Widnes Examiner. — 1906-03-03 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

WARRINGTON MUSICAL SOCIETY. ..... instances, secure further application of our powers in this direction is But, alas ! these are only isolated i -- our purpose. And glance again at those societies which in other ways provide their individual members with Concert in Parr Hall. , capital at reasonable rates and easy repayments, for the Preachers for Sunday. purpose of purchasing their own cottage, and thus providing shelter for a rainy or wintry day. This is an Wycliffe Church, 10.30 and 6.30, Rev. John Yonge. excellent work, but while many are to be instanced as Bold-street Wesleyan Church, 10.30, Mr. R. J. Moss ; doing something towards their duty under this head, 30, Rev. S. Pitt. there are those who fail. We seem to fall very much Bewsey-road Wesleyan Church, 10.30, Rev. S. Pitt ; short of what the founders would have desired or done 6.30, Rev. J. Manning. themselves with our opportunities. Baptist Church, Latchford, 10.30, Rev. J. F. Matthews When shall we learn to speak well of, and place full ("Old Testament studies: Joseph the Dreamee ") ; trust in. our own products, either through the agency of 6.0, Rev. J. F. Matthews ("Murder will out.") the C.W.S. or the copartners ? We are doing a retail Baptist Church, Golborne-street, 10.30 and 6.30, Rev. trade of £92,000,000 in our distributive departments, Robert Black, Wigan. Wednesday 8.15, Rev. H. Dunnico. but our productive concerns have only reached a total ghurch Society.—Addresses to Men. turn over of about £8,270,000. In this pioneerlike ? We must stir ourselves to greater activity in respect of The Church Society has arranged for an exceptionally production, or shall it be written of the early days of interesting series of addresses to men to be delivered at the twentieth century that we failed to do our duty ? the Parish Church every Friday evening during Lent by Nay, much rather must it be said that we rose to the well-known preachers. Theßight Rev. Bishop Thornton, fullest height of our responsibilities. of Blackburn, will give the first address this (Friday) i This brings me finally to the "estates question." So evening. His subject will be" Some Social delusions.' little has been done that it seems to bear closely upon Forthcoming Lectures. the farm colony scheme of to-day. Who is putting forward this? Co-operators? No. Are we going to A course of three lectures will be delivered in the brace ourselves into condition and do our duty ? It is Cairo-street schools during March by the Rev. Charles time we did. The value of our Co-operative Union is Hargrove, M.A., of Leeds. The subject will be " The again demonstrated in a very practical way. Let us New Testament" and will be treated as follows : determine to assist in travelling the route which it March Bth," The New Testament : How it came to be points to us in ours to travel. I believe great pos- a book " i March 15th, "The first three gospels and sibilities rest in this estates or cultivated land question their origin " ; March 22nd, "The fourth gospel : Its and we must press forward to further the claims and authorship and historic value." absolute needs of our own class. , Bold-street Wesleyan Church. , A lengthy discussion followed after which Mr. Dudley The preacher at this church on Sunday morning was was heartily thanked for his address. the Rev. William Mellor who took for his subject I A vote of thanks to Mr. Critchley for presiding con"The marks of the Lord Jesus." At the evening service ' ' eluded the meeting. ____________ the Rev. J. Manning preached on "Late Repentance." He said that genuine repentance was never too late but late repentance was difficult because of the changes