CHURCH CONGRESS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1871, 3 October 1913, Page 7

CHURCH CONGRESS.

6 PROBLEMS OF LIFE. LABOUR, DIVORCE, & WOMAN'S < FRANCHISE. By Telograph—Press Association—Copyright London, October 2. The Congress was at sixes and sevens 1 over the question of divorce. Dean Henson, of Durham, stated that tliero was a real danger lest the inexorable . attitude of the Anglican clergy towards j this question might alienate from tho i Christian yiewpoint the reason and con- ! science of the people. Ho declared that tho modern state was avowedly non- ] religious, but they might have a clearer ] vision of tho rignt application of the ; Christian principles to tho marriage problem than the Christian society it- • self. ; Tho Bishop of Southampton (Dr. , M'Arthur) and the Bishop of Lewes (Dr. Burrows) stood firmly for indis- , solubility of marriage. Bishop Welldon (Dean of Manchester) advocated tho samo social and political law for tho adulterer as for tho adultress. Tho Bishop of Winchester (Dr. Talbot) confessed' that the debate was disappointing and unsatisfactory. LABOUR AND THE CHURCH. AN ATTITUDE OP ALOOFNESS. "Times" —Sidney "Sun" Special Cables. (Reo. October 2, 6.10 p.m.) London, October 2. At the Church Congress the Bishop of Jarrcw (Dr. Georgo Hickson), referring to tho attitudo of Labour to tho Church, said that one would have expected that these organisations, whioh it' was impossible to believe had not the Christian ideas which penetrated society, would naturally turn to tho source from whioh tho best idoas wore derived. Though their attitude was not that of activo hostility, it was aloofness. He attributed this to tho Churoh presenting itself too much as an institution, and too little as tho' life and inspiration of tho ooinmunity. BAPTIST CHUECH AND WORKERS. "Times" —Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. (Reo. Octobor 2, 6.10 p.m.) London, October 2. The Baptist Union at Manchester has passed a resolution to tho offoot that tho Labour unrest demands tho earnest attention of tho Christian Church. The workers should not only have tho right to earn a deoent living, but such a living should bo the first charge upon evory industry. GREAT MORAL FORCE. WOMAN'S NEWLY-AWAKENED RESPONSIBILITY. London, October 1. At the Church Congress Bishop Welldon, Dean of Manchester, said that history had disproved that women's interests were safe in men's hands. He pointed out legislative inequalities in politics and morals. Mrs. Luke Paget (wife of tho Bishop of Stepney) deolared that women's new-ly-awakened responsibility was one of the greatest moral forces ever placed at the service of the Churoh. Mrs. Wentworth Stanloy, an 'Australian, opposed woman suffrage. DR. TALBOT AND THE LADY, (Reo. October 3, 0.10 a.m.) , London, October 2. Dr. Talbot (Bishop of Winchester) states tliat the- lady who interrupted him at the opening of the Church Congress, is a resident of South London, who for tho last two years had been writing vaguely defamatory letters about himself. SAINTS' DOCTRINE. BISHOP OF LONDON'S INVOCATION CONDEMNED. (Iteo. October 2, 10.20 p.m.) London, October 2. Sir Edward Clarke, addressing the National Church Union, strongly dissented from Dr. Ingram's (Bishop of London) invocation or tho Saints' Doctrine, which he thought tho Anglican Church universally condemned. SIDNEY ANGLICAN"SYNOD'S I'RO-' POSAL. Sydnoy, October 2. , Tho Anglican Synod's projMßal to establish its own insurance fund' met with strong opposition in its later stages, and was finally referred. to a committee for a report. The Synod adopted a resolution that, in view of the increasod cost of living, the minimum stipend of parish clergy bo £250 and a parsonage, or £300 without a parsonage. .