THE CATHEDRAL.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12410, 27 November 1908, Page 2

THE CATHEDRAL.

..■-Tho service in .connection wibh tbe oponing of the Nelson Diocssan Synod was held in cbe Cathedral on .Wednesday evening. The clergy walked in their surplices from the OiocGsan Library to the Cathedral, when with the choristers leading, they procsßded up'the central aisle to the cbaocel, ''The Church's one Foundation" being sung ps the procossipnal hymn. .The service was conducted by the Vicar (the Ray. J. P. Kflmptborae), th" first Jesson being read by theßov. W.. G. Baker, and the second by the Venerable Archdeacon Yo"k. The anthem used •was "Lord, hear my. prayer' 1 (Mendelssohn), the solo being taken by Miss Hilda Kempfchorrie: The sermon w"aa preached by the Rev. J. R.

Dart, Vicar- of Westport, whohas 'lately returned from, a visit t:> England where be went as a delegate from this Uiocese to the Pan-Angi-can Congress. He took for his text Psalm' 16, 6v. The preacher described some of the deep impressions ■tbe Congress made upon him. He was deeply impressed, too. with the ceremony at Cambridge, when the Biahnp of Nelson received from ' his old University the, degree- of Doctor in JJivioity. He referred also to the visit to Kneb worth Hall, the^ seat of JLdrd Stratbconn, 4GCD being.present;. alsT to JMaribotough House, th a residence of the Pri<-ce and Princess of Wales, where his Majosty the King and the Queen moved freely among .the guests. Then speaking more to the subject of. the. text ha said, vie.wiDg tbe great aum-b-r el Bishops, gftiile bfent With &»&, gown upright with, all the vigour of youth, some from the region of ice and snow, some from the. scorching he<t of tbe -torrid zone, from east, .south, north, and west. -Surely the members of the Church of England hava reason to* say.' "We have' a goodly. heritage." But he also saw that there were dangers) threatening the Christian churcb. First, there was the wave of Socialism This was a great danger, but the church should strive to guide it and guide it to move along the srnrii; of Christ. The. next daDger was. materialisrja and worldlinesß. Here again 4 he urged bis hearers to be up and doing, and be loyal to the Master. If we were not loyal, how could we expect others to be. -The third danger wai from tbe spread of lawlessness, from within the ODurjsh. The preacher fia've. instances of what he saw. , of extreme ritualism, etc. He suggested that the church should pay more attention to seeing that true religion was taught in the hones. He quoted the headmaster of a large educational institute, who said boys came to him with no knowledge of the Bible, with no religions teaching, then after a few years in the sohool they went back to the irreligious homes' ana / tbeneglect of the HibJe/ He made an eloquent appeal to the congregation to do their very best to bring up their children as faithful followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.