“THE MOST SOLEMN DUTY”

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 253, 9 July 1926, Page 8

“THE MOST SOLEMN DUTY”

NEED FOR MORE ANGLICAN HOMES The Rev. T. Fielden Taylor, iu the course of the discussion on the report of the Social Service Board brought before the Anglican Synod yesterday, professed himself sadly disappointed at the absence of any criticism. "I like criticism—adverse criticism,’* said the Rev. Taylor. "It shows at any rate that you are not utterly indifferent to the most solemn Christian duty of ministering to the unfortunate ones of God’s children. If,” said he, “you bad practical knowledge of the matrons of our various homes and orphanages; if you had ever experienced the sorrow of having to refuse admission to most deserving cases; if you remembered that we are sometimes forced to send our children'to Roman Catholic and Salvation Army homes liecause we cannot provide for them ourselves, von would realise the urgency of the work and take those necessary steps towards systematic and adequate 1 giving, which would ensure the better fulfilment of our manifest duty.” A speaker suggested that greater general enthusiasm and support would result if the homes and orphanages were not so centralised. If a new home were to be provided, let it be established wuntwhere north of WengannL