CHURCHES OF CHRIST

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2752, 22 April 1916, Page 8

CHURCHES OF CHRIST

ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

a The twentieth annual Conference of '3 the Churches of Christ was opened m n -tlie Virion Street Oiiurcii of Christ 011 ■' i'Jiiirsaay. iiigiit by a Conference of • Sisters. Mrs. iVlurgatroyd; vice-presi-jj. ileut, presided over a good attendance. 0 A report of the year's work' was submittttd by Mrs. Vickery, which . was t adopted. It was resolved that in -tiio n coining year united sisters' meetings d should ho held each, npntb; and that e the sum of £50 •■should bo raised, if poss sibie, for tlie purpose of ilomo Mission 8 Work. ' ; j The officers/for tlia coming year were f President, Mrs. iVlurgatroyd; vice-presi-' J [dent, Mrs. Stone; secretary, Mrs. v'ick- , eryj treasurer, Mrs. Hardham:. . . , A most interesting address was deliv--1 ered by Mrs. J. .Battersby oil Women's t AVork in the Churches of Christ of Aus-f r tralia. f The conference was continued yesters day morning by a devotional service 1 led by Mr. John Griffiths, of Nelson. J Sir. Milton Vickery, President of the Conference, took tlie chair, and gave' 1 an interesting account of the work qf tie Church during the last twenty year's. The following delegates anstvorcd the call, and there was in addition a good .assembly of representative-brethren and sisters, amongst whom was Mr. Fleming M'Donald,' < f Auckland, the President of tlie New Zealand Conference, who received a spccial welcomeKilbirnie, Bro. G. 1-urnell; Levin, Bro. Thos. Dawson; Lower Hutt, Bro. Owen: Nelson, Bros. F.V. Knapp, F. J. Phillips; Pahiatua, Bro. J. Hay; Palmer6ton North, Sister Carter, Bro/ Bolton ;■ Petone, Bros. Grimstead. and Murgatroyd; Spring Grove, Bros. P. Boddiugton and Lane; Wakefield, Bro: J. Griffiths; Wanganui, Bro. Purnell, sen.j Sister Hussey; Wellington, Bros. Hall and A. H. Eaton; Wellington South, Bros. D. Campbell,., M. Vickery, W. Phillips, and H. R. Callam. The Honie'Mission report dealt appreciatively' with the' work done by Bro. Grinstead in Petone and Hutt district and conference strongly supported the keeping of an evangelist in the district. ■ Bro. Bolton, labouring in the Palmer- 1 ston district, was thanked for his work, and conference also approved the continuance of this evangelistic effort. The statistics showed an increase .in tlie number of members.of the co-operating j churches. The church at AVakeheld was 1 admitted into the co-operation of churches. The report stated that collec- j tiens had been made l'or the Y.M.C.A. funds. ' < Tho Executive members for the year j were appointed as follow:—President, Bro. Milton Vickery; vice-president, j Bro. R. A. Wright; treasurer, Bro 1 ' The afternoon session was opened by a, devotional service, led by Bro. Phil- c lips, of Nelson. A useful discussion on 1 the appointments of preachers, and J finance took place. A proposal to amalgamate with the Auckland. Conference was carried by a large majority i A Home Mission rally was held in the evening, presided over by Bro. Herbert s Grinstead. Special addresses were delivered by Bros. P. Bolton, It. Hall, and W. Phillips. A. musical and elocutionary programme arranged by Mr. A. j Thomas was given during the evening, f

Advice received in Wellington on Thursday announces tho arrival at. Buenos Ayres of the Barber liner Wasranm, after a passage of exactly a month from Wellington Tlio vessel cleared this port on Marsh 7 From southern ports the ltosamond arrived in port early yesterday morniug It i« expected that she will cot <uvay lor jsqu'Ma aorta tMs cvealss.