BAPTIST CONFERENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12696, 26 October 1904, Page 4

BAPTIST CONFERENCE.

• ♦ —— . [BY TELEGBAPH.--PBESS ASSOCIATION.'] DunbdiWj Tuesday. The Baptist Conference to-day received »nd , adopted reports on auxiliary and central ci*> trict work. A letter was read from the Church of Christ Missionary executive, Dane- : din, urging that some active* steps should be taken in expressing the desire of the confer'. ■ .f----ence for the union of the various assemblies , of practi'!"- believers in baptism. A com' mittee was appointed to confer with a depu- ...,' tation to discuss a basis of doctrine and policy. On the motion of the Rev. --'.'•; North, it was resolved, "That it be an in" notion to the committee to consult th*' solicitors of the union with regard to the incorporation of the union, and that they I l ** empowered to act in the event of incorporation at a moderate cost, proving practicable' The Rev. Mr Hay moved, "That the con- , ference petition the Presbyterian Assembly | ot the colony to appoint a committee to confer with on© appointed by the conference en the subject of believers'; baptism, with * . view to a. better understanding- between the > two denominations On this , doctrine, and closet association with eat other." After discussion, in which it was -ointed out there was no indication nor* tho Presbyterians would regard the matter, the motion was withdrawn.