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CATHEDRAL MEMORIAL
GATES
Dedication Ceremony
TRIBUTES TO WOMEN'S GUILD
Memorial gates perpetuating the glorious work per
formed in past years by St. Saviour's Women's Guild, not-
ably by the president, Mrs. Annie Grovenor, were, dedi
cated with due ceremony, by the Ven. Archdeacon West, of
!' Wagga, in the Cathedral grounds yesterday afternoon. ...,
S. As; a gesture denoting, the affection iand ilepel esteem ;nl wlicl i
S. slie is held, Mrs. (Grovernor was chosen to olfficiailly, oali tlie
: giates, aid by hler action si?e also re-opened tlhe cathedril igrloutdsl.
. . recently elclosed, at .a cost'l1 :at l it..Sa .S0 by lnl Ini0lostig.: on reIll
f . ence .nlolllted on " ' s ladstbn.o e l)ae. *
Womenfolk predominated inllto thel
gathering of :upwairds 100 peolple ,who
attentced the dedication, `which was.
favoured by.. delightful weather,- and
was of a mnost ihmpressive, charactior.
,Followlitg I pr'ocessiont from" thile
Ccathedral, in which, c the. clergy alid
choir took part, a brief :'service was
held close . by the memlorali] gates,
these having been erected immedltitely~
in front of. the, entrance to'. St:
Saviour's' Hall.
After the singing or a. hylnlln lnd
reading.of' the lessoln ,a sho't': hit
nevertheless inspiring. address was
delivered by tilhe, Ven Archdeacon
\Vest.
'. ARCHDEACON'S ADDRESS
"I offert to youl, thlrough Canont' I-lrst,
my conigratulatloins for the',l perforni
ance and comnllletion of iths fence and
these splenldid and beau tiful gates,"
said. Archdeacon \est. The achieve
ntent was a, testimony partly to itrs.
Groventor. whose work. ot lbehlllf of.
tile cathedral twas- slirend overt many,
years. He regarded.it as a triumphln
that this .long overdue work had been
brought to a conclusion.'
A superficial observerr, saidt Archl.
deacon W\est, might suppose that, be
tween the Church and the :world there
was .a fence or a clearcttut division.
The fence and gates nearby seemed
to sulggest such an idea. To the
casual observer it tiight aPlienar that
tihe Church hadl fenced itself off from
the world.
That the Church did present such
a '.robllem to the man in the -street.
was p'eerfectlty ttrue. The Chunrch, to
hint was one department, and .tlie
world was qituto another. The ailtswer
to this lem ris pobem sed questions, thht
could not ihe gonie Inito then, nit lie
tdesired to sutbinit one orl.two considt
?iations which aligtht: be of helplotb
those whio thought -deeply on ' the
subiet. -
.It was difficult' to 'draw any line or
put: ,ip an.y fence between material
and spiritual things. Religion had no
quarrel with material interests or
ith material nmproemnent. The
Cliticlh looked with no jaundiced eye
upon, the, wealth and: powes r of the
coulitry .'They could.n ot forget' that
early comomand:which mnade'the sons
of.,men replenish the earth and' sthbdue
S"Labour'.fin the -iorld was '. i' ce s"
sity, and. the fruits of labhor wereh';lh'
right of inan; 's as matter of fact, reli
gion owed mniichi'to wealth and in
'dlstry. ý Hiram and 'Tyre - tfurnished
:nmaterial, for: the ulildifing of King
Solomon's Temple, and the Redeemer
of the. world: would. have His Sacred
Feet anointed from the alabaster box
of ointment, which was very precious
and costly. ...
LINE OF DEMARCATION
If there was .any line of demarca
tLion, or even. a: fence, between the
Chll'irch and.these things; it was in the
se ,to: whicli the things of the world
were. pat. r' If the end or objective of
material interests were an enld in
thetaselves, If larger incomes, largei'
warehouses, 'larger investments,
larger maniiufactories were practically
viewed not as a means to something
beyond. them, theil the divisiot ' Ihe
tween the nllns,of the' Churci 'and the
ain;ls of the world were Imlieasurablh
great.
