METHODIST CHURCH.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2000, 6 March 1914, Page 3

METHODIST CHURCH.

THE FINANCE OF HOME MISSIONS (By Tel*ffrs.Dh.—Prces Assotiatioa.l . punedin, Mnrcli 5, At_ the Methodist Coufcrencc to-day the foilwing resolution was passed:—"That the ltcv. W. Slade ho the Kiircsentative of the eeiiierent-o to the British NVcsbvmi Mrtliotlist, Biitis-h Primitive Metlwdist, and jßfilislj United Jlethod'ist Unferetiees, B nil also to tlie Irish M.ethodist Craifevenccs." It was also •resolved: '"That tho Kev. S. Griffith be assoeiaiisd with the Her. Mr. Skde as J-Mweseiitative to tba-Uritish Wcs.lo.van Metliodist Oblifcreaoe, and receive special letters of communication to that body."

_V'm lionfercnco - resolved that the officials and »ieii.it>ors of tie various circuits be urged to ffliike such amngeliionts as will enable uimisters to liave at least two weeks' rest in cadi year, Mr. J. Vealc, treasurer, iiresented liio rqrort of. the Home Mission Oaiiniittee. ' Mach <Jiflknlty," said the rfrport, "had wad to be faced in tho early part of the year through 3-apfc. <Df suitable meij to all homo mission stations. It had ween fginid impassiWe iv sesnre an ade'juate supply of unmarried men and several iffiportant places are vjionnt in consequence. Had it been possiWe. oh .tUese stations, to wake prevision i'or tfie support of married Jnen, -tke diißcnlties would Iwve vanislved, as we have hasi to dechiwi a dozen applications from sum men."

Ims statenienfcs shewed the ineewno 7 *"> districts to- be as follows:— £12S1 t3s ' Bd -! S°««» Auckland, £202 7s. M. ■ Tarairaki and Wa, npwuu £34.6 ft s . 2d.; Hawke'e Bay awl icOS ft. cd.; XeJson,. £ 2 09 3s, Od.; Uuterbum £C6l fls. 4d.: South Caaterbiiw-, £:« 18s , OT .. Ola £2J6 Js. Id,; SoatlikKd, £201 l s . M • { 0 t. a .l o» districts, £41ii)i ISs. Gd. , ; income from o*ner sources, eennqxwnal prcportip's. inwest ou mvostniont-s, etc.. £1704 17s ■In-.; total incofflc .£.3861 15s. J(M. Tie estimate of the total income for next .year was £5982, and tha estimated expenditure wa. s £5923 145., giving .t balance ot £58-Gs. to bo eorried forwafd

Remarfcs eti the Pumi. The ; President kid that ho tlwught it a. naiquo wpfrnwice.to have tho imffio miSMOT ftpul. with ft credit balaiiee. Jlr Voale rojjlied tliat there was soni.etljing to .t«: said byway of ftSrfaiiation. ijiifit year tliiD.cfl-nfereiico sat about a HWidi aiaii.nsual, and abwrt iWOJ of the meoiiie wenM, in tke <s.r4in-α-ry way, itave been iiielnded in last year statement. There was abaut $80 pwo from eonnoxioiial f>ropertws than Jwd bocii expeoted owing to !.i s htiie?s 01. exiiendikice, certain grants had iiot .been expended, and titei-eivas £123 of donations which eouM not 1/h ealeujated oh. Iliei-G Imd sever before been a stateii-eet of the capital awwmt t>i the Iwrae mission fund, but he imghi mention, that it,j«iw stood at £6588 10s., and there was a suni.cf £600 edit aw-ait-.ing mvpstniGiit in Auckland. Most of the money was in splendid Brtritjages on properties, some k-aritig as JHgli a ratu ai interest as G.V jig* cent., jukl ho thotiglrt it safe to eay tliat the- averafte raifl of interest was s£. per. omit. Tlm money 'a waiting Hivestniorf in Auckland was not wholly uHprpdviotivo ijocauEo it stoovl against overdraft, and E-.ived about 1 par eelvfc. As to tlm cspwiditjjrt for thp "tiirr'ent J'tav, the total-grants asfced ; .' ( for' fame to &QUU is,, and thft as'ji.iUlntnt of tho tbvnnirtisn brengnt t'iji.-i down to £B2S Us'.

