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CHURCH NOTES.
The engagements of the Bishop of Ade- <*>
laide (Right Rev. Dr. Thomas) for next
week include—Sunday morning, sermon at
St. Peter's Cathedral; Monday afternoon,
meeting of cathedral wardens.
On November I*2 the memorial tablets
in St. Patrick's chapel in Westminster
Cathedral, on whii-h have been inscribed
the names of fallen of all ranks wfco
?*r\-ed in Irish regiments in the Great
War, was unveiled. The Army Bishop
(Dr. William Keatinge, C.8.E.) celebrated
in the Cathedral a solemn requiem mass
for the fallen named on the tablets, whose
re]ative? and friends were invited to at
tend.
Although the Methodist Chnrch has
been working in the Northern Territory
for many years the first official eyuod
was held" during the present year. Thc\
synod recommended the appointment of a
missionary, with headquarters at the
Katherine River, equipped with five horses
and a native boy to work the Never- j
Never country of Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, aiso ;
a missionary for Melville Island to reach
the m-af-bprmis tribes, notorious for the
ailcgrd abduction oi two women survivors
of the D.mglas Mawson. It is desired j
to appoint a Chinese catechist at Dar
win. A strong protest was entered
apiinst the inadequate protection of half
caste pirls.
It has been announced (says the Syd
ney "Morning Herald") that the much-:
desired assistant bishop for the vast isUnd
dioc-esi' of Melanesia has been found m
the Rev Frederick Merivale Molyneux.
vicar of High Wycombe, England, and
many testimonies show that Mr. -a*o!^
neux is* just the man required lor Ue
work. His appointment should mike tor
the more efficient working of the nus
n,n, and pnmde the required relict oi
Bthop Steward from some part of his
hcai-v burdens. He is the son of a clergy
man—the Rev. F E. Molrnflox, rector of
Martyr Worthy.' vrau^eet^^ af l r^
horn in ISM. He was educated at Kebte
College, Orf'-rd, and is a young man ot
very great abflity. For some time before
the* European war he was chaplain ?*Cnd
desdon Theological Collcgo. near Oxford,
and later went out to Mesopotamia as a
chaplain wi* the forces. He
U> General Headquarters, first under Gene
ral Maude, ar.d .subsequently,under Gene
ral Wilson. Since the war lie has been
vicar of High Wycombe. m the south <*
England. He has always dispUyed avm
gr?t interest in mission work, and las
done much to stimulate foreign misaon
activity in England The Mf"^"^
sion should beVeatly strengthened by ins.
appointment.
The report of the three months' young
people's campaign in the Sootlw-rn Aus
tralian territory shows (says the London
"War Cry" of November 22) that.36s chil
dren knelt at the mercy-Beat, 216 new
junior soldiers were cnrmle-i, 356 addi
tional corps cadets were secured, 110
ccmrades voJontcered for ofljcerstap, and
' the T>rfe-Savmg Scouts. Guards. Chums,
end Sunbmms benefited to the number of
? nearly 1.800.
The Rev. Dr. Seymour, of Chalmers
Church, will leave for a month's holi
day next week. He intends to motor.
through the South-East district, and to
\-isit Melboune. During hie absence bis
pulpit will be supplied by the Rev. J.
uali Angus.
The Bishop of Gippslatd (Right Rev.
Dr. Cranswick) will act a? chairman of
the Gippsland Diocesan Missionary Sum
mer School at San Rcmo in February (says
the "Australian Christian World"). He
wilt be assisted by the Rev. John 4ones,
of St. Hilda; the Rev. J. S. Keedham,
of Sydney (chairman of the Australian
Board of Missions); Archdeacon Aickcn
(rector of'Morriington): Archdeacon White
(rector of Sale); the Rev. .T. W. Burton,
of the Methodist Missionery Society; aj
Presbyterian representative; and Mr. W. |
BuDtine (headmaster of Caulfield Gram
mar School). The secretaries of the Angli
can missionary organisations (the Rer. W.
J. T. Pay. general secretary of the Church
Missionary Society; and the Rev. G. Down
ton, Victorian secretary of the Australian
Board of Missions), have promised to at
tend. It is expected that a number of
returned missionaries will also be present.
The. two main topics for discussion at the
school are "The Color Issue and the
Church's Opimrtunity," and "The Past
.and .present Methods at the Home Base
' of the Principal Missionary Organisations."
Declaring that the perils of, the Church
of England to-day were no longer from
-without, but from within, Dr. Hensley
Hcnson, Bishop of Durham, in his ad
dress to the clergy of the diocese at the
Episcopal Visitation at Durham recently,
.expressed his views with regard to the
church's future in a series of questions.
