St Phillips Church

The History and Development of St Philip's

from Rev. Scott

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Hospital Sunday

Report in the Surrey Mirror dated 16th June 1883:



On Sunday last the offetories at St. Mark's and Nutley Lane Churches were devoted to the hospitals. At St. Mark's the sum of £46 was contributed, whilst at Nutley Lane £2 12s. was raised, making a grand total for the parish of nearly £50.

from Surrey Mirror

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Church Services 1883

Report in the Surrey Mirror dated 27th October 1883:

'Nutley Lane Church, Reigate. - Holy Communion, 1st Sunday in the month at midday, 3rd Sunday at 8.30 a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon, 11 a.m.; Litany and Sermon, 3.30 p.m. Evening Prayer and Sermon, 7 p.m. Baptisms on the 3rd Sunday, at 3.30 p.m. A Service with Sermon on Thursdays, at 7.30 p.m.

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Harvest Thanksgiving 1883

Report in the Surrey Mirror dated 6th October 1883:

'Nutley Lane. - On Sunday last the Harvest Thanksgiving services were held in Nutley-lane Church. The little building was profusely but tastefully adorned with corn, fruit, and flowers. Large devices of the Greek letters Alpha and Omega, worked in ears of wheat, relieved by bunches of red dahlias were fixed on the east wall; and over them double triangles of wheat and oats, with more dahlias. On the altar was a lovely cross of choice white flowers , while at the foot of the altar stood a basket of grapes and other fruit; and on each side large sheaves of corn. The pulpit, lectern, reading-desk and font well repaid the taste and care bestowed on them, and we must not omit to speak of the window sills, in each of which was placed an abundant supply of flowers and fruit around a sheaf of corn, the liberal gifts of flowers and fruit , not only from the rich, but also from the working class, enabling those who carried out the work of decorating the church to do it thus effectively. Sermons appropriate to the occasion were preached in the morning and the afternoon by the Rev. J. Adamson, curate-in-charge of the district, and in the evening by the Re. Canon Casenove, vicar of St. Mark's. The offetories on behalf of the Reigate and Redhill Cottage Hospital [in Albert Road], amounted to over £7. We may add that the Harvest services will be continued on Sunday next, when the offetories will be on behalf of the Fund for Church Expenses, which claimes a hearty support , as the churchs is completely "free and open". The Rev. J. Adamson is forming Sunday afternoon classes at 2.30 for the young people and childrenof the district, who do not attend anywhere. Several teachers have willingly offered their services, and Mr. Adamson will be pleased to receieve into his class and lads of 14 years of age and upwards.'

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Harvest Thanksgiving 1881

Report in the Surrey Mirror, dated 1st October 1881.

‘NUTLEY LANE CHURCH.—The harvest thanksgiving services took place at this church on Sunday last, and were of an unusually attractive character, the decorations this year being of a most select and exquisite description, and evidently showed superior taste and judgment, not only in the varied forms of floral beauty and decorative display, but also in the kind and quality of fruits used for the occasion. la consequence of the indifferent harvest the show of wheat was somewhat sparing, greater prominence being given to fruits and flowers. The motto "Be ye thankful," at the entrance of the church, was executed by Miss Markby, the fontal decorations by the Misses Steele, the reading desk by Mrs. W.Mildred and Miss, Stroud, the pulpit by Miss Larmer, the mottoes at the east window by Miss Oarruthers, the lectern and floral crosses by Miss Thompson, the windows by Miss J. Burtenshaw, and the pillars and lobby of the church by members of the choir and Bible classes. The congregation in the morning was very large, but in the evening every available space, the vestry included, was crowded, and many persons were unable to obtain even standing room. The Rev. Mr. French preached in the evening. The offertory, which amounted to £10 0s. 5d., was devoted to the Cottage Hospital Fund.’

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Harvest Festival 1881

Notice in the Surrey Mirror, dated 17th September 1881.

'HARVEST FESTIVAL.—Our readers are reminded that a special thanksgiving service for the harvest will be celebrated at Nutley-lane Church tomorrow (Sunday).'

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Harvest Thanksgiving

Notice in the Surrey Mirror, dated 10th September 1881.

