September 1930

Seagoe Parish Magazine

SEPTEMBER, 1930.

RECTOR:

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

LAY READER (Bishop's Licence):

Mr. Robt. Gracey, 69 Bridge Street, Portadown.

CHURCHWARDENS:

Rector's - Wm. H. England.

People's—Gilbert Price,

Harvest Thanksgiving.

Our annual Services of Thanksgiving for the

blessings of Harvest will be held in the Parish

church and throughout the Parish at the end of this

month and during October. The Services in the Parish

church will be held on Thursday, October 16th, and

on the following Sunday, October 19th. The preacher

on Thursday evening will be the Rev. Chancellor

MacLaurin, M.A., Rector of Killaloe, Co. Clare.

Chancellor MacLaurin is a son of the late Rev. Canon

MacLaurin, for many years the greatly respected

Rector of Markethill, Co. Armagh. Chancellor

MacLaurin occupies a leading position in the Diocese

of Killaloe, being Rector of Killaloe Cathedral and

also Secretary of the Diocese. He is also a Diocesan

Nominator.

The offerings at this Service will be given to Foreign

Missions.

Hacknahay Harvest Services.

The Harvest Services in Hacknahay will be held on

Sunday, September 28th, at 3.30 p.m., and on Monday,

September 29th, at 8 p.m. The offerings on Sunday

will be on behalf of the local Sunday School Fund

and on Monday for Foreign Missions.

Edenderry Harvest Services.

These Services will be held on Sunday, October

5th, at 3.30, and on Monday, October 6th, at 8 p.m.

A special choir is already practising the Harvest

music. The offerings on Sunday will be given to

the Parochial Hall Fund and on Monday to Foreign

Missions.

New Curate of Seagoe.

Mr. Frederick W. Hayes, L.Th. and B.A. of the

University of Durham, will be ordained at the

Ordination of the Bishop of Down on Sunday,

September 21st, as Curate-Assistant of the Parish

of Seagoe. Mr. Hayes comes to us with the highest

recommendations. We ask the Parishioners to

remember him in their prayers, especially on the

day of his Ordination. Some will perhaps turn to

the Service for the Ordering of Deacons in the

Book of Common Prayer and read there in a

prayerful spirit the responsibilities demanded

from a Deacon on his Ordination.

Our Lay Reader.

It is with feelings of no ordinary regret that we

announce the approaching departure from the Parish

of Mr. Robert Gracey our Lay Reader. Mr. Gracey

first came to the Parish in the spring of 1928 and was

solemnly set apart by the Bishop as a licensed Lay

Reader at the Service of Confirmation held in the

Parish Church on June 6th, 1928. Mr. Gracey has

gained the affection of all the Parishioners for his

sterling Christian character and for his sympathetic

and genial Kindness of heart. We will miss him

badly when he goes but our prayers and good wishes

will go with him as he enters upon his studies in St.

Aidan's College, Birkenhead, in preparation for the

Sacred Ministry of the Church. Mr. Gracey hopes

to leave Seagoe early in October. The first term at

St Aidan's lasts for ten weeks but we hope to see

Mr. Gracey back in these parts during the Christmas

holidays.

Special Week's Mission.

Mr. Robert Gracey will conduct a special week's

Mission in Edenderry Parochial Hall, beginning on

Monday, September 22nd, and concluding on Friday,

September 26. The Services will begin each evening

at 8 o'clock.

Board of Education.

The annual appeal on behalf of the Diocesan Board

of Religious Education will be made in the Parish

Church on Sunday, September 14th, at Morning and

Evening Prayer. The Board of Education does a

most important and necessary work in the Diocese,

providing four Inspectors for conducting examinations

in Religious Knowledge in our Public Elementary

Schools, arranging the Sunday School Calendars

and notes and also supervising much of the Church

property of the Diocese. The Bishop expresses a hope

that Church people will liberally support the work of

the Board in the United Diocese.

Carne Bible Class.

A Bible Class for men and women is held in Carne

Church Hall on each Thursday evening at 8. Those

residing in the district are invited to attend: St. Mark's

Gospel is the present subject of study.

Edenderry Children's Service.

A Service for children is held in the Parochial Hall

every Wednesday at 4 o'clock. Parents, send your

children to this bright and helpful service.

Drumgor Church Hall.

A happy gathering of the Junior Sunday School

classes at Drumgor was held in the Hall on Tuesday,

August 19th. Tea was provided by the teachers of

the Junior Classes, the Misses Margaret, Rachel, and

Lily Gracey and Miss Mabel Dickson. Games and

music completed a very pleasant evening.

