PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1552, 12 February 1887, Page 3

PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.

J; At the Presbyterian Assembly, on Wed-, ■iJ-s neiday afternooß, the petition of J. Millar Smith an *■*>'.' Banning; to bo admitted as minisMv . dents, with rxemptibn from , tHA uiliv-oi vity course, was referred to « committee for consideration. The PrbW- . rj bjrteryr...pf Timaru reported on the remit f ' ‘lrent to’ them’ by the last Assembly re pastor fineritus a« .', ; ',miniatefcfrpm ill-health, old, age. Or ‘•, ‘pot affecting his telnisl eM<i;l ■ . Cj- ba» ‘bis 'charge, with A , allowance’- ,he.: is accounted .» r t mjpist«r tmmiuf. '.Sppb’,^;fi!ater''hitvin^' a 'ifvi*!^P.?d pß,«rg(Bi,‘;Bh4 he,hay-,' lug been dissolved, ! doeii.not continue to. hpjd; hilAßatpn|the Presbytery, unless the ■bright to do so has been formally conferred —by the Assembly or-other Supreme Court if thi Church, but he may bo - aaaociatkdpro tem. by the Presbytery &| any nicety iog.A (2) 'iWbeh i teoteber is iu'dapacitatod as above from aud is desirous of being released -from his duties without 4'-. dissolution'of bis'pastoral ties/ the Rresbyof the ocongrega.tion/may agtlefto sach arrangement, and ■? i <position of TjRMIS>E;. rntrifas. fliay r . h.% Awarded |b;hini.' 1 jiv this base fats' right 'tqH uhcballe^K--|able^ut l it..wdald.not i bVflsdal for him tiv : ■ ' claim a saat in iessioiisj the, whole control ol cqngregatibpal, 'matierf^iog ,l.efi.witji' ■ the acting pastor. As to his 'exercising: the rights of official jurisdiction in other i f lCo'urtl,/. that ip! a-matter which- must be ;■ left entireiy toyiimsolL’l '/The report was adopted. A Committee was appointed to : ihto the best means of raising/ . ‘’’fflpnOy.'sa advantageously As possible f->r the ptepow of extibgulsbing the debt on , ■ churches and.mshseo.' The Sunday School ' showed ’that,^ owing to. ■ihe.,small; fc . noi^lfißr ; ’■o^k^ta^’Ae’iit 1 in, it r ’was. imi to inWituto coinparisons between i - anidi 1885. The’teqhey ; by'the;’children..for mifaion '.and vi;9Cbool}purpoeesj,etc,,, appears t.b much the asm* as last year. There api eare to : m*be innoorease in- .the number.;?of children .v f'.by334, and a decrease in-toachera.by 100. ; increase in Bib'e class s, in , the thero, v atfd > lh^/oiß-.-, ? i a^lnh 4 A r to.devote seme | portjdh of Sabtistb se-vices i ''ebtt^feol,'.l-Th^' : Rbv; Mr McLennan j road a report or? religion and morals, and ; reverted to -the groat good accomplished by Mr Wright, evangelist, ’ who delivered • , addresses thrdjigfibut the , colony. Con- ' J etd^raile' | been / made |o i, thi/ iflemberibip' Of ’the Church during the ’ !^’ agaihit jolikipn,’ Viz., gambljpgi; ; ■“’'j.',lack of home religbus, training, and SabDoth doMcration. In reference to gam- ; 4 .;b(iijg, sajd,. .that the spirit Of n ds, uahappiiy, widespread, .mauifcatly on -the iqcrease ; the ibesetting , ! m*Ui tof?out riflingigeoeration in .gambling.. 