CHURCHMEN DEPART

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 129, 22 August 1927, Page 13

CHURCHMEN DEPART

LAUSANNE MEETING END OF CONFERENCE By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright Reed. 12.50 p.m. LAUSANNE, Sunday. The World Conference on Faith and Order has impressively concluded. \ STATEMENT was adopted regarding the sacraments. Recognising that under certain conditions their spiritual value might be realised through Divine grace, the conference trusted that the differences preventing full communion would be removed. Proceedings in connection with the unity of the churches became ruffled owing to the American Episcopalian, Dr. Moorehouse, objecting to the formation of a council of churches without authority. The churches will consider the reports of the conference, which urges youths and women to accept a share of responsibility in endeavouring to reach the truth. —A. and N.Z. CLOSING SESSION LAUSANNE, Saturday. A more hopeful feeling prevailed to-day than was felt yesterday by the delegates to the World Conference on Faith and Order. The report on the Gospel was received and adopted. A statement on the Sacraments was read on behalf of the Quakers, who announced that they would refrain from voting on those parts of the report which bore on that subject. The Bishop of Bombay, Dr. E. J. Palmer, earned general applause by declaring that while private views would he respected, they were going to continue to -work, putting aside every form of sectional opinion, toward a better comprehension of God’s universal Church. —A. and N.Z.