THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13359, 26 February 1909, Page 8

THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.

ANNUAL SESSION. CsrHI.W, TO 'tHK I'JIKSS.") j WKI.LINCJTON. I\!>i-iary l'j. j During the day ;i:.- min;>te:-> ii ny ' coiif.uu.-d their -c>-ion.s in ; ; wh.cn the ca-i- in the -cveral caiuli- I j tiate.s were under <~>n.-i...Wat:.>n. Nine i o: the-,. «,.!,■ a<-c-..;cd. >;:lii.t: to the ! , villi' of tli<> p.i-t'.ral -.■ — ion <■!' the Con- i i lercnce. An-.-uii; the.-i- iui-n'.nl ca-.:di- '■ I dat. - are Mi-:, G. H. ifiuti-n i Ad- j . diu-t.ni. \V. l.ea < Amlierh .\ >. and N. ' ' T:irn'-r (Clnv.-tchiirelit. A Main can-' ! didate. David Wilcx ( Wh:in^ar<..i'. « .:s , I The X, v. V A. ■>. S.-aimr. who imir : 1 yv.i:> ai;n lei: ih,- Spring-tun i-:rcu;t to '. ■ eiiiia-e in i).,. Maori .Mi-.-'.m «nrii ' • n-;tli ci A':ek:inri. itl-n d i«r Koiei-n . i Mi.-i'.n s.TViie. I.v: it w.i-de idod t!i:it ■ be rcmam in th-.- I!..mini, n and it-an-i ; j to Kuropean cirt-iit work. j ! Tin- re-iiie-t.- ot tin- Ki-vn. W. C. : Oliver. 1). McNicoll. S. -I. (iaihck. and ; , T. K. Thomas to In ;-.Mr.i- -iii'ernunier- : arie- were granted. In t acii ca.-<- j '■_.■ appreciative referein i - wile nujii-- :,» ; ; th , .' -irviei.- yen .!■. rc-.l t-> tliv Clr.;ic!i ! J drrir.ir tlieir len;_ mini-try, and nine!! ' i regret n a.- t-xpre-.-i ■ 1 that the time bad come lor tl'eir ret irciiM ill. "li;.--e iniai-- ; :■•:■■; have Lib: u:'-.l .li <iiiier,'Ut peri-al.-i ! in C.i:u .-rliury circuit-, and are w.-!l kne-wii in the unsvim-e and th i ouii'ic 'it ; l!n I)o:niiii:!:i n> rally. Mr Thonia- is | . at pre-eut in the l,i csVon circuit, and j ; .suflcrini; M-riou.s iiid ; .->-.'>it !on. and j niiK h .-ymjalhy with him n a.s >l;<r,\ n .' by the niiiii-ter- <i:nteri::ce. j Tec- fi-.ifeivnce wns opened ;!ii- | ! even in -J b.'tore a lir<:c oiimr.;:;it:on. ' T!)'.- .Minis;.-1.-' and lay readers" rep re- ; ■ -.-.ntatives from the various circuit.- j were present in iiunilx'iv. con.-! i- I tutii: i tlic lar«e.-t coiiu-renee that- h.-i.s : been held ill conn, ct ion with th.- c-h:iiv!i in the Dominion. I The lay members from Cant, rbury are:—Mc-sr.s .). A. N. Tuni.T, T. H:i\t-v. J. F. Oir.eival. H. 11. Turner. ■ "\V. D". M-.-.rks. W. 11. Dally. \V. 11. ll:ii.f'h l{. M. Cre.-sw.di (C'hri-t<. !:nr:;!i>. i .1. l{. Webb (I-ytwlton). 1). .lo:i-..s : o'priti-'-t'iiO.H. K. Pervman iTaiT-ipi:\ 1 W Wil-nii (l/.(*teii). H. Kvans (Kaia- : pc.i), K. .1. Iltirnet;. S. Ay. :s (Kani;ijorn). K. Hold-ato (Tiiraru), il. Crayj burn (Teniulta). and M. .Jones (A.!d)\ir--1 t-.ui). j PRESIDENTS ADDRESS. j Tlie Rev. C. K. Heecroft (th.o Presii dent i in hi- retiring; a<!dre-s referred, ' in hi.