Berkshire Chronicle Reading 12-1915

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Tl1E REV. P. N. HARRISON'S
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. Referrio~\ lo the , decision ,of the Rev. P"' ':br~~.l.Ii-t!~~,~~jiJ

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LOSS OF WORKERS;

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I Trinity Cong'l;'eg~ti~n ..1 Church has lost

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Harrisoo '?I go , tI;I . F 'lia';"", ~ fQr. . e :&rst ',t
mont.hs of 'next y~a.rt~ l he,p .~iiji:-,thJl'
Y.M. C.A... at· the ' froo~; th't , '11r~nity -Congr.eg"" .
tiooal "Church ' Echolis" 6ays :-~' The . Churc!i.I:~;~J~~
l1aB gl!\dly fallen io ' witll the plM. ~Da · w~ shaW
be .proud . to -remem\>eI,' Hhat ':\')'init~ has " lrepre.
.mlll"'1ral·
lIOutative at work i,n ~ch ii. ,caul6.; ·. W41 ,wisb' hima .&fe
jonrney,.
and;:goj>d
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th'a*
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bl.essed 'm~'tlle )"ori
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i ~ absence. our. , ass.stan,t ' J]iinister. ·· tile .. Rl;v.
onilrd ' ·B rooks, B.A., will take ' an 'IW)tive ' over.
sight of the church, while
~lso qope, if i~ call .
be ' arranged, t<> get some mlUlster of experience
to e.s.ist in the conduot o-f the services hoth at
?,riDity and Park.'"
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LACK OF SUNDA Y SC~OOL TEACHERS.
From almost every ' church and chapel there
comes the 'cry for more Sunday ~chool tepch&,...
and lay workers.
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Battle
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clOse ·_ of
con\!ert,'
Copcert
of the
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plano,
as .. pro· . ,
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· My Hero'"
Miss Do.ris '
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ch n nc(' o f

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H e's :nE)ved
of hl'ghtet
found to be ,
as usual,
of.. .. They
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splend:dly
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' ST, GILES' FUNDS.
The St. Giles' fund in lieu of the .,ale of work
has ""ached £231, !'nd the free·will olfering
, scheme £50.
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I: THE ST. AGNES' DISTRICT; ' READING . .
Th~ R~v. George E'. Naylor. of All Saints' .with

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horribl:t'.~',

come ,to mo."
...t out in a. punt all da.y."
cook cook I('Ood cucko:os 1" (patter

Si. . Bede's Birkenhead. i~ the , new priest,in'
charge of st. Agnes" in pJ~e of Mr. Gillman.
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Mr. Na.ylor carnes with ' the hest reference8 .
For over a year he has been practically in
charge' of " large parish during the illness ..nd ,
: ~itlc. of tile various song~. · ,.hich · Were
after the resignation of the vicar. He is a ' "ery
'.-alone m.nke · a short "tory. "as per
zealoll8 1'i,itor and an ellerl!'etic p·il.rish priest; Qn!!
e~::n~~!:,~~l;\lthough it -wlia "Dirty weilther around
,.. ··The scasi~e girls." 'each of- ' wh'om
has fiollc gocd work witll thEl 'children and choir· !J
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Ro.e in tl.ie Bud." . thoroug.hly
boys of his present p ..ri~1i. ·
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in CI Glorious Devon "' L , and ' it
~ ' WJSH THAT IS RECIPROCATED.
their. pi'"""nce that' ,·: An "ErrIi;;
Somerset I, said; I'm ~ot " tOlfin ment'o:dol{ that he is ·entering upon ]li8 fifth
but shall titav here and tell 'them
yea.r as 'Vicar of St. Giles', ' Reading. the Rev. '
t~~~o~'~ltl~~~~~el am .1.". . which · eentiment evoJ<ed'
F, J. C, Gillmor 6a.ys he hOJXlslte mo·y be spared
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!~ 'l'he Two Grenadiers, ,.' ~ven 't.he
ror niany yell.rs to come. This is !\ wish ·entirely
from" Borneo" Ghoutin,,! U
reciprQCated in the parwh.
arterwhich the band jlllLved' "Riich~
'~U'~"IU!un' i " Jl'.relude/' " when s9pleone , s"h o'uted ".I.n
HOLY TRINITY. READIN<;t.
'"Ol\'8&Tl()tI t.hey .are mnrchlllg." . a:nd aU ruJhed
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'Toward 8 the . £Iao requested
for tne
P:>rochial
, singill!\," God ' Save the King."
Mionsion :Fulld £151 118 . .6d . has heen received.
" s",okJr" will be h~ld next" ~~nth.
ST. BARTHOLOMEWIS.
we · Bhall have · the " ' house rpll .' '
The Rev. Ceci1 Poffley, after a .,p~1l of work
the entrance. Remember, . ther~
6t St. Ives, Cornwall , has'· t6ken n~ work a.broad.
• Blld the chance of- a lifetime to·
QI1d has sa.iled for Kimberley,Africa.. His training
by stretching your vocai .cho/rds. ,
·wll l please pra.cti!!!~&t · home,
at Dorcester had been, given him in prepa.riltion
garret thcir high . note •• ' and in
for work in the ot'lision, field. · He ' will be reo
low ones, in ·readiness fo·r t.he·
membered by many n.s ~ b'!y at · St. Bartholo·
that awaits thcm.
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mew's, and h :s parents ha.te . never 10M their
illterest in ' this paorish.
Sunday was ajlnin the "Mecca."
aspirations. The '''riter oould.
a column with det"ils of the work
woule.! .1.1Ot: V.,tere9t the ,roaj'ority of.
aR .t '9 hkety that many ' Sunda.ys
this honourable l!Lbour, it wouldl'
J!e"el,ition to desCribe e&Ch :' occa.JOll . in
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It is ,the olive oil in 'P uritan
Soap '" .which . sav.es : " ih~ '

