UNION OF CHURCHES.
The proposal outlined at the Primitive Methodist Conference in Wellington, to amalgamate the whole of the Nonconformist bodies and establish one National Church, strikes one as ambitious. There can be no question that the multiplication of sects which has taken place during the last century has. resulted in.a.disintegration aiffi" partial paralysil-of . the Nonconformist Church. The cost of administration has become a severe tax upon the re!igious community, whilst the influence of Churches has met been incr'e'&sed with the addition of sectarian buildings. If a National Church could be organised, its power in the land would-be overwhelming. Meanwhile, the proposal for a union cannot be regarded as within the region of practicalChurch, politics. " ' '■"•' ■"■'-^
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10140, 18 January 1911, Page 4
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115UNION OF CHURCHES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10140, 18 January 1911, Page 4
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