RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 657, 6 November 1909, Page 9

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY.

' . ; -■■■■ ■""■'■%■ - . .-.-■■ /■.'■;;.; v- „ ■ THE .CITY TEMPUE. ••';••"• ? ALLIANCE • WITH KINGS. WEIGH HOUSE ..'■ ..'■ ,/ ; ICHURCH.> .;..■;.::.; . .:Inu>oi'tant;arrangements aifeeting..the ; future "of thetJity. Templo 'and, the' King's Weigh. House Churohh&ye been .decided;, upon .at .a meeting of the Church and congregation. It was mianrmously-'decided that the Rev: R: J. Campbell and "Hießev. E.W. Lewis, of Grafton. Square Congregational. Church, .Clapham, should be appointed joint pastors of the King's Weigh House Church, Mr; Lewis to be mainly responsible for the' Sunday services, 'and Mr. Campbell tp, conduct an- ercniug.service during the week. In a; statement which : he made td; a .press representative, Mr. J.; B. Sliinon, the secretary of the King's Weigh House Church," said that at;.the meeting the hope was expressed, that Mr. Campbell might, see his way occasionally : to take a Sunday service. The use of the present 1 service.book,and hymnbook would be continued.' The Liberal.Christianity preached by Dr. Hunter, and the Rev. i F. A. Russell would continue to be the theology of the pulpit,'but it was hoped .and believed, that the rather limited.. religious and social work wjiich up to the prescn-t'-had found a centre in the .institutional "buildings would be .enormously strengthened and developed. under the proposed; arrangement.. The institutional buildings,, with the exception'of the church lecture-hall,'would',be placed at,the disposal of Mrj- Campbell for such purposes as he -might, from time, to time determine, subject' td' the approval of the Church, Committee, .The League, of Progressive .Thought, and Social Service (of which Mr.' Campbell-is president,' and witti-which Mr. Lewis. is actively associated) would, on Mr. Campbell's nomination, at once occupy the premises.- For the purpose of carrying out this .arrangement, Mr-. .Carupbell, would reside in the pa'.Sonage house and'take ( a personal interest'in the'affairs of i-Cho Churchr Certain influential friends connected withrthe City Temple were generously prepared to assist the Weigh House Churcn' Committee 1 in .guaranteeing for at .least three years the necessary funds for the support'of-tie ministry.and the maintenance of tne.scrvices. .The Bev; R; J. ; Campbell,.it: is understood, had signified'that' he would acquiesce, in ,'the: new arrangement provided .the Church meeting-was unanimous; This, condition .was fulfilled. ....:''■,:'...'v

THE NEW DEAN OF NORWICH.

.REV. H. R, WAKEFIELD--■Rev. Henry Russell Wakefield," rector of, St." Mary's, Bryanston Square, and Prebendary of St. Paul's, has-been, appointed Dean"of Norwich in succession to • tho; late' Dean'/I/if rby; Tho.-new'Doan, who.is-55.years of•:agej--was boru at Mansfield, and', has. had?a', striking career. After studying at; thevjLyccp 'Bonaparte iu Paris, where one of 3ns school mates was the ill-fated Prince Imperial, ho was for a few ierins at- Tonbridge School, and' then entered the Germany University of Bonn. Hehas thus two foreign languages oh .his, tongue, :and- has more : than' occe preached-'at French churches in London, and at tho -Luther 'Festival has given .addresses-in-German: ;He.was trained theologically at Cuddcsdon-under Canon Furze, and was greatly influenced-.by- Charles'Kingsley 1 ; Robertson, of Brighton; and F.'D.iMaurico, He .is generally' regarded ■■; as-, a: Broad High Chiffchmah. Ordained in' 1677, he was' vicar successively at Swanscombe,' Lower' Sydenham, and Sandgate, before going as-rector to St. Mary'?, Bryanston "Square, in: 1894. - Tho new Dean- is a- man of keen, and' far-reaching- social sympathies, ; and'has proved'his. capacity;,for leadership; andservice in.';ph.ilanthropic;and■administrative affairs. -He- is an,'alderman- of Marylobone, and has beenitwice.Mayor'of that borough.'' Ho was a member -of. the : London School' Board; and has been chairman of \ the Central Unemployed, Committee, ofXondon,' in which capacity howas : o'ne. of-the of IWHollesley.Bay,Colony:' H-e.i.s;a^member.of •the Council of 'file . -National -Union-, for Christian .Social'.Service/. :was:,tls6:,'a. member of tho .Royal Commission ; /on ; ; the- 'Law, and one of the signatories : of,'tho- Minority report. -Probably no clergyman-, in' London; has had a jftore intimate association'with the activo Nonconformists of his day. In spite'of/the variety of his.labours, the new. Dean ; is still n man of the 1 study, "With' bookish"inclinations He .was appointed-.to. succeed.; Canon Ainger-.as Professor in' English -Literature to-tho Crystal : bPalace, classes,' a ■>■ years, - wb'ilo his educational; "'ideals^"are indl cated' bvthefact:that rhe.is, cbairmanvbf th< National Ffoebel Union:-::He; ; cate of .'temperance—himself ;;!a. : i teetotaler—ai "assidu"bus^\-parish' ; 'priest',''very,' : .popular,;iri ! fal ' departments."of.•.:lif6, ; an, absorbing, interest.. ia':helDihg.the f'workini classes to help, themselves.—"Christian-World.'

BACK TO CHINA.

':, ' FAREWELL ; iO 34 MISSIONARIES., ' -Ahearty farewell -to' 3i.missionaries of th< China- Inland Mission was given at St." James'. HalU - Loudon; .recently.' Elevcn.i'ofv the-' mis 6ionarics : 'are going .out for. tlio'firpt time, th< rest returning after furlough: TheHon.--Mon taguo'M'aldegravs presided, and drew attehtioi to the lull-arid'indifference at: Home, whicl contrasted so strongly with/.the rousing oppor tuuitiesof the crisis in China: He pleaded foi volunteers 'for the field and ' for consecrate! support at. Home..- Mr. G. Cecil-Smith; one o the returning missionaries, said he was;of-tei asked, "Aie you doing any real-good out ii Ghana?" and "Do, the Chinese really nee< Christianity?" When -he -first TOnt out- h could only, say: he went .because- of Christ' command! now he. knew: that China, needei Christ. The Chinese had a high roOral code but ho power to live .up to it;' Sevoral;of.th young'recruits then told their-_stories of con version and call. :Each'. one: had several'years before the obstacles to; their: go line out had'been oleared away. Mr. E. Welle told how a monthly missionary: meeting, at hi ohurch had 1 been the means of calling .'Mm t China.; Mr.' T. Cook, a young Imperial Tec man, who was" influenced-at .a Gipsj' Smitl meeting, told 4 'how his experience in Sout! Africa during the. war - had shown .him ho I little civilisation was worth to the black ma: 'unless it- was accompanied by Chrietianitj Miss E. Rice, a: Mildmay deaconess,.said tha :it was, the China-:lnland Mission's -policy b ' simple faith and trust' in- God that' led her t 'take-the step.•'■:• Miss H. M: Willoughby,;;" yewms school, teacher, amused tho audience .a, ■naively cbnfersing -that:.her';-great:::difficultj :w.hen other- obstacles * had ■ been cleared, awaj was that'"shewas getting.so old.";..'A'aurifeirl 'little speech was given by another lady,- Mn J; C Halt, who, had to' flee for her life in th Boxer vear. MivArchibald,Orr-Ewing held.th audience fascinated byhis account of. the r< vival.in Kiang-Si,:which, seems to, havo po< sesscd the same remarkable features as tho witnessed by the Rev. J. Goforth'in Manchuris The meeting closed with the- audience con: mending' the missionaries . to ,God'.'in';sileh prayeri . '■■■ ~"..'