THE ANGLICAN SYNOD.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 294, 16 October 1874, Page 3

THE ANGLICAN SYNOD.

The following business of interest is reported in the ' Star' but strangely omitted in the ' Guardian' and ' Mercury ' reports, of last week—consequently we reproduced, asit will be new up country:— The principal business at Monday's sittingwas the consideration of the report of the Clergy Maintenance Fund Committee, which stated that '.no'tic'ehad' been given to each clergyman that ho change would be made in the distribution oi the fund for this year ; and the. Committee recoin-. mended that it be distributed thi§ year as in the previous years, and in the" future as in time past, in equal proportion to each clergyman whose parish or parochial district contributed to the fund. On a motion for the adoption of the report being read, the Bev.' Mr. Gilford moved the followiug amendment, which gave rise to considerable debate :—"That the-offertories to all parishes throughout the diocese, on one-tenth of the Sundays in each year, shall be given to a fund to be called the- -Diocesan Fund,' that is to say, a fund for Diocesan control and disposal, viz. : oh one Sunday to the Melanesian Mission, being as heretofore a Sunday during ihe Epiphany season. On one Sunday, the second Sunday in, July, in each,year, to the Maori Mission of the Diocese. On two Sundays at least, to a fund for x supplementing the incomes of missionary and other clergy, to be called the Home. Mission Fund, including a Sunday, if so "desired, on wliich the Bishop may visit such parish. And on one Sunday, the second Sunday in September to a fund to be called the '• Diocesan Expenses Fund,' provided tint.this subdivision of the Diocesan- Fundmay be augmented, if necessary, by an assessment on the ordinary "incomes of the parishes, as arranged by the SyDod of 1873."

. .The Uev. ,M,r. Stanford opposed the amendment! There were too" inany heathens near their doors, who should" he attended to before sending a shilling towards the Melanesian Mission. He would be in favor of having a local -missionary, clergyman appointed. Mr. Quick was very indignant about the remarks that had been made with regard to the missions, especially the Melanesian and Maori Missions. If they spoke in that way they would soon shut up people's sympathies and pockets. ) The Rev. "Mr. Beaumont referred to the riccessiiy 'for something being done for the Chinese, in the Province. He would support the motion., Archdeacon' Edwards said that if every member of the diocese paid sd. a year, the same as in N-elson, it would bring in £I,OUU a-ycar. The Melanesian Mission was admirably conducted, and ii wu's painful to him to hear any clergy get and throw-cold water on the good-work.■' ' The liev. Mr. Gif Ford" expressed ibv pain and grief wall which lie had heard Mr. Stanford*' .stricture* on the amenduitittt. The conxeiettc* v f tiie tiyuud v>a»

n-vyaihd by ilio lvmarks whieh had been is :ide upon mis-ion work, particularly the Melauesian Mission!

The .Rev. Mr. Stanford explained that be did not intend to throw cold water on the Melanesian Mission, which, was excellently conducted. His objection was general principal of foreign missions when there was so much pressing at home.

The I?ev. Mr. G-iffbrd flppppted rho explanation, and spoke at some leiigtu on the hpi'o- itv f>t\.u. ins* forih som" "f=rts on behalf of the Maones and Chinese in -the Province. . , .

The Rev. Mr. Coffey sympathised with Mr. Stanford. ' They had duties at their doors, and he would challenge" anyone to say that they were properly attended to. If any work should take the precedence, he contended that it should" be that, at their own doors. There were members of the Church of England who had not entered the Church for fourteen years. The President impressed the Synod with the fact that the subject of this Fund was of great in the mind of the last Synod that another scheme of distribution should be adopted. .The Itev. Mr.' Beaumont contended that home work shouid take preference to foreign missions. After some further discussion the amendment was withdrawn.

In Chicago, an American paper states : —The market rate for divorces varies very greatly. There re a lee of Gdols. to pay on filing the. Bill, and the expenses of serving notice and hearing in Court. Generally, the fees ot the Court amount to 15dols. ■ If the Bill -is unopposed, the only other expense is the Attorney's fees. These have,no other limit than the conscience of the attorney and the depth of the victims's jiocket Divorces can be put through for 50d015.; some cases have cost 20,000d015. Average Chicago has ceased to look upon this divorce business with any interest. But that it has a demoralising effect upon society is never doubted. It is impossible to go into any large as-, semblage in this city without meeting Mrs. Thingammy, who is generally known to have.been divorced, and is rather more eligible than otherwise for the marriage market in consequence. Girls grow up to look upon divorce not as a stain,- but as a happy means of releasing themselves from the marital bonds, if, for any cause, they find they have mistaken the character of the man whom they haye taken for husband. The elder Weller declared widows to be dangerous; he never met an American divorce.

Uolloioay's Pills. —Grood Spirits. —.Every one has frequently experienced suddeu persuru.l changes from gaiety to gloom. Th'e wind and wea* hnr oft receive the hlamp when a faulty digestion is the sole muse of the depression. HolloWay'a Pill* can bo houettlv recommended for regulating a. diaui-JeiW'slu mach, and' thereby improving diges-tion. They entirely remove the sense of fulness and oppression after eating. They clear the furred tongue, and act as a wholesome stimulant to the liver, and as a- gentle aperient to the bowels. They healthfully rouse, both body and mind. Holloway's Pills are the best known antidotes for want of nnpetito, nauspa. flatulency, hearLburn, languor, depression, and the painful apathy -which is &o cliaiMcteneiic of clinmic dfi'aiigciiu'nt. of the bitw'eU