BAPTIST CONFERENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17595, 7 October 1920, Page 7

BAPTIST CONFERENCE.

GATHE&INjtf AT ~A^U%LAND. FIRST SESSIONS : TO-DAY. The thirty-aghth " atonal . coiiferencet «of y the Baptist. of New Zealand;-- will be opened to-day at the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle. k The majority of the delegate* 'amv^-yesterday and the &yrwas~o?enpied by committee meetings.' . In"the: evening a tea was tendered _ljie delegates, who ■were \ welcomed by the? Rev. ; W. -■ H. Hinton. representing the unltedjc&urches. .. The Rev. H="; Knowles -'Kempfen- and the Rev. H. Collins replied! on-behalf of the delegates. The delegates afterwards attended the session of the Rev. "J. W. Kemp's Bible' School. "* ■ ■-'-' ix rfi:," r " " " The session of the Union will open this morning with a devotional meeting at 9 o'clock, after' which the .-Union will meet for roll call, the appointment of conference officers ] and , committees, and the receiving of reports. ■ : These reports win be discussed at the afternoon session. ,In the evening • the presidential address vrSl be delivered; by the Rev. -S. W.' Jenkin, of Wanganui, and the chairman, the Res. H. Knowles Kempton, of Dumedin,. IwilL also address the conference. The Rev. J. W. Kemp, of Auckland,, will conduct a communion* service at the conclusion 7 of the meeting. ''. '1' ' '.!."' The Y.W.CLA. and Y.M.C.A. buildings have been placed? at the disposal: of - the lady and gentlemen delegates respectively. Luncheon and' tea' is- provided at the church daily by the ladies of the virions churches, the cooking being done" in a camp oven at the rear of the building. '