Presbyterian General Assembly.
[By Telegraph.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 15. At the opening of tbo Presbyterian General Assembly, delegates from Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Wanganui, Nelson, Christchurch, 'iimaru, Westland, Otago, and Southland were present, The Rev, W. Gillies was elected Moderator, vice Dr Elmslie. Mr Gillies briefly addressed the assemblage on the policy of the Church, and referring to the liquor traffic, urged its abolition, and warned the people against gambling. The legislature, ho raid, had not only been oriminally'protective and patronising towards vice, but had also been criminally and euicidally interdictive and obstructive towards virtue by its State baa upon Bible in Schools.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 7069, 15 February 1893, Page 3
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102Presbyterian General Assembly. South Canterbury Times, Issue 7069, 15 February 1893, Page 3
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