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CHURCH RECORD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND NEWSPAPER — EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION

No. 1405—January 25, 1963 Registered at the G.P.O., Sydney, for transmission by post

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Vic,, 59; Tandy. J., Woodenbong, 59; Etherington, D., Harbord, 58; Brough-ton, G., Bulli, 57; Down, R., Manly, 57; Healey, I., Collaroy Plateau, 57; Riley, H. M., Balmain East, 57; Harper. I., Malabar, 56: Wakley, V. M., Sans Soucl. 56; Clark. C.. Revesby, 55; Lambert, R. H. Y., Turramurra, 55; Thompson, A. C., Built, 55; Baker. P., Fairlight, 54: Jordan. B, K., Lenah Valley, Tas., 54: Meikle, P. I. Mt. Gravatt, Old., 52; sores, Y. D., River. wood. 50; Best, G., Baulkham Hills, 50; Cornyns, E., Adamstown. 50; Cook. B. H. Coogee, 50: Cooper, A. P., Brighton-Le-Sands. 50; Denning. D. L. 5., Coorparou, Old.. 50; Ridley, D. L., Brighton-Le-Sands, 50.

NEW PATTERNS Continued from page 7

ally, but better equipped pastor-ally for a personal ministry of counselling, help and specialised leadership. SUMMARY:

Here is an attempt to see a new pattern emerging: fewer churches, better placed, with the flexibility to relocate if and when necessary, staffed by better trained clergy working in team ministries; supplemented locally by cell or house groups, with congregational status, authorised ministry, and delegated mission; served regionally by the more extensive facilities of a rural deanery centre.

But let no one imagine that' new patterns are a solution. They simply facilitate the solu-tion which, as always, is the promised power of the Holy Spirit flowing in full flood. Per-haps no new pattern could be as radical for the Church as an unimpeded, Holy Spirit revival!

OFFER TO TAKE OVER THE ANGLICAN

• After Holy Communion at St. Andress's, Roseville. N.S.W., to mark the 50th anniversary of the ordination of the Rev. Herbert S. Brown by Bishop Radford, of Coulburn, on St. Thomas' Day, 1917. 1, to R.: Rev. Rex Blunter .1 Mr Brown's tutor at Moore College), Rev. John Brain, Rev. C. Gedge, Canon S. G. Stewart

(rector of Roseville) and Rev. Herbert Brown.

THE C. EXAMINATION RESULTS THE.allowing are First Term 1967 examination re-

sults for the Certificate in Theology course conduct-ed by the Department of External Studies, Moore College Sydney:—

OLD TESTAMENT I

Australian Church Record, January 11, 1968 Printed by John Fairfax and Sons Lid., Broadway, Sydney, for the publishers, The Church Record Ltd., Sydney.

Venerable Clive A. Goodwin of Sydney has been awarded an M.B.E. by the Queen in the New Year honours list for his services as Director of the Church of England Retirement Villages.

* * * Mr Roland T. St. John of

Brisbane, has been awarded an M.B.E. by the Queen for his ser-vices as Registrar and Secretary of the diocese of Brisbane for over 25 years.

* * * Rev. Charles H. Sherlock,

Rector of All Saints', Hunter's Hill (Sydney), has been appoint-ed Secretary of the Walter and Eliza Hall Trust in succession to Canon Gordon O'Keeffe who retired on December 31 after 26 years as full-time secretary of the Trust. Mr Sherlock will continue as rector of Hunter's Hill and as Director of the New Hous-ing Areas. The Trust was found-ed in 1912 to administer the $2,000,000 benefaction of the late Walter and Eliza Hall.

* * * Rev. Charles Barton, curate of

Holy Trinity, Adelaide, left in December for further study in the U.S.A. in the fields of pas-toral psychology and counselling.

* * * Rev. John Gelding, curate of

St. Paul's, Castle Hill (Sydney), has been appointed curate of holy Trinity, Adelaide, as from cbruary next.

* * * The Rev. Owen Chadwick,

Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Cambridge and Master of Sel-wyn College, Cambridge, is to be Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge in succession to Pro-fessor Herbert Butterfield, on his retirement from the Chair on September 30, 1968.

A former Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman, the Rt. Rev Philip Wheeldon, has agreed to return to the diocese to succeed Bishop Edward Crowther who resigned in October.

Bishop Wheeldon, who is 54, is at present Assistant Bishop of Worcester. He resigned from the bishopric of Kimberley in 1965, on health grounds.

* * * Miss Heather Bewley will sail

on January 29, on the "Fairsea" for Panama en route to Chile. Miss Bewley will join the staff of St. Paul's School Vina del Mar, and will teach the English speak-ing children. St. Paul's School is one of several schools adminis-tered and maintained by the South American Missionary Society. Miss Bewley's Valedic-tory Service will be held at St. Paul's, Carlingford, on Thurs-day, January 25, at 8 p.m. The preacher will be the Rev. Brian Richardson.

* * * Rev. Walter Hancock, curate

of Cooma (Canberra-Goulburn), has been appointed rector of Tarcutta.

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Rev. A. M. Cole has been ap-pointed curate of Horsham (Bal-larat).

* * * Rev, Michael Ingall, formerly

curate of Horsham (Ballarat), is relieving in the district of Tim-boon.

* * * Rev. Desmond E. Benfield has

been appointed curate at Swan Hill (St. Arnaud).

* * * Rev. Peter and Mrs Valerie

Clifford of S.A.M.S., Paraguay, have arrived home in Sydney on furlough.

* * * The Rev J. Greenhalgh has

begun work as Stipendiary Deacon of the Team Ministry of the Parishes of Ulverstone, Penguin and Castra and is resid-ing at the Rectory, Penguin (Tas-mania).

* * * Dr Merits Nueller, medical

officer with the Flying Medical Service of The Bath Church Aid Society, Ceduna, S.A., since 1952, has resigned to take up private practice in Ceduna.

* * * Rev. Dr. Stuart B. Babbage,

formerly Dean of both Sydney and Melbourne and principal of Ridley College, was installed on November 30 as the first Presi-dent of Conwell School of Theo-logy, Philadelphia. For the past four years he had been Visiting Professor at Columbia Theolo-gical Seminary. Conwell was formerly the theological school of Temple University and is now autonorriaus.

* * * Mr Philip Thomas, a graduate

of the University of Canterbury (N.Z.), has joined the staff of Holy Trinity, Adelaide. He has almost completed the Melbourne B.D. He will be ordained by the Bishop cif Adelaide in February.

* * * Archdeacon Warwick S. Bas-

tian of Bunbury, has been ap-pointed bishop-coadjutor of the diocese of Bunbury and will be consecrated in June. He is 53 years of age, a West Australian and trained at St. Barnabas' College, Adelaide.

* * * Rev. A. L. Browne of St

Mark's, Leopold (Melbourne) has been appointed rector of St. Mark's, Reservoir.

* * * Rev. P. F. George, has been

appointed vicar of St. Michael's, North Dandenong (Melbourne).

* * * Rev. E. T. Richardson, curate

of Holy Trinity, Coburg (Mel-bourne), has been appointed to Christ Church, Templestowe.

* * * Rev. C. M. Wood of St.

Paul's, Ringwood (Melbourne), has been appointed to St. Philip's, Mount Waverley.

* * * Rev. G. T. Glassock, vicar of

St. Silas,' North Geelong (Mel-bourne), has been appointed chaplain of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

* * * Rev. J. R. Oxley has been

appointed vicar of the Carrum-Seaford parish (Melbourne).

* * * Rev. F. C. Allwood, curate of

St. Andrew's, Latwyche (Bris-bane), has been appointed vicar of St. Lawrence's, Caboolture.

* * *

Rev. David F. Durte, Vice-Principal of St. Francis' Theo-logical College, Brisbane, has been appointed to the staff of Canberra Grammar School.

* * * Rev. R. McKinney, curate of

St. Paul's, West Tamworth (Armidale), has been appointed curate of Narrabri.

* * * Rev. J. P. Lane, curate of

Glen Innes (Armidale), has been appointed rector of Rockley (Bathurst).

* * * Rev. J. W, Wilson, curate of

Narnabri (Armidale), has been appointed to the charge of Tingha.

* * * Rev. Bruce Wilson, curate of

St. Bede's, Beverly Hills (Syd-ney). has been appointed curate of St. Mark's, Darling Point.

* * * Rev. Eric Hampson has been

appointed rector of Mt. Isa (North Queensland) and arch-deacon of the West.

* * * The Archbishop of Brisbane

ordained the following on St. Thomas' Day, 21st December:

(Priests) Revs: William I. Davidson;

Keith A. Foote; Walter Lips-combe; John F. Naumann; Geof-frey J. Paxton; Gregory S. Ezzy; Ernest Harris; Alexander K. Macqueen; I. Austin Parry, Rob-ert G. Walsh.

(Deacons) Robert Chippendale (St. Fran-

cis' College); John Donald (St. Francis' College); Leslie Duncan (St. Francis' College); Neville Jackson (St. Francis' College); Routed Henderson (S. Barnabas' College, S.A.); Arthur Prosser (St. John's College, Morpeth); William Stegemann (St. Francis' College); Geoffrey Thomas (St. Francis College); Brother Wil-liam, S.S.F.

(Mr Prosser and the Rev. E. Harris for the Diocese of Rock-hampton).

* * * Rev. Norman Paynter, rector

of St, Paul's, Adelaide, will be inducted to St. Philip's, Broad-view, on 15th January.

