March 1906

Seagoe Parish Magazine

MARCH, 1906.

CLERGY :

RECTOR —REV. JAMES E. ARCHER, B.D., The Rectory, Seagoe.

CURATE —REV. JOHN TAYLOR, B.A., Seagoe Villa.

N.B.—The Clergy will feel greatly obliged if the

Parishioners will notify to them any cases

of illness at the earliest possible moment.

Churchwardens :

MR. JOSEPH MONTGOMERY, Levaghery.

MR. JOSEPH M'MURRAY, Ballinary

Select Vestry :

ALBIN, MR. JAMES

ATKINSON, MR. W. R.

CALVERT, MR. GEORGE

COSTELLO, MR. ATKINSON

GRACEY, MR. ROBERT

IRWIN, MR, WILSON

ATKINSON, MR. W. R. , Secretary and Treasurer.

MONRO, MR. JOSEPH

MARTIN, MR. THOMAS

MONTGOMERY, MR. T. J.

McDOWELL, MR. WM. J.

ROCK, MR. DAVID

STEPHENSON, MR. JOSEPH

We print this month the Address which

was prepared for Presentation to our

late beloved Rector, the Dean of

Dromore, but which owing to his

unexpected death was never formally

given to him. A pathetic interest

also attaches to the Dean's Reply which he had

written and signed shortly before his fatal illness.

Last week Mr. W. R. Atkinson handed the illuminated

Address and the Service of Plate to Miss Wade and

the Misses Dawson at their residence in Belfast.

Address and Presentation to the

Very Reverend Abraham Dawson Dean of Dromore.

VERY REVEREND AND DEAR SIR,

We feel that we cannot allow the

occasion of your departure from among us to pass,

without giving expression in some tangible form to

the sincere regret which your resignation of the

Parish of Seagoe has caused us.

When you were appointed Rector of the Parish

some twenty-six years ago, you Were already known

to many of us through your labours in the neighbouring

Parish of Knocknamuckley, and the high

estimate of your worth then held has been more than

sustained during your long residence in this Parish.

You leave behind you a lasting monument of your

Christian zeal and energy in our noble Parish

Church, restored, enlarged and beautified greatly

through your indefatigable efforts.

But not alone did we appreciate your diligence in

discharge of your Parochial duties, we

acknowledge also the generous liberality which you

ever displayed in helping forward every charitable

object that claimed assistance from you. All creeds

and classes in the Parish are indebted to you for the

kindly interest yon took in their temporal as well

as in their spiritual welfare. You were ever ready

both by word and deed to help those who were in

any trouble or affliction.

We rejoice to think that your devotion to duty

was recognised not only in this Parish but throughout

the whole Diocese, so that at the hands of two

successive Bishops you received preferment first to

the Archdeaconry of Dromore, and then to the high

position of Dean of Dromore.

We cannot refrain from alluding also to the

valuable services rendered to the Parish by the

members of your family. All Parochial organisations

have been strengthened and blessed by their kindly

sympathy and unremitting care.

We ask your acceptance of the accompanying

Service of Plate as a, slight token of the esteem in

which you are held by the Parishioners of Seagoe,

and we trust that the release which you have sought

from the arduous duties of Parochial life may, under

Divine Providence, result in an increase of strength.

With our united and fervent prayer that, the

Peace of God which passeth all understanding, may

rest upon you and yours all the days, even to the

end of the world.

We remain, dear Mr. Dean,

Your faithful and attached friends,

(Signed on behalf of the Subscribers)

Churchwardens

JOHN MONTGOMERY

JOSEPH MURRAY

WOLSEY R. ATKINSON, Hon sec. to Select Vestry.

Reply of The Dean of Dromore

DEAR FRIENDS,

I feel very grateful for this most kind

and generous gift, which comes to me as a token of

your affection and regret at the close of our long

connection, a connection fraught with memories

which time is powerless to efface. Called

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of God to the oversight of your Parish, from a

loving and close association with the neighbouring

Parish of Knocknamuckley, I entered upon the

responsibility of a ministry among you in the face of

some difficulties, and with much thought and prayer

I have passed more than a quarter of a century in

your midst, and through all this period God helped

me in granting to me your kindly and trustful

co-operation, and in disposing the owners of property

(in particular my faithful and much-lamented friend,

the Baroness von Stieglitz) to assist liberally in

futhering our various plans and efforts for your

benefit.

In the re-organisation and maintenance of your

large Sunday Schools I was greatly indebted to the

teachers, and also to the parents of the scholars,

who concurred heartily in promoting regularity of

attendance.

My intercourse with you all in our vestry and

committee meetings, in parochial visitation,in cottage

lectures, and in the general care of the sick and

whole, carries with it many a fragrant and happy

memory for me, and calls for gratitude to the

Disposer of all hearts who granted such ready

acceptance of my office and ministry of His Word.

Among you, too, it was my happiness to have

made a new home, when the connection was broken

with the old, a home which grew ever dearer to me,

though thrice shadowed by a great sorrow, and often

touched with lighter clouds of care.

