THE ANGLICAN GENERAL SYNOD.

Evening Star, Issue 3510, 23 May 1874, Page 3

THE ANGLICAN GENERAL SYNOD.

m. t. BI3HOI>RIC 0F DUNEDIN. Waipua mov ed the following resolution: Whereas, a resolution of the Archbishop of Canterbury and other Bishops of the Church of England assembled at Lambeth, 1 ebrupy 5, 18i2, has been forwarded to the Primate By the Archbishop of Canterbury, to Archbishop ami Bishops assembled aregready to recognise the Right Rev bamuel Tarrant Nevill as second Bishop of Bunedin; ■ from which resolution it appears tnat the said Archbishop and Bishops are under ?k ID i? a PP reße!ls^0R as bo the course pursued by the General Synod of this Church, in reference to the Bishopric of Dunedin; and whereas it is desirable that any misapprehension as to the conduct of the General Synod in so grave a matt ® r * ®bould, possible, be removed; fesolved—That a statement be put upon record, ot the grounds upon which the General Synod has acted,in the matter.” The resolution should b®„ a g re ed to, in order that there should be no misapprehensions about what the Synod veally had done. ■ _ > Archdeacon Edwards regretted that the correspondence between the Archbishop of Canter bury and the Primate had been printed for private circulation only." He thought the, conduct df the Archbishop in the matter had been xnost extraordinary. v* Under all 'the circumstance sit was highly necessary that such a statement as that contemplated by the motion should be made. Mr Lusk expressed an opinion that the matter was not ended yet, but the savor of it would stick to them for generations.' The mo turn seemed to him to be an attempt to brazen out the blunders they had committed and the wrong they had done. Ho would much prefer that they should humbly admit that they had done, wrong. . , • Tbe , ? ISHOP of Wellington said the only msue before the Synod was whether it had or had mat confirmed the nomination of. Bishop Jenner. The Bishop of Nelson said that having been recently in England, he was in a position to state that the matter was doing them much Jharnv there, because it was not understood. •Jr okgh 0 k ght ’ therefore, that it was highly deairable that a Btatemcnt as was proposed Bhould be drawn up. . , * rc hd®acon Stock was anxious that a statement should be prepared, so that false impresin ® n ßl a ßd should be removedL . .The Dean ofCHRIsTCHROH. also thought it of the utmost importance that existing impressions In Bnglana should be; removed. The one person who was responsible for all the trouble that had arisen was Bishop Selwyn. He had all along been of opinion that this matter must be examined to the very bottom* - . . Archdeacon Wilson said the real reason .why rt was expedient that a full statement should be made was that they wanted to clear the air between, the Church of England and themselves. They had actually received a judgment from the Archbishop of Canterbury, accompanied by a statement that he had o,nly heard one side of Mr Sewell was qfraid if thpy went into the inatter’thfsy inyolye • themselves in diffithey fUd pat fqresee. Maunse{ ( l had very grave doubts rt® to the propriety of entering upon the preparation of a controversial document. They would be lowering their dignity, and, in place of doing go ®d. would; be,doing evi! to the Church. The question was then put and carried. THE NEW ZEALAND HYMNAL. y n J resolution being moved sympathising with Messrs Collins on their loss in publishing the above, Archdeacon Edwards moved as an amendment—“ That this Synod learns with regret that the publication of the New Zealand Hymnal has not proved a financial success, and is of opinion that the copyright of the book Wiould iiot be renewed when it has expired. The ‘Hymnal’ was not liked in the Diocese of Dunedin, and as to the tunes, it was unreasonable to ask-them to approve of them. The late Primate of New Zealand had said the book would not he likely to go beyond Cook Strait, and he' thought; the best thing they could do was to bury it in Cook Strait/’- -Neither amendment