THE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.

Evening Star, Issue 3402, 16 January 1874, Page 2

THE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.

■■KI ! I I >.;j; t r. ~~ .w •i, is !■ STATE OP KELIGIOK. ~« committee on the above brought up thi "following .report >,: <! k ' i " i ‘ -i The work entrusted to your committee purine the part jmar rihjbraoM'ihe viz.Special services for the young ; dfeputa tion -to .>viait. v the .outlying ;districts rojE ihe Church ; evangefetlc.semens fprtoe revival ol , yitai. religion ; sermon .on Sabbath observance. JnrefvrebJJe to the first Of these',’as fat f 3 .yj>i* beeiihble to Ascertain} •the instructions' hf Syfiod * : Have~ been’gen evilly complied with-"* T t oo muoh"att‘Rfiti6tt i canhotT)( ■given to’ tho'reli|ioUß : training of thOTyOUng, 'They ure the hope? of the Church • ahtothOir in* atructiou iuDi vine [things -and early dedication to the service ot God' are subjects of the deepdsl interest, ought to;.be kept A°to .the .minus of [ parents! and teachers'.* .thd ( ''short tifflfe h e' Silbbiitii 'J^choplf is" not ! sufficient to instil into'their young xhiuds thSte Scriptural truths, and .principles whicharos'of fuch . vital importance ydth regard tof their usefiUnMainj toe 'ness when tody leave li Ypur aonimitteearo Kkd to learn that-u Sabbath • SsHoof TeicHersJ : umoh hur in Dunedin.* -They Are hopeful.that; by .meana.of it some r mdre efficient’ i system thm that,>vhich has hitherto eristedifor >Wf reli«opMnstrpptip 9 il9 f may .be in- 1 I wtilhO of, great = ft e 1 are of opinion, ‘ if the Stood couW see its way to recommend quarterly services to be'Eeldih all! the .I’congregatjous i for; the - young, it • would i ■supply. and-.would .be-,highlyhene-! ‘ ,ficial> alike tp parents, teachers, and children.! . ,'Yow,committee, have to report that [Messrs M too' were appoihfed :atVTaat ; meetmg of' bynod to visit the outlying districts! : of the Province, performed the work assigned; them.. During thomontog.,of .Aprilamd May ‘ . they visited. NasebyvSt' pSatlian’s, Aleximdra!i ’viydp» + ‘'Queenstown,- and thosur-i rquhaing-districts, and preached at these ahd> Places to attentive ' tions on the rpnte, and finished their labors at 1 the Moerewhenu'a They'have.great".pleasure in testifyingithat.theyieverywere re- : 1 ceived tokenspf the ;Lord-’s: presence bless-i They~wex6^eeply-impreßßed-~with'the' necessities of many of. the members and adherents hftouh OhUroh r ih“th£ districts visited,’ and - they would strongly urge upon the' • t Synbd to (appoint another arifiit the interior of the Province this year.’ Egan- ; (been held; in,' Several con- • during the past year, and were gene- . rally fairly attended.. These services are much i JKT ■■the'' Ohi&Bw’people, but not -mAriced resujt| haye gome,itoder the noficebf poidtod meansj tho blessing. that. makethL rich < will be given. If these extra services accom- ; phshed no r. mow ;toan-q the quickening andi ' Btirnng up of the Lord’s own people, they! ' ought tc> be { continued.. \Ve knpw, as the! ' live coal‘kindles 'toe dead ' eo Chiis-(-.toemselyes revived, will be-' J 'comesburce 1 of - liftt ! to' l ’ ' rt^eyfPp^eiinqontMt.:[.The.weyk,pf.praver.ati ■ the beginning of the year, recommended by the ! ■' Evangelical Alliance, has been ’obaervea'>ih { Dquedin B»d^eyeralpther,places. : 1 reported to'have,been good. One hppe- i ‘ ofvithe times' • toatdmnLjtenl 'and Churches of ( Vanpu§ Protestant denominations’ * are co-operating more'heartfiy in the work of! 1 their common-Master, ;In : P»Bedto* monthly 1 * meetings for prayer, and oonferenoe are 'held by < >. the ministers of the Presbyterian, Wesleyan . 