MARSDEN CENTENARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 24 October 1911, Page 2

MARSDEN CENTENARY.

PKOI'OSED CJll'lif'H CONGRESS. Aiir-kljirnl. October 20. In his address- to the An»lieait Synod to.day, ISMiop Crosslin- »:iid: 'The- introduction of Christianity into th,.-e islands u;i- -nri'ly the weafesl. and thin,'.' which .has c~\er Tutj,j, ;Mll .,l in \'ew Zealand. In 11114 we shall kave reached the centenary of Marsdcn's arrival. As part of the commemoration ■of that notahlc event, the JJisiiops of New Zealand tmnnimouslv a (lunch < on-rcss f,,r all New Zealand ■dionhl he held oarlv in that year, and <'■■■>»■ it si hi he held in Auckland. T -hoiild liopc (hat, (he I'rimate and the llishops would endeavor to M-i-nre the presence of at least one ]!i-hop and one Priest |„ represent (he Churches of Eat;, land. Scnthnd. and Ireland, of Africa, of th" I'niled state., and of Canada, and 01 our Mi-eaf neijihlinrin;.' continent o,f Australia, at ihaf congress. A < |,„rch Congress, well |iiv|,ared' for. and in s ood dine, hn'ii"- i!iii:>(iratioN to the place and inspiration to the worker-, May the lirst New Zealand Congress at Auckland hi- crowned with success. To this end I would ask the Synod to appoint a small committee or commission to undertake preliminary action in connection with other committees in New Zealand."