WELLINGTONPRESBYTERY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7850, 12 July 1911, Page 6

WELLINGTONPRESBYTERY

The monthly meeting of thoVWollinston took place at tit. John's Cumm 1 * yesterday morning. Hov. G. N. Jupp, organising sccrctaa-y or til© youth of the church committee, waa •waofciauxi with the Presbytery. A CHURCH HYMN’.BOOK. Tho conuomoo appointed to consider th QUOefulon Ol tuo LOoK Ol “OhUTCJi PraifeO J ' rwporied that one fcos&on leoommoiuiixl uie old “Cmirch Praibe," six aos-sioas and Uigut orsauistß favoured new “ Lauren x'iwvkto/' navi ujlToa coa gx egauuas amt two tagaaists iuo "Ciiuiuh Jiyiamuy." xjc Giob moved, and itov. a. T. Thompsou tocoadea, “Taut tuc Presbytery approve of ’CQurcU Pra-itc' as too praiso liuoit of the cuurcn; ma-simioli. however, as a uam ter ol oongrcgaruioiis are now using TJj-e Tiymnaxy,' tuc Presbytery does not sugoOSt liiut the Afiseuiiwy saoula enjoin LiiCb© u> aaoi)t ’Chorea Praise,’ but taut it suoiud to m trod need a t tmou uiao as may bo convenient lor tuom." Hov. fi. iugjis moved as am amendment, ana liov. j. K. ikiiott tjeoennod, “Tniix .--as I'Tvsbytery is ol opinion dial in tho interests or Carisiian unity and liberty, it is imuei u irao.e to interior© witn tcc present freedom- of congrcg-atioua in their uto of any of tho but/ws ol praise which nave oown authorised by tito Assembly.*' Alter coiaiiuorabio discussion tno aaoaou was called. PRESBYTERIAN ORPHANAGE. Dr Gibb presented the report of the Orphauags and aocnU fccrvko Association jor tuc year eauiag NiOrcJi 41st Tho Pi*wb>tery exprtsasca its s*ucore Unuikuiia i t.Mfi prvttjperity wiu-cii had. attcuccd tiua ihiiantarupuc monument; rejoiced to learn {nan tno x >r °spcot ot tnc orpnanago t<uon having a aoiuc of its own was so nopefui approved tno pans submitted of tno proposed structure; reappointed tno oomnnttee, witii the additional, name of mt G. A- Troup; and anew commended tho vi jihanoge ana wont of tne social sorvico agent to the liberality of tho people of the naureh THE "NE TEiIEHE" DECREE. Notice of motion was given by Dr Gibb, of an overture to the Uencrad Assembly re the Roman “No Ternere" decree, a& 101iovvs; —“ w nercas the dse Temcxo’ occtroo of the Homan Catholic On area demands, for the validation of a marriage between *.fn<bn Catholic and noa-iiomioi Catholic bumjoci6 of mis Dominion, tho presence of a Roman Oatfvo±io paraetJt., aaxd in the > ai> f<iiio2 of a priest dociarcs this marriage null and void; and whereao the decree thereby unwarrantably imorteretj with the proper liberty of oeruun subjects of this Dominion, who arc deoaured incapable of oomractmg a vaiui marriage without tho prosauce ux a Roma a Catholic priest; and whoreaa tha (Yciea omits tho variable reguxauoiui of a particular cctHOsaasticsaJi oisclnda© to a level with lb© uuchangeahJo moral law of God in determining what arc valid; and whereas this decree is contrary to public policy and inimical to domestic peace and social welfare (aj in utat it su-bjeota non-iiomaji Catholic parties to marrai-go contracts sanctioned by oivil law, and against which up Divine law is, or can be ai-U>gxd, along with. *-^*c >uc liomaa Catholic partners in the marriages, tX> the scandalous ImpuxaUo-n of oonouMnso that their children .are not bom in true wedlock; and lb) that it iucibca Homai) Calnoho partners in such mainagcs to I'coudiaie the -ooiagationH resting on lawful.y married persons: It Is hereby oiertured to tlvi vouera-bie the General \s>eaii>ly, mect-i/ng in Dunedin in November next to take the premises into due consideration, and to ieeae a manifesto setting forth the mind of this Church regarding this intolerable invasion of the civil and religions rights of the people; and to take eacih. farther steps, if possible, in 00-oi»eration with other Churches, aa shall expose the machinations of the Papacy, and oat the people on their gwd against lh&' subtle ervcroachmcm of the Roman Church on the liberties of the nation-"