0 i.lt o{tsntimes;hai Jtß origin at tbe.billiardr: table, from whence it gravitates naturally to vthe/ it assumes a more ;: >- r ekcitiog form. The principle of lotteries •^^at'^bdzaßrs ! is the' ’ 'same, and 1 therefore merited greater condemnation - when practised-under th'c.aacred sanction of religion. . Objection Va» taken to Yolun-teer-iparades qn : Sunday,--'as jppding to and secularise the .Sifabath, It concluded ,by. suggestir.gthata.conferenco such conference t« be open to / the public; .that in every Presbytary oo Evangolistical Committea should be appointed ; that sermons,be preached on the necessity 'of religious teaching in the ffimily r ; »lso on the evils. of gambling and i Sabbath dssecraMon that the Moderator at the conclusion'df.'the Assembly issue a : pastoral ■- letter urging the necessity of iteviTal in;yeligi,on,' and appointing a- day i io the congregations ofj 1 to be followed by a week of | services. An over-; , ture received :frpm Hawkes - Bay , Pro«hy* : ; 1 should ; B ?, ?4fuW n bA : '^ppdinted i; the whole raseietebly at the,.close : pf r each eederunt, was-referred to a^special,.com-; ‘ mitlee for Reports on 5 V A'afcfil: aii6n’ Were deceived, also i v^fists,of vacant charges and seseional ppminitteea,; /}!■' •. _ -7 On Thursday an application for:4hq ‘ reception of Revs. Wm. Hogg and J. ’iSi -Z ‘‘Archibald,’ ‘ probationel’s;, of the' FTee Ghfarbh'of Scotland, was sent to the Oo|n^ ' * teittei ialready appoihted to receivb jppliCutioos of tbi*I’kind. 1 ’kind. The Rev. Mr ■■ Hogg .brought up b ‘question of privilege; ■< viz., that on March 30th . tbs ,Rpv. J; -Bose; oiTuraklna,’ was guilty of cotfrera pi j|jVbf tbje' decision of .the Asaembiy erapi ploying' lo fifl bis preby tha Assembly. The inattor^^jasyreferred to, the Presbytiry f: , ;4 jw|thio .which- the. Beyi ,U. Ross resides. r ‘•' ATepbrt was read bn me book' of order procedure, A question was put as to bOi Utptcd consideratibb’ tiv be considered at vjri-,once.- The datter was parried. There > : -are 346 clauses in the book; and as it is > /to be considered piecemeal it will take .. sometime; Id the evening deputies from A the Synod of Otago «nd Southland were ■ gecqiyedi; and -'Boitablv ; addressed the • .Assembly, and were accorded a vote of % Consideration of the report on the' etate of religion and morals was resumed. t‘> The Rev. Mr Treadwell, in mbviig the adoption of tho report;- moved a resblu- , ; ition—“ That a respectful remonstrance be . .addressed to the Government against the continuance of the legalisation of the j,jbg|alwatqr, . which is a great cause cl the J, *Jpei:eaße Vofrfgambling in the colony.” The Mport wus adopted and the resolu,- j . - tion oarriad/ In tha report the threatened 1 1: : sOßAxaiiion of . the 'New Hebrides islands ?; to, And a il.‘ j'?!augge»iion : made that a lettbr be aent tp the ■then

the opposition to France ; the islands. At the Presbyterian Assembly ftn ■ Friday morning,; the-applications, of.MrJ. ‘Archibald and Rev! WiiQoggifor >edmis-. sirtn to the ministry vyere agreed to. In : th|- cases ot J. M. Smith, Woodville,-imri J.fßenmng, Auckland, a committee recommended that ho departure be made from the.[regulations, of the Assembly, bn 1 that both ; receive employment, as, evangelists on some miaaioturywork. The recommendation-was agreed to. The committee recommended that the Rev. Ci Worboy’s application be granted on cqndiliotj that he 1 be received as a ministe|r, but hot eligible for a call for twelve months from the date of application, : arid t |at tils relations to'tlie body which he is leaving be shown.to he,satisfactory. A dpputafioo from the’ Ministers Association waited’on the . Assembly, coiivuying .fraternal greetings, which were suitably acknowledged. . The Assembly, went into committee upon i! application of Mr \Vorboys, audagr-cu to the recoin Mon. refort of the Ministers’and Orphans’ Fund was read by the Rbv. W. Gidies. ’ !