BAPTIST CONFERENCE.
[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wangaxci, Wednesday. |1 Tire sixth annual conference of the Baptist Union opened this evening with a devotional service, at which the Rev. W. Perry • (Waihi) presided, and the Rev. A. North (Ponsonby) spoke.. At the roll call in the " afternoon nearly 70 delegates responded. i\\ The Revs. Keith, Ewart,. and J. Spottinwoode Mere received into ministerial membership. The annual report, presented by the Rev. R. S. Gray, recorded that last year was one of the most prosperous in the his- • "y : tory of the denomination. 'The net in- ui crease was 225, and the present member- ' , V :t ship 4258. ■ Mr. A. S. Adams delivered'his ; '> presidential address in the evening before a large audience. The Rev. Alfred North ■ - presided. The address was on " The Relation of the Church to "Social and Eco- *'! nomic Questions," and was received with . ; ? great applause. v 4 ; - ' : " .-V:;l ' . -:■■■.:,■';•:*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13305, 11 October 1906, Page 6
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