REPORT OF THE UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES: DISTRICT

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5724, 27 January 1876, Page 3

REPORT OF THE UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES : DISTRICT

Till 'coond innu.il dibtrict meeting of the I'nit^l Matholisfc F:ce Chinche? was bi ought to ,i tio-,c 0:1 Jnidiy, the 21st instant, at noon, 'unii^ - to tLiee-.ui 1 p-h ilf dijs. The sessions woic t'l ii.cuteiis.ed by a vigour .nul un.unniity whiAi pi.Hinse well for the fntuio i'hl development of the denomination. The fol!).\inf; ase the statKtic-t for the Xew Zealand distuct :— Mihistei-.. 12 ; supernumeiary, 1 ; lo> il pi e.icliei ,, 23 ; cli • Icadeis, 29 ; membeis ii society, f)f54 ; on tiial, 73: inciea.se on the je.u, 148. Sunday schools, 18; Sunday sohol.us, 1,72(» ; Simday-school teachers, 203. A itsohitioii w is p.i- e ed expiessing symp ithj v. ltb Mi. and Mis. Tumei in the painful ciicumst. nces which ha\e necessitated their iein<>\.il lio.ii Now Zealand ; exprps<rive, also, of the hope of the meeting soon to welcome them 'ncli to their work here. ."ilti'i a lcn,i,hy and veiy interesting con\ei it") i on the (pu^hon of evangelistic woil:, .ind ilie piO'-peclne spintual condition of the chinches it " i 1 * lesolved— " Tliat this meeting beny dcqilj impulsed with the in'oi-,sity foi e illicit and Cviutiuuoiib a^gies-,ive Cifoit in the \ mod cncuil-., houl'jinay Iju i.\ed and tlio chinches conj.olid.ited, huicby ui^cs upon out niinisteis and oilice-beaien the absolute neroiiity foi conseciation to this woik, and fin thci lesohet, to commend the nutter to the e.uiicit con&ideiation of the Distiiot Coinmittec to ol)tain, if po&sible, a suitable evangelistic agfiit, uid leport to the next district meeting." The following lesolution on Methodist Union was coidnlly and haimoniously passed: llc-solved-"Tint this meeting lejoicei to lviiow, that in the AVeslcyan ('lunch of this colony, there aie amongst its ministoit and It) men those who desne a union of tlu> difluent blanches of the Methodist family in tho colony ; fuitlicimoic, tins meeting would heaitily lect piocate iuch desiic, and would gladly assist in mituiing .Uiy "cliemc which would jdacc .ill the Methodist cliiiiche-> on such a fo.ni<litiou <-. would c Jiccf u.illy secme tho lights of both mmisli<ii and l.ymen, and so ailvmee tbe in * e ie->ts oi o'u common Loid and M ist'M audit 1-. fmthi'i n solved, Tliat the IJi^tiict Com uiittcG be cmpowcied to confer with anj r autho Uird deputation on tlie fcii))]Gct, tnd lepoit to tin in \t disti let meeting." Tlie l.iectni^ also mi tinmously ]> issed tlie f(>llo\Mii(i it solution oa the subject of teinpeianee --"That this distnct inecLing deeply 1 nnents the nide-.pi cad evils wlne'i lo^ultfinin intemjuM nice, and winch io\til themiolvcs in the ]> mpciisiii, lunacy, ciiine, and Inutility ])it\ iLut in tins colony, and whiuh e\ilsaie fuitltei iiiinifesti^l in dccle.ision fiom chinch meiiibciihip, and the genual deteiioiation of lel'gious life amongst those who aie affected theichy. It al.o iocogni-,e-) in tlie di inking customs of tlie d ty, as well as in the piescnt sy-,teMi of (ioveuiment.il license of the sale of intoxicating dunk, tho most fiuitfu.1 causes of the- evil deploied. This meeting would theiefoie do its utmost to eucoui.i'4C and countenance all wi 11 dnected efToiLs to extend amongst our chinches and Sabbath-schools, js well as among all cli^sc. of the connnuniLy, tlie pi.ictice of total abstinence, and to influence tlie Legislatmo m favoui of a much moi^ ngid regulation of the Inuioi tiaffio, e-.piLi.iHy in the dncetion ot closing public-houses dining the wliole of the Loid's Day, and a veiy large diminution of the numbci of places licensed foi the sulo of intoxicating dunk." It was also lesolved — "That this meeting hcicby ONpiesses its mo-,t coidial and unanimous thanks to tho Auckland friends for theii extieine kn.dness and hospitality to the lepiesontativos during the sittings of thismeetin a ."— Tlie next distuct meeting will be held in Clnistehuicli, comnieneing on the thhd Tuesday m Jamuiiy, 1877.

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