NATIVE MISSION WORK.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXII, Issue 148, 1 July 1898, Page 2

NATIVE MISSION WORK.

The meeting hety at the Blshrt'aSehqel *• tntolon work amongst tha Bfaod^Fas.^i attended, and great interest was manii" f&teduUhe'praceedings , /~TI <«• BjWoTflW treai d^ aridM je%ed^».Vjia^wwrbdng done |^^-

&wjpS£fW, amongsl Binib a^iliffyMe. Wseg|n tJ warfc aaina Apostle hia'tirea astcnoted by übnaivsbonid camtti'albi at Jlfr^anw Martin liiiuf an. ofiurfc'inoaH l^aadeCto retain thj Rev. yuifentiett Ik Ndtoa jmctt a •accessor «bb found (o take up h& work among tbo qitivea iu this district ftfciJennott^i-m^Bentiefiafex-^?' * lived and ezpraasedpuaatutt wihavmiot^i , TteEeY.FJßennettrftfenwJifoiwSat ' - .heWmedi^go^dVif^iffi-, 1 miaiioa, work! In the'i Waikato 1 / tha Mncfity of the Sabbath, and tfi9,,Chrfattaa'>, J ntaa in regard to l»p{fen»,'marri«raf*«ad' r ' Jiece «u a great deal more to be done, and he earnertlynrged the native atodents to ccnuesraea^ihenueifiu amSigat th^ir «w b A«°b«»«*TO. 'He ,endorwd Mr ThonJWstentefain 'regwdjto the.Ta Ante College, and also aUdded to-tha ' benefit that had arisen from flu mbfica* tion of "Ha Kopn Whakamarama," which Mr Chatterton'and he had started. r l /•to* «ew F. W. Ghattenpn thought tba. if more yotiDg people'became natiTa school teaohew, more R ood wodd be \ accomphahed ttan by oceaaitfnal preaehini: • amoaßst the Maoris. He agreed that Bfc Bennett— wboge term expirebVnext month -ahoald, if possible, fa kept here for ' another year at leaat. For this parposa fIS T 0 " Idbe wqnited; he knew when £100 of the amount could be" raised, and he thought the* Churches should be appealed to to Bapply the remainder 'l He acknowledged Mr Bennett's vednable 1 tea* vices, especially as editor ot^'HaKopa^ Whakamarama.\\ , - f „ The meeting iermtnaW with a vote of thanks, moved by Mr HoUoway, to Me Thornton for bringing the Ta Ante atodenta to Nelson. , '