1 Indmendeht, and Baptist Churches. Your! * ootomittee'.Jhavh! Observed with 1 miicli fJeasdre 1 I that a number of Christian ladies in this City 1 ( have taken-up' the - casd of those unfortunate t women referred to in last report. As the result S i.fe f a Female Refuge has been 1 t [estabhshed,: and is noiw fulfilling its ,useful aiid « benevolent purpose.. We underatandi that 1 murked : aucoeps has .attended the .Mertiofis B ■wtoch have been forth, , and -we 'hopd tbh, p labors ofthose ladies, wlm have so heartilv i .Peered into thi 8j matter WU continue to be : abundantly blessed.' :i.' ,i- .■ , of religibh ! i during this past year, .your committee ‘cannot ; <• speak m Very-encouraging < terms. .No doubt hj the Lorddias bein carrying on fiis own work in : r our midst; but in reference to the manifestation t, of that woto. ip. i tho character, and, conduct of professing Chnatians,, we fear.not much-dSed I .advaucement has. been made.: The great tem x poral prpspeiity which prevails' throuShtoe I country atpresent, does not seem’ ! 2 beneficial ififluenoe iipoh t 'men< L; mbrAUv’ r ttn§ r ;e?i tu “ l f- t the height and flush of prosperity ahoiiid the Sourcc^he^^pil^toehl^Wteflow.^lt

there are go hopefully* in _ t>S.work of Mni - - however hnhkely IphinvVing the soil bo, «wM tfill assert its vyxtauty, and In ppe (harvest* ( ‘'v>'\ &%?*{ 1 ''X : V . k SABBAT^oi^tANO^. < i • ip refejgsnee to your obmmittee they cannot report any improvement 'af least in ,Otago. Trains run regularly between-Dunedin and Port Chalmers on the Lord’s i )ay. Dray traffic is still carried on, and shops on the different lines of transit to the goldfields are kept open, for supplying the draymen with provisions for themselves and horses/- The corMsponding'mettiher ■SF’thc Clutha Presbytery thus writes“ Thpre is no improvement visible inS;SKbhsh. COWfervance. It is all the other wav. Every minister deon the .Lords Day. Some hotels, in the neighbouAood of > foiWa£ seem to do more business on - that day than - on any ■other:”’ ’ It is. ehboiira^ngi Wikhffw tMifla Southland the-sanatlty LordVDay igjucer i— * ‘ f^aslnver^rthe same holds trUenf most mthb'^ouatfV' cdhkiabrablfe numbers' of railwW Vtorkmeh'We J &hptoyad, andrin' fusible dacfeape:«f Sabbathcdesebtatiod, ikithe way, not only of drinking, but going>shoatiSfe, riding cjabput,' ttUdH>thpryrfsf miV-fcpending the Dunedm^r^jj^r^^^ls^hup^e’rnatler of runhihg tiiuns on to be the Superintendent.' Tf this’system of Saßblth sions, so that those-who wish to observe the fxwxurea? ox men cWidl be '-embayed jjn o(md»* sion your committee would venture to hiake the following suggestions :—* -.v. fiod m hj V frro evangeMc deputations „ ... g MdUeW »,'thk oufcfa«. trusts of,the Church J the vgat. iiaoft 9“ce mtheVea^Mconference on tetives 'Schools within the .FKshonnds beinyiteditft attend, n-n rr 3. That.r.on the first Sabbath>;lu March, i» ministers be instructed to preach on > fi ..Sabbath obggmi®ce^ 1 4. That hj the; t {firsts Sabbath. in Ehygnibferwo ; y as a service for toe young, i „ ‘ f; .5. Tbit, inthe eveflt qf jibe Oovemmeni n. i 0 1 0 , .