C.E.M.S. Conference.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XIII, Issue 6, 1 December 1922, Page 427

C.E.M.S. Conference.

...The. 'C.E.M' S;' Diq(?esaJ^n|^nce )vas. held m St. .Aug^sfane^.'^lipolrooiri,. i NapieJV ,011 .I.7s^, i1| J R^]Sll ,cr ' when 'over 20 members were Resent. . Letters pf. apology. -fpr u . ab^eric^,were received . from ' the . l)anii^r^e Rp.torua branches. . . i.Bip. '&' $.' J htich, of Berhampore, g^^^yfei^und arid inspiring address, ; Jri^n^,;" he urged the necessity fpiv £he:" CIE^M.S. •hemg a. missionary „goc.ie|^,: M i4"ng primarily . for the building J|p '$$£$ the Church and only secop^arilg '§o^_its own advancement ancl . sijr^gt]^; |$rq. Rich .described the . ii^pgTes^Xjoaade m the Wellington ".dis^'icfea^7al,so, mentioned the fact'. .that^ilargfe^- ~aS the- result ,;.qf ; ,tke GvE.M.S.v'. Headquaiier&lj/.f^sjß^tiye, the Government. . ha.s^., . .at. last .given permission for a representative -^p^ each denomination, to, -be .-, present .m ■ the arrival- of . stea#i#rs carrying immigrants. A remit was. receive^ from Rotorua iri eonnectiioiLjyith the .question qf Sunday Observance.,, and the followa-ng yxWokiiic^^-^as^lssed, being a remit to the Dominion Conference :— "This Conference calls * upon all its members to. do ..everything m their power to presiei've , Sunday? M a •Day of Worship^andjfor-reSt; It appeals- to ,sp6rtsmeniy>i;iii.4he highest interests of the nation, to . -o)§|rain from- all kinds- of -organised Jsport on .'this ; day. ' '■* < -It>' was- • . a15.0. . decided to forward the following r^ifcjto./ the Dominion Gonferepce':— -^Thfrt it be a recommendat-bpn.' to .the. ; Dominion Conference that V :a> .definite. ; ,effprt be made to- secui:.e..iri#prmatio l n abqut. the League of Nations, arid* tp Jielp \$- work of the League, -iu '; every way possible:" Bro,>^. < ,GibSeriwas:,,elected secretary with Bro.'F. L.. Tucker as assistant. .v:j:iTfee>:..^M^i|ve-.'-waS' elected as £ ollows jnTr3roSt^;iee* v \Fp.w-ler^-Hallett, -Iloaiyi !.arid-- r HJ^lton. The Executive is. ; to : y <#risii|EJ]< "stie

possibility of' encouraging the' formation of new .branches m the Diocese, and we hope that" the clergy m the different parishes will give full sympathy to any suggestioris made. Altogether the Conference was a most helpful one, and should not fail to bring! forth good and lasting fruit.