RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 9

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY.

PRESBYTERIAN UNION. ;■; I

GEEAT MEETING- IN GLASGOW;

A pnblio : : meetings in furtherance- of Presbvterian;;-retinipn.. in' V.Seotland: and promoted by; :.TJnion : tion, iy;as.hel4' :; reoeiUy;,in-;,GiasßoV...' SirDonald 'MacAlister:-:principai of Glasgow University, rpresided; --.• '■• ■• '•■■■ • > ■;■.. -■-.'

Ihe chairman-said that if,'the comparatively small, model .providea by thoVT a K%\ Presbyterian churches: in Iceland had brought about an ini'prowd nnderstandms and enhanced respect oh the ; part of, the'.:-Anglican Church, ho«' : vastly groate.ri-.wduld. :bo:: tho effects -of such.a union.-in.'Seotland-a Chnrbhco-' ostensiye.: with - ..the Tuatibn," Presbyterian , IJI policy, comprehensive,-'self-governinp - doraocratic, andlyet .ap'ostolio- in. faiths evangelical in and :*cathblic' in outlook,, a .Church that would stand;as; ■owing to ttair ■' unhappy ' divisions,: no' Church ,n t Scotland had'for Renerations l»sn able to stand, unchallenged as' the ono religious' organ of .the naHon itself; When.that ideal was realised .the Church, 1 resbyterian .would Dβ able •to talce its rightful place: among tho sister national churches and on equal terms make and receive. advances towards closer ■ federal relations with other, churches. I This : .movement, wasr"not rnerelv-ecclesiastical, it embodied tho aspirations -of■; multitudes of Christian .laymen throughout bcotland. 1 ■ '.'. ! - :■ . ..,....,

ho PiZ-'? 1 - V - M'Adam: Muir,': 'thl Phn w , « of the Church of Scotland.' proposed: the following, resolution : -"This meeting deP' or « s , ™ dwisions -that eidst among the churches^ in Scotland, -and. especially among.churches having, the . same docm?t' J. ,n ?','- wrshin,. and ■ goTernm had tak«n.place-in recent,- years. They no longer about preachwg in. one another's pulpits. The fact that a minister: of: any Presbyterian church in-tho-Uuited-lOigdom was elffn W S°«,H r church" in Scotiaad ; was proof ; that", there ■: was no real barrier tetween' the churches, and ■ iiv. A. W. Myles,;Town'Clerk of-Glai Sd tV C ? n - ngtlle l 'said: one Ah "i - thlni - , . twas enough to-have the devil as. a- rival .without ■ any:- rivalry amongst: .themselves. .-.Whr.-.-shWi'they not be^content.to. bury, the hatchet ani try strenuonsly to.rid themselves of thatslate of division which had. led. to divided' counsels, -.. deplorable . misunderstandings- • groundless, antipathies,- the pettiness-of wctanan pndo,_ and-, the : greatly diminb> ' enfeebled, the

v,The Roy. Dγ: Wann,,late/Principal'of the Scottish Churches College Cafcntta moved.a;resolution.rejoicing in the desire lor reunion. .■'. r ;.v;'.. : v:■':"■_; '■' ; " ' -• '- v ■Mr: James nu-^ L ■ th< ? •■■■-divided-,what. .was -really Utastian principre.rfwinJdisputatibus'-his-F'J er J" 1^ : re ?? h ' .some -basis 'on which, practical '.progress could' be made; «. %?-il ■' ' D^:' J OSo Pli'.Cbrbett proposed ■■that, the meeting-express:its.thankfnl-' ness at the step taken in May. last by the general assemblies /of'the /Church /■ of b » co i lan i :of th: « United' Free-Church' °; ■ resolving--to' ineet in urire!wS? \ co^s rea ce,- and the. earnest -hope' that their labours might bo crowned withsuccess. ■Ho said : their '. divisions had a noble aspect, much as they: deplored them, now.-" 'llioy : demonstrated the /fact; that' .here .was, in /the, Scottisn/iatunP and, bcottisn Christianity /a-'magnificent , grin'' of principle, and,a..magni£ceut-readiness, for .self^aorifice.',when:it:'was r; fat"th"at ; principle called for r; such sacrifice.-- 'At the same .time: those/divisions were/mis-' chievous now.-. : ■-, ' •;—/ ~ ; ■■■'-■",:-,• -.-<■■.-,..,;.

