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DIOCEiAN CuLUitCu i SOCIETY. O
A iho meeting in coliectiouc with the icI
hcof eh chla n1d )iaoein Society was Iheld f
ltitle Ichat icn Institute lasteveningc; Tiere to
SaItarg cattudarne anll ie L der ollnllip t ti
' top f ' smaoia occlpeli tile chair. Uollc co
oO hllnetm pit lil eis o mdhip were tler Very Iacu
tier, Dten lronll y, lt Ic anc. . V' rghaon (ear wt
laptn , andl Cofo r Irownrigg, IliVWar- elf
syip the 01a'ynr, ndel Tism' G. T. Co M ], B.l.
ma ogis for their unavoidable anb.neo wi
, road fr i the Veil. Archdeacon linaes, ciei
iJ. A. l?oe (wllo promised aon ndditinl l
etescriptein of £10 to tih funds of the society),
antiaev. A, Cass.
tisn Lonlshil opened the plrocedings with bet
•yr. lII, the tated that the object of the to
ctnlg n tol urge oen tihe members of the,
tiecrolll Ingltedigcrteraplicieation to Church vc
cork l in time past. FIrecsh chaorges wecoe tn
gm e onpont tllncc the Cinc orh, n el
of heic ha hitierto been borne by thie ti
publictIree. lielt llude to the old chaplains to
h had b eddroppf lT, eiclir by reeigetning their to
o th y a ndeth. To relieve these cures rec
additional charge will be madeo upon eel
the Clhurch's inincer, and so me special te
thr r in cecery to supeply the funds required. me
Ihee cIeal also one other reason why thoyhiould all
Isopenl dloing. Tie colony was enjoying a ohl
eterer eo prosperityit hadI not done for yean Ti
,ut, more epeioally icn the northern arch- cot
euncry.Ilis Ieor?lhip then pIroceeded to par- to,
tilaoriso lthe ining and egricultural listricts Ire
ihemr progre.aiou wio more directly noticeable. no
Ile next elluied to the success of i.ceaonscleid,
and ?Io euce.s of the Tcsmani, mine, wofch cro
tl:llined the pockets of many of te mrchant eel
c the town. Ie eknew that many persons were bee
aling calls u of coulre froclc them very hill
recuh c o cold not ha exected. lhtt hee lea? tci
cli to which all should respond, not msodo by til
t.i: irectors of a company, hut from the Grl n till
lrectr of all ; r call to give of their nbundance
ihtti toeo til cohurc to extend its wor. le ti
t in made rlcioal eereore to thle minig die eel
ct, throug which ehi we were being made much t
rier tha i toicc ae goce iy. Are thiese tat
rcatin to Io left crithiout means of tie
sa Arc the millersc their wives ande ecil
d ten, o he left to diee witonut receivicg addci. -o
chinal knowletdge of the tlmeans of life? lie o i
lt. sproken of two increased calls upoc the all
("erer: tie rIciplatlton ilo the vast inirmicg lIe
rnet ao:lcnltural eentres, ilnd tile cures where its
it S`tle cptid clergy were fallicg ott. There tie
eere increael rays of meoetingtlhc ditioulty, abnd Ir
c d?ls to enllrge thre parochial areasoo. Tat it
eino, where serviceso are now Ill in certain it
d:etricln ecery Sucnday to take place only once a 1e
a" crtnight. It means that onumbers will live
n r cIl j itehouti the knowledge of tJeu C('hrist. Ti
It mean that the young would be broughllt p to
epiorarth. and may live andt die without a 17.