* * * The Department of Promotion

of the diocese of Sydney has an-nounced the appointment of a second Program Director, Mr Frank Garforth, in lieu of a Director of the Department (for-merly Mr J. T. Keavney). Mrs A. Baukhorn will be Administra-tive Secretary and Mr A. Cornish and Mr F. Garforth are now equally appointed Field Direc-tors for Christian Development programs.

The Chairman of the Council, Bishop F. 0. Hulme-Moir, will act as Director of the Depart-ment until such time as an in-crease in program requires a full-time director.

After 28 years service in the R.A.A.F., the Rev. David Beyer, Principal Air Chaplain, retired on December 15.

* * * The Rev. Erskine Cuthbert

Sweetman, at present at the R.A.A.F. Base Pearce in Wes-tern Australia, was commission-ed as the new ' Principal Air Chaplain at a service conducted by Bishop F. 0. Hulme-Moir, Bishop of the Forces, on Decem-ber 14. Chaplain Sweetman has held a commission in the R.A.A.F. for 20 years and has come to this high office with wide experience.

* * * Canon G. A. M. Nell, rector

of St. Luke's, Junee (Canberra-Goulburn, since 1950, has an-nounced his retirement 'as from March next.

* * * Rev. Owen Dowling, Precentor

of St. Saviour's Cathedral, Goul-burn, has been appointed to the

Rev. G. H. Walden, rector of St. John's. Mudgee (Bathurst), has been appointed archdeacon of Barker.

Rev. J. F. S. Campbell, who has been serving as an Army Chaplain, is going to St. Alban's, teura (Sydney).

Rev. P. E. Kitchen, from Nor-folk Island, is going to St. David's, Greenaore (Sydney).

Rev. R. R. Gibson, from Aus-tinmer (Sydney), is going to Christ Church, Bexley.

Rev. Canon Eric E. Hawkey, Queensland Secretary of A.B.M. since 1947, has been elected Bishop of Carpentaria and will be consecrated on St. George's Day, 23rd April. He is a gradu-ate of Moore College.

High DistIonctIon Berkley. R., Bondi, 94; Potter, L.,

Bankstown, 90; Philip, D. J., Auckland, N.2., ES: Payne, H., Kogarah Bay. 85. Distinction

Tucker. G.. Yagoona, 84: Whitson. G. D., Seaforth, 84; Smith, T. R., Auburn, 83; Doyle, R.. Wahroonga. 81: Jordan. K. H., Broakvale, 81; Miller, N. Brighton-Le-Sands, 81; 0111s, W. C.. QuirIndi, El, Earnshaw, B., Kogarah Bay. 77: Lambert, R., Turramurra. 77; Anderson, M., Blacktown. 75: Kil- patrick, F. H., Merriwa, 75. Credit

Jones, R. Narwee. •83, Ebeling, L., Brighton-Le-Sands, 79; MYIrea, W., Peakhurst, 79: Shepherd, P. F.. Moorab. bin, 79: Timperley, K. Burwood, 79; Withy, A., Rotarua, N.2., 78; Marwell, J. C., 5t. George's, S.A., 75 Blackwell. E. J Sth. Coogee. 74: Bunter. L.. Mit tagong, 74; Lock, D., Flvedock, 74 BIrkett, F. C., Wentworthville, 73 Cockburn, L. E., New Lambton, 73 Haines. L.. Brighton-Le-Sands. 73 Jones, J., Newcastle, 73: Lc, V. F. Burwood, 73; White. P. C., Mona Vale 73; Axelsen, G., Georgetown, Tas., 72 Fander, A., Tranmere, S.A., 72: Scarr D. J., Wahroonga, 72; Turner, J. Caring bah, 72; Wolfe, A.. Riyerwood 72; Bell, R., Elizabeth North, S.A., 71 Crawford A.. Belmont North, 71

J Keane, ., Glebe, 71; Mackay, E. G. Wudinna.

mOrnandl, C. A.

Abermain, 70: Thoason.- C. H. S. Gordonvale, Old., 70, Vogt, A., Fair-light, 70; Astor, NI., Chatswood, 69; Evans, P.. Beverly Hills. 69; Gore. J. L.. Connell's Point. 69; Beckett, L., KingSgrOVe, 68; .Craig. D. C., Balchitha. N 68; Mceonnell„ D. C.. 'Lane:, Cove. 65.. Met-calfe, F. C., Brighton-Le-Sands, 68, Wilkie, B. C. Mascot, 68; Brohan, 8. C., Creenslopes, 67; Cockburn, D., New Lambton, 67; Dale, P. Wahroonga, 67; Delbrldge, R. Baulliharn Hills, 67; Freeman, R. H., Kyeernagh, 67; Moon, B. R. Hornsby, 67; Sawdy, M., Mount isa, Old., 67: Stewart, A., Greenacre, 67; Wood, A, V., Parramatta, 67; Hicks, C., Bass Hill, 66; Lane, W. J., Wag, is.G., 66; McEvoy, J., Kogarah. 66: Philips, T. J.. Kensington, 66; Rainsford, J. Penrith, 66; Soden, M., Bankstown, Dando. W.. Manly, 65. Pass

Bull, T. R., Bexley, 64; Boys. C., Baulkham Hills, Gates A., Baulk- harn Hills, 63; Moon, J.. Hornsby, 63 Philips T., Kensington, 63; Scholes, G. Manly, 63. Vernon, S., Manly. 63 Cochrane, F., Nth. King,Wollogong. 62 Hooper, L., Glebe, 62; i R. C. Mint°, 62; Butler, S. J., Brighton, 61 Coady, N. J. Revesby, 61, Sutcliffe, 1).. Green vat. 61; Bell, J., Elizabeth North, S.A.. 0; Enright, P. Hill, • 59: Kretzschmar, W., Box Hill,

In the conversation with Mr A. F. I'. James, Editorial Director of the "Anglican," no suns was mentioned and it was made clear that this would be subject to negotiation.

The previous week it was announced in the national Press ti:at Mr James had said that his pap, I was losing about $70

Bible readings were taken by the Rev. Dudley Foord, of Moore Theological College, Syd-ney, As had been expected, the two overseas speakers, the Rev. George B. Duncan and Dr Alan Redpath, made an outstanding contribution to the spiritual value of the convention. Their ministry rose to high levels.

A feature of this convention was the preparation and distri-bution of a record of the origin of the Keswick Convention movement and of the earlier days of the Upwey and Belgrave Heights Convention.

In this are recalled the Chris-tian men and women who built well, and whose names art now remembered with honour and praise. The booklet came from the pen of Mrs I. V. Cleverdon.

The memory of men of the past was happily revived at the Special Jubilee session on New

Yea! , Day, when the Rev. John G. Ridley and the Rev. G. H. Morling, principal-emeritus of the N.S.W Baptist Theological College, gave their reminis-cences of past association with Upwey — and later with Bel-grave Heights.

Both these veterans had been invited as guests of the conven-tion.

LADIES MEET On Friday, December 29, up-

wards of 500 ladies gathered in the convention auditorium kir the ladies' meeting of the Jubilee convention.

Chaired by Mrs Alfred Coombe, the varied program in-cluded vocal and musical items by Miss Glenise Kingsley and Miss Monica Lazenby, a Bible reading taken 'by Mrs Grace Collins, national chairman of the Australian Christian

In 1952 Mr James was invited to a meeting of the Record's board of directors and he told of his plans to buy out

Women's Conventions, and a moving testimony by Miss Rose Nawalkar.

Miss Nawalkar told of her conversion in childhood from Hinduism to a vital faith in Christ, and of the keeping power of the Lord in her life over the years.

She now serves as secretary to the minister of the Carey Baptist Church in Calcutta, and also as World Vision secretary in that area.

The special speaker was Miss Jean Raddon. who spoke of the satisfaction v, hich Christ brings to the life when fully yielded to Him, basing her address on the lives of several women in the Scriptures.

A number of ladies received help after the meeting when personally counselled by Miss Raddon.

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the Church Standard, then 39 years old, The Standard's circu-lation was only 1800, its only large regular advertiser was a liquor company and it was of interest only to Anglo-Catholics, Mr James spoke of his intention to broaden the paper to appeal to a wider Anglican readership and so increase its circulation.

The board warned Mr James that he would experience great difficulty with the financing of a weekly Church paper but wished him well. The Record itself was once a weekly.

A few years ago the Record became aware that the Anglican's circulation had fallen to a few thousand and that its financial position was not good.

WEEKLY LOSS More recently, in an editorial

whith was quoted in Melbourne and Sydney dailies, Mr James acid that unless his circulation' doubled, he would have to con-sider closing the paper for it was losing about $70 weekly. No doubt, past losses on the

MEETINGS AT KATOOMBA The Katoomba Christian

Convention saw good crowds attending to hear addresses from a panel of six speakers. This was followed by the CMS Sum-mer School, again drawing good crowds.

At the Katoomba Convention Bible teaching was given by a panel of six speakers—the Rev. L. R. Shilton, rector of Holy Trinity Church of England, North Terrace, Adelaide; Dr E. W. Kilbourne, director of the Korean Field of the Oriental Missionary Society; the Rev. J. R. Reid, rector of Christ Church, Gladesville, N.S.W.; the Rev. G. H. Marling, principal-emeritus of the Baptist Theological College of N.S.W.; the Rev. R. Hanlon, rector of St. Paul's, Chatswood, N.S.W.; and Bishop Stephen Bradley, of the Church of England in South Africa, who is a brother of Mrs A. A. Gilchrist.

On missionary day nine mis-sionaries told of their experi-ences.

