From Various Sources.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XVII, Issue 5, 1 November 1926, Page 4 (Supplement)

From Various Sources.

■\#Jieat, seed?, found more. ;.tha,n. a. year, ago m caves of the ancient dwellings of Utah and said to be from '9oo to 1,200 yjears, o ( ![d, ha^e . b ( een, n^ade, ,tp grp ; w.. The se^d, kjjrhals" \\f ■. this cprn . w.ere,- , f ftund u^jJe^ a_, deposit bi,.e^^teen inches, of sand, i^^^ca^yejTp.ccupipd a^ggs. ags by; t^e cliff dwellers'. ' QvC a"j r'prpvid^s,. opca^p^ ' thr^ ye^riJ.a'go^ a^ fyjs$ x ke^Js of, w^t. w,cr^ fp t und cay^s. A,f^rmeir r pur,ciiased one of :%e^, particulars kernafs, and pl^n^d i^ ; m, t ji.e/ spring of, 1923 V : Aftpx tw^i y#fsß , he^r^este.d seyejral > tjusjbiels. of wheat, ajl , opjtaine!d, f rom ths', one origiiisal kernal dating back to unknown centuries. * * # * • • - Is ito a snjalli matter that ..one. hears, an iftfirfiasjng.. numfeerv of~s the . clergy, iio.wad^ySi offieringi to t Go.d, our Mo-blations" -instpa.d . of, ou^ ' ' o,b-.lations f ' ?, t\ I think not. It; isju.si;,,one vi o;fi those little things. which, tft, thet.e.9,fßjOf; ey&n, a public! school boy, stampj. tj^e,; patsojOji as., an uneducated man' -7-2$ OB,e, a,ti any,, rate, wh9,Jxaß.nev:erJearnti I^atin., Anyjthip,gi thai in_ the. least. sl^engj;Ji©^s. i th4s. im.pres3ion r :in. the presenti dajj is.,; surely, a. matter of. importaace^ ■\YJfeatr. makes ; it more,; exasperating: isi that Q.ne:fej^ sure ;th»t> on. the^. part of very many, it is a mere trick of affectation i\ they really know better,, —(From the "Guardian") • * #- * * A "Guardian" correspondent thus describes a missionary corner m, a Cathedral j— Bound JtTOWlTs a,re /large .cplpure^d-pict'ti,|e-r6lls showing life? m other la^d.s, aii.4 ". outlii^' msps of L various, 'countries i.; on w|lji:chp^"are ina^ked^ p^'ish" fias;. some i special connection^ as,! foj ex^mp|e,thaf. where our own missio,n; afy is woXkin^in Africa, atd m India, the , place wherei the Sunday , school .. has. buijt and supports aii outcast' school. iSach' of the. two .wjridp^ sills has been fitted with a' broad shelf, : on pie of which are.

