METHODIST CHURCH
BRANCHES TO UNITE
CEREMONY NEXT MONTH
(Received August IG, 5.55 p.m.)
LONDON. Auk. 10
The Wesleyan, Primitive - and United Methodists will become a corporate body in (lie Albert Hall on September 20. when, in the presence of the Duko and Duchess of York, and probably the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, the three branches of the Church will be formally united. The presidents of the three existing bodies will mount the platform with the Rev. John Scott Lidgett, the newlyelected president of the entire Methodist Church, and all four will sign tlio bond of union.
This ceremony will mark the end of 19 years' work. The union applies only to Britain, but will have an important influence on Melhodfsm in other countries.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21263, 17 August 1932, Page 9
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