METHODIST MISSIONS.

Wairarapa Age, 10 March 1927, Page 5

METHODIST MISSIONS.

REPORTS ±0 CONFERENCE. PLANS FOB THIS YEAR. AUCKLAND, March 9. Foreign Mission work occupied the attention of the Methodist Conference to-day. The financial statement of the Methodist Foreign Mission Society for the year ended December 31, 1926, stated that expenditure in the Solomon Islands district totalled £14,985, and £1357 in the New Zealand office, making a total, with sundry payments, of £17,008. The total income was £15.670, leaving a deficit of £l3BB. The income on the capital account was £2344, the income from the banana plantation account totalled £9319. The estimated income of the Solomon Island Mission for 1927 was shown as £17,000, of which New Zealand was estimated to contribute £13,000, and the Solomon Islands £4OOO. Reference was made to the splendid response of young people to the call for missionary work, and it was stated that out of twelve candidates for the ministry this year, five had offered themselves for service in the mftsion field. The report of the Methodist 'Women’s Missionary Union stated that there were 38 affiliated auxiliaries, with a total membership of 2411, out of a total church women membership of 15,000. The treasurer stated that receipts for the year were £3431, an increase of £195. It was decided to devote Sunday, May 22, as a special missionary day throughout the churches, when appropriate sermons will be given end lectures delivered to bible classes. A week of thanksgiving will be observed prior to this special .day.—