PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 45, 17 November 1920, Page 8

PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OPENING SERVICE. The 1320 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Nw Zealand w». ODOned in St. John's Church Inst evenEt Rev. J. A. Asher, of Napinr. the retiring Moderator, presided, <")« . hero was, in addition to the member,, »t the assembly, u large attendance of mem ben? of the locnl congregations. After the opening devotional werekn, the. retiring Moderator preached n short Xon tod on Luke. Chapter IM. vers32'rhe clerk intimated that there was a roll strength of 3«. comprising 139 mi,,Uters and 103 eldm-tbn exact :muil»r in attendant at the last Assembly. The retiring Moderator thori installed the Moderator-elect, the Rev. b. W. UirHe, of Balclntha, and declared nwn elected to the office. The new Moderator dolivercd Ins inaugural address, which is reported J>J part in another column. . . ■The clerk produced « return of mini* terial ohangos that, had taken place during the vear. According lo the report there had been fifteen ordinations, mid in addition to tho ordinations 29 indue' tions, six resignations, and four doatlw. After the transaction of formal business tho assembly adjourned till i 0 o'clock this morning.