‘HARVEST THANKSGIVING. — The annual thanksgiving services at St. Mark’s Church will be celebrated on Sunday, October 2nd, and Nutley-lane on the 25th inst. The vicar will be grateful for any contributions of flowers, fruit, &c. The collections will be as usual for the Cottage Hospital.’

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Hospital Sunday

Part of a story in the Surrey Mirror, 16th June 1888:

"HOSPITAL SUNDAY. - The sum collected at the Congregational Church on Sunday, for the Hospital Sunday Fund was £9. At St. Mark's Church no less a sum than £41.10s., whilst Nutley Lane Church contributed the handome amount of £9 10s., making at total of £51, from the parish."

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Departure of Rev. Rogers

An extract of a report appearing in the Surrey Mirror dated 10th February 1883:

'The Rev. S. Rogers. - On Friday evening, a farewell presentation was made to the The Rev. S. Rogers, in the Temperance Hall, Reigate. The meeting was preceded by a tea, given by friends who had been associated with Mr. Rogers in his work. The meeting was presided over by Mr. J. H. Pack. In opening the meeting a letter was read by the chairman from the Rev. H. Brass, regretting his inability to attend the meeting. The Chairman, in the course of a feeling and sympathetic speech, described Mr. Rogers as a churchman of the true type. During Mr. Rogers' stay at Reigate he had been greatly blessed to many of the people in the neighbourhood of Nutley-lane. He had taken them by the hand, and had spoken to them personally about their souls, and he commended Mr. Rogers to God, to guide him where his labours might be even more blessed than they had been in Reigate.' ... '"Farewell," he [Rev. Rogers] remarked, was the only word of kindness which was never spoke in Heaven. But there must always be an element of anxiety as well as of sadness in speaking last words. The anxiety arose from the consciousness that the opportunity once lost could not be recalled, and would never recur again.'

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The Nutley Lane Church Library

Notice in the Mid Surrey Mirror, 4th September 1880.

'THE NUTLEY LANE CHURCH LIBRARY will be re-opened on Tuesday, 7th September, at the Mission Room, at 7 o'clock.'

from Mid Surrey Mirror

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Christmas Services 1899

From the Surrey Mirror - 29/12/1899

NUTLEY LANE CHURCH

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Lent - 1884

Notice in the Surrey Mirror, 1st March 1884:

Nutley Lane Church - Lent, 1884 - Thursday evenings at 7.30. February 28th, Rev. R. H. Cummins; March 6th, Rev. R. H. Borradaile, formerly vicar of Tandridge; March 13th, Rev. W. Hillis, vicar of St. Luke's, Reigate; March 20rh, Rev. W. Beale White, curate of Horley.

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New Curate for Nutley Lane Church

Announcement in the Mid Surrey Mirror, 6th November 1880.

'NUTLEY-LANE CHURCH. - The Rev. S. Rogers, late curate of Morley, Leeds, has been appointed the the curacy of Nutley-lane.'

from Mid Surrey Mirror

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Wesleyan Foreign Missions

Report in the Mid Surrey Mirror, dated 20th November 1880.

'WESLEYAN FOREIGN MISSIONS.—On Wednesday evening the Wesleyan Missionary Meeting was held in the Chapel in Nutley-lane. Mr. Roberts presided, and the chapel was pretty well filled. Rev. George Savery for upwards of an hour kept the audience deeply interested whilst he described the ordinary life of the African Negro, and the power of the Gospel upon his mind and heart. Many of the superstitions of the race were recounted, but he successfully combatted the idea that the African was incapable of an intellectual and manly life. Numbers of instances were given of the children of slaves becoming native missionaries, magistrates, and prominent government officials. The work in Jamaica was important, not only upon account of the direct success, but also because these natives, converted and trained, would be able to go to western and interior Africa, and thus save the loss of European life which has always been so great; the white man's grave, as Africa had been called, could only be evangelised by those who could bear the climate. The meeting was also addressed by Rev. Albert Bishop, Mr. Sutton, and Mr. Willis. £15 16s. l0d. was raised last year by the Reigate Branch, and already over £10 has been subscribed at the meeting and boxes for the current year.'

from Mid Surrey Mirror

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Nutley Lane Church - Christmas Day 1883

Notice appearing in the Surrey Mirror dated 22nd December 1883:

"Nutley Lane Church. - Christmas Day services. - Sacrement of Holy Communion at 8.30 and at midday; morning prayer and sermon at 11; evensong and carols at 4. The offetories in the morning are on behalf of the Sick and Needy Fund of the district."

