March 1927

Seagoe Parish Magazine

MARCH, 1927.

CLERGY :

Rev. Canon Archer, B.D., The Rectory, Seagoe,

Portadown.

Rev. W. A. Henry, 21 Edward St., Portadown.

CHURCHWARDENS :

Rector's—Mr. James Twinem, Lylo and Edenderry.

People's—Mr. Moses Gilpin, Drumnagoon.

Lent, 1927,

Ash Wednesday, March 2nd, we entered on the

season of Lent. All the Church seasons are founded

on some circumstance in our Lord's life or some other

event in Scripture History. The season of Lent,

although actually based on our Lord's Temptation in

the Wilderness, is also explained by His words, "the

days will come when the Bridegroom shall be taken

away from them, and then shall they fast in those

days. It coincided originally with the Forty hours

during which our Lord's Body lay in the Sepulchre.

Ever since the fourth century the Church has

observed the present season of Forty Days before Easter.

It was first enforced for strict observance in these

lands by Ercombert, Seventh King of Kent, in A.D. 640.

Special Lenten Services

On Sunday March 6th, the First Sunday in Lent,

Sermons on " Temperance" will be preached in the

Parish Church at Morning and Evening Prayer, and

the offerings will be divided between the Diocesan

Temperance Society and the Ulster Temperance

Alliance.

On succeeding Sunday evenings sermons will be

preached on the following subjects :—

March 13th—" Idle Words."

March 20th—" Gambling and Betting."

March 27th—" The Books we Read."

April 3rd—" The Pursuit of Pleasure."

April 10th—" Neglect of Public Worship."

Wednesdays, at 8 p.m., during Lent Missionary

subjects will be considered as follows

March 9th—" India.'

March 16th—" Ancient Irish Missions."

March 23rd-—" China. "

March 30th—" Africa."

April 6th—" Japan '

April 13th—" The World Call."

Attendance at the Public Services of the Church

is one of the first duties of a Christian, and we invite

our People to avail themselves of these special services.

Easter Day this year falls on April 17th. Full

particulars regarding Holy Week and Easter will be

given in our next issue.

Church Army Mission.

Church Army Van Mission will begin (D.v.) in

Hacknahay School on Sunday, March 6th, at 7 p.m.

It will be conducted by Captain Stocks and Cadet

Crawford. The Mission Services will be held on each

evening during the week, except Saturday, at 8 p.m.

The C.A. van has been located in St. Mark's Parish

the past three weeks in connection with the Mary

St. Mission. The Mission held in Carne Church Hall

was very largely attended, and all entered heartily

and prayerfully into the services. The people

of Carne were very kind to the Captain and Cadet,

whose work they warmly appreciated.

The Church Army Gazette

Three agents have been appointed in the Parish

for the sale of the Church Army Gazette—in Edenderry

Miss Sadie Best, of Killicomaine ; in Drumgor Miss

Mabel Dickson, of Tamnifiglasson, and in Carne Miss

Cissie Price, of Ballinacor. The Gazette is only 1d

weekly. It is a splendid little paper, and each week

has a large and very striking picture on the cover.

It makes excellent reading for our Sundays. A large

number of subscribers have been enrolled, and we

hope many more will begin to take it. The Church

Army Van is going to Shankill Parish when it leaves

Seagoe.

Our Emigrants.

Our young people are still migrating to distant

lands. This month several will be wishing goodbye

to the old Parish and seeking a new home in some

far off country. The Rector is always glad to give

letters of commendation to those leaving the Parish.

We hope when our young emigrants reach the new

country they will make themselves known to the

Rector of their new Parish. They will find in him

a true friend and wise counsellor, and as he is a

resident in the district he can tell them all about it.

Tom Webb, of Railway St., writes from Jacksonville,

Florida, U.S.A., saying the weather there is very

hot, and also adding that he has joined the Bible

Class there. Thomas Major, who was a very regular

attendant at the Bible Class and at the Parish Church,

has left for America. We will miss him badly here.

Those who go to the States should enquire for the

nearest Protestant Episcopal Church and inform the

Rector or some Church worker of the place where

they are living.

The Magazine.

Many have complained that they could not get a

copy of last month's Magazine. We are sorry, for

we would like everyone in the Parish to have a copy.

