THE NEW BISHOP OF CHRISTCHURCH.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2239, 28 September 1889, Page 2

THE NEW BISHOP OF CHRISTCHURCH.

(From the •' Lyttelton Times.") The Dloeeaaan Synod hiving eleoted the Yen Archdeacon Churchill Julius, M.A., to the aaored offiie of Bishop, la succession to the muoh esteemed and venerated Bishop Harper, n few facts oonneoted with his past oareer will be of special Interest. The yen gentleman Is rather over forty years of ege. Is orr -led, and ha 3 two sons and four daughters living. Ha gradaated at Worcester College Oxfotfd, where he took bis 3, A, degree In 1869, and M.A m 1873. He was ordiined Deaoon In 1871, and Priest In 1872, »t Norwloh ; and In the parish ohuroh of St Giles, m that city, he officiated as curate between tbe years 1871 and 1873 : Having m the last named year taken his degree of Master of Arts, he was appointed to tha Cure of S>nth B-ent In Somersetshire, where he remained until 1875, when he ' was appointed vioar of Shaawlok, also m Somerset mire, whioh position he retained for three years, when, bis fame ai a stirring preaoher having become koowrij ■■: he was chosen v'oar of tbe parish of Holy : Trinity, Islington, London. Tha ohuroh: m wh o*l he there offiolated waa one capable of seating three thousand people, and his pradeoessor In It was thi present - Bishop of Bedford, Dr Biliin. This position the rev gentleman held until 1884, when the present Biehop of Billarit, aft l oarefnl consideration, seleoted h ! m for the; appointment of loonmbent of the Christ- ' ohuroh Pro-Cathedral, Bdlar'at, and an Arobdesoon of the Dioojse, with a special view of organ zing the Arohdesoonry. of B»llarat. In thii the Yen Arohdeaoon has been more than successful, as he la said to have made his Inflaenoe felt In more thin eighty ohurohes m the stater colony. A representative of the "South,. Australian Register," who recently inter-' viewed the Yen Arohdeaoon at Bishop's Oou't, B-liarat, speaks thus rf him;— '• '■ "The rev gentleman strikes one v i;; generous and enthusiastic y out g Ohuroh-*; man, gifted alike with a bright iatelleot'? and a kindly heart. He oame out td 1 Victoria frojn London abont five years ago, and on thia hia first visit to South ■ Australia he baa seen muoh to delight and Interest him. Like other visitors from the Eastern Colonies he .was . oharmed with the rundovn the hills line from Marray bridge. The large ot.endanoe at the Bishop's Home Mission meeting In the Town H*ll, deiplte thi" extremely mo ement weather, gave him a" good opinion of Adelaide Ohurohmen, and he was struck with what he eilll "the magnlfioaut outspokenness of the Governor," and the extremely healthy tone of the meeting, "I have noticed here In this dlooase," said tbe Arohdeaoon, " moro of the English spirit of Ohuroh* manshtp than I have seen anywhere else , In the Colonies '• He thinks the ( <Oolori!es ; are behindhand witb the high class publUj school eduoation, which m England prodaces suoh dtstlnotlve results and fosters a spirit of manly Christianity. These sohools take time to develop, and the . Colonies will have them by-and-by.- We want VgVelass sohools In wbioh the re« llgloas spirit will prevail and help towards a healthy and manly eduoation." Ib hli view "the Government aan never provide such sohools, but they must be essentially oonneoted with ohuroh enterprise;. Thai seoular Instruction provided: by. . the State. must be supplemented by a far greateij effiolenoy In the Sunday sahool system,, and, above all, by the development of the ' grammar, sohool and oolleglate system, It; Is very notloaable that In Melbourne the)' r denominational colleges axe really doing 1 , the work In the University, and although' they are far from perfeot, they are jupply^ lug to a large extent tbe highest needs.' of] ihe p9ople.T' Tha Arohdeaoon Is ficrhly'^ convinced that the Oburob of England can adapt herself to any oountry, and to any olroamstanoes. "The process," he Bays, must be neosasarlly slow, but tbe faot that the Colonial Oburoh has already developed her sysjjam of Synods, and haa taken a lead m the matter of lay repreaen; tation. oldarly shows how well sha.is abjg, to adapt herself to our democratic institu-J tions. Indeed, the Inflaenoe of the . Antifl tralian Church has already, been very largely felt In this respect m the Ohuroh, at Home, and has done more to develop. the system of lay representation than" anything beside. I feel sure," be added, " that a national ohuroh is bound to Oome. I think the American Episcopal Ohuroh is leading tbe way, and that the tendenoy. there and at Home, and more slowly here, is all m the direction of some basis of unity* The federal spirit is growing m the Ohui-oh. Just as these are the days o! great federated Empires, when a}^ the) lesser states mutt go to the wall, ao' it iS the time for a united Christianity to oppose the modern forceß of infidelity and eiu." Referring to religious instruction m State schools, the Arohdeabon said —"My conviction is that the objections to elementary religious eduoation la bat State sobools are more Imaginary than real. The difficulties aro overcome In Canada aud Ireland, and under tha Sohool Board system at Home. Under the London Sohool Board the religloui eduoation Is exceedingly efficient. It Ia quite Inconceivable that the difficulties of ths question In Australia are Insur mounts able " To the quary "What "do you ; think of Rjllarat or Victoria 1 ' he said— "Ballarstls growing, n.o t In 'popqlatiou, bqt In beauty aud m tbe erection of very fine buildings, and so fas as I oan gather, we are simply watting for the further opening up of oar goldfields. There Is a most hopeful feeling throughout tho oolony. Our Immense surplus land the magntfioent proßDeots of the harvest lot "»•« wear seem to bava Infused fresh life ■* ••— Ido not think aayInto the popular... -..—..' - thing oan hinder the progress ot Victoria In every respect, except Ik be tbe gambling spirit *ljlq^_oVainßj*V_-