PRESBYTERY OF WELLINGTON.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 64, 30 May 1877, Page 3

PRESBYTERY OF WELLINGTON.

(From the "Waiiganui Chronicle.") session of; tMs ecclesiastical court of thePresbyteriafi^iCliurcli was held- at' St. Paul's Wangariuiy on the 21st inst., at It a.m. There were present the Rev Messrs Doull ( who presided, in^the absence of the Moderator, the Rev' c Mr Ogg, of Wellington); Paterson, Boss, Treadwell;, arid Elder Strachan. ; The Mr Ross, on behalf of a committee appointed at the last meeting* [of the Presbytery to visit the Feilding, Palmerstori, and Sandon districts, reported that he had, m conjunction with his ministerial brethrerij- visited the ; centres, conducted religious services, and taken, such steps as seemed necessary m the way of church organisation; ' and that the special objects committed I to them had, hethought, been thoroughly | secured, the three districts heartily agreeing to do what was required of them towards the support of the present lab--:ourer m the field. ' : ' : . : ; The report was approved of, and the Committee thanked for their .services. ' It resplyed'that application be made- to the General Assembly Church Extension Committee ; for a continuance of the grant hitherto allowed to the labourer in -the Feilding district, intimating the amount promised by %he three districts, and. also that it would be supplemented: by the Presbytery to the extent of £50. T > ■■'■■■-. The iiext' business .consisted of, the examination of Mr McGregor, a candidate for the Ministry, under instruction by the Presbytery. - r 'The candidate was exercised m Greek and Latin by the Rev. Mr Treadwell, and m theology by tlie Rev;. "Mr Paterson ; m addition to which he. read papers Von certain prescribed subjects. The Presbytery expressed their satisfaction with the im"provementmade by Mr McGregor m the studieshe is 'so earnestly pursuing. Thereafter, a committee was appointed consisting of tjie Eev: Messrs Treadwell" (Convener), Ross, Doull, Ogg, and Paterson, to draft a curriculum of studies for students for the Ministry under education by the presbytery, to arrange for theological tuition, and, the appointment of a Board of Examination ; committee ix> report ai next meeting of PresbyteryV to: be held m August next, m the WairaTapa. '^ ■ , : v ; , 0n the motion of the Rev. Mr Treadwell, the Rev. Mr Ross and the mover were ; appointed a committee to confer with their brother Ministers, and to systematize arrangements for evangelistic . work throughout the bounds of the Presbytery during next summer. ;. It lwas, resolved, that the session records and; colnmuriipri rolls of every congregation -jfithin the'ibourids be submitted for examination- annually. ' : ';.'■■ : .NOTICE OF^JffiOTIONv V \ The Rev* Mr'r ' Dbull gave notice that he would move a motion to the follow-, ing effect at,.the next meeting of Presbytery :— That the Presbytery, whilst, recognising the necessity for energeti- 1 cally employing all right 'means for the /purpose of erecting ecclesiastical buildings, and for other church purposes, do yet record its disapproval of lotteries> art unions, arid e^er^l^g Approaching ■■.■■' . . m. : ■ '/ ■ : • ■ ■ •■

gambling ; and express a hope that the congregations within the bounds will carefully abstain from all such devices, and overture the Assembly to give the weight of its decision to the above- inentione'd disapproval of the Presbyl pry. The Presbyter? then adjoin ned.