RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 693, 18 December 1909, Page 9

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY.

A PRIMATI At CROSS. ./ presentation to the aechbishop op ' ;■,;. '■- ■~,;■■ . , york. .■„ ... .••:::■•■■;■ Over one thousand delegates crowded ...the ".'■'-: picture-hung chamber of the historic keep at; Nottingham on .October, 20, on; the occasion of the presentation to tho See of- York of h primotial cross, ■ subscribed for by 45,000. ; members of tW Church of England Mon'ii Society, no. member subscribing more than one penny., .... ■', .' ■i- ■ .' .... The presentation was made by Mr. Douglas Kyro whose connexion with tho Archbishop' at the House, Bothnal Green, had been BO iV close. cross was an album, hand-, somely bound, .with the list of contributing branches, 1300 in number,, and tho following ■'■"■ address:— >~ , ■ :■ •. ~;. To the ilight Hon. and Most Rev. Cosnio Gordon Lang, Lord Archbishop of; York ••" and Inmate of England—Tho Council of ■i tS 1U r ch °f M on 's Society, on behalf of nearly 45,000, members and associ- '' ?™ , thc , sooict; y. representing more than :. """'"•anches established'in all parts of ■' the British. Empire and in tho Army and mercantile marine, ask your Grace to accept the pnmatiarcross as.a token of the , lovo and esteem of tho,donors-and an ox- ' pression of their, deep appreciation of your inspiring 'energy- and constant devotion to ■: the interests of tho society. Tho members of • the council desiro also to thank 'Almighty ■ bpdjor the.singular gift of leadership winch you brought to the movement, and to cx .P, rcs s, l their great satisfaction that you wiirstill continue.' toV preside ■ over its mcebugs. This volnmo records the names ■ or all of tho branchos which have joined' in the gift. : "". . , - ,■•.•'." "Tlurpriinatial cross" {says the "Church' limes ) is a beautiful ■ piece of work, < do-' signed in the stylo of the . Renaissance. The pross itselfis of four separata'pieces of rock crystal, sot in a: silver frame,', tho lower portion of the staff:being of aluminium for lightness. . Tho central- medallion is representative of the Agnus Dei,, and at tho four terminals of the cross aro medallions, of ' the four evangelist Embodied in the buso nre the obverse-and'the reverse of tho society's cross. the pallium of York, the arnu .'■ of tho See of York,-and the archbishop's fitnuly arms there ■ are -four enamels of four great Englishmen, especially associated with the North, Oswald, most Christian King of Northumbria, who. is regarded as Hid patron saint of tho society,: Aidtm, Celtic.Apostle of th« North, firs_t Bishop of. Lindisfarne, Paulinus, ' first Christian,missionary from Borne to Northumbna,.tho first in the, continuous succession • of the Archbishops l of York, and; tho Venerable■■■■'. Bede. Studded on , the'cross are eleven amo-., thysts, .the gift of tho designer and maker, Mr. Bambridgo Reynolds, of London?' ■■■•., The Archbishop of York, who had a splendid' reception, said, In, response, that his heart >wo» deeply stirred and moved, and thanked them lor the affechon'tho v gift ; betokened * for him. :• self. He could go Vforth- upon his way, not knowing what the. future might nave in .store, -' going forth, necessarily in a position like his, somewhat lonely, ■ with a. great burden of responsibility laid upon what were, after all, young 'shoulders, and upon tho spiritual powers of a young disciple, knowing that no had behind him the affection, and most of all, the ■ prayers of so many' thousands of his fellow-i churhmen. , (Applause.), ~..,■..'..... ■•'/ ', "•On the morning of October 21, at .7.30.' there wae i a . most insniring celebration of the Holy Communion in St. Mary's Church. The archbishop celebrated, eighteen clergy assisted; : the two side chapolawero used for administeiy ■ing the elements,-and in-this, way; 750 conw munieante.partook, ■■' : . , .-,: .. . .'■■■■., ~.■,•' -. - • '~

