CLERGY IN CONFERENCE.
_ , 4» . : ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE GATHEBIXK}, So large a number of the clergy oilße Auckland diocese assembled at Bit. John**. College, Taraaki, for a " refresher "course of leisures daring this week that the .accommodation of the new buildings was taxed to its- utmost limit. The course <#nsisted of lectures, coniereneea ? ,on. inv portant present-day questions, and ad-' dresises upon special subjects. Bishop Averill delivered a series of lectures in the historic chapel of the college on the subject of "Pastoral Efficiency: the Life, and Work of a Parish Friesfc?** The new light thrown by modern scholar-, ship upon the Old Testament Scriptures was described by the Rev. R. G. Finch. " Modern Scholarship and the New 1 Testament " was the title of a series'of . dresses given by the Rev. PhUip Carring--ton, a young New Zealand eenol&r who had a distinguished career at Cambridge University. ' • * [At the conferences the subjects most I keenly discussed '[ were the supply and I training of candidates for holy orders- and" the duty of Ghurch in f ace of : tho ? frave moral laxi% of to-day. Di- A. B. Itt, of the Auckland Training College,; gave an address oh the basi>-: of the reported instances of demoniacal' possessionamong the Maoris. Takirij; one - ' case, as "reported by Canon Arthur Williams, the lecturer dejenenstrated ■ tfajit' the reported symptoms of the so-called posses > sion by demons are all phenomena well known: to the expert psycno-analysi;, and can be both explained and' treated by . scientific method. The Rev. P. Carrington dealt with the much-talked conference or V modernists" at Girton College, Cambridge, last year. He criticised the belief* of these extreme churchmen, whom he described as a small and not very distin'' guished minority. TKe Rev. W. 'G. Monckton spoke on the teaching- of our Lord. In the course of a survey of the Labour movement all over the world Be said he saw clear and most hopeful signs that the aims of the movement were be- r coming less material and more spiritual:
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19220819.2.120
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18173, 19 August 1922, Page 11
Word Count
334CLERGY IN CONFERENCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18173, 19 August 1922, Page 11
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.