The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-27 00:00:00

CHURCH EXTENSION.

The Incorporated Society for Promoting the En-
largement, Building, and Repairing of Churches and
Chapels, have held a meeting with Mr. E. Hussey in the
chair. There were also present Lord Robartes, Canon
Cazenove, Canon Erskine Clarke, the Rev. C. A.
Jones, the Rev. C. F. Norman, Mr. John Boodle, Mr.
G. Alan Lowndes, Mr. Arthur Powell, Mr. J. W. B.
Riddell, Mr. F. H. Rooke, Mr. E. Thornton, and the
Rev. R. Milburn Blakiston, secretary. Grants of
money were made in aid of the following objects—
viz.: Building new churches at Fulham, St. Clement's,
Middlesex, £00; Hull, St. Philip, £300; and Rhyl,
Christ Church, Flintshire, £lOO. Enlarging or other-
wise improving the accommodation in the churches at
Pentonville, St. Silas, Middlesex, £2O; and Little
Waltham, St. Silas, near Chelmsford, £lO. A grant
was also made from the Special Mission Buildings
Fund towards building a mission churcli at Girton,
in the parish of Sandy, Beds, £25. The
society likewise accepted the trust of a sum
of money as a repair fund for All Saints'
Church, Prince's-park, Liverpool. The society
now holds upwards of £79,000 on trust as repair
funds for 326 different churches. During the past
year grants amounting to £6OOO have been made
towards the erection of 28 new churches '25 of which
are entirely free and unappropriated), the rebuilding
of 10, and the enlarging or otherwise improving the
accommodation in 55 existing churches. The carry-
ing out of the above works called forth from the pro-
moters of them the sum of £278,135. The committee
have also granted the sum of £595 towards building
28 school or mission churches. In the multitude of
other claims it would be a matter of regret that the
Incorporated Building Society should be overlooked,
Find at this season especially, when Christian charity
is generally more widely dispensed than usual, it is
earnestly hoped that attention may be directed, and
that successfully, to the large work that is being car-
ried on by the committee, and the very much larger
work that might be done if Churchmen would contri-
bute more liberally to its fund.

Monsieur De Roches intimated that Franklin wa
anticipated in his discovery of lightning conduction.
as the ancient Estruscans appeared to understand the
art of guiding the lightning. Servius relates that in
ancient times the priests ignited their sacrifices by
lightning, and on one occasion Tullius Hostilius
neglected the precaution laid down by Numa and was
struck dead in consequence.

How A BACHELOR RECOVERED.—A wealthy bachelor,
having been attacked by a dangerous malady, made a
will by which his servants were to receive somewhat
small legacies, still not altogether disproportioned to
their services, but he added a clause to the effect that
in case he should be restored to health the same
legacies should be doubled and paid off on the spot,
as well as the doctors' fees. As may be supposed, the
_servants and the doctors, who were carefully infornrd
of the terms of the testator's will, set to work with
all their will to nurse and tend him, and ultimately
succeeded in Bettina him NI his legs again. Imme-
diately on his recovery ha honourably redeemed bts
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promise.

BATURDAY, DEC. 27, 1884 ,