CONGREGATIONM; UNION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10722, 10 February 1897, Page 3

CONGREGATIONM; UNION.

1. •; - : \ (Pfi United Fhes's Association.) • 1 • .-,':•■ -i. CawsrcatmcH,' February 9, '■ The- fourteenth- annus,! ; meeting of the s .Congregatidbal Unibd Vfis,v commenced in, I Trinity.iChurch'.^ay..'.The,lter. W. M. Foil, ) the retiring chairman, presided, and introduced *.; .thexhairmiii-eleefc, W. 6; %foh, "of Auc'kj land,i , A resolution of-condolence was passed » to;' Mrs iiaisii.ley, expressing ttie'eoupcii's'symi pafcby iyith hei'ih. fheibis.ibehad'sus'tained by' 3 the sodden death of; her husband, tbe JJcv. "._' 3 LaiMilsr.-.-.. 3l,Sie..B(!C)tefcary,.'waa instructed.to :for- _ f ward messages of sympathy to th* following; who -. were nhavol.dablyabsebt from-the council hiebti higs rThe'RtevS. T.^Hameif. C. T. Davidson, W. I i A.-Bvahs,and J; Foster. The iecre'tarj re&dAhe annual report of the council, in which" reference B ,j wasmade to the Visit^ of Mr J. WiokliSe Wilsoii, L . j of Sheffield.'direcfcor of the Coionial Missionary f 1 Society, who was on tour through the colonies, 1 I and who had donated £20 to the-fluid* of-bha B union. Another matter of general ihteresfc . j was the visit-of delegates, from- the London t j Missionary '."Society "m , colebration of the B socwty'B centenary. The report was adopted. c ! In the afternoon a"paper Was read by the Rev , ! C. H. Bradbaify, of Danediuj onthe duty of.fche s church training the yonug. . The Rev. B. T .; Hallowes, of..Wellington, preached the annual j j sermon in the fevening. r" - "'- " ' '