The Vicarage,
28th September, 1928.

My Dear Friends, -

I hope we shall have large congregations at our Harvest Thanksgiving Services on Sunday, October 7th. There will be a celebration of the Holy Communion at 7 a.m., as well as 8 a.m. and at Mid-day. We shall have a Children's Service in the afternoon, to which the children are invited to bring eggs, etc., to be sent with the vegetables and fruit used in the decoration of the Church to the Keycol Hill Hospital. These things are most gratefully received at this Hospital, and I hope that many parishioners will send something to be put in the Church as an expression of their gratitude to the Giver of all good things.

With October comes the end of summer time, and we settle down to the darker evenings. The glorious weather we have had has made it delightful to be out of doors, and it is perhaps because of this that there have been fewer people than usual in God's House on a Sunday. Often of late I have been distressed by the smallness of the congregations on the Sunday evenings. I do not condemn my brother. In this, as in other matters, "to his own Master he standeth or falleth," only I would earnestly ask each one to consider thoughtfully and prayerfully how the Lord's Day may best be used for the Glory of God, and for the re-creation of the higher part of man as well as the lower, and to remember that "the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are, eternal," and also that "no man liveth unto himself." May God guide us all to make the best use of the Day which was "made for man."

The Gift Sale for the Hospitals, organised by the Gardeners' Association was, I think, not quite so large as usual this year, but there were some fine exhibits. In spite of the cold, a fair number of people gathered in the School playground, when Mr. Miles' persuasive tongue and genial manner drew some good prices for the fruit, vegetables, etc., on sale. Various sideshows, and a dance in the Schoolroom in the evening, added to the funds, and those who organised the show deserve our thanks. With this effort, and the collection in the Church at the Harvest Festival, and the House-to-house Collection we shall, I hope, make a good contribution to the Hospital from our village this autumn.

Parents and others will read with interest and pleasure the report of the Diocesan Inspector upon the Religious Instruction given in our Day School. We join with him in congratulating the staff upon this execellent report.

I remain,

Your sincere Friend and Vicar,
D. H. CREATON.

REPORT ON RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
HARTLIP ENDOWED CHURCH OF
ENGLAND SCHOOL.

Inspected July 23rd, 1928.

"I had not visited this school for some years, not since the appointment of Mr. Southgate as Headmaster. It was a pleasure to find in each of the three classes that the children are taught in a most thorough, skilful, and earnest manner. The children throughout the school possessed an excellent knowledge of the various sections of their syllabus, and the bright and interested manner in which they replied to my questions showed that the religious lessons are made thoroughly enjyoable and instructive for them. The general standard attained by the children is very high, and a most happy tone prevails in the school. These results are most creditable to Mr. Southgate and his assistants.

H. C. JACKMAN."

EXTRACT FROM THE REGISTER.
BURIAL.

Sept. 8th - John Henry Tipper, aged 79 years.

COLLECTIONS IN THE CHURCH.

£s.d.
Sept.2nd-Quota to Diocesan Fund1150
"9th-Church Expenses1135
"16th-Quota to Diocesan Fund223
"23rd-Police Court Mission1141