The Averages of actual Attendance upon the Means of Grace and of Education, together with a Comparison of the previous years' Averages. CONGREGATIONS (NOT INCLUDING CHILDREN.) Wednsd. Sacra- Cottage Sacr. Mission. SCHOOLS. Sun. Sun. Lads' Young 'wo Adult Adult Evening. Lecture. ment. Reading. Meeting. Meeting. Infants. National. Together Morn. Aft. Class. men's Class. Sunday. Weekly. 138 119 71 12 January March 171 121 117 70 14 April 196 165 132 65 10 198 131 88 64 July 167 131 101 62 2429685 :: August 139 111 90 30 September 178 140 115 40 16 October 162 125 76 47 10 November 160 110 75 73 December. 191 128 82 64 ::: 6609 B. The Classification applied to the means of Grace. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. : : هر 4 8 252 224 476 Classification applied to Communicants. Total number of Persons in the Parish of Age to Communicate, being Nos. 4, Males. Females. TOTAL. 224 213 437 As many occasions may legitimately occur to prevent members of the same family, and others, from attending the Sacrament every time it is administered, the following result is stated: Total Number of Communicants... Number of Persons who have communicated each 6 times or Have been admitted within the second quarter of the year.. 32 more..... Ditto Ditto 70 188 These have not had opportunity of coming every time.. 68 Have regularly communicated.. 138 Number of Persons who have communicated less than six times 50 II. THE CHURCH. John xiv. 1. IN the Bible THE CHURCH is called THE BODY OF CHRIST and the body of which CHRIST IS THE HEAD; which means, the body or number of people who are joined to Christ by the Holy Spirit, and are under His power and obey Him; in the same way that the members or limbs of a man's body move about, and do what, in his head, the man thinks and intends to do. Eph. i. 22, 23. 16-18, 23; xv. 4; xvii. 20-23. 2. No one can be for ever with God in heaven hereafter (that is, can be saved from perishing), except those who are thus joined to Christ-the Church, so spoken of in the Bible. John iii. 16-18, 36; Acts iv. 12; xiii. 38; 1 Cor. iii. 11; 12. 1 John v. Col. i. 18, 24. Rom. viii. 1. 3. All persons who are so joined to Christ (and therefore saved) must have this work of the Holy Spirit begun in them while they are in this life. If they go out of this life without it, they cannot possibly be joined to Christ (or be saved) after their death. Matt. xviii. 3; John iii. 3, 5; ix. 4; Eccles. ix. 10; 4. When the work of the Holy Spirit has begun in people, it makes them desire to live accordingly-they leave off bad ways and follow good ways-and they are willing to acknowledge that they look for salvation only by the name and power of Jesus Christ. Rom. viii. 1-14; Gal. v. 22-25. 2 Tim. ii. 19; Tit. ii. 11-14; Gal. vi. 14. |