EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 708, 6 January 1910, Page 5

EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION.

'%+. \- SThe' "•' New i"Zeaiand : : Jl-Eyangelistiteind • Publication Association held; its : 26tK; an-. nual conference at the Church of Christ,", West;Street,^Auckland,'ion ;■ January-d. :The''president'^Mr'.-:li.!B.",Fallvner).:qccu-pied thb chair: '.„- Dolegates /ivero . present: 'representing ;tho Churches ;fiV Chnst;..at Auckland,,; Thames,"-Waihi;. , wHelensyille,. Uunedin, andTimaniiv'Reports'iwere'.suly: mitted.by';the-ohurchesinamed. (; . v;\ ■ Tho'president ;.(Bro. .L: E..';Palkner),' m; roviewirig/the 'work.of-'the;• past.:■ year,. stated that a.distinct, forward-move had: been" made- in:tho association's"; campaign. ; Bro. 0. B. : King ■ !iad. ; been/.engaged .as travelling ■ colporteur'; and,;evengelist,;;and much active- .eyehgelistic ; ;work ;had ■been undertaken iii the, Auckland "province; by. Bro. A... G-.'.Green.: Applications .had. ; been invited 1 in"• .the iUnited'; Kingdom 'iot : : -' an additional .'evangelist*;for; New';; Zealand; and the-executive:recommended" that jßro. -Josiah,Salisbury, ;l of ;Lytham,:;Lancashire. be engaged! Tho /conference; approved'of ■the."<• reaom'mondatipn,■":; .Mr.";'."Salisbury's sphere" of action for; nine : months -to-.be at Dunedin and Timaru. , The president stated that;the;;"Bible;,Standard;";;the' official'■ organ of the , " asspciation,-::.has": on-, tered ,upon';i{s ,30th;year of ;issne:-./,:;;; ..' The .financial statement showed-.a; credit balance'.on the': year's'-operations ;of';iß2oi. after providing .for;, ah ..expenditure; ; of £\li. The assets oxceeded' the liabilities 'by ■ J310.; . ;V ;: .'":^";'';;; , ;;. :i -'"5 ■":;>' -V-';//■;>-The election; of ..''officers resulted .in 'the re-election "of the following:'"President, Bro. L. E. Palkner; vice-presidente, Bros. T. ■L. Wilcook ; hnd C;: C - Brown; • f ecre-, tary, Bro. A.Pagei.treasprcr.Brp. A'.iM. ■Sbales;" publisher, 'Bro. ,W, A. ;Smith; assistant publisher, Bro. A. M.vSkeates; book stonard, Bro. E. Phipris';'-': mission..] secretary, Bro. N. A. Bunker;V;editpr.of "Bible Standard," Bro. George Aldridpo; eommittcp, Bros. W. Penman, J. Ward, and J. Cirid'i',

The ,date of tho next conference was h\ed for January 3, 1911. In the atfernoon Uro. C. C. Brown, of Kotorna, read a paper on "Ncaring the Goal of Ilumai! Procress, or Foroi-hadows of a Coming Crisis," in which ho soujjlit to show Miit tho events of tho world's hMory wore al lheading up to tho day of tho advent of tho Mrcsinh. Bro. C. B. King read a very intcro<;tins and helpful paper on missiin work. J}oth papers woro followed by discussion.