WELL-EARNED REST

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 99, 23 October 1924, Page 4

WELL-EARNED REST

RESIGNATION OF ARCHBISHOP JOLIUS.

(BI TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

CHRISTCHURCH, 22nd Oct. Arising out of the coming retirement of Archbishop Julius, it was recommended to the Synod this evening* that he be granted a pension of £700 per annum, free of income tax, and that the stipend of the new bishop be £1400 per annum. A preliminary/ conference to deal with the position created by the resignation will be held to-morrow. Synod placed on record the following reply to the recent announcement of the intended resignation of the president : "We, the' members of the Synod of the diocese of Christchurch, have received with deepest regret the announcement of Your Grace's impending resignation For 34 years we have learned to look to you as our father in God. You have led us in council, and have ever upheld the honour of the Church by the force of your personality and with a.spiritual influence felt beyond the bounds of our communion. Under your leadership the effective work of the church in this diocese has greatly increased. Not only in the cure of souls but in many forward movements tor the cause of Christ which you have promoted, not only as Bishop of Christchurch, but also as the first Archbishop of the province of New Zealand. We know that you feel even more deeply than we can tell the severing of so Ion" and close an association, but since the lapse of time makes it inevitable we can but express to Your Grace our gratitude for your long^ labour of love Tvtver tUVT rT\° f OUr const^ •prayer ttiat God who has so Ion? «i» tamed you in your work will 3& upre°t "y °U m J'°Ur well -«nw<l time of