NELSON DIOCESAN SYNOD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 26 November 1908, Page 2

NELSON DIOCESAN SYNOD

I THE ANNUAL SESSION. :

> The opening service of the. Synod was 5; held last evening at the Cathedral. The 1 clergy, in , the . procession- were .-yThe !•■ Bishop of Nelson, •XYerf.. Archdeacon . • York, Revs. K^mpthorne, Baker, Mey- -..-.;. si er, Lucas, Johnson, Pepper, Dart, Howt ell, Stace, "Wollstein, Smith, - Carr, e Friberg and Taylor. The service was i. fully 'choral, and the anthem, "Hear My Prayer," (Mendelssohn) was splendidly „ sung, Miss H. Kempthorne singing the ■ «010. The preacher was theJßev. J. e -R. Dart, of Westport, who, taking as 8 his text, "Our lot is fallen unpleasant ■' places, yea we have a goodly "heritage, 1 '" gave an eloquent address, ,in_the course - of which he touched on the impressions he had received as clerical delegate at the Pau-Anglican Conference m England. The preacher mentioned some of '" the many lessons he thought should be \ learnt from the great , Congress, and he - urged his hearers to help the work ot i- Christianity by more careful religious - teaching and observance in the home. b Ho quoted th« headmaster of one of ■} the great English Public Schools, wha e deplored the fact that before and after . leaving school the boys 'had as a rule T ,very' little i«lsgious instruction, and 'TOsre surrounded by worldliness and materialism, while a religious environ--1 ment -was quite the exception. The ■" vChureh in New Zealand had great op- ?' pprtunities, and the work lay ready to * :ttieir hands, but like. the Pharisee ,and '•■ Publican of old many Churchmen pass- - ed by their fellow-men lying in sin by 1 8 the roadside, ,and did not extend, the j .helping and courageops hand to 'them. . The Synod assembled for business at 4 o'clock this afternoon, xvhen the Bishop delivered his address. " ' In connection ■ with' the New Zealand Missionary Association the annual mis- !'. sionary breakfast will be , held in All t Saints' Schoolroom to-morrow morning, - after which addresses will be given by f, the Bishop of Nelson, and the Rev. J. r R. Dart. . ?■