Wesleyan Conference.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1623, 1 February 1886, Page 2

Wesleyan Conference.

(PER JTNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ) '; i?p. . . ..; ' . Christchubch, Friday. At the pWesley an Conference yesterday the* Home: Mission balance-sheet wai adopted,' and the>estimate of income and expenditure for 1886 agreed upon, via. : • — liicbhie, ... £2810 ; expenditure, £2750. The Rev A. 'Hteict and Mr F. L. Prim* were appointed treasurers for next year.; „ The rules of >the fund were amended and adopted. .It was agreed to employ ».', Maor ieyangelist to travel through, th'f .' ' Maori districts of the West Coast of thY- ' North 'lsland, under the cars of the Rev. W. (Grittps. The ' remainder of the' morn- ■ ; ing, session was devoted to the further, considerationofa <«jnnectional evangelist. < The vote by'ballot after nomination re. suited, m the appointment to' that office j>f thefßev J. Smalley, subject to his con"sent. * • " t / s The following ministers were' appointed as chairihen ofMtstrictss^A^k-hndj.tir« President,- ex ; oflScio Chairman'; . Wan- ' ganui, $cv ,\W. Lee ;' WellirigMn, 1 JUr" W. Oliver; Nelson, Rev J, Crump ; : Canterbury, Rev J. Berry j'Otago, R«r v MorlJßy. The^repreeontativey-confer- , ence meet m the afternoon, and the locaWtr*of the chu|chjeyftrigelist, the Rev J. g S. Smalley, was fixed >t phristchurcii, and an important committee of manage- . mdht was appointed." The repbrt and sp balance jtheet of the; loan fund .were then regeiyedi Total receipts for the year.* £4100 ; subscripjaohii forthe year, £1085. \ Loans to 34 church buildings had- bSSi made. The thanks of th,e Conf erenct Wer# given to 1 the Eevp M^Morliy ai Senend Secretary, and the Conference was pointed.! The report of ; the church ; property showed that . additional land ana property had been acquired during th» y.ear/,pf tH4 value of I £9W), , jdft which I f nearly had been Wised^in'Auck-- 5 land district ; 184 churches, 45 school 'rooms, 1 and 58 parsonages; have }bein erected ; total cost of land and"buildingl .^olßo,oop. The churches have 82,064 sittings.. The debt averages 21 per cent. Ton the whole cost. Debts paid off dur. ■ing the year, £1800. ' '■'.'. " : . The picnic held yesterday m connection with the We'sleyan Conference wag a complete success. -At the evening test", sion representatives tromlnvercargill requested permission to sell the present' parsonage and site, the proceeds to be dev.oted 'toward the purchase of a new site and parsonage, Jhe. request, wag not granted*.' Tlie'Conference unanimous* ? ly thanked the Rev^ A. Reid for hit lee-* ture on i " Christian Nurture," and r«» quested that he should print its publication m the connections! organ. A r«» port on the subject of temperance was submitted by the Secretary. The report showed that all the, minsters were total abstainers; and nine-tenths. of the meni> bers of the congregations m the Colony., The foilbwin'giiwere the itemg :— Bands of ,• \ Hope, 38, with 4346 members ; Temperance Societies, 14, with 1221 .member* ; pledged! children m. schools, 7069, with ■ 2623 children m other than Wesleyan Bands o.f 'fltfp'e: The' report wagadopted*' '■■■' were passed ; tending to de> velpp temperance^ork,, and the Rev. J. ; S. Smalley re-appointed general secretary Resolutions from various districts on th« matter of social purity were read and tke Conference unanimously; pledged itself tp.?use all legitimate means to lessen th« evil also to petition':: the Legislate© raise the age of consent to eighteen. '