REV. ARTHUR NELSON
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. After a long illness and much suffering the Rev. Arthur Nelson, the distinguished Congregationalist minister of the Beresford Street Church since 1935, died today, aged 51. "His death at a comparatively early age is a severe blow to the congregation of the Beresford Street Church and to the whole Church in New Zealand and Australia," said the Rev. Frank de Lisle. "The great work of consolidation which he successfully undertook at Beresford Street is his monument, and his powerful preaching and fine Christian example will long be remembered."
Mr. Nelson was a past chairman of the Congregational Union of New Zealand and warden of the New Zealand Congregational College, Auckland. He was deeply interested in social1 work, and was an enthusiastic. Rotarian. Born in South Australia, he was twice chairman of the Tasmanian Congregational Union. He leaves a widow and one son.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 113, 8 November 1940, Page 9
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