Church and chapel music in and around Sydney, Australia, 1788–c1860

http://www.psalmody.co.uk/articles/GP1/GP1-8-Forsyth.pdf

1844 - BAPTISM OF MELINDA AND BASIL’S CHILDREN AT ST JAMES CHURCH SYDNEY

IN 1844 Basil and Melinda have the children baptised at St James Church in Sydney. The former minister of St James was the Rev Richard Hill in whose household Melinda spent most of the 1820s and where she is twice listed in census figures as SERVANT. Family legend has her as a beloved foster daughter turning fine hems and writing pleasant verse but that doesn’t appear to be the case at this time. Family legend also says she took the children to Sydney to be baptised by the said Hill - but he was long dead by 1844  from apoplexy in the vestibule of St James in 1836 and if some of the letters we have copies of and which were written by him are as true as they appear to be - then apoplexy would not be a surprising termination for him. It seems that Basil and Melinda had left their farming life at Kirmington on the Illawarra by 1844 and were living in Sydney. This is how this record reads as well as I am able to transcribe :

when baptised	when born	child’s christian name	parents’ CHRISTIAN	names SURNAME	abode	quality or profession	by whom the ceremony was performed
oct 19 or 29( writing unclear)	august/april 1839 18th(appears to read august but the twins were born in April)	BASIL EDWARD	BASIL AND MELINDA	KENDALL	SOUTH HEAD ROAD	WRITING CLERK	CHAS. C KEMP
“	“	THOMAS HENRY	“	“	“	“	“
“	JANUARY 29 1843	JANE CHRISTINA	“	“	“	“	“
“	JUNE 11 1844	MARY JOSEPHINE	“	“	“	“	“

TEMPERANCE AND THE BLUE RIBBON ARMY

MELINDA WROTE OF THE HOME OF HOPELESS FOR THE FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN. SHE WROTE IN 1884. HERE ARE SOME CONNECTIONS TO THIS TIME AND THE MOVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH TEMPERANCE AND CHRISTIAN WOMENS MOVEMENTS. EG. BLUE RIBBON ARMY.

• Kate Ardill Brice 1886 - 1955 gynaecologist
• http://www.200australianwomen.com/names/131.html
• Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Queensland [WCTU](1885
• http://www.emsah.uq.edu.au/awsr/Act_Centenary/groups.htm#WCTU
• The  Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
• http://www.wctu.org/
• Sex, class and the road to women’s suffrage

  By TOM O'LINCOLN red_sites@eudoramail.com

• http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/interventions/suffrage.htm

• Pottie, Eliza (1837 - 1907)

• http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10397b.htm

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  1882
  Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) established in Australia The WCTU and women's suffrage organisations were both very active in the Federation cause.
  
  
  
  

• A SECTION FROM :Transcribed from the 1886 Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. edition by David
  Price, email ccx074@coventry
  
  In the Wrong Paradise and Other Stories
  by Andrew Lang

( WITH MENTION AND IMPLICATION OF THE BLUE RIBBON )
But I am wandering from my story.  When we reached the group by the
fireside, who had at first been unaware of our entrance, the chief's wife
gave a slight start, alarmed doubtless by my appearance.  She could never
have seen, nor even dreamed of, such a spectacle as I must have
presented, haggard, ragged, faint with hunger, and worn with fatigue as I
was.  The chief motioned to me that I should kneel at his wife's feet,
and kiss her hand, but I merely bowed, not considering this a fit moment
to protest otherwise against such sacrilegious mummeries.  But the
woman--her name I learned later was Ocyale--did not take my attitude in
bad part.  The startled expression of her face changed to a look of pity,
and, with a movement of her hand, she directed Doto to bring a large
golden cup from the table at the upper end of the room.  Into this cup
she ladled some dark liquid from a bowl which was placed on a small three-
legged stand, or dumb waiter, close to her side.  Next she spilt a little
of the wine on the polished floor, with an appearance of gravity which I
did not understand.  It appears that this spilling of wine is a drink
offering to their idols.  She then offered me the cup, which I was about
to taste, when I perceived that the liquor was indubitably _alcoholic_!

A total abstainer, I had, I am thankful to say, strength enough to resist
the temptation thus adroitly thrust upon me.  Setting down the cup, I
pointed to the badge of blue ribbon, which, though damp and colourless,
remained faithful to my button-hole.  I also made signs I was hungry, and
would be glad of something to eat.  My gestures, as far as the blue
ribbon went, must have been thrown away, of course, but any one could
understand that I was fainting from hunger.  The mistress of the house
called to one of the spinning girls, who rose and went within the door
opening from the platform at the upper end of the room.  She presently
returned with an old woman, a housekeeper, as we would say, and obviously
a faithful and familiar servant.  After some conversation, of which I was
probably the topic, the old woman hobbled off, laughing.  She soon came
back, bringing, to my extreme delight, a basket with cakes and goat
cheese, and some cold pork in a dish.

 

BLUE RIBBON ARMY AND THE HOME FOR THE HOPELESS

“HOME OF HOPE” FOR THE FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN, SYDNEY Success to the “home of the hopeless” For the friendless and heartsore, That opens wide its portals To the outcasts and the poor.   Success to the “home of the hopeless” Where the hungry may find bread, And a bed to rest their weary limbs, Instead of an empty shed.   Success to the “home of the hopeless” Where the Gospel is preached to the poor, Who have hitherto wandered in alleys, Or blocked up the publican’s door.   Success to the “home of the hopeless” Indeed it has had success; There are some this day within its walls Who have reason that home to bless.   And now let us wish success to those Who have helped those laborers on That are working hard in God’s vineyard ‘Neath the burden and heat of the sun.   Success to the “Blue Ribbon Army,” Who are striving on every hand To stem the tide and the torrent Of intemperance in our land.   Success to the founders of this “home” And to all who are helping them on. May every fresh effort be crowned with success Till the victory has been won. (Illawarra Mercury, May 13, 1884)

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18/2/2008 - What was the Home of Hope?

Posted by Peter Knox

Researcher Bruce Thornton believes the subject of this poem is George Ardill’s Home of Hope and the Blue Ribbon Gospel Army he founded in 1882.

 

CHECK THE ARDILLS

ANY FURTHER FEEDBACK ON THIS POEM AND THE HOME OF HOPE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

 

 

LEIGH, Samuel

(1785–1852).

Pioneer Wesleyan missionary in Australia and New Zealand.

JOHN LEES THE CHAPEL BUILDER

FROM

Gransden Family Web Page

CHRISTIAN FOUNDATIONS FROM NSW STATE LIBRARY

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/religion/foundations/index.html

MISSIONARIES IN AUSTRALIA

http://www.chr.org.au/fpbooks/SL/slhs7.html

South Land of the Holy Spirit Chapter: 8

St. James’ Church, GLEBE.

St. James’ Church,

Forest Lodge :

a chronicle of parish life

(1877-2002)

REV RICHARD HILL AND THE HALL PEW DISPUTE

BELIEVERS IN COURT