METHODIST SYNOD.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1591, 7 November 1912, Page 4

METHODIST SYNOD.

. >!.' ; ■'. ■■ ■&* ■ ■.. }■ '.'.- j- ■■;■. :Ki A -EEViML.Of I?AITH : ANDV '■'.. ;,■;■;,' •■:■ ;,; ~; (By Tclegr.aph.- i 'Prcsß Aisspoiatlpn.) V, ;.-■ -Dannevirke, Noy-pinb'e'i:,.6i'', ■■•At tho Wellington,.:Me'thp.d'iSt' District : Synod- to-day, tiie;.'E;ev,' -Sir; ''Serpell: p.rex .sided.. ■ ■■/ -i^'':'?'',';■' ' ,: .."-..-■ 'i^■■■■■-■'■ ■■:'''■,.' In. the cpurse'.'.ofjl'his address,, Mf.-iSer-; referred;;to:'thP.';inissi6n;.of;.i.hspiratipn;.] • and appeal. ising for 19I3::;thr6u'ghout;thp;Dpminion.v ■ : A/rp\'iv'al'' Qf> ,: 'undefiled , 'vii'ai b'f faith/hnd>righteb.usriesj; was; what j tho -.above" The best peop'le'iiil:;tho Ch'urch'wero;lbiigr: ing. for this, and'tthpilse'd :ftas •'iinhtisfakftbl'eJ If this cbuntry-di'd not iniiid'.Avh'a't it w'aS' aboiiti .'thoijGhristia.u.' Sabbath-; \ypuld bft filched frbiiv ; 'tho Church" and' the .world, ' 'l'he...Biblerf'n-schppls. : .qiiestipii. -was again tebming a •■' live riiatter,.. and. ; hp .(the. Si>eii.ker) .cl'ainied that .it was;the". yijgl.it of every; parent to ''say .whether ■ they, ..desired their' .fchildre'ii tp. hear Bible reading in .tho' .day' .schoolsi; -A .«feren- : dum was their:. :p.resent obiPctiv*.. Owjrig.to the fact that Methodist ■pni.Ph;wpu'ld'. to cpiistimni'iited ; ;ih Febriiarjv' 1918,.'.ii; .nunibel - of -SlteratlbnS. in-.\tlie! boundaries. ;:bfl'tlie Sy'nodi.ca'l;' districts ,of.'.the;?Domin^ io.ii wero being., '-th^iiriioi'ton'imittec:' .■""»■'"■ i •' i ",'■.' • ~■ 'i.|; ; A Jong discussipn '.ensued. ,on tM :.re- ; ■poi't, Svh.ioll reepmniended-the: ior.rija'tipn' :p'£,a :ManhwatuTHawkc.'s' ; ' Bay.''district: .. : [' 'tiltima'tely an ainiehc)iiij!iii;f'.Vi'(iS : ; , ditp'icd' .'to-the effect, that Wairarapii; and Hawke's; Bay' should form the. nwvi 'district/. Egyeri, % Bay to b'einclude.ii. Matfa.iratu, under' . ttiis 'arrangoihenCwill,bp;'i.nc : Vudcd'.jn the; Wellington .distribt.'. ' :■';'; Tho whole, rbatter- is to be redlscussed aty. a conference,; aiid iti was decided that". ■the Syrio'd should not deal" with, pro'v posals Affecting"'ctlisr districts ,'iii: the: ' DomihiDn. "■* '■ ' ■ v ■ . - " A request for tho. d.ivisi'oii. Of the Lovih-;; Qtaki:.' circuit. was defeated, ".ft ;beilig;. cphsijjiered .that the tihio ' Mi's iibt''"ripef. there bctug' a lack t>f uuauhnity. ". A .motio'u foiVijthe transfer of certain Wcllingtoii prppe.rtjr to tlip." Wellington ■ Central ■ Mission Was thrown out. ■' is to tsk.P 'it second .married minister at the .next conference;..' Wair.ai-apa South is relieved'' from i; i'ts ' ; obl.ieation te take a married'iniiiister;:fpr;.. ■anothdr_ year. '•> ■■■;■;■';. ; ;; ; : A petition, from ffisiiprnp' asking, that; ■ that circuit b'a- pphstitute'd: .a, Sion was forwarded Jo tho. cohferor| r c6 .for-: favourable PPnsideratipn," tl'io•'. cliairmSiii of the district to: ba-cpmiiiissiqner 'ip. visit Gisborrie: in/ the meajitinie.. "■"'"'

Then here's toT;he : ;fa'm'e that h'as-girt'you, Woods'-only Gfcat Pepporinint Cure!. May you live by; "the strength of your' vi.'rtiie, ■' ' '. ':■■■■" May your fame through th.e. ages. Pn. .. dure, ' '.' '" Till theio.hs of- the Sons :; of'tho.Southland, - ; Wherovpf tho seedsof them be, '- In the city, the wilds, or the drought I land, ....■'•■ Singpraises of theol. ■'.. :■ 5G* I