MINISTERS & SUNDAY CARS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1933, 16 December 1913, Page 4

MINISTERS & SUNDAY CARS.

SOME DIVERSE VIEWS. (By Tolofirai>U.- -Press AssocLitiou.} Christclliirch, December 15. At the Presbyterian General As» sei-nbly this morning several references were mado to Sunday trams. 'The Rev. Jas. Sl'Caw said that ho was called upon tho previous day* to take a service at Sumner, i-uid had taken a ear. Ho lind been shamed by hearing of a minister who had walked fivo hiiles. Ho li-ad ;i cai'} flud perhaps lie' should not cleric. Tho Hev. J. H. M'Kcnssic: Ccrtauily not. It is utterly vain for this Assembly to keep .this coimiiittco ill existence so long as our miiiiste-r-s aie found etnploving tram-cars and men oil them on Sundays. Yo-i-i might as well abolisli this committee for all the good it can do, ... The Hev. P-. B. Eraser eli'teresl a nrud and respectful protest agaiiist tho statement that no one is to go an a trnm-car un the Sah'bavfo. Ii sew that, up as their ideal, they were puttitt" a preposterous linlion before tlio community. H might do in smalHnuns -(A voice: "Lite' Nelson*'), but if Utc.v dictated to the pcoplo of. Auckland or Wellingtoii or Cliristchurdi or Duunctm on tlio subi-cct tlicy would W maKitvg pi'di'ound mistake. "I am not- ( ;j >r " h« added, "about any Christianity -hat is not good eiurtigli for tile "l lo '- 6 "Vv Rev. Cbas. Murray (C ; ii.ri-tc!:ni'cW said that lie was at <mo tmw .a strict Sabbatarian, hut he had nto.dified fas v'ews. He did uol. hawewr,.w; v prinrinlcs that applied >o sliouhl not iipply to NHt-tiu-~a lornirlui-. that was veU spread out.