"-The.:resolution was/ seconded ■ by: Mr! James Scott,; president -of. the Edinburgh , : Church Union'/Associatipn.-: . •- V: ; : v / -v V AU ;the' resolutions were' carried"undni- ; mpusly. .'■■"■ ■•:-'s ,, ".V-'^;--."-" :: ' : '; : x,-'- : '.'■*.'■ /' '

GENiiiEiwiiHr^"

WEITING HIS - ATJTOBIOGEAi?HT.

. In a Jin y, , .plainly-furnished' back -loomof his ypry modestihome.iafc.:Hadleyi(Wbbd}on/ the, % northcrn, t b.tttsMit3j.of ~.London!'. Gencrabrßobth;-ia('rtvritine : -v Us Q&^y--> .•Hβ'. is; : ,tmtinß-;it by; fitsv'-and. starts mniie , .intervals-between hie'eßngs . and jSalyation- Arniy ; ,w6rk. in- all parts' .of; • the: country.:. v.WVn.finishedj ■ the - .(says/tho/'Ta'ily/'Ghroiiicle , !). will- : be' a memorable 1 work,- illling/up and' rounding out an important chapter in-the' social aiid' spiritual, history of /England, and describing.tho.beginning and tho-nro-gr^s,°LTl"it tho - late:Sir - WaltE r. Besant called "The Great Endeavour:" The book will have.;its world-wide interest.'.too.for in its-later phases, jt-will, deal, with ! the remarkable overseas development of Wilham; Booth's organisation. On its purely Bpiritual; .side .tho. "Autobiography'' should have a! wonderful fascination as a study, in; spiritual-groirth .and/ihheritanco. It has been ■a'ssumed' that, the book would be :ready..f6r..'publication- at:/ tho "New Tear,, but that:-was .doubtful:: when : the" last m,ail;left England. : ;,Tho aged General was making heroic euorts,to accomplish , his task, ■ and- was \ progressingVwith it in spito of the .distractions" of his ordinary work. -In; the /actual, composition "of tho book ho was receiving., no assistance;..but ! a visit: to him at Hadley, Wood showed that-he. was. surrounded with: , an 'atmosphore of ■' loving .care, - ; which 'helps . to lightenhis ;bufdehs./The' ."Autobiography.", will cover: a .period, of sixty-fiyo years of active work, .arid tho General does not .mind confessing that one,of- his- inspirations in his .task is. tho .portrait,, hanging in his room; '.'of ■. his. ".dead 'wife,': tho , "Mother" of the Salvation Army, \the conrageous: woman-who,, when- tho. Methodist New Connection decided : to 6cnd him ; dn circuit work,, instead, of-, the-re-' yival' .work for , .which his,'heart longed, echoed/his "Never" from the gallery, and. so:dotermincd his'hew.start in life./ ,/ :