«*? civpmittee ,be diMciad to prepare petitions tb the ’‘Provincial meeting..; and that minlske rsami kirk-sessionsuie instructed to usel all .diligerffieninithfeir respective -a'.'Congregations to get such .- ■ as numerously as possible,! t’-Tfie R«VAJ;'Rft,ii* foferreflKta the/folteltfliH 'training of the'youth as.amtdfoSof the gt&teat y« r y. little* relibifius instruction l-wks given l in' the common!schoohqmiTlaitKbugh 'dn'^^Tho 48 in(^! 9J nme »Wi^ertTalfow , bd explained to thejmu great,dmproyeinent was needed in the method of they had a *msdel Sabbath i|clspoL whirfh'had been formed with a’proper Staff bf tbhehers. Referring to Sabbath ■ n M Supda.VfiS'iThbVfemnipyds vpr<Mwt obliged to work, but they must 1 their cdnMiflXKfesEOcthriawiUp-thiii “which [was It was to be (would yieldtothe influence hrought : to hTsteS ! tq |hifl ! trSfflo!;’hiit if thfi ‘wMhSMe the ! Provi&oial-’Gb'unbil :46uld 'Jjerabpealwno They muat use all means in their power to ston this ,tfafflS, fdf if it : W6be hot ; the' whole length’jihd ifc/readth m the land Wduld - «*• deluged' y Mth.''tluß)>{angodly 'system; n hoped the efforts of the IhiritdinjPreebytetoyfln ' "this matter would be successful—-r-'Thb Rev. ‘lb>l ACTfe. °(iMVem‘e'rit ! ui hio'ldibtifob'fln'sregflrd to SsbifcKth observance. ®o^ d a and• thnpubUuhpusesJvnre frequented on' the' Sabbath^;> floiv Wwas ihuchXbetter, for there'WaS' anxn;Mng wrong to be%eeU 0f Khardof care for R«uv»a*u «-#—■■ * district; s "ifeVcoutriS po3® 3 S?nSC . «s®s*r ■'SSffiiSr. • tibh hguten the pubhc mmd on the sfibifebtf^fo 4h« ! { them.«ommand, J ! 5« -F°uld >noreas ß ia 'the' milwavs^wSre recommendations of the connnirteb.'^'- l ;raid iheicpmniitteosen ~the.state,C!f. religion might leayb out the hid not dttendfed their done. J f cE§i should exert themselves; ja f6r"tfie { Mvfoffi Qounml, a| bodyj %yuJ#c : .jat - 01i0^ ■!* aAne^rialM taking; th^petitionHhvthiiS. ject ’ShoUid OM-operatefar as pisfbla feodiW i* Thete- ms that, the' wish to -keen uh ’tKn We Sihhkth the Pifesbytenana. beKCvhd'in'theimS • P^ a ?- they prayed'tb God U $s ablS«» ,W%PTB- tbs, fo ‘keep,,the Sa.bbatK. xx J?9- pominitfefi to^PS theco^eratibirorSS j[ikelyto^eet J ‘ they with all other wl^us-,bodiw4m.^§i?sXfe «vH‘/ci;n6wl^^d r“ e .? u . ui bo ' bthfer -denoniinatione BfeStv commltrett Pi>ol fc ij He > tlle convent of the committee, ;Would > not, cot) sent - ,9? the brftthr^ 1 q W were a mad, a^. ; who wdula the mififstehi ! bfth<i Chtfo hj were- amongst 'the foremost to upS wife strict, observance of.vthe?S4bh«th. wldWlt Wasknown that there,were men whodidnot efforts'to stdp.Sundw todna,'. The Rev. Mr BannSav Mr Rylby in previous attempts hb looked finbh'bb an The MoDEBAtoIr' blW«!nfed the Elders should giVcSiir subnet. "5. ;‘<Mr Ei B.\(3 A n«sa6 at l gtffebtad iff be communicated with dSrect4Vv«n® SS$ v - t Sn:

