PRESBYTERIAN MEN'S LEAGUE.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1918, Page 6

PRESBYTERIAN MEN'S LEAGUE.

VISIT FROM ORGANISER. ■ The Rev. Vt. Scorgie (Dunedin), who i.i making a tour of New Zealand in the interests of the Presbyterian Men's League, was in New Plymouth during the week-end just past. At a meeting on Monday night of office-bearers in St. Andrew's Church, presided over by the Rev. O. Blundell, it was decided to form a branch of the league here, all those present intimating that they would join. The purpose of the league is to rally fhn men of the Presbyterian Church to the work of the church. The church in Sew Zealand is up against the same problem* as the church in America was 25 years ago; only 23 per cent, of the men took an active interest in the work of the church, the other 77 per cent, "tsndinsr aside and doin? nothing. The lenffue aims at enabling the 23 per cent, of the men inside to {rather in the 77 per cent, outside, and unite all the men of the church into a brotherhood. The Rev. XV. Sconrie, who has been in Thincdin for a numb,"' of vears. retired from the work of the minir-trv three vears arro, nnd was recently n s k»d fp undertake the ori.'in" in« of the leacne. He started from Dunedin on •Tune 10, ml in thr»e and a-half months formed 35 branches of f iie league in Hie South Tsland. At- the beginning of this month he came to the North Tsland. mvl before coming to Yew Pivnmuth visited Palmerston North. F«iidin«, Marton. Wn.neji.nui. Wavnrlov, Hawera. Manaia. and Stratford, forming branches at most of these places, including four a.t Wanpanui, where there are four conTreeations. Mr. Scorffie left on Tuesday for Auckland. After .visiting about, a <Wnn consreations in the Auetdand Presbytevv. ho calls at various towns on the Mum Trunk ra.fway on his wav to Wellington, wlmre five eonercations hqvn io V vU ; lnl Mr. Spor"ie has to he in Clirislchurch to attend the assemblv on November Ift.