We have, been steadily increasing the circulation, and

this month it is still further increased, so we hope

none will be disappointed. Of course, the safest plan

to adopt is to order as many copies of the Magazine

as you require to be kept for you each month. There

is always something special that will interest you,

and it is unpleasant to be disappointed just when you

want to have the Magazine.

Seagoe Recreation Room

The room has been well filled during the vast

month. A new ping pong table has proved a great

success, and some of the members are proving very

expert with bat and ball. A ping pong tournament is

being arranged. We thank all those who, week by

week have helped us by offering prizes. Please

send on any papers (especially illustrated ones) you

may have.

SEAGOE PARISH MAGAZINE.

Lurgan Choral Union.

The Lurgan Choral Festival will be held (Dv.) in

Seagoe Parish Church this year on Saturday, June

11th, at 4 p.m. The conductor will be the Rev. J.

Bentley. This is one of the greatest Choir Festivals

in Ireland, and the choir numbers several hundred

singers. Seagoe choir is busily engaged in practising

the special music. It is several years since the

Festival was last held in Seagoe.

St. Mary's, South Manchester.

We have received from the Rev. Stuart Neill,

Rector of St. Mary's Church, South Manchester,

U. S.A., a copy of his Parish Magazine, " St Mary's

Messenger," for February and March, 1927. A great

deal of good work is being done in the Parish A

Mission in connection with the Bishop of Connecticut's

Crusade was held there from Feb. 20th to Feb.

27th, by the Rev. David Kelly, an Ulster Rector, from

Donegal. The Bishop's Crusade has seven objects

in view—I, Confession of Christ in Public Worship.

2, Regular daily individual and family prayer. 3,

Understanding better the mind of Christ through daily

Bible reading. 4, Seeking grace through the Sacraments

ordained by Christ. 5, Active service as good

soldiers of Christ. 6, Developing a deeper sense of

individual responsibility for bringing others to

Christ. 7, Earnest efforts to follow Jesus Christ. A

list of special Lenten Preachers is given. Children's

Services are announced for Fridays at 4-30 p.m., at

which Stereopticon Pictures on Bible stories will be

shown. On Good Friday a Three Hour Service will

be held from 12 to 3. For each Sunday special

Anthems are announced, one for the Morning and

one for the Evening. A full list of Hymns is also

given. On Sunday, March 6th, the Anthems are—

Morning, " Comfort, O Lord"; Evening, " Seek ye

the Lord." A portrait of the missioner, the Rev.

David Kelly, is printed on the cover.

Our Sunday Schools.

Four prize distributions took place in February.

On Tuesday, February 15th, Edenderry held its

distribution. There was a very large attendance of

children and their parents. A splendid feast of tea

and cake was followed by a programme of music,

singing and recitations. All the items were loudly

applauded. Miss Hawthorne had very kindly

arranged the programme and played the accompaniments.

The Rector presided and was assisted by the

Rev. W. A. Henry and the Superintendents, Mr. S.

Rennix, Mr. R. M'C1ements and Mr. Arthur Allen.

The prizes were handed 'to the children by Mrs.

Stothers, and were very numerous and valuable.

The total value or the books awarded for the morning

and afternoon schools was £18. A large number

of Church Services were given in prizes. We

hope the children will bring them with them to

the Parish Church and handle them with care.

Much of the expense for the tea and cake was borne

by kind friends, and some generous subscriptions

were received towards the prize fund. Edenderry

Sunday School is now larger than ever before, and

we are beginning to find a difficulty in

accommodating the large numbers that attend.

Hacknahay Sunday School held its feast night on

Thursday, Feb. 17th, As usual, the large room was

crowded. After a plentiful supply of tea and cake

an enjoyable programme of musical items and

recitations was provided. An entertaining Jazz band

of four members was present from Belfast, and

discoursed a succession of pieces during the evening.

The prizes were handed to the children by Miss

Calvert. The School has recently been painted and

renovated and looked its best. Mr. and Mrs. Bunbury

Atkinson, of Gleneyre, very kindly gave special prizes

to the best attenders in the different classes. At the

close of the evening sweet and juicy oranges were

distributed to the children.

