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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

St. Peter's Presbyterian Church

St. Peter's Presbyterian Church, Ferry Road, Woolston, was opened for public worship on Sunday, the 22nd of January, 1882. It is an exceedingly handsome building, of Gothic architecture, situated at the corner of Aldwin's Road and Ferry Road, on a portion of ground given to the church by the late Captain Sproule, of Lyttelton. The first minister of the congregation was the Rev. S. Slocombe, at one time a pastor of a Congregational church. The Rev. Hugh Irwin, B.A., succeeded him in 1886, and was minister for about seven years, until his death in 1893. The Rev. W. Scorgie, now of Mornington, Dunedin, was Mr. Irwin's successor, and laboured for about five years. After a somewhat lengthened vacancy the Rev. W. Platt received a call, but after a short ministry of nine months was compelled to resign through illhealth. The Rev. W. J. Gow, of Kaiapoi, the present minister of the church, was inducted into the charge in December, 1900. The church is seated for 250 adults, and the average attendance at the various diets of worship ranges from 100 to 170. St. Peter's is well situated in the centre of a rapidly increasing population. There is a thriving Sunday school in connection with the congregation, and its numbers go on increasing with the growth of a populous district. The relations of minister and people are of the most harmonious kind, and there are evidences on every hand of church prosperity.