News and Notes.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XII, Issue 6, 1 December 1921, Page 334

News and Notes.

■' ■'"'■■■■ ■ > ■ ' The Anglican Bible Class XJnion (the A.B.C. Union) holds its annual conference at Carterton on December 30th, 3.lst ;. and January, Ist. The Bishop of Nelson will give the Sunday night Address. The movement is spreading m Christchurch, Wellingtonand Ne|son, but Auckland and Dunedin have not yet become interested. - learh 1 with regret from a very long report of the Executive \of the C.E.M.S. (which should have been sent to the /Churchman and not to us), that for private reasons,, the Rev. Win. Bullock has resigned his position of Organising Secretary. The next annual Dominion Conference is to be held m Auckland on, the two days immediately preceding the meeting of the General Synod. The Bishop of Waiapu addressed a gathering of about a hundred people m the Terrace Congregational Church at Wellington on October 20th. The Bishop of Wellington presided, and the Rev. J. R. Glasson, Congregational minister, was also present. The Rev. J. R. Glasson said he would find, no difficulty m the acceptance of a ministerial commission from a Bishop but the point of view of the "Free Churches'' with regard to creeds was, that they did not recognise belief m them as necessary for Christian membership, and would accept all men and women into full communion who accepted Jesus Christ as their. Redeemer and pattern. On November Bth the Bishop adClub in.Gisborne and gave an immitted 15 new members to the Girls' pressive address on the importance of living m close touch with our Blessed Lord and particularly of regular attendance at the Blessed Sacrament. The Club membership has now reached 160. At a social evening held afterwards m the Parish Schoolroom, the girl candidates for the recent Confirmation presented f the ( Rev. Canon I*acke with the wherewithal to procure a surplice. "In case Mr Ferriman should raise a point," Bishop Julius said at the Diocesan Synod m Christchurch, ./'about my ritualistic practices—-'' "Am I the only one?' ' Mr Ferriman interjected, amidst laughter. His Lordship went on to .explain that while m England, and when at Cambridge, he had been honored with the "degree of Doctor of Law. *''A gown ' oneeVworn by an old friend, now de- , ceased— l don't know that I ever

thought of wearing it, but I am weaiv ing it, partly out of respect to the university) partly > out of respect for Synod, and partly because it is the only one I have got, arid partly to humiliate "the Chancellor ! ' ' Hearty laughter and applause' punctuated his Lordship 's references to Mr H. D. Aridrews, who joined as heartily as any other member m the Applause and laughter.

"The Book of Congregational Worship ' r has" been accepted by the Congregational Unjon of England and Wales without, of course, making it compulsory. It is based largely on cur own Book of Common Prayer, but draws also from the (old Roman) Gelasiaif Psalter, the Armenian and Russian liturgies, the modern Jewish service, and other sources. It, provides for Advent, Christmas, Holy Week, Easter, Ascension, Whitsuntide, and Trinity. It also contains a service for infant baptism. There is an interesting Communion Service, based partly on the English rite. There is, however, no Creed, and no form of absolution. The book is an interesting mark of the way m which the churches are growing closer together.—("Church Times").

The Duplex Movement. — Wimbledon parish, with its five churches, rer ports a new income of over £1000 a year from the duplex system of church finance;, and, m addition, ordinary collections and subscriptions have both increased. Croy don parish church, which, only adopted the movement three months ago, has already 325 members— giving between ' them £688 12s 8d a year; and Beckenham parish church, with 378 members, raises £945 a year," i.e., £604 for home needs and £341 for overseas. This movement was started m 1912 to give the Church a businesslike system, expressive of the divinely inspired plan of weekly giving, for _ both maintenance and extension of the Kingdom. It is now at work m over 300 parishes of every size and condition, and has increased their aggregate income by nearly £100,000 a year. The founder, Captain T. R Watson, 18, Blakesleyavenue, Ealing, W. 5, will gladly send explanatory leajlet on receipt of postage. — "Church Times."

Let us try to be good humored for a single day; if we let the sunlight into our souls, it will generate m our hearts every good motive and we shall feel life and ourselves armed io fight, on the coming morrow, the battle of every trick of fate.— James Ellis. :

Humour should be. always under the check of reason. — Empson.

Which will you do— smile, and make others happy; or be crabbed and make everyone around you miserable? The -amount of happiness you can produce is incalculable, if you show a smiling face. and speak pleasant -words ; there is no joy like that which springs from a kind act,, or pleasant deed; andyou may feel it at iiigllt when you rest, and at ; morning when you rise, and through all the day when about your business.— Marie D'Agoulf. •