THE ANGLICAN SYNOD.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LI, Issue 9138, 10 July 1906, Page 5

THE ANGLICAN SYNOD.

BISHOP WALLIS' ADDRESS.

[press association.] WELLINGTON, July 10. At the Anglican Synod' Bishop Wallis said theore were abundant signs of progress of chuirch \rork in this diocese. The staff of clergy wa6 increasing considerably and if the rate of increase were maintained for the next five years their numbers at the synod would be double, what it was 11 years ago. He referred at length to the question of trust funds, aSid drew attention to the fact that recently two Royal Commissions had beeo constituted to enquire into the administration of their educational trusts. O»^- dealt with Otaki, Parana, and Kaikakerikiri trusts, and the other with Te Aute and Wanganui Collegiate School trusts-. - All these belonged, to their own church,- and he considered it unjusib and unreasonable that they should receive separate legislative treatment from precisely similar trusts held by other denominations. If such treatment were seriously proposed it would be necessary for the 6ynod to make strong representations to Parliament. He referred to the decay of Sunday school work and thought a strong representative- committee should be established with a view to extending and developing the usefulness of Sunday schools. Dealing with religious instruction in, secular schools he said the number of pupils receiving such teaching had increased during the last six years from 258 to 628. As to the Bible-in-sehoolSj the Bishop said: The harmony which has reigned among representatives of the various Christian 'denominations with regard to this matter (1 am not speaking of Roman Catholics, who naturally claim separate foeatment for their own schools) has taught me to have no dread of sectarian bitterness-, but even if it were otherwise I would a thousand times prefer it to peace — aye, even such a wair as is being fought in England to-day though the issues are very different from our own — to peace such as prevails amongst ourselves, if that peace means a sluggish and cowardly indifference, to the real welfare of the coming generation.

WELLINGTON, July 10. The Bishop said an effort was being made in England to secture a trained evan-g-elist to continne mission -work among the co-operative workers on the North Island main trunk railway. If they could not obtain a man at Home the Bynod would have to use the heat man they could find •among themsieilves.