"Can the church," he asked, "vindicate
its own authority over, anarchic tendencies
within its paJeT Can it maintain iv sane
and sober conception of truth and duty
against the - tide of superstition and im
morality which is sweeping over Christen
dom in tho wake of the war? - Can it
again win the audience of the English
people for Christianity? There are those
who tell us that discords within the
Church of England reflect the confusion
into which Christianity, has fallen and
are but the prelude to a spiritual dis
aster of unimaginable gravity. With the
history of 1,300 years of Christian work
and witness in this diocese unfolding it
self before oor eyes, we cannot yield to
the mood of despondency or listen to sug
gestions of unbelief."
At the last meeting of the Methodist
Conference executive committee it wae re
ported that the famous evangelist, Gip^y
Smith, might visit Australia^in U>26. The
committee directed that a letter lv w&t to
the president-general (Rev. Dr. Sugden)
expressing the hope that he would endeavor
to arrange such a visit, and pledging South
Australian Methodism to ?uj>jH>rt his
action. That Gipsy Smith has a wide and
varied appeal was evidenced in his recent
.London mission. Among those who mide
decisions were many from the least aristo
cratic quarters of the great city, but per-
Fons of title were also among the convert!..
Some of the signatories, of the decision
cards gave their address as the Japanese
Embassy, and even Buckingham Palace.
The recently-published TjCttera of Olive
Schretner,' throw much new light on a re
markable and untamed spirit, ' writes a
<N>rrespoodent. "They w3l ak*> call from
obscurity the lovable figure of her father,
?Jottleb SchreJner. Gotileb Scbreiuer was
a missionary of the Wesleyan Methodist
< "bunch. He is immortalised as Otto, the
old German in "The story of an African
farm.' His daughter says of him, 'He had
two great passions—his wife and Christ.*"
The Rev. E. M. Hall, pastor of the
Wayville Baptist Church, has announced
a series of talks on "Future Evppt-s" for
Sunday cvrnings in January, which will
include "The world and the future,"
"".lesus and the future," "The Christian
suid the future," "The Unbeliever and the
future.**
The Rev. C. Gordon Jones and Mrs.
.lones were recently entertained by the
congregation of the Kilkenny Congrega
tional Church, and were presented with
an envelope of nous as a token of appre
.-i.ition. Mr. and Mrs. .lones left for
Mil-ing and Vjrtor Harbor for their an
nual holidays on Monday.
The Rev. T. Tomiinson is now on fur
lough in Australia, having come over
from New Guinea to correct the proofs
of his translation ot the Bible, which is
lieing printed by the Bible Society, Mr.
Tomlinsun has written out the whole
translation with his onii bauds.
On October 30 (says the London "Daily
Telegraph'1) the wvpnlu centenary of the
arrival of tho Fram-isfan Friars iv the
university city was coinmemorat?>d at Ox
ford. After Hifrh Mass at St. Aloysius'
Church, at whii-b iv]ireseiitntives ot tho
l'ranciscan Order, as w<-ll as members of
the Doiriinican Ordor. attended, a visit
?nas paid in profession, as at Canterbury,
to the ruins of tho old Franciscan Friary.
Th.- Bishop of Northampton (l>r. Dudlpy
Cary-Elwes). tlie Bishop-auxiliary of Bir
mingham (Or. M. K. Glanccy), tho acting
Vw-e-ClMiufllor *>f the University, an<l the
Mayor of Oxford, assiftwl in the celebra
tion.
As missionary fields gradually extend
(says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph"), so
heavier becomes the financial drain upon
ihe churches. The respnnsp of tfao prop]e
to appeals for funds always haa been fairly
PL-nerous, lint when an appeal is over the
work of the mi>sionari'T: usually is for
gotten. In keeping stride with the atis
sionary system, the Chtir.-h ->f Rngland
apparently has determined that there is
no better war *>f larailiarisinc thai -*vs
- i trm than hv iiiijixinc the popular rin<*roa.
' .A film. COOP, ,-,. innc. -A Trip Thr^ujtli
' Melanesia with tho Southern Cross." tie
jiit'ts tlic 'it?* ;iTifi cu^ttirn!l ot ttioso Tio-ir
iioizWvirs, :inil il!i:str:itf>? thr work ot* the
. h':r<-h in Pprr.i.lin" thi> (iosrx-1 nio=s:i^ro
ninonn them. It has lk*n scremod ill
country districts in Sew South Wales aud
Victoria, and aa aa educational factor is
! considered to be worth aB ft cost to pro
duce. While the film k believed to fill
the object of arousing the inbirest and
sympathy of people in the missionary caui
paigas. it is realised that the best re
sults only can accrue from showing it to
as many people as are likely to find in
it a worthy appeal. Jt seems that this
ban been the greatest difficulty that ha*
militated against the success of the
scheme, but, fortunately, it has not ap
plied to all the parishes that were visited.
The question of the church, through ite
ministers, lending reasonable co-opcratiou
in this regard is one that has been re
cently discussed, and it is believed that
when work is entered upon in the metro
politan area for stunnlating interest, in
missionary activities, the lessons of the
past will not have been teamed in vain.
In South Australia the cinema film, "Tht*
Transformed Island," shown in connection
with the Methodist missionary department,
has stimulated interest in the work and
has proved educationally attractive.
The Rev. Leslie Pleaas, of Ma.cL.aren
"Vale, has accepted a call to the pastorate
of the Cheltenham Congregational Church,
and will be inducted on January 22.
Writing from Sydney to '?The Wil
lochran," Bishop Gilbert White says:—"l
am attending a meeting of the Board of
Missions. Things are rather serious. For
the last two or three years, although the
work in the mission field has been
steadily growing, although new workers*
are coining forward, although the
missions have been conducted with the
greatest economy, things have been going
back on account of the inadequate sgp- j
port given to missions by the members of
our church. There is a most pressing call
for the extension of our work, but we
cannot respond because we do not re
ceive enough to keep the work we have
properly going. We need at least
£36,000 a year to mpport our A.B-M.
missions, or adding in those of C.M.S.,
about £70,000. This is not a large sum
for 2,000,000 Anglicans to give. The Me
thodists in Australia, who are not a quar
ter of our numbers, give over £100,000
for missions, or four or five times what
we do, so it may be quite safely said that
it is not extravagant to ask as we do for
£36,000 a. year. If it were given it would
be little enough, but it is not given. Every
year of Jate the dioceses hare given less
than they were asked for by two or three
thousand pounds. The board has always
hoped that this falling off was temporary
and has not thought it right to cut down
our actual work before it knew whether
this were so or not; with the result that
we shall end this year with a debt of at
least £6.000 to £9,000, in spite of ever?
economy. When we know what splendid
missionary work is being done, when
we know, be we do, that the
missionaries are livinjr on die barest pit
tance and denying themselves everything
in order that the work may not cease,
the state of things is really pitiable."
A correspondent writes:—"Mr. Robert
Blatchford. the leader of the uubelief of
twenty-fire yearn ago, whose sensations! re
nunciation of materialism, inr'udinc hi<
book. 'God and my neurhbor,* aroused
much interest, has appeared in a new role.
Tie has come forward as a critic cf Or,
Moffntt's now colloquial translation of the
Old Testament. lie heads liU protect,
"Hands off the Bible.* AMinneh hw criti
cism of Dr. Moffntt does not reveal any
profound grasp of the situation, it is a
piquant and arresting reversal of his
former anti-Christian prejudice."
The Fellowship of the Kingdom will open
it* 1925 session next Friday morning hi
the Piric-street Methodist Church. The
subject for the session's study is, "The
presentation of truth." The leader of the
circle is the Rev. J. H. Xicld.
The development of Sunday-school work
in Sweden has been astonishing, as can be
seen by comparing the following figures: —
Officers and teachers. 1913, 22^45; 1924,
30.084. Scholar*. 1913, 314,848; 1924,
444,988. Total, 1913, 377,793; 1924, 475,070.
Sweden has a population of six millions,
and the number of children of school age
is about 900,000. Figures show abont half
the number of children matriculated in
the Sunday-schools; most of them are be
tween five and 14 years old. In only a
very few instances are cradle rolls or
home departments found in connection
with Sunday-school work. The enrolments
in these departments are not included in
the general statistics, A National Fede
ration of Sunday-schools is being formed.
At a recent meeting of the Lingard So
ciety, at which the Bey. John Fletcher
read a naner on "John Lingard," Car
dinal Bourne, who presided, called atten
tion to the celebration in Koine in Janu
ary of the centenary of the death of Car
dinal Consalvi. the Roman Secretary of
State, who figured so prominently in all
the negotiations between Pope Pius VIL
and the Emperor Napoleon, and who
visited KngUind in connection with the
settlement proposal by the Allies after
the Battle of Waterloo. In response to
the Cardinal'k suggestion. Mr. Kgerton
Beck, the president of the society, pro
mised that a Jeetore <m the work of Car
dinal Consalvi would be given at its Janu
ary meeting.