- <)))( n in;.; remarks, to the removals 1 by death during the year, and, -neakiii'_c of the work aceenipli.slied. he dealt, other matter-, with the siic-'<-(--iul initiation of tlie Welliiiiiton Cliun-h Kxti-n-itin nroject : the steady i :md solid advancement of the Bible . Ciass Movement attendant upon the labours of the Orjanisinij; Secretary; I and tbn c ■; abli-iiment of a Sunday- | .-(■!;<»;! T. achers' Coiif<'reiico. i TIiK()LO(;iCAIi TUAINIXC!. ! CoiuinuiiiLi. lie -aid: —Th<> subject our <•.••.most <-onsidera- ; tiou w : !i undoubtedly be that of more : ad..ounte ;>rovisi<'n for the tlieole-ieal , training of accepted candidate- for the mini-lry. The continuity ami well- ' bviivi of the Church depends very i largely and of neces.sity upon the supI ply of devoted and oua'.iiied tia.cln.-rs. The renewal and upkeep of our ministry in this Dominion demand that at least, ten or twelve nie:i shall continuously be in irainiiur, whereas it has only l>; e>l possible in rer-enl years io m:;ke vrovi-ion for .six. It is the ('nuivh s solemn duty to furnish the I h<-t efinipnu nt within h(>r ' power to llio'p whom she sends out as her teachers. If they have not ilicnii .selves been tniijiht how to make the i be.-t use of I heir powers, the difficulties of their life-work will bo painfully increased, and tln-y will fail t:> win the i-on(id< nee whicn their ec.ition sliould inspiiv. Kven one of Mich <-omniaudMij; native aliilily as tlie Roy. W. Wsitkinsim recently confessed to a life.sense of privation in that "ne mis— .•(I siMviu;.; an .•ipprenticr.-.hip io his work. Tlio rommitioi' aneointed last year by the Archbishop <i Canterbury Lo deal with the supply and training of candidates for Holy Orders came to the cnncluMoii that even :n the ease of graduate cau<li<hUc.- at lor.st one year's sjieeia! theological trp.inins should b-> vef|iiirerl, and that wheiirver practicable, the period should be lengthened to two yeiir-. Wherein we as a Church in this Dominion have f:iil« d to supply our candidates with tV.iT neers.snry equipment, we have been oourtin;; defeat at a \ital p<int. 11".so pr.-ivcrfu! an intellect as that of the Apostle Paul needed ■ the preparatory discipline of the so-. jourii in Arabia before he entered upon! his evangelistic ini-.-ion, how much , mere -iionlil a sea-on <;f mental ncfjui.sitiim and trainiu:; jirccede l'ne i sibilitie- oi" the Clirisiian ministry, in thi- nut' of spiritual unre-t:' The pro- j . vi-'iou of fund.- fer this object slioul<l be by u.s as :i sacred and neees- : sjiry obligation. We. as a Church, -hould fi-el with the committee to which I have ju-t ref< rrerl. that '•thi> matter oULll't not to be lefi to benevolent ■ action alone, but should be regarded a.s a tundameiu;:! part oi' Church (iuar.ee.'' iIOMK MISSION' WORK. '. Second only in iinv'irtanco to ' tin".- (|iie.stiou i- that of se- ; curing a more enthu-i-tic and i ' p!