September 1906

Seagoe Parish Magazine

SEPTEMBER, 1906.

Seagoe Parochial Mission

SATURDAY, SEPT. 22nd, to MONDAY, OCT. 1st.

REV. W. BRYAN-BROWN, Mission Preacher

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. ATKINSON COSTELLO, Came.

MR. T. E. MAGINNIS, Ballydonaghy.

Select Vestry :

ALBIN, MR. JAMES

ATKINSON, MR. W. R.

MONTGOMERY, MR. J.

MONTGOMERY, MR. T. J.

COSTELLO, MR. ANDREW

MURRAY, MR. J.

GRACEY, MR. ROBERT

LAVERY, MR. J.

MONRO, MR. JOSEPH

M'DOWELL, MR. WM. J.

ROCK, MR. DAVID

STEVENSON, MR. J. H.

ATKINSON, MR. W. R. Secretary and Treasurer

The time of the Mission approaches, and it behoves

each one of us to do all we can to make a great and lasting

success. The Missioner – Rev. W. Bryan-Brown – is a most

experienced clergyman. He has conducted Missions in all

parts of the United Kingdom, and with deep spiritual

advantage to all the Parishes he has visited. He comes to Seagoe

on September 22nd, to begin the Mission here. It will

be a great spiritual opportunity. Will you, reader take advantage

of it. Let everyone who reads these words determine to bring

another with them to the Mission. There will be special services

during the Mission for the railway employees, also for the

children of the Parish, and for young men. A mothers' meeting

has also been arranged, and we hope by these special gatherings

to reach all classes in the Parish. Those who have vehicles can help

us by bringing into the Mission Services those who

thro' age or infirmity, could not walk to the Church.

Just a word in conclusion—If we enter upon this

Mission in a spirit of prayer and expectation, longing

for more of God's Divine Spirit, and seeking for a

fuller realization of the Presence of Christ, the

blessing is sure to come, and the Mission of 1906

will, under God's Providence be a grand success.

Let our motto be : “Jesus, of Nazareth passeth by."

Hymn books for the Mission may be had at Mrs.

Malcomson's, Bridge Street. Music 2/-; words 3d.

OFFERTORIES FOR AUGUST.

Morning Evening

Aug. 5th—8th Sun. af. Trinity £1.4.4

0.8.2 £0.12.0

, , 12th —9th Sun. af. Trinity 1.0.6 0.7.0

, , 19^th-10^th Sun. af. Trinity 0.1.9

1.2.7 0.11.2

, , 26^th-11^th Sun. af. Trinity 1.4.9 0.12.0

Baptisms

“One Lord, one faith, one baptism”

Aug. 4th — Margaret, daughter of David and Jane

Webb, Lylo.

, , Floribel, daughter of George Edward and

Minnie Best, Edenderry.

, , Henry, son of Richard and Ellen Jane

Maxwell, Edenderry.

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Aug. 4th— Harold Geoffrey, son of Albert and Susan

Best, Edenderry.

Aug. 14th— Aubrey, son of Joseph and Emily

M 'Crory, Edenderry.

,, 21st— John, son of Joseph and Margaret

Johnston, Edenderry.

,, 26th— Letitia, daughter of James and Margaret

M 'Grattan, Knock.

Marriages.

" Those whom God hath joined together let no man put

asunder.

Aug. 4th— William Henry M 'Cann, Killycomain, to

Phoebe Matthews, Edenderry.

,, 8th— William Edward M 'Cann, Killycomain, to

Elizabeth Graham, Portadown.

,, 19th—John Walker, Derryadd, to Letitia

Atkinson, Drumnagoon.

Burials.

“ Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord,” *

Aug. 15th— Harrison Magee, Edenderry, aged 8

months.

,, 24th—Jane Brown, Ballinacor, aged 70 years.

,, 27th—Richard Livingston, 26 Hanover Street.

***

Church Attendance Cards.

Carne—Attended every Sunday—Susan Caddell.

The following have attended very well—

Seagoe—Maggie Fryar, Minnie Watson, Maria

Watson.