Drumgor Sunday School had its pleasant evening

on Tuesday, Feb. 22nd. There was a large attendance

of children and grown-ups, After tea, games of

various kinds were enjoyed to quite a late hour. A

large number of Bibles, Prayer Books and story books

were handed to the successful pupils by Mrs. Johnston

Robinson, of Drumgor. The Rector, who presided

thanked Mrs. Robinson for the kind help she had

given, during the recent Mission. He also

expressed his pleasure at the rapid growth of the

Sunday School, which was now in a flourishing condition,

and thanked Mr. Thos. Hopps and Miss Agnes

Guy for the good work they had done.

Carne held its Festival on Thursday, Feb. 24th

The room was crowded. A hearty repast of tea and

cake was provided and then games were indulged in.

Mr. Gilbert Price, the Superintendent of the Sunday

School, gave two of his favourite recitations, and

then the prizes were distributed, Mr. Jack Robb

kindly handing them to the children.. Carne Sunday

School is doing well and has recently much increased in numbers.

We regret very much that Mr. James Ford has

retired from .the Superintendence of Levaghery

Seagoe Morning Sunday School. He did most useful

work in both places, and we will miss him greatly.

Levaghery Sunday School is now one of our largest

and Seagoe Morning Sunday School is in an efficient

condition.

Seagoe Mothers' Union,

On Tuesday, March 8th, the members of the

Mothers' Union will meet in Edenderry Parochial

Hall at 7-30 p.m. Tea will be provided, and an

address to the members will be given by Mrs. Henry

of Clones. Mrs. Henry (who is mother of the Rev

W. A. Henry), occupies a high position in the council

of the Mothers' Union. We will give her a hearty

welcome to Seagoe Parish, and we believe her words

of wisdom and experience Will be a great help to

the members.

Painting Envelopes.

Will those who have received envelopes towards

the Church Painting Fund kindly place them in the

collecting baskets in the Church. It will save the

kind distributors trouble of having to call again

at your house.

SEAGOE PARISH

"The Trial of John Barleycorn."

John Barleycorn is to be tried for his life before a

judge, jury and counsellors in Carne Church Hall on

Friday, March 11th, at 8 p.m. Tickets to admit to

the trial are now on sale, and if admission is desired

they ought to be secured without delay. Many

local celebrities will give evidence in the witness

box, and we fear that John Barleycorn's chance of

life is very small. Able counsel has been retained on

both sides, and we believe that justice will be

impartially administered to the accused. Of course

everything depends on the verdict pronounced by the

jury, which will consist of twelve unbiassed citizens.

The trial is creating much local interest.

Concert at Drumgor.

The Windsor Troupe of Musicians has very kindly

offered to provide a programme of music, songs and

recitations in Drumgor Church Hall on Wednesday,

March 9th, at 8 p.m. The tickets, at one shilling each,

are now on sale. The proceeds of the concert are on

behalf of the Drumgor School Renovation Fund. The

Troupe is a company of first rate performers,

and the programme will be very attractive.

Soup for the Children.

A plentiful supply of rich and nourishing soup has

been supplied to the Edenderry children attending

Seagoe School since the beginning of December, until

the Carleton House kitchen was closed last week.

The soup was brought up, piping hot, each day on

Mr. Johnston's van. We are very greatly obliged to

Mr. Johnston, of Edward St., for this very generous

action on his part towards the children attending

Seagoe School. He will be gratified to know that

they have profited greatly by the nourishing soup

provided and weigh heavier and look better than

for a long time past.

The Jews' Society,

We print here a list of the boxes and subscriptions

which Miss Halliday, the Hon. Sec., has sent in for

Church of Ireland Jews Society. It is a very

ratifying list and will materially help on the good

work. The total is considerably in advance of last

year.

Boxes—Miss Halliday, 2s Od ; The Misses Montgomery,

£1 5s Od ; Mrs. Rennix, £1 2s 6d ; The Misses

Hawthorne (2 years), 10s 3d ; Miss Woolsey, 11S 6d;

Miss Gretta Atkinson, 10s 5d ; Mrs. Arthur Allen, junr.,

8d ; Mrs. Robert Magee, 7s Od ; Master Harry Hynes,

6d ; Miss Hannah Martin, 5s 9d ; Miss Lily M'Kerr,

9d ; Miss Charlotte Allen, 4s 8d ; Mrs. Flannigan,

; Miss Florrie Hynes, 4s Od ; Miss Amy

Cox ?s Od.