The convention house party, in the Church Missionary Soci-ety conference centre adjoining the convention grounds, was led by Mr and Mrs S. Herring, and the youth camp on the conven-tion grounds was led by Mr and Mrs A. A, Gilchrist and Mr R. Trowel

The convention chairman was Cumin \ I Begbie, chaplain-

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paper have been offset by other business operations, but as these other operations have been phased out, the paper must make ends meet or close.

Present control of the paper is vested in a body called the Church of England Information Trust, which includes Mr James, Mrs Joyce James, Bishop Moyes, Bishop Cranswick, the Rev. Ronald Walker of Concord West, N.SW.; Mr E. C. B, MacLaurin, a senior lecturer at Sydney Uni-versity and Mrs N. Bailey, an accountant.

As reported in the Sydney Daily Telegraph (January 13. 1968), the Record is interested in buying the goodwill of the Anglican for cash, closing it down, sending supplies of the Record to its existing subscribers and meeting its advertising con-tracts, except those concerned with the sale and distribution of alcoholic liquor.

81VE.AWAYS In his conversation with the

Church Record, Mr lames pohat-ed out that free copies of the paper are sent out to the tune of 4,000 weekly. He said that he was unwilling to cut these out, even though he knew that it would reduce the losses.

Church newspapers are all small circulation papers by exist-ing Press standards. The econo-mics of their successful produc-tion does not permit the free list to become top-heavy but must keep it minimal.

MANY CLOSURES The histnrry of church news-

paper publishing in Australia is punctuated with papers which started with high hopes but after years of struggle, were forced to close.

The Church Standard, the Church Times, the C.E.M.S. magazine, Melbourne's Messen- ger, Newcastle's Diocesan Churchman and now the Angli-can, were among them, Sydney's Southern Cross is in deep waters. New Zealand's Church and People, a fortnightly with a 14,000 circulation and supported by all dioceses as an official paper, is about to close, Western Australia's Presbyterian official paper has closed' at last.

In the United States, our F.piscopal brethren are equally frustrated in their endeavours to keep their two papers going and The Living Church is but a shadow of its old self. In Eng-land, papers unite or are closed and the Church of England can barely support three national weekly papers.

At one stage in its long publishing history, reaching back into last century, the Rec-ord was published weekly. In more recent years, the question of weekly publication has been closely considered and although there are many arguments in its favour, the directors have al-ways felt that the financial risks involved were not justified. Ac-cordingly, its national support and sound management have maintained its effectiveness and its financial viability to the stage that it can make a cash offer to the Anglican.

Rev. William Scott, curate of St. John's, Canberra, has been new parish of South Wagga as appointed curate at Cooma from February 1.

weekly and was facing closure. The Australian announced on

Saturday, January 13, that the Record had made an offer of $40,000 for the Anglican. This is not true. When this paper phoned the Record, the reporter who subsequently wrote the article which contained this mis-leading statement was laid that no particular sum had been men-

ON Friday, January 12, the Church Record made an initial approach to its young contemporary, the Anglican, with c

view to purchasing the goodwill of that paper. tioned and that it was subject to negotiations'

The history of the takeover bid and the reasons for it should be of interest to A.C.R. readers.

1952.1968

• Part of the chiming mechanism of the clock in the New Church, Delft, Nether-lands. Delft is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands and is between The Hague and Rotterdam. The New Church dates from the 15th century and the citizens of Delft laboured for 100 years to complete it. (Photo: Circuit, The Hague.)

JUBILEE CONVENTION AT BELGRAVE HEIGHTS THIS year marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Christian Convention at I Eelgrave Heights, Victoria. Consistently high attendances were recorded

throughout and on Missionary Day an offering of $10,600 in cosh and pro-mises was received.

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I N December the Federal Treasurer announced

Harold M. Knight as Dep-uty Governor Designate of the Reserve Bank.

Harold Knight was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne, and joined the Commonwealth Bank in Melbourne in 1936. During the war he served first in the A.I.E. and then in the R.A.N.V.R., being 'awarded the Distinguished Service Cross "for successful survey work under dangerous conditions in the Far East."

After discharge from the Navy he took his degree in Com-merce at the Melbourne Univer-sity, the final year being spent at Trinity College.

He rejoined the Common-wealth Bank in 1949, and in 1955 was appointed to the Inter-national Monetary Fund in Washington. While serving with the I.M.F. he was concerned with banking and currencies in Latin America and acquired competence in Spanish for this purpose; similarly, his French was "recovered" for the purpose of studying monetary systems based on the franc.

Harold Knight became Assis-tant Chief in the Statistics Divi-sion of the Research and Statis-tics Department of the I.M.F. in 1957.

After his return to Australia he was appointed Assistant

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In his undergraduate days Harold Knight was a member of the Evangelical Union in Mel-bourne University and has re-tained close links with the Inter-Varsity-Fellowship ever since. He is at present chairman of the Inter-Varsity-Fellowship General Committee and Executive.

His association with the Scrip-ture Union and its related bodies, C.S.S.M. and I.S.C.F., stems from his schooldays. He is at present vice-chairman of the Scripture Union of Aus-tralia and a council member of the Australia, New Zealand, East Asia region of Scripture Union, having also been a dele-gate to the Scripture Union International Conference at Lausanne, Switzerland, this year.

Mr Knight, who is married with five children, is a parish councillor of St. John's, Bee-croft, N.S.W. He is a member of the Church Property Trust and of the synod of the diocese of Sydney, and is a member of the committee of Moore Theolo-gical College.

Church Army Expands

The Church Army has ac-quired an acre of land at Bel- rose, N.S.W., as the site of its new training college and administrative centre.

A cottage on the site has al-ready been occupied by Sister Bacon and building work is soon to commence.

The Croydon property is to be sold and the proceeds will help to finance the new site de-velopment. $80,000 will be need-ed to complete the present scheme. Of this, parishes and in-dividuals have already given $1577,

BUILDING PROGRAM

COMPLETED With the dedic,ation of the new

parish hall on Sunday, 17th De-cember, by Bishop A. J. DaM, St. Alban's, Belmore, N.S.W., completed its parish building Program for the next 15 to 20 years. The total cost has been $107,000 of which $39,500 is still owing.

This gives St. Alban's a new church, completed in 1959 and a memorial garden, parish hall, kitchen and other facilities.

SYDNEY VISITOR

• Miss Rose Nawalkar, of World Vision Inc., Calcutta, India, and Miss Jean Raddon, formerly a missionary in Nepal. Miss Nawalkar visited Sydney recently during a tour of World Vision South-east Asian fields.

NEW S.U. BUILDING

EDITORIAL

CHURCH NEWSPAPER POLICY The Press and public interest in our offer to purchase

the goodwill of the Anglican newspaper focuses attention on the policy of this paper. Since it is possible that in the near future we will be the only nationally circulated Church of England newspaper, some statement of our policy and aims is highly appropriate.

In the first place, we make no bones about the fact that within the framework of the Church of England as reformed in the sixteenth century, we uphold the reformed, Protestant and evangelical faith. In this we will not budge an inch. The Bible is our authority. The paper exists primarily to affirm these great saving truths and to encour-age all men to do likewise. At the same time, we vigorously defend Bible truth when it is attacked and we resist error in its many forms.

We much prefer to affirm the faith rather than defend it. For this reason, our major articles usually reflect an attitude to revealed truth on which we all can agree. We have never seen the point of giving large space to publish views on the faith with which we are in fundamental dis-agreement. They have so many outlets ready to stir up dissension and disseminate the newest theology that we must keep our one medium clear to proclaim biblical truth.

Yet we are quite prepared to go along with the truth wherever it comes from. And in our pages you will hear from the Archbishop of Canterbury or the curate of Croydon; the Professor of Physics at South-ampton or a man in the pew from Adelikole; the Arch-bishop of Perth, the Bishop of Adelaiddwor the Bishop of Wangaratta.

We do not choose writers because we agree with every-thing they say. This does not mean that we give no space • to contrary opinion. Our letter page is open to all and we welcome varieties of expression. We take care to see that everything significant in the Anglican communion or in the world indeed, is given news space, whether we agree' with it or not. We believe that our readers are intelligent; and want to be kept well-informed.

As a newspaper, we aim to give a national coverage of the important things happening everywhere in Australia, N.Z., NewGuinea, the Pacific 'and our near East. What s happening in Perth, Brisbane or Ballarat is as likely to hit the front page as anything else. We are not parochial and being an eight-page fortnightly, we can rarely find space for fetes, festivals, special services, etc. This does i not deny their importannce to the parish concerned.

A great majority of Australian clergy read the Record and many well-instructed laity. Accordingly, we give the most comprehensive review of books that is available in any church paper in Australia and possibly overseas. Alli major publishing houses send us review copies. This is an important service to many and we maintain it as a l matter of policy.

Some things, like the primary missionary task of the Church and every form of evangelism from the Graham Crusade down, we play up. Other things, like the World Council of Chuches, we play down. We have our priorities and we only have eight pages. Obviously somebody gets less space and is aggrieved.

We avoid giving offence needlessly. As a matter of policy, we step on as few toes as possible. The mere fact that we exist and successfully maintain ourselves in the publishing field annoys some. But when necessary, we do not fear taking the unpopular line, to express a minority opinion, to be a lone voice in the wilderness or to stand up to authority wrongly exercised. But we never do battle for its own sake.

We give much space to Bible studies and devotional material. We love the Scriptures and we hope our readers do too. We hope that sometimes readers will meet with Christ their Saviour as they read our pages and be con-verted. If we didn't have that in view, we wouldn't be any use at all.