Ina i Word, if the world had.lost its
spiritil' settilfg ' and lies vision of
spiritual quatclies, it mlst always re:
main as a thing quite apirt. from tlie
coause of thbe : Church. Trihat ithe
Church had givqn' much to tile world
equli t:not' he doublited. Onie cold: hard
ly, red' tile historly of the. nation.l .wit
olit readling the history of the Church.'
Yet it:must be Said. that tile world, as
repitrsented .iy 'the' state, l'affrded:
very little-help to :thile tings of reli:
gion or of Godl.
'Ti o:it is hItindicappeub iy olr i wn.
unhappy. divisions within the Chiclihci;,
sald Archideacon Wdiest; :"'biltPatrin:
aments did :-not seen: to worry over:r
niilthiabout the deep moral questions
Wlhich 'concern. the: spilritual. wvll'
being of its Deople"
:Chariiacter`made::a' nation, .bt Patr
li?ments did' not seein at all .pertuirb-i
dil about the. intiitutlios which ':vere
tilhe very hbackbionie of ii chllaracter.
Again,' tihe Chitnch arid .the iworld-i
wliich these egates and fence' and caith
edtial' seemedi to synlbolised itoodb for
alreluttionshtip tf toleraition ind even
goodwill..il '.
Thouisands ', oultd pass tills fence
tnd these gates: ad view the catliedral'
with feelings. of goodwill and! pleasant-.
ness, though: few: that' 1id pass ,wouldt
deign ti enter- and :t?Itis: tread?ulitpon
the saciced soil or; e?tei the majestic:
portals: of tlihe sacreil' edifice erectedi
fort puhlic ,worasilp:.
'This; of course;wans ouichuto ibe de
plorid, lbut one milght;:lie forgiven for
Saying' that: thl is;wascbetter than
tiotiing 'It was to hoieahoped, however,'
thiat?the Cathedral :Jubilee, 'ind the i
'ocdislol: for, tlie ddledication of. these.
galts,: antdi thie. otficial olietiing: of
these grobindse, wo ilid be'a freshl staitr
It, point of :uniting in one puIrpose
and one 'ideal, the things :of God and
tihe ihligs 'of the world, wllich,' ifter
all,: o ere meant to be for oeri another.
CHALLENGE TO CHURCH
But while the 'world 'had been v:ery
remiss iIn passeing by tlle Clliiticli, thb
Church miustt not conntent itself'ilnto
thinking that 'the ?tollit wais all to
blamie. It took tswo to make a quariael,
and it mitust b .'riemembaret?d that the
Church . Ilad to some' extent been re-:
sponsible for'- thug'soiaration.: In reot,
a few ualiarters it had. become ''worldly,
Iii 'its amblitlons' and it had certainly
failed Ini nmiittilsering to' thl complete
needs of Its preople.- ,
Sn a good nllahy respiedt. i lind -fii.
gotten thtat: meen. had bodies as.well
IS SO 1tiS,1 alli iL' COlliti ll ve' (liiloe ll i il
I11 the 1 list. lowaids t1-lphnlg:tie allevila
tion of i1eni's suffering .and genelrally
townrds lthe physical' :well-being.
: Sclally thd. Churcih hiul or a
:lonig tile" stood on the wrong side,
Iand (it had toI le admiltted that a
rev\'olltiol for t better social ollt
loolk wold hIave to be tile vision
of the Church In tile 1ne'nIr uture
if she v1as goingl lo command tile
lilegiace Iand respect oif the oult
slde .w1rld.
Archdleacon West con clided: "'So
a111:: we all go forth witlh a new vision
of tile hlope of tllheworltd .iild .tlhe hlope
of. the Cllurch, find lmany tIle latlter lfl
fil its function to tilhe bettermlentl of
ilie. people, Iand the gloryl of'God."