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clothes 'from . wash-day
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For ,t his reason 'alone thousanqs .:of . ho.\lsewives say
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were satisfactory·,·- their labours :

hard <lR.V. an-l1 very hard work, and where I have

it'!!! Tainint~ h!lrd, and. I !In-vc a.n hour's tranlp home,

but thero, sz:l.adness III my heart that I should not
have fclt if. I had not ' gOnA to Didcot a.nd <,lone my
bit." SJlJcndirlly eX1),essed! 'And it i. c~rtlLinly
only the 'echo from the hea.rt of every other Vollin.
teer who , rorf~'ts his rest.dny to take part' in thi.

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are Dot. feeling ashamed? \

which they flattered th~mselves, to
sufficient to provide ' a _.h'llt. .. The Wi>kingham
FadeN-tion. which ' "'M 'much smaller ' tba.n thein.
. had already raised the .u·m required. a!1d he trusted
: that they would emu)a~ their exiimple. . . .. ' .'Counci'l1or· Frank' 'Winter,' wbo' also' a:t~ended the
conlerence as _·ooe.·, of the · Rea.ding . dehlgLteo,:-said
that the A,,,hbi8hop of YorK ' said tllete ,was' a
great dcmlUld- fOr huts. 'Wokinglia",,\ !iad r!lsPonded
to the caU. a.nd the number nQcuIred would , be
opeedily proviiled if tliere WII.. iIldivid.# 1 e~q,rt ', in
~ach ~Ianch; but a spirit of enthusia~ r.must be
freated.
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The Rev. F. J . C, Gillmor said that .8ooh
were' most desirable,':iiud he trueted' that ' the
inl( Federation would:..i"ke tho, matter uP' ,with'
enthusiasm, and prov[de- a Aut either hi 'France or
(; ..llipoli.
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• , Mr. H. J . Hijderley,
" of the general .hon.
eecretaries of the R e a d i o g '
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t~ e B~cce6' whieh .Woklngham
,dl<ectlOn,
The president ·
whi~h was posted to every oOll :he
. take an intcre~t in 'the n',')::,',~ment"
that
A few
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From inwhat
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Frida.y, £15
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Tho sum of
keeper,
one man.
worked
was collected in
fact that they had
!lederatioo; which. all

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CHRISl'R~ . l1HOMAS & ; BROS.~,.