"Isaac Watte and His Hymns" will be
the central theme of Sunday evening's ser
vice at the Brougham-place Congrega
tronal CWch. The Rev. L. C. Parian
?will relate interesting events connected
with the author and his hymns.
A unanimous invitation has been given
to the Rev. R. Plowes. of Minlaton to
the pastorate of the Grange and Seaton
Park Baptist churches.
Bishop Gilbert White ? engaged {ray*
Ihe Willochran ) in a second series of
short sermons for lay readers, which he
,Z£* }" <*>m? lc*e ?nd publish during
1925. Copies fcave arrived of the cheap
reprint of 'Thirty Years in Tropical Aus
tralia. His an exact reprint of the origi
nal, with all the illustrations.
The GawJer Presbyterian Chnrch ha*
extended a rail to the Rev. A G. Dwve£
K-i T* *"***< >? fill the iNtftorkte!
which has been vacant for about nLx
months.
The Key. C. O. Lelean. one of the moet
distinguished missionaries of the Metho
dist Church in the South Sea Islandl^r
nved lo Sydney on December 13 fur a
well-earned furlough. He will represent
Hie riji district at the annual meeting
of the Mission Board, and at the New
South Wales conference.
The congregations at the Pulsford-road
Methodist Church, Prospect, have consi
derably increased during the- last fen
months as the result of the progressive
policy adopted.' Attractive solos are
lectures of the morning and evening ?er
vices. To-morrow afternoon Mr. F i
Wicks will give one of his popular chalk
talks.
The \\ illochran*" for January 1 pub
lishes the following statistics for the
diocese:—The total amount raised in the
diocese last year was £7,888, as compared
with £6,443 the previous year. Even if
we deduct £500 of this for contributions
towards Bishop's House the amount is
by far the largest hitherto raided. With
regard to the statistics of the diocese it
is difficult to ensure their correctness be
cause some parishes delay to make re
turns until they are too late to be of
use. The following figures are for 1922-23
and 1921-22 respectively:—Communicantu
2,491, 2.256; baptisms, 237, 329; confirmed,
323, 342: S.S. scholars on roll, 1,662, 1,700;
teachers, 130, 157; average attending, 1,143,
1,132. "Probably these figures are all, ex
cept the confirmations, somewhat below
what they ought to be" says the diocesan
paper, "but unless those who are respon
sible for tending m the returns will relona
there is no way of being more accurate.
Confirmations, which increased so very
largely last year, continue to be more
than two-thirds of what they used to
be."
The Rev. H. Esteourt Hughes and Mr.
-Albert Keeling will leave Adelaide this ]
morning to conduct services in the Pin
naroo district in connection with rto I
South Australian Alliance. Messrs. K. W.
Bowey and S. Roy Gray and the Hon.
J. Vernm- wil] be in the McLaren Vale
circuit on Sunday.
Mis* M. R. Rodgnr?. from Scotland. :
will i-isit the Penn-ington distr:ct, and con- j
duct special services for children and ;
adults during this month. Miss ?
Rodgers. who has had a wide experience '
of mission work. Has been engaged by the I
Presbyterian Home Mission Committee,
and will work under the guidance of the '
Rev. E. A. Davics. of WoodviUe.
The Foreign Mission returns from the
Victoria and Tasmania Methodist Con- !
fiTpnce show an increase over tasi vear"s i
?.{ £2.30n. tho tot.il hoing £.15.070
Jn common with all part* of India, G?y- :
lon experienced isays lh<- London "'War'
jCry"< a devast.itinc rtooij, which rrndereil .'
or.w.U .>;' people h-miol.-ss :inii. espw.ially
around Colombo, covered largp areas of j
the low-lyine land to a considerable depth
Lieutenant-Colonel CoUedgq, the Terr^l
torial Commander, at once organised relief
work, and at various centres the homeless
people w*re fed and sheltered. In one
week only, at the Women's Industrial
Home, in Colombo, 3,300 meals were eup
plierf. When the floods had subsided and
the people were able to return to their
own districts, the mayor of the city wrote
as follows to the colonel:—""May" I take
this opportunity of expressing, on behalf i
of the council, our very great appreciation ',
of the admirable work undertaken and :
Performed by the Salvation Army in the
relief of recent distress, and of the very ,
efficient and practical manner in which it j
was distributed." !
-The Bishop of Goulburn (Right Rev.
Dr. Radfordj, who, as national president
of the Church of England Men's Society,
occupied the chair at the meetings ?f that |
organisation held at Su Peters College
during the week, made an ideal leader.
Possensin? a genial personality and a sense
of humor, and displaying a deep interest
in every aspect of the work of the society,
he won the admiration of all the delegates
and kept the discussions on practical and
helpful lines.
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