CHURCH OF ENGLAND GENERAL SYNOD.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4955, 8 February 1877, Page 5

CHURCH OF ENGLAND GENERAL SYNOD.

'.'.'." <FBOH 008 SPECIAL .CORRESPONDENT.) ; ' , . ; ' Nelson, Wednesday. .; i; ln the General Synod last night '■v Archdeacon Harper moved,-—That the does not deem it expedient to give jite ,--.Q(«imalantharity to any hymnal.' He thought ..'•One conjmon'hymnal ai good, thing, if practi-. cable; but experience had shown that a large: ■-; .pqjttkmof the N ewZealsnd Provincial Churches- • had taken and would take their own/way in. • . ■ this "matter, and where this had been done there hid been peace. Still, there remained imputations; against- the South Island of disloyalty its." basing taken this course; and,he wished ; something' remove/the implied Stigma. ; ."''..'; »Koi?b Mabtes seconded the motion, pp . |fcs ground that <MI it was evident" a-large proportion.of the Church provinces-wouldr'not. accept -any,'one, hymoal, : to : attempt; to- force) . . ...itoaj the: whole, V.Church'', would-.be simply jto, ■:. division. ; ■'■; ...;-'. J '. '- ' $h« i-PjßAHoe..Ohri.*tchubch asked whether ... rt&e motion wre to .operate- ix post facto. -The; 1 ySywjd; already had withdrawn; its :authority ,'j from the" New Zealand- Hymnal.",- : •'.'■:''''j ■■ . J f . ■ Mr. Pickebinp asked whether the authority :',.', of-the Synod would not still be retained on the "titte.page of the.bpok-?.m -..-•: • i - /; "'Archdeacon ".Stock said ,the title page :of .'. course would not be altered until the expira- . ition of the year's notice. ..,-.- • f * 'The Rev. Mr. HARVEr-.did not see. how the ',. ,:ießolutipn i would withdraw any stigma on those ','. .'■ who had disregarded the; express recommends.-: ■ tipn of the Synod, jit amounted only to this: that the power of the Synod was not sufficient ! /to compel obedience, and :therefore disobe- ■ -dience was to be hushed; ap.-; He didnot ; ap-' '. prove; of this course. It would be cowardly ." , oa the.part of the .Synod to, leave the:ques",,"tion it-.did not; like'..to face to be fought; out '■ ~in-every;;parißh in New.-Zealand, possibly icom- : pelting a clergyman to fight against a strong ■ ' -jppp.nlar : opinion; . Churchmen looked to the . Synod, to take up such large questions as these. .. ,Mr, Cableton denied that there was any - cowardice in abstaining from too much legis- ',... lation. -.People in. different parts of the colony • held different views on.the question,:but it • would ber.. wrong to alienate any. churchman .-.'on' such a matter. There was very little .. difference-in: his own opinion between one. ,; .hymnal and.another. -i ! .-r-- ■ ' -Mr.: Lcsk differed from; the last speaker. "'.' He thought that hymns had more*effect in the -king run than sermons. It, was ae desirable to have . one common* book .of praise as one common book of prayer. . •.,■■. The Rev.. Mr. Dvdley: thoughtit a serious ; matte; for the Synod to throw its own responsibility pneach,- clergyman. • . The? Bishop of r Auckland still hoped the '< New Zealand Church would, adtfpt one large and'eomprehensive hymnal., Archdeacon; ; Mawnsellij 'complained 'that- ■,' Archdeacon Harper again was-flaunting.a red ',, rag.beiorg,them. i! Thatsdoughty young cham- .', pW, having ; ,thrown .a <Btdne. at the giant and - ~slaia hini, was standing < on : tlje carcase and ■■; imdulginii; in; his triumph. ~-,•■' ■,-,..:' •-n \ . '. ../I'he'BlßHOprpf.DDNZiDiN' moved,—That the ...Syftpd proceed to the .ijexfc'order of the day, j,' which was carried on'the.voices; thus shelving. ~v th^JßotipiV-';. ~ ;:;.■.7;,,; ',■•: -,-•,-<, .:..: ~-.■'; ', -, - ~ , ~;.,Tfce •P)Bik»)Of CHMSTCHirHCH moved, for! a Wbtijsfs& .committee to .be: appointed to consider. ! :4^'. : .iMijte9t'i tfO'Wie, to be taken■ for the formation of canons, for the Church of this pro**PThe BUI to amend Statute No. 10, to define , ecclesiastical offences and punishments thereof, was .read a first,:time, and the second reading - • made an order of the' -day for Wednesday. >• .:..'. , The Bishop of DraEDiN moved,—That this ',' Synod of . bishops, clergy, and lay communi- . canto of the Church of the. Province of New Zealand,'having heard with deep interest'the progress of the old Catholic movement to bring about a retiuna to primitive doctrine, discipline, Snd tmity,. respectfully requests the Primate to .'- forward this resolution to the bishops of the old Catholic Communion, and to Dr. Von DolKnger, as an expression of Christian regard. Debate'adjourned. '■'■ The following Bills were read a'first time:— BilltoamendStatuteNo. 1; Billtorepeal Statute No. 4 and enact other provision in Ceu thereof; . Bill to interpret and explain certain words and ' ■ expressions in the Constitution Act, Statutes, and other documents of the Church, as to which doubts have arisen; a Bill, entitled , a Statute for making the necessary regulations with regard to the status of deacons in the ecclesiastical province of. New Zealand ; a BiH to interpret and shorten the language of J&attttes in certain etwe3.

The Synod went into committee on the Nominators Bill, introduced by the Doan of Christchurch, and it was discussed ati great length. The discussion continued until 11 p.m., when the Synod adjourned. ; afternoon was taken up_ in a long and wearisome discussion on a motion,-~Tha,t the names .'6\ those'who voted on .either side in .the division on the, be recorded in the minutes, and printed.' Many amendments were moved; but .ultimately the motion was lost through, the-aclversa., votes of. all the Bishops. . Ayes: clergy, 14;' laity 14. Noes :. Bishops, 5;. clergy, 3; laity, 1. .'.'' lr .