NEW .BjSHOP OF : NEW GUINEA. ■ ." The Archbishop of .Canterbury.iias. designated the JKev. ' Sharp, .'vicar.Tif Whitkirk, near'Leeds,;as.Bishop'tbfvNey, Guinea-in succession.. toTßishop"- Stone--Wigg. :, '. The appointment t6',tho v See-.was. delegated' to -tue Archbishop of' Canterbury by . tho, Bishops '-of Australia and , Tasmania.' ,- ; ;■' '. ' : '~'*'■'■.■•■.'' : :.;Mr; Sharp,' who graduated',: at : '.Cam-' bridgein 188G,. taking a third class in , the Classical Tripos, was .ordained deacon in ISBD, and priest a year later. ■;After holding, curate at Somerset and at Hainmersuiith, ■he was appointed vicar of Whitkirk rto IS9B. .'A.t .Whitkirk ::(the"Yorkshire Post" says) .ho has made himself very-popular, not only among his , own parishioners, but throughout Barkston .Ash. -During- the first two years of his/incumbency ./he , raised. iCIOOO towards the beautifying and enlargement, of the. oast end of tho churchj and .afterwards for , the social and- intellectual needs ,of tho. young district, and in':a'very:short time wns instrumental.in tho erection of .'Young Men's ; Institutes ■ at Halton and ■ Coltuiv.the vforraer costing over .£2200.,:' He'then; turned:.his" , attcn-: tion. to, tli'e'provision'.'of ia. new .parish hall at 'Haltoni and/.securing: a suitable plot of land froni-tho' Hon. Si. L! Wood, of Tcmplenewsam; he in a:short timo obtained the money, necessary for tho building. Ho..was keenly; interested in; snort," and assisted to.'forni'.thc Whitkirk'. Jyootliall". Club,' of which ho:.hajj. been president ever since its inception. He;is also a vice-president ■of • tho •Whitkjrk -and Halton Cricket Clubs and tli6 Halton Bowling Club. Ho occupied a seat on the Local Committee, but Wok' no part in politics. ..Since, lasi May;he has served as Proctor-'.'■ in- Convocation, and ho has now accepted one. of tho most diflU cult, posts, in tho Church 6£. England. •-,.'• -

CHURCH AND ■POLITICS!':; 7 -, Two of .■ the . English bishops at least— Sti. Albans and ■ Southwoll-rhayo ..warned ;thoir clergy against introduciiig politics into thoii'. sermons, during the election campaign..'.''. Though party '. politics ■ aro 'especially, and proDCTly, tabooed, both, .bishops eridently think-all , reforancfls.fo current politics 'areliablo,,to,. bo unfair and wrong. -Preachers, aro only: human, says tho .Bishop of Southwell,■■; and "aro nnt.-to. ue.'.trnetod- to ,lay., dqwii. instructions as to !■ (ho > couyse-. thinkiiig ' men. ought to ' pursue. '. Congregations arj as well ablo to study pontics as;their.ministers, and.' as. .congregations ' have . no right of ( reply ■ tho' preacher ■ who touches politics . is. presuming ?bn his.'. office? and 'irritates' his",'" audience. Frobably ; it is true (states.tho "Christian"World") that thoro aro vcry_ fen , , preachors indeed who can treat politics without showing a par. tisanbias. Bishop: AVeldon,: as Dean of ifenchosterV^rccontly , arranged to Rivo a: eorios of Advent; lectures. oa;:.Ch.uicn and

State in; the' cathedral. In his intro* ductbry;. words ho expressed Ms dislike and disapproval of political sermons--meaning sermons preached in the inV forest ..of- a political parly. Bit tiwrg wsro subjects, ho Baid,-on. the fjordw lmo betweenreligion and politics,: which: : if obviously . regarded from tin ethical orrphgioue, and liota political, stand--point, .wore: legitimate, Ho .hud chosen ..to. speak: on: tho delicate and. difficult .Biibjoct of Church and, Stnto vin the cathodral-rathorl.thmi iii eomo hall ia tho city—becauso ho wiehed to consider , , it religiously, t l{o hoped that ho would offend neither Liberals nor -CcnscrvJitiTCfc) nor.-mcniliers of i;any: other -party. , ,'.T

