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SYNOD
S:f. 'D
-4--
The Final Curtain
NO SECTIONALISM.
It has been .frequently pointed
olut to our.readdrs tihat the 20th
session of Ile Anglican Synod
woutld prove to be onile of the
most notatle, if:. not the. most.
nmemorable in. its h!istory.,. +
That opinion has been more, than.
justified. r'Throughout the iwhole of
.the sittings inicommittee and in open
Synod there :was en entire absence
of sectionialisfit or liarty spirit. Un
precedentetd ittuations codrfronted this
eccleslasticli, Parliamenti requiring
statesnianliket hanidiing.-...
T'he main issues at stake carried
with them posslibilt'ies of :far reach,:
lng effect,, Insofar as the :episcopal
election; is .concernet.,thire,:is: a com
plete feeling of satisfaction nmongst
botl priestly and I y. repiesen tt ives.
THE DANGER"POINT-"
Very few,- Deople realise. the: dis
ruiptive elemeidts- coitaine'i d i?fi the Al
bury troubleg Prpoydentially, at .the
very moment,?wh en the Rev v.: ' Peatt
was abniili to aiddlress ihimselft to the
situation, , tihe Administrittors:' iinter,
vened siih, .wht;i'rpoved toL be? .the)
ultimate. solution, . Soine fears. were
expressed that difficit. nmighlit artls e
it the e'l i:ti Gordon" siwere'over
lookedt in the final ter:is of settle
nmenit. Tie, geeneral opiiolt, lhossver,
is that Ile wiil accept the oitconme,
thus bhearing ot the enconi'iiiims whliichl
hlave been': sliowre'd 'u?on . liim.
Whilst a. iiominal :.victory his, bheen
achieved by t::hi Syhod, the appoilnt
ment of the lit: loc'iim- tenenls of Al:
bury to his present position indicates
a generous inilpulse on the part of tint
/body.
HAPPY SCHOOL BOYS,
SIn. thle final:stages the representa
tives lookedu likte. -h-ppy scliool boys.
the. spontaneous 'hliandshaskes, the
farewells anmd the hilarity of inembers
spoke eloquently of thle relieved ten
!sion? " "" : '; :''': "
SThe session opened willie the- Veni
Creator antl ended with the Teo Deum;
That. appears to; sim upn . ithe Synod.
In the election and-in t.he stileli'ent
there was ev'idence of a suprenfiginid-t
ance and inspiratifn.
It is to bhe libed 'that the Bfishop:
elecit wiil ensnie the enactmdent"o;
legislation provlding" for atadequate
rules to govern temnporlnry acancles
nnd thus obvintle once enidfor all suchl
contingeitcies as hav;e arisen in the
past.. .Theiie appears to existi no
sitatitory sanction?u, ffecting. the nitL
ter l anil untiili his .is rectified,; a re
i eru'nce is: liossuille if not pI r?0llble
ALBURYiS ADVOCATE
' The nuiocrite of the Allir; claimss,
Mr. Haklie, nearlyi missed the buis dii .
.lig,. tlhe sftrn0 non session, of yesteir
iay. Throfilh 'soine.. nislnilerstandi
ilg, lie di'd noit speak at thlip seoid.
'rioading. The chuairman of commit,
tees, "ir. ,Jolhison, iruledi hlini out: of,
ordler. The: gathering receiived; the
lecision sith some disgust .for it.: -as
felt thatjjustice :demandedlatstatement
from all sides. Everyone. looked :gilum
u'ntil: Mr.. Bates, MI:hA'. who:,lis:'.i'i
Iceen anritlintellligent aithiority bn tpro
edlure.: suggestedl a way. ouit. Synodl
ilyd: every illdcatoll'o of rellef at: ithe
happy sohllion of tuhe questioi.. Inileedl
tihe dtecislon .demnonstrated a profound
sense of justice :tid :l nlnpaitialiyi coinm
parable to any Vsnlle of British.fai'
is. ]I-lake spoke .for.over an iboti ,
mostly, in porsiuasive terimsn0 ' -dd laud
Ing the wiorki of Mr. Peatt;:eThere
.were . Ilopweer, occasions whsenhis
statements had; tile suggestion ,.of
thrleat; biut beyondti somie quiet;. inter
'rogations fIlromn members on (tlie floor
of-thie?-ol-isdue :there- swerE'i no interi
ruitions, .ii ?: : nake gave a cate
goriical denial.. to, the, irumlousi which
Iered·ited?lhim ith being a .paid attor
upoy i .tidhe cause. l-e sitaied, thnt· he
was:ipleplaredi'lto give; solemn iwrittent
Iideri tkitings thuit if the imatter were
left. for' tihe Blisopl-elects docisioni it
iwoiiul, le.i accepted lunreservedtly;...
SSe;mnral;i ieferencesg, weore., made. as.
to. thloe::youthfulnessu. oft the speaker,
blut.,his.rptesentation of: tihe case '. un.
doubtedly, :influenicetd tile. final amncl e
able, settlemnent. At no time ilid ihe
dlisplay undlio ileat, nalthough mani
festlng a dloep sincerity, of convliction.
At the ,conslsion of his- brilliant nad
rocacy, anl it w?s.aii that, he receiv
I-a . lwei merited: applause from,. ihe
Synod.
There wasn a pleasing- and interest
??p?ijsodea in the. final moments of
Snod?whlien Colonel: Jones, .C.M.G.,
iehie d'Vd, a' I.adi·o telegram- from the.
u:rylvors-io of his 'old cdmpany known:
as';.the*' ikicse?rerahlr :Tigers:a The.
message rbead "520'old 5th Battalion!
men.now gs;emhled \Voodhousea Enve
'ffoctilonat teetlgais, Thanks fbr
,assnge :l MInrtln'" German, Toller,
cirifflths!l Hil J ami.."
SThae namas,:;nrthbosea of lls, old of
rlcers."' '
A numxir of0 "important matters
waere postloned for, later considera
tion, but! the metmhors of; Synod. had
ancomplalints, because of the sustaln
(dI: attention- throughout the sittings.
Phls Synod: ends its strenons efforts
0oking :forward to the- future in. a
pirit. of high courage.
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