-acl:<-al iniere-i on the jiart of our i i I'eoi-h- in the mai:.;c-.a<i;o and i furtherance of our Mem.. Mi — ::;n work, i 1 Th;. loui;-e:;:ilini:<-i. unwearied, and un- \ re; on-pcnsi-d ilev.)tion o! our veneraide ', oomieNiena! trea-.urer, Mr V. 1,. Pri:>.e, | j t;> t!i<. !inaiic-i--,l administration of th:.-!, i'usi'.i. <-:m have b.-en r:;n-Iy e(,ual!.-.l i ] even in the anna's <;! Mel ! i.\ii,!n Ue < ha.- b;:-n loyally n-,-i.-t<<l by ihe ,-tron.: i execiitive w!io have li mien d vaiindj' .-i-i-vir-e a.i a con.v: !t a I i ye con:lni ttc-. | •' But their title to tlie sympathy a::d ' :-up;:-;rt of the Church a.-' a "whole ivisM not been adequately recomiiseij. Hence j the question i- arising in many mind.- : ! as li, whether any .•■e::dji!.rt'ment , i \~ mellK.d could b-.- devi,:-d by means of]' wi:;c-!i their hands could be .-tren-'tben-ed and the work which they | !ls v, :vt j ] heart more efiectually iurtbei<d. Tiie I . pro; >rtio:>.-; oi tii,;; ,-, orl: are I . makil-.- iK.ee-,.ary nu over-..;!,! v.l,ich j , can hardly be ''-veil l,v a c:'- r .,i ~,-,,. ( . mitt.- ...1,.! l,,; :; i inte're. th.-.ye in !,. , eon-id-red which <-an b<- 'out iinperfccl- ; l<. jeali-ed from a!;;r. "i be ..-;:• t-.-..«- j of iliesi- diflir-ulties In.- led :-,::•- , v- to turn their i-'iou-riit.-s in the dir.-c- I i ti"n of an s<-c;--larv, aiid l t-> ask ii hiip'y tli.T.- .U ■:, •,':■' f<;.;.,..! : ■ in our mid-t ,-inn. .Jr.-l::i W (i,-.-.-iv< - , • - ! tl-ury •!. Pope by w!n\-.. ;..!:, inl-tr.-: ive , • iiift- and ;:. -;m in.: p:T-on;: lity thi ; ::r i: • ' ili-p'irtment ■>! i ur wer': <">u!-.J '~;■ mati- ' riailv devi-b>|v-d. I:i the di--u.-do-:i ..; . til'- whole -üb.ic- t v.c .diid! need ;-> ; ' i.-i . ;i our mind.s and 'v'-::rt. i-c-'.i :;ir! - ' n -;.i;!!-:v<-- to the J)iv:n«- le;;.-liir.;. j laxity i;i:r.Ai;i> ! X(; rurucii. ! i Mi:>i!ii:i:<>;ip. ; - V.'iiil-l 1 ■ <-«r -ui-ir. ; t:;e o: '-;i -i->-;>- [er - < t:.-..!.. -ivini: and !"->!■ !---;k- w !.:-.-!; . ;! -< ,; netnite.-i o!! :i revi:-v.- c i i'r.-- \ •;,-■. > c , ' e;:i-. ->: n:::.-;: t!;::t c-.li; :<;r . ;;••.-;■;•■■■. ! et he:i: t-,. T ; :-■:•■■ i:.'V.- b.--:i v->.;v. r- '■ <:■ :i-. :!■;![;■; C. d. 1.-i;t : hey have lu-.-u '■ \ i-i '.)■••• i-.-.H-:,. : l),n'iV:i 'v.-'h'.'vl '1,'.-'.";, i ■ i:::it - ; . :-,rd ;:;ir;y ciilivrciil i:i :>-v ■■-.-.rv .', e:it rpri>.>-. •'C-γ.- i-.-i- b. ■■:■. ;.!i Ny I::;:-. ; el ii-T. ]■:-. ■■<,!! :-.;• i::-;-,- -_in •; i.-..ti :..;"' en .a. i.--, :.;:•■ ~! •■ '.'':-\\v<-]>. \ ■• ■:,!, ■ . :i;:y :c;ii k- d ,: rer._.::' :-i::".; ;: ;':■■ !;,;:■-!> I , ol C"i::-i-t : :-:i .--M;:.- .'-n.- -.vi;h : a -n.i- '. '■