Levaghery - -Mabel Holland, Clara Holland, Maggie

Lewie.

Carne —Herbert Murray, Adelaide Murray.

These returns of Church attendance are for the

quarter ending June 30th. A large number of the cards

have not yet been handed in to the superintendents.

They should be sent in without delay. At the close

of the year the records of Church attendance will be

considered in awarding the Sunday School prizes,

so it is very important that the Church

Attendance Cards should be marked each Sunday,

and handed in by each child to the Superintendent at

the end of each quarter. The next quarter ends on

the last Sunday of September.

Sunday School Attendance

We are glad to say that the number of children on

the rolls of our various Sunday Schools has increased

largely, especially the morning school in Seagoe,

which has now a total of 234. The number, how-

ever, of those who attend regularly is not at all what

it ought to be. We again appeal to the parents to

see that the children attend every Sunday both morning

and afternoon. It is only in this way that our Sunday

Schools will become efficient. A golden rule is—

Do not allow a child to stay at home one Sunday, for

if you do it will want to stay at home the next.

Edenderry Infant School

We are glad to note the success of our new venture

in opening the Wooden Hall as an afternoon Infant

Sunday School. There were 67 infants present last

Sunday who were carefully taught by Miss Connor

and the Misses Montgomery. New picture tablets

have been purchased for the School, and every effort

will be made to make it a place where the little children

will learn to know and love Jesus Christ—the

children's Saviour. Parents, send your little ones to

the Wooden Hall.

We are much in need of a superintendent for

Levaghery Sunday School. Who will offer ?

Major S. Blacker.

We offer a hearty welcome to Major and Mrs

Blacker on their coming to reside at Carrickblacker.

The people of Seagoe Parish have a warm regard for

the members of the Blacker family who have for so

long a period, extending over some centuries, been

associated with Seagoe. We wish Major and Mrs

Blacker much happiness and prosperity in their new

home.

Trade Preparatory School

Efforts are being made to start a Trade Preparatory

School in Portadown, and a most liberal grant of

£400 has been offered by the Technical Government

Department. The School is intended for boys who

are leaving the national schools, and for the small

sum of thirty shillings they can receive for one

year the best possible instruction in any trade they

determine to follow. Parents should see to it that

their boys take advantage of this fine opportunity.

Full particulars from Dr. Woollatt at the Technical

Institute, Portadown. Application should be made

at once.

Our Advertisements

We direct attention once again to our advertisements.

Readers will notice a new advertisement

kindly inserted by the proprietors of the Anchor Cafe.

We can heartily recommend the Cafe as an excellent

place for cheap and good dinners. Those who work

in the town should think twice before rushing home

for dinner. At the Anchor they can get a splendid

dinner without hurry or the risk of indigestion.

Vestry Meetings

At the meeting of Select Vestry held last week the

contract for the new gas fittings in the Church was

given to Mr. Kerr, of Castle Street. The designs for

the coronas are very pretty, and will be suspended

from the roof of the Church. We hope that the new

lights will be ready for use during the forthcoming

Mission.

Mission Helpers’ Meeting

A most successful meeting of mission helpers was

held in Seagoe School on Monday evening,

August 27th. Mr. J. H. Stevenson kindly consented

to act as secretary of the mission. The Parish has

been divided into districts, and tracts relating to the

mission will be distributed in every house. Those

who were present at the meeting willingly volunteered

to undertake this part of the work. It has been

arranged that Captain Gaskell and Lieutenant

Simmons will come back in order to visit and hold

prayer meetings in various parts of the parish as a

means of preparation for the Mission. The tract

for circulation this week has for its title “What is a

Mission." We hope that all those who receive these

tracts will read them carefully and endeavour to lay

to heart their lessons. Everyone at the meeting

seemed to be enthusiastic and to realise the importance

of the work in which they are about to engage.

We wish them every success in their endeavours and

we hope that every household in the parish will give

them a warm welcome when they call.

