MEETING OF PBESBY TERIANS.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 9, 23 November 1878, Page 2

MEETING OF PBESBY TERIANS.

A meeting of the member*, of the Presbyterian Church, Palmerston, was held on, Thursday evening. The. Rev.. David: Bruce opened the meeting with a prayer, after which he explained, that the object of .the meeting was fo* the purpose of re-organis-ing the Presbyterian: congregation. A new committee,, consisting of, Messrs. Brupe,- Dundas, Ferguson^ King,, Mason, Stewart, Beale, and Manson, for general management, was duly elected and, M> Mason waa appointed tecretarev A considerable discussion then ensued! a* to whether the Chairman should be elected from the committee j and it was finally decided that the matter should, be held over till some future date,. A sub-committee*, consisting of Messrs. Bruce and, Ferguson was. appointed to, canvass the district to, ascertain what amount of stipend could be raised ; after, which the , question of pew rents was discussed, and.it ' waa decided that no charge be made at present. The idea oi a Sunday School was mooted by the Rev. Mr Brace, but after some discussion it was considered- advisable not to. take action, ia the matter at present,, but to wait until! affairs m connection with the Church , became, more settledMessrs. Manson and Mason were commissioned to make arrangements with Mrs Wakefield for- the accommodation every Sunday of the visiting clergyman. In concluding the meeting^ the R»v. Mr Bruce said he should lake that oppor- ; tunity of thanking those who had worked for the cause, and kept the- services going, and would especially mention Mr George 1 Bnyje. 1 In reply, Mr Ferguson stated that the visit of the Chairman was most opportune, inasmuch, as. hod; he- not arrived, some of : the remaining few- would have discontinued to attend. He thought he was expressing the unanimous, feeling, of the congregation when he said that the visit of their Chairman, would be long rempmbeired with pleasure..