newman; memorial

:.A: magnificent:; church , ' :crectcd ; asmemorial .to, Cardinal Nowmon on the , - : scene- of .his ino.'it fruitful-years; of worJ<V v at tho. Oratory : of.. St. Philip, Edgbaston, ' ;. tfirniuigham,. was opened last montb. ■ (states .the ■ "Catholic Times") in the W'-" V 6cnce of: a liirgo nnd distiiigmshedxather«' ' ' lnrpf Vpriesla aiid laymen. 'Iho, conrac' ' v mtoiv.rcprojejiting many sides of' Catho.''. - : {1° acroity, you ■in..its'e3. a striking. trU- : -■■'•'•' .bnte.to , : the. abiding- infhence. ofllow< :: :;: mans testimonv;.to the Faith • • •-' - '■'•■ ■ -:The foil; length of tho edifice is'lMtti.--•■••■ ?noV it,-is. 70ft.,:0ia. in,width: The. iavj ':' is 88ft..: lon K ■■' and :S4ft.;:iride, :■ witu'^RniM: estrome, height; of: 40ft: 2in., the aisles'. XfUig a little more than half that 'ieiglitj'-''-' While-.the'.-'gonirnl-.form'rof.' tho early.''■'■ ■classical preserved.ia-iaTe aiji : • aisles, .transepts and sanctuary,: a:.barrol. roof and dome Havo been- substituted-for •the'- flat-roof 'of' San- llartino, 1 of which]- v ; *ho edifice is.inths.main, a' reprddnction.} ; : I Marblo cohunns of the antioue : Breccia' ' .violet description-divide the aisles front'"" the- nave,' 'and the -remainder ■of the in- '-:';- : terior stone '..^TTort..has been- carefully-: ' ichoson^ti)' harmonise with these. 1 In many:. "', directions uinch remains" to: be demebe^ " z - V fore -the' work , can • be. considered ; : com« •'■ plete, but there.:is no-loncer any donbt ,'. that the generosity of..Catholics will,en« : '- : stiro Uie' memorial (being worthy of. object for which:it is designed;.. '. ../\ --'':'. ,ythe tßishop'! of Birmingham,, whp :'was J■. attondedby the members of the Chapter,; '': celebrated "Pontifical 'High Mass,- -.'the' -' :.Salford:-and . Nortiampton, ■}, ';■ and : the -Abbot iof Erdington,' l)eing 'the ' ; I/Assistant-.Prelates.v'.■,■/:;•■••.■:. ■ "::.,:;::■■- '■■<:'■