Mr JoBK io hear rPaatter.dependeil ofiftSfeffbHsy 'He agreed Wth4fr •&*!&;■ tbit ii ?$&?*& Jitters shottld'be sent tb r the dignatriis Cxbf ttnb Episcopalian' ChiOtotev; He* • doubts with respect to legislative effortsibeing liroughtiio 'bear.Kinutbd 'question ofcSabhdth observance, but they would recognize the obligation tbem,Tapd ;go -forward with the work. | Mr Malloch thought -ministers of other should : have been requested to to the Superintendent. d&k'TOS -bayfe gone a majority,.'of,the ■ aiffcrtnt h dS&6minations, "aka ‘tberi,' l as , r ..tHey ul Sv , hj represented a majority dMhe people., of 1 . the. Erovmoe, the Sapen&endent oused wjbat,'y j ,„ ) p i householder m the'place si’ould be visited, no -rJW&W > to.-what •;denomination.; jbenhelongedi sayinfr o4?ft«%Ott*hiß od Elvery^ndH^ment was held out by the Government, to, induce people to travel oh the Sabbath, and iMs could vate system. | 'lhpiites. Wm dJ show that Sabbath by the Scotchm Otagp^mojitioradth^tin^el--a > the moved m the « flSWjjT^^^feta.th'^t'hosb ■'-•'ivho (jiiesiion shouldhe especially fel^«Mn ta i®*** <werVShde‘ } ’ coiiaSdkred thwe who upheld, it to 1 ciVif and religious liberty- ana-ministers enjoined td studidindy!av»i& tjhpipfofanaftion tfe thiteappearaijce of flomgievSH) ] The Rev. Superi “W u ?W^“e^pr?Sßioa: that ,tho,(Stopi pnfprtupate and •improper, fora}! deopminai tjopa .shoidd be induced'tp hek) ,tha work] -ifamffennidf fofek like* a Churgh affaiy. TOinations,should, be igblito kigm.ohd 'largeT)eti-j ,SSH? .prdper-actioniiwer^ taken the Sunday trams would be stopped. Ha - to. the.rohgious.iaeling_.o£ the pubhc, who the sight XMj & Ha 118 A ,Nt I n>rj*s ’ feinted HKkt'hfthiughtthe public WOTe f opinion. They should therefdire .e^Ems^tol matter P -fhf S’ favor! J’gJffiingr’ftf 'Suidhyitraids .itnycnild i^r f repiled% : -t)Ad9h^nhte r 6bservatTbn^. i:f Hb' t hbped i: it ! -wa« ai iboundi at prddenco/as’to * iRWwiM-rt o di inch action unworthj of 0 Qhuph V, .Let ilh ere be ’ a general invifa- { tiotigivfen-f6r th6se ttfAttend tp form pralst Hl®ht ik the nmtterr-The daaegration of the ,%h^t6->«B,a.*mtar^dncellodth the .of the subject—to place a .man .in.,the or throve. i which he lowered 1 ,t«ldMl mordjtofjwflakepithlß held bfthe Sabbhth ‘ in: Duhedin-4theihold-mswiligiiandleyonihg. , ' -a. opportunity to.do<so m the

.a>cernppn A _ _ _ 'The Rev. Mr Will said that he undeMtopd „ ahd’'-'fHi8 i wbhld,-£hf , thought, tend to reduce the: w'Ol'k.onithi Safeiadal costs t .oOKii« i .SL ,3X • ■ $ The Rey,[ Mri qaidrheTiad only £ e F7j? a li?P l i;9nflT» tfnSfclfc low ( Sabbath fares |W a .public com- ’ »9 iooK tOr/pcofit I maWe ®Mgooa, -r -V ’ lfn ' s The following is, of the approve of the diligence of tnh^idomxmttee,; ; - • mittee^Oaifll Ka^fiiidlytitdiatslcohVener. The! , Sjßq&jfiSpresses its satisfaction at theatten-j .™ n given, to Jhp instructions of last Synod. j * ! througlrthe•Wmnin’g' l df ®r| c the authority of the f Gbvtanm'6nt, s: in- i <, the* i Word of 6od\ discloses as floiyingfrom violat- j jng thepSahbatlnf) ThecSynod renewsdts ininstructiona^o;tthei apyepal; &&isp ser-l ■ rices for the,vqujjg, {jipd,special semoWpn the 1 Sabbath at the tmiMj ,observed for! ! those purposes, and! ihaj^jevery! effort be made to seciire Mentions 1 hhmetously i signed tobe laid before tile Prbi f mcial‘.Cbpncil, i *nd that special evangemtib' ! BeHdc£s be' held' during the year; tical recommendations contained inUhiiifeport i °®f■ “J as possible,vcarpied intoleffebt. Re- i xnit to the committee,to ; report; ms tb deputa-; tions, and to name members. thereo|,”>j c-