ST. ANDREW'S, AUCKLAND.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9432, 2 June 1896, Page 3

ST. ANDREW'S, AUCKLAND.

(FBESS ASSOOfAXION TFLKOTUM.)

AUCKLAND, Junel. t Trouble at present reigne iv St. AuoVew'e I\ esb v fceriau Church, Allen rua.d. The Key. .James Milue, M.A,, vvho is Moderator of the Presbytery of Sydney, was JaUly elected to the pastorate of the Cluirch by a show of ha-iuls of the congregation, bat ihe call, which requir-s a throe-fifth majority of the communicant*, iia,i not yet been made effective. In . the meantime. Mr Mueller, one of the miuority, who has doctrinal, objections to the election of Mr Milne, petitions the Pi-eabytery against the election. The trouble ar>»ae over certain questions aa to Mr Milue'a general orthodoxy, which the rev. gentleman answered at a Christian fellowship meeting iv November lait, when he was in Aueklaud for a fortnight, in view of becoming a candidate for the ministry of the Church, tie preached at St. Andrew's yesterday, botk in the forenoon and evening, and dealt siriatim with the objections in Mr Mue'iler'd

protest. The church was crowded on eaob. occasion. 'L'his morning, at eleven o'clock, a meeting of St. Andrew's congregation Mas held, the Rev. K. presiding. There wa3 a large attendance of both male and female members of the congregation. After some excited discu e aion Mr Mueller withdrew his sta f emeut. A meeting of the Presbytery will he held to-morrow uight in connection with the matter.