THE PRIMACY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 45, 28 February 1890, Page 15

THE PRIMAC Y.

A Rhyme of the Time. (By W. J. S.) Id looking through the daily press A subject for a rhyme I see, " Ife Sutor ultra "—that's it, yes, The story of the Primacy. Her rev'rend Chief about to set His staff aside through weight of years, The Churchin solemn conclave met Selects another from his peers. For him of Wellington her voice But — here's the rift within tho lateAlas I it seems the Church's choice The views of Sutor didn't suit. And straightway her Appellate Court Is sitting in eoncilw, " Conge d'elire till king est mart Can't be " — that's the punctilio. Hence the election is pronounced Invalid ab initio, And he oS Nelson is announced The Primate ex otficio. And no it comes to pass that we KaTB no one in authority — One Primate by election see, And one by seniority. Who then is king ? Ay, there's the hitch, Two kicga are incongruities ; And none can tell us which is which Till Synod tells us who it is. And — here's the very crux of it, A puzzle very curicus, The Synod needs the Primate's wit Ere to decide this it can sit, Who the true Primate is to wit, And who the Primate spurious. Meanwhile another cleric waits With promised mitre tantalised Like Pen at the pearly gates, And all tne Church ia scandalised. Alas that churchmen should be prone To ways that are so parabolic, And so much human nature shown About succession Apostolic. What wonder at a cynic's vein In view of such a situation ? Let someone cut the tangled skein And end the grievous complication. — Ashburton Mail.

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