r.:lrc!. Shell the efforts of tloe Church of ie
Enaioed, repreentiog more thean D per cent. frI
i tile poprelation, anc, no dloubt, 50 per cent, :1
! tile wealth of the colony, be dwarfed ? Thero Li
c?etalcer way out of tile dilliculty, rvi.. to cll
ipt chle nicncies; bces d whec science no
rae s anio sceclticism puitts her forces f
,lnrt U it in tilae to attract to oclrcll rrc
ercu ltivated intellect of the day ; not men of c
intelligcu s alone, but ceoo of eero Christiac iY
l.?ertsalr the message of odi ntion tcheir lieo. on
Tb.e Chircs necleded otoh men of intellect to i
d.et icepcticism enI coIpe with real Ioneet dif-til I
rciitis anil iooubts. and on tihe other Ihandt of
ithey hai oeed of the clas referred to, to go 3d
iti anl prclr tihe youth, and bring them to Hili
tieliyincoi of Icands ; to go fort A1t thie coIl Ill
iif tlie lick and dlyicg anil not only )reach each t
S lwhcy', lectures, llowing how intrllectual fec
ciy icr, uot cr coctent to vilst the borlcco's se
,lot rlis dianiclt. Ilow are we to provide Ac
iher:n! 1It had menttioned two ways, lbut the it.
ci ntrd rll bettcrcourse la tllroughi tie mlcc ie
cil of ecll a society as tllhat they werlO met A
'it elecin 1c to proluoto. Thie Chllurch made no Ie
!;ticcctiot inl deuollination bua, hubtler clergy ti. ec
eiedti all who sent for tthen. and were always e
t the catll of the sick anti dying. Tchey wanted, ti
L.oveor, Additional men for the work of tihe c
l'clrct:, lccllellose mission wouli ie not alone o1
ti attend to thIe ick Ab l dlying, bit also to en. e
c!leorer to gather ic ti crrinig andl tihe not. ie
cnt. lie aill looked p a fecr figurcs., Aooi r e
ilclthat in 1i3t, forty years ago, there esre in
it llon bisehop in the whole of the Aunltraliocac
dailies, incluoiing New Zesaland, 22 clergymen ci
Sl:;I) eclrclces. At thie present time thcee r i
(rc 20 biishops, 775 clergymen, anlld 1i1 or
urchei, a Iti these figures were mcIch below ly
ie truth. 'thera wan still work enough to do. At
Tohe Church Society enrolls pon its archives of
ten one cwho wouldl gie tlhree helfpence a weed-, b
trn if Overy one of thie 0,000 mombers of the In
Tlhirch of Engbocd itc the colony, gaveo
shit aurcc weekly. the Church wouldo we
.ive a revenue of EI5,000 a year, and ucouldt ot to
iih Is done? Thie cspeakers to follow him cc
eolid allow hew it could e dlone ; ite washli tic
uty t tell them it cmut be done. lis Lord- p
chip then in clluo.nt tears oellargedl upon theli
great ceI of a more earnest slirit beitg dis
layeI ic the Chulrch itself, andi resumed his Is
,Mot emii ell much aplcausine. c
'tih tiev. C. Vaughaccl moved the first ree'- ii
lioion c follows :--"'T'hat tiis mceting, recog- In
iting tihe necessity of suchi an organic tlion its t
thie hicrcel Society provilces, cpledges itself to C
llllcorlt aid lfurther the interests of the alle." pe
lie naid tihe Church o ocity hald been formnede
er the purpose of lnugmlnccici ithe fincialeo- it
nources of thie diocese, and to provide in
machinory for atilmolating thie liberality of its I
mcmber. Thely were all aware tlit oinc thes
comcmtl.tiou of stato aid thie Church was do- I
peidenct upon tihe interestof :55,000 worth of b
debentures received from thie Government,
which amounted to btouot a third of each clergy-y
man's stipelnd, and in order to meet the claimns I
upon it thie Chrch haed beenc cocmpelled twice a
year to stake claim npoe the liberality of tihe t
ieembers towards the general chcorc fund-in
other words outside tie ldeenturetes the Churche
had no other means otlher than wlat tflowed inL
at thlb?ec hlfyearly collections, and he focnd I
those colleetions in general caclhed eonme £700.