"I ldo ('not suppose I exaggeritte whellc
I sly, none is held :in greater affec
tion or esipenl than Annie GCrovenlr,"
remanrked tlhe lev. Cnllon Hirst In
payilg n sinuere triblte to' tile guild
presidlent. 'I'llre was another whose.
namne . hbad been assacliated for 1nny
years witli St. Snviour's Cathedral
aind. charity in this, city-Mrs. Mary
1artlett-rlnd lie was indeed sorry
thllt ashe was not piesent to partic-.
pate in the a fternoon's service.
With tl'te nanme of, Mrs. Grovenor
was associnted all that was sweetest
and best in tile cathedral life, and it
was felt. hat there sholltd be a inbilu.
nient to lier name, not for this gene'ra.
tioli, who needed( no reminding, bull
for .tihe chldren growing ill).
Identified with the name of Mlrs.
Grovenor was St. Saviour's Women's
Guild, of which shle had held office
as president for '.many years,,and lhe
could say that -virtunlly everything'
that had been accomplished in mat.
ters of a practical kinid hnad been
achieved through the ghilld,' whose
Illembers Inbo.llred on (liletly with no
thought of nmaterial reward.
Last week-end. Canon, Hirst recall.
ed, things had happened in the cathl
edral that would not Iave even beei
dreanlt of 10 years ago, .but all was
unldertaken to the glory of God-lt
wasn desired to mark.1thie jubilee.with
splendid pageantry. . Mrs. Grovenor
had been brought up in the ,. old
school, but she had later told him she
had enjoyed every, mol0llent,,; once
again showing ..her 'charitable spirit
In, seeing beauty whiere-, beauty was
andl goodnless where goodness was.
He would ask Mrs. Grovenor toopen
the gates as a tribute to tile work of
the Womlen's Guild and also to her
own name.
The procession was re-fornied and
led the congregation rounld into
Bourke .Street, where a position was:
takeif up in front of the gates.
-'Archdeacon West perforimed the de.
dication with the words: i "In the
name of the Blessed *Trinity, w.e bless
and dedicate these gates, that they
may stand to the greater glory of
God and to the honour and enduring
reltmembranlnce of those whose life anid
service they comnlemnoraite.".
He called onn Mrs. Grovenor to ellt
the ribbon across the gateway. In a1
voice tlhia .signified glrealt emnotion,
Mrs. Crovenor mjade agracefutl reply.
Her iiammie had ibeen nlucribedl on one
of tlie giates, she. caid; ltit.itshe hoped
it. would.. lie remeileimberedi tiat tile
meinorial represenltedt a.tribute to a
fine body of women church workers,
very prominent timong' whom ihadt
beeln M:rs. Cialilers. . Anything that
had.been done .on-liehalf of tie cath
edral had beetn a great delight to
menmbers of the guild. The rithbon cet,
the ceremonoy .drew- to at 'close , with
the singingg of n hymn andt tile pro.
niionemeniet of tie Blessing.- Mrlts.
Grovenor, followed by memfibers of the
guilid, tlien "walked through into the
re-opened cathedrali grottunds.
-One pillar bears the inscription,. "A
triblite' to the women .of St.. Saviour's
OGild," andt on the other is .set, 'out,
"The Annie Grovenor Gate." ,
.Assisting Archileacon ;West-, in tile
ceremony .were:, Rev.,Canon Hirst,
Rev. TMr.' Reece (The Rock),. Rev.
.Mr. Dranisleld (Adainnanby), Rev. Mr.
Cloiitand; Mr. ;R, T:' Wyatt; Diocesann
.Registrar.t Also present 'were:: 1Rev.
Canon' Burgess (Guhiiltng), Rev. Canon
Sherris' (Coblanmindrha); Rev. .Canon
Done ;(St. Nicholas'; North :Goillbirn),
Rev.'.S. Norith .(MIurriumbrrah),, Rev.
S. Davls (Crookwell), Rev. H. Hawk-.
ihs, Rev. Mr. Belivn and the Rev. Mlii'i
Gedney (retiretired),: ,
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