THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 138, 9 July 1909, Page 2

THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.

•-> \ I ALTEKATIONvS Tt> TUK SKKVICJ&; % Gable.—l'reftj iUaocwtiun.—(Jopyngnt ; lleceivcd i), 10.10 p.m. i London, July S. The Lower House ol Loiiiucv.uiting tit Canterbury, debated til? uj'.w.ial iiisuiud of the compulsory recital o! iu»/ , Athauaaion creed, and reuommehdeu Me ' retention of the creed without tli. .x- | is ting rubric, also making proi.wn J for tue lecturgical use of the creed r,uh- { out tiie warning clauses. A commute* J I was apiwinted to consider bow beat * tins could be done. a }.

WELLINGTON SYNOD. j By Telegraph.—Press Association. £ Wellington, Last Night, | The sittings of the Wellington Diocel* ; an Synod were continued to-day. A r«- j port was received from the Wellington I Committee of Missions to Seamen i.|,jn J the satisfactory work done during the I year ending March 31st by Mr. and jlif j. Moore. The aervicei and other Burt-1 ■li"-, held at the mission bad been ivi.ll " maintained. The attendance* ol sen .ica? at church services had reached the uu-1 precodented number of 27,991, while thrl met that 37,773 attended concerts audi ambulance meetings constituted a record! tor Wellington, in addition to thousand# .vlio had frequented the Institute ' i ther occasions. The work done by Mr, .Moore was growing year by year. Dur. rag the past twelve iimulis he had held seventy-live service and Bibie-rcadiugi ' afloat, and paid no less than lu.ij visits to ships in the harbor. Tju linancdt' were in a lieaUliy condition. J Captain X D. K. Hewitt Nona) moved that the ilishop be Hi|uested to appoint a committee to outsider and report on the following questions:—(l) Are we justified in believMg and teaching that the present development of knowledge of forces which We Creator has incorporated with matteri is fulfilling the promises Christ made Jto l'is followers when taught |he spirit of truth should lead ali truth, |ad is the work of the spirit on the ndnd , of Christiana? (2) Remembering that the triune God is ignored in the iublie schools of the Dominion and that ■ such ignorance tends to make thelhui man race imagine that they do t«Bgs , unaided by Divine power, is it not Dices' . sary that the Church should makeffipe* . cial effort to counteract this evil by . teaching how the powers of Cod are ; found in His works and by stirrii ap 3 c spirit of thankfulness that . provided and revealed these think to t us in our day? (3) Should nof the t Church arrange a fixed time fori such if teaching and thanksgiving? The' jiover j. spoke at some length in support 6f hie n motion, which he confessed to havf been regularly bringing before the Synod for the [Mist twenty-five years. Hef urged that the Church must adapt itsi teachings to the changed conditions jof tha present day. Something must lis done to counteract the prevailing (tcalar movement, though in this he did not think they could expect any aid from the Nonconformist churches. Thd Bishop at had promised to appoint the Committee he suggested, and when this was le- done lie anticipated satisfactory) result*. M The Rev P. W. Clarkson (Hunter■k, viMe) seconded the motion, whKh, after brief discussion, was declared carried. A nsclution was adopted atking th» General Synod to secure by A«t of Pai>- . liament th e right of complete selfgovernment for the church, '