12th Oct 1928 - Buckland Harvest Festival

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Harvest Festital [sic]

The Buckland Harvest Thanksgiving Services were held at St Andrew's Church on Friday evening in last week and on the following Sunday. The services were of a specially bright nature, and the Church was tastefully decorated. There were good congregations on each occasion.

On the Friday evening the Rev. L.A. Ewart, Rector of Aspenden, preached the sermon, taking for his text "Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee" (St. Like xii., 20). It was a stirring address, making a strong impression on all present, and although lengthy was far too short for most of the congregation.

The good old harvest hymns were heartily sung, and an excellent anthem rendered by the choir while the congregation was seated. It was taken from the words "While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest shall not erase."

The Rector, Rev. A.J. McKinney, accompanied the choir on the organ for the anthem.

The Rector conducted the Sunday morning service, giving an excellent address on thankfulness. The hymns were heartily sung, and after the service there was a celebration of Holy Communion. The Rector also conducted a children's service in the afternoon, when the young people brought offerings of fruit and eggs.

The church was filled for the evening service, when the Rural Deal, Rev. Mc C. Kerr, Rector of Wydiall, preached from the text "A joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful" (Psalm 147). He emphasised thankfulness as being a fact in our lives. The choir again rendered the anthem, Miss F. Pigg presiding at the organ.

The following were responsible for the decorations: Mrs McKinney (east windows, choir stalls and reading desk), Mrs Morris (pulpit), Miss N. Pigg (lectern), Mrs J. And Mrs H. Carter (font and windows), Mesdames J. Hurry, C. Jackson, South, Whitby and others (windows).

The collections throughout the festival amounted to £7 2s., and were divided between the Royston Hospital and Addenbrooke's Hospital at Cambridge. The fruit and vegetables were also sent to Royston.