C.L.B. Cadets.

The Cadets and their parents were present at a

social in the Parochial Hall on Tuesday, August 28th,

organised by Messrs. J. Lavery and R. Hoy. The Rev.

J. Magill, Curate of St. Mark's, kindly sang, also

Mr. Albert Wilson, the Misses Walker and M'Broom,

and Mr. Sydney Walker gave instrumental solos and

duets. It was a most enjoyable evening.

A Church Repairs Fund.

A Parishioner has suggested that we should have

in Seagoe a Church Repairs Fund. There are many

repairs of the Church fabric needed from time to

time and the repairs are often delayed through not

having the funds in hand. We heartily commend

this suggestion to the Parishioners. Each year it

might be possible to put aside a small sum towards

this object which would in the course of time amount

to a substantial sum.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

SEPTEMBER, 1906.

The great event in the Parish in September, 1906, was

the Mission conducted by the Rev. W. Bryan-Brown,

of the Church of England Parochial Mission Society.

It began on Saturday, September 22nd, and concluded

on Monday, October 1st. The Mission proved a great

blessing to many in the Parish, and Mr. Bryan-Brown

was a most faithful Missioner. The Church was crowded

throughout the Mission. There are seven Baptisms

recorded in the Parish Registers for the month, also

three marriages and three burials. An Infant Sunday

School has been opened in the Wooden Hall, Edenderry,

under Miss Connor and the Misses Montgomery. Major

and Mrs. Blacker are welcomed to the Parish. The Anchor

Cafe advertisement appears for the first time in the

Magazine. The contract for the introduction of gas into

the Church is given by the Vestry to Mr. Kerr of Castle

Street. Capt. Gaskell and Lieut. Simmons of the Church

Army are to help at the Mission. A G.F.S. excursion

takes place to Loughgall. Old Seagoe Notes deal with the

Silver Communion Plate, the Moyntiaghs, and the Font.

Attempted Robbery at Seagoe.

We regret to record an attempted robbery at Seagoe

Church on Saturday night, August 24th. Robbery of

any kind is a serious offence but when is perpetrated

against the House of God, it becomes an offence

abhorrent to everyone who believes in God. Fortunately

the thieves secured nothing of importance. Their booty

amounted to a solitary sixpence which happened to be

lying on the Vestry table. The miscreants gained access

to the Church by breaking the upper portion of a small

window near the Vestry. The opening is so small that

it seems only a boy could get through it. A deliberate

attempt seems to have been made to blow up the lock

of the Vestry safe. The keyhole was stuffed with a

mixture of carbolic soap and an explosive of, some

kind. Apparently, the thieves were disturbed at their

evil as no cap or fuse was found. The robbery was first

discovered by Robert Richardson, the sexton, at 8.30

on Sunday morning, and he communicated with Mr.

R. Gracey, who sent for the police. The matter is

now in the hands of the police and we expect that

before long the culprits will be duly punished. Ever

since the burglary at the Church in 1911 the Rector

has been careful to keep everything of value belonging

to the Church in a place of complete safety, otherwise

the robbery on this occasion might have been serious.

We are thankful that no real injury has been done to

the Church building and that no disarrangement of the

furniture or fittings has taken place. This occurrence

will draw the hearts of the Parishioners closer to their

beautiful House of Prayer and they will perhaps say

with new meaning the words of Hymn 435—

“We love Thy Church, O God,

Her walls before Thee stand

Dear as the apple of Thine eye

Arid graven on Thy hand."

Parish Register for August

Baptisms

“The following were Baptized in the Parish Church

on August 2nd, 1930: —

Winter—Hermione, daughter of Hiram Oswald a

Anne Elizabeth Winter, of Edenderry.

Sponsors—Mary Freeburn, Anne Elizabeth Winter.

Ramsey—Abigail Jane, daughter of John and Esther

Hamilton Ramsey, of Kernan.

Sponsors—John Ramsey, Esther Hamilton Ramsey.

Joyce—Mildred, daughter of Joseph and Florence

Joyce, of Upper Seagoe.

Sponsors—Edith Florence Richardson, Florence

Joyce.

Marriages.

Craig and Coulter—August 6th, 1930, after Banns,

Joseph Craig, of Glasgow, to Sarah Georgina

Coulter, of Tarsan.

Richardson and Dawson—August 14th, 1930, Arthur

Baden Richardson, of Portadown, to Lucy Ann

Dawson, of Kernan.

Maxwell and M'Kerr—August 20th, 1930, Richard

Maxwell, of Lurgan, to Martha M'Kerr, of Drumgor.

