PRIMITIVE METHODIST CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 12 January 1907, Page 2

PRIMITIVE METHODIST CONFERENCE.

I>'H LDAY'S I'ltOCEIiDlNf IS. When the Conference resumed iin Friday 11101 niny, r,li-■ following new delegates uriv IE-c.-i\ (,'hl: —Itov. Mr Carlisle. mill .Messrs Urillilhs, Linton, anil 11. Hour. .\lr F. Thompson (Kdendalc.. Koutlilaiiil) preached lus trial sermon us u candidate fur till! ministry, .his siilij..'(-L being "Judgment," the text being tloiln xii. :;i. Uepoiis tiu;ii the stations Iniu'i'([ a total membership of 2522. an increase of ITU. I lie report ironi the Furnishing ( ouuuittee was received anil showed receipts amounting to €B4 las JOd. The Kirc Insurance Fund report was lo arrange for an African inispropert ies and other risks insured for a sum of £2.S.(i7f). The profits for IHDIi amounted to .CIAS Is lid and the value of the fund now stands at CliiOU .'is Id. A very interesting discussion took place re .Uric,m missions, and it was ieMilveil that, with a. view to providing fund for a native teacher iu tile Af rican mission work, tin; C.U. socielio and Sunday-schools he recommendec to arrange for an African mis. "ions evening, and that the boot steward lie requested to arrange foi a set, of African mission lantern slides to he used in connection with tin

The Publishing Committee's report was received and adopted, showing an income of £376 lis Id and expendi. lure £24(i 12s lid, leaving a balance in hand of £l2O 18s 2d. The profits for 1008 were £72 Us 7d and the assets .1154 12s 2d. Ke\. A. Harding was accepted, vice. Rev. l;. Hall, transferred to .England. The Equalisation Fund balancesheet was received and adopted. In .come, .CUI2; expenditure £2lB 17s 8d: balance, £93 2s 4(1 (transferred to Waikalo mission). The balance-sheet of the Coiitinguiif I'unil showed: Income, £SO; exnendi- !!->'\ L ' l , <i 18,4 kiiliinec in hand, £.i Is Id.

CITIZENS' MEETING. The citizens' meeting in the Queenstreet Church on Friday evening was only moderately attended. The President llev. C. ii. Ward, opened the proceedings, and after singing a hymn and the offering of a prayer by Rev. ■l. (-1. llrookc, he introduced liis Worship the Mayor, who ivas to preside. ills Worship the Jlayor welcomed the delegates to New Plymouth, "the cradle of the Church iii New Zealand,' and hoped their stay in the Own would lil.l them with a yearnin» to return. 0

Tilt lirst address was by fiev. iirake ot Wauganui, on "Gambling." u e Sili(l that dc-apiL.- all that had been said, gambling was still prevalent, and no ( Wlls to o strong to nse in its condemnation. Like drunkenness it was well-nigh as old as the tinman family. liigiit through liistory from many years before! Christ, gambling with its recklessness of In,man life. Had been associated with, horse raeiii" And now, in this colony, the (iovernment which derived revenue from gambling, found t ],at some restraint must be put Oil this mania, this epidemic which was hindering the work of Ood. (.ambling had bee,, dnscribi'd gaining to obtain pleasure at the cosl ot pain to another, to obtain money easily without giving any enui--ln.t. Ie recognised, "of Vrnc, hat speculation was necessary in busisiiirif- f there were tunes when the hpiiit ot enterprise and adventure liecame the spirit of gambling. J a i llm . ', uf the man's nature was a.teiec, ami before lie knew it lie bad eiossed tile line which divided Witiluate speculation ■ from gambling. .'if w ; ls described as the ruin of society; by encouraging gamblin" the home at the cost of other and Sior 8 p,t T res - Th ™ was '..in,bin ti , mnocent-looking „ambli., tliat of the art union Xlie • Was , t,>c » iUW > t'le dMirc to get ■ h" n "fonml w f Ar . t , lmion! » wc ' n ' (lo,,l)t- ---• Jim, ,7 1+ l'° l n "Toe of ennbtun,' « , 0 gct rid o£ Umi' .pieI * ' hn !'fy wme otlwf anil heifer ' il ni iii's linn • 1 ! , i WUoC inbishud with monov S«Jtiea from the loss' of hj„,," K 1 other people, who had l oK t' Was 'it ! hat a " Um t,lkiu « '-""'nl » hat and begging assistance? He re i f' I ';]' 1 -* 0 , 4 . uff !' ct of gambling on spilt, instancmg its ravages on erickit, and rowing and its undeiuublf , rrr./v^" a,,d [ exist''without' 1 I ']'- 1 J lo ' 5 showed gambling lia bee, orn^'T i i , 1-j.e thouirht limn ; ot gambling. Ie ' with -t vie«" f° ' UIJ k 'S alis^ > ' Zealand totalisator i, ° Now ■ of the population Wt v PC ' taul 335. And wia wri , M™. 1 ' ]t was i pockets of the bettiiJ'7\ mt . 0 ; thu 1 the result of th, I J £ l 1 * ltcrll, ty as ' for tW },£ i^ t " l, " , } to rt work in(s - show that tho totall" tm to rr|S e the gainer bv -iMrtnnn , ut ' uu " was were twice lint ', Ht ewn if , too liuicil to pav 10 Wls jjwe, blood, and industry j"!"" Starve l° f t "'r, X Jx: i del, u * moral c hn rncter and <l n «u!lbt J OJlJi'loil. 'PJi.i , took his hearers to Calvary.' where 7u "for 0f J'! 1 " 'of Christ was tvni, ,1 f l ' o ,, ' y l '" st lot 8'" ®at "is tjpK.il of the gambler. Never « «}«. was the hideousness of t,c than'tlS « iv, ;» ! " 0M tragically siiei-l-ibl ■ i -! s ' l H'medy, decent retllSC'Olll'il lin • , ul *'U CO 'he colonial I'r.S iH . 1 toilu llt K" TArS «2 to Ihk H I "'• S|, "l ,ors (,ill not rise h«l lIH'Jlt ; |>llt 111,>11 ■'' ar " right to n'al ° UU ,li " 1 the St

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