The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 9, 1886. PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1630, 9 February 1886, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 9, 1886. PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY.

Bishop Barry Primate ot Australia, preached m St Paul's Church, Welling- : tonj lasti Sunday .evening. In' the course of his pulpit address h expressed sentimentswhiah art f worthy" of universal •«-•- captation., He dwelt ou the poiut that pure individualism m religion was not m accordance with the teachings of the New Teuaiitent or the • teachings tpfi J«B|iw Christ, uor was the narrow congregatib'rvilißih', which ouly looked' after - its own parish, the outcome 'of • that teaching. The question, which they had, continually forced on them " m new* countries like this was aB, [to how thet roots of the Church .could be expanded and broadened, rie\r* buildings' put* up, and new ministers, provided, m order to [meet the eon.stJftntly! grp wing wujnts, , .ojf the jib.w communities which were springing up iv tttis yonug nation f with inarvellouß / rapjHity ( of the church m these colonies was associa ted ' With theprogreis a^d advancement, bf^Ehglis^civiiisattdn. * f hey^beiievVdV above ;a.ll, m , the, spread of Ghristiau,. civilisation by the light of Christ's teach- . ing. "They, must bo prepared to'r«cog-/ niab all 'that was good audlioble in'tlie' beliefs held by bthbrs, /l iiod liiok ;upon them as part of' the workings of the> .Divine dispensation. But iwhilsti doing that, those who, belonged to the Church., of Christ must jbe ; pfupared. to stand up for the truth aud (iefund her from 4 all, attacks.' The Chutuh of. Christ must hV ; p Kepared«t6 r ra'ppU r With' i ijte'in peran < c] i ; >yhich was the cacsa of iupßt ; pf .tJie^^. 8 -; tress and the parent o£ ,atj .leaat^, tfinyß-) fourths of the crimes which aMicted, modern doeiety. .«''lk' wasbouln'd'tOjthrqw itself into the crasade agaiiiHt this "great 'evil, a - rid : -mußVtiy i aiid' ; ''Btaiiki>'. :J «uft "tjin. impurity which' was 'sappitig the mbKil life of the coiumuoity.- It must -seep whether men hear or forbear, that a I Bouudcuioral as well >as' secular education was given to her children. It must show that it was bound to up particular ; human law o>, society, but, thatfif was i there to * teach ;' wherevor/ |hi tfl|gjf of w^sito^oel §)tt|yf. They needed not' so much the Christianity pf, worship and devotion, for thank (jod th'ere^Mfas no lkck°of that, as 1 that ? ■Christianity" whioti would dedpeb and strengthen their every-dav lives. Tiiey "did not want ttiePufudtfy'iobVgiVin tf^'i | :to devotion, whilst the, remain Ji;r. of the „ wl e «k.w,a8 N giy.6n up t^ sin and to thp'j Bordid-CareH of life. IMiey wanted the Christianity which _, was erer with them, and vrhiph prbVnptcd. 'ihe^ii ■to lead good and hbbl* 1 liv'ija. 1 li was certain that rb Christianity was brougdt into contact, with the different races and religions of men and with th« teachings of modern science,it would' tie found to go to the foundation of every fundamental Jruth. The above'sehtiments are worthy of the high ecclesiastics from whom they emanated 1 , and should appeal to tho best feelings of 'every true man and woman m the community, irrespective of differences of creed. iHs a religion based on anoh a fuundation that is required to elevate the moral tone of tho world, and to bring out wnat is true and noble m humanjty. Ther», m ,ifo Sordid selfishness,!' or I narrow ■ abstlusjf dog ra'atisrahere. But simply thlS g#pel of peace and good will to men, of concord and ; unanimity, but of a coostant strivingrU) attain good a^o&'xSji^i^^eir^l^ Wa commend the noble sentiments givoii expreasiou to by Bishop Barry to the earnest conaideratibn of aU who desire the. spread of true Christanjty throughout the world, and to see civilization extendj.and men's lives, made better and its benign influence.