BAPTIST UNION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 942, 8 October 1910, Page 6

BAPTIST UNION.

CONFERENCE /AT; DBNEIHN./ , (By Telegraph.—Press AEsociatiqn.). Dunedin, October 7. The Baptist Union Conference was continued to-day. /;//.. . •/'■// . The...treasurer's: report *showed : a debit balance,of £130 Bs. Id.; In 'the, course of the/financial. debate it/was. stated .that, for the last three years,, the debit' balances were £150', £155,- and £130 /respectively, personal- donations averaged Jd. 'per. member' per week. Of course,;' those -who gave contributed a great/deal more than that, as many; members gave/little or nothing .at pre- ; sent. • The position was ■ really due, to the urgent demand for the extension of home-,'work.-; . Monthly .•subscriptions, were advocated,.'and it was stated that an extra Id. per week would/mean an additional :- £1000. per year: It • was- decided to recommend, for' the .consideraof the, churches, .some form of duplex' e'nvclopo for collecting. ; . "-. ; '- -. The.Rev-.J...J. North/submitted the Students' Committee report.; -Thecommitteb recommended Howe' to be substituted foriKennedy.as.'tho text-book for evidences ,■■ in the /.first years': of' the bourse, aaid ; that.miriisters be : 'urged,to direct'.-the:;attention of: -young -men'.ofpromise -and talent to the claims of the ministry,,'and'that,- where 'practicable,: preparatory/. classes ; for such. be/initiat-. Ed, in/, connection with churches.. ■' The report:was adopted,' . : '~..' '-,/■'' The R6v..;A. F..- Carey." (Christchurchj •'presided/ in. the .-evening,.' when/the subject' was /./"Baptists' and •■ their, contribution to' the 'world's- progress.",/ '-. ] ■ '': The; Rev.; A. > Dewduey (Brooklyn) dealt, with.baptists:-: in' .the past.-. '. The .Rev. J:/J. North (Wellington), speaking of. baptists in. the present, said brotherhood was ;,what men sought after, and it was being, stifled ,■ by Gernmnphobia Dreadnoughts; .black- proD■..lein's. and .yellow.',problems.,, '-■'./;.■ : /- The':Rev./A./S. /Wilson. (Wahgariui); gave an.address on baptists in the/ru-' tufe. '■• The essence of-their beliefilay in their grand- baptismal ordinance/ They. Stood not for an; emblem-of a. thing, but for tho. thing itself./ The culture.of the. .- present day was: the most' extraordinary .ever- seen. " It r was. a method of .scientific rulism;/looking.at.things : as they wow, and describing things.as they/were. ■■': In „any umoii' : of churcHes"'there' : 'niust' ; be ..absolute-,'., freedom-' of : ' teaching' .and. preaching—in: things- essential,/unity,'' an things-non-essential, liberty, a-nd in : all things charity. '/ ,::/' / ■■_ At',.the/Baptist! Women's /Missionary 'Union's, annual /meeting 'the /following office-bearers'. were/ elected:—President,' Mrs.;Dr.ivor; ; .vice-presidents, Mesdames Knowles, Kempton; (Auckland),,: J. -J,,North.(Wellington),. .'■ Oaroy .-.(Canter■bury),/ Boy all; TOta go) j /'C.V'W;v-/ Gage (Taranaki); secretary;; Mrs.-Fiadlay; treasurer,' Mrs. Adams. ■/://■;/-/.