METHODIST SYNOD

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 54, 26 November 1921, Page 12

METHODIST SYNOD

CONCLUDING SESSION

The Wellington Methodist District! t sions, tho nooessuj church,’ . j i Mrs Bowie, tho lady super-* inteldent, had resigned during, the year, mtenue , n appoin . e d in to pt 1 :. E S “w “b“S si.2, SS'ltSiVnS.Xeltt tho quarterly meeting. „. fl( ;ft ca (ion The Synod expressed its . giatihc .+ the action of Parliament m not adoptfog Jhe report of the Racing Commission and ite strong conviction that any action taken should reduce rathcr .! htl ’/ n 1 d n< al ThJ l Synod B rejoWtbat prohibitioii i« to be continued in wards carrying prohibition .it the licensing poll.. It recoinmended that U . fosEibe liberally io the alliance v.ol°Sor mission grante -comnie.Jl £s<H'Souih Wairarai, £80; Carterton, £2O; Eketahuna,

following resolution rP K a /and viewing with' alarm the possibility of the recuiTence of further arnled conflict amongst the nations this B;>nod cords Its profound gratificatioi at movements now in progress for ita p ■ o motion of world-wide peace. It paiticu tarly welcomes with gratitude the operations of the League of Narons especially the good work done at the recent meetings of the League'm Geneva, and warmly commends tho programme of th* League to the support and practical sjmnathv of our people. R’-gurding -he Ccnference for Disarmament at the Synod prays that the result of tl Conference may be the effective limited tion Of the world’s armament in the near future, and the achievement of d> finite measures for the establishment of international peace.” . A motion, the object of which was to make ii possible to invito a minister for three years at a stretch, instead of one year, As at present, was voted out. Gratification was expressed at tlie good work being done by the Rev. A. J. Seamer and his associates in connec.ton with the Maori mission. The session concluded last evening with the reading and signing of the journal.