May 1913

Seagoe Parish Magazine.

MAY, 1913.

A Beehive Bazaar will be held (D. V.) in the Town

Hall, Portadown, on Thursday, 11th December, 1913,

in aid of the Purchase Fund of Seagoe Rectory.

Confirmation.

THE announcement made in our last issue

that the Lord Bishop would hold a Confirmation in Seagoe Parish Church, on

Sunday evening, June 8th, at 7 p.m., has

drawn the attention of the Parishioners to the importance of this solemn rite. On Sunday, April 13th, the subject was referred to at all the services held in

the Parish, special emphasis being laid upon the

references in the New Testament to Confirmation or

the Laying on of Hands. Those who are interested in

the subject should refer to Acts viii., 14—17, and

xix., 1—6 also Heb. vi., 1—2.

It is most important that all who intend to come

forward for Confirmation should clearly understand

what Baptism and Confirmation imply. Classes are

being held throughout the Parish with that object in

view at the following centres (see Handbill)—

Edenderry Parochial Hall

Boys -Mondays at 8 p.m.

Girls —Thursdays at 8 p.m.

Seagoe School—

Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

Hacknahay School—

Mondays at 7-30 p.m.

Drumgor Church Hall—

Wednesdays at 8 p.m.

Carne Church Hall

Thursdays at 8 p.m.

A Special Class for Adults and for any who cannot

attend the other classes will be held in Seagoe School

on Sundays at 4 p.m.

No one under the age of 14 will be presented for

Confirmation.

N.B.—A punctual attendance at all Sessions of

each Class will be required from each Candidate.

The Classes began in the week commencing April 27th.

Seven Classes will be held in each centre and

the following will be the subjects considered at each

class.

1. What is Confirmation ?

2. The Christian Covenant.

3. Repentance.

4. Faith.

5. Prayer.

6. Holy Baptism.

7. Holy Communion.

We commend to the prayers of the people those

among us who are about to be Confirmed that, they

may enter upon this solemn season with earnest and

believing hearts and with a full determination to live

a Godly and a Christian life.

The Church Army Mission.

This Mission came to a close on Wednesday, April

23rd, when Captain Lancaster and Cadet Moors held

their last service in Edenderry Parochial Hall. The

Mission covered a period of 4 weeks, and was held in

three different centres Drumgor, Carbet, and Edenderry.

In each district there were large gatherings

and the stirring addresses of the speakers were

listened to with close attention. The Mission was

characterised by reverence of spirit and demeanour.

At all the meetings the people knelt in prayer, a

custom which is too often neglected by Christian

worshippers. We believe that in many a heart a

new interest has been kindled in spiritual things and

the Gospel, simply preached, has again proved its

power to save.

The Van has now gone to the Parish of Drumballyroney,

on the invitation of the Rev. I. Harte.

In connection with the Mission in Edenderry,

open-air meetings were held in Florence Court and

James Street. A Dinner hour open-air meeting was

also held for the factory workers at Messrs. Robb's

Factory on the green in front of the Factory Offices.

Very many of the workers joined in the service and

listened with interest to the addresses.

Seagoe Day School,

The new Dental Scheme in Seagoe School is working well and has already proved of great advantage to the Children. Mr Liddell has already examined

the teeth of 43 children and has painlessly extracted

46 teeth (mostly first teeth) which were useless

through decay or impeding the growth of the second

or permanent teeth. Each child on payment of the

sixpenny fee is presented with a Dental Chart showing

the exact state of the teeth. This chart is

shown to the parent and before anything is done the

parent's consent is obtained. It is most important

that without delay all the children should pay their

sixpence, and come under the scheme. Last month

a parent paid 2/- for the extraction of two of her

child's teeth, under the scheme she could have saved

1/6 on that occasion alone.

SEAGOE PARISH MAGAZINE

South American Missionary Society.