For the future we have one major aim from which several others proceed. Most important is that the Church Record should be in every Church of England home in Australia. This need not be an idle dream for already parishes have the capacity to distribute their parish paper to every such home.

Facing the reality of the situation, we would like to see a significant percentage of those who attend our churches reading the Record.

Another aim is to increase our size to 12 pages each issue. We have much more material to publish than we have space for, yet we must also keep space for our adver-tisers who are our bread and' butter. Perhaps, and it is a big perhaps, we might change to weekly production.

The board of directors has other aims, some of them short-term ones, which they will seek to clarify once the present confusion in church publishing circles is resolved. We intend to move ahead and meet the challenge of the times.

SOCIAL QUESTIONS FOR THE CHRISTIAN

EXTRACTS from sermon preached by the Rector of Holy Trinity, Adelaide, L the Rev. Lance R. Shilton, in December, 1967,

The traditional morality in-herited from former genera-tions is fast being expended. The Christian can no longer remain secure within estab-lished patterns of society nom-inally accepting Christian :standards.

More and more he is being ex-posed to the challenges of secular pressures.

Today the Christian must make up his own mind about his attitude toward certain social questions, and he must be pre-pared to defend them in the presence of those who do not share his Biblical basis of mor-ality.

Today, in our society, there is urgent necessity for Chris-tians to think clearly, speak plainly, and act decisively.

In the Old Testament we are clearly taught that the holiness of God is offended by social evils and injustices; Amos 8:4-7.

This is not related to God's covenant people, Israel, only, but to all men; Amos 1:13.

This teaching is also empha-sised in the New Testament; re-fer James 5: 4, 5. Christ's com-mands are clear, refer Matthew 5:13-16, N.E.B., "You are salt to the world," "You are light for all the world."

Some Christians claim that it is not their concern to be- come involved in the social issues of the day, as it de-flects from the primary task of preaching the Gospel. But it did not deflect the early

Church. Evangelicals, pietists and monastics have frequently held an unbiblical doctrine of separation from the world based on a fear that association with the world would jeopardise their souls, or a naive belief that

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withdrawal from the world would mean emancipation from evil.

The Christian should, on the one hand, not love the world which repudiates God, but, on the other, love the world for whom God gave His Son.

Not. all Christians take the same position over the various moral, social and ethical ques-tions of the day. Does this mean that as Christians we should remain silent? Definitely not.

We live in a "permissive so-ciety" where the general public does not complain any more. Therefore, anything goes. There is a great deterioration in moral standards throughout the West-ern world. The scene is chang-ing in Australia and in our own community.

The committed Christian feels a deep concern, not only for his own spiritual welfare, and that of his fellow Chris-time, but also for those who do not know Christ as Saviour and Lord. He has no desire to push his

new Christian ideas down the throat of others just to prove he is right, but he is concerned for their welfare. He is not de-manding privileges or special consideration for himself or other Christians, but he is con-cerned for the welfare of all men.

What should his attitude be in some of the present social ques-tions? Any personal stand we make on social questions must be with a heart of compassion for those in need.

There is no room for "holier-than-thou" comparisons or judgmental attitudes, but rather a deep concern that others might find victory in Christ and

be transformed by His power. On this basis, I make the fol-

lowing suggestions: I. GAMBLING.

Refrain from all forms of gambling and give preference to stores and shops without gamb-ling facilities. 2. DRINKING.

Practise abstinence from strong drink so that your wit-ness might be clear and helpful. 3. SMOKING,

Refrain from smoking as a good example to others, and so as not to become addicted one-self. 4. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.

Do not play or patronise or-ganised sports on Sundays, or buy unnecessary goods. 5. SEXUAL MORALITY.

Avoid films and TV programs with suggestive advertising, and keep doubtful magazines out of your home. • Be POSITIVE in your ap-proach. • Be COMPASSIONATE in your attitude. • Be GUIDED by the Holy Spirit.

(Over 200 people came to the Paris Hall after the service to discuss these questions for I hour.

The suggestions 1, 3, 4, 5, re-ceived the overwhelming support of those present. No. 2 received the support of a lesser majority.)

ARCHBISHOP OF LONDON?

Speaking at his diocesan con-ference the Bishop of Southwark, Dr Mervyn Stockwood, said that in future reorganisation he fore-saw a system of federated boroughs, and a province of London under an Archbishop of London.

He prophesied that the arch-diocese of London would be created within the next fifty years.

Dr Stockwood was dealing with the proposals of the Ar-buthnot report on diocesan boundaries and the "oppressive centralism" of the Church of England which prevented the local Church from getting on with its particular job.

While he had delegated much responsibility to rural deans, they had been frustrated by archaic procedures, complicated diocesan administration, and the interference of the Church Com-missioners.

With reference to his prophecy about a London archdiocese, Dr Stockwood said that in the mean-time Southwark should reorgan-ise itself in such a way as to constitute virtually a half-pro-vince.

HE Scripture Union in I N.S.W. has announced

a plan to purchase a build-ing for its Headquarters to be known as "Scripture Union House."

The building has a basement, ground and five other floors and is situated in York Street, Syd-ney, eight doors down from the Town Hall.

In the past 20 years the Scrip-ture Union has tripled its office and field staff and desperately needs more space. The present site at 239 Elizabeth Street, Syd-ney, is rented under the Fair Rents Act. Leasing any other suitable office space would mean

MULTI-FAITH SERVICE PROTEST

Over 350 people inside Great St. Mary's church, Cambridge, for a multi-fath service, and a handful joining in an act of Christian witness, outside the church—this was the contrast on Sunday, 24 September, when Canon Hugh Montefiore, Vicar of Great St. Mary's, conducted a service for men of all faiths, and the Rev. Christopher Wansey conducted a specifically Christian act of witness outside the church in the rain.

Inside the church - Canon Montefiore was talking of "a kind of ecumenical movement which spreads beyond the Churches toward all faiths." Out-side the church Mr Wansey was saying: "We desire for our brothers and sisters of other faiths that they should have the very best we can offer, and that best is the unadulterated Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."

GREEKS PUBLISH 100,000 N.T.s

ATHENS. — The Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church will publish 100,000 copies of the New Testament in the ancient Greek text. Archbishop Ieronymos ,of Athens and All Greece said the aim was to have the New Testament in every Greek home. A plea was made to the Orthodox community to purchase copies as gifts for schools, hospitals and other institutions.

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a steep rise in rentals per square foot. The council has been 'pray-ing and searching for a solution tor some years.

The council now believes that God has guided it .to this parti-cular decision because of the unique combination of factors that will enble the purchase to be financed out of rentals.

These reasons are: Land values are at present

greatly depressed below the Valu-er General's value but will pro-bably soon rise again. The ven-dor agreed to sell to Scripture Union even though the price offered was $5000 below another genuine offer.

The building is ideally situat-ed for the work of S.U.

The bank is willing to make a substantial loan but the council must first raise $35,000 in loans from Christian friends before the bank will make its loan. Loans of $20 or more will be welcomed hI the council. Inter-est will be paid on these loans.

Those interested in directing their savings to useful activity in the work of God should con-tact the General Secretary, Scrip-ture Union, 239 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.

Summer Evengelistic Program The evangelistic outreach of

the Scripture Union is greater than ever this summer. Another three Beach Missions on the N.S.W. coast means that thous-ands of people camping at 45 major camping resorts wilt hear the Gospel. The High school camping program has likewise grown. New camps this summer include another boys' technology Camp, another girls' pioneer canoeing camp, a surfing camp and Snowy Mountains camp.

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MISSIONARIES Always emphasised at Bel-

grave Heights is the missionary responsibility of the believer. Hence the Saturday sessions are given over to the presentation of the challenge of Christian ser-vice,

The morning period on Satur-day, December 30, was an oc-casion for accenting the value of Bible shcool training, two missionaries giving testimony as to this. Mr Barry McWba, edu-cationist at the Christian Lead-ers' College, Banz, New Guinea, enlarged on the worth of this outreach from Melbourne Bible Institute.

Dr Alan Redpath concluded with an address based on Matthew 28, 18:20, reminding his hearers that each one was either a missionary, serving at home or abroad, or was a mis-sion field, and that God's prob-lem in evangelism was not with His enemies but with His friends.

The afternoon session was highlighted by the information imparted by several missionaries and overseas visitors as to the needs off their particular areas.

Nationals from Tanzania and India manifested by their godly witness the fruit of mission en-deavour. Thriy urged its con-tinuance.

RESPONSE The address of the Rev. Dudley

Foord alluded to his visits to Asia where he realised there was (a) a world in need; (b) a world in crisis: (c) a world of opportunity, calling for total in-volvement and identification with the constraining love of Chirst on the part of the Christian disciple.

Opportunity was taken by Mr Duncan at the conclusion of his address in the evening (in which he called for the forsaking of the "comfy" life for one of full discipleship) to ask for young life to respond to this call, and to make themselves available to the Lord for His service. As a result some 170 stood and were afterwards counselled.

Besides the amenities provid-ed for in the play centre for toddlers, the Children's Special Service Mission team, under the leadership of the Rev. Norman arey, conducted two meetings

daily in the small hall. These were attended by hun-

dreds of enthusiastic boys and girls, who were led along the way of life in the bright and varied sessions and group dis-cussions.

In the "pine grove," the Con-quest Club for teenagers en-gaged in more advanced studies. The centenary of C.S.S.M. and Scripture Union coincided with the convention, and at one meet-ing Mr Alan T. Kerr, president of Australian S.U., and a mem-ber of the international council, outlined the progress in a hundred years.

