WESLEYAN DISTRICT MEETING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 304, 26 November 1883, Page 3

WESLEYAN DISTRICT MEETING.

Th« ope&ing^JK>Bflioti of tlie •nniftt^ ion was held in4be schoolroom adjoin. iuorniy^(Coj^meßgji}ff :v at 10 o'clock.' i Pi^pt-^KeT/ J^ JBayitt (^es^ «t Ker. Baano^fic^. W wfington ! R<v«. Otto Chnstoffci'Ren, PalnierstonjNp^th; ___md_thfl BflYn JTfltftr^V M i "Mitori_ "N^^"" • ~ iionarr* Aft*'. U^ eniibinarv opening J ich^lOflW l©«)**vyi afid » Wjjortep jfpr the rfJicWi«tey«rt» c l a that <«Mlpgctlw!nfsWr tho xniowteiial

rank* had iioi b^en thitlhcd oV dentil, aiid that thegrtiate^t harmony Wd pre yailedt The members would "miss the genial, presence of the. Key. W.Chan-, nel, who was now laboring m the -Canterbury district, but would be nre,to «cco,rd a hearty, welcome to , the. ilev. J. . Garlick, his successor, to the'' Hiitt. He 'trusted that the-«es aiOtis -would be * a means of 'spiritual proßt to all, and woiild tend notohly; to the general good of the charcbv but to the strengthening o£ that bond of ministerial brotherhood that *ouW not be too. carefully' 7 cherished. Ar|rangements'Were r tiiiicle for Sunday services, arid a ; genes Of/hOrne 1 'mission 1 meetings m Wellfiigtoil and thesurrottndingi distrrcteaj.alsp for ,the examination orpro--1 bationers present. The ; questions ! concerning niniftei'ial and : eflScienc^. ? )w.ete v. •• d uly asked, and j answered m a satisfactory manner m I every case. A large' portion of the ; afternpoitsesaion.w^pccAipicd.m .a discusaion on, tb.e thelbgicai training sof i s|itide.n:tß. Uud^rihe question^. \ -What ; new stations do ; ocpnpy %'*. \ the! possibility,, of establishing. v a home ! miasiott agent.at'Makeretu was i cpnsid,-. jered, ifanfltb^ .Rm J.^Lewisiwas ree I q tested lio visit tfee district, ; m company I with jthe Rev. E. Keilspn, and report to j the ensuing; Conference.. f. / ; . . j u^i; -it- 1 1 .111 .^_LIS '-;■:...: ..;