The following sums have been received in the

Parish for the above Society. The total forwarded

( including Offertories) was £11 12s. 8d. :—Lizzie

Curry, Is. 1d. ; Louisa Fox, 10d. ; Maud Graham,

6s. 7 ½ ; Mrs. M. Livingston, 8 ½ d. ; Joan Megarry,

3s. ld ; Sarah Montgomery, 2s. 2d. ; Jane Porter,

4d.; Martha Smart, 1s. 5 ½ d. Cards—Rhoda Guy,

3s. 8d. ; Sarah Martin, 2s. 6d. ; Mrs. M 'Cann, 3s. ld.;

Maud Dickson, 16s. 2 ½ d. ; Isobel Atkinson, £4 2s.

Church Attendance Cards.

We would remind our Sunday School Children

that the Prizes for this year will be given on the

results of the Church Attendance Cards. A First

Prize will be given for 200 Points and over, a

Second Prize for 160 Points and over.

Sunday School and Church Attendance Cards for

quarter ending 31st March, 1913 ;—

Edenderry Sunday School.

1ST RANK 60-65—Sarah Walker, 65 ; Emma Best,

64; Mary J. Best, 64; Maggie Rainey, 64 ; Agnes

Johnston, 63 ; Sarah Martin, 63 ; Wm. H. Best, 61 ;

Arthur Allen, 60.

2ND RANK 55-60—Mary Best, 59 ; Jane Dawson,

59 ; David Rainey, 55 ;

3RD RANK 50-55—Willie Best, 54 ; Sarah Coulter,

Edward Crawford, 52 ; Sam Magee, 52; William

Forde, 52 ; Annie Cox, 52 ; May Hynes, 52 ; Annie

Walker, 52; Sarah M'Crory, 52; Mollie Cox, 52 ;

Minnie Allen, 50 ; Aggie Wilson, 50.

4TH RANK 45-50—Sarah Malcomson, 48 ; Hannah

Johnston, 47; Marjorey Matchette, 47; Wm.

Coulter, 45.

Seagoe Sunday School.

1ST RANK 60-65—May Best, 65 ; Annie Reid, 65 ;

Mary J. Atkinson, 65 ; Wm. R. Holland, 65 ; Isabella

Best, 65 ; Dynes Turkington, 62 ; Herbert Living-

stone, 60.

2ND RANK 55-60—James M'Murray, 59 ; Fanny

Dickson, 58 ; Tissie Quaile, 57 ; Annie Costello, 55.

3RD RANK Cordy, 53; Maggie

Simpson, 53; Lily M'Kerr, 53; Bella M'Kerr, 53 ;

Minnie Hora, 52 ; Henry Porter, 52; Caroline

Magge, 51 ; Teresa Ramsey, 50 ; Sophia Webb, 50.

4TH RANK 45-50—Minnie Watson, 48 ; Rachel

Turkington, 48 ; Lizzie Porter, 48 ; Rebecca Turking-

ton, 48.

Sunday Evening Mission Service.

In future a short Mission Service will be held

(D.V.) each Sunday Evening in Edenderry Parochial

Hall at 8-30 p.m. The first Service was held on

Sunday, April 27th. Hymn books will be supplied to all

who attend. The Church Parochial Liturgies and

Hymnals will be used. This Service is specially in-

tended for residents in Edenderry. The services will

be short and bright.

PARISH REGISTER FOR APRIL.

Baptisms

He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed them."

Baptized on April 5th, 1913.

Killops—Mary Kathleen, daughter of Joseph and Florence Isabella Killops, Edenderry.

Abraham Margaret, daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth Abraham, Kilvergan.

Gracey—Margaret, daughter of Joseph Henry and Sarah Gracey, Glasgow

Gracey—Violet Ethel, daughter of Joseph Henry and Sarah Gracey, Glasgow.

Duke—Richard Henry, son of Thomas John and Frances Duke, Edenderry.

Reay—Thomas Henry, son of James and Jane Reay, Balteagh.

Reay—John, son of James and Susan Reay, Balteagh.

Hewitt—Thomas Albert, son of Thomas John and Sarah Jane Hewitt, Killycomaine.

CONDITIONAL BAPTISM.

Gracey—April 5th, Abraham, son of Samuel and Mary Gracey, Edenderry.

Marriages,

Being of one accord, of one mind."