. ', 5 ;..;; ;,; •:;:..;.;'";. ''i.:.''; ,/.;■':...', A NEW PROFESSOR. , The Rev. Robert Law, 8.D., Laiiriston Plac United 3?reo .Church, Edinburgh, at,a incetiu of the Presbytery of Edinburgh' recently, in timated that he. had received an invitatio: from the Presbyterian Church of, Canada t become Professor of New Testament Literatur and Exegesis in Knox College, Toronto,'>"and hi "desire, to accept.tho Chair. The, Rev.: Dr. .Drum niond congratulated: Mr. Law- on his nppoinl me'rit'i. It was, he..said,-with-'the feeling, of,pci feet confidence that Mr. liaw■': would; maintai: the'reputation he had earnedt'orhimself lh.tli Chair to which he had been called' that th Presbytery prepared to meet his wishes in,th matter. They all sympathised.deeply vfith th Lauriston.Pl'ace congregation inthe loss whici they were to sustain. The Rev. Mi. Law wa ordained,- in 1885. He was dux, of.Danie Stewart's College, and at, Edinburgh Universit: he distinguished himself by. gaining, in addi tion to a Merchant Company' bursary, the Mai shall •and Tyndall-Bruce bursaries, and clas medals in Latin, Greek, and Logic, beside .other honours. His theological course at th United Presbyterian Hall was one; of much, dii tinction. Mr. Law subsequently studied abroad his collegiate career being completed at Tu bengen under the,direction of Professor Web saeker in;; church history;; and Profosso Knntsch in Hebrow. Though a nativo o Broxburn, he has an:ahcestral' claim :upo: Edinburgh, his grand-uncle; having" been Lor Provost Law. . . ;'.' '■- ■ ■■':,';■ '--' -;'.■'*■'■''■ CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY; . Of the many great /English Catholic Confei ences hold during the. past quartor : of a cen tury, none have exceeded:in .importance'am public/interest that'.of the Catholic Trnt] Society: which, after many: weeks of >expec fancy and preparatibn, l ; has lately been hold: i] Manchester (says the "Catholic, World").-* ■•■■•• cstablishmentAof. tho society by the:late Cardi nal; Vaughani and 'the-fact'.'that': gathering .marked the .silver, jubilee of. th foundation, of the .organisation gave.- it. ai added: /intorest. "v During? .its :: existence ith 'society-has.-.accomplished valuable work in'-'.th dissemination/ 'of'.' Catholic,-..literature,:; .'an'i every.. year -.it .increases'/the'- magnit-UTe tif.-.it efforts, and>extends-.- its:■'. sphere- : c-f Vjniiueoce

Tiom alj parts of Groat Britain distinguished clergy and laity assembled under its atfsptcos at > Manchester for tho annual interchange of thought, and there could have been no more j striking object-lesson of Cathoho mat- , tors whore faith is concerned thon which l tho conference afforded. Tho "'Archbishop of O Westminster, in 'idis inaugural oration in the < Freo Trade Hall on Monday opening, guided • J tho course of thought into au v edifying practical channel. There was, of course, ranch difference oft opinion 'on many of tho important questions' raised in tho able papers read at the diffor»'nt! conference meetings but the debates wore! « lrnintamod without acrimony, and those who; listened to them must bwve been greatly «, strengthened bv tho sense corpornto umty ( ■*' ■which tho deliberations inspired Tho consecration of the lnbo in. of the luombers rj lb* conference at tho .Manchester churches off Sraw; ' day raoi nntg formed an appropriate and parti • cularlj impressive opening to tho ovents of das /f i week, and au augury for their,isuccess might? J have been drawn from tho fervotlr of the great ij congregations that assembled loVtako part lcr tho sorvicts conducted with solcmV ccromoniiJi bv tho Bishops A magmhiont raws mooting; of