models, curios,; etc., and a, large African boy collecting-box, of. special attraction /to children, which, brings.an Sunday by Sunday quite, a number of, extra pennies. On the other "shelf . are specimens of the magazines and, books, of the', chief missionary societies, ior^n'y of which orders may be giye ; n. Most. impjor£ant( of all, there is a lending library " containing, a y selection of thoroughly up-to-date and attractive books. This is proving so extremely-popular, especially with, the young people and. children, that demand has already exceeded supply. • '■%■' **■■'.. Writing of. the, troubles m Mexico the " Church Tribes ' ' says.;—-' 'lt is now,perfectly cleiar t)ra^ Ereside^t;; Calles/ war against the/Churiph,, in,, Mexico, is, inspired by his desirQ^to-^sieal' the* Church fs property.. Loot, is the obje.ct of the campaign. Th 6 President is the. spiritual descendant of 'that, mean ruffian, Thomas Cromwell, and the theft is, according to well-estab-lished precedent, excused by exaggerating abuses and disrejgarding. good works. In Mexico the upper classes are, on the whole, inclined to an anti-clerical Liberv alisnj, and the Church is very largely the Church of the. poor. It has, however, laid itself open to attack f rpm thie fact that both, its priesthood a.nd.its ; hierarchy have been^ to some extent, r^raited f rpm Italy and, Spain. + ■#'■*.*_ According to. the "Tribunal" published m Rome, the, Pope proposes to hold m 1928. ah Ecumenical Vatican Council such as has not been, held since 1870. This would involve the presence of 2000 Bishops. One of the chief" subjects for discussion is to be- "tl^e. Union of the Churches, in one Universal Church," to be developed on the lines of. the Malines conversations. ' •' : . . # #•#••■'• In the G.E.N, for 8- we learn: — "In New Zealand, where- there are something like 4'OQjOQOv children under the. age of fifteen, a National Council of Eeligious Education has been. formed, an,d:is already at work. Representation- is provided for as follows: — Church of Englan^ 7;, Presbyterians, 7; Methodists, 5; Baptists, 2j Salvation Army, 2; other, Church, 1. The objects of the Council include: (1) The scientific survey of ; the Dominion; m the interests of Sunday Schools; (2) The study of literature and lesson-course problems m the Dominion; (3) The enlisting of the co : operation of all agencies and institutions m sympathy with the welfare of childhood andi youth; (4) The making of representations to the government * or local authorities on questions aifecting the moral and religious life of the young." We had heard rumours of the formation of this body but no authentic news had reached us. It is curious; that we should have to go to England for local news. The Rev. C. R.. Deaken writes m the "Fiery Crdss":— To defend the.P.aith. m, th,ese days the gloves must b^ withdrawn and hard blows given, and, received. : S^i we can never advertise SBtfficieiitly whiat:

is being attacked. It" is nQ^hing- le.s.s ; .than the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Sacramental Presence, m our midst which He promised, to his children and so wondrously fulfils. Thank God I do discover among those who lead us today a burning and extrem^ loyalty tp the Incarnation and the Sacraments. Let us riot bo enticed from, pursuing our way by a false alarm. ' ' Away with the ; / Extremists ' ' is only the old bogey of "No Popery" m a different garb. Ma line must be drawn let it be the line suggested by Mr." G. K. Chesterton m his recent book, "The Everlasting Man." This is what he writes:— "What puzzles the world and^itß wise philosophers and fanciful pagan poets, about priests and people of the Catholic Church, is that they still behave as, if. they^ were messengers. A messenger does not: dream about what his message, mighti be or, argue > about- what it. probably would be: he .delivers it> as it. is: It is not a theory or a, fancy, but afact." The religion of the world is diyided by the line between the menjwho, are. ; bringing that message and tj^e; men ; .wjtia.hay.e npt yet heard it or cannot yet bejieye, it. # * * * ■■''••'• Canon Stbrr hits the mark whe.ii. he. says:— "Christianity does, not,,' explain suffering; but it shows us a Cross, m the very heart of God Himself,; ; and, makes self-sacrificing love the, final of the universe. Nor does it present that principle m merely abstract guise, but shows us a triumphant Personal Sufferer living and dying; and rising again, _. that He may infuse His own life into, humanity.. And it bids us find m union with; thajti Suffe,rer, the spring of new hppeand life,.. In Him, if anywhere, lies the sQlutfom,".of all our problems." . The Church of England Newspaper, asks: — "It may be questioned whether there is any.<more influential person using our language, at the moment j than the Dean of S. Paul ?s Cathedral. That office has been held by men- as different m calibre and outlook as Donne and': Church and Gregory and Inge. It is a traditional Premiership of Letters and Scholarships of Theolgy and current' controversial matters. While Dr. Donne is possibiy the most permanently fruitful! of Anglican preachers, D,e!an Inge is ; the mpst widely read of modem divines., It: ; is do^bitfuL whether- his. payireir- most rests upon an ; erudition,. wjiichj hungers ,f or f agts ; and statistics .for :. th^ sound, basing, of; principles : and : prophecies;, upon : a -courage which , shirks no opposition and courts . ,ao favour; or upon, the briUiance of a style which would make trivialities . palatable and adds delightful; sauce,. to solid instruction." . .'...:.

He ; th?,t, s r ay^ r h,e c i? lA Y?il|JM;.,tp; .do >is duty, but cannot, does not understand yrhat he says. — Bishop Taylor. Poets r axe .■ the, unk^kno^rled^ed: legislators of /mankiiid.r- I^ord .B§aj3eprisfield. !