McCune and Lyness—April 16th, William John McCune, Parish of Richhill,

to Rebecca Lyness, Carne.

Robinson and Hanlon—April 29th, William Robinson, Ballymacrandle,

to Ellen Hanlon, Drumgor.

Burials.

He is risen."

Holland—April 2nd, Evelyn Kathleen Holland, Edenderry, aged 27 years.

Offertories for April.

Sundays—Mornings £4 4 7

Evenings 2 3 2

Week days 0 7 4

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Total £6 15 1

Seed—Time Services.

Sunday, April 27th, being Rogation Sunday

(Rogation means " asking ") and the day specially

associated with prayer on behalf of the seed sown in

the fields, all the services were arranged to emphasise

that object of united prayer. The addresses, hymns.

and prayers were specially directed to draw the hearts

of the people to the throne of grace so that a Divine

Blessing might descend on the tender blades now

just appearing above the soil. We thank God at

Harvest time for the gift of the Harvest and our

thanks will then be more real and heartfelt if now

we commend to His gracious care the we have

sown in the fields.

SEAGOE PARISH MAGAZINE.

ITEMS.

The date and place of the Annual Sunday School

Excursion will be announced in our next issue.

Mr. J. Macoun, late of Tamnifiglasson, and for

many years resident in Belfast, has recently been ill,

but is now much better. Mr. Macoun was a, leading

Parishioner in Seagoe in the days of Archdeacon

Saurin.

The Children of Seagoe Day School bring pretty

bunches of wild flowers every day to brighten the

School.

The members of the Hacknahay G.F.S. have sent

8s. 6d. to the American Missionary Society per Miss

Calvert.

Since our Lay Reader's arrival, the Men's Bible

Class in Edenderry has received a large accession of

new members.

Please remember the Mission Service every Sunday

at 8-30 in Edenderry Parochial Hall.

Mr. Joyce of Cincinnati, U.S.A., is on a visit with

Mr. W. Atkinson at Eden Villa.

May the 11th will be Whitsunday. Services will be

held in the Parish Church at 8 a.m., 11-30, and 7

p.m. The Collections at the Offertory will be in aid

of our Parish Day Schools (Seagoe and Hacknahay).

Arthur Green has arrived safely at Three Rivers,

Mass. , U.S.A. He had a good voyage out. We hear

there is no Episcopal Church at Three Rivers. It is

time that the young Seagoe Churchmen there took

the matter in hands and petitioned the Bishop of

Massachusetts for a Church.

A List of C.M.S Box Collectors is printed in

this month's issue We want many more collectors.

Carne and Drumgor did very well this year, so our

Treasurer says.

We offer our sincere sympathy to Mr. Holland on

the sad death of his wife. The Funeral was largely

attended, and the Rev. G. Bloomer took part in the

service.

We congratulate the Rev. J. MacKenzie on his

Ordination to the Diaconate in the American Church.

Mr. Mackenzie is a native of Edenderry, and for a

considerable time helped us in the Parish by conducting

services on Sunday evenings in outlying districts.

Those who are interested in the stars should look

for the Constellation Cassiopeia in the Northern

heavens this month. It is in shape like a wide "W"

and is easily recognized.

Are you working for the Beehive Bazaar ?

Just as we go to press we have heard of the death

of Mrs. Graham, of Stewart Avenue. We sympathise

very sincerely with Miss Graham and the other

members of the family in the sad loss they have

sustained.

Nature Notes.

The Swallow, Cuckoo, and Corncrake, have now

all returned to our northern clime. The Corncrake

was first heard on Saturday, April 12th, by Mr.

James Sheppard and Mr. Jas. Bradshaw at Levaghery.

The Cuckoo after a silence of six months made her

pleasant notes heard for the first time this year on

Sunday, April 20th. Mr. S. Abraham, of Breagh,

was the first to hear her.

The advent of these vocal migrants makes us feel

that summer is nigh, but many other sights and

sounds remind us of the same fact. Flower, hedge,

tree, and field, all tell the same tale.

