ANGLICAN SYNOD.

Evening Star, Issue 9278, 31 October 1893, Page 2

ANGLICAN SYNOD.

The third session of *he ninth Bynoci of the diocese of Dunedin was opened in St. Pauls Schoolroom yesterday afternoon, under the presidency of Bishop NevilL There were several ladies in attendance. The following members of Synod answered to their names s Cteny.—TlM Van. Edward-George Edwards, MiA., archdeacon of Danedin, incumbent of St. Paul's IVo-Oataedral; Ven. George Price Beaumont) M.A/, archdeacon of Queenstown; incunv bent of Holy Trinity, Lawrence; Ven. John Albert Fenton, H.A., archdeacon of Oamaru ; Bevi Alfred Robertson Fitchett M.A., incumbent of AH Saints', Dunedin; Rev, David Off Hampton, St. John's, "Milton, wtfh Taieri mission district; Rev. Thomas Ghent. 8.A., incumbent at Clyde,.Cromwell/and Roxburgh; R»y. Thomas Francis Dodd, estate of St -Mark's Bajclutha, with Clinton, Incfaclutba, and KaitangaU; Rev. Francis White Martin, curate of Gladstone, with Fbrtrose and Wyndham; 3&er. Alexander Campbell Yorke, curate of Gueenstown and, Arrowtdwif; Rev: William Charles Cotes. BJt,' eur*t£ of St. MW£,H«nunKton s Stanley Lucas - , cwate-tof.St. JohnV Waikouaiti; Rev; Sydney Hawthorne, curate of Nasebt, etc.; Rev. John Prince Fallowes. M.A., warden of Selwyn College and curate or cojtege mission districts; Rev. John WiUfani Alexander Melville, curate of St. Paul's, Dunedin. Laity.—Mr BL P.-Harvey, Caversham; Mr A.. Hamilton, WaitatLand Warrington; Messrs G. SLintott and G. G. RusselL Oamaru: Mr F. B. De M, Gibbons, Waifaki Plains; Dr T. M. Hocken, Otepopo and Hampden; Mr F. Twiss, Tokomairiro; Mr T. Tyrrell, Mataura and Toitois; Mr M. Frier, Lawrence; Mr R. H. Leary, Roxburgh; Mr O. Festherstone,' Gladstone, Winton,, etc.; Mr R. B. Williams, Riverton;' Mr G. Joachim,' Momington..,. TUo Pbbsioekt then declared the Synod to be duly oonstitttted." , THE PRKSttJfiifT'B ADDBISS. After the president had given his opening address, portion.of which was published by us yesterday,' if wasjresblyed, on the motion of the Ven. Archdeacon Edwards—"That the thanks of the Synod be given to the president for his address," and that he be requested to allow the same to be printed with the proceedings of Synod."" gkMRaL. The Rev. A. C. Yorke was appointed clerical secretary and Mr C. H. Statham lay secretary of Synod. On the motion of the Ven. Archdeacon Edwabds, it was resolved that the hour of meeting be 4 p.m. daily, excepting Saturday and Sunday, adjourning at 5.45 p.m. until 7.30 p.m. On the motion of Mr B. H. Leaky, Standing Order No. 14 was amended to enable him to bring in a Bill to amend the General Church Fund Statute, 1892. The Bill was read a first time, and the second reading fixed for Wednesday. Mr R. H. Leary was reappointed chairman of committees. Notices of motion having been given, the Synod adjourned till next day at 4 p.m. THE SYNOD SERMON. At St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, at half-|tast seven in the evening, a numerous congregation assembled, when the services usual to the opening of the Diocesan Synod were held. Bishop Nevill was present, together with several of the cfergy belonging to the City and country districts. The Synod sermon was preached by Canon Howell, incumbent of St. Matthew's. He took for his text St. John, 18th chapter, 36th verse: "My kingdom is not of this world." The rev. gentleman dealt eloquently with the question as to whether the .clergy should interfere with politics. In Borne cases, he held, they ought to interfere with politics, and in others not. There was a large number of political questions which bad no moral bearing on the public at large, and these ought to be left to politicians and the community generally to do as they pleased; but there were such political questious as had a bearing upon the moral, and therefore the spiritual, welfare ot the people, and upon such questions as these —the promotion of temperance, for example—the clergy had a perfect right to express their feelings; but in cases where they were justified in exerting their influence they must always be careful in the exercise of that influence. The preacher dwelt at some length upon the distinction that was to be drawn between Socialistic and Christian aims; and whilst recognising that the church should do everything that lay in its power to ameliorate the condition of the laboring. cUsses and the poor, yet the clergy would not be justified in lending their co-opera-tion to some of the very sweeping reforms that were proposed by certain sections of the people. The services terminated with the Benediction, pronounced by the Bishop.