C,RM,S. hR,1 readily acceded' to the :rllque.t that . Why 1,}e me!l;l~' of C CQml:'any lI&id. ".Jf · an:'!·
one mell IDns 'naIl.' to me this week, r shall hit
it would make Ik re~l effort to provide ouch huts.. him"?
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The WAr Office had "well:omed tbe offer, makipg
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gh'e ll&\'viee pointS &8 ~~~
the natural .tipulation that the ' buildings 'shoiJld
be proviried and introduced under Lhe control of the
C,1lUrcb Army; a. bod'y officia.lIy 'recognised - by the
War Office for, 611ch I1urpooe.: · The C.E.M.S. · hdd
• . been only . too glad t4 accept the co-operation of
Lhe Church Army, and was now tnkinlf step's .to
collect money for the . purpose. It WM e •.timated
request was ~"de ." All men willing
that each hut would ' cost Rbout · ~OO. He "l'oeiled
overy .Sunday hold up their Iiand,"
to the IYladinlf and District Feder..tipn, whlch wa..
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\t1 :! ries and snip19ts from '

WhOse j' Thermos eclipseo;! the' Kreatne~"

.piritual work to do, a.nd they often ren,orted that

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Who "(as the sergeant who b'olted at ' the sight
of a .hovel (but \vho afterward. recovered'. from
his frigh~'. lind worked extra bard)?
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Who 'w",e' the sergo"nt ·""d men of A ;Comp&llv .'
who. ",!-rrjed the Rerl Cross nurse IICroBS the' muddiest
puddle., land ' why. did she scream ..no;! kicl~ during

th.ere ,,'W38 no ,i ntention' o~ competing with t~lese,
thou g h, c\.'en in·· this direction, JJIere w.as roon} for
more , to be done. The chA.pla.ins, however. had a

the largcst in the ; DioceSe

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··FAlLURE.TO EQUALISE.

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be appointed to
ha.d~ected
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been workin$f t.he mUll was indescribable, '; ",d now

. Mr. I . on nett gllve a iepor~ of the " con.rer~l]ce.
Ilnd refe red to' the fact that n requC6t had bOOn
made to the 'Church of England Men's Society t6
provide huts .for the '\100 of tne chaplains B~ tre
BIIJl6 camps at the front.
'I'll.. Y ..M.C.A., LIO
Church Army, and other organisations ' were <Join's
splendid work in their rccreatidn hut., whi.c h were
so much ' used andapprecilltcd' by tnG 'men'. and

they had not the necet!M;ry " accommodafion.

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were the ' same, and the. cheerfulnes. exhibited jus't
, a.. markefl; .6 before, 'Only more so! A. orie ",em·
. her Vf3ry :coIlciGely put it to UtA writer! "Itts· been ·

to receive a. rep«,)rt of the- con(erencc which

recently took ril~ce in London: Tho: ~ev . F. J.
Howard presided, at. the cpmmencement of the
proceedings. until the arrival of the' Rev. F. J . C.
GiIlmor, the president, who had to fulfil another

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READING FEDERATION OF
TIlE ,C.E.M.S.

·A 'm eeting of delegates of the Readin,,' .. nd
Di.trict Federation of the Church of Englund Men'.
Society ",0.8 held at St. Joh"l. Hall on Tuesda.y

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attractive. to the hon . ,
wnv ·,,.n ' ;: the heavens opel] and rain:
:whe!! he sa.ng 1' , . . '
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an efficiency ·badge · to . the
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ifoll!>wilnll 60lrgs were omi~ted, . iw<l who

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w9rker in Miss ·Milsom, ,who has aocepted .. poet
at Norwich. Miss Milsom was sub-editor ''Of
~hurch magaz!ne, and ·took .... n ' active . i4terest :in ,
,the Sunday .school. 'rhe ~rjmary Dep!'~t~en.t of '
Ithe seh'ool ,mQurns by . death ' & . much·e$emed
young ~ac4er in Hi"" EHs. .J:ll>wsher; _d,,'i!ghter 9'
iMr, and Mr~. n . .Bow,s~er.
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VISIT OF DR. , oRcIi~:i>, D.D.
Dr. W. E , Orchard, D.D ..i; the famous preacher.
lor King's Weigh' 1JOIise, London, ) 'who recenUy
Idelivered a stri~inll: . sermon at St. Andrew's
Presbyteriilll Church. Reeding, is visiting Park
I Ch'urph on January 18th, ' . ' . . ' .
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