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modern society and rejected all absolutes in the realm of con-duct. They are not alone in that, of course.

Many confessed their ignor-ance of basic religious knowledge but ignorance did not curb their prejudice. Whereas they could find lots of arguments in their conflict with their elders on most other subjects, the "oldies" were not interested in discussing reli-gious topics — having practi-cally no convictions to uphold. This seemed to disappoint the young folk who rather wanted to have an argument for its own sake.

Some said that probably stan-dards and ideals were necessary in order to provide an interpre-tation for life. The usual con-demnation of the "hypocrites in the Church" were advanced butt some young folk, who had pre-viously belonged to Church and fellowship groups and Claimed to have been disappointed in them, had challenging things to say.

One said that elder folk spoke about the peace and joy of the Christian life bat these people personally showed only tension and stres, in their home life.

Maybe some of us do not make clear the fact that our Limited attainment to the perfect way does not invalidate the Way it-self.

A DIGNIFIED BEARING A.C.R. has no affiliation with

any political party but this does not prevent our taking an in-terest (which every alert citizen Should take) in the political af-fairs of the nation.

Without canvassing the prop-priety of Mr J. McEwen's action in threatening to disrupt the Government Coalition if Mr William McMahon were elected to lead the Liberal Party, many people felt that this placed Mr McMahon in a most difficult position — perhaps without per-sonal precedent in Australian politics.

To be publicly blackballed without the reasons being pub-licly stated is a most serious in-justice. Mr McMahon has always shown a keen interest in the work of the Christian Church and his many friends in the Church will deplore the fact that his political opponents employed such methods in their campaign to oppose him and his policies.

Few men could have remained silent as he did under such pro-vocation. He bore himself with true dignity.

ENDOWMENTS FOR S.A.

At a recent meeting of the Standing Committee of the dio-cese of Adelaide it was resolved that the monies received from the bequest of the late James C. Duncan, with accrued interest, amounting to $20,000 be in-vested.

The income from the invest-ment is to be divided annually between South Australian dio-ceses in proportion to the num-ber of clergymen in the respec-tive dioceses.

S. A. Crusade News The Rev. Allen Quee, general

secretary of C.M.S. in South Australia, has been appointed secretary of the Leighton Ford executive following the resigna-tion of Mr Bruce Pearce, who has received a London appoint-ment with the British and For-eign Bible Society.

The Rev. Peter Newall has become the prayer chairman, the Rev. Jeff Roper is chairman of follow-up and the Rev. Lance Shilton is one of the vice-chairmen of the executive.

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parish clergy is to help their congregations see that everything Christians do in the world in-volves the etfort to "teach about God."

Bishop Ian Shevell, of North Queensland.

The Ecumenical Movement has become part of an attempt by the Churches to escape from having to face up to reality. — Canon John Collins, Chan-cellor of St. Paul's Cathedral, London.

The underlying significance of the acquittal of Professor Geer-ing by the Presbyterian General Assembly is that a large part of the Christian Church has sur-rendered its vocation as an authoritative teacher. — Editor, Church and People, N.Z.

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brother" appointments to the Australian episcopate, the ap-pointment of Canon Eric Haw-key is most refreshing. His is, of course, not the kind of churchmanship we admire. But Eric will do a good job in the years that lie ahead of him. He is in the late fifties.

He had good pastoral experi-ence in both Sydney and Bath-urst and then over 20 faithful years with A.B.M. in Brisbane. Carpenteria is very much a missionary diocese but aster years of comparative stagnation, developments in the far north will move it ahead rapidly. Both he and the Bishop of North Queensland trained at Moore College, Sydney and both served ouracies at St. Paul's, Burwood, N.S.W. and were A.B.M. secre-taries in Queensland. We wish him Gckl's blessing.

YOUTH AND RELIGION The Sun newspaper recentl,

ran a series of articles about THE COOL ONE MILLION — the folk aged between 16 and 20. The comments were gener-ally more illuminating than most similar journalistic endeavours.

The young folk who were quoted rejected all institutions in

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Italian Evangelicals

Anglicans worst church-goers

valon into why Angli-cans had the woest church attendances record in the nation was urged recently by the State Health Mini-ster, Mr. S. D. Tooth.

l lc wa, officially opening the Young Anglican Fellowship national convention.

Addressing an audience of 150, including the Primate of Australia, Archbishop Strong, and three other bishops, Mr Tooth, a senior Anglican lay-man, said the Y.A.F. should con-sider undertaking a painstaking analysis of the cause of the situ-ation.

Anglican churches had been thronged at Christmas but would not be crowded again until Easter.

He said Anglicans were at the bottom of the list when it came to the percentage who attended church regularly.

The leaders were the Roman Catholics (55 per cent), followed by the Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians. Anglicans trailed with 13 to 14 per cent.

But they topped another list —43 per cent of Anglicans had not been in ohurch for at least one year.

He said Anglicans should not be fooled by the old myth that the Roman Catholic layman was a backseater—"They know their faith, accept their obligations and pitch in joyfully on every front."

Chairman of the convention, Bishop Donald Shearman, of Rockhampton, commented: "There's no doubt about the dear old C. of E. — it stands for `careless of everything'."

Archbishop Strong invested Bishop Shearman, who has re-signed after three years as Y.A.F. national chairman, with life membership in the organisa-

lion North Queensland Registrar.

A Federation of Italian Evan-gelical Churches has been for-mally constituted by 100 dele-gates front Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Waldensian churches meeting at Milan in November.

The decision to form the or-ganisation was made at a con-gress held in Rome in May, 1965. A draft of a statute of formulation was approved by the denominations involved.

The preamble states the basic common faith shared by the Pro-testant groups: 'The Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy established from a consensus that the various churches, unions and evangelical Christian mis-sions together profess faith in God, in Christ as the only Lord, in the universal church, in the Holy Ghost, which assembles, leads and renew, the Church."

to carve up the larger dioceses, advocated, "Largely self - gov-erning units to be grouped under a bishop with territorial oversight, but without the para-phernalia of a diocese."

If the cost of a diocesan is no greater than that of a suffra-gan bishop, the wasteful dupli-cation which goes with such an appointment is most expensive.

If large dioceses enable a greater movement of clergy, they also allow for a much wider spread of specialist staff-ing where the most benefit for a greater number can be had.

And of course in both Sydney and Melbourne, church depart-ments are required to cater for far fewer than those of most other Protestant churches who have a responsibility to the whole of N.S.W. and Victoria respectively. Any large associa-tion of people expect their appointed leaders to delegate authority, and if this were thought 'of as some sort of fail-ing in an archbishop or bishop in his role as chief pastor, then we would in turn be hard put to justify the office of primate or cardinal.

Large scale conferences and conventions are commonplace and if the near 600 members of the House of Commons can work effectively one cannot see why Sydney Synod (about equal in size to the Episcopal General Synod) cannot do the same, per-haps aided by improved accom-modation in the new tower bloc! At a time when evangelicals are short on adequate representation in some areas of leadership, and with no compromise at this point by those of different churchman-ship, conservatives ought for the present to resist any moves which will erode existing in-fluence.

J. S. Goldney, Hawthorn, S.A.

God's law and Communism

May I comment on the letters of Frank Sibson and Wilma Terry (ACR 14/12/67). Frank Sibson's letter "Rest the Soil" is very timely and would be of revolutionary benefit to our nation, and all mankind, if suf-ficient people could be brought to understand that God's divine law is as firmly in existence today as it, was in the beginning.

Our Lord demonstrated the fact in Matt. 5:17-19. On oc-casions He strengthened the law. Paul tells us most positively that it was the ordinances that the Redeemer took His cross, where they were nailed and abolished by the One Perfect Sacrifice (Colossians 2:14, Erphe-sians 2:15).

The ordinances were 'the por-tion added to the law to control the priestly duties and sacrificial rites. The Statutes, Command-ments and Judgments remain, They are established forever, as Psalm 119 teaches.

Our society is cursed with the sicknesses and plagues threa-tened as judgments for disobe-dience to divine law. 'The bles-sings for obedience remain quite elusive.

In our general confessions we admit "we have offended against thy holy laws . . . and there is no health in us." Absolution is granted to the penitent, yet we continue to ignore much of the law, thus continuing to sin. When we finally decide to trust in God and get in harmony with His laws then the Kingdom of Heaven (that we pray so consist-ently that it come) will come in actual fact.

Wilma Terry's "Communism and Rome" reveals a seeking for

Our Lord never pretended to be somebody else. His humanity was not a disguise: it was the reality. It would therefore be wrong to say that He comes now disguised as bread and wine.

—Archbishop Frank Woods, of Melbourne.

We believe that the cause of present world unrest and distress lies deeper than in just social and political systems; that every nation and individual problem springs from evil within the heart ef man: that peace with God is the only sure foundation for peace among men; that Jesus Christ is alive today; that per-sonal faith in Jesus Christ is the only road to victorious living.

—Canon Basil Williams, Wollongong, N.S.W.

The forces for temperance and abstinence have then in this contemporary motorised era a truly formidable task; and the need for strength and forth-rightness in this work is now more demanding than ever be-fore. —W. W. D. Harrison in "Road

Safety," N.S.W.

Christian fellowship is main-tained only by yielding to others on non-essentials.

—Gordon Chilvers—World Vision.

The idea that progress to-wards well-being follows auto-matically educational advance or material prosperity has long been proved false. Man's moral and spiritual growth has lagged behind his material achievements and will continue to do so as long as God is kept on the peri-meter of life and not made its centre.

