METHODIST CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1919, Page 5

METHODIST CONFERENCE.

I By Telegraph.—Press Association* , [ Chriatchurch, MMdHfe"^ At the Methodist conference the OtHW I ticgent fund account showed receipt* tut I the year as '£2707, and payments A special vote of thanks was panel, to Mr. E. Roseveare on his retirement from tho position of district secretary-toff the church property, after thirteen_rej§r£ servient?. It was announced that £8963 "from"tfi» foreign mission fund had been sent to the general fund at Sydney, and £1062 ' added to ths capital fund, which now amounted to £4073. The recommendation of tho committae for a more thorough disseminatton of \ missionary information was adopted. A NEW MISSION FIELD. Christchurch, Last Night. At the Methodist Conference, BetfW. A. Sinclair, general secretary of FoMtgn ■ Missions, moved that the conferate&re- / affirm the necessity for the MetiMulkt ! Church of New Zealand assuming' iha' responsibility for the maintenance and; control of a separate mission fleddy tfcat the Church should aim at the. estaH&h* ment of the new field in 1922, the sHsw . Zealand Church's centenary year, and that the field comprise evangelised and unevangelised territory, the suggested field being Tonga, Samoa, and the. Sok)* mon Islands. The motion was carried and it was decided to enter into negotiations with the Schales Conference and" the Mission Board. Rev. H. L. Blamires moved that the conference recommend the adoption'by theiT churches, in connection with <h» peace celebrations, of the peace hymn written by John Ball, editor of the Wi»» nganui Chronicle. After some discussion it was decided to recommend the hymn as one that might be used. Permission was given for the eatab> "iishment of a juvenile missionary.