Subscriptions—Miss Armstrong, £2 Os Od ; Mrs.

Vance, 10s Od ; Miss E. Halliday, 10s.

Total £12 8s 4 ½ d.

Our Advertisers.

We did not hear of any misprints in our advertisement

columns, although some of our readers searched

very carefully through them last month. As there

were in this issue several new advertisements it will

be a good thing once again to read through them,

for even if you do not discover any misprint you

may read of something which you would very much

like to purchase.

Parish Register for February.

Baptisms,

Kyle —5th Feb., Elizabeth Hoy, daughter of Wilson and Julia Kyle, of Edenderry.

Sponsors—Norah Hoy, Julia Kyle.

RuddeIl—5th Feb., William James, son of Joseph and Mary Jane Ruddell, of Kernan.

Sponsors—Joseph Ruddell, Mary Jane Ruddell.

Porter—9th Feb., Henrietta and Anne, twin daughters of Robert John and Margaret Anne Maud

Porter, of Lower Seagoe. Sponsors—Margaret Porter, Margaret Anne Maud Porter.

M'LoughIin—-16th Feb., William John Ivan, son of Robert John and Margaret Elizabeth

M'Loughlin, of Drumnagoon. Sponsors—Robt. John M'Loughlin, Ellen M'Loughljn-

Metcalfe—23rd Feb., Cyril Johnston, son of Wilson and Agnes Metcalfe, of Portadown.

Sponsors—Wilson Metcalfe, Hannah Vance.

Marriages

Best and Hughes—Feb. 16th, James Best of Balteagh, to Sarah Hughes, of Knockrnena.

MSCormick and M'Kerr—Feb 16th, Robert M'Cormick, of BalJyhannon, to Emily M'Kerr, of Drumgor

Seagoe in Brisbane.

The Rector has received from Mrs. Nesbitt, of

Brisbane (a subscriber to this Magazine), a copy of

the Christmas number of a Queensland paper, " The

Week."

It is profusely illustrated and contains 76

pages of most interesting matter. Mrs. Nesbitt

closed with it " The Church Gazette" for the Diocese

of Rockhampton for November, 1926. Most interesting

accounts of the various Parishes in that Australian

Diocese appear in it. At Clermont we read of

Parish motor car. Birimgan is to have a regular service

at least once a quarter. Aramac needs a new

length of fibre matting for the aisle. Barcaldine

devoting whole day, St. Andrew's Day, to prayer

for Missions. At Blackall a little relief has come

in the shape of rain. At Loughreach the envelope

system has been in a very delicate state of health for

some time past, but it will no doubt look up soon

again as they were blessed with between four and

five inches of rain on the 25th of last month, and it

is reasonable to suppose that ere Long more will fall.

Winton had its Church burnt down, but is making a

great effort to build a new one, and the Rector suggests

that every 'loyal member of the Church should

•use this prayer regularly : Grant, O Lord, that the

money needed for carrying on Thy work may be supplied.

" Mount Larcom has not forgotten the Sunday

School Christmas excursion, but it is difficult to know

exactly what to do owing to the shortage of water

in our creeks. The area of the Parish of St. Lawrence

includes all the people of the Church or England

living between Yaamba and Flaggy Bock and

some distance back east and west of the railway

SEAGOE PARISH MAGAZINE

In St. Paul's Parish pleasant and successful " coin"

afternoons have been held at Mrs. Higson's, and the

St. Mark's stall are to hold a " Paddy's Market"

towards the end of October, which is sure to be a great

success. The Rev. S. Tomlinson writes from Mukawa

Ascension Day was a red-letter day here, for on

that day, after many days of hard, laborious work

by the Bishop and the Captain of our Mission-boat

the ' Maclaren King' down in the gully at Wadagani,

water has been brought up to the house by a ram,

and amidst hurrahs the water was turned on by Mrs.

Tomlinson." Prayers are inserted in the Gazette

which can be used in the Bush and distant parts

where this Gazette reaches but probably never any

clergyman." One such prayer is for Missions. " O

Heavenly Father, Who hast made known to us in

Jesus Christ the love with which Thou lovest us and

all mankind ; help us to spread the knowledge of

Thy Kingdom in all the world that all nations may

own Thee as their King ; through Jesus Christ our

Lord. Amen.