—Rev. Ralph de Voil, Brisbane, Q.

But our greatest National loss lies in the fact that we have lost one who was not only a skilled politician, an able Prime Minister and National Leader,

Evangelical influence

At the last count the number of local congregations of all denominations 'pledged to sup-port the proposed Graham team Crusades, was far in excess of involvement in the 1966 Church and Life Movement, If this indi-cates a significant sympathy at ground level for evangelism, so too does the large number of parishes throughout Australia who solidly support C.M.S.

Yet too often the repre-sentation afforded conservative churchmen in many top level church conferences, is hopelessly out of 'proportion to their in-fluence where the action usually is. If this is not the case with General Synod, it certainly ap-plies for example in the House of Bishops, where a few Evan-gelical diocesans could always be ndo outvoted. f A

course Sydney is entitled to one vote in twenty-five, even though the number of her clergy equals the combined total of thirteen other dioceses. Those who do not conceal their thorough dislike of evangelicals and their theology make no secret of their desire Ito see a wholesale subdivision of Sydney diocese, which would reduce both the importance of the arch-bishopric 'and the collective in-fluence.

Following on a survey of the C. of E. the "Bulletin" (March 27, 1965) commented, "Sydney diocese stands out as the most dynamic in Australia, and is all told better and more compactly organised than any other Aus-tralian diocese."

In terms of land area Sydney is a small diocese and a geo-graphical unit. While clergy in Sydney and Melbourne are re-quired to minister to a greater number of people, this factor is somewhat offset by their having responsibility for only 1.75 centres compared with the national average of 3. In the U.K. there are any number of dioceses numerically larger than Sydney, including London with a population well over four million, with some 600 parishes. But the recent moves in Eng-land to redraw the diocesan boundaries have run into a great deal of criticism, in the Church Assembly and elsewhere. Alter-native suggestions have included proposals which would mean the retention of large dioceses, but having within them district and statutory epsicopal areas, with teams of bishops, the diocesan as chairman. The Bishop of Southwark addressing a dio-cesan conference (November 16, 1967) and in criticising moves

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on television the memorial ser-vice at St. Paul's for our late Prime Minister one was 'im-pressed with the wonderful wit-ness to our Lord Jesus and His atoning work. And this with heads of foreign States present, other religions and denomina-tions, plus the thought that this service is to be shown all the world over!

Britain is in a woeful mess, her text at this time surely being Jeremiah 13:25.

It is an amazing change and contrast corning from the gloom of England in autumn to Aus-tralia in late spring — and I am not just discussing the weather.

However, with the world scene rapidly approaching that depicted ay Scripture as being what it w,11 be just prior to our Lord's return, one cannot help wondering just how long the Christian Church has left before its rapture, and just what I am doing to redeem the remaining time. —Wal Larsen,

Bright, Vic.

Churches unnecessary!

My friend, Mr Bernard Walsh, (A.C.R., 11/1/68) quotes my statement about Christians being able to do without church build-ings When they are forced to do so. The fact that Christians hate shown that they can sur-vive dictatorship conditions and manage without separate church buildings does not mean that we should welcome persecution or being deprived of churches. Buildings can help the family life of the Church enormously as modern dictators realise full well.

The pastor of the Moscow Baptist Church with whom I had most conversation certainly had a secular occupation Which ac-counted for one sixth of his in-come. The Moscow Baptist cong-regation found the remaing five sixths because he spent nearly all his time in its service. He is a very busy man.

"Let the clergy work at secular jobs" is all very well provided they still have enough time for the essential work of the min-istry. Even the most robust and most zealous must have some rest.

The most effective congrega-tion is one whose members are "all at it and always at it" but this does not preclude a full-time Ministry.

(Rev.) Bernard Judd, East Sydney, N.S.W.

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(Damascus) — Syria's Mini-ster of Education, Sulaymlan al-Khush, has announced the take-over of all private, largely Church-sponsored schools. Now all education in Syria will be secular, he said.

The action followed the refusal of Christian communities to com-ply with terms of a Government decree issued on September 9, in which an official curriculum was set forth and management of the schools was turned over to Civil servants in the Ministry of Edu-cation. But religious authorities were supposed to maintain disci-pline and finance their operation.

On September 15, 15 Christian leaders sent a letter of protest to the head of the State and the President of the Council of Mini-sters. Signatories included pas-tors of the Evangelical commun-ity and the Armenian Protestant community, Patriarch Maxims IV (Greek Catholic), three Syrian Catholic archbishops, the Armenian Catholic Archbishop cif Damascus and Aleppo, and the Maronite Archbishop of Aleppo.

The letter said that owners of private schools were deprived by the new decree of their religious freedom to give instruction, con-trary to stipulations in succes-sive Syrian constitutions.

"The Church has always con-sidered the school inseparable from the Church," their letter said, "The fact that the Church today is deprived of the right to manage its own schools consti-tutes an attack on the life and faith of the Church itself. For us this is inadmissible."

The Minister et Education said that former owners of schools would be financially reimlbursed.

EPS, Geneva.

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understanding of the operative principles in present-day events, and states: "Roman Catholicism is no bulwark against Commu-nism." Naturally so. At a cer-tain time in the end period, three evil spirits like frogs went forth to all the world from the mouths of the dragon, beast and false prophet.

Rev. chap. 17 depicts in sym-bols the complete destruction of an apostate religious system shown to 'be seated on a scarlet coloured beast. The dragon spirit is atheism — rebellion against God, first recognised at the fall; the line from this time is called in Scripture, the seed of the ser-pent. Communism is the ulti-mate development of this dra-conic line. The last seven vials of wrath (Rev. chap. 16) are poured on apostacy and atheism and those who are deceived by their vast propaganda. The apos-tate phase is referred to as "her." Vial one is described symboli-cally as a "noisome and grievous sore," or a malignant cancer. This is Communism's way, eat-ing 'and 'gnawing away from within, corrupting and destroy-ing.

This cancer is most active in Roman Catholic countries. Thus, she is no bulwark against Com-munism, bur rather the intended victim of the vial's malignancy.

God's people are repeatedly warned to come out of her, "that ye receive not of her plagues." Rev. 14:7 gives us a more de-tailed waming and at the time of approaching destruction the everlasting gospel is restated: "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judg-ment is come."

The warning is most timely when we view the world-wide movement to discover how union with "her" may be arranged. We have been warned by our Lord himself that the deceitful propa-ganda at the end lime will he so subtle and clever it would de-ceive — if it were possible —the very elect.

Only wisdom can make our election sure and wisdom as dis-tinct from the knowledge of these times is found in one book only, God's word, the only vol-ume that we can trust as sure foundation. We say we believe IN God, we must also believe God.

— Edgar Annabel, Cabramatta, N.S.W.

Traveller's thoughts

I went overseas last February, and returned in late November.

I attended a number of services in All Souls, London, and also St. Barnabas, Lavender Hill On our way home my wife and I stayed with the Gurney's in Teheran for several days, and it has been quite a pleasant sight seeing the good witness to our Lord and Saviour in these places. One is brought to the conclusion that at rockbottom the Anglican church Is sound, even if some of its clergy do wonder if Jesus was a 'homosexual, or whether God is dead. (He was, but on the third day, He arose, remem-ber?)

Arriving home and watching

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SHORT NOTICES THE CHURCHMAN Vol. 81 No. 3 Autumn 1967. Church Book Room Press, London. Pp. 238. 4/ (U.K.). This is the first number of this quarterly journal of Anglican theology to be edited by Gervaise Duffield, His eight-page editorial is welcome and is provocative and full of informa-tion, English Methodism is sup-pressing its dissentient voices as it moves toward re-union. Simi-lar things will happen here soon. There are four major articles three of them on some aspect of church union. As usual, the book reviews are copious and of high standard. Every serious-minded evangelical should be a sub-scriber.

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THE HUMANITY AND DIVINITY OF CHRIST by John Knox. Cambridge University Press, 1967. pp. x plus 118. Cloth and also paperback.

Knox is a distinguished Ameri-can scholar, at present Professor of New Testament at the Episco-pal Theological Seminary of the South West. The sub-title is "A Study of Pattern in Christology," and the author is really concern-ed with how various developing views about Jesus divine nature affected the original and basic datum that he was truly man.

With very little e- • e in support, Knox supposes that Jesus was first regarded as an ordinary man who was promoted to divinity after his death.

This attitude involved no prob-lem for the understanding of his real humanity while on earth. But then came the idea that Jesus had a divine pre-existence, and this (argues Knox) imposed an intolerable strain on the original idea that he was truly man.

Paul and Hebrews maintain the true humanity of Jesus only with "equivocation and compromise." John does not maintain it at all, despite his formal assertion that "the word became flesh;" the Jesus of John's Gospel is not a genuine human figure at all.

Knox is a clear and serious thinker; but he has abandoned the concept of scripture as the source of revelation, He is a kind of gnostic, who finds the reality of Christ nowhere but in what he calls "the Church." What we have in the New Testament is the "myth" of Christ's incarna-tion and resurrection, which is merely "the way in which the earliest Church tried to explain its own existence."

In this book, Knox's obvious interest in speculative theology is too little restrained by disciplined exegesis of the New Testament,

-D.W.lait.

FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH, by H. L. Ellison, 1967, pp. 127, U.K price 5s.

EZEKIEL: The Man and His Mes-sage, by H. L. Ellison, 1961, pp 144. U.K. price 6s.

