CURRENT NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 230, 28 September 1929, Page 2 (Supplement)

CURRENT NOTES.

Misa Budge, Of Yeovil Auxiliary of 'the British and Foreign Bible. Society, who died recently, aged 93 years, had been' connected witlt that organisation for no less thatt .57 years. Even during the'ypast year Miss Budge littd collected £38 for the funds ' of the. society. A kw-ehadted by the Italian Parlia-me-tit-ft'ovideifor iull religious liberty. It state's that fornis ;Of worship other than the , RoiMtf Catholic .•ire iidmissable in the Idngdoinj that difference of worship does no* Mr r anyone from unjoyttiettt Of civil and political rights, or entrance to , , civil and military service. Article V. declares discussion'of religious subjects to be completely free. The Dean and. Chapter of St. Paul's •Cath«dml, London, are arranging- to reopen the closed parts of the- cathedral on- Wednesday, Juiic 25, 1930, when it is hoped that the King 'will be able to attend a thanksgiving service at 12 o'clock. It is expected that the Ai'Ch bishop of Canterbury will preach, and that thfe first service of the Lambeth Conference, will be held in the Cathedral on Sunday, July 0. Addressing A. Baptist gathering at Kisi'mgbUry. Noi'thants, Kev. F. J. Waikley, area sUperilitendettt, said: "There is no better pkcte for a man to find a wife, or a girl to find a husband than in the society of the Christian Church, and it is' Up to .us as churches to provide facilities for the meeting together of young people of our church, so that the best friendships .can, be torhied. There Was opened at Cross, Pembrokeshire, recently, a new church iallj built entirely, by volunteer labour. Phe hall, which would normally have Ost about £1000, has accommodation for bout 230 people. The 1 plaiis were -preiared by a» ex-policeman, while the hurchwardetis carried out the interior ecorative work. The other work was hared by church members,' who perirmed their various tasks in their spare ime. The opening cefemony was perarmed by Mrs. Lilian Thomas, who gave he land upon which the hall is built. Writing in "The Christian World" on 'When KeligiOii. Becomes- News," Hie &ev. John Bevan has the following: 'When religion lias come down to behljr news' it has lost just eiumctit ttitvi tnakes it unique. When religion beeomea 'news' it ia time to sound the alarm." Mr. Bevan asks: "Cannot we all drop tins activity over our chtir*cli machinery ana get about tho task of eonvitiomc; peojyic that t i, c rea , reli>ion U Bometlnnjr that ] llls to do with Vne ..pnuml cn«j;gy t1,,.,t W tn. te to man from