Millar and Richardson—August 28th, 1930, Robert

Millar, of Levaghery, to Edith Florence Richardson,

of Upper Seagoe.

Burials.

Webb—August 9th, Mary Webb, of Edenderry, aged

83 years.

Caddell—August 30th, William John Caddell, of Tarsan,

aged 79 years.

Best. —September 5th, Samuel Henry Best, of Balteagh,

aged 81 years.

Our Friends Abroad

We send greetings to all our Seagoe people scattered

across the world, to those in Canada, United States,

South America, Terra del Fuego, the Islands of the Pacific,

New Hebrides, Queensland, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide,

Western Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, India

(Madras), Iraq, Egypt, South Africa, West Africa and

wherever else you may be. We do not forget you and

hope you do not forget us. Send us a message which

we may print in the Magazine. We want to know all

about and the country in which you live.

Cottage Services.

A Cottage Service will be held in Mr. Thos. Dickson's

house, kindly lent for the occasion, at Tamniflasson, on

Tuesday, September 9th, at 8 p.m. Will all the parishioners

in that neighbourhood please take note of the Service. A

largely attended Service was held in Knock Lane on

Tuesday, September 3rd, Mr. W. J. England kindly lent

His house for the Service. Mr. R. Gracey gave an address.

Seagoe on the High Seas.

The Misses Hawthorne of Edenderry sailed for Melbourne,

Australia, in the liner "Largs Castle" on August 5th. They

did good work for the Church and Sunday Schools during

many years. The good wishes of the Parishioners will

accompany them on their long voyage and our hopes that

they may have much success in their new Australian home.

Mrs. Robinson (a daughter of Mrs. M'Dowell of Killicomaine)

who has been on a visit to her mother, has returned with her

daughter to her home in South Manchester, U.S.A. She landed

here June from the s.s. "Transylvania." During the voyage

the ship was held up in a dense fog. Messages came through

the ether from the aeroplane "The Southern Cross," asking

for their bearings. The liner turned up its searchlight to guide

the fliers and gave them their position. Shortly afterwards the

radio came through "Thanks for your help, we shall make

land now."

Miss Lily M'Kee, of Kernan, sailed for Toronto, Canada,

on August 9th.

C. L.B. Social.

A very pleasant and largely attended social was held in

the Parochial Hall on Thursday, September 4th, at 8 p.m.

It was organised by the Officers and Lads of the Seagoe

Company of the C.L.B. Each Lad was invited to bring a

friend with them. After those present engaged in various

games. A duet, violin and clarinet, was given by Miss

M'Broom and Mr. Albert Wilson. Mr. Wilson also sang

with good effect the song "Mary of Argyle." During an

interval the Rector spoke on the advantages of membership

in the C.L.B., and gave a brief record of the work of the

C.L.B. from the visit of the Founder of the Brigade, Captain

Gee, to Seagoe in 1905, to the present day. Captain Gracey

also spoke and congratulated the lads on the efficiency of

the Company.

Old Seagoe Notes.

The Wentworth Family in Seagoe. — ln continuation

of our notes on the Wentworth family in our last issue

we give this month some further interesting particulars

regarding the family. The Wentworth family came

originally from Yorkshire, where Woodhouse Wentworth

was settled. A descendant of his was Michael Wentworth,

who had a son D'Arcy. This D'Arcy Wentworth became

steward to the 4th Earl of Roscommon. He was born in

1640, and in 1690 was a Captain in the Meath Militia.

He married first Alice, daughter of Sir Robert Sterling,

Knt. of Cork, and 2nd Sarah Dodwell of Athlone. He and

his second wife were buried in St. Patrick's Church

at Trim. He died on 29th April, 1710, aged 70 years.

By his second wife he had three sons, Robert, George,

and D'Arcy. Robert married Mary Walsh, who bore

him a son D'Arcy and a daughter Catherine. He married

secondly Anne, daughter of John D'Arcy, of Millstown,

Co. Meath, who had a daughter Sarah. Robert's son D'Arcy

was born in 1722 and came to Killicomaine in 1747. He

was married on January 8th, 1747, in Seagoe Church to

Martha Dixon. He died 11th November, 1806, aged 84,

and was buried in Seagoe. His wife died on July 17th,

1803, aged 76, and was also buried at Seagoe. D'Arcy

Wentworth had a family of 4 sons and 2 daughters. The

sons were—1, William, of Mullantine, Co. Armagh,

married on 2nd Feb., 1777, in Seagoe, to Elizabeth

Dickson. 2, Robert, who married a Miss Oliver. 3,

D'Arcy. 4, Charles Watson, who entered the Indian

Civil Service. His daughters were—1, Mary, who

married Ske ngton Thompson; 2, Martha, who

married William Bucknell, and emigrated to Australia.

