YOUNG MEN'S FORWARD MOVEMENT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 47, 24 February 1906, Page 9

YOUNG MEN'S FORWARD MOVEMENT.

'Th« -Fftsidonfc (lUt. d, Nmug Buttle),, in bfa- opening address at thu Methodist Conference at Subedin, menKlhr of. the' young ' wen* forward mo-venaiftt, «ajd that In urn pact» a considerable meaMiro ft success had been realised, but m others not much encouragement wan iaciiwd, owing to the fact that 'the material to work upon, war not' in conne<v ♦ion with the churches. The financial •iiu&tion would demand grate attention. Inference was made to homo missions *nd the neccesity of cafe In th* Appoint' meat of district chairman, «f a* to geBuw continuity of policy. ;in the waiter. of foreign mission* the highest point yet (iOtMhe<f hrfd ,^b*«n reoohed. The total Income when* the audit took pl«c« w«r £1971/ an Increase < or er . tlw . jjrwiouf ye&t oi 4212. Since then latfl remit* flftflM* had brought the total up to the sum derfred, A question 'of policy which u« deniwd to lay before thorn, irog whether they should continue to Work with the Australian churches under ,the Board 'of Mission*, <or whether they nfcould undertake th« re*poneibility •of dealing with one particular jwrtlon of fine, extensive mission field, Maori mis. dons were giving 6vid*ne« of revived (ife, The speaker tendered ooagrafnlatiotw to the Rw. Mr, Oittos, tha veteran msori missionary, - who complete* the juWl«# of his ministerial life. The Prttf* dent ihen briefly glanced at public affair* Jn other land*, , and to tho recent gtoMtt ftl <tle«tfon in the colony. Referring to the local option poll, he said that New Zealand iff maronfng* with rapid strides to*, word* "the poinfc when there will W no •pert bar ioif the licensed «ile of etrong drink anywhere in the land. Th« • last Cmftnme remitted to a, committee tlio question of th« relation of children to the church, and the committee's report would soon be circulated. Two points which appeared to tbe President to bo 4»f most serious import in this connection were— (l) th« apparent negligence of parental interest in regard to thojte mat« tew -which affect tbo spiritual life of weir children ; (2) the provision of suit. «M« teachers or leaders, who «h«11 guide Mid instruct the young peopl* in ro« Jigioti* matter*. Another qu«*tfon re juitted to- a committee by the lout Conference was the establishment of an in. dependent and self-governing conference. 'fattiest consideration had been given to <W«. <ftie«tion, There were serious dilfi* «ultiw Jn the way of conferences bring lield in Australia, and tho President thought there «hould bo legislative freeAm. and liberty between 'the two f«/pl«s, . ,

Mr Frederick - Jonas ,h«5 been re-ap-pofnM Trado Commissioner for Queen*-; land in tho East for a term of two years. T!b« salary attached to the posiMm will be £660 per annum and com.