CHURCH UNION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 954, 22 October 1910, Page 6

CHURCH UNION.

'■■: : ■'■■■'■ ;-~~ r^-^-.:; -v'"'''7 A. CONFERENCE ■, DESIRED,,; / By Telegraph—Press AsTOCiation-Copyriehfc '■ p" VV; ■:_'/; "• Sydney, 'October;2L ' The Union report cfifs the.union of the churches recommends 4 a confefence.'with "a. .view./to .holding 'af I union / gathering- on. the question. .•■'■. -'■ The', Presbyterian .General ■ Assembly.' of" ':? Australia,'-at its-recent meeting,oUscussed..v.:j a report dealing: with the proposed union•'•■' . ; of the--Presbyterian^Methodist;, and- the 1 /,'- ':'■■'■ Congregational Churches. Eev. Dr..'Clb\is- ' :'i ton, convener of tlie. committee, presented I '' ' :1 the- report,, which, Explained 'that—''At' the last/meeting of .the General' Assem-! / :' i hly,' the committee' was ■instructed' 1 - to : - '•' •''• continue, its negotiations-with the'-other; Vj: ■< ■Protestant Churches; so as'to'nreseht a-- : ' ''?■ scheme of-.polity, to:,the;following, assein- ■■■ '.'•"'''! bl .y> -.'Accordingly'^the-committeeTias met C•! with the similar, committees of the.Con- '■'- : - gregationalist and Methodist' Churches. 1 - : ' A Xa& Victorian, section..of the. joint coin- " :: ' r: - } S ll H? CB -^ nßt in ' Melbourne, arid the' New ■ '.' - bouth- Wales, .section: 1 in- Sydney.-:"Both' -''■'•"■! sections have been in communication with'V ■'-< each-other, and the-result has b'eehitha?'' v:l drafting 'of the,'scheme of, poliiv'.whfch r -"''. is herewith presented/to :the General' As;':''- r '"' semWy._, This: scheme,": along with' '-'the'-' I '-- -i basis, or doctrine, was: presented •to the'- ■''"■' Congregational .Union' of ! Australasia .at' 1: '■■■'■- its/meeting in Hobart, ni. January .last, ■ "■'[ and .after considerable '-: discussion,: ; a ''':'•' : i motion was passed unanimously expressfne : '' ; a .general approval; of the documents, and'-. v 1 ( the' hope that the movement might be-" crowned/with success-.-'-The: 1 scheme l 'of: polity .'was also'-'presented to 'the general ,; ■''-! conference '■ of. the'. Methodist \dburch -of : -\'-'::■ -1 Australasia at it's meeting. in ; May'-last,;, at : : - 1 'i .which a general .approval; was "also car- :'•'' ? t- F p .^'fte^PMseniiJthV^committea-i;"' 1J has•had.nofurther.ilcorresporidence'.viitlij'".''; the Church,of..England,...;,lt; was. agreed-v"-; i that ./no ../further.' negotiations, could" be" ••■-■ 1 held:; except; in ; ;cbmmon !l TCah the" other'' v; -s Protestant /Churches;, with >:which: ' tha>v;;; ".■.? committee had'already:been- m.-corresppn-;.■'''' « dfince; : ;and''-'this;;tiie^'-C!hiirch'Vof'ai6U^W'',/^' i i could-not -do- until lty;.from..their;, general synod."' ';-' : :<;;.'■.' .:■".'.:.; ;■ After...discussion;.',the fculowing:'rea^' ; non was. Assembly receives '""i; : 'j .witrhmt/cornmrtßng itssdf C- ';:'.■;:'i to,;details, c Expresses;,a. general;:approval i: '"- : -- , t£- , < of:■ the.basis',of doctrine, and:the l .schema"'!' -v' 3 - pf polity, and 1 transmits them to: the 1 Stats ."i.ej Assemblies and Presbyteries for their con-!''^'•■; i sideration;. and .instructs-therfl'-.to/cank -ft': 1 ""ij fully examine.these'ddoumehts and-,to'wk ,'-.'- ■ port, any -amendments,-or-. to'-.-.t'-:'--:- 1 the' Clerk.of, 'Assembly, at least isii7month».!v..,-.;, .before-, .the/.meeting. of ..the next 'General, J.: : Assembly;...and, /further,./instructs ithu ,■'■:'•'-'! < committee; to. prepare:,-a;;fall -explahatioii l ''■■■ :'.'...-.■ •of ;. the . scheme .. for the information 'of V, .■.:,,' Church '.'.■ courts, /and: : also'.l authorise";, tho V ';-:'- * committee:, to.; anangeV'Wifli.':'.presbytmfflv-.'''-':'- : '=--'''; .for-rthe receptjoh-j, of /deputies: who »aro" ':■-'-. familiar .with., the' progress.' of the' unidaK - '-,-. '■': negotiations,-when so desired."-'- ; ' 3 -'A-'Xi I . :'■"'■«■