SONNING: Church Services. Sundays 11 o'clock in the Morning. half-past 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Daily half-past 8 o'clock in the morning. ALL SAINTS': Sundays: 11 o'clock in the morning. half-past 3 o'clock in the afternoon. PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS. Association of Sonning Parish, 1869. ... 31 12 Collection on May 15th in Sonning Church 22nd in All Saints' Church A CRICKET MATCH Was played on May 25th, on the Sonning Cricket Ground, by the kind permission of Mr. Gosling, between the Boys of Wargrave and Sonning Schools; Sonning was victorious. The score is as follows :— There remains but little to be said in the concluding notice of the restoration of the Church. When we come to the history of the Parish it will be time enough to speak of the Parish Registers. They are kept in an iron safe in the Vestry, and are in excellent preservation, from the last years of Queen Elizabeth to the present day. I cannot pretend to have studied them at all carefully at present, but I have no doubt they throw considerable light on the history of Sonning. We have now simply to mention a few other additions made to the Church since the re-opening. I. The alms box was presented by F. H. Buckeridge, Esq. It is of iron, and stands on the ancient twisted column of which we have spoken before. The design, though somewhat peculiar, is one which does not fail to commend itself to a cultivated taste. 2. At the time the new East window was put in, we determined to paint and gild afresh the reredos, and stone arcade in the sacrarium. Ornamental painting of this kind is extremely expensive, and we suspect that our readers would be not a little astonished, if they knew what the painting, little as it is, of the texts, throughout the Church, together with these last additions, has cost. The East end of the Church has been greatly improved by what was done last year, but it is impossible to help feeling that the reredos itself is not worthy of the Church, and that were the restoration to take place at this time, it would be of a much richer and bolder kind. Perhaps it remains for another generation to put up a carved and sculptured reredos, such as may be seen in Mr. Walter's beautiful new Church, S. Paul's, Wokingham. 3. It must not be thought too trifling to mention, that we settled last year, to put backs to the seats for the School children. I hardly know why they were not in the original design, but it is obviously desirable that children, quite as much as grown up people, should regard the Church with affection, and not with dislike, and should for this reason never be subjected to pain and discomfort during the services. So much has been done, and such great munificence has been shown, in beautifying the Church, that it seems almost ungrateful to hint that anything is now wanting, but the wear and tear of sixteen years tells in many ways, and I cannot help mentioning that the purple altar cloth, used every day, is very shabby, and is in all respects unworthy of its purpose. I am afraid we cannot expect to provide a more suitable covering for less than £10. We hope, in a future number, to give some account of the Churchyard, and its monuments. To be continued. WOODLEY SCHOOL. Inspected May 6th, 1870. H.P. On the books 56. Present at Examination 47. "The reading of the elder children is capable of improvement, it wants distinctness and expression The writing is, on the whole, good. The arithmetic (the elder children as far as compound addition) was correctly done. The religious instruction quite satisfactory. Spelling and dictation good. The needlework in this School is carefully attended to. It is evident that Miss Bartlett takes great pains with the children, and the result of the examination was highly creditable to her." "The Prize was awarded to Charlotte Mundy. Commended, Louisa Clark, Hannah Eaton, Sarah Bartlett, Elizabeth Wheeler, Elizabeth Parncott." SONNING. "S. STURGES, "Diocesan Inspector." BAPTISMS. May 8th,-James William, son of William and Hannah Robinson, of Woodley. George, son of Henry and Elizabeth Turner, of Woodley. MARRIAGES. May 1st,-Bryan Theobald to Elizabeth Gingell, both of Woodley. May 17th,-John Murray Henry of Bearwood, to Anne Stubbles of May 13th, Arthur Basset, Ticehurst, Sussex, aged 37. 15th,-John Cooper, Play Hatch, aged 69. ,, 25th,-Ada Emma Rutter, Marden, Kent, aged 1 year. ALL SAINTS'. May 1st, Richard Holloway, Dunsden, aged 77. Our readers will have heard with deep grief, of the death of MISS LAURA PALMER, which took place at Holme Park, on June 22nd, after an illness of rather more than a year. In her, the Parish has lost a true friend and generous benefactor, and we feel sure that upon all who came within the influence of her kind and gentle life, she has left an impression which will not soon fade away. SONNING PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. Accounts for the year ending December 31st, 1869. |