men in the rrcc Trade Hall onrtWednosday evening was r tilting culmination «o the con* 1 forence ' - A Y.M.C.A. CONFERENCE. The Scottish National Conference in I'atetayii opened with a reception bv Provost, MacKoan, , who said tint in tuo YMCA. principles crystallised and joung men wore given a good moral start—a bias towards H\e truo, tho pur» i and tho good. At the following session M*. H. Dow, of Dunbar, read apaper on "Essentials of YM C A Life and Work," m which he, urged that o\crj tendency must bo subsorvionti to the spiritual, other things wore non-esscn-, l tial Mr. J S .Mercer «aw there was a dif-, ferenco between what was essential in aimi and essential in mothod."" v Mr. John M'Callum,, M P., did not think that the Church bad ap-i predated tho YMCA sufficicntlj, and neM tber hod their fiii'ociatious beor)'So fnithfulto the churches as they might lia\c boon. Lordl Kinnaird said that lie did not airrco that thof only work to bo done by tho YMC V. nasi , the spiritual work. Some of them had found! <-> their athlotic branch to be a work of very great power In their work in this oauniiyl thej were vcrv much behind their brethren in. America and Canada In Scotland in Uio vast! majority of their associations they gate aol help te" j;ho ordinal y worldly young mail atl the cnl'cal moment of his hie. Let them, 4 h* , said, make their assocntioru. places to which! young men would delight 1 to come. , Lord Blythswood said, in reference to atb-, letics, that they should not let those fields of. recreation go all into the hands of the deviLi ( He looked upon the cultivation of tho physical' j In its woj as important as tho cultivation of f the spiritual The nunnal report stated that, >j there vcro now 226 associations in ScOlland; with a membership of 25,715—a docreastl of scien associations, bnt an incrcaso of H9H members, as compircd with last jcar, FOR CANADA. An interesting meeting ,was held in EcnfibldJ Church, Glosgow, locently, to bid farewell audi God-speed to twenty-five -student missionaries' » who were about to, sail for-Canada to ongago m the piouoer wo'rk ■> of the Prosbytenan.l Church in tho Canadian West Thoro was aa largo attendance, and several ministers, in- | ' eluding Profossois On and Denney, were among, those on the platform.' \ •, ' Tho Bev. P,,Cariiegio Simpson, who presided,, said tho meotmg was an opportunity not only, of wishing thoir fuends God-speed, but alsai of expressing on the part of the homo churches, thoir interested sjmpathj with tho Canadian,, Church m the great losponsibilitios with, which, sho was faced. They hoard much of tho poll" ticnl'ties of Empire, and never were these stronger oi'moro striking" than to-day, when ~* thev saw groat Dominions bound t6 tiro Motherland, not by tho iron feller of tyranny, but by the silken cord of the freo loyalty of solf- ,i governing pooples But tho Church as .well as J tho State must "think imperially." jNo-whoro did tho call for this'tome more clamantly than from Canada—a connln Iho thought of whoso future fascinated the imagination. A ''mighty, x . mother of, harvests,"-it was becoming also a, "mighh mo! her of men." Win. tho population II increasing at 5 per cent, per annum, a troroxmdous call was made on tho Church to see that this new intion—composed largely ot inon out of godlv homes—should not bo allowed to lo*o sight of tho ordinances of religion, and Japso into Bccnlansm and modern heathenism. It was a question for evorj Christian patriot, tor what would it piofit a nation. wry more than, ifi iiidWidual, to gain tho whAlo Vorld fchi,loso its own soul' „„j™ Tho missionaries sailed next mora»& ™ f<* the,conductorship of the Rev. Hunter