DUNEDIN PRESBYTERY

Otago Witness, Issue 2905, 17 November 1909, Page 10

DUNEDIN PRESBYTERY

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Dunedin Presbytery,- ■ held on -the 10th inst., was attended by the Moderator fl»he >. Rev. D. K. Fisher), 23> ministers, and 10. elders. The Moderator of the General 4s-, v sambly (the Rev. Isaac Jolly, of Palmer- -, fiton .North) was cordially associated, with , the Presbytery. . < A memorial minute ' relative to the death .' of the Rev. John Waters, who for nearly 30 yeare was connected with \he Presby- 1 /tery, was recorded ! A NOBTH ISLAND CALL. The call from Martinborough to the Rev ■ \ % C. Tennent was first dealt with. The » 'call having been read-by the clerk, the,. " Rev. Mr Lymburn said -he had been selected :, by the Wellington Presbytery as its repre : , ; sentative in connection • with the call. He _ had been .at Martinborough. A minister there would not enjoy the dignity of being a naval chaplain, but the living was not overshadowed by the English Church, like : so many places in the North Island. Mr ■•' Tennent had had large experience in horsemanship, and would find it useful at Martinborough. The place would suit Mr Tennent, who in turn would suit the place. ... - - The Rev. James Chisholm, as also re-. 7 . presenting the Wellington Presbytery, said > Martinborough wae a very wide and necessitous district, and one which it was in every way desirable to keep attached to th* , Church. He wen* on, to refer to the' -gocd • work don© at Port Chalmers by Mr Tennent, and his' remarks' tin this matte* were ' supported by Captain? Thomson and M'Ca!-' > lum and Mr Cleg-horn, all of whom re-,' ferred to the regnet felt at the orospec* of Mr Tennent's transference. | Mr Tennent 6aid that a strong conviction , had been forcing itself upon him during . the last year or two that it would be wise , to resign in favour of some younger man., j Some had been influenced by his work; . others had not, and; these his successor , f might be able to reach. For the good of the people he believed (I;he( I;he step was a wise Mr Finlayson moved, and Mr Borne ' seconded— " That the call be placed in Mr" Tennent's hands." ; The call having been accepted, the pas- ; J toral tie was dissolved, as from the last , Sunday in November. . - It was resolved, on the motion of Mr. ' Chisholm, seconded by Dr Nicoleon— ... i "That Mr Gray, of North-East Valley, be ; appointed Moderator of the Port Chalmers . Church." LICENTIATES. Licenses were granted to Messrs Alexander M- Allan, Thomas N. Cuttle, Alex- . ander Hardie, aird N. D. Nicolson. The .. Moderator, in addressing the licentiate?. - reminded them of the passage in one or Stu Paul's epistles: "Wo are the am-, bassatlors of Christ." _ . Piofesvor Hewitson said it might interest the Presbytery to know that these were the first residential students of Knrx t College to receive licensee. Tbe6e gentlemen had excrci-*ad a most excellent influ- ! ence in the college, both as men and a* - | students. Unless Mr Cuttle had show© - greafc courage and pertinacity he would not i have been there that day. Two of the licentiates were to go to the home mieeion field and two to the foreign mission.

The South Australian. Government hafT .;' just located the .grave of John Charles; | Darke, who wae' killed by blacks' on Eyro lv [ Peninsula on October 24, 1844, and intends; , to ereef a" monument there.'' Darke aesisfeoj- ' in laying but Melbourne' in 1838. and after- * 1 wards joined the South Australian Survey :■ 'Department, under Colonel Frome. - >* .Tyenty-niii© "general service" men who came out from England by the lonic signed.-" * off the vessel's articles and intend to Beluga iin New Zealand. The men joined the *B*&i* i in JLondon as stewards, assistant stewards* ._,. , "pantrymen, eto.