j< M«Jttosi solos by Mrs Ayere and Mes3rß Bnrwiis and Mossman; a dUet'was given^l>y y il& Hopkins and Miss A., L\U;]et twoJ»i<B» were well rendered by Messrs BtijEtows, Bates and Blaokwell, of Kaiapoii .ttShfi accompanimeqts to the songs by Misses Leithhead, Ross and itittle. Recitations were given by Mr- EL BargdMh Masters Hopkins, Hunter and Turaer;»W Misses Smith end Jadson; &■ entitled " Mrs Maggs is Ca«glie, M t Miss A. Little, Messrs Thomas, Bferpra. Eadd, Judson,. Burgess, Bramley,* affld Master C. Hewitt. At the close ol,Wβ meeting two new members were enroliea. The Biblb Sociktt,—The Bar. M$W Eobjohns,-B;A., the representative. «f «c British and Foreign, Bible Society fo»New Zealand, is now visiting Canterbury; end, on. Sunday last conducted services u> Christchurch. In the moiaing in Trinity Congregational Church he laid bare fee inner structure of the Bible* and enbWfld that it palpitated'throughout; with the lift of God. In the evening at St. Presbyterian Church hia theme via "Tfte Bible on the throne in. literataia.". Ml Robjohns ; ie accustomed ob Sandajpaltof* nooneto address quiefe untteldmUatlnKaw Sunday schools on the Bible aiiS- Wμ* work. In deftralt of any etieh 5 BKange meato for Ch*lfitclitirch, he-went touWnity Congregational Church school in the ww i noon, and talked in such a way aa Ito interest tbe young people, to JWiolifl I giving the Bible to- the EogUffl "> their own tonsoe, Tyndae prlottng it, and the Bii>i« dirtribtttang the book in many (soeyoeWln'maoy'taadt. This evening tne .wmual meeting of tM Canterbury BiMe-SoetetY is: to be h«d « the Irfieture-rooßkOf TrlhfyCbngtegti&otßl Church, when tike Agent of the Society wu discourse on "The Complesfipnof for Japan; Colonel Laeserrefe 's<™*s%gf in French'; the Edition of the SwJfg' lished Becolo -newepsper io. Wlmi and W»**»*r marked features of the Bible Hmti'nWl* last two named editions of the &®Wi£j£ he hue with him, and will the friends of the Society *P I^'lp¥'s£sL'''. Thanksoiviho Ssavrcsa. — thanksgiving services were celabrts»*jjp Sunday in the St. Aeaph »\xß&:>Wj& Methodist Church, which was decorated for the ocouioa by ladies of the congregation, aad .Wγ deserve great credit for the taste The choir, gallery and rostrum adorned with wreaths of everjftffffi flowers and ehttwes of corn, wha side of the communion table, wMoJyff" decorated with pot plante and' fertdt/ , *eW tables bearing quite ais B^O9j: .''■■^SC , varioue fruits and vegetablea. Approjn»e sermons were preachecTin the moriiiogW' the Rev. H. 