The Bazaar

We hope our people are not forgetting the forth-

coming Bazaar to be held in November. Every

effort should be put forth to make it a success considering

it is for such a desirable object as installing

gas in the Parish Church. As to the necessity of

this there is not a dissident voice, and undoubtedly

our evening congregations have suffered in the

winter time owing to the poor light. We hope the

ladies are working hard at useful articles for the sale,

and that the collectors are leaving no stone unturned

to have their cards well filled. If you have not got

a collecting card ask Mr. Atkinson for one and get

all your friends and relatives to help you.

It is not necessary to confine yourself to those living in the

Parish. Collect from all your friends far and near.

Visit of Archdeacon of Dromore

On Monday, August 27th, the Ven. Archdeacon

Atkinson, who is Rural Dean for this district, paid

a visit to the Parish Church. The clergy and the

churchwardens met him on his arrival. He inspected

the Church, the Church plate, and Church books.

He expressed himself greatly pleased with the way in

which matters are progressing in the Parish and

with the good order of everything in the Church. He

made a special note of the communion silver, the

oldest piece of which dates from 1699, and is still in

use at celebrations.

GFS Excursion.

We omitted to record in our last issue a note of

the very pleasant G.F.S. excursion to Loughgall.

There were four brakes filled with the members who

had attended the meetings during the winter and the

pleasure of the day's outing was greatly increased by

the fact that we had with us that good friend of the

Seagoe girls, Miss Dawson. The weather was

splendid and when the beautiful demesne was reached

games were played until tea-time. Tea was served

under the pleasant shade of the trees, and after full

justice had been done to the good things provided, a

start was made for home. The greatest credit is due

to Miss G. Atkinson for her efforts in connection with

the excursion, and which contributed so much to its

success.

Excursion

The excursion to Dublin took place last Thursday

in splendid weather, and was most successful, but we

must defer a fuller notice of it to our next issue.

Items

We congratulate Mr George Calvert on the

prosperous condition of Hacknahay Sunday School.

A few Sundays ago the attendance was the largest

on record.

The congregations lately have been unusually large,

very few pews in the Church being unoccupied.

This state of things is very gratifying,- and we

earnestly hope it will continue.

It is hoped that the regular worshippers will attend

every night of the Mission, which is only for ten

days, and also that they will strive to persuade those

to come with them who do not attend the House of God.

We especially desire to see the young men, many of whom

are not so regular as they might be.

The regular choir practices will be held on Monday

evening instead of Wednesday till after the Mission.

As the harvest music has to be taken in hand we

hope there will be a large attendance of the members.

There will be a special practice of the mission

hymns on Wednesday evenings at 8 o'clock in Seagoe

school, and we invite all who can to come so that all

may be familiar with the hymns before the mission

commences.

Especially would we invite all who wish to see the

mission a success to come to the prayer meeting in

Seagoe school on the Wednesday evenings 7-30.

Please do not wait to be asked, but come and seek God's

blessing on our forthcoming efforts.

Notes on Old Seagoe

The correct interpretation of the letters S.B. R.O.

on the stone in the Church porch is “Stewart Blacker,

Richard Olpherts," the names respectively of the

Rector and Curate of Seagoe Parish in the

year 1814, when the present Church was erected. We

find that the letters are not the initials of the church-

wardens as was suggested in our last issue.

Portions of the communion plate at present in use

at the Parish Church date from as far back as the

year 1699. Two solid silver chalices used at early

celebrations date from 1769 and 1791, and were

presented for the use of the Parish by the Rev. Richd

Buckby, vicar of Seagoe in the latter portion of the

18th century.

The Parish of Ardmore, or the Muntiaghs originally

formed part of the Parish of Seagoe, but was constituted

into a separate curacy-in-charge about 1760.

Archdeacon Saurin was vicar and rector of Seagoe

for the long space of 53 years. Before his appointment

as vicar of Seagoe he was for a few months

in charge of the Muntiaghs.

The font in the Parish Church is an object of great

antiquity and interest. The Rev. Canon Lett, who is

a distinguished authority on antiquities, during a

recent visit to the Church, asserted that the curious

marks on the side of the font were made by sharpening

arrow heads. This brings us back to a period

anterior to the introduction of gunpowder and guns,

when bows and arrows were the only weapons of

defence.

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