THE CHURCH AND SELF-GOVERNMENT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 13

THE CHURCH AND SELF-GOVERN-MENT.

fi ?:» ;';;Sir,-rI see' by/yOurs'of itb-day,'.the ,'dis-'iSPi-HieussiorirmAUiOiiGeneral,';Synod ;on/.the' K-^fffi '.•bovft:-; ■It seeriis'Uhere^are'two-distinct', &*"&'' opinibris.iwhether; the Church";of the /Pro--, gfg/SvJJacp/of 3Jiew/Zealand.'has autonomous fpiyC- POTvers'Siof ''/government.-.! -do. -not 'wish i'.'-S'iS!' o ?Btato>,an /opinion. : .>NoVdoubt the ,Gen6Jl\} Vx oraliSynod ,11s at? present constituted' will; '■)';, ;■;.:>;;;■ ter; ■•?'; It V;ia'< generally'; admitted;;-that ',- the r;\vvis;irecent^decision"of vthe/.House. of/Lords Church ; of :;Scotlaid - makes botes'rathcr.\coreMvin; any "new-' jKH^> ; -wish' put' forth. ■> At' ?',''^J ; -'jthe- ; Ch'urchYCongress ;held:- in; Barrow-in-i;'^#-Durness//inj:England, vin "October, -\ 190G, ; i ;;JJ; : j^ ; ;there 1 '!■;}::>, J./vMdcleah,'/Bishop .of•>Mdray,'i ■Mfoi a'TKo '/Church-J'-fi :J[ *in j Scotland in \ its -,Relation to the; Stated' !7S//:;ft i is7gorierally >that;>:Bishop' S ! XV; :; ;^^9^M^is;.;one' : ■Si;T. : K.ties ''-pa~V^desiastical''la7'\'in.o > ;.Sc'oUahd l ;*':-•' '/-'and.Vrinifhis: paper,;, hbvcites.'a'inumber ;v-v ; ':,of,';cases itried;':beforp;the-Civil'Courts,' ■i.;y;?yhicn,/;l^think,;-will how,' any; \;i-fas~? Church:f;Stands'::iri : vrelation. ; to: the;civil *;-S/;i;.:law;.'flnVthe-case'bf /Forbea'.vy Eden:and i '•;-!%■;■;others ;"(Leading;;'Ecclesiastical';: casestde-: ;£S V/rf tided* by-: the -"Court iiofi Session,', p.BBB)',thV : fi .•'iVAJSiesrtaui't:canons,f-;made:/jn •'■:the General £.?£Hv-fcß//was'-not .bound ; by;thorn, as; he .had atl.his. ordihation : : to : .\it; /./the; code/;previously.;inV use, suedvall.-the 'V. '^KvPiembers;ofr'the GenernlUSynbd 'to 'have ';. .'•: j' ; ;;. inter/'alia; "the/new, canonsdeclared/null ;> V;i;'.)and';vdd.: : ;:!rhe,',(^e"v,was',' given": against' >::''iim':.iby the; unanimous -decision ' of-the '''a?: Sthe ;:■(,' /V/'/Hpuso :pfiXord3' in,, 1867, : 'on'jthe-rground' ': ; v:f;''that^ :.j-,v;:v : anbwribal:provided-for; alterations';beiri'g ■i'. ! ;S- ; '.'V m™', V; arid v that;; the; general'.. S yri'od v.o?' :t\ i '^ i 3^^.i^,'i^?d ; ::f'x<y : : ttor :making: 'alterations. > 'In'fth'e : House of ;:..;,; rtiprda.j-the 'Lord: Chancellor.'said', that' rib ,>/ .;•: »^Ciyir.Court {could itake: cognisance. of .the. : »\ ?■'■; j of ;;a;. voluntary i: !■;religious"society : : ;; ; ;;-;;i taade;for "the of its 1 own' affairs, ;.'.^:;j' ; .except:so.far.as.they:related-to collateral i :^[ W Wgg°as!• affecting;; f the disposal''of;pro- :'!-: judgment . ; i;makea'-it'.'clear/ ;■ £;$' X that:an::autonomousi'Churchcan alter'its' :.>/; i; 3aws.;if.its scodo; of ;canons .contains:pro--9' %':?. Vision Lefrect; , ?::7;v; , '.>';;' /■'" "Jv -S'^^^Bishop'rMacleal^ideaisfi also '■with':;the ;;;-;;7v «cent; r OTree.: ph'virch.;; :;';He 'says:, iV'.^vV-l^lnittat:Jcase;f-'aß;:hß7uriderßtood : 'it: it'l ;^-;;*^'^^;,taat : > .'.;;.;;; mot .in.. its;.Constitution'explicit power .'of a S/; Vj- .'alteration; i.ibut'. was; to' >'rf}»v iH^e-limrtattQri^^hat^certain'Jthingsvwere' l ,;y: ; i.,inalterable.,' ■:■■. ?ronivthß;labove;'it' : will ,; ;j;;:;*e seen .that..if;the-. canons 'gOYerriirig'the. /:;;';uVvhuroh;-m;;;New- , Zealand':do'.iibt:'cbntain: -S^Kn 6 !''•^'■'■"^ t eff of/! caribris;?it' :-'sv; r -y''-E I b^^ oMaVthat7the;;pr'op^sal;'.'of-4he- '■'• ,; , ( P, ; /K lsll0 P>!<> f -ChristchurchN is;-'ori;;: proper; %)k:~; * W«n?tfcv;that. ; ; there ;;is -J a;: general/'desire ? 1 . 051 .-i P f ; the ' Churches.in .the'Anglicari :i<;,^i';^ m . m nnion:;io/:revise:.the:!Prayer/Bbok.; IsayaVadjusfcs -itselfi: :.;;f :;*£at':adjusts\;themselves■;;to ! , the L ':;timesV ;VSr;.t;"^?^ ::/ : ;.K|Stod;,dpwn ;:^y? :ilß,Enbrics./Then; the '' : * -^^SS^vi cer^ n , 'i d .°ys R; M;v-Jr.^W;:hk^: : -fe,know.:;what;:the;;word : fi | ren ?C° le ft n 5 '•n;.our.'la£guage'to-: oetter ':;;;;';-r.;;. !^sf;Bnbshtutedr-I;,am,ve^ % ; '^;#ps|§^s;|^