BAPTIST UNION

Evening Star, Issue 20613, 13 October 1930, Page 1

BAPTIST UNION

* ' CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES On Saturday afternoon the delegates attending the Baptist Union Conference were the guests of Mr and Mrs J. Jackson Purdie at Larnach Castle, between 700 and 800 taking part in tho excursion. The visitors were entertained at tea, and wore shown over the castle, in which keen interest was displayed. The Anderson’s Bay Orchestra was in attendance, and gave several enjoyable selections under the baton of Mr J. Clark. The proceeds from this function, amounting to about £BO, will be devoted to the conference funds. In the evening the combined Baptist choirs, assisted by several well-known local artists, gave an excellent concert in the Burns Hall. The programme was arranged by Mr H. P. Desmouslins, and its performance was attended with happy results. The choral selections were particularly well sung, outstanding choruses being ‘ And the Glory of the Lord,’ ‘ Hallelujah,’ ‘ Sweet and Low,’ ‘ Jerusalem,’ ‘ Swing. Low, Sweet Chariot,’ and ‘ Old Mother Hubbard.’ Songs were given by Misses Lettie De Clifford and Mary Pratt, the Rev. L. A. North, and Messrs E. G. Bond and Alfred Walmsley. Mr B. Rayment contributed a trombone solo, and Master George Coxhead a cornet solo. Miss Ethel Wallace and Sybil Bawer were heard in enjoyable violin and pianoforte golos. SUNDAY SERVICES. Ministers from other centres who are delegates to tho conference filled the pulpits in local Baptist churches yesterday, and some responded to invitations from other denominations. At the Hanover Street Baptist Church the Rev. H. Knowles Kempton delivered the annual missionary sermon in the morning, and the Rev. J. J. North filled the pulpit in the evening. Mr North also presided over and addressed a combined Bible class rally in the afternoon. .The Rev. H. Knowles Kempton, in his missionary sermon, took as his text I John i., 3—“ That which’we have seen and heard declare we uqtp you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.” This,, he said, formed the basis of and contained the motive for, missionary work. It was the unchanging and unassailable argument, yet untouched by the storms of the centuries. Title deeds to a wide and wonderful estate were given, though it meant costliness. Hanover Street Baptist Church was'truly a missionary church, for there the great missionary society was founded. From there also many had gone to the,mission fields. '■ The speaker reminded-'his congregation that .their giving must not only be sacramental, but also spiritual. BIBLE-CLASS RALLY Members of the Baptist Bible Class Unions of the city to the -number of almost 250, with friends, gathered in the Hanover Street Baptist Church yesterday afternoon. After hearty singing, led by the Rev. Lawrence A. North, the Rev. W, E. Lambert (president of the Baptist Union) introduced the speaker for the rally, Dr J. J. North, D.D., of Auckland.