;-/,.- ;■ -.'v' , - . ;: J^'NGs.;r.:!:: :i \i^''' ;: vV,v::; -'Sir Albert Spicer,- : states .the-."Chris.:■'-tian -World," was■ forcibly-: struck : : by, a'■ i'/ fact 'that caine .under', his observation,'in '. the Pacific.'- i "I / 'was.travelling,",he 6aidV : .;- "on/the TTnioh Steam .Ship - Company , !-: liner ■Makara''.(a * Maori '■ word; for . r /'AIl * Red'), and'inquiring,:into the company's/;/ present.fleet-in the 'Pacific, , :it, appeared t'. ■to ..him that'; as a. commerciar enterprise-.: it- had developed 'on - practically, paralloli-. lines with 1 .the : general"spread■' of •crvili--'.•' sation through. Christian missions in/-the- : ' various islands;of the Pacific. Soimuch.'-: .- is; this the, case,.and so thoroughly has , ..thoi JJnion. Steam. Ship .Company's; ship-: ■/ ping service' and that of'oihois foDpwed v. the missionary, that it ia proibable> that ia .' d 'limited Vperiod 'the TI.M.S. may,: -be i ■ able .to dispense witli: its, own sfeamship,', ,f John Williams,Vas tto" means of ."convey-:/' ing.miffiionaries and-snpplies teits Paci*;•; fie; stations." ;-;■ >/ ; "/ •„.-:.. ; -':.-.,:'.V?>'.,'V-/..■"; -i The' Eoy./F./8., Motbt, who! wasthe / principal guest at /a Innoheon in ; nection with , the half-yearly meetings of. '■.-■ the.National Connoil.o£ : . strongly on-: the; need for .a. wide' outlook' v in, Y.M.C.A. .work.-,/ In/-dealing .with.'/ , :: young men.it '■ was hot,6uffioiei\t to 'ha ■ evangelical;;/thby mnst ; be, /practical, V. teaching;..them to/deal :with' the/outloofc-;.: ;upon' : civio::a'nd,.publio. life. -'""I. euppqsa,;I,om :'a">:heretic/': said '■Mγ. . Meyer, ,'?but:my.hpriajn "has:, altered of late. -I. want//. youngmen-not.-only.to go.to heayen, 1 butj:-., to/liveVon.earth," ' He,, found,, in'.goingr/; among : young. men,' that.,the: chord ■ which [■': vibrated '■'. to: every.', touch -was,.- '"Men.'bai '■"■ good;': not .for what. you: will. get.iby.-.be- \ ?", ing,- good;-biit' for .the sake of..your' cbin-!" . try ani yonr,comrades."iThey-had'bean/.' too .in their, appeal, to young meiui •" ■■' If'.theyi.liyelfor' the. whole, world,: God' , ~ wouldj|dke"caro of thevhome. ''■.■-,;.'..; [;':^\:-' : -- .'.Theiecis i something..r,eorie about Jlri.-j Satu'rdjvV.vlasf .(statesi;.-a. : recent > liondoni.v-.' paper)!f.he was, condncidng a/funeral: afc'j* : Hampst'ead;/'a'n.'hour/later, ho ,was. ad-1/ 1 dressing■.ianjeiormotis,-.cro.wd, in.' ; Trafal«, : i-: igarliScinare.':' On Sunday;:.mominc;iheji :pt»«^d;.yonV,"Tfie;;'railtaoirh ; ;;PropbelS»ii; , i uriHoe-aftornooii he attended the !£&&..}«- when/'Mr; , : H;.:N.;Brailrford , gave: an:aSi?/ dress:arf , /'The;:Ethics/of &nU%: ClifioTd.again,.l;. preacheel-;to' a'-congfegition/ which-:over'< V: on'/to ..the- , , rostrum,-' many. ■. j>ersons: stood: thriragho'dt ■■ the'sorrice,' and' many; wjre: turned■ awayV'.'After'• preaching for-.three-qnarters of an '■ hour.ias; only- he can preach, ,, -Dr. ; :Cliffbrd , . , ,- conducted the; Communion eei-yice,'."the' '■'. oominumcants: entirely; filling; the: ground.,'. floorZ.of Ythe.; church. '. He then hastened:.;, -to ohelfof the-exits/in-order, to,shake hands -yith/everyone passing, out, and ati,",, 9.30 p:in. ' ho '.was overheard ' .telling -.a 1.-: young 'Ifellbw:.what ■ boofa he;should ■'gob;!.;, to, help' him; in 'canvassing for _.the. elec-.; / tion; iSomeono.'remarlwd to' him, ."You ,',-' must-te tired-out," but he-feplied, "Oh, ;. no liot;tired." ■:../:/;:•:.'..'/ ■/ .- -■