h.-dor,.. Have we not. rather, t> • :■.- pl.nv a μ-ncra; hi. Miv \v:tii nvot-i-: t..> I. lunch incmbcr.ship, ami a readiness to M-vcr the lie-; v! eomir.uu: >n <. 11 p:>' .-iiyjil. , .-. ;uit«-:ar Iho :o;.r-t.;. priuh_l;i-.-. ami <lutics c-l' un:< n wi'.ti the m" ■.•'!•.■ c:i:!ivh arc held in li_'li: i--tn i.. u!i!;-h < T-:;£i-.-i-t- pai:fFiii!y uitii the 1 ;S'i" i : u-.-d on tnr.s- limo i;i a mini, r .!..v. All this i.-a.lv to the <-, :t----clusum ii'at jsotnethiiv.; :s :ui.i~- with r.-. WV may r. ;. ::.- a C liin.'h. I--it jular in '.hi* in; cricniv. But tli.t. il ;: i.. v. inanted. >u;.;>:;•■----,:.,:!!,T um.-,!.,ii-]] nor juMUication ii >r rt ct <?;eai:o!i. h »oil : !..■ ..h.c:- i.i-loyallv 1c G.-d ,\ i: c v.i- t,> In- conlcrt i'i;h piatitm.es :il,:,ut li "Mini; our own. or iU>mii tairly n. il. ail linn-- < oi:.-.ideM ■'.. Il v I-.' line, an t it :-. th.it vur s.iik t uaiu - a r> , latvlv iill.-d. that villi an inn, ,i>;r..~ ...piih.iii.n ~.r >-...<!.,>• school roils a:,. .::•.!<• !>i Tter t'r.a;-. .-t.it iona iy, <in.; that -...,- ar.' ra.'liii- t<> acd to <-;ir Church m.e-.uher.-iiip- in anything like tile propcrtioii t.> th ■■ nuiiH >-n i; uro-.vih .-I tin- !>.:!•!•>!■. lh' -■' it, .\ ..■!: ■.Hilt- i:i*l> >i;i'!i!.l r.- <!■ -i' -ir.:i |iray.rKii i.mki-::i. \\",- *>«.• it alii;.- l:> i-iir Divii'..- 1..-r.!. 'iV K.;,\-ii7.!;''t : it' , ."| , !-lh>".!iA"'naVi-.. : . 1. -. k 1..-tii I'aii-.- am: f.uv. i>.lr '!u;.v in ti-i- i, -'■.•■ t is riT. and th- in >ri!.y "i!:.. pi .vaili.u: c.M.ilii ior. «.r ,■.•! ti'ii'-. Wi- a:«- in u.i '.ally crn- <! a I !'<-■ x.uil-' ir.. : .i!Vrn no , , it i'.-.>l ■ i actual h.'-tiii;y. u> true on L |-.. ]:;.,-( .•! in,ilt;l"'U.- :ir..:n: i U-. Ti:.- .': «■ , : v ;:\hw.\ .'.cv-.ti-.ui wliicli the h; : -,,.: -1- ".• n:;l n-lil r.; i-:i;- IJi'il.v :it. r -a !- m... v ill:lir!-l ir.>in Him. i ;;•■ tii'iiiv an.i < ml:i'.>i- , ..-Hi <i tl«- ;- ---y<- lit'.'"oi day arc i-iit;ro»<'<l in ll:- ii:ir-riii «>l an iiiiiii.'iliatt- jjiatii'ua«io:i." O;ir --r.r.ny <!i:natf ai> I <>ur iir.anci.i! |n :-;,.■! ity arc. pcrliaj--*. 1 sii-;z*;;y jM-.::iikii.!r lor a .-.;■!:-.- <■: *^ : - p ■• ii ;:i v upon (.J.'il. b-.it lr.im wh.it-<■■.-,-r c;iiV.' aii-iny; t.'.iat. 1. --.■'.!■•.! μ-iim" i-. i aiiiinlly t'viia'iit. I.v. nivli.'i'.' th.- - ■•.-it ar.'i i.-:i;p;ir:il arc -I'.uWnm out un.-c-.-n ami ct rnal relit i.-. . . A it*:-. Uu-r. the outlook J- Miflicii-nl'iy mtiiiik. > 't «,• im;.-! i:-n allow our f-miviotW'iis t<> •.■.■.•,,Uci) i.r our to tail. Tiin>'..L'l::-in .ill my iiiuicniauoir* <>i thi- nikiri-.■>. two liv"-> have 1.-. :i c.minimally rxi'.rrinn k> lny mini! a> >■: ttir.c i.-.rt'n wl'.ai 1 ct.nc'ivc to in- 4-.iiv imi>i in c<l , . 'l'h'v <:l.h- in the til -t vi r ; :> vi tint exqui-ite liynm o! Wiiiitirr'., which has hapjiily I'-'inl a ]i!:i;--.' a> Xu. 110 in <>.ir Mctho<!i.s- llvinn Hook, and they r-.-aii , thus: In juiriT lives thy sirvicc lin;!. In i'..".>p-.-r rcvci-ciic-i? praise. Tl;e ii:a't".-. insight is ever <-k-M-ly akin i;> il'.i- ])!c.iilirl's vi-ii>n, <ukl in this p.-titi-in t'l , .-.' sin'-Tcr umioubu illy l>»- ---,■.„;■„ ~ a sot. We have here in the lew. -t n;--:t>lc- wonli; a ot" tliat wh::!i t!i'.- ?iccosi-itics oi oi;r a;4e. aii:i lli'.