DUNEDIN PRESBYTERY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2934, 8 June 1910, Page 48

DUNEDIN PRESBYTERY.

The monthly meeting of the Dunedin Presbytery was held yesterday, and was attended by the Moderator (Rev. E. A. Axelsen), the Revs. A. Greig, A. M. Finlayson, R. R. M. Sutherland, D. Borne, A. Cameron, A. Don, I. K. M'lntyre, W. Scorgie, R. E. Davies, R. Fairmaid, A. W. Kinmont, J. Kilpa.trick J. Erwin, H. B. Gray, J. Aitken, W. M'Donald, J. J. Cairney, W. Spence, D. Dutton, J. Lymburn, Dr Nicolson, and 16 elders. COMPLIMENTARY. Mr R. Kerr (evangelist) and Dr Robertson (a young missionary about to proceed to India), who were present, were welcomed by the Moderator. The Moderator congratulated the Rev. A. Cameron on his appointment as vicechancellor of the University of Otago. THE KING'S DEATH. The following resolution was passed, the members standing, and a verse of the National Anthem was sung:—"That this Presbytery desires to express at its first meeting after the event it sincere regret at the death of his late Majesty King Edward VII, and its sense of the loss sustained by the Empire through the removal of one whose influence was ever on the side of peace. It would commend to the grace of the Heavenly Father the widowed Queen Alexandra, his present Majesty King George V, and all the members of the Royal Family, and prays that the new reign" may be characterised by the blessing of peace and felicity." MB FLAMANK'S ADDBESS. The Rev. Mr Soorgie said that he wished to call the attention of the Presbytery to an address given by Mr Flamank, president of the Otago Educational Institute, at a recent meeting of that body. Mr Flamank, in this address, had stated' that in attending to the moral training of the children of his school he had taken the Bible as his text book and the Saviour as the standard of morality. This was the first time a man of educational ability had in his official capacity taken direct notice of this great problem of the moral training of school children, and he (Mr Soorgie) considered' that they, as a Presbytery, should take notice of the fact. The Rev. Mr Borrie said he thought that they certainly should take notice of it. He suggested that Mr Scorgie give notice of motion that the whole question of Bible reading in schools be considered at the net meeting of the Presbytery. The Rev. Mr Soorgie gave notice of motion accordingly.

GENERAL. A deputation from the Musselburgh Church Session concerning church requirements was heard' by the Presbytery in private.—lts requests were granted. The Rev. A. Don, on behalf of the Foreign Mission Committee, presented a lengthy, report dealing comprehensively with a number of matters. Messrs Norman Bell and Waters appear&d as a deputation from the : St. Clair Session to ask for an additional grant towards the cost of the erection of a new manse.—Th© matter was considered in private, and a final deoision was deferred until a committee—the Revs. A. Cameron and R. R. M. Sutherland—has conferred with the St. Clair Session and reported.