Boyd, in, the is Giampian for Montreal, tho couiponr ' numbering in all thirty-two nqrsons \ , SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. The annual meeting of tho Society of Triends throughout' Australia has ffhtdod at* Adelaide There was a i coord attendance. Many representatives came from tho otuoi , State aii New Zealand. Tho special fintara oE the grim-UK was the presence of tho En* ' lish rcpresentatiws. including DrJ Htodrta. , In a minute on Pence and Arbitration, int ' constant preparation for a possible » «as umed. kecp« a nation sensitive and restless, 1 cSg an atmosphere which develops discord, when its temper should be one of calm judgment and courtcsj. Deliberate judgment .. , I to bo preferred to force, with .its a'tendnnt • horrors The rosu tof a conuetion of this fact would mako the settlement of interna- ! honalTensions hy a court of nafaoM «om at natural an' evolution as the settlement of private diffeiences in the ami courts , In ?iiothei mmute it was stated that tho society I S«iMd to strengthen the hands of tho Com--1 ttimenl in its Present policy ; of absoliitolj P ic\cuting tho importation ot . opium. , , : FATHER ADDERLEY AT A BAPTIST CHURCH. ' ) \nothci mst.uiCo of confralprniU between ■ AngUcan" a d Nonconforn~.sts in B«™."W n . BB » i ,L fmmtlicd on a icccnt Suuda s , f*\}}"> ?i X I G Addoi cj, Vicai of baltlcj, brooL ui"« „ H ft vaS an clement = made months ago, would n f;' ]t n u JT r p 0 \ Adderley is on teiiiis^ »iU^l us ire ,' Church old ' Koad Bapfatt ■ parish in which tho oj™" 0 u „towaid t Sparkbrook mettWF, spoke on 9 nor Socialists Christians. ; : : . ' Christian Endeavour; Pnion , 1 and the Ntw South .Wales .Endeavour. Unisn ' hive forwarded •to ' the.-world's convention, 3 which Ss at.-Agra,. India,: next month a 3 rnmmouwealtU flag 'and a /NoWibouthM\alui ? ■ :: -Rn\v :; M : rE. : Now ,'■' GuineaVMcthodistTdi^ ■ the'°mbst■Versatile-men -in ■tho • denomination; 1 •"ocordingto ;?ho;is aliiiguist, business manj'-carponter, -; engineer, ,v,prmtcr, -SSricU and 'many ■ other-accomplisTinlonl* I .to his."!: Mti;'Gilnioro:is;.said'to ] be : .a fino f 5 preacher.''•':'''•'•'.v:::' : v.-;-.'' '■'' \\ l : the B. r Solbie; M.A.} of .tho.Principalship of Mansfield • positmn:--.of editor of tho ( - "British-Congregationalist"-has been vacanU s Co., Ltd.,-have'.: approached tho Eov ■, IVank 3 Jolmso'V: and -he.lias/ accepted, tho;.odilorshrß of tb^-Wer;.;-'Mr..-fohnson vvill _^ still ■retain tho editorial control v 6f tho -School o : Chronicle," with which he, has ,*een .oomiortjd - since 1899. Mr, B. Dennison.'who-for eight r 4ea« has of f :the;,*'British still coni , 1 ' .The "members"* of* 'ttio .'• Marichesrer,: Clergy '■■'■ iSociotj'havb" presented the'Archbishoprof Syd- "' hoyirwho wasia'mohibei" of the, sociotyj; with ■ an episcopal ringi as.a token of;. their, esteem ' and'regard.' The archbishop, ill, thanking.thorn • for their "'gift, spoko of the tics which knitted - him to "the Diocese of Manohester, and hi! 1 great mdobtadness to the society for thoii l tynipathy with him m his now and, groat re- . sponsibilties. It is expected that tho new archi ,bishop will be installed on Wednesday, No- - \oiuber 17. 5 Tho work on Iho cathedral at Khartum is . ■ proceeding- rapidlj. The concrcto floor of tho \' » chancel 10 iiiusUcd, and all but two of Iho.r 1 3 low or row of windows are complete. Tho out-1 > side walls arc beginning to roach tho height t 3 of the amrmlatorj, nioro than twenty foot '' s from tho ground lcyol ontsido. Tho rtonos for '■ I many of the -arches-over th<> aisltu ure nJl< > i reidy, and thoro is a ,largo supply of 6tone . faced for tho, inside of i ti^mlls.