>/, CHRISTIAN UNITY,/,'.CONFERENCE 01 , THE EVANGELICAL V •. '■'■.•'■'■''-: ; , ; , ;-.'..>■■'■.■-;:/■■;::' •■ The sixty-second;. annual conference .of 'th» '. Evangelical' Alliance held a series, of prelims inary meetings'at Caxton„ Hall,: Lpndou, oa> October. 18.*< Lord Kinnaird received ; a number'.:■; of guests at a conversazione in tho-Council Chamber. "■■-,■ ■■'■■■ ■ > ■ ..■:■ .. , . ■. ..■■,.■ A public '.demonstration was' , held subse-j quently, when the hall was filled by an,on-.' thusiastic audience, Lord Kinnaird,-who pro- - sided, said.tthat,,union among all; Christians was coming in; a>. way. that they'.did:,not anticipato">'«u;Hrtnlj»ars • ago! In all parts- of the V world there.:'Avas i .a _ movement omflng .the churches which betolieied a great. drawirig : to-< gether of ;,all who believed, in, one faith, one . Lord, one baptism< .. : '..i l : ~ i .::,■■■. i ,;:: The.; Uislions ;of : Durham and Newcastle,;,; : Archdeacon Sinclairi iEcv., Dinsdalo.' Young, and the. President'-'of the National Free Church Council wrote;, expressing their regret at not v .beiiig abW to bo present, -'~ ■: : : "■■'■.'■ ■'■' " Dr. Christie,-of Tarsus, Asia: Minor,'-, who ,; has come.over to England: to plead the cause of the Christians of .Armenia,, said the" bearing of witness to Christ in Armenia had cost during tho last; few: years • the lives of over i 100,000' men and. women. Out of his own coljego in,Tarsus;_so young men. students had, been slain. Their-lives would have been saved' had. they 'apostatised. But truth was stronger, than ifear, and they died nobly. Yot not for ■ a moment was.there any faltering. -No, sooner , • was the imnssacro over than those wlio were left bt-gau to rebuild thoir ruined college and other, buildings: The massacro had not crushed, them. They. wore, resolved not'.b' lower the standard,of tho . Cross in Silicia and Antioch.:;. - : .- ;-.:.•/■■ ~!. -.v.-, ■:-. •• : Mr. Adani Poden, a ; Russian,:>who' has spent ■'• the '-last fourteen' years in ■ wortamong- the i. prisoners and outcasts of, tho Eussian cities, brought a message of goodwill from tho Chris- '\ tions of St.. Petersburg, whowero working for • a: union, of,.all', churches. of, the Evangelical I faith in Kus'sia. .. ' r :■: ', .\ ■ .'' . ; .'■:•■ ; Dr. Bartoli, of ■■Rome,' who was for 27 years a; Jesuit priest, in Italy,' ; and who loft the : Roman Church-eighteen months ago because of the policy .of.-.Pius X,'said , many hi&hly-odu-' cated Italians thoroughly believed in tho prin-' ciplcs of the Evangelical Alliance. They believed..that: the unity of tho Church' of Christ was a deeper thing than a. common l>clief in cvoeds anil dogmas that had ioutgrown their • original setting. -. They ' could not arrive, at', unity through tho impositions of sacerdotaJ-' ism. Tho unity of sacerdotalism was'a union of tho lioii'-ond tho lamb, audit went hard with tho lamb.: It ; was a unity of >death.

■ "■;.;■, THE; TOMB OF. DAVID. / ' ;-'; ';; secret excavations: in Jerusalem.' %>i ■ Sorue remarkable excavations : were reccntli ''■'■■- ■- in progress at 'Jerusalem. , ' :■ '■; "'.-••"'■;-' ■ ....;':'■ . A hitherto unknown tunnel has. been dis- .•;'■' covered and explored, and two deep shaftsluive. been sunk; In spite of the secrecy main- ' :! - tamed, it is understood that the quesc is for '•■'-' tho tombs, of David, and tho'Kings of Judah, ■•..'-. and the treasured thought to 'bo buried with',: : ■' them.', [Along 'with..the. Englishmen, aro two ;V V lurkish; oinoials, acting on behalf of 'the'-' '■'' lurkish Government, who, it is understood," '' ; granted extraordinary rights to the expiorine •' ' : party. ; • ■■'■-, ,- : --.-.-': '■.;■. : . r, . ;.. .■*.;■:■■■!, site of the.;operations is on the slorw ' : ' above the Virgin's jfountauii: War tholsouth- ,, end of .Ophel, whcre; ; as Biblical scholars are now agreed,, stood tile- City of David.' Tho ■-> subterranean . aqueduct used -in , the ' days of ;: King Hezekiah would tend to emphasise this ;;; new, as m,its .course into tho city it makes' •■- two ™le sweeping detours from a straight : hno. Professor Ganneau declared soaio years ■ > : ago ; that this :wns.to avoid digging through ' ' tne-.tombs, of the t Kings of Jurtah., '■-■■- ti i. 0 -/., 1 "- Bl, ' hcal 6CUolar s are ..confident''' : - that if. the quest. , ; is' successful, the explorers "v : will unearth, not only tho tombs, but VacMd ''- ■ furniture and,vessels of the succossive temples -'■ built by Solomon, Herulibabel, and Herod on'' ; ' ' Monahi which- adjoins- 'the : scene 'of tli<>i»'' •' ; .-;, ,: ; . :..... ■ ,"*■-■'.,

Principal Marshall, 8.D.,.; of •■•' Moncbstor Baptut College; is'taking his of tlie.Baptist Umoii very seriously. In addition to his two addresses from" the .Chair of the Union, on "The permanent Value oJ the Old and New .Jestamcnts," lie' is. holding Bible btudiesaU over tie country, ombracingin his tour all the County .'.Associations and a vory large number of the.principal Baptist centres. His method..ol- procedure is to lecture to ministers, students arid Christian workers at an afternoon conference, generally on "The date, and authorship of the Psalms." In the ovoning lie gives a moro popular; lecture to a genoral audience on 'The. Religion of'.' the Psalmists.. As an ovidence of his activity his, itinerary for November includes visits to Cambridge, : Wisbech,' CliolUinham, Leeds Northampton, Nowcastto-on-Tyno; Bradford Cheshara, Oxford, and, London.—" Christian .World."--:;. •'- '."•• : '-■■'-:'', .■'.,'■.■■■. ,::■ •■■ A famous Jesuit: father, Rev. Pere Stanis. laus du Lac-do; Fngcre, died recently at the age of 74 yeais. Ho was at the tiino of his death head of the Paris Jesuit College do la Hue des Postes.' For a period of over ton veers following the. expulsion of the: order "from Franco in 1880, Pore duLao resided at Canterbury, where ho was a familiar flguro. Pcro du Lao was often heard in the Paris pulpits, and he published;a certain number of books.in the intervals of loisuro-■which he was able to tecore-from-his absorbing pricet uuL'tesfilm..""-'.. ■ • , ~v, ,; ,