Residents in Seagoe Parish should note specially

the Natural History of the marshy district along the

River Bann. In old walls along the river you will

find a Wagtail's nest, in the low branches of a tree

overlooking the river the Moorhen makes her nest

like a rush-basket, and you can count eight eggs in

it. The Coot is first cousin of the Moorehen, but is

distinguished by a white patch on its forehead. The

Insects too which glide about on the surface of the

Bann are very interesting, one is called the Water

Boatman and lies on his back using his legs as oars

to paddle him along, another is called the Whirligig

Beetle, he glides about in circles. He has two eyes

and each eye is divided into two parts with one of

which he can see all that goes on above the water,

and with the other all that happens beneath the

surface When he looks beneath the surface he can

often see that cunning water wolf, the Pike. Mr.

Pike is always hungry and eats up the little Frogs,

insects, baby Moorhens, and even young Ducks when

they venture out on the river. The air now is full

of Mayflies. They live only for one day, sometimes

only from sunset to sunrise. In their first stage of

existence they live in the water, and then when they

get their wings they rise up from the water and

make the air their home.

Church Missionary Society.

We publish this month a list of the Box Collections

for C.M.S. and other Collections, 1912—1913.

Edenderry—Mrs. Hadden 6s ; Donald Stevenson 3s ;

Mrs. Stoops 2s 2d ; Mrs. Collins 14s ;

Agnes Johnston 1s 1 ½ ; Miss Armstrong for Medical

Missions £10 ; Mdlle. Zaugg for Medical Missions £l ;

Miss S. Halliday 6s 9d ; Miss S. Halliday's Sunday

School Class, 6 months collection for Medical Missions

15s ; Miss M Cummings 1s 2d ; Mrs. C. Magee 7 ½ d ;

Thomas Metcalfe ; William Tedford 1s; Miss I.

Atkinson 3s; Miss Lizzie Simpson 2s; Mrs. Ellis

'2s 5d : Mrs. Coulter 2s 2d ; Mrs. W. Flannigan, Is

Mrs. Thomas Dawson 2s 9%cl ; Sums under 6d, 7d.

Seagoe—Miss McKeown 10 ½ d Mrs. J. Walker

SEAGOE PARISH MAGAZINE.

Is ld; Mrs. S. Porter 11d ; Miss M. Porter 1s 5d ;

Mrs. Ramsey 2s 6d; Mrs. E. Collins 2s 6d; Mrs.

Dickson 7 ½ d; Sums under 6d, 1ld.

Hacknahay—Mrs. Bradshaw 3s; Miss Rachel

Black 3s 8d; Miss Minnie England 2s 8 ½ d; Mrs.

Wilson Is 4d ; Miss McCormick Is 5d ; Miss Templeton

10s 2d ; Miss Sophia Wilson Is 4d; Miss Neil

3s ld ; Mrs. Livingstone Is; Mrs. Quinn 3s 4d ; Mrs.

Maginnis 6s 6d ; Miss Abraham 4s ; Mrs Thos.

Neill Is ld ; Miss S. A. Guy Is; Miss Rodgers Is;

Mr. John McDowell Is 9d ; Mr. W. J. Calvert 5s

7d ; Mrs. N. England 4s 10d.

Carne—Mrs. Martin 2s 3d ; Mrs. John Gordon

5 ½ d; Mrs. Charles Twinem 1s 3d; Mrs Caddell

2s ; Miss Judith Gilpin 6d ; Miss A. Robb 7 ½ d ;

Miss E. Guy Is 6d ; Mrs. S Coulter 2s 4d; Mrs.

Murray 2s 6d ; Mrs. James Simpson 3s 5d ; Miss M.

Holmes 2s 6d ; Mrs. Graham 6½ d .

