CHURCH CONGRESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14806, 9 October 1911, Page 7

CHURCH CONGRESS.

/'THE RESURRECTION."

DROPPED FROM RELIGIOUS

TEACHING."

j A COLLECTION SCHEME. I- . ■ 'j '■ ■ : r-- '• •' By Telegraph.—Press < Association. —Copyright. , • (Received October. 8, 7 part.), ... j . - London, October 7. , • ManV complaints' were made- at 'the Church Congress that the Resurrection had been dropped from religious teaching, • except at Eastertide. The Dean of Lichfield said that without the Resurrection Christianity was only ' one of many "religious systems groping pathetically after God. : v 4 . t- Other speakers described the doctrine of - a risen,., living, ever- | present, .. and > active Lord as the motive , power of a Christian's life and . work. . Hence it ought ,to be restored to. its old predominating place :in sermon, worship, and the sacraments. Lord Barnard, chairman of the Finance Committee, advocated the introduction into . Britain ;, of the scheme popular in Canada and the United States, under which every parishioner' assessed himself , for regular contributions, the smallest a halfpenny weekly. The recommendation was 'generally approved.

_ When questioned regarding the allu. siojis in the cable to the Resurrection, a prominent " Anglican clergyman said it was the most extraordinary statement he had ever heard of. The fact that the Communion services were more largely attended at Eastertide (which is distinctly a festival <J! the . Resurrection) than other Communion services, pointed to the fact that, in Auckland at any rate, the Resurrection is being taught, and" believed in, as heretofore. He added. that every Sunday is in reality a festival of Resurrection, and, there is no decrease in the number of people attending divine service.