The Saurin Centenary (continued)

After the death of his first wife in 1839, leaving

two little girls, Archdeacon Saurin pursued his work

in the Parish under trying circumstances. It was a

period of much poverty, as the looms were idle in

many homes owing to a depression in the linen industry.

The Archdeacon was always anxious to help

his people, and with that intention started a limestone

quarry at the Low Mills, Kilvergan, on his

Glebe property. He invested much of his means in

labour and the purchase of machinery, but not being

a business man by training the enterprise proved

unremunerative and had to be closed down. It is

commonly stated that the Archdeacon lost £4,000 in the

venture. On Nov. 28th, 1843, Archdeacon Saurin

married his second wife, Emma Elizabeth, daughter

of the Rev. Rowland Egerton Warburton, and sister

of the famous Australian explorer, General Warburton,

the first man to cross the continent of Australia

from east to west. A daughter was born on

Sept. 30th, 1844, and on Nov. 17th was baptized Emma

Genevieve, a name' very similar to the name of his

little girl who had died some years before and who

was called Aemelia Genevieve. Unfortunately, the

shadow of death again fell on the Rectory household

for on January 14th, 1845, the infant child passed

away at the age of three months. The second Mrs

Saurin took a great interest in Seagoe and was much

beloved by all who knew her. She was specially

fond of gardening, and some traces of her work

are still in evidence in the Rectory Gardens. Her

summer house under the weeping ash tree is still

to be seen, also her bed of white violets on what is

now known as the Laurel Path. In 1847 came the

terrible year of famine, when the death rate of the

Parish doubled. Fever was rife and many homes

were bereaved. The following is the total of funerals

in each of the years, 1845, 1846, 1847, and 1848

respective1y—44, 67, 108, and 58. The Rev. Capel Wolseley

came as Curate in March, 1847, and he and the Archdeacon

worked nobly together during this very trying

time.

(To be continued.)

SERVICES.

THE PARISH CHURCH.

HOLY COMMUNION—1st Sunday after Morning

Prayer ; 3rd Sunday at 8 a.m., and on the Chief

Festivals.

HOLY BAPTISM—1st Saturday of Month at 3 p.m.,

and during any Service in the Parish Church.

if notice be given ; Two Sponsors at least are

required, and they must be Confirmed members

of the Church. Churchings are held at each

Baptism. Mothers are expected to bring a thank-

offering. (See Book of Common Prayer.)

MORNING PRAYER—Sundays and Chief Festivals

11.30 a.m.

EVENING PRAYER—Sundays 7 p.m., Wednesdays

8 p.m.

DISTRICT SERVICES.

Hacknahay—Last Sund'ay of Month at 3.30 p.m.

Drumgor-—Second Sunday of Month at 4 p.m.

CLASSES,

ADULT CLASSES--sundays at 10 a.m.

For Men—Edenderry. For Women—Seag

School.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS—IO a.m. Edenderry Parochi

Hall and Seagoe School. 3 p.m. Seagoe, Ede

derry Parochial Hall, Levaghery, Hacknaha

Carne, Drumgor.

Men's Recreation Room, Bridge St., open eve

night from 7 p.m.

Seagoe C.L. Brigade in Edenderry Parochial Ha

on Tuesdays at 8 p.m.

Mothers' Union, Edenderry 1st Tuesday, at 4 p.m.

DAY SCHOOL—Seagoe, 9.30 a.m. Principal—Mr.

Rennix.

MARRIAGES must be performed between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Licenses are issued by Rev Canon Hannon,

Rectory, Lurgan. Due notice (48 hours) must be given to the Rector of intended weddings. FEES—

By License—Labourers 5/-, Tradesmen 10/-, Merchants and Farmers 15/-, Professional Cl. By Banns 5/••

FUNERALS will be attended by the Clergy if proper notice be given. SICK CASES should be notified to

the Clergy without delay. FEES FOR CERTIFICATES BAPTISM, 3/7; Children (Factory), 11- and 2/'

(non-residents) ; MARRIAGE, 3/7. An extra search fee is chargeable in certain cases. It will be a helP

to the Clergy if they are notified of the arrival of new Church families in the Parish.

A copy of the Magazine will be sent post free to any subscriber for 3s per annum.