- litinntir oi our (io.i i!-Miian<l. We have, p.rhai.-.s been in <!:ui;zer oi' iim'.iiu: in <mr activities th<' Kia'.'e o!' cur spirituality. Husy h< re .mil there, v, c have MitVcn-l our most .-acvnl trust to el-:-!;- our izrasn. Made k<-f.>:-i-s oi til:-. vi:i.-yard we have al!.)weil our own vineyard !■>> iki 11 into ili-crd-vr. Or. to cl'-'.iiu;-' thi' li-nurc, we have h<<n vn.''■avcuriiii; tr> ii-.c-vrase the output, without >i corr<'>n:iu'tin.u in< reii-.c at the intake. Yet. :iit-<T nil. it is tlie int;'.l:e th:M nn;.-t I><- our iir.-t <-ue. As was .-.1 1 -! liy Sir Smith at the l-'.ncli.-ii C-.uiie'-enee, many oi us crnili. hardly i";> ni.Ti' tl::in we are duiinj. hut \\ ■•' can an.l must «r-l; to heir.fnc ;l:on w< , a-.-, and we can only Inmore liy < nmin<; into dclih'.-i it-.- con';itr,;-. tra;: -i<;rtnin;i leH.jiv-.hip with ,i-.:r l;ivin<> Lord. T<> !>■• men of power we must be men of prayer. TITK SPIIUT OF AYOHSIIIP.

Do we r<:!!i-r as we should the i'ltiniiito i< lationship between the cnltivai ion ol this worshipful spirit ami the fiirthcr;>.nee of iill that is most precious in family life:- The neglect or tin- banishment of the household altar is always to lie regarded as an ominous sign. "Whether Or not the declared Christian par , lit re-!-:>gni-.e> :!;'■ <: i.- -i >-t i -)J-.= nn:! lar-re-.-iching eflcers oi abandoning this observance, who look on iroiii withiMit are awmv of Hiein. T:\ke as an evidence of this a remarkable testiinr>iiy orrurrinjt in nno of tlie foremost c: in in i'rein I papers of ill c <lay—the "Wall

.street, .loiirnnl," New York. In a recent loading article in that influential organ of Jin;i>;:f ii'- ediii.r :i ..'!'ts: '•Ml.it America needs more than railway extension, ami Western irrifiation, and a low larilf and a bigger v.hoat croj), nml a merchant marine mid :i new navy

! is ;i revival of piety—the kind oi piety lather and mother had—the kind of piety ilmt thought it {jood litisim-ss to stop for daily family [iniyr beforo breakfast right in the middle of harvest, and that quit work on Thursday ' evt-iiiiiu in time to Ret to prayer meeting. That is what we need to clear this <:nnitiy r>! t'.K- illtTl of iM:>fi. ; ;\:::\' of <;roed petty and biV. of the worship of line homes and lands, ruid j.;ny dresses and lii<*h offices and ujrand social "functions."' That is no measured deliverance from the rh.<v of an ecclesiastical Assembly, *hnt the unexpected and outspoken testimony of a man of the world. Outsiders are said to see more of the hattle than those do who are in the m ; dst of the fi fjd.it. We m-iy. then lore, «,]] ponder tlie significance of such a witness as this. SABBATH OBSKRVANCK. Th. r- is :i <.:i!l fo- plain * i. i lvi*i;x «'H these matters. Xew Zealand C'lit i-t i.ms have much cause for repentance .md l elorir.:itiou with respect to their mil-em-ployment