CONCERNING A PULPIT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 4

CONCERNING A PULPIT.

.;-|i • A NORTHERN INCIDENT. ■■■ = 1 (BY. TELEOnAPH—SPECIAL COnitESPOW'HiNT.) Auoklandj.Fobrua' * 12. ..A somewhat unusual applicationicamo bo- . foro last .night's .mocimgi'of; tho-.Auckland.' *• Prosbyt-cry, in the shape of a letter from the -" Congregational pastor /iii' bhargo of - . he. now ; • churehVat^langawai. 1 -It'appears tl t there iiialsoi a-' Presbytorjan J Church, m, the: town- , • ship, and that ,it. has . done service ,for tha last forty years-, for all denominations: • Tha ■" new- church- under the control of the Congregational' Union is 'also '-available or all worshipped./ 0 ■■• - , >' ; In a letter, to . the , Presbytery read at -last night's meeting the Congregational-minister . (Rey'.l J. H. M'Kenzie) wrote stating tnat a few'years previously his.. predecessor. (Rev. C. C. Davidson) built'a pulpit, arid presented it' to the people belonging , to all tho donominations then worshipping :.in" Manga wai.\ "This pulpit," .tho, letter .continued,....'.'was, . placed' in' tho .I resb'yterian' Cliurclij.'togothor with a'small organ ; : who; now.desiro:that;both'pulpit' aid, organ ~ bo' removed to "tho newbuildmp.Therearo, howover,, two,.gentlemen, claiming, tb . tho':. Presbytery whb'_: dispute our', right' to ' remove tho said articles;' May'l.ask thePresbytery,;in;..tllc;.naniß of .the people,' for permission to rr.mtaye',these.', articles: 1 We ■' dosire the-matterHo: bis settled:;in a friendly 'and^Christianliko''spifit; ; . ! " ;'!; .V ' The Clerk ( 'of the' (Rev. _R. Somniorville) said; Mr. Davidson"'had' given ' a pulpit to "Waipu, andit .would bo.'a nice preccaent' : to allow ;pepple' to' go.'(and 'take a pulpit ' away. ; "A- more' ridiculous-and' un-! ■ Christianliko proposition .I. hover[heard .of," , ' said Mr. : Sommerville, indignantly/. " They havo been using onr church for f»rt.T voars." Mr. A. J. Entncan: Are, We still, holding services m tho old building? • Tho Clerk: Yes! ' . ■' ' J.The Ilev. Mr. Monro said the new church had been partly built by I'rcsbvterian l subscriptions.'- He would inovo: "lhat, as Presbyterian services are being rcgularlv held in * the Presbyterian Church at'Manga war, tho Prdsbytery; regrets . The Clerk': 'T would riot regret''anything about it." . .1 Mr; Monro: "Declines to accede w Uib l request." - - ;.--■-.■ - - • The motion was earned.' - ■>