THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 137, 8 July 1909, Page 3

THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.

g£-, WELLINGTON. SYNOD. fM,i y| ISMEXDING THE CONSTITUTION. I By Telegraph.—Press Association. f Wellington, Last Night. The Wellington Diocesan Synod continued its sittings to-day. The report »ef the Diocesan Office .Executive subcommittee showed that on the general ashurch fund there was a credit balance "of £3O 9s id, which -was the first that jfe- tad occurred for some years back. The r| outstanding assessments, however, mr to £lOlO 4s 3d, as against pt> (£834 15s 7d last year. In connection tn e Church Chronicle, there was a |>sjjl)alance in hand of £3Ol 5s id, after Pf payment of all liabilities to March. 31st. |k Arrears of subscriptions amounted to Kpf .£l4 8s Bd, after provision of £lO writ£eo off for bad debts. WJ- Bey. C. C. Harper. (Palmereton) movg|'»t<Uto alter the rules in order to make fc r ; Surplus fees chargeable for marriage Mi after license 10s instead of £l.—The *«-, motion was lost on the voices'. £ The Eev. T. H. Sprott (St. Paul's, S« 'VTelliLj i) moved, That this Synod, f i\ * . fully acknowledging the wisj(V «>» i - yed by those who drew up lit the constitution of .this Church of the m " trovraee of New Zealand, is strongly iV of opinion that the unalterable charac-

'colled fundamental is injurious to the f lest interests' of the Church and a hind- *«, ranee to its progress, and prays the W Gencial Sjnod to secure by Act of Pars', luuvnt the right of complete sclf-go-*t _ ,- c. iui t for the Church. He urged 'v~ lh<u me change should he made as a kf matter of principle, and aot as looking I ar eolely to the advantages which might ?£ Eccrue. At present church action in New Zealand was made quite independJ"r ' ent on. that of another church, and they g< were not possessed of the catholic prin|c> «iple of local autonomy upon which in r. t outer circumstances they insisted. He %_* did aot believe that it was the inten- *■ iion of the framcrs of the constitution

V that here they should have any real i.%. ' liberty While he held that {hey should *f* toe free to adopt tlie forms of the & Church, if necessary, to the needs of a K„ - country like Zealand, there were fefj many material advantages to be gained jS-" |jy the propo-ed changes. A new Jecp-' jtiowrv was leijuired, while* in Jiis S «swW,' considerable alterations could *e' mw with advantages in the Psalter. Rf About thirty references in the Psalter K[ were obscure and could be omitted very |J£? t-'' The'service* pould be shortened K; >.- .-what, while in connection with the iunal service many changes were desirIsilc For the burial of children, for instance, a much simpler form would be widely welcomed, he felt sure. He assured, t'-e Sjnod that there was nothing j 11 f ,i 1 behind Ins proposals. All ho ■ wanted was to place the Church in the position of being able to meet the needs y „ of the da\ He felt that the worship of fe the Church could be made a much more |ca' simple and edit \ nig thing by means of BP;C J tke few ohanges he liad described, if K;> onjf they had the power to make. them. Igg-.. « 'it the conclusion of the afternoon gg/ srttinj ft, was decided to adjourn the H«f iiureutsfon, and make it the first order Eat" iOf the day for the following day. rep' 'HIM I ! j- ||| r A NEW BROTHERHOOD. Rlbj- ■ • Weflinjrtoa, Ijast Xiglit. Rgß ;' Further consideration was given by B gj v the Diocesan Synod to-night to a 3 eg. scheme suggested by Bey. 6. T. WoodHS* '.ward (Forton) for the organisatiou of Srafs a .brotherhood for coping with (1) the g||£ v 'religious education, of the young; (2) SB|fa£'J. , 'street missions, and (3) religious work ajj&f j among bodies of laboring men. Evcnit was resolved, That this Synod | worthy of most earnest con-1 Wffil''- the proposal to establish a I devote! to voluntary service B811& Vtfnr this dlocene, and appohits Revs. C. C. 3. H gykes, G. T. Woodward, HrM.il, Walker, wjth power to add to HStp/'i|hei r number, to consider the matter, HaJrSniodJ if the scheme be found practicable. up a report to tie praented at Hjsraijpblfe; oext meeting of the Synod. A rewas passed requesting Bishop get up a committee for the r s' of the Chinese Mission in work of the mission may