It lie foundl thllat tihe Chrch mut Ihave somee
further increased means, or it wuld not be able I
to maintain clergymen iulvarioors parihes ; ando
A great thad tilhe diflicclty become tlhnt the
Synodl had iancedi a sechllcl known nas tihe i
"Aiteialgamlted Cur Schelce,'" providing that
Al tlihoe cures lwhere the clergyman is still in
receipt of Stato aid fell in througih his death or
resignation, tlhey shlould be accelgaoomated withi I
the adcjoining parihl or pnriches. Tliot mecant
thlat cwlile tie 'Churchl elsellere was taking the I
nececsary lealrns for tIc good of the moalses, the
Cilrech in Taremenia would be compelled to
ctuelly withdraw clergymen from ilaces whereo
they wcre before locatdch. Altcough tlcl chemeo
la ipased into law it was only acceptedcn ac
tmlporry measure. leantinme It belloved themc
im.lke onme effoIrt in order to enlarge thie in
flcico of the C'hurch. In order to do this it
e'e thought somenc such organisation c houcL be
formed heroe s that which succeedcd so well Ite
ewc Soutl Waole, and thecre seemed no reason
Slitihey eihou not copy and seek to trans
ito this lioc er an orgncisatil whrlichi
e c Leen proved to lhave added stability to
ciirch, life ih that colony. T'ie catter owas,
lben uol by the Stynod and tile result tens the
icc mg; in tdhi liocese of the I)iocesanc Church
oiety, lie hopedic tihe Hocicty woulc bie re
cer?cl eno recognised, as it, ojects becamen
Ltter known, ac a v luable naxiliary to the
lhurclh, and the object of this meeting was to
/irnimte and toake Ieltter knowc thie Society,
wiiciirtad already been favourally intrioduced
ai llobartTowtn, where it was doeig n goodg work.
"lriy were brougiht face to fnc with th1e filct
hiit tihe ('lurrch in theo northelrn trcrdeaconry
I,,t hail to cealcoi additional appeals to its sop"
Portecr. Its ditilculties oad beic ccuc that it
teolnlle lto meet ( l. y clailnc ucon its ro
ciccicer, for tlic tee crlovison mae icc t11c retieccotCs
ii, beofore Synod for add tional chanrges on the
C ertherre Archidtcccrer y for new cures--trt locnt
]hi?ctcll[ ani anotlle r cinlilng cnre--COrcocidi nt ebr
ccrriec into ectcct for enect of IUlllu, lie ie
ic?,l. it wo c cnly accearccccy to p'lacero tirie Icse
icuiWcccts 'Il tlie Clhocrchc lfefore lice eciclr, anrl
ccii,| tb i cnstoeiaticn was fircedclo renclcer all inc
?icry tIcriete to ciii in ccrryincg olt ttreobjeuctI.
cit.t liehi;t or ilnlcetcrli ) wa e t er cllnulnen
Cciii ticry c ol reehnccriiceio 'c wa a iicig cnet,
1'r i hicc1ec they h n u)cribiucr a o ieh' a l £ib o
h IeI. rlae cglndt tee lilce Icrogrc're elocrdy
enidc in I,lncceeton iy tihe ociety, tnd Ihopetc
the coilectors ene others oould not i le saliiedc
iii, their precent meauroe of secceesst but
ecl?:ronr to malke our Churcel " power cc the
fAed' (cpphncUcc.
Mr G. T. Collins acconded the rsohtllion,
eordllly holing that pratlclical effTret wouttl b
given to it, ndthat t t result of this meeting
wouhl be that the ohject, of rlho Chlurch Society
weould b hottr nderntood antd pprciatdc I y
tile residents of tlho ntth. T'el volutntnry con- C
tribtinnn t the Chllrch Fl t Ii hitherto hI
Ieen lpnaodic, and tih Ielt wasiin nlty
cerg?tten crtl' not got their 1el tite re a n tly.
It was wrong for the l\ymcn to nllen their
pastors to be ham lnulered itn thn wy. Thr y
expected certill t ing froml their clergyantito,
hut le laity cuold sea thai tlhelir owl u tie n
eres ilfornli, alnld tine rinlllei le of til orinit , ty
twei nlle of tile let 'IaptnI fr •.trynn,1 nut ti,'
wil of the (iti h. r lie l oln eil eevecy tnt io
The resolu tion nis t n put and car ied.
