THE ANGLICAN SYNOD.

Evening Star, Issue 3623, 2 October 1874, Page 2

THE ANGLICAN SYNOD.

. BISHOP’S ADDKBSS. We summarise the rest of the Bishop’s ad.dress, . the substance of which was as follows He felt' highly satisfied with the successful working of the Board of Tbeological studies. As a matter of course,/those who had studied in the Universities at Home - would be always welcome; but they would be received only in exceptional owes. His commissary in England wrote Word that graduates would not cpine out, as curacies in England-were good aid numerous. He was therefore anxious to establish a system both of training, and examination that would secure well, qualified ministers. . He might have preferred Diviiuty ProfesSorsh&g : in connection with : our-University ; but failing that, tutorship’s or theological colleges at the chief centres, and a Board of Examiners appointed by the General Sjnoi, could effiei ently carry bn the work. He considered a body should be appointed to co-operate with himself-in organising •, a I ivinity School, iin order lO: arrange the. order of study, its duration, and other details. Mr Penny was in a position to impact systematic instruction. He intended all students to pass the Board examinations before, being eligible for deacons’ orders', reserving' to the Diocesan Beard the riglrt of presenting the names of candidates educated elsewhere Although be would recommend to students vhe New Zealand University course, it should not be a sine qud ndn. The supplementary report of the committee hinted at the possibility of restoring the deaepuate to its, original and permanent character. To;the loss of that arm of the Church’* ministry he attributed the estrangement from the Church of the middleaud working classes at . Home, for it wig. virtually, lost when only those, were admitted deacons who would in a few months be advanced to the Presbyterate. Although for pastors and teachers sound learning and piety were essential, Christ’s Church was hot founded merely for the : highly •educated, but for the training of human soils. No doubt there to be guarded against, and one under the voluntary Bysfogi wag the insufficiency in number of ministers compared with the people, 'lhe work really required more deacons thau presbyters, and the latter naturally looked to becoming the head of-a parish; a position fo w.hioh a deaconr was; not; eligible. If eaeh parish priest in Dunedin had deacons working under .him there would be a probability of following immigrants to their homes, who are how lost sight of. /Indus parishin Staffordshire .wine or ten deacons found work. In using-the word “permanent”..he..did\not.ynsh;lro be understood that deacons should not*, aivance. i hey might go up higher to whom the«all ahould come; He replied to the General Synod, in answer to & question regarding missionary collections, although his conscience was not quite free on the matter. The Macedonian Churches contributed to the pioneer work of the Churoh out of thbir poverty, but that could not be said' of the Church in New Zealand. Bvsolutiona on the subject had been parsed both by the General and Diqpessan Synods, relating to New Zealand, the Mejanesign Mission, and the thinly peopled distric’s of the diopess. To these the claims Of d.OOO Chihese dhohld be added. To those resolutions, he would restore ppp which had fallen into de,uetude, and deyote the pffertopy of the Epiphany or the succeeding Sunday to missionary purposes, the amount to be divided in fixgd proportions between scattered members of the Church and missions to the heathen To secure this 'end, he would advise the apppolntment by the Synod of a secretary for. missions. The Bishop concluded by a few feneral remarks on transactions within the ,Hpcegp. Ho mentioned that a Chinese convert Imd beep baptised, after instruction, by the Bov- Mr Pe'prfy. ■' Sfqoe the last meeting of the Synpd, hp (the Bishop) bad travelled 921 miles within the Diocese, visited eleven parishes, held sis eonfimationg, in which eighty-four candidates were admitted, aud in the course of his travels had made inquiries preparatory to further organisation He had also conducted divine service and baptised in several outlying, places. At Lawrence, assisted by the Keys. R. Coffey and G. Beaumont, he ordained the Her. J. Vewe to the ppeshyfpffite, as subsequently; the 8.e4: W. 1 N. Leespu in the Pro-cjvtfjedraT Church of I^unedin,' Mr'Rickol and Mr had been licensed' an readers for Qampholltpwp gnd Gummie’s Bush respectively, Hp bw recently organised an a parochial district Baipluths appits neighborhood, together with Clinton, to be placed underthe charge .of the Rev. C. F- Withey, and his correspondence with clergymen on behalf of two other discricts, specified in his last address, was likely to result in appointments being made thereto ere long. The parishioners of St. John’s, Invercargill, desired to have'the 'district formed into a Rural Deanery; ' He had fofoi l m»a them he would refer .the ihatter to' thd present meeting of tjie Synod, at which he requested a representative from Invercargill to be present. The Rev. T. J. Smith," of Dueenstown having an offer of preferment arHome, had resigned his charge. ' Ife was about tp pro(the Bishpp) hoped pis Aew prove of advantage to |he Colony. Hpiy Irinity Church, Fort Chglmerg, gad g sma.l one at Shiel Hill, near Anderson's Bay, had been, opened, for divine service during the year, and six others were either now in course of erection or projected.

THE BEST MEANS OF CHECKING INTEMPERANCE. The Key. |L moved—1. That the principal of total abstinence from alcoholic liquors is hot the best means ttf ing tij*e trying evildf intemperance, inasmuch

as rt is not a m ethod; wntedto the heeds of the .. “Wto. tod-»|h ife*do**;lai*pUo(a>le to a variety of characters -find oonstitutions, habitat legation, whether by 2ffi“ of . a - p *W“ilfo» Bmorbytheadoption I th6 of 1 \ hat | members ef the'Churoh of England should usfc^crg^ed-endeavors to explain and teach, by precept and example, th!S Tes t S«ttt. 0f moderati<m tanghtm the New

4. Than it is desirable, in the interests of temperauwvthat an -mebnate asylma'should be founded m this Province for “ dipsomaniacs.” inasmuch as it u bptfiauascertainedfaetthat the inordinate desire for alcohol is a bodily as WB “.^ Ba mental disease, and requiresnonstant meffioal as well as the personal restraint ofto* sufferer, . 5 -, Tha t .the ®lergy and laity of every parish m Hub diocese: should direct* their attention more especially toward the creation and support w^ ich to bolide innocent recreation—c.c., toe:-diffusion of healthy literature 1 , wbitoehVfclnhs, mtohanios’ institutes, athletic clubs, oPnteitavglee dubs—inasmuch as snob counter attraction* attlikelv to prove most, effective means in■' ktonimr Uquoi^° m eXCeßßive indal «en<» 'in alooholm fie was anxious that the 'whole of the present resolutions should be'abaft with in %hrir integrity. Mara. their character. Some 'means they, as a Churcb.Bhould especially endeavor to stop thm growing evil. ItopolUfePourts, the asylums and the gaols wore all rtpiete with melancholy instances of the growing tendency !of OVer-mSeS in dnnk.- - Tlfcy, as a (Jhurah. should Vive a decided expression on ■ «what are thbinost satisfactory means of hindering the spread of intemperance. Tetal abstinence shoofcbfaave spme place in the Church’s society. - 7 fiedn* sion from the outer world foraeqfficient ength of timo to insure a thorough iteration of tastes and habits seemed to be the only known means of removing the -eonstitutioaM derangement of > dipsomwiaq.- Thetotel abstainers should be.to theChurch-what' the begging fnars and sisters of the gaols were totheßomant’huroh. Good Templars as likely to work enormous ills uppn a free State. They were not likely to correct the evils which they tried to dmPfJ!, o£ ; Restrictions had created a disregard for the law, aud a hypocrisy most disgusting m its victims. He knew very well, both “ om , hl ®°7 n experience, from what he had p®* r 4* substantial witnesses in" this ProviuPe, that in the coantrydistriots where a license. has been refused, selling immediately takes its place. * SurdyS the legitimate trade wto'stopped; no .°f care from the police could prevent the sale of intoxicating drinks. It hid created ft contempt sand disregard of the ikw/btttthe Hypocrisy was even a worse evil.- Hisfcbry showed that permissive legislation jwas a failure.: Hw three last lldrioWjTero most practical in their charaeter, aud KhWpd the bestriVay of Veprbssihg the ! ’hftoiM^tiStpnt that the Church of England should be called upon to state toe duty of meorbets matter. ,1 he teachings of Christ Me in direct opposition to • abstihence, - add l \he by nod would not be doing its duty if they did not tcll mentoey were iotihg in rtera ueghgenoe of the tep(. hinge of thd l&ew re.tM.Mt The iSbrittf A.,C ..SUE turned in the fourth resolution took the form of ajjracticil way of carrying put the proSf il- Aa tofW of that sku| couid be earned on* most,- suecessfaiTO Dunedin. It was to provide counted tractionsto the publie-hojise. Similar conelusions had been arrived at in C&nterbttrv where a Temperance Society was mg to impress oh the 'public the fact that repressive measures, however excellent, would not alone suffioe to oheok the evil: effinte must be ipa<|e to bromote tlie ihteUi. innocent toereatibis the peohfi ■somety propPCed thhtoßowihVteSedite To promote alcoholic dnnks in private life.-To discountenance aU enstomswhito tehdto fester habits of. -useless and exoesaiva a rinlPU g _ such as tqft shenting, drinking at of bargaias in -ipubUo* hoases, of dnnking IriWs to dnnk . at. unseasonable hours.—i'o promote toe - caheei -of ‘ tempenjnhe -by '-cCUntertotus . .anfluences—as- by extfenbion of education, the establishtoent ahd efip. port of public libraries and institutes, and- toe eettipg forvhld pf reprsHbfftos and amuqemenls of that association has not realised the antidlpations of its friends, because there had been a desire to have new machinery. &e was content ,to use old means. • Theyfiad a soriety in exUtenpe, they had theirCtmroh. and they had an agency in every parish-t-the clergyman. He thought they would do wisely if they sought to stir up. te invigorate, to repew tbeir own established agencies! He trusted the Sypod would pass the resolutions- he yfbuld not s»y ia|»ct, bat without altering thdjr principle. , if parii#! out, those resolutions tfould declare what were the views of this branch of the Church on a subject of overpowering gravity. 3 and effect of fairly coping with the evil of intemperance. - ■

Mr James Smith, in seconding thereshla. tions, expressed his opinion that total abstithe no^*^e eß^i of supprofc^g

ihg Key Mr CofFßy charged the General bynj>4 cowsrduje in shirking the aues« tion. He could* not yo<:e for^e’fisl*S3f tlietf resolutions simply on account of thiree " * our . words <at the end, which asserted that , total abstinence was wholesothe discipline for habitual drunkards. Ho 4id not think Mr Stanford meant to reflect upon the Good Templars, but he thought the use of those words iu the reifr futiou was equivalent to telling them that their body was recruited only from drunkards, or those who feared to he drunkards. flhitp $t one with th§ IJev. Mristanford with reference tp restrictive . as iegarded ‘tW statement ! thavll inquceq. the use of hypporisy. Tie iJfc wgs simply abhorrent to him. It Was nueoclesiastisal that the fllergy should he called upon to give, their Attention to WOrkl&Qll H cllllm. inakifiiima

at m letic olubs » concerts, and glee clubs.” The Kev. Mr Oldham maintained that the only true remedy for this growing sin .of intemperance was total abstinence. Seeing the good total abstinence had done, tbqy ought to of it with great respect,* ft wfcs'OertaMy a Very’ valuabW hahtjhaid to religion. He was strongly in' tavofWthi Permissive Bill/ He wetiid oppose thtf first a «d resolutions, and AUpbort tkb bthejM. 1 *t.-' nation of tip E«r. Mr tknUL the debate was adjourned. - PI& s»otipa of Archdeacqn EnwAithS * eojunuttpe appointed $o CQoßider^ehest JoUmM moving a resolution expressing the SHSLf ? ynod of - and.affirouag that each should hot take S&S except when absolutely : necessary, Arch* deacon Edwards said the clergy ih DtinS' were often placed in a painful being called upon to tffiSkt ISS?* 4 Sundays; todo Which them JoliVa i“P other vwy in^f^^k;