WESLEYAN DISTRICT MEETING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 7342, 5 December 1884, Page 6

WESLEYAN DISTRICT MEETING.

The Wellington Wesleyan District meeting commenced its sittings iu W*-dcy Chinch Schoolroom on Wednesday last week. The chairman of the district, the Rev. W. C. Oliver, presided, and the Revs. Lewis, Baumber, Isltt, Garlick, T, F. Jone*, Neilsen, Otter ChrLtcffereon, Heteraka Warihi, and Edward

Christotfersou were present. After the customary opening devotions, the ‘• JJanmber was elected secretory, and the Lev, ,T Tj(!w!s reporter to tho Metlioni it. Jn« Kuv J.C KeiUn was deputed to examine tin; 'di-uidinavian probationers. The Her. J T,»wis then nominated Mr 0. H Laws, of Kapil-r »'• » candidate for the ministry, speakinL, in ’the highest terms of his character an 3 capabilities for the work. Mr Laws was orally examined at some length by the chairman ; and, subject to the report on his written examination faring favorable, the meeting uranim"U*ly rocummeudod that he ba Bent to the Three King’s Institution to bo trained for the ministry. The afternoon session was spent in preparing for tlm financial meeting of tho following day. . Oji Friday morning, m addition to the ministerial members, the following laymen took their so its :-Mr Young, the Grey town Horn.; Mis nonary, awl Messrs Kalph, Blow, and Knight. Mow erections and improve meats to'tbs various church properties were reported to the following value Wellington, £Bl • I’etone, new church, £2ol—debt, £BO ; Masl’ertniJ, £ls ; Greytown, £95 ; Norsewood, £ls ; Hastings, new church, £-100—debt, £l6O. I'cnnis iim was given for the erection of a church at Hast Clive, and the appeal from Ore town t > the loan fund for £250 was unanimously supported. The meeting, by a special resolution, expreised Us sympathy with, and confidence in Hr Young in his dealing wi ll the sja cial financial difficulties of his circuit. Tins report on the olno itiou trust showed an income of £253 Cs 5.1, with an expenditure of £233 5 ■ B<l ; balance in baud, £2O 0s Od. The following grants were recommended from the Homs Misdon Fund -.—Greytown, £25; Hastings, HiO ; Maori work, £lO ; Scandinavian rpisdoT), £l2O. In the afternoon, the Scandinavian tni-slim wag considered at length Tim following change In the stations of the missionaries was recimtnendod : Palmerston and Makaritu, Xhistnr Hsilsen ; Mauriceville, Kev. Otto Chriitoiforson. At this stage a telegram was received from tho Kev. W. Hurley, the president of the conference, pfnjimiiDing the death of tho Kev. James flulipr, (ml a moosago of condolence with tho bereaved relatives was sept. The Kev. Hetoraka Warilii then gave »n account of Ills work among the Maoris. Mr Blow, registrar for Hie district, read the report on church properties, showing the total cost of church property In the district to be £3005 ; present value, £Bono ; insurance of buildings, £3130. The meeting unanimously thanked Mr Blow, and recommended his reappointment. Tho subscriptions to the Foreign Mission Fond amounted to £132, nearly £IOO in

excess of I nut year’s contributions ; the Supernumerary Fund, £94 10s; the Childrens Fund, 6147 11s 3d ; the Contingent Fund, £(J2 81. The statistical returns are— Members,' 6§B • increase in the year, 01 ; on trial, (jl ; communicants, 304’; catecbimuns, 110 ; adherents, 5367 ; increase, 63 ; Sunday Scholar-*, 2032 ; increase, 45 ; teachers, 192. The following recommendations to the conference were then made ■ —(if) That a conference evangelist bo appointed. {I ) That all money raised by special elfort (or the purpose of liquidating circuit ; d,bt be exempt from assessment. Tbs liov. Tj. M, Isitt was elected ropreijoiitatjro to the Dunedin conference. ’ U’lib ministerial Session was r e 9U me d on Friday rU-rnmg, adopting the report of Wednesday’s proceedings, the Esv T. F. ,Tones’ book list aims submitted, and the meetjog heartily ani) nq iniiqoqsly recommended that he should pass in bis year, subject to his written examination being-satisfactory, and Faster Noilson reporting favorably on the preaching and studios pf tho llov O, Chris* toffersan, a similar resolution was passed in flic oaao. The lluv L. M Isitt road the Liverpool minutes, and an encouraging couversation Followed, It was found that especially among the young people in the various oironits good had been done, and tho following minute was adopted ; “ This meeting expresses its gratitude to Cod; for tho measure of success which [nu r Handl'd ; the efforts pf the Church I'hi‘onihor.t'the district 1 during thff p*»t year, jft is with thankfulness tb ! Hhh that we'record in increase of 81 members, and Jl »n trial, and report that 1 the work of our Sabbath schools lias b ion so well sustained, so large a number of teach-, rs and teholara meeting in oiir society cia-ses, Wh think, upon a general review of tlio work, that w < liuVe nSuCh 0^". a 6 jfor onconiMtrMif-nt,'mvl resolve to consecrate quccudccs more fully to Cod and (he great wOrJi in which we are engaged.;’ The minutes wore HieiVread amt oontirumd, and tlys meeting closed by tile chairman pronouncing the benediction,