Drumgor—Mrs. McMullan 5s 1d ; Mrs. Quaile

1s 8 ½ d ; Mrs. Dickson 4s 9d; Mrs Stevenson 2s ;

Mrs. R. Gracey 11S 3d; Miss L. Gilpin 10s 7d ;

Mrs. Turner 2s ; Mrs Hopps 2s; Mrs. W. Gracey

2s; Mrs. S Best 5s ; Mr. John Lavery Is 8d;

total of above collections £22 6s 5d ; Boxes received

late for 1911-12, 5s 2d; Proceeds from Sale of

Literature 18s 7½ d , Edenderry Sunday School

Collections for Missions during 1912, £l 1s 9d ;

Collection at Meeting for Fuh-Kien Mission, 26th

April, 1912, £l 12s 7d; total of above £3 18s 1 ½ d ;

grand total £26 4s 6½ d ; Box from Mrs. George

Simpson, Carne, received late Is 0½ d .

Hymns for May-

Praise is comely."

MORNING.

4th	11th	18th	25th	31st
S aft A	W'sundy	T Sunday	1st aft T	2nd aft T
205	216	225	335	327
204	215	224	341	275
367	363	583	376	378
560	605	538	425	379
		EVENING
207	221	226	381	234
208	535	461	392	276
210	236	583	136	375
330	462	463	377	22
332	492	228	19	24

The Hymns have been chosen to suit the Special

Seasons of Ascensiontide, Whitsuntide, and Trinity.

Many of them are also suitable for the Candidates for

Confirmation. The list for Whitsunday contains two

Hymns having reference to our Schools, as on that

day the collections are on behalf of the Day Schools.

Old Seagoe Notes,

Townlands of Seagoe Parish in 1661.—In

volume entitled "luquisitiones Hiberniae " (Ulster„

Armagh, vol. ii., section 12) a copy of which may be

consulted in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin,

the names of some Seagoe Townlands are to be found

but they are scarcely recognizable in their old form.

We give them as they appear in the list adding in

brackets their present form—Agnaha (Hacknahay)

Knocknameeally (Knocknamuckley) ; Ballynonaghy

(Ballydonaghey) ; Dromonlisnagrellah (Drumlisnagrilly) ;

Ballyhanaghan (Ballyhannon) ; Killvick.

vollinall (Killicomaine ? ) ; Lenaghery (Levaghery)

Carricke (Crrrickblacker). The names occur in a

list of the property of Mr. Anthony Cope, an ancestor

of the Copes of Drumilly, The spelling of the names.

differs so much from the usual form of the names,

that it seems as if the English enumerators unable to

understand the accent of the district jotted down

what they thought was the nearest approach to the

form of the name as pronounced.

Schomberg's Tower, Drumnacanvey.—ln

the Townland of Drumnacanvey there is an interesting

old Tower which will well repay inspection. In

the Ordinance Survey maps it is designated

" Schomberg's Tower," and there is a tradition that

Schomberg encamped near it on his march to the Boyne.

Apparently it was originally a Windmill as it is

circular in shape, and is situated on the top of

hill. Perhaps it was used in connection with the old

Corn Mill now known as Blacker's Mill.

Old Seagoe Games—" Come follow me to

London. "—This game is very popular especially

about Hacknahay end of the Parish. The rhymes

are sung to a very catching tune. A ring is formed

and the person in the centre chooses followers

and runs in and out of the ring. The game

originated in a curious May day custom of running

in and out of all the houses in a village. The persons

standing round in the ring represent the houses

in the village and the spaces between each person are

supposed to represent the windows of the houses

Even to the present day in town in Cornwall,

Helston by name, on May day all the inhabitants run

in and out of each others houses, and the whole town

is on holiday. It is called Helston Furry."

Repair of Sexton's House, 1799.—The following

note occurs in the Registers under date September

3rd, 1799.—At a meeting of Seagoe Vestry we

inspected the accounts of the Rev. George Blacker

for the disbursement of the last September cess Of

this Parish which appears to us to have been fairly

laid out on the Sexton's House, Schoolhouse, and

Churchyard Wall, together with twenty-seven guineas

received by him from Mr. Wolsey Atkinson, Church-

warden for 1796, and there now remains in Mr

Blacker's hands £0 9s 10d, which we authorize him

to expend on the Church at his Discretion.

A note at foot says—The above sum of 9s 10 1/2d I

laid out on a new Sash Window for the Schoolhouse

G. Blacker, Nov. 10, 1799.