THE ANGLICAN SYNOD.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 16, 17 January 1913, Page 6

THE ANGLICAN SYNOD.

THE PRIMATE'S ADDRESS,

(Per Press Association.)

Nelson, January 16. The nineteenth -general synod of the Anglican Church opened here to-day, all members of ’the Hierarchy of New Zealand Melanesia, and Fiji being present, besides 43 clerical and lay synodsmen. A civic welcome was accorded Sn the morning, and the afternoon sitting was occupied by the Primate’s address. Neville referred to the loss the church had sustained by the resignation of Bishops Neligan, Wallis and Mules, but it had been enriched by a call to two of the most prominent members of*the clergy in the Archdiocese: of Melbourne. The •Primate dealt at length with

the Constitutional position of the church, foreign missions, and the Bible in schools. In the latter connecWliWmehtfed upon tH© fact that they had in operation nearly all the leading Christian denominations, in itself a great step towards an ideal for which they must labour unceasingly.

He expressed sympathy with the Welsh Church in the trials through

which it was passing. Referring to the

uprising of the oppressed peoples in South-Eastern Europe, the Primate said that their hearts must he gladdened by the belief that the Mohammedan rule was passing away. He referred to the movement for promoting an understanding and intercourse between Anglican and Eastern orthodox churches.