PRIMITIVE METHODISTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1265, 21 October 1911, Page 10

PRIMITIVE METHODISTS.

SYNOD CONCLUDED. The Wellington District Primitivo .Methodist Synod was continued yesterday. It was resolved: "That, in view of tho ■widespread evils resulting from the liquor frame to the individual, the home, the Church, and the community generally, wo pledge ourselves to uso all lawful means in our power to secure No-License and Dominion prohibition, and urge all our members over 21 vears of age to exercise their rights at tlio coming election in favour of local .No-License and Dominion prohibition." On the subject of gambling, the following resolution was passed"That wo deeply deplore the widespread spirit of gambling, and pledge ourselves'to do all in our power to discourage it and protect our young people from its baneful intluence, and suggest that the dangers of gambling bo referred to in Sunday School and Band of Hope." Mr. Samuel B. .Maiden was recommended as a candidate for the ministry. Tho Kevs. P. J. Cossum and .T. Sharp were appointed viva voce examiners for 1(112. and the Rev. T. Coatsworth was appointed district representative. The next District Synod is to bo held in Webb Street Church, AVellington, on October 22, IHI2. It was decided to approve the basis of tho'suggested Lord's Day Alliance of New Zealand, auil to recommend the conference to adopt it.