10: Programme Preparation 1959 - Fear, Manor Park Hospital, Language of Flowers etc.

Mrs Baglin

1. Purpose.
2. Place
3. Programme. 
4. Personal

Priority – get women saved.

Place – flowers, pleasant, prepare.

Programme – Plan the meeting.  Rates, Housing, (Speaker)

Fuel, Ham

¼ Ib Tongue     2s 2d
½ Ib Ham         2s 2d
1 tin Rice          1s 0d
                        5s 4d
1 Ib grapes       1s 9d
                        7s 1d

Ready for Friday
Testimony
Solo – Mrs Roper
Help to
Testimony
Duet
Testimony
O Lovely Home
Testimony
Duet
Redeemed by love
Solo
Testimony
The sweetest Theme

Programme
Opening Song
Prayer
England for God – Singers
Recitation – Mrs England
Solo – Mrs Roper
Help each other along – Singers
Testimony – Mrs Wallington
Duet – Mrs Seymour and Mrs Criddle
Chorus – No night there.  In that city bright
Recitation – Mrs Seymour
Keep on Smiling – Singers
Testimony
O Lovely Home
Bible Reading
The Sweetest Theme

FEAR
How we fear certain things but how easily we can over-come these things if we put our trust in God.  Here is a little story about fear.

Mrs Bateman
Mrs Tovey - paid
Mrs Webster
Mrs Jone
Doreen - paid
Greta – paid
May
Ruby – paid
Ruby James
Mrs White
W Tremlin
Maud
Mary – paid
Mrs Close
Winnie
Kate
Queenie – paid
Dolly – paid
Mrs Chapple
Eva
Mrs James
Mrs Pumford
Mrs Dixon – paid
Mrs Anders – paid

Kingswood Nov 1st 1959
91st Psalm
Chorus
Sermon

Manor Park Hospital.

[A variation on the Thy Will be done Theme e.g. Eva often used ‘Thy Will be done’ as a basis for her sermons, with variations to parts of the text.  In this variation she talks about her visits to Manor Park Hospital, Bristol.  See above for a version of the full Thy Will be done sermon].

“….How often our Christianity is kept entirely outside our daily work everything we do must be pleasing to God try and uplift folks who need comforting, and folks who think the whole world is against them because things in life have become very hard and difficult to endure, sometimes we visit Manor Park Hospital to see the patients there, and when we look upon them lying there some year in and year out trying to make the best of it, relying upon the goodness of folks who are willing to brighten the days, and shorten the nights of those who have pressed through years of sickness in their homes, and in the hospital, enabling them to sing the songs of conquering grace, and I can assure you they need plenty of grace, also the nurses and friends of the Hospital League who give their time and talents to love and serve the sick folk, by doing something to ease the burden of folks who come up against troubles and adversities, we are doing the will of God.  Some of you dear Sisters here this afternoon have travelled the path of adversity but if you put your trust in God and remember this little verse -

When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could not hold on a minute longer never give up then, for that’s just the place and time that the tide will turn….”

“….Renew my will from day to day.  Blend it with thine and take away all that now makes it hard to say Thy Will be done.

May God bless each one here this afternoon that seeking to obey thy will thy gentleness shall make us great as we, our woman’s task fulfil in our homes I always pray let my life help some other life it touches on the way.  I hope these few words will help you dear sisters during the days to come and when you have to pass through sorrow or come up against things, which look hopeless just take courage and say Thy will be done.  Pray and God will hear you.  May God add His blessing to the few words I leave with you.

The Language of Flowers

The tall beautiful daffodil holds erect its lovely head regarding the world with triumphant tranquillity.  We too should regard our lives with the same feeling of quiet confidences.  The daffodil braves the winds of March with beauty, showing us how er should face life with courage and a cheerful heart.

Perfect Love Casteth out Fear

John 4 Chapter 18 – Read John 7 to 21.

This text is the result of John’s personal experience like those early Christians Martyrs we have read so much about the secret of every Christians fearlessness in face of danger and death is his or her sincere love for the Saviour we desire to grow in grace and are constantly praying that God will fill us with His Holy spirit that we may go forth and show the people we come in contact with that enduring love was not only fro the Martyrs of long ago, nay it was since that time cheered strengthened soothed and carried thousands upon thousands through tribulations strong and deep and thousands in adverse circumstances are being born up by it every day.  It has brightened the days and shortened the nights of those who have pressed through years of martyrdom on beds of sickness in their homes or in the hospital enabling them to sing the songs of conquering grace and I can assure you they need plenty of grace.  That’s where love comes in again nurses and friends who give their talents and time to love.

The Shadow on the Blind

Mr Ernest Plum was a Grocer by trade.
By attention and tuck he a fortune had made
No tatter or maker of mischief was he
But an honest a man as you ere would see
Of a Chapel close by he was a Deacon they say
And his Minister lived just over the way

Mr Plum was returning to rest one night
He had just undressed and put out the light
When he pulled back the blind and peeped from behind
Tis the custom with many to do so you find.

(the next page is missing, but finishes thus!)

And so ended his doom.

The rat, our shadows my dear must have been seen on the blind.  The moral of this story is don’t believe every tale that is told.  It’s also better to have the light in front and not behind as often strange figures are seen on the blind.

Blind and that explains the cause of the tale, as often it can be explained.

Denford, 111 High Street, Hanham.

Home League W.E. Monday
Mrs Seymour – 2 pts milk
Mrs Ford – ¼ Ib Tea
Mrs Andrews – Sponge
Mrs James – Sponge
Mrs Hughes – Sandwiches
Mrs Nicolas – Cakes
Mrs Gilbert – Sandwiches
Mrs Milson - Cakes
Elsie – Cakes
Mrs Wallington – Tea and Sugar
Mrs Cox – Bread (Brown sliced)
Mrs Criddle – Sponge
Mrs Cordy – Sandwiches
Mrs Selmon – Cakes
Mrs Matter – Cakes
Mrs Elgar – Cakes
Mrs Jackson – Cakes and Sandwiches
Mrs Baglin – Fruit cake, milk
MRs Roper
Mrs England
Mrs Ash – (assorted) sandwiches (Salmon)

His love redeeming my spirit
Filling my soul with its treasure
Making the night bright as day
Lighting in shadow my way
Changing December to May

Never a Friend so unchanging
All human cares understanding
His peace a life giving stream
His grace an undying theme
His love for ever supreme