These two books now appear-ing in paperback will already be well known to many.

The former is a superb study of the Book of Job which is a must for all who want to under-stand the structure and message of this most difficult book. This is not a commentary, and is not intended to substitute for one; it is a highly successful attempt to indicate the main 'argument of the work, and to do so with attention to exposition and devo-tional study,

Mr Ellison's study of Ezekial is likewise a work which aims at the main message of the book, and which provides a read-able introduction to this pro-phecy. The brevity of the treat-ment has caused the author to assume, without defence, his own particular view of the Millen-nium, which affects quite seriously the interpretations of some of the prophecies. He is careful to acknowledge this fact in the introduction, - G.G.

THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS, by R. K. Harrison, xiv plus 160 pp. Hodder and Stoughton, Eng. price 5/..

Professor Harrison is known to many for his two "Teach Yourself" books, Archeology of the O.T. and Archeology of the N.T. The present work was also originally a "Teach Yourself" book,

Harrison's aim is "to survey the recent manuscript discover-ies from the general area to the north-west of the Dead Sea, to consider some of the theories. . . propounded concerning them, and to examine certain of the problems which have arisen in

LIFE LINE by Alan Walker. Fontana Books, London 1967. Pp. 126. It seems hard to believe that Life Line wan established in Sydney less than five years ago. It has now gone international and is operating in at least seven countries. This paperback tells the thrilling story of this special Christian ministry which has brought new hope to thousands of people.

ONE STEADFAST HIGH IN. TENT. The Evangelical Maga-zine, London. 1967. Pp. 72. 4/ (U.K.). The report of the Puritan and Reformed Studies Confer-ence, 1966 and contains articles by P. E. G. Cook, Dr Jim Pack-er, J. Lewis Wilson, W. H. Davies and Dr D. M. Lloyd-Jones. A first-rate symposium of Reformed thought today.

CORAL IN THE SAND by Geoffrey T. Bull. Hodder and Stoughton, London. 1967. Pp. 127. 75c. A paperback reprint from the author of "When Iron Gates Yield." A true-life story of missionary endeavour in North Borneo, Excellent mater-ial for missionary study of an area within Australia's concern,

COWSHED TO DOG COLLAR by Keith Elliott, V.C., A. H. and A. W, Reed Ltd., Artarmon, N.S.W. 1967. Pp. 67. $4. A copiously illustrated biography of Keith Elliot, a Kiwi of the 2nd N.Z.E.F. who won the V.C. in the Western Desert and after repatriation, became an Anglican clergyman, It is the story of a simple country man, plainly and rather movingly told.

VOICES OF CONSCIENCE by Dr Bruce Peterson. I.V.F., Mel-bourne. 1967. Pp. 32. 45c. Bruce Peterson is a Sydney psychiatrist, prominent in I.V.F. circles who has done much to establish solid understanding between the Chris-tian faith and psychiatry. All in-terested in pastoral counselling will be helped by his handling of such concepts as conscience and the superego, guilt and path-ological guilt. Draws heavily on Scripture.

OUR RISEN LORD by Mar-cus Loane. Zondervan, U.S.A. 1967. pp. 119. $2.95 (U.S.) An American reprint of a work first published in 1965 under the title It is the Lord." A tightly writ-

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Rev. A. S. Roberts, Vicar of Carbis Bay, has become the first person to ring a peal of 5,000 or more changes on all the forty-four rings of eight bells in the Truro Diocese. He began at Kea in 1927, and completed the series at Werrington in 1967 - forty years and one week later.

* * * BIBLE FOR U.S.S.R.

NEW YORK. - The first complete edition of the Bible for popular use to be published by the Russian Orthodox Church since 1917 will be issued in late December, Metropolitan Niko-dim of Leningrad and Ladogas, chairman of the Department of External Church Affairs for the Moscow Patriarchate, told offic-ials of the American Bible Soc-iety here.

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NEWCASTLE ORDINA-TION.-The Bishop of New-castle, the Right Reverend J. A. G. Housden, held an ordination service in Christ Church Cathed• ral on December 16.

The Rector of The Entrance, the Reverend W. Griffith Coch-rane, preached the sermon.

John Dixon and David Puller were ordained priests; Stuart Benson and Brian Roach were made deacons.

* * * MALAYSIA - TIME RUNS

OUT.- A law passed in 1967 gave foreign missionaries work-ing in Malaysia an uncertain future, The law states that the residence of each non-national religious worker must be limited to 10 years. It was uncertain for a while from what time the 10 years would be estimated. A recent clarification states that the law will be retroactive to Janu-ary 1, 1967, giving all mission-aries nine more years of service.

Islam is the official religion in Malaysia. Christianity, Hin-duism and Confuscianism make up strone religious minorities.-"World Vision."

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A video tape recorder and camera have been given to the diocese of Exeter by Dr .1. B. Phillips, the author, and translator of the New Testa-ment. The equipment, available to

clergy and lay readers, will be in the care of the diocesan Press and public relations officer, the Rev, John Parkinson. The equip-ment gives an instantaneous play-back of a recording in both sound and vision.

Dr Phillips wants the Church to have at its disposal the latest in communication techniques.

WOOLWICH AGAIN. - No objections were raised when, on 12th December, Woolwich mag-istrates granted an application by members of Woolwich parish church to sell alcoholic drinks in the church crypt on two nights each week.

Drinks, including gin, whisky and beer, will be sold to young people between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who at-tend youth-night sessions in the crypt's "discotheque."

The application was granted for a period of a year to a parish "wine committee" of which the Rector of Woolwich, the Rev, Nicolas Stacey, is chair-man.

* * * FEWER ORDINANDS FOR

CANADA.-There has been a drastic decline in the number of candidates for the ministry of the Anglican Church of Canada over the past four years.

A recent report reveals that only 172 full-time students reg-istered in theology for the 1967-68 school year-compared with 250 in 1966-67 and 280 in 1963-64. Of the 172, only 156 are training for Canadian dioceses, as opposed to 217 in 1966-67 and 261 in 1963-64.

* * * ANCIENT CHURCH UNDER

MINSTER Engineers carrying out an

examination of the foundations of York Minster have uncovered traces of an ancient church 12 feet below the floor of the pres-ent building.

The earlier building, for which archaeologists have been search-ing for years, was built in the eighth century and was known as the Archbishop Albert Church.

During their excavation work the engineers have also found sections of the walls of a Roman legionary fortress which is be-lieved to have been reconstructed in the latter part of the fourth century.

MEAT FOR R.C.s After insisting on its observ-

ance for many centuries, the Roman Catholic Church in Bd. lain has decided to scrap its "no meat on Fridays" rule.

The decision, which will af-fect Roman Catholics in Eng-land, Wales and Scotland, was announced on Sunday. 31st De-cember, in a statement read out in churches on behalf of the Church's hierarchy.

In future the law of fasting and abstinence will remain in force on only two days each year - Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. On other days individuals will be left to decide for themselves how to observe their self-denial.

'Books WISDOM LITERATURE, by James Wood. Ducgworth 1967. pp.xli plus 169. 15/- (UK).

At the popular level it is fash-ionable to talk about the books of the Bible as consisting of his-tory, prophecy, and poetry. Such an analysis ignores the large amount of poetry in the pro-phetic books, and the important types of literature to be found among the so-Called poetic books. One such neglected literary type is the Wisdom Literature.

A number of good books have appeared recently on the sub-ject of biblical Wisdom Litera-ture, which have shown the need to understand this phenomenon in its total context of an intellec-tual movement which was com-mon to many of Israel's neigh-bours.

Professor Wood's book (No. 64 in the Duckworth Studies in Theology series) is a concise treatment of the biblical Wis-dom literature within this con-text of non-Israelite Wisdom.

The author seeks to analyse the main features of this mater-ial, to introduce the biblical mat-erial which fits this category, and to show the development of Wisdom into the period of Hel-lenistic influence in Palestine, and of the New Testament. His final section seeks to discover the importance of the Wisdom move-ment in the Christology of the New Testament.

Much research remains to 'be done on the influences of the Wisdom movement at large on the biblical literature. Professor Wood acknowledges that proper account must be taken of the distinctive nature of the Faith of Israel when assessing these influ-ences.

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-G.G.

E. J. POOLECONNOR, 1872-1962: CONTENDER FOR THE FAITH by D. G. Fountain, H. E. Walter Ltd., Worth. ing, U.K. 1966. pp. 241. 7/6 (U.K.)

Rarely does a reviewer have to review a book as valuable as this. It is much more than a biography of an evangelical stal-wart. It is a careful delineation of the struggles, triumphs and failures of Evangelicalism for over 100 years. It is marked by sage scholarship and its conclu-sions are advanced with scrupu-lous fairness.

The Rev. E. J. Poole-Connor was a Nonconformist Evangeli-cal who sat under Moody and Sankey and also Billy Graham. He was by inheritance indebted to the revival of 1859, was a leader in the formation of evan-gelical opinion concerning the Ecumenical Movement. He was a younger contemporary of Bishop Ryle and Prebendary Webb-Peploe; a friend of Dr Spurgeon, Torrey, F. B. Meyer. He was a great preacher, a most diligent scholar and teacher and a constant writer.

His life-long devotion was to the cause of evangelical unity. David Fountain is at consider-able pains to bring out for his readers the scriptural founda-tions upon which this unity must rest. Evangelicals of all the churches will be indebted to him for this remarkable study.

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the course of academic discus-sion within the last few years." He has done this in sufficient detail and yet with such lucidity that, in the words of F. F, Bruce, "the ordinary intelligent reader will find in Professor Hiarrison an interesting and trust-worthy guide."

