesday, February 16th, at 7 p.m. A Sermon will be preached, and an Offertory made for the Additional Curates' Society, on the afternoon of Sunday, Feb. 21st. There will be Special Evening Services and Sermons in Lent, on Ash-Wednesday and on the Friday in every subsequent week, until Holy Week, at 7.30 p.m. CHURCH REGISTER. BAPTISMS. Jan. 17-Edith Eliza, daughter of William and Anise Attwood, Stinchcombe. Amelia Emma, daughter of Julia Wilkins, Stinchcombe. The Consecration of Owlpen Church will take place on Friday, February 19, 1875. The Consecration Service, with Holy Communion, will be at 11.30. a.m. The Sermon will be preached by the Lord Bishop. Evening Prayer will be at 6 p.m., with a Sermon by the Rev. H. C. Powles. We hope many of our readers will be able to attend one or other of the Services. There is still a very considerable deficit in the sum required, which it is hoped may be met by the Offertories on the 19th. The work now completed consists in an entirely new chancel with apsidal termination, lighted by five early English windows, with a vestry and organ chamber adjoining. Besides this the gallery has been removed and the body of the church entirely reseated; it was also necessary to provide a new font, pulpit, and lectern. The altar cloth, pulpit hangings, etc., are of very beautiful needlework and elaborate design. During Lent, in addition to the usual Morning Services, there will be a Wednesday Evening Service, with Sermon at 7 o'clock. There will also be a Service at Owlpen on Tuesday afternoons. During Lent any of our Parishioners who are able to devote a little time towards helping those in distress, are invited to meet at the Lecture-room from 3 o'clock till 4.30 every afternoon, to help in making clothing for the poor in the East End of London. Work will be provided for all hands, but, of course, any one is at liberty to bring and present their own work. By the end of Lent, it is to be hoped a large parcel will be ready to send to one of the London parishes. A Sermon will be preached on February 21st, and a Meeting held in the School-room on the 23rd, at 7 o'clock, in aid of Home Missions. The Concert given by the Glee Society at Christmas was a great success, but, as owing to the weather many were prevented attending, the Concert is to be repeated by special request, on Wednesday, the 3rd February, when it is to be hoped many will be able to avail themselves of this rare musical treat. The Prologue and Epilogue specially written for the occasion by one of our wellknown Contributors (which we should have inserted had space permitted), were exceedingly well delivered by the Rev. J. C. Hudson, Curate of the Parish. CHURCH REGISTER. MARRIAGE. Jan. 7-John Teal, of Eckington, Worcestershire, to Mary Jane Fisher, of Uley. BURIALS. 4-Henry Smith, Uley, aged 63 years. 14-Charlotte Knight, Gloucester, aged 65 years. BURIAL-OWLPEN. 2-John Nicholls, Uley, aged 77 years. WHITMORE, STEAM PRINTER, STAMP OFFICE, LONG STREET, DURSLEY. |