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Coal and Clothing Club

Taken from the Surrey Mirror, dated 5th April 1884:

NUTLEY LANE CHURCH. - The Rev. J. Adamson will thankfully receive any tickets which subscribers to the coal and clothing clubs of the parish have at their disposal. The Easter offertories will be given to the curate in charge of the district, in addition to the stipend provided by the trustees, and it is hoped that those who benefit by the services may remember the words of Christ, that "Those who preach the Gospel, should live by the Gospel." - Parish Magazine.

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Nutley Lane Services 1881

As posted in the Surrey Mirror:

NUTLEY LANE CHURCH, REIGATE.—Morning, 11 a.m.; afternoon, 3.30; evening, 7 p.m.

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The Evening Service

Notice in the Mid Surrey Mirror, dated 7th August 1880.

'The Evening Service on Sundays, at Nutley Lane Church, will be discontinued as usual for a few weeks during August and September, and will re-commence on the day upon Harvest Thanksgiving Festival is held. In the meantime special provision will be made at S. Mark's for the accomodation of those who usually attend Nutley Lane Chruch in the evening.'

from Mid Surrey Mirror

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Society for the propagation of the gospel

Report in the Surrey Mirror, December 5th 1884

NUTLEY LANE CHURCH [advocated]. - On Sunday morning last the Rev. G. French, Diocesan Inspector of Schools, advocated at this church the claimes of the Society for the propagation of the gospel ... The preacher urged that the Society was well worth of the support of church people, not only because it took to our country-men in the colonies and abroad gospel truth together with those church privileges they had enjoyed in the mother country. He pointed out that there were some who had private incomes equal to the whole revenue of the Society, and called upon all church people to give the Society the support it deserved. The offertory amounted to £2 8s 9d.

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Harvest Festival 1884

Excepts from a Report in the Surrey Mirror, October 4th 1884

NUTLEY LANE CHURCH. - The annual Harvest Thanksgiving Services were held in this church on Sunday last. The church was equisitely decorated with flowers, fruit and corn - the offerings of rich and poor alike. A large sheaf of grain, with bunches of grapes suspended from it and surrounded with flowers, filled the east window; below which was the text "I am the True Vine." worked in straw on a blue ground, with a border of wheat ears. Corresponding with this were on the one side of the east window the words "Thou crownest the earth," and on the other. "With They goodness," worked on scrolls, and surmounted by Maltest crosses in evergreens, corn, and dahlias. Plants were frouped at the base of the reasing desk, pulpit, and lectern, asll of which, with the wreathing of corn, wild clamtis, berries, and acorns, well rewarded the time and trouble expended upon them. The lectern and pulpit were also both beautifully decorated with the red cactus, dahlia, white anemone, and maiden hair ferns. The font looked striking in its simplicity. Oat ears, wreaths of wild clematis and trailing ivy covered the sides, and on the top ferns and white flowers were effectively arranged. The decorations of the porch and the window sills with sheaves of corn, plants and cut flowers was appropraitely carried out. The Rev. J.Adamson preached a suitable semon from Isaiah li. 6, to a crowded congragation; and also in the afternoon addressed the children on the teaching ofharvest-tide. In the evening the sermon was preached by the Rev. W.Hillis, Vicar of St. Luke's, Reigate, from Psalm 1xv., 11, when the church was again crowded to excess. The musical portions of the services were heartily and excellently rendered by the choir, under the able management and training of Mr. Oakshott, the organist of the church, and the anthem "O give thanks unto the Lord," by E.A.Sydenham, was capitally sung at both services. The offertories on behalf of the Reigate and Redhill Cottage Hospital [then located in Albert Road] amounted to nearly £10. We understand the festival services will be continued on Sunday next. October 5th, when the offertories will be on behalf of the church expenses, which need and deserve the hearty support of all who favour the Free and Open Church system.

from Surrey Mirror

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