Brunswick Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Certificate: Book Prize awarded to Joseph Herbert Shepherd"
Brunswick Methodist Chapel, Brunswick Road, Buckley
19 March 1905
206.19 - 206.21 show three different certificates in eight book prizes awarded to Joseph Herbert Shepherd from 1905 to 1913 by the Brunswick Wesleyan Methodist Church Sunday School.
CERTIFICATE TEXT
The World is my Parish
Born June 17th 1703
Died Mar 2nd 1791
Brunswick Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School, Buckley
Presented to
Herbert Joseph Shepherd
96 Marks
March 19th 1905
John Lewis, Sec.
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The book was: His Grandchild, A Tale of North Harbour by M. M. Pollard.
The last few lines of the novel:
"There are sick people and aged ones, little children, who all want a helping hand and Miss Lyddy gives it; and remembers the words of the loving Saviour, who said, "Inasmuch as ye have done unto one of the least of these brethren, ye have done it unto Me."
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The following year he received another book with the same certificate, dated March 25th 1906, for 97 marks.
The book was: Bertie Clifton, A Story by Evelyn Everett-Green.
The first few lines of the novel:
" I say, Ethel, such a horrid shame."
"Well, Paul, what is it?"
"Do you remember my telling you of a little chap at school called Bertie Clifton?"
"Yes, I think I do. He came last half, didn't he? He's the little delicate-looking boy who sits by the pillar in church."
"Yes, that's the little chap. Well, I'm most awfully sorry for him, for I believe he's getting tremendously bullied by some of those brutes of big boys, and I don't see what I can do about it."
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On April 7th 1907, he attained 92 marks and received Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Author: Brunswick Methodist Church
Tags
Year = 1905
Month = March
Day = 19
Building = Religious
Document = Certificate
Event = Religious
Extra = 1910s
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