*~; The"! friendly, : relations i between ■ Dr,V Gfore, 'Ojid the-Nonconformists in ■ his^ditw;; ces'e. were illustrated,' says, the ffßinSing^;: ham 3)aily.' Eost," a .viEit .which he ■;■ :paid ; tp' the Col- ; . lege, students: are trained for; the : : ■Wesleyaa ministry v . The. bishopihad , a;; very hearty..reception.' from the" prinoipal'.and: the;..Bfude'ntSi' to' whom:he delivered ;- an'.aMTess'.' ... V:'.:' ■'•': ;,.-•■;;■ v V^..,{'-, : : Cardinal. Itoran's 6Jlver. ■ iubilea, has ■"< ■*■' by '"Home," •'.,' a ' Catholic paper, which; Baysr-"Ca.rdinal-; ■'Moran:is.in:his''cißhtietli year, and next} July he will keep tho silver, jubilee of his " Cardinalafce, together ; Cardinal Cape-.' colatrpj-■■ They are'the; bnly : snrvivors of ; the 'five' Cardinals created by ■ Leo. XIII. at, ' the Consistory of July: 27, 1885,. and' above :, them'.in the list:of"the'present members, , of tho'Sacrcd'College thero. are' only 'two■ ■ names—that of Cardinal Oreglia," the Dean of the'Sacred'College, who-has worn the •>..■ purple for ■ thirty-six .years; and .that of ■"; Cardinal Netoi who, although -etui ;':aV young , manes Cardinals goi : has'beon , '. a'V Prince of "the Church'.for nearly twenty- ■ eis 'yeMs.' W"l. ,two years, ago resigned-me ' Sec ■of Lisbon ; ';. on ..account 'oi: f ailing •.; health."/- .}>;:';':']:■':■>.:' ; >'v; n;:~'?.: ' The annual conference" of £he Austnu'; lasian' Student Christian; Union .was hold ■; last, week . at, Daylesford'.(Vic).,..whereH about ISO students'from, tho'univorsitiea.. of' Australasia- discussed-.'the . religious.' problems\ affecting university -'and coUega..' Rfe^''/ ; '..';V.-. / ; .;■-■■'■;■■ ■■.': : :.' - s ' The Hev.'.Dr. Bevan,vof/the Congrega-.- : ■■ tional. Church, Colliiis- Street, Melbourne,,;, has I 'tendered his resignation in accept tho '• position '• of principal,;of : ' the;; : college for the training of-Congregational; ministers, at Adelaide.- The college -ia; nowVcndowcd: with : an: income 1 , of .iEIO(HI.>. per year, under the will of tho late Mr.-: William Parkin, .of '■' South ;'Australia;:" who' died some twentj' years .ago.. •Dγ, .■■■ Bovan has'been , pastor of : Collinf Streel \ Glmrcli for' over twonty-thrco years, and ■.■: has throughout that timo becrin distiiict' power/for good in the community.; Some , ten- years - ago- Dr. Boyau , paid a visit ■ to New. Zealand.Vand preached in some';a{ : ... our churches to largo, gatlierings.;. '"■.'>.;.• ■At a "meeting of tho ArbroathiProsby-.,, tery, an bverturo' that candidates for, the.; ministry of thirty years: of ;ago ; and.iip-V wards should ho'admitted to tho Divinity; . ■Hall without having .passed, .through nn; Arts , curi'icnlnm was unanimously reject-;, ed.': i An; overture', oh; tho proposed.. new-.: ; Formula.was... rejected ;by a email : ma-,' jority., ■- "■':.■.:;."•• ■■'■'■.< .■■■ : :'-'---':-;-j'y-':' '■.'■'.'■; :.:: : i' : •" ■ Professor Cowan, of '■ Ahorde'on',' in' the course of an address;, to 3?rco'.' Church.-Elders' Association '.of that city,;,, brieflv rofon-od to Presbyterian ■ reiimon;.. Personally ;ho was hopeful of •, eventual •' ■ union,, the , ,ibonelits;of':which,-.wero.so; great" and oWious; ■ but ; ho was satisfied;.. - that.:oTCn;if'this. object'woro._not nloan-r. wliilo attained, the ecclesiastical etmo. ;; sphere of Scotland would become, through;'• these friendly confororices, >arriier, sweet.,.; or, and. mb,rp:.wholespmo. .....-;.'.■..;;.;

It is officially intimntod Uiat'thoßov,'.;; Dr John Young nas:"aceeptod nomination':' to Uio ModpiWorship; of the General As<- ;. scmbly ' of-/tljio .XJnited - Free Church. 1 in, v - May ncxt.Cf.!- ; ;~''":'v-';V ' : v\.■ ■'•"; '■" .' ■•■-'' :',:•':■ ';/< Bishop. Chisholm;: Abordocn, has.\boonV , presented', with an- address, by : ;tho. Gale-/.; (lonian Catlio lic' ; jUsociation, congratnla- v.. ting liiin on tUo. attainment of Hs"jubilcaf. in the'priesthood.',' v, ; ■■■ '■■. '■'■ ..;■'..■•; '''■■.-..'■'>'■'..■ ' ■■ . Colonel and Mrs. Lindsay',.have.bcon'r-, chosen by Gondrol Booth to, carry the: ''Blood and-I'iro" into. China: for, the;' first timo.Colonel'Lindsay.is an" old-tiino.'. Salvationist;:, having done" activo,'-Eorricef;' iivAustralia and the West Indiosj tesidea ... going through much, tutbulent warfare at," homo.. Mrs;.Lindsay, who is closoly"con-.' 'ucctod:vith. Lord pns!o\y; has also a long?■ ;rocordi.()£, service tolior credit-. : . ; ..;. .;.,i