BAPTIST UNION.
PRESS ASSOCIATION WaDganui, last night, The Bixth annual oooferenoe or the Baptist Union was openod this evening by a devotional service, at which tho Rev. W. Perry (Waihi) presided, and R.3V. A. North (Ponsonby) spoko. At the roll oall in tho afternoon Dearly seventy delegates responded, The Revs. Keith, Ewart, and J. Spottimwood were reoeived into Miniate.ial membership. The annual report, presented by the Rev. R. S. Gray, recorded that last year was ona of the most prosperous in the hißtory of the denomination, there being a net inorease of 2%5 ; the present membership was 4285. Mr A. S. Adams delivered his presidential address in the evening before a large audience. The Rev. Alfred North presided. The address was on 11 The Relation of the Church to Social and Eoonomio Questions,” and was reoeived with great applause.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1902, 11 October 1906, Page 2
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