Page:History of Knox Church Dunedin.djvu/215

 members have done good work in seeking to stir up an interest among those who have lapsed from Church attendance. To this Society much of the success of the Sabbath evening service in the class-room is due. The work of the Society is not to be measured by its finances, but it is interesting to note that it raised the sum of £17 14s. 5d. during the year, and expended only £9 9s. 5d., leaving a balance wherewith to start the new year of £8 5s.

This Society meets every Sabbath morning, for an hour's study and fellowship. During the year the members have read and discussed the epistle to Philemon, the first epistle of St. John, two or three of the minor prophets, and a work by P. Barclay, entitled "Via, Veritas, Vita." Copies of this book were kindly supplied by Dr. Stuart, who has throughout the year guided the deliberations of the Society.

The active membership of the Society remains small, and vigorous recruits are much wanted. The quarterly meetings, on the mornings of communion Sundays, have been fairly well attended.

The Union has continued throughout the year to take charge of the out-stations at Mount Cargill and Pine Hill, arranging for a fortnightly service at each place. The ministers, members of the Union, and friends, both inside and outside of Knox Church, have conducted these services; but the executive of the Union would be glad to have more frequent offers of help from any who have the faculty of speaking words of love and sound instruction. The attendance at the services at the out-stations is not very large. Owing to the marriage of Miss Moir, who has so faithfully, and with such conspicuous success conducted the Mount Cargill Sabbath School for several years, the school is now without a teacher. Who will volunteer to fill this vacant outpost?

The session has been on the whole a successful one, and the work done under the Rev. A. P. Davidson's presidency may be pronounced as excellent. Commencing on April 27th with a lecture by the President on "Savonarola," the session was closed by a social meeting, in conjunction with the Young Womens' Society, on October 5th.

Debates, essays, the Society's Magazine, an evening with