In my joys

and sorrows there, you were partakers ; and through

them your minister learned lessons of deeper sympathy

with the gladness and the grief of you all: I trust that

our God, for His dear Son's sake, pardoning the

infirmity of His servant, will abundantly bless, to

His glory and to your welfare, the seed sown in the

Church, in the Schools, and in your homes, and that

He will grant large effciency and great faithfulness

to all future workers among you. And now, as the

shadows lengthen on the path of years, I pray that

we may all one day realise together the "

joy of harvest." and be made partakers of glory in the

everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus

Christ, when the great Master-Reaper has gathered

in His sheaves.

Again I thank you from my heart for this generous

token of your lasting affection.

I am, dear Friends,

Yours affectionately,

ABRAHAM DAWSON,

Dean of Dromore.

1, Redhill,

Knock,

Belfast.

October, 1905

OFFERTORIES FOR FEBRUARY.

Morning Evening

£ s d £ s d

Feb. 4th - 5th Sunday of Epiphany 1 0 5 0 12 6

Communion Offerings 0 5 7

11th - Septuagesima 0 16 3 0 8 9

21^st - Sexagesima 0 2 9

1 1 3 0 10 10

„ 28^th - - Quinquagesima 2 15 6 0 14 3

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£6 1 9 £2 6 4

Our congregations during the past month

have been very large, but a glance at the above list

of amounts contributed to the collections at our

services shows that our people do not give as

liberally as they might. Giving is part of worship

and our worship cannot be as real as it ought to be,

nor can it be as acceptable with God unless we give

liberally of our substance. We hope, therefore, that

all our people will in future give larger gifts into

God's treasury.

Baptisms.

" As many of you as have been baptised into Christ, have put on Christ."

Feb. 5th—James, son of Arthur and Sarah Ann Allen, Edenderry.

10th—Harrison, son of James Henry and Sarah Magee, Edenderry.

Marriages.

" Those whom Gd hath joined together let no man put

asunder."

Feb 6th—Francis Anderson, Drumgor, to Sarah Chambers, Drumgor.

Burials.

“ I know that my Redeemer liveth."

2nd—Margaret Gibson, Belfast, aged 59.

6th—James Allen, Edenderry.

6th—William Woolsey, Belfast, aged 46.

7th—Jane Magee, Derryadd, aged 78.

16th—John Montgomery, Portadown, aged 23.

20th—Joseph Graham, Edenderry.

25th—Ellen Margaret Hall, Drumnagoon, aged 44

We record with deep regret the death of Mr. John

Montgomery, son of Mr. T. J. Montgomery, of High

Street, Portadown. The sad event took place very

suddenly on Wednesday morning, February 4th.

Mr. Montgomery, though never very robust in

health, had only been ailing a few hours, and in fact

just before his death seemed to have quite recovered.

On the Sunday before his death he taught his

Sunday School class in the Parochial Hall and

attended service in the Parish Church, and he was

present at Holy Communion on the previous Sunday,

as was his usual custom. So regular and devout a

worshipper and so diligent a worker will be sorely

missed from amongst us, but in the spirit of

Christian submission we must learn to say Not my

will but Thine be done."

The young life cut short

on earth is fulfilling some higher task in the nearer

Presence of our Father in Heaven Our deepest

sympathy goes out to the bereaved parents and

brothers and sisters in their time of mourning. The

interment took place in Seagoe graveyard on Friday,

February 16th, and was largely attended. The Rev.

J. E. Archer, Rector of Seagoe, gave a short

address in the Church. Special references were also

made to Mr. Montgomery's death on the following

Sunday at the services in the Parish Church.

Our Lent Services.

Handbills will be ready on Sunday, March 4th,

containing a full list of our Special Lent Services.

There will be a service in the Parish Church on each

Thursday evening during Lent at 8 0'clock, and

special subjects appropriate to the season will be

dealt with by the clergy who have been invited to

preach. On Sunday mornings the clergy of the

Parish will preach on Helps to the Spiritual Life"

(Private Prayer, Public Worship, Bible Study, Holy

Communion and Almsgiving). On Sunday evenings

the subjects will be " Prevalent National Sins." The

special preachers will speak on Intemperance,

Indifference, Sunday Desecration, Decline of Parental

Authority, Swearing and the Pursuit of Pleasure.

The sermon on Sunday evening, March 11th, will

be preached by the Rev. O. W. Scott, Rector Of

Gilford. The subject will be The Sin of Indifference.

It will be a special sermon to men.

Church Army mission.

The following are the dates and places at which

Captain Gaskell will hold the Mission—

Fridays March 2nd, Carne Church Hall, 7-30.

Monday „ 12th, Drumgor, 7-30.

Monday „ 19th, Lylo, 7-30.

Monday „ 26th, Seagoe School, 7-30.

Monday April 2nd, Edenderry Hall, 7-30.

Monday “ 9th, Hacknahay, 7-30.

A special meeting for Chnrch workers in connection

with the Mission will be held in Seagoe School on

Thursday evening, March 1st, at 7-30, when Captain

Gaskell will give an address.

Things to remember—

Pray for the success of the Mission.

Attend the Services every night.

