PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.
(uiriTfcD prisss association.) Donbdin, January 16. the' Presbyterian Synod to-day, thk" Rev; 'Mr' Sutherland said that he haft tfejoiced at the recent disbanding of : 'tiie ■'unemployed on the Otago central'line, there were no less than ei|hifßiy grog 1 ' shops within five mile*, which drove a profitable tr ( ade m minis tering to the vices of these miserable j men, who for a considerable time after each pay day were so, drunk as to be. nria'liie^o: do any work. At the Synod alsb : Mr : C. B, Cai^ill suggested that celibacy should be imposed on tfce clergy till the age, of 30 or 35. Very oft^rf l^ happened that, young probationers arriving were" incapacitated from, taking up outlying districts, owing^tijT possessing a wife and two or three children. The' suggestion was not entertained. , ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 42, 17 January 1884, Page 3
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133PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 42, 17 January 1884, Page 3
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