METHODIST CHURCH.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 February 1921, Page 5

METHODIST CHURCH.

CENTURY’S WORK ENDING. By (Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The annual Methodist Church Conference opened at Wellington this evening, the Rev. W. Grigg being inducted as president. In the course of his inaugural address the president congratulated the conference on the position of the Methodist Church, almost at the close of the first century of its history in New Zealand. The next eleven months would but span between two centuries, and with the most intense interest they were looking forward to their centenary conference next year. Their church, like all other institutions, was suffering from the after-effects of the war, but they must not let that make them down-hearted. They must fight on with high endeavor for the great cause of Christianity. The League of Nations, now operative, marked a great step in advance, and the application of Christian principles was required for the solution of the problem of social and economic unrest.

The Rev. C. H. Laws, principal of the Theological Institute, Auckland, was chosen president for 1922, and Mr. W. Dobbs (Christchurch) was appointed vice-president of the conference, the highest position for which a layman is eligible. The Rev. A. Ashcroft was reelected secretary.