Many of tho.ik'his weie made tlie subject of Rebate, and it was agreed., ■■oittito. in ; ollo.n. e of the conferei:co sceretaryf lliat the 4i*iwt-ed items be art. clowa and Jvaiided to-the coniiflittee, with. swggeis-iion-3 ffiiidi might he reported/upon.Later in i.fio <lay a deputation ■ froJn the Canncit of Charelms oswudsd gnsetings io the 'coifforcisee.

General Businefe. Votes of tba.nks worn tendered to the f,e<?rotsr,r of -the Home Jlissso.ns, and Mi-. 3. Voak, treasurer, and both were reappaintscl.

A life honorarium of £50 pen a.fl.mnn was granted to Ite Bev. W. dittos, late Buperintoadent of Jlawi Missions, •

The continuance afid de-volopmeut of tlie Maori Deaconesses' Heme at Ol.;niavrti w'as referred to th<? Exe-Bativte C«nmittee-. A special tonimittce was appointed to. supervise Use , , worjj of the West Ooast Maari Mission.

A policy, of extonsimi wtis jweseiitetl re tlie- Native work hx WaiKato, and \vas c'o-rcHa.Uy approved. It .svas , resolved t* appoint a pi'ofeatiouflr to Tawnwu- 1 toil, with a grant of £100, a missionary tViT Taraijaki., if a, sititabfc agent be available, bntt,. a, houiu niissMrtidry at tji'iti. .An .appeal.is to be-niadc to tho cirs-irits tu increase tltc income so as to ejwblc.thfl Mnvmittce U\ pfoacewte a. uiiM-o vigorous pdioy .of 'cstpusien. Itwas aha resoh-wl to issistt- :vn ahnunt liosiic .iftission kruttct for general distribution,"-

Tito' Eev. 7. G. Kaminoncl was {i) 5? i)oittt«r as a dopttfation for the Wellitigton district i'cr 1914, and -the l?«;-\\ N. H> Papakaliiira m n demitatioft for Son Hi. • Canterbury if available.

Tho toatte-r' of equippifln a <josj)el van wa3 referred to tho eSocntire foj: favoursb'te consideratien.

. A .commirtoc was nppointWt t<l ennskfcr thp estabiislimcut of a home i.iii-8-■fioiiaries' prnvidPiit'Ttind, Tl'ic ronfr! , - ence asrcod tj forgo » jifant of £100 From the Koreian Mission Bodrcl in Sydv.fty. <tae on areount of ihft trainsfe of Hi» Rev. ff, -W. AWJV to New Zealand. This- , si-ctiou, hotvoror, is net to be *egi.rded as a DKccdCß'ti Tlm Book of Laws ReviMen CmwitHtes prflsented their 'rcftort. Certain nmenrlmoiite v;ero affrc*tJ to, and a liuMir bet of verbal alterations were approved^-

Foreign Mission Field:. The Por-eign Mission report was adopted, and it was Kffiolveql that m> o-rg-an-isiiiß BiMsrctary lor t' lß itesiintO" .lie appointed ponding » decision a.s_to Kaw 'Xiftland'a rpceiaj sphere of foreign mission activity. Drgai.UsiHK scerciarips, huvviTVM 5 , vv-ere.appointed for cash of the ten districts of the Doinutrou.

A rcsLJhitron was approrccl Tt'Sirtina- to tlto union of the Jfetiiodist Cluirclies of Tonga' aiwlt.ho union of .those rhiivclics ivhii . thtv Kcw Zrateiid. Mttthodist Tho JJnv. J. \. Bii|,t>. serl-efsry for Foreign Jlissioivfl. was tlMTilii'd for his cloven .year's of v-oi'vico, and doiiji rnjri'ot was »!i v ln» tetTrrmfirt owing to failiJiK ho-aitii. The it-pert of flit New- Kenlftiid lnenihers of the 130-.tr<t of Missions was roceived, It dea.lt v. - ith -finaiww anil with .stafflns, adnriuisttation, and orftnuisattnn.in tt'.e So«iih Bra. mission field, as vv\\ as in fwlia. It'also offered til fee fl Hortative s«Kpj?stions of s?])arsvfo tkW's for foToigii missioii *ofk. Tlio prti)o«inls wwb:— {\) Viji.-krfnrtin?: liwliftn work:.(a> Indian voi'lc in Fiji; : ?.3) Solo.mon Isfnjuls. Toiign: ami Saniaa. This ma'fctei' -wrtl be tonskTcvcd liy a sp*«.al ccunmittce dm-lng fctw 'year. Tlio t.hirtl suggestion will proba-Wy bo adopted.