REMARKABLE SPEECH BY THE BISHOP OF MELBOURNE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6832, 10 October 1883, Page 6

REMARKABLE SPEECH BY THE BISHOP OF MELBOURNE.

The Church of England Assembly for im> t i'H met a few days ago in Melbourne. % F*K Biahop of Melbourne, in an eloquent addrts7 referred to the criticism which hid bS t : *JP passed on his action in allowing the Ciiarles Strong to preach in St. Paul's c» MB Cathedral. The Bishop maintained that in NB doing so, he was acting strictly within'fca I powers. He also reviewed ilr. Jmtj;, ifeJ§| Higinbotham's recent lecture, and paid high compliment to the learned Jndm'j ability, his thoughtfulnese, and straight. !i B forwardness, and he referred throughout -cB to the lecturer in courteous, appraj, £-.l'jH ative, and often commendatory terms' f? ~'B The Biehop went on to say:—"l l ean .j K'.S| with great pleasure the other day that Dr W : B Barry had formally accepted the position af I ;B Bishop of Sydney. Australia will now hare i''B a Primate, and with God's blessing in hl> '-jB work, such a Primate as will make his ii. 5 ' B fluence felt for good in every diocese of this h'B wide continent. The Church of Christ is t?B Sydney has been doubly widowed by the i'l B loss of him whose death we last year dj. HH plored, and more recently by the suudenand I <Sj unexpected removal of one of the ablest and t:;lffl most energetic of Australian prelates—Archbishop Vaughan, lately the chief minister ci K?B the Roman Catholic. Church in the sista l"rB| colony. Now, however, by the good prori. Kr'ffl dence of God, she will have in the nes f£|jß Primate of our Church a leader of thought, [vSH a master of assemblies, an able administrator, f-ffiß a maintainer of Evangelistic truth, a friend l$& of_ all the Churches, a good and a large. £tH minded man. This is a high commendation, f: 8| but lam in some degree able to speak with [;. n| authority on this subject, having had the Vtf'B honour and advantage of Canon Barry'B fc-'B friendship before I left England. He, no hr'Mj doubt, like the rest of us, will fall into mis. K. ■ takes, make enemies, and in every way fall |JjH short of the lofty ideal which he set up for i/wB himself. But then I know that he has such f 4JH an ideal before his eyes, and that he will iJVB labour for its attainment with a gentle force, f} S and a trained energy which very few me: f possess, either in Oburch or State. Gcd !:.':;■ helping him, he is a Primate to whomwe r-:H may confidently look for help, and whom we j,',-ra may all be proud to follow. He is an acqoi >';JK sition, not only to the Church of England, 1 ':■ but to the Church of Christ in these colo- '■ ■;,B& nies." ' - @|