THE PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 36, 16 February 1901, Page 2

THE PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

SABBATH SCHOOLS HKI'OKT.

![Piiil PUiSd ASiuCI.'.VION.] Wixaisuj, L'eliiu.a-y K. I The delegates to t.he p. esbytemn Assembly were outi-rtained ;il! day by an ujvi'iver excursion. The trip was thoroughly enjoy«d. j Iq tho evening tho AssomMy m<-t, I whjn i!'ii' ivyoitof t!ieS:.ljlu'h schoo'sj v-.-l*-: ' ;.• !>> ' >se oiivi-nor. ' u.i'.ngs; j •',[••_., ' !i'i .-■> .'■ - -.' ■•■■■ .. c . ■,< ■■ '■ • 'tf.-i-; L-..1 : i d . •">,- >'■'■ s ■• G,;,ai'' t,- '.'.■■j .i'Ai... ■i« 1 -; ■ ■ ' : .'>■;■ t iVi'Ot. 'i t'i.rt' < it..'.:.

bers urged the nece«sity ef attaotiofti being paid to Sunday schools. The Foreign Mis-ion rtport WM< read, and the discussion adjourned tiUt next day. I Wancianoi, February 15. ( The Presbyterian Assembly mettbir. morning. It was decided that the Rev. W... Thomson hand in his ministerial certificate befora being heard at the bar ft' tbe A-semUy on Monday morning. Discussion on foreign mission wta" • e-nwed. The Rev. J. Grant, oon<t ven«T, moved a resolution expressive of thankfulness to G»d for great bleating in Tmoa and also expressing regret at th«i increased aggression of the French in the Now Hebrides. Several members of tho Assembly spoke highly in f<vour of tho good work dons by Mr. Furlong, a Uhiisthn trader in the New Hebrides. The Rov. Painter, a inkjfojanry from China, addressed tW house, giving a » osfc interestingaoooMfc of the spiritual needs of China. The Assembly then detlt with a rafeiance froW the WaDganui Presbytery r« th® resignation of the Rev. Ohisholm, of Pdi'.merston North. Tb* reference was noC sustained and the mattfr ra referred to the Preabytary t> doxl with.