METHODIST CONFERENCE.
A WORLD-WIDE GATHERING. FIRST FOR TWENTY YEARS. . NOTABLE MESSAGES. ■ ■— By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received September 7, 5.5 pan. London, Sept. 7. An ecumenical Methodic! conference is meeting at London after a lapse of twenty years.
Mr. Lloyd George sent the following message: “The English-speaking races owe a special debt of reverent gratitude to John Wesley, the greatest spiritual leader and religious organiser they ever produced.” The Archbishop of Canterbury wrote: “All efforts to draw our sundered groups closer have had a valuable effect in producing the right temper of atmosphere conducing to the effectiveness of our common Christian work.”
The Bishop of London wrote: “I still hope that the Wesleyans and Anglicans will be the first to set an example of reuniting, and thus bring about realisation of a great united Church iof Christ, upon which our hearts are set.”—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1921, Page 5
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