THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —press association.] Wellington, Thursday. At the Congregational Union to-day, the Rev. Closs, in his remarks on church finance, claimed that a distinction was too sharply drawn between spiritual and material aspects of the church work, and wished that ministers would not shrink from plainly and forcibly dealing with finance us an ungrateful portion of both worship and duty. Attention was drawn to the church debts and mortgages, and it was urged they should always be in the form of a sinking fund. Reference was made to Congregational self-denial in Great Britain, and it was the general agreement that the offertory to be taken during ser vice should be made a solemn act of worship. Sevoral speakers referred to the threepenny bit," and advocated its use among children to teach them to take part in support of the church. At the Congregational Conference this afternoon the Rev. C. Whyte read a paper 011 "How to promote tho spiritual lifo in our churches." Another public n»eeting was hold to-night in connection with the Conference when addresses were delivered by several of the visiting clergymen.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8811, 26 February 1892, Page 5
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