The Wesleyan Conference.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4061, 12 March 1892, Page 3

The Wesleyan Conference.

Jjie resultp of ||uredayl| and veas ferqajrls' sitting is 'i|s 'followsiThe Conference decided that' on a (jate hereafter tp he (tyed, a week of self Jpfti should be observed, in aid ot the Home Mission Fund. The Ministers' Association of tlio United Methodist Free Churches sent fraternal greetings. Ihe appointment of a connexional secretary was deferred for a year. The request of the Rev J. Berry tp jje transferred iji a yearte time'to' South Australia was acceded to. Conference decided to reduce the jirice of the N.Z, Mithodist to one penny, audto provide a guarantee V fund of £125 for three years. A pqmmjttee appointed to' consider yljat arrangements should be made for the Secretariat of the J übilee and Church buildings and loan Funds repommeuded the appointment of ihe Superintendent of St Albans circuit as Secretary, and the Committee will report at next Conference as to appointing a connexional secretary, Recommendation adopted. Jt was reported thq.fc ihfi total aropuntre* ceived for the Jubileo Thanksgiving Fund was £9943 la lid, It \w «ded to transfer £2OOO from the ilea Fund to the Loan Fund, and to empower the latter to lend that jk|i}Oi|st to ' trt)s'ts { and fg apguire new sites, l'lie report of Sunday schools was read at yesterday evening's sitting by EevW. B. Marton, showing 227 Bchools, 19,893' scholars, 2,060 teacher?, and 35,771 volumes in tbe libraries. £2024 18s has been spent ' during the year.in school manage? rnent, The thanks of Ihe Conference was presented .to i tho district score(pries, &qd '<he following wer&'ap' [jointed fot'tho coinihg'yearAuclcr ■' land, Rev T; G. Oalrr; Watiganui, Eev O. E. Nelson, Rev /. W. leitt j 'Oanterijury, Rev D. J.

Murray; Otago, Rev .T, A. Luxford ; and the Preeiilent of Conference was electod general secretary of Sunday schools, There was a largo.attendance of tho public to hear reports ot the delegates to tho (Ecumenical Conference. These were presented by Revs Morley J, Berry, and Mr T, Allen, Very great iutorest was excited by the graphic account of ilie proceedings given by those gentlemen.