We are told how the scrolls were discovered, what they con-tain, and whew they were prob-ably written and copied. Harri-son then deals with their rela-tion to the O.T., describes the Qumran community, and, most usefully of all, compares it with the early Christian community. Despite certain similarities "the cardinal Christian doctrines . . . are nowhere to be found in the Dead Sea Scrolls." -J. VicL.

THE DIVIDED KINGDOM, by Charles F. Pfeiffer: Baker, 1967, pp. 117, U.S. price, $2.95.

This is the fifth volume to appear in Baker's O.T. history series, written by the former professor of O.T, at Gordon Divinity School. Those who have appreciated the previous books will not be disappointed in this one.

Of, course, the period covered is 922-587 B.C. The account is faithful to the narrative of Kings and Chronicles, as well as to the messages of the prophets to Israel and Judah, In fact, a praiseworthy feature of the book is the recounting of the history not only in relation to the pers-pective of the prophetic writers of Kings, but also in relation to the viewpoint of the con-temporary writing prophets.

Archeological evidence con-stantly illuminates and enriches the text, not only in the form of information and quotations from extra-biblical sources, but also in the form of many clearly produced photographs.

The publisher's blurb truthfully claims that the book is "rich in background information" and useful as a reference for the student, the minister and the Sunday school (or scripture) teacher. The bibliography will whet the appetite of the more advanced student. -J.McL.

LUTHERAN- REFORMED DIALOGUE (Geneva). - A special group

has been named by the Luth-eran World Federation and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches to assess the results of joint theological conversa-tions in North America and Europe and to "consider the nature of possible future de-velopments."

Six theologians from the United States, Germany, Scot-land and Denmark have been named to the group, which will meet here January 13-14.

The reason for the group's formation was set forth in a staff - prepared document which declared: "With the development of inter - Lutheran - Reformed dialogue in different parts of the world, it is essential that at some central point the differing ap-proaches and conclusions should be studied and evaluated so that the wholeness of the world fami-lies of churches may be seen and the danger of fragmentary think-ing avoided."

(E.P.S., Geneva.)

Asian churches confer

Fifteen Australian church delegates will attend the Third Assembly of the East Asia Christian Conference in Bang-kok, Thailand, at the end of Jan-uary.

The East Asia Christian Con-ference is a regional ecumenical organisation of Protestant and Orthodox churches in 16 Asian countries, including Australia and New Zealand.

About 250 delegates from throughout the region are ex-pected to attend.

The Assembly will last from January 30 to February 8.

Church of England, delegates are: The Rt, Rev, G. T. Sambell

(Melbourne), The Rt, Rev, B. Macdonald

(Perth). The Rev. Canon Frank Coal-

drake (Sydney). The Rev, G. Taylor (Sydney). One to be named.

BAPTISM UNDER REVIEW

Clergy and laity of the synod and diocese of Chemsford will soon be asked to vote on the following propositions: I. Holy Baptism is rightly ad-

ministered to children. 2. Christian parents may rightly

postpone Baptism for their children till the years of dis-cretion,

3. The Church should provide a Service of Thanksgiving for and Blessing of the child (for use at home or in church).

4. In present circumstances this Service should be used for all children, including those look-ing forward to Baptism.

5. Baptism should not (save in emergency) be administered without preparation of those concerned.

6. No child may be Baptised elsewhere than in the parish in which his parents or guardians live (or are qualified electors with the consent and co-oper-ation of the minister of that parish.

7. Baptism should normally be administered in the presence of a congreagation of regular worshippers.

We had a tea party today for about 30 people. Fortunately the sun shone so we sat outside in the garden. The occasion was the visit of Miss May Dobson. She is a native of Hobart, Tas-mania but has spent most of her life in East Africa and speaks four African languages fluently. She has already retired twice from the mission field but has now taken a new post at the language school for missionaries in Nairobi. After her first "re-tirement" she came up here to Karima to work with the Rural Aid Mission and spent three years here getting the adult literacy and homecraft work on its feet, We found it a most

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"Evangelism among children and young people is often sus- pect. As part of its Centenary program, the Scripture Union Movement has published this re- appraisal of the principles of evangelism and of their applica-tion to the task of presenting the Gospel of Christ to children and young people in our rapidly changing world."

In the first part of the book John B. Taylor, vice-principal of Oak Hill Theological College, considers the Message, Methods, Response and Consequences.

These chapters are written as simply as possible, obviously having in mind laymen with little theological understanding. Other contributors provide chapters; "Can children understand the Bible?" and "Modern Psycho-logy and Evangelism."

The second section of nine chapters by nine different auth-ors deals with practical methods of evangelism from the Under-sevens through Sunday school, Youth Groups, Children's Mis-sions, Camps and Houseparties to late teenage school groups. This section is simply a state-runt of methods being employed in these various fields.

For any starting out to organ-ise or lead youth groups there is much of value in this book. However, anyone with some un-derstanding of the theology of evangelism and some experience of youth work will probably find the book rather superficial and perhaps tedious, -A.R.A.

EVANGELISM AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE by J. B. Taylor and others. Scripture Union, 1967. pp. 167, $4.25.

AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF THEOLOGY

CLASS LISTS 1967 (The fire at the Melbourne Mail Exchange in late Novem-

ber, and the work-to-regulations postal strike have combined to retard the receipt of the information which is necessary before the class lists can be finalised).

TH.SCHOL.

WORLD M.U. CONFERENCE

A world-wide conference of the Mothers' Union will be held in London from Monday, July 22, to Friday, July 26, when delegates from every continent will meet, share in worship, ex-change news and attend meetings of the Central Council, in which important issues facing the Mothers' Union will be debated.

There will be an inaugural service in Westminster Abbey on Monday, July 22, and after the meetings in London there will be a visit to Old Ailresford, in Hampshire, the home of Mary Sumner, founder of the Moth-ers' Union. on Friday, July 26.

SOUTH AFRICAN BISHOP LOOKS AT AUSTRALIA

SINCE he was lost here 14 years ago, Bishop Stephen Bradley has been struck by the

larger congregations in so many Australian churches. He regards this as one of the most significant changes he observes after a long absence.

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In other States he found .that services at St. John's, Toorak, St. Hilary's, Kew (Victoria) and Holy Trinity, Adelaide were well - attended and full of in-spination. While in Melbourne he was able to meet Archbishop Woods.

SEES PRIMATE While in Brisbane next Easter,

he has been invited to call on the Primate, the Archbishop of Brisbane, . who has writtten to him with great kindness and courtesy.

His general impression of church life in Australia is that people are realising more than ever that evangelicals have some-thing important to give and that our many evangelical churches in all States have the warm support of their people.

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NATIONAL C.E.M.S. COUNCIL FIFTEEN delagates from all States except Tasmania gathered in Sydney

27-29 January for the annual meeting of the National Council of the Church of England Men's Society. Meetings were chaired by the Notional

Chairman, the Right Rev. Ronald Richards, Bishop of Bendigo.

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MEETINGS AT KATOOMBA Continued rot page I

The morning sessions of the School were taken up with a Bible Study and missionaries in dialogue with the General Secre-tary, Rev. Ken Short. The Bible studies were geared to expound-ing the summer school theme "The Local Church and the Wider World" and to show how missionary work can play a sig-nificant part in the life of the individual and the parish church. After this the missionaries frankly answered questions put to them about missionary work in the contemporary world.

The climax of the week came on Friday with the Valedictory Service at which nine returning and twelve new missionaries were farewelled at an impressive Communion Service conducted by the Summer School Chair-man, Rt. Rev. R. C. Keile, Bishop of Armidale. The new missionaries had earlier given their testimonies as to how they had felt called by God to mis-sionary service, and, in the after-noon, some 80 young people at-tended a special meeting for those inquiring about missionary service, and thirty of these joined the regular C.M.S. Candi-dates and Inquirers' Fellowship.

All who were present thank God for the ministry of the Holy Spirit, for information gained, and many are eagerly anticipating Summer School 1969 — January 10 to 18, when Rev. John Reid will be leading the school in bible exposition.

general to the Australian mili-tary forces.

During the daytime conven-tion meetings, children's meet-ings were conducted in a special building near the youth camp by a Children's Special Service Mis-sion team of nine led by Mr Chris Dudley.

The open-air meetings were led by the Open Air Campaign-ers.

Each day began with a well-attended prayer meeting in the auditorium from 7 o'clock until 7.45 a.m. Then, at 10.15 a.m., except on Sunday, Mr Reid gave a Bible reading on the authority of Christ as seen in the Gospel of Mark.

The Rev. George Duncan, speaking from a wide experience of conventions and conferences, said that the C.M.S. Summer School was "the best of its kind" that he had seen anywh"re in the world. He was particularly im-pressed by the warmth of fellow-ship and the sense of "family" in C.M.S.

Mr Duncan is the minister of St. George's Tron, Glasgow, and had been invited to be the special speaker at Summer School, January 5-13. His min-istry was deeply appreciated by the large numbers who were present. The attendance at all meetings ranged from 850 to 1,000 on one evening. His ad-dresses were penetrating, refresh-ing, encouraging, and many spoke during the week of the way in which God had spoken to them through Mr Duncan.

Sydney, were: chairman, the Bishop of Bendigo; national sec-retary, Mr Allan G. James (Mel-bourne); national treasurer, Mr Harry Day (Melbourne); Messrs. J. Riley and J. Bishop (Mel-bourne); Messