THE ANGLICAN SYNOD.

Evening Star, Issue 3626, 6 October 1874, Page 2

THE ANGLICAN SYNOD.

The principal business at yesterday’s sitting was the. consideration. of the TfeporT of the Clergy Maintenance Fund Committee, which stated that' notice had been given!to each clergyman that no change would-be made in the distribution of the fund for year ; and the Committee rhrommendhd&hat it be distributed this yehr as in the years, and in the future as in time past,' in equal prepertbn<xto;«ach clergyihaor»Woßn "paribh or parochial i district. cotairibdwfi to bhedtfM. On-ambtiou tbe i-dpert SbelngiT»ad, the'ftevjoMrOiflferd mbvM the foUowiagia’ifaeadmentfiwhiohg&ve - rise to debate IBhatutha offertories to ali parishes Throughout the •- dio66se, on ane-tlnth of ’ year,! shall be given to a fund to beoSled the ‘ Diooftsan Fund,’ that is to say, a fdhd for Diocesan control and ~disposal, viz.: -on one Sunday to the Melanesian Missiov being as heretofore a Sunday during the Epiphany season. - On one Sunday, the second Sunday in July in each year, to the Maori Mission of the Diocese. Ontwo Sundays at least,' to a fund for supplementing the; incomes of missionary and other clergy, to be caiiedthe Home Mission Fund, including a Sunday, if so desired, on which the Bishop may visit such parish. And on one Sunday, the second Sunday ih September, to a fund to be balled the ‘ Diocesan-Expenses Fund;’ 1 provided that this subdivision *bf the Diocesan Fund may be augmented, if necessary, by an a&eksmention the ordinary incomes of the parishes, as arifinged by the Synod of 1873. ” V. - • The Rev Mr Stakfojrlj opposed the amendm,mt. .There were tOo many heathens Dear their oWn doors, who Should be to before feuding a shilling towards ttie Mela 1 nesian Mission, He WOIII4 be inTayor of having a local missionary clergyman las, pointed. - v ■ * Mr Quick was *vbry indignant aboutHho remarks that had been made With regard to especiallythe MeWesumJmd Maori Missions, . If they way they would sobn shut up people’s sympathies and pockets. , The. Rev Mr Bkaumon* referred to'the necessity for something being done for the Chinese in .the Province, lie would support the motion. ‘ ‘ ~, f

Archdeacon EnwAßDasaid that ff eyeiy member of the diocese paid 6s a-year, the same as in Nelson, it would bring in LI,OOO a-year. The Melanesian Mission was admir-ably-conducted, and it whs painful to him to “tear any clergy get up and thrOw cold-water on the good wbrlc- :>• The Rev Mr Gifford expressed the pain and grief with which he had heard H* Stanford’s strictures on the amendment. The conscience of -the Synod was. assailed -by the remarks which had been made upon missibn work, particularly the Melanesian Vision. , The Rev. Mr Stanford explained that he did not intend to throw cold water upon the Melanesian Missibn, which was excellently conducted. His ection was to the general principal of foreign missions when there was so muchpressing work at home. The Rev. Mr Gifford accepted the explanation, and spoke at some length on the necessity of putting forth some efforts on behalf of pie Maoris and Chinese in the Province.

Th© Rev. Mr Goffby’’sympathised with Mr Stanford. They had.' duties at ttieir doors, and he would challenge anyouctosay that they were properly attended to. Ifany work (should take (the precedence, he eon* tended that it should be that at their own i T “ ere Wer ® members of the Ohhrch of England who had not entered the Church for fourteen years. ~ President impressed the Synod with the fact that the subject of thii Fund waa of Sjrcat importance. It waa in the mind of the last Synod that another scheme ef die* tribution should be adopted. The Rot. Mr Bkjldmont contended] that home work should take preference to foreinn missions, , - L f.-T*.' Afttr some farther discussion the amendment waa withdrawn. " . t After further discussion, the ’• following amendment moved by Mr Hawkuss ried :—That the General Cleray Fond shall for the future bo divided equally as in 1874; but inthepveatofauy scheme Fund being- adopted, th»vW tribution of each olergyman tq v suck lend shall be the first charge upon his dividend out of the Clergy Maintenance Fund.”