BAPTIST CONFERENCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17444, 12 October 1918, Page 8

BAPTIST CONFERENCE

OPENING OF SESSIO/N.

The thirty-aixth annual, conference of tha Baptist Union of New opened Dro«l ff^ n n oo n Wedl ««&y under the pres'doncy of the Rev. J. K. Archer idiu al iauhorenikau). delegates were present, represent mini™ A° Marches of the do- -- rosoluuon of deer>est sympathy Amb rf t W ' th tho widow of Vraburj, who was recently killed in Franco ule »nbcr of the N.Z.E.F r r o< i? ivGd infco ministerial j> f ,, i'; following new ministers:—■ !* )•■ J • Bechingham, R. Bailev C Dl L ]3 r ' f p ur f | ) V ' P DU /. CU , n ? b ' °- Machattie, JUnd. Cl<1 ' KC - Evc »y. and E. a I'as tors C. Chant and L. A. Dav Trm* received as lion, missionaries <4) SSfK f„„S ™r« ll Sich B - a imr in fh g0 v r:um x ; r ° f mcn who ar e serving m the Empire s cause, and th& depletion of the manhood of the churches. Mention was made of the rotim. mcnt of tho Rev Alfred North after 50 to tI SPl ° ?did - Crvic<! - Reference was n u ■ *?*«*sive work- of the churches and the union s work of caring f or and neglected children at Manurewa. Three the ministers of tho union are serving as chaplains with the forces; and Messrs u. H. G«orgo and M. P. W. Lascellea YAT p a f ' 5 commissioners for the \T tln •^ rancc - f^mbourno, treasurer to the nnrf ' i ■"°i SGrl^ C annua l financial report, which showed an income for home missions of £1258 9s Bd. was ;? wry large attendance at tha i? meeting. The chair was taken bv n outh G7 ' Th" °'b Sievewright, of New Ply. n.outn. lne chairman spoke of tlio impower ? f tlt ® Word of God. Ha pleaded for a revival of true religion to bo manifested m deeds of love The president (the Rev.' J. K. Arclwr) spoke on the subject of " lho war had shown clearly that Germany r c^ tm S greedv . glances on the markets of the world. They believed that they were destined by God to govern humanity The speaker went- on to denounce the evils of competitive commercialism which was rampant the whole world otct. War profits were wickedly wrong. There were farmers in New Zear !?:. T, ° wer e hoping and expecting to make the same large profits after the war. •11 e condition of Ireland was ussd as an illustration of the fruits of covetousneea. xne non-Christian world, which was seethi" unrest, was revolting agaipst the nabrts of a few people to monopolise the best things of the world. Africa was being l parcelled out and quarrelled for bv the nations without securing the consent of the native races. The causes of poverty were analysed and their effects examined, lho speaker declared that 477 people owned more than one-quarter of New Zealand. Alter the war there would have to be a redistribution scheme of the necessities of me. One of the causes of the war was trade rapacity and rivalry. The address closed with a final appeal for civic and nauonal righteousness. •*