Join heartily in the singing.

Tell your friends about it.

Bring all you can to it.

Drungor Soiree.

On February 14th the annual Soiree was held in

Drumgor Church Hall. There was a large attendance

and the catering was carried out by Mrs. McMullan

and a willing band of assistants. After a bountiful

tea, the tables were cleared away, and the Rector

took the chair and introduced an excellent programme,

consisting of songs and readings by some

friends from Lurgan, selections on the gramophone

by Mr. McCulloch, a dialogue by Messrs. J. Gaskin

and G. Rowland, and recitations by F. Parkes. Rev.

I. Harte, Rector of Rathfriland, gave a vigorous

address, containing some sound advice to the young

people present, which was much appreciated. At

the close all joined heartily in singing the National

Anthem. We would like to have seen more of the

older members of the congregation, and hope this

defect will be remedied on future occasion.

Public Lecture.

The Rector (Rev. J. E. Archer, B.D.) delivered

lecture on A Trip to Norway" in Hacknahay

School, on Wednesday, February 21st. There was

a very large attendance and a series of beautiful

views illustrating Norwegian scenery were thrown on

the screen. The lecturer described the wonderful

diversity of landscape to be seen in that interesting

country, where forest, waterfall, glacier and snowfield

meet one at every turn. At the close of the lecture

a hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer was proposed

by Mr. George Calvert and passed by acclamation.

Carne Social meeting.

A most successful evening took place in Carne

Church Hall on February 20th. The hall was

crowded in every part, and tea was lavishly dispensed

by the ladies of the neighbourhood, attended

by willing stewards. After the good things had

been disposed of an interesting programme was gone

through by clever artistes, some of them making

their debut on the occasion. Among them were

Messrs. T. H. Wilson, D. Murray, W. Irwin, W.

Alister, T. H. Hanna, J. Lynas and J. Twinem.

The various items were fully appreciated and showed

that there is much talent in the Carne neighbourhood

which only requires to be brought to the front, Rev.

J. Taylor having spoken, the Rector, who was

chairman, spoke some encouraging words and the

meeting closed with " God save the King."

Our heartiest thanks are due to Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson

Costello for the great trouble they took in connection with the meeting.

Levaghery.

On Shrove Tuesday, February 27th, a Tea

Meeting was held in Levaghery Schoolhouse. The

residents in the district attended in large numbers

and did ample justice to the good things set before

them. After tea a most interesting and varied

programme was gone through, The following

assisted in it—Messrs W. Irwin, J. McAllister, D.

Murray, and R. Allen. Almost every item was

encored, and some of the comic pieces caused much

merriment. At a late hour all separated after a

very pleasant evening. Our hearty thanks are due

to Mr. J. Monroe and Mr. J. Montgomery for the

successful manner in which they organised the

meeting, and to the ladies who kindly assisted at the

tables.

Our Day Schools.

Seagoe National School has lately been much

improved by a new set of desks, also new maps and

pictures. We are also glad to record an improved

attendance of children. Two silver medals have

been offered by the manager (Rev. J. E. Archer) and

will be awarded to the most deserving boy and girl

at the midsummer holidays.

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Notes on Old Seagoe.

A great many points of interest in connection

with the Parish of Seagoe may be learned from

study of the names of the Townlands. Each name

enshrines within it some reference either to the

natural features of the district or its old historical

associations. We therefore give this month some

notes on the names of the Townlands in the Parish.

Edenderry.—This name so familiar to our ears

is derived from two Irish words, Eudan or Edan,

meaning the forehead, often applied to the brow of

hill, and the word Derry Irish doire) an oak tree or

oak wood. So we gather that the district now

mapped out into streets and so thickly covered with

houses was once an oak forest which stretched up

the brow of the hill to where Eden Villa now stands.

It was called Edenderry, the hill-brow of the oakwood.

Tamnifiglasson.—Tawhnach (pronounced taw-

nagh) signifies in Irish a green field where fresh

sweet grass grows, and those who know this townland

will agree that this is a good description of it.

The full form of the word in Irish is Tawhnach-

feadha. glassan. The word feadha means a wood,

and as far as can be ascertained Glasson is a man's

surname. So the word Tamnifiglasson means the

field of the wood of Glasson—that is the field or

grassy district in which grew the wood or forest

belonging to a man named Glasson.

Tamnificarbet.—This curious name has partly

the same meaning as the last Tamhnach a field,

and feadha a wood. Carbet, more properly Carbait,

signifies a chariot. So the whole word Tamnificarbet

means the field of the wood of the chariot."

may possibly have been that in ancient times the

wood that grew there was much in demand for the

making of carts, or that the chieftains in their tribal

wars sought wood from this townland for the

manufacture of their war chariots.

The townland of Tavenagh, on which Portadown

is built is the same word as Tamhnach and means

a field.

Hacknahay.—-The meaning of this name is

greatly disguised by the letter H which has got in

front of it. It should be spelt Agha-na-aw, and

would then mean—The field (Agha) of the (no)

stream (aw). The small stream, therefore, which

now may be seen running through Gleneyre was the

natural feature which gave name to the whole townland.