THE CHURCHES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 93, 13 January 1908, Page 9

THE CHURCHES.

9 i ir i SALVATION ARMY. | ' ! CONFERENCE OEJ OFFICERS. Brigadier. Albiston, officer in chargo: of-the !r North- Island- tho.Salvntion'Annyi, , v .- ! receded a cablegram on' Saturday fj'om .Com- - - missionfli ITltie, statUig that the|Cenimis-i„sionbr.-will, obino te Wellihgtou nextrmonthl' ito .-hold--.in" this city ai conference cf- all .tlie , | Army officers of tlio'-North Island. : The, ..- . - | Brigadier , espects' that aliout ono hundred • • «)ffibers'■ ; - :-."Tho 'eonfoL - fencei will .probably obnsidbri the; : <proposals ; whifch- have been- made; for. uicreas- ,- lug itha'allow&ncfcs' lsf officers,;andt. especially, v. u,r for increasing what aro called tlie salary, sub-. , sidles of ofiicers-in-the poorer .-districts*' Those,'.." ' offibfera - aro' guaranteed- a' certain mwunura salary by tlie Amy. and if their dislntts do :not ;profidc : so- muclij'the differonce is.mado: good. -It is'- proposed ;to increase this mini-: ,;, j . mnm'salary.-- -Tlie Army's - officers-cheerfully , o iofceivo small wages, but m some cases, apparently,, their temilnoratlon - hardly;, suffices %■ for tho l most fuig.il wants .v.. Commissibner ifltio'will also dealiWitli the;-:- v-j ■.adratteer' ill vitsisocml work,, which- the Alrmy . is ,inakmcun l New-ZeUand, -and in, oonnco-.; tion with vhich a numbei of important • biuldmgs ~ are inbwMii .contemplation l or ■; in >j, adtuaLiiiropress s:of : .construction.. He will ~- 44 ■tour-.thur.whole Dominion in- connection with • .these; matters! '■ v ; ■ V Yestei-day - waS-special dav-of. wcleoma . - to Mnjoi-.- and /llrS.'. Holdawav: at tlio Viyian -. cattdel. Special services \iere held tall* day,i and: spoeches- of welcome, wero.'mado :bjt ofilcers' and to tho. new heads- of .v .V theiyoung'.pooplo'.svivorlt.in-ithe North-Island. . , !i:fi.Ma.]or. SV,onoj,pfi. Adelaide) who is: to take •'charge', of tbe,' Tafanaki ; division of ' tlia ' ' Army's work; wdl arnve from Sydney, liy rl.lw i Ma,heno ...on i' Wednesday.. .r On -Friday, 1 •: ,Brigadier,ftAlbisteii vWill,go .to,Eltham l to in;. stal the-Majoi m his now position Sf VINCENT DF PAUL SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING .jsvAbpnt,.. sixty- persons attended the anmisi r .;t-;i. yJtiflotiirgj-'^li^~jcitry"■.conf !df the Sfc'. '■ : /'. c.V.mcenfc "do Paul Society, held m St." Pat- " ..rick's - Hall, Boulcott Street,-last evening.->'■ •••> :,v-.The annual report of:: t-hc centrah confer-i' - df-St! Mary of, the Angola,'-.which"/:-;* .;the only - one', suftcicntly long -'c^taUisbedye—to: present statistics; ..gayc* tho following siim'- y ' ; ■mary -af.r work performed :—Families: ' reh.ovcd, 80; persons relieved,- 90; visits, paid i:.:i to private homes, - '8; cilnpleyment fouud. for ' . • •fire: persons;- -passages 'found for three r persons: '"ten" peoplo isent -to institutions;, ,: 26 iamines -or 1 persons^ l provided with cloth-' ■ mgj lodgings, found for: eiglit; visits paid to hospital,'.Olin'o 'fiome; 1 gaol;- and other in- >••• stitntions, .'lls.:'' Other taspects of thcyear's. - ■ work'have already beelV'published'. .vr.. •iji'l'he Very Kev. Father O'Shea, Vicar-Gen- . eral, cj;hort'Od : members; to greater afeal- for» ' i tlio:flit<ire. The work done - during the. past • .twelve months was, he. Said, a>great incen-,. v.:,*: 'efforts', for the 1 alleviation of i ■. dlstresl. wore appointed-- as- - follow.:—Preiwdenb; iMr. Martin.,Eennedv (St.- Mary of >;tlfe: Angels ' Conference) Vice-prekidenti' Mr. '. 5 Mi' 'iAfidrwcs' (St. Anne's Conference)';' treasJ. E. Henrvs (Sacred Heart Con-- . forcnco)!-. secretary,■■ MrG.-vTownsend (St: of'tbo' Angels' Conference).'' - 1 A NLtt SUPERIOR Hl3 Grace Arcnbishop Redwood, will go to - Wahganuio to-day,, in- connection with tho election .Vof.:-'a new Superior of /the .nuns in .tliat .town....Ris Grace will return to Wet ~ , .lington .on, Wednesday. . . - : 'V 1 ' CHURCH or CHRIST "A VISITING PRE VCHER '-'»Mi'.--'H-.'-G- J Efanfard,,Principal of tho 'lKrtJi-- -. ■ Bible-'Colkge-MJv the' Churches' of Christ- in •> •- -Molbolifiie, arrived" in: j Welfirigtoii -oil-.Thurs- ■" day' frbni; the.Sbuthj 1 : in .tlie cou'rso of a^ton* ■ of-^his•Dominion,"miiclr lio is':nlakiilg/in tha '1 •■" ihterosts".' of. tlie' r ohnfßhes and : "College.; Tho ■' - ;latteru:institutiorl','''';has'. :i ' been attended by • ' ■-'fcwentyx students^.. during -'itsf firsV'yeary and : several New -Zealand j Will .-be: '-'added to its membership next year, including oiio from College.has three /masters;, including: Mr.-'Harwafd,. who is a r Victorian who has v somo years in the '. United -States, where' it is 'claimed that the Churches-;of , Christ are making; faster pro- ' • cress-than-;any other/, denomination. . - Mr. ■Harward was the State evangelist of the sect : .= :■ for, four,.years in . Victoria, conducting tent : missions; in ; the'.course .'-of. which ho is-said «• to havo-effected between 1600 and 1700 conversions. /'Ho has'just finished s a mission at Ballarat. . • • -Uv. •:;,The visiter preached last evening to a large ' congregation 111 tho Vivian-Street Church of , Christ building, his subject being, " Christ's i Great Offefiiigs.''''Dealing'with tho stoij of . the yonng ruler .who-had-great possessions, . he said that Christ: offered him these four "c ! s ":—l, a cross (Sell all you have"); , 2', a /career.,(" Follow mo "); 3, a character (" If thou would'st be~'perfeet'!) ;.4, a-crown. .- A: suggestivo .sermon-.was preached 011 these ■lines;.;, r f,,..-.it .Mr.. Harward ;told: a Dominion, representative that, so .far. as' he, has seen, the Churches > ■ of'-Christ, are,'■ progressing'.very .well .-in New • -Zealand.- •' An evangelist is likely to bo.chosen' .'■ very : soon,'to take up . work permanently at tho .Wellington church. Ho Trill probably como from ,\'ictoria. {Mr. Harward will preach agf;in in the • Vivian .Street"Ciinrch-next-Sunday evening, , and leayo for Nelson on Monday next. After- ■ wards he will mako a tour of tho: North , Island;'" ' ' ' "