DUNEDIN ANGLICAN SYNOD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 647, 26 October 1909, Page 6

DUNEDIN ANGLICAN SYNOD.

■■•,■'■':'. USES OF A; CATHEDBAL. , '.;;"' THE,MISSION;OF''HELP. :." (By TeleßraphrPrees, "Association.)', • v ;':..;../;;' punedin, Ootober; 25., In' opening the Anglican' Dibcesaji Syribd this afternoon, Bishop Neville-referring to/the building of a new'.catfiedral, pressed the,claim for a' large building wherein oratorios,; could, be rendered . or- 1 -where -people' could assemble as. members of one: Empire -rather-than as merri--berVof one.'cb'ngregatibriVfThe -large attend-' '.ance.' at'. the' meptings' .of'.trivelling"'evangelists seemed'to-point, to' the If act. thai .true' religion riiust -find in. some spasmodic andemotional way. The drifting of our- Wesleyan fellow-churchmen. from their. allegiance- is owing to it. ThisVmbdern condition calls'for a repetition''of' the ancient, provision'iri'.'the.plans/ of- a-icathedral bb,ildiiig which.; inpl.uded' a,large, nave not/used. for. stated,'services, but-ipr special 'occasions. .yhe'.'Dunedln ..catWdral /ought to have a choir; and a sanqtuary, large enoughto receive the ordinary.congregation,.and;havo it separated from the nave by '• a 'suitable screen. This part of the church should be consecrated' and set apart for the celebration, of ''sacraments arid Divine,.worship, generally, .the' riaye'tb be 'uncorisecrated, ,and great/liberty of .usage and teadhing:allowed'th«rein.,..;"l: am' nof'one . of, those' who can /join-'in;jeremiad," said- theBislibp, ."as to the fimallness of: the number of young men/who. attend, church,- services' in 'the 'several'churches of /the; diocese, '."There is little, if any,- disparity between sexes." The Primate referred to':,the' losses sustained by the Ghuroh' the "year as the result of the deaths'of the-.-following :—E«vs. Algernon Gifford and C, 5... Bowdon, Captain' Griffiths (Orepiiki), Archdeacon Beaumont,. and Mr; E. H..Herbert. ■ The speaker'said the memory of the last-named would, be , perpetuated .by his bequest, of ,£1000; for.: the endowment-6ft Holy' Trinity parish,: arid £500 /.for:' the'/foundation of a .scholarship • at Selwyn College, as well as a gift of ,£IOO towards the building of. the riew bathedral..'.)".'■-.',' V-.:".-'■''■ ■' -'•■■.'. ■';'.'■.-■'■ -:''•"■

' ;In connection.with the Mission ;of'Help.'the Primate said it was.considered imperative that tie .contributions .levied on ■ each diocese, towards ' the expenses of' the mission'must be remitted to/'Ehglandibefbr? the: e,nd of - the year.,: He had been..asked.O>y the.Bishop of Wellington ■ (the. : . chairman, of-; the .committee dealingwitb the matter) if .the could .guarantee that ; 2400, which was : regarded■ as the share .of. Dunedin'diocese,'would.be forthcoming. .It was ■■ expected '- that : th'e>' thankofferings, made, at-.the: numerous services to be held would: be paid t0... the diocesan treasurer; in''return'.'for. the above : amount. . .. '■, •

' He was-far from' feeling that''the ohurch wasrwithout: .encouraging .sighs, of -religious earnestness' and devotion' in their ■ own parishes. .He had been' able last' year.' to speak of the general "hopefulness among the olergy .'.with, regard to their' work, and this' was .not less so at'the present time.-.. ■ ' .•',-•'• ■■ 'The 'question; of/ the ■ support of'the'Maori:, •Mission would- have to'be considered' by the General' Synod next January; and toe would saynol.'more: than tbait in his opinion both the 'Maori- and .Melanesian would 'receive , considerable - stimulus', if instead ;of ■■;' a. diocese' being-'.assessed'by: the , General;'. Synod at a certain .sum, .which they •' did' not 1, know how to obtain, a society of voluntary collectors was established-' in each ', archdeaconry,'these gen'.tlemen- to .form ,a\board', of 'missions of the . The,iPriraato also referred to the question of stipends,:■ which had -been referred to a. committee last- year.: He said that after consideration it ; had been decided that as they had no source from whioh increased, stipends could be. obtained, except voluntary, contribu-perhaps-little more could be done than for the synod to make a very strong appeal to their people to subscribe much more liberally and generally to the'General'Church Fund.';