WELLINGTON PRESBYTERY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 690, 15 December 1909, Page 7

WELLINGTON PRESBYTERY.

; ■■■/■^μ TUB jsiQNTIIIjY. MEETING.' ; ;" : ' : ' ■:.-Tliq'WellingtonvPresfcjtcry: rapt -yesterday/ inorniug,, tho Moderator. (Kev. \V. J. Opiurie) presiding.'" ; ' : ■':■'''''■■"■'■,■' '■ J v '•'""■ ;: ■ .•'-•■ '■'." : Tho ■clerk (Eev.W.Shirer) reported that eight .sessions .'had not yet .■returned, their elders' 1 pommissipha.v. Hope \yas expressed that this -niatter would receive the;: attention //of. those'cq'nccrhctl. :,/• :■.-..-■..•■ .1 ■ ; ;.. ■; r ■u'i'heEev.D. Borne reported that Mr. J. Eyf biirii -lind passed'his finaH exit examination at The..ivarious examiners i»p:. poin£ed : bj .tho Presbytery repprted: pn the pxercjijes' submitted by Mr, Bypurn^Tvlip,: a}so read, Vaccbrdipg to tho regulations, cpffle-pas.-. sages iro.m- his ■ exercises find ■ the. '■ Spripturcs.' The llpy. J. Keanedy Elliott moved,. an(l the Eev.'. li'. trhpmpson seconded,", a njptipn tq'-'prpr ceeS to:-, license - llr. Eyburn ■ as: a probstipner. iThia wa3>?upported:by several other speakers, and carried ' unahimpusly. ;. Altpr further ; prp-r ceedings; Mr. ; Eyburn was duly licensed as a" .probationer. ; It-is his-intentinn■'.to wpjrk in the foreign mission i field.-:;:-'■•:,■; .... •: /•■ '.Mr. Macdonald,-whb isat present a lioutpnant in' the Salvation Army, having applied to be. received' a flpnio. IJissionary,. the Key. Pr> Gibb sppko in BUJjpprt of. thp proposal, and said | i'.iore v if'pmD.mjssioners were. -urgontly .neeried. Itp'also' stated'that'lfr. Macdonald, \yrhp h.ad been brought up 'as a'Presbytorian,.rras pre ; pared to,take the course of traijijpß'.fpr a.hpinc :mjssibn'ageht.-.':The'EoT..J..IC. Ellifltt.seconded tlio proposal, and'.'it was decided to repo|nmpnd .thii .application .t'o'tho CJ>,urcli. r liiitlee'for acepptanpe:,. ■'. ,r '• : .-' :r. ''; ~-; v'Thc'Hpv.K. lnglis, pf Khaijclanah.-rppprtpd that-.he 'had' arranged for Mr. -Mills to! apt as ; "supply">iat 'Dlimmortpii' 4ur|»g thP eumnior manths.v The': appointment' ws. apprpvcil by the presbytery...'i'iie'.'needs of Eaekakariki;were alsp'hspoieh ■ of, and'.Jl ri Ingjis: sajij: lie ])Bd askoij.'Mri -.iMills.'-to : s^e. :i('he. cpuld• dp any ; thiivj.in the "matter. :!: ' ; , .'..■.■:■'■:'■' ~'■■' : .' ' -v.Tfcfl appqintment of Mr- Jemcs Stnith as hptnp 'rnfsEJpner: at Ekotahuna by the Chureji Exten r sioriiCpmiaittpe wag approved.V .'■-'.. ■: .'. .■■■■ . I'lio induction' of tho K«y. A. C. W. Standnßf, M.A.; of Mount Ida, tp the charge pf Jfelburnp was '■■ fixed .for. Tuesday'■ evening, • Fpbr»ary 8; V The Key. li. Hut<,oi) exnlained prppqEals.'for cnlarging. thp. clnirpli builfljng , at prepklyn,. providing:mpro accommodritipn- for the Sunday school, ■aiid'acaiiiring : a- site fnr a manep. .ITe submitted a loan from, the Century Fund lypulu be necessary. appointed He .Bq,into.t])e.niattcr. :'■ !..■.'. ..■..•■■-. * - TJpticc pf mfl'fjnn' wns ; pivqn by the Eev. }j. ITi(j:fi6n. to al|er '.thp tifrtp' 9f.lijeetisgs.pt.tpp" l'resbytery. to .s.3ft.'pitp/.: '. '.:''.-: ... .:.. ;' 'Ap'pljo^Hpn'was , feceived: for tji« honjp niif : sjphsr af Ppngarpa (Mr.. Eattraj;)'tp bo autHfirisc'd to , idminjster , The tlffk was'directed to ihqijirp ijitp th'e tiosition". -'■■.' J'■ \ . The' Hev.' A) '.Thonip'sfln,'.! p'f.Masferton, re-.p(ij-te'd■ that hi? jiair gifoti hipi njpe' iflopths'il6avQ of a'bsoiice.'and hp' hPP?d to M,}\ ■ for «o Old Country' in Mtjrph." Hp had, .arranged with tho Rev. L. Thompson fqr -Miv J. :B. vMacdonald to • tnke ' the «cryiccs.-"'in-'hiij. absence,:;nnd Ij r> asked that: Mr.. . Jfacdonald, who .wjg 'n)rendy a licentiate, should be- ordained ns nh' elder, 'so -n's to bo. enabled : !<to ■baptise, cpnd'ict marriages, and. adininister the '•'sßcrampnt.; This'.request yi'ns. oq}; of brjlpr by tlie Moderator,, but the other arrai)6o:mpntst:/ivere approved by ,tl)p. A respjution' that t\\e •Monp'rptqr ■: ami' \\\a Ttpy§' f ; I)r/QibVand {1. Ifutspn bo. apppltited a ponji ■tnlttpetq incinire ai}d wpprt as to r\'jiy ' of protiploiV fP r . t' le Mflstorfon. char|ie ' :i]urins}" tl)6 abspnep of tlie , minister: lTS!* parried 'aftor (Jisp.uijsffli}'pn' tho casting,, ffiip',. if :: tjtp ; M.i>|iera,t,!|r.' '■'■ '-" '■; ■■' ■■■ :■'.'?'■'•■':.-'■ - :; :^: y -'-''-v-