'ite Very lioe. l)Daen Inttrttty tite, propoOsil--fe r
'Ilut tile financial potileon of tie Noitte Ithei
Archideaconry, tlnough increased chlan fn
lpontt it 1 resources, call flr a tspeCin a ti
cnl cnthincd elfort for tie letentto
of titr Chlurcnh Soieity' angency." IIe posedt tY
eone reat--if not tine greatest-or hjectEf li o n
(harenh Society was to I rovthle a blt if ntllion I
for tile whole diocese. The wotr otf ie i Ctiut l 'n
Society wag ne real fighllt. T hey werle Ipart of
nthe ilnsll, n ilitant-t-ht wann tile hintrch
wllich still nhadl to light its way aganniht sit
doubt, and sorrow. If the tie ltrcl in thini lIad t
was t carry out itsu wn ork, gret ntll cotniit, ttl
effornt tst Ie lnatse, otl crwine they woul t ook n I
illnl it tle facu of other dlntllinttntions, untl !li
whtat wcnt worse, see nuttlers enifernyteir n itn
ntglect. Ilo ailudel to dtflfn n rncc wic had
arisen Ittwienl t i twto aritcnnltearin s in caln tiy
Ing out ti detail of Chur ch, matters, but lia fit
Slurctl Society woule provide to an l of unlet n
btwocnc thetwo (bear, he car), ll it was wre «
couel he seenr withl it tlat unifortlt y wlicl tn
very often wan tits sigt of stinalttioin.Thei were to
thirty Ipalil chlurhes in 'I'ali wtt hichgll
needed help fron outsile, tn ll in addiito to it
the £2250 reeiceed frout the Conmutatio n n l
IFundl the paroehin n ail or lruotl, ntll h tiecollec
tieotn twice a year, lthe ett of (i16)0 a year wan re
requirenl to etnetile tIne SRtnod to netet it
eengagementlt. It wits beliovel thle Church it
Society would bIn te amense of Itrovidng that Ic
mottney. 'luTher were tatce It Id ptrises gr l un
ally dlropplin in, aneti cci meanct an extra
charge on tile lfude of 150 a year at leant.
Tlnen there were the incrat obg mining tnl anri. oI
ulturanl dlistricts whicnh must e attentledl
to, and tiere must h e nome fund outsidel tile
preent sources of income to enable grants to be
mndel for new churtheoe , Ipnrsonges Rtl,
.qndaly-schoola it disntricts wher toe people
could not bear tile l whole ecost themn I
selves. Thie Nortlhern \relltleneaconry ld
beer somewhalnt ehinatblitd of t late, I
silnlsly ecall.se tro ercreco netny tfreh claims,
ill tl o north ras cnr retI with tie south, wherel
there was not seo tnell progress at tpresetnt as t
Lths endio thie island. Ile believedl te Church
Society wounl mleet tlnese eln bhrrasqeltn t andol
thlnt te people in tli north eontl show thet- it
tire Cltrcti in thne ctttcred dnltricts. Iet i
lndlersetodl tllat it tile southern Archdeacory
tlere rwould le a etirInun of £100 vernr nctutl I
wants, and that tie ?iton einc Cpotnitteo woulee
vote it to tine nlorthern trchdeaconn y if they "
weltd accpt iti and tellis ould llnow they werde i
all one e a n thle schemtott of the Church Socie ty,
its success in tNew South r alesati mentioned
that it hadl bleen tiaken p i, New ZCaRanl, anl
hoped all woul thlrowi thenelve Iheartily to ni
it, that it woull prove a Inttl of tnlion witboutt
hinldg he membersin to uniformity. (Al lt
hanusen. I
aMr Bernard Sinhaw seconded t'lle reseon , tiol .
Tihe lollunt exlpndedl by thecNorthern Pinalct
Uoln ittc fome n let .lnuanry to date, wsn £1157 ic
7s 101,st, nl tithe eetimntedl exlenditue to I
lI)eeltbrr list, including salannries of cl!rgytnen t
freto October, which were not paid yet, was
£100, nking a total lexlendituro for tihe year of
£10S7 17o 10o. To lnect this tley IntaI received t
church collections in tile variouscinresnee of tile
northern artclheacncry £253 1im, tsuscripntinlt
from iniividtlnl s £1l02 in s (icluditlng nlonntie
receivted in relponse to cirI ni as sent e t),
olected by IBranch Plarochial Associationso 't
£201) 10s 1hu ,h , of nwhicih, ]w ver, I
one half coutnl ie claimed iy the lero eri di asti
soinationi for chlurcies itt their own r nisIet in
terest on deilenturecs £151ti 0s 1n1, Ihkillng tltal
of £175; 1 I, 71, leaving n defienieny of £13 I
3d. Frtn this cenuse tihey cotnl not Ilnv tile
isalarites for October and dlid not see inutteil Ir
hinaility of paying thie salariec fnr Noermher, i
Whlile they wouldt willing receive acuitnenrne
from tihe Southern Arttr:nleronry if reqnired, it
woold I stere cltiefnctory if the Nnorthrn
Anrchteaon ry couhl ay tht ti wy i not ant I'
it. (lhealr, hear.) 'i'I dlteiticincy wan not 3 an
Iend oin tie Church members it the Northern
Archdeanconry. VWecttury, n('nllbll To'i' n nn
itnn lParoechil Associations hIad dccindnd not tt Ii
nalply for theirt moiety of their contrilbtionnt
hbut that it houlnl e idevotred to tihe stipnl of b
their clergymen, and hi trusteld when thle nn
nsatisfactory state of their finances lecamne knownn
etlelanntchctn woudl follonwthineircxaenple. If this
were tdone tine estintlnld deficiency wmuld onll y 01
lie nabout £30. Ir S,:lrw then referred to thie t'
want of nlinisters for the ttinig l in ilict, thin
manner ft whih lldies recspendedl toneipeals ftr
nil aen comnplredr with tlhe gntlemen aud thnie i
dliscreditable aitlearanco tie ChltrchI of Eng- It
land presented, as compare d wtith other de- I
nominationl, i tile erection of churchnes ia out
lying dlisticets, nndl said heI found frome tine
statistie thie nulnonibcre of tie Churchi
of Eenglnnd paid (ittonnt duties to hli c
irnettnt of about l£15,000 a year on tobacco.
In olden titres neee gave a titlle of all they4
Itnseessdl t ttie Chlurch, but if tihe tm'etbers
wnoulld now give a tenth iart of tie vanlue of tihe
tobacco they collnsunenl tlie Cltureh would rt -
ceive a very lndleotee revenle. (A voice--" If
thant's tihe case l'll put my pin out. I think 'llI
put my'bncey on one siie nafter tn-ight anld give i
the tanlynr to tie Piturch."l (hear, hear, hoar.)
fir Alfred C reen e ltii, thougth a member of
thie Cnurct Society hilnnelf, nnid though he no
copted it witnh all its faults, there ecelncdl to
hitn a want of soene lpractical renultino the re.o
luiinne pslenll that eveningi. It lappe red as if
the Society wan only formednt for tie collectio of
nontny. anil that if collectors had beel n tnp
Ipointed witlhout tihe Society nnnlh abonut ttie
same end wouhlldiav ccinc attainned. lie tLoughtgl
it halrd to ak a nmatn to pay iri subcrilption to
jin a n ociety wllero Ilo hanl nothintg to do, ae d
lie consdlercd it was tilen nlpthy and want if
seytmpnthy In their work allownn my the clergymen
thant twas often tihe ettle of tile congregationn
buttoning np their Ipocket. If the clergy visited
mnore, sllowend nure interest, andi exprcessed
mnore kindily symllntlhy with their flocksi tihe
ldonations wenunlbo l.,rgely itlcroean l, bint cold
ne onne ne sile biiegn cotlndr s e n to e tiltthler. Inl
lhe old tines there was a Suotenltntion Fu]nd,
which It dbccn allowaed to dill away, and hto
supllnclsed few of its nubscrinre wene left now,
lnt thllere were cerltiin lialnilities hanging over
tite Archdenaconry whicnh should ben rclnoved,
and It apractical motion, leo woutld no'e tllnt
sl;ecial suseription lists me tnpened for tile pIr.
pose of defrayiing tlhe liabilities of tlhe Ahrcl
deacotrY."
Tine lisllolp dlefended lIs cliergy from tihe im
slutantion of wilful neglect of their dutiesn, anll
said though here steni there there might bo defot.
cienie n le eassure Ino boidly of clergy in tihe
Auatralian colonies cwa more zealous or atten
tive to thelir duties, hbtif any clergyman dti l
neiglect his duties the lchurcllnwardtcn were tn
bIhnu if thley dil not report thie natter to
Mtr I. Sinclanir, altlhough agreeing witih itili
thait hanld fallen frotm Mr lreen, Cnlnsitnercle tihe
recnlutiolt unnccetary't as tihe Church, Society
was organised for tlhs very work.
'T'he reeolnution nts ecounded b) iLr l,'. II.
teetbrthkn andt on being plut to tine tnlcting,
I subitscripltion list opteCnnd at tine cloue of tine
tnctielng reneceienl several donatiountfronen Inernolit
ineeCent.
lIec. A. Ilathrkay su~tgnest tllat greeter Itel'
eof a tfamilyn atn slyctir of btie stciety, tarnnty
ntlembher of tite cntenrcl, lahtbourttitttn' en lnor illt
stnetwcc uhi!l like to jtotntt nt cnttlld toet pany tih
Ie crnni for tin,,clnsehe, wifet ntnn eucnh of tlne
chileen. I le weoetnil tkhe to et' seetonin cliditing.
se:\le tloeint i, for intelutee, wh(,tre there wCre
four chhhinln unnbhe to er,,n tlhir livincg, 2s a
lnlean, here nih Ie 1.1, antl aloeen eth I ranshn,
uan lit tthnee childrnen, whlnce tiny ine'nlt tn crln
wI n e, lnty tihe fall Fo.
T'le IIlllinp minil tine eegtulatietns eetold hnave tIn
Ibe nnltetretlo tterlnt of tttcth t nld ' ,t r 'tarkl wahn
yItnlla Ietter hrtlg tl n ntttnr forwnard nt thit
,Sytnod tmectittg itltlFerutry. t pIireentt tinoughi
it ti a cun, tine tinitnilnnn sutc n cntitling to ttl·ltntblt't
shipi, eto amntount, evetn ltlltnicte wae trneueed, nt
neachl dnnr eounld hae hlsor Ile r I lnnle et lln
liehlne, welhiinhelneotll be cuflicicnnt n ranitittntitttn
nI tn ninoy or gtEi, till tiey yoert nble tin Ipi t', ilnn
ancliheronnn filletninbrt
IIim ,\e rcliip tine 'lMyort mnoved 'uvnten f
ithnnns to tlie LtrIlhitin fun iwcridinl', al rini
fIelrl te l thie lew lnarovna:;, recently rected ht
itt airt ftr tite lin.hop, nntlcc wn Inc Ino cunnitcn rel
Stiiin i ti' nllC i ntitch i n lunet.Ltn , nletl tine
Ic, niftecnnr tlin' cun the llnlihopl tinere tite nettcr
n 'tin vuteo of tliankh, cnnhich neaseccondcnl hy
h"e Coln Pelitst etase 'rltnu lhy nucclennlton an d it
d u lttc las h to hhll t ullt the itle onntitleti ersne
el cially to tl.o Ieev. '. Vnulhatn to whlot the
CI Church en,! this Society oed a girent deal.
h ThI meeting then closed with thebenediction
at 10'50 p.ml.
$