ANGLICAN CONGRESS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81894, 26 November 1906, Page 3

ANGLICAN CONGRESS.

INTEKLSTiXG DISCISSIONS. Melbourne, November 24. The Anglican Congou discas-id a number of intercs inu -übjcct-, including (he pit sen- -iiiiL' "i hisiorical inquiry regatdiiig riic N< w L'eiiament vuiiings. modem luicsies, piopeity aii.j is w-poii-ibilitic.-i, and the rign'.s of Au-Ualian mis-ions lor Australian heathens. In connection with ihe latter, iliu Bhhop of North (Juccn-land declared tlu- CiiUM'ii was failing these men '.vho a-ked why the Church was allowing them m live like dogs and die like animals. Christianity, even morality, was in danger. Th.''l3is,i<.p of Grafici gave instances of die process of gcnc'iation and the relation- of the while and black races.

The Bishop af Wellington al'.ejreil 'hey were developing in New Zealand a nation of heathens. lie roundly denounced the evil of what he called popular clergymen. The Ui-liop of Wangara.a. in a paper on "The Cnity of ihe Ang.icau faith and Anglican Oiganisation," foreshadowed the independence of the Anglican Chinch in Au-tralia, with a union jf all Churches under ihe episcopal system.

The statement was received with cheers.

Some speakers warmly advocated j National Church for Australia independent of the Church of England.