A JUBILEE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1982, 12 February 1914, Page 6

A JUBILEE.

. ■ /■■•;,'"; i f/ , ..v ■ . ■ ' . CANIEIIRIffiI 'PR&bYTERY. : ' ' fc tD*l(B!jr«.b&.—Projs AißOpl.tiitp&J ~ "ChrlstchUrph., February 11, ■At th 6 mooting.of the Ovris'tclmrch' Prosbytafy-.to-day .the following res.otii'-. ■tiqn upon-the'-jubilee'of tho Presbytery hi Canterbury .w-as. passed:.—-''As it is liojv fifty years, from- the clatb of the organisation.of the. Presbytery o:f Christehureh, or, as-,i't was'designated, the Presbytery of Canterbury, Wodcsiro to record ow th'avikfulnfiss to Almighty pod for the blessing that has attended the labours of ■ ministers, missionaries, flriid members of our Church in this province; and for, its .rapid growth andjn> creasing ■ inftucticd tliroUghciut this, district as displayed by the ever-widening interest of our people in the." ealiso of •Christ and of. '.Christian; philanthropy. RecoKuisiiig the hardships and difficulties that tlie pioneers, had;'to; Hoe \ro, cannot but look bapk with ailnvitotien and thaiikfiilnciss to self-sacrificing and devoted effort's., made. by .the early settlers to establish and support the ordinances of their Clrareh. »Y«) vfeej that it is dud to «Js' to • tlio memory of tho.so nMhisffers and,, officebearers who so' wisely laid' tlio -tounida-' tiona of tint Church 5n this" 'province. Wo rojoieq in ■ the loyalty and earnest*' liess ei our gc.oplo as* manifested in their zoaloiis'^'Christian works, and hi. their, liberality to all Bchemcs of • the Church, and our prayer, aiid desire is that tho achievement;.'! or ;the past : iuay inspire tho younger of Pfes-. livterians. in-this province te increased itctivity and' deepened devotion to Ijift JSeryice of' Christ, and of the' Church, *>f ..their fathers,'* '~'.-' One of the principal .items, of business before tlio ChristclWireh Presbyfcofy this morning was tho consideration of the, ■ call extended to the Kov.-T.'-Taft, of St. Paul's Clmrdh, by the. Chniniers Oburch of Adelaide. Ths call, .'as for' warded, was signed, by 14Q rnemlic& and 87 adherents. The. Ho*. Graham BillFetir, of.; First. Church; Dunedin, was aupoiijted: by'.the Adelaide Church to present the call, and there" also appeared before'tho- Preibytery n commission from St. P.uil's in' .reference to its acceptance. - Sir. Ta'it then fotiiiallv aiir.ounced his acceptance of tlio call to the Adebttdo Ohureh; "