L.M.S. DEPUTATION
SOCIAL AND SERMONS
■ The annual meetings, in connection with the visit of- the deputation of the London Missionary Society'now in progress in Wellington opened On Saturday with a welcome social held in the Terrace Congregational- Church Hall. The Rev. H, W. Newell presided, and after a devotional opening extended a welcome -on behalf of the district to the official deputation, the Rev. H. Leonard Hurst, newly-appointed secretary for 'Australia and New Zealand, and the Rev. H. and Mrs. Taylor (Niue), who are in New Zealand for a short tune. Mr. Hurst, in reply, gave a short talk on his aims in his work, and expressed the hope that his visit would result in mutual help in the work of the Kingdom of God. Questions were then invited, and the importunity was.welcomed' by those present who were able .to .obtain information on various aspects of the work in the field and at the .home bases. ' .■ ■ - Mr. Hurst availed himself of the opportunity of becoming personally acquainted with those present. Yesterday was observed as missionary Sunday in the Wellington Congregational Churches, the. sermons being preached by the Rev.' H. L". Hurst, this year's deputation, the Rev. H. Taylor, of Niue, the Revs. A. E. Hunt .and H. Johnson, two ex-missionaries of the London Missionary Society, and the local ministers. , :
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19351014.2.156.16
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 91, 14 October 1935, Page 15
Word Count
219
L.M.S. DEPUTATION
Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 91, 14 October 1935, Page 15
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in