D'Arcy, his third son had three sons—1, Samuel,

baptized in Seagoe; 2, Gerrard; 3, D'Arcy. Also, four

daughters—1, Mary, baptized in Seagoe, 12 Dec., 1747;

2. Dorothy, married James Joyce and migrated to

Cohenectady, U.S.A.; 3, Martha, married first to Moses

Paul (died 1812), and secondly to John Johnston of

Lurgan; 4, Mary Anne, born 1771, married in 1779 to

Thomas Sinnamon, Esq., of Portadown, and had

issue, D'Arcy Sinnamon of Portadown, and Harriet,

who married George Kinkead ( ) of Portadown.

The fourth son D'Arcy emigrated to Australia in

1791, was Superintendent of Police at Sydney on 8th

April, 1815, and died at Home Bush Paramatla, New

South Wales, on July 7th, 1827. By Catherine Parry,

his wife (died 1800) he had three sons—1, William

Charles; 2, D'Arcy (Major in the 63rd and 73 ^rd

Regiments) who went, to Tasmania and died there 21st

July, 1861, aged 65; 3, John, a midshipman, drowned

in 1820; also, a daughter Martha who died young.

It was his eldest son William Charles who is known

as “the Australian Patriot" and became President of

the Legislative Council of New South Wales in 1861.

Extract from a Sermon preached by Archdeacon

Saurin in Seagoe Church on Oct. 15th, 1848: —

“The text of the sermon was Ezek. xviii., 30 —

"Repent, etc." The closing sentences of the sermon

are as follows: — It does not become us to bound that

which is boundless—the mercies of God in Christ;

but we may confidently declare, that a death-bed

repentance, can have none of the characters of that true

repentance, which we have been describing. It does

not spring from a respect to the commands of God,

for these He has ever disobeyed and would continue

to do so, did his health and strength allow him. Neither

does it bring forth the fruits of repentance— for the

productiveness of the tree is past; it brought forth wild

grapes in its maturity, and now, when it would gladly

bring forth the fruits of righteousness, it is withering on

the ground. It is a repentance which arises, indeed, from

a sorrow for sin, but it is a penitence not of faith and hope,

a penitence caused by sorrow and despair.

O! let us not then neglect to obey this, the earliest

invitation of the Gospel! We have not the plea of

ignorance, for we have heard the voice of our Saviour

from our infancy. He invites us now to repent, in love—

let us not be compelled, at last, to turn to Him in terror.

Now, while it is called to-day, let us listen to His gracious

voice, which dresses even the vilest as his children, and

promises the broken-hearted and penitent a pardon as

extensive as their transgressions. Come unto Me, he says

all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give

you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn in

Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye Shall

find rest unto your souls. Let us obey this gracious

call in time, so that after a life of progressive holiness

the fruit of faith, and the test of pure repentance, we

may at last be admitted to dwell for ever with Him

whose presence there is fulness of joy, and at who’s

right hand there are pleasures for evermore. — Amen

ITEMS.

The new houses being built in Upper Seagoe are

of good architectural design and will add much to

the attractions of the neighbourhood.

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The sewage works are still rendering the roads in

Edenderry very difficult but a real effort has been

made to keep them level for traffic.

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St. Mark's Tower has been cleared of its scaffolding

and can now be seen in its fine proportions. It is a

great ornament to the town and is much admired.

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The apple orchards in the Parish bear a splendid

load of fruit just now.

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 Sunday of each Month at

3 p.m., and during any Service in the Parish Church,

notice to be given; Two Sponsors at least are required.

The father and mother must be present. 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,

12.30 a.m.

EVENING PRAYER—Sundays, 7 p.m.

DISTRICT SERVICES.

Hacknahay—Last Sunday of Month at 3-30 p.m.

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

Edenderry—Wednesday 8 p.m.

CLASSES, &c.

ADULT CLASSES – Sunday at 10 a.m. For men - Edenderry

For Women – Seagoe School

SUNDAY SCHOOLS - 10-00 a.m. Edenderry Parochial

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

Parochial Hall, Levaghery, Hacknahay, Carne,

Drumgor.

MOTHERS' UNION—2nd Tuesday of each month

DAY SCHOOL, 9-15 a.m. Principal—Mr. R. Scott.

MARRIAGES must be performed between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Licenses are issued by Rev. 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 £1. 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) 1/- 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.

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