of the sit en d hours of the Lord's Day. Many Xew Zealand church members are setting a deplorable e\ample by their neglect of t lie ordinances of (Jed's house and by their Mipcrf.eial iietjuaim ami' with the Book of books. Tii*>n. to come right homc> to on:-,elvc . the majority of .Ww Zealand Methodi-ts are deirauding t hemselve-, ~l pi iviie-'e. and depriving their Church of what was once one of its chief di'diK turns in allowing the fellowship ot s.iiiits., as rcp:-.>sc!itcd by the cbi-s meetin-'. to iall into disuse. 1 am far h<,m adw.-i eating a .stereotyped reproduction of 1 :"!<-:.'-nt lor.milas i:i- c:i.-< :r- ■"•' ;:n-' thin.-'.s th.it were po-sible and profitable in the eighteenth century v.o:.'d be utterly out of place in tlie twen- ' ti-'tli. 1 am !:■! to put in a p! .i {,„ : , '.'.■ ;r\> devout «1..-;-rvance ot i !,,. , ~1, ~ ::::-■'■-; o! the -a n-t Ha |v. 'Him- is a ,- '"''•"' ' i' > ii:::!ii hi *.<!> main n: t.i'n.<: I' ■■!• a!i!C!i'lni. »t. hot); hi the rondlic-f <1 ' i- - we.r-hip ai:-l in t!i.- b-.'i a <>l the «■;.■:■■ inpjier. "Our p-ril t<,:.i\.' .. ,\ < er.e i-. !:o ••;i:..-il:. : wit.il ;-ithr;:i\. -, t'l'it ', -■■' ray■■!;• re:i:rjve c;ir .-h; i■, 1,, \)m -' :re V, , } :>y.-y.:'i-\-<- the s n c- - , | i}.,. ( illir-:'!! t:V!" |. V( :v r;-:iv,' d.ni'.'el list ! we ,■!:..•■;..■ ~; :, ,J tr of their j Mreat c. ivy:-: that <>f bri'i <z\ ;i s nien i::t.) 11-.<- (;) Ti;ci ( : ,v »r. v ;:;-,■ oi C.r.l. II:.; ov.-ii r;i! :•:!? ol ivoi.'!:in svn:-'- f"r «'Ver nvc-har... d. ■■(;<■] 'i H L ,,.. :it l v ~, (~ I-" , :'- I ill the nv:en,blv :;i i !; ■■ saint;-. ■,■■■! i:, be had ■■! reve.--e.v- -■ f -.1! ;>■ •:.. '■h:,l are :.!..,:-t Hi::,." T);e .-,!(' -li ;i -. ~-:- ~ ' ;-,-.'.-'it h.o.ii.- I > ti: ■ ;:;,;:.! :■ - t r> ! '• "•• t'r-:- •••.-;• a- a ;•-■.:>!-■ --iffi-i d-Iv :.-- : ■ ■■■::)- th<> • r!,.;n:>itv ' t r!.a- : lain. ! !:; - !■:]■• -b'VM!-!i : h.' " lnfv i> -a-ii"*! "ith a );■'■■! -'■■ -i:-:,"l- mv''li'virt ' 'if l <-, -, ,-,■ .:-;, ,Mv ,- ; ~■>:-ri--:: :: t-.-.Mi- ' ':■ ! lii-r! tli.-n t\~ o-i- -t< •-!;;:«■ : v ' ■ r - :••:■ ■■!■'>■■- 1.'.. ..v]- • '■ l< :■< , ;;.-.■ bre'< ( . : , d-;v. n. : >Tid v' ■ - l "■: 1,; !|. •:'■:, ■; ,- ;1, ,)„. ~,. ~f- ~.( . • < f ," •■■•■•-• ! - -: 111 -: I ■ i v: i- i '■<• M- i^.• 1- i -■■ (•>■.::,■<■],. ' Is -:;!■■.. ;;■■ !„■ : !d>-.- ''■ •"'■•-:- :.:■ • . '.1:-:!.-..'.... - d !-.m>[> j ■i 1 ■•. : ■'-■■('! );vi.;u ' :ks. :,.: 1 t-r-r- j •." ■ :'-:i*- a -. a '.iv :it i::i-i[' cf :■'■ iilJ' ; !;- :■■, 'r. f - ;},.. ,:V-o-:.--!r ,]. . . tf> , :!;• T. r<! .-.f the >!• ;,... -■ ■ ,| ,-' •;..,,:, ; t" ■ ■ i:. ■-:!. ■ .!•■ ur-.'hin- i.-■ t"-- .M--:'i- ' - ':-: ":-:t.■.••. If 1 t!;. >.:-;■- f'-.r a mo- , - :t ''■■■■ i-M !!,->'■! v :> .- : , v i -'.: !,I • ! : , : ;-■-■ r,r-. ; rv ir.h-r -v •' _.' - t in j (■■■■.■.:-'.'•!• 'oi ';u.":.' ; :'t:v:: .'- ■.- ' ': ;' :':;.,.' '- . : !-:;- • ■■: ■■■; ir-v ".': -.. H ;- i- i v. t (' .<.;••-.! . -■■'■■ ,• ;:!■ : I .-•- ---;!-- - • J- ;.-: -!•-.- ;■ ;'.-: -r: :: :. : :-:

Im^r^rK,;:;;:^ 1, ;;;; ,,^? 1 [fruvAiy t«- Lv,-,;.,;;-" 1 ;,"^ !: t rt;.r-;cr:-;v: : ;-,r;'r : :'.! , v n \i:r,v;; l \ l ;;:;; ,^-v:,, fVi?:r^ ,,, .?i : s- thai ihe -.y.ijni •, i the , i-il,'? y- » ; w!nc! : appr.M.nar- ,!' ./. >> f"""' thai cl Ihe Heavc:,h. ;'>,.„ i., : , ; ?; ,'» . al! wh. wish in ■ ,' ~ ...,•', ". lcll ! '• ,s|l "' ■ ' ■-<> i;..iv lmd it ~ '' - » ".t 'Ml hV dill si ininiiit ■* I :',".;'..V"',iV : vV'"' ,n,i ""'"■"""i-S :{:;"■ VzX'c :™»f- .si -s );■".-''■- "—lie. 1 1,, v,. •„■, i-en, r » tl.-'r n-_e. It is , -rl-u.s an evid.-tii.x, "' : » 'i<i-:tivc ii-.u-u-a! ta-;c. !mt .- rT askance at t,,,,,- lU av!<e:l "C'-Mn-rittlit.-' ami to hank.r I ~ the -i:nt,! k -it v a -d ct the- • ,>!.', ■■).>' r thri-lit» -tra.p «»: = ,-», are !, ~ I ,„ , -^ stand,-:] ,-t th, r.:-;,!,'.-' F or tb ,. 0^ • press,,-,, o» that ,»-,:>,. ;, iv Hdlt t(> ' r r '' v,<l >' i-.ioiecst i!-,.sti-iMii,-iit:ilitT I AMten otner S, natural claim, iip.>,,Ah e in.-im.al ro-onrc,. s o f t ],,. Churcli Wβ , he.,, duly r,v<-nised and met. nothing ! can he too beautiful or l< , , «;-„.-] f,, r U^ . j.liu-c ivliere Cod i< v.orsliippcd. , lie ; best and swetest mi,,s tr cKv withinour j rower should nn-.l ei,i,>h;vni<-nt in Ui s . MTVKv. provi(!e 1 always that wuilonot , ! suhsntnte the aco-serv for the fmi^ a . i menial. Not lhi> cf the siiu-cr,-iof the <:i-i_'imist. or c.!' the preaclior, but the ehuy <:f Cot] is the cHjcot an 4 - I end el all true >.;inet>ti:iry Nothj in- but . oiifusi:>n await.s the dm roll ji; -'■<> resori.s to Carnegie rather titan Ito Calvary for her Sh.-nn-pful anl hitter failure must en.".i(. if flp. liaiK-e is pl.ic: (1 upon tin- hreath of or<raii rip. - in-t<\id of mv n the hreath of Ccd. For that broath let minist-pr mid nionli' pli'ad, and "wait, expect* mc; to re<'eiv<-.'' The Rev. T. IV,-. ;li,. now president," ni>t" to t!!<> Domiiiioji from Ireland" \vh"ii ho was a yonn-j iii-nii. s<'ttlin<j in O.nt.'rbury as a Tooil pre:u'lier. * Ho \yis so/in attached to the .St. A 1 bans c-ireuir. Iron, which he wax ic-reive<' as a candidate for tlv> ministry of the AVce. N'Win C'liiiroh. Aft-;- , ! , i perioil a.s ,-i sttl. d--lit at 'Hine Col]e?<\ Auckland, h< , <'iitc:-(d into eicirt wrrk at the conI: nine of 1.577. He i--s very well known in Canterbury, hariiisi travelled in tbo W KMlend. Waim.ite. Teniuka. iSpriii<Tj. tr.n. anrl circuits. ~\\v Fr'e is also -well known as a Xo» I:r->i=c lecturer and oriiini.-er throiighout t-h<> Dominion. Ho was stationed at Af-hburton when .\O-liesns3 vrtta cirried there, and <li<l much in fiocuriiiß that rosnlt. The Roy. ,S. Laivry. \\h6 w.t, ro-elcT-.trd s:'cret-.i ry, is «.tntion«l nt Christchureh, and is the pr»sont ch.iirin.aii of the Canterbury district.