PARSON AND THE CASH.

NZ Truth, Issue 250, 9 April 1910, Page 5

PARSON AND THE CASH.

BOTHER ABOUT COLLECTION.

Trouble m Inglewood's Amen

Corner.

;St Paid : "«ree* ye one another with aa Holy fei«s." Inglewood, as set forth m the New Zealand Postal Guide, is a prosperous village m the Taranafci district. its principal prodttet is the cow, and the . produce of the cow. Everything seems lovely m the gardes, , and seldom does anything happen to disturb the serenity of the rur«l existence of the Inglewocdites. It has a newspaper, and it ■has ite churches, the Anglican portion of the community being under the ecdesias&cai jasasdictiori of the Bishop of Wellington. . Judging from a recent disturbance m ;the Inglewood Anglican dovecote, "Wellingtofl" wiil shortly be called upon to ;, perform a painful duty at Ingiewood, and ; teat paiofui . duty will consist m : "shooting" off tfae holy premises the vicar of St. Andrew's Cboirch, .the Rev. *\ Gaxew Thomas, .who has not only , ; tried, but has succeeded m getting him»seM immeasely disliked by a considerable ' ! see*ion of- Anglican church-goers at InIgkiwood. Trouble has been* brewing for ' SoVne tune. Why, "Truth" is. not' m a to te11...' The Rev. Thomas, as a result .of that trouble, proposed to #hßow m bis clerical marble, but hi.; "irfjrdship the Bishop of .Wellington saw fit to refuse to accept the resignation, and Inglewood was obliged to still suffer its unpopular vicar. Whether the Inglewood Anglicans will suffer much longer k fthe 4faipo§it£on of an unpopular cleric now. ■ Jremams to be seen; The finishing touch , was put .on the whole business last Sun- ' day evening, and the incident can be left ■ Jto the "Inglewood Record, .- which is on ithe spot, to describe. Here'is what the has to say :— "A circumstance "which can scarcely be termed anything Jess than disgraceful occurred m St. VAndreWs GhurcTi last evening, when the *Vicar, Rev. F. Garew^^ TSwmas, .m the middle of the service," made? an unwarranted verbal attack on one of the Churchwardens, on account of the officials of the Church having declined to itand. over to him the Easter offerings. fApart froia the unseemliness of the proceedings, it was entirely futile to teem any such cwtrever.sy before the congre- ; igation, w*Oi of necessity, are absolutely -powerless m the- matter, and should I have been spaced: tbe aaia of seeing their ■ ?Churcb transfoiKied into an exchange . Of tfae distribution, of the free-win {Easter offerings, '"Eruthi" knows next to [ jnothing. Offertocies m any. church are {always -boaas o£ cententaon, and it is •goite possible that tile Bey. Thomas jthougbt he was entitled to the whole iag of blessed boodle, while the church- « on tiie other^b^tnd, , n £ji J^^ .'contrary opinion amaV >; -~- *'- <te^** lMV.^Whether the Rev^/"* or or* 4 Boor ca^, butl iin»g it low da • lot a ChristianN Hhe basis of at ? tlie incumbent ' nient ; floishin^. •by the parson rj[ serviced A larger congregation fled i& cash-demanding cleL atk»n. The."Recofi "It ie to be hoped i r able to induce hiss the V4car at once% can possibly result! rhere ; the insult h\ -and the degradation^ hope of the wound W -action is absohiiely rjL a fitting coT\olu?v:n, «% >m the won's of r'nc )>rl| peror : "^cc: how tbesca mothw." %

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