Presbyterian Assembly.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 249, 18 November 1903, Page 2

Presbyterian Assembly.

THE STRATFORD CONGREGATION TROUBLE. ACTION OF PRESBYTERY UPHELD. I)U\KDI.\, .Sov. 17. iliu I'icoio Lei iuu Assembly went into committee un the recent S tratiord congregation trouble, and on resuming adopted t-he following re* port : (1) Assuming the session proceeded legally, they hud sufficient grounds for removing names of the parties concerned from roll membership ; (2) that the procedure oi the session was in harmony with the laws of the churches ; (3) in answerto a petition of the Stratford Kirk Session and Managers' Committee the committee unanimous! y found the whole of the Presbytery's action was sufficient to lead the Rev. Hutson to think they entertained a prejudice against him. This impression wing really caused by the Presbytery s ignorance of church law, and the I resby-tery throughout was sirvceiely desirous of promoting poace and prosperity of the Stratford congregation ; (4) in the opinion of tho committee, the request of the Presbytery for tile appointment o-f « Commission of Assembly should bo declined as valueless. of 1]'!? adopted the report of the Church Union Committee recommending the Assembly to remit to Presbyteries ami Kirk S Jns I „ t qU , t T t ' on 08 t0 ""Aether they are t»i eeable to the Assembly negotiar tug with Methodist and Congregational churches with a view to unpoiicy'' a " ' ,aHis °* doctrine and The Assembly was brought to mc ose to-night. A motion was passed expressing horror of the cruel. thf hith httVL ' been Perpetrated throughout the year in Macedonia, and regret that these cruelties have excited so little indignation in the church of the colony. The next meeting was fixed for the second 1 uesday in November. 1904. at St John's, Wellington, 4