WESLEYAN HOME MISSION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume III, Issue 335, 2 November 1882, Page 2

WESLEYAN HOME MISSION.

.... The.annual-maeUng.for4he.advocaojr^£. •the above r piißsjon was held/ last Bigjit-in the Wesleyan Church. The meeting was opened by devotional exercises. The Rev. J. A, liUxfprd. presided, and also read the annual 'report The report was very 6aiisfaofory and erjeouraging. It has been the constant aim of "the committee to keep the expenditure within the limits of the income: but the lamented death of the superintendent , .of the Leeston'Ci,rcnit and the severe affliction of the superintendent of jUie Wellington, Circuit, necessitating the expense' of supplies for those circuits, and other urgent demands, have caused a deficit of 4s. sd. The work of the Society' had been vigbronsly carried in all its departments during the' year, and Maori, Scandinavian, and English hqniQ missions were fully described. One pleasing mem. We 'note in conne'ctionwith the report of the Scandinavian work—i"Another church has been erected at Mauriceville; the people subscribed liberally in labor and money, and the missionary's wife painted the building. > The, church was opened free of debt." The new mission in connection with the Patea circuit, comprising .Manaia, Normanby, and Opnnake, were spoken of highly, the cost being put down At iJ17,3 155.; 9d, Towards this sum the Patea circuit contributed ill, but this year £15 will be sent to the treasurer of the fund.

•After the report was read the ReV. J. A. Taylor delivered an able and exhaustive address, which was listened to with' attention. He spoke .of the significant appellation, '• Home," which qua'lifys mission, and said that in'jts'elf was sufficient to ■cotnmend 'to the' sympathies of the people. * The mission Was deserving of the highest advocacy and greatest support. The foreign missions were considered' heroic and romantic, jwhile the home missions were considered commonplace, and the church had been charged with liberally supporting the formerand neglecting the latter. This charge against Wesleyans he wholly denied. The source of England's greatness was the amount of true sterling., piety in her midst; and New Zealand would never be trnly great unless she was based on the imperishable principles of true religion, for " righteousness exalteth a nation."

Rev. T; F. J.ones moved a vote of thanks to 'the' President, which was Carried with acclamation, and the meeting was closed in the usual way.