THE CHURCHES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14658, 27 January 1912, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE CHURCHES.

j BISHOP OF LONDON ON EITUAL. I The visitation charge recently dc- ■ livered by the Bishop of London to the clergy and church-wardens of London iias bcvii published by Yv'clU.-, Gardner, Larton, and Co. One iioint .particularly- dealt with by the bishop : is tne rcgaiat..cn ol ct'r-uiuouiul. He 1.5 cumiort-td co know mat his poiuy ! for the last ton yca:s, criticsal as :t ! Jia v U en, and slid -s m man;,-q-aai teis. j Juts at iciut lirciicla peace to the • ■ diocese itse.:. , lhat~p..iirv has bien. in ' ibnel. to discard rel.aoce in tiic auinor- \ ' jly of the law curls', and t, throw j himself upon his auti.oi-iiv ai 1,!.-!i„p. ill !:a 4 been ureal, ha sa'v-, that tuo ! lines on v. Idah He i,as : x.-rcis; d that • author.ty ta paaay h s diocese have I been too w:de and 100 libera!. His ■ rcp.y is that en i ther iires would l.c-cihcation hav-a been nessible. The Jimp.re had beau built no and held torn tea-:- by ad„:im ; icat,",-s net being turatd oi taking ie.ooa>.bi!itv : and he , had, :n his own Mih'-re. taken the ,].arc! to'alade by" theiu. The 'blsi'ioo '-".'"'■j' o ''', 1: ' -^" ! "-" ! >''i--.'.' the hues on 'various usages. ' I'i'st.-ad of' aHhtra.dv ; sui.p:a-ana: the in on tiie on" loud ..•- 'eraveniy ignoring them ~„ the arhcr. ; the Be 'srd'^huaacoient.'"the"u.s.' : 'e nnctmii of the 'si,-k. auricular 'm'ne'",;";. V" 1 ' t;: ?-. l '''-' ; " i ":'i'"-'-' '"" I been to s-.-nd i-.a" ; -ie""»v.r' taVeme. ! ,','"''., < I,VK 1 ,VK ' t ' ( ; r - ,n ' : "'-'■: biis been the case; j.standing. haTgene ,!v"u- U)'''il .'e'd--j ing the last Idyiars. One .'n'umb'mt 'ot till of m,y siandingi 'j'li'nlv t'r.in'ion" ■it men hold 1t,:,,;,,, doetriee ' tb,-.- had J tar better go to ilonaa Hut" the i truth o, the matter is .piSa Thai ir ue ,give e„e ~„„,,- ~ iuli pnv ;;,^ ; ; f , f /be (a,hone t imr.-li to wheh tbcv are ; entitled by their baptism: if x !,,j- i',; i they will no longer 1.,„"k with j cees :„ another c.:,aiaiiiisn \yit'll a ;c;car cou-:-c!er:ee. I .an anv ;Utvout soul in thi- die ,s-. to s fv ,-i,-'. j need for their isr.ul, wh, ther ilf'beaut'v i spiririiaTliVh,', can' dioi'nof o,;:j''"Nh» | c:iu:-- ; h of their lathi-rs in London toTHE KING'S ACKVVXI.EDGyiEX£ OF COB. The London "llocord" writes— "If iliorc has be.-n d sa- u-. : i-*n-.-..t t''-ir -o clergyman Vent .^-V',.-:".". " t i^ i iviog and Oueen in Cue iria- cai'-e : r" j tts the hue Canon Duckworlb fi-i'Wed ; on T.io occr.siau of the visit of the i-t----i Lid- J "' d -' V: 'i'?,"' ! '"" Pl '! i, ' ; -' e °l' Wales to ! -e c '', "■v.';- I .' -'P . :i!;i : ri - s p, °'-\-yy .-dmest an _ t:\-iu : bur. .-a vreni in t,, ?3r,i,.-;j.. v CaiiiVdrai i-.y'-'the" crowds °"d moititeoe r > Hindus, aeknowh'dging" asbamed to couto-s i,y \\h.:M tkev reigncl and cl-.inie.-i 1 !,e allechince Jf - ther mllP.ens of India-., sui-ie:'-;- ." Last Sunday, tor, (Uaac-nd- -r If. intra, .d tho p-rfco:!v uaoarailelci scene of the Emperor rind Empress at the head of Still! t-,--,.-.-• v.-v" f-v ,-? | them Christians, in thJooen air under i. brilliant. Indian sky. aehnawlcdaing titer beiief in the on,, true C. :!. 'j hat they slie.uld have been n.-e.-did. bv sisBishops, the maioritv ot them mis'-ien- j arc Bishoos. is indeed a subject of deep, thankfulness to all sup carters of Chias.tiau mi-.-'ons in le'dia. Tho -•■rvice seems to have been an adantation of the Accession ofiicG, but there v. ere tropular hymns, though the arrangeinents do not seem to have been perfect, for letting the vast numj there remains the "rent fact'ti'-.I God was worshipped and ackiiou iedgod in the open. ."Aea'n. in nearlv . verv adore*-: to h:s people, the Kinir-Mouirnr has'disii!i"t'- referred to ,he i)-:-.-iiu» i owmMo=t noticeably was this "the ca'-s en Tuesday. when i„ his so,-,.!, ':,::- j muinc-'.ig Ids Coreiiatio-i lee deelarcd , that 'by the ..mica of God the crown j of my lore fat hers was nlaerd ou my ] head with solemn form and ancient j ceremony.' If we are to instifv our possession of Tndia wo are bound to sock to win the neoole to the Christian •aith." NOTF.3. An effort is to Ik> made to complete the amount needed for tho menu-rial intended to mark the site of the first church erected in Australia. The church was opened on August 25, 1793. and burnt down in 1793. Tho P.ev. H. S. Wooiicoinbe. who y-.sited New Zealand recenriv 'in the interests of the C.F.M.S., has been appointed chaplain to the Archbishop of York. Another representative of tho societv who is coming to Australasia, tho Rev. J. E. Wi-t'ts DiTchnekl. vicar of St. James the Less. Bethn.il Green, has bcr-n anouiuted lecturer in nastoral tbcologv at Cambrii!--s fcr 1912-13. Dr. Alexander Maclarcn once said that preaching to hardened saints was kite pouring water on drowned rats, '.'his caustic observation comes to mind (writes the London "Christian Y.'orld") again in connection with a controversy winch is agitating the citv of Nottingham. One of the leading Congregationalists of tho city. Mr W. B. Baggaley, J.P., an ox-chairman of the Notts Congregational Union, in opening a salo of work, praised social ivork by the church-ss, and then went out of his way to disparage sermons: —"I< have been calculating," he said "that dunug tho. 60 yaars that I havo attended church I have had 6000 senuons preached into me. Yvhat gocd have they clou-s me or what good have they done others ? Not that much.'' added Mr. Baggaley, contemptuously, waving a piece of blank paper. Sir. Baggalcy's disparagement of preaching and preachers has fanned'a hot controversy iu the columns of the "Nottingham Express." - Interviewed on the subject, he declared that "fewer sermons and more work is what is J wanted. aro too manv sermons and services, and too little real Christian work among the poor and outeast." The churches have not taken Mr. Baggaley's sweeping indictment. "lying down." and bis: suggestion that ' sermons and services liave become i purely formality and habit is vepv.di- ; ated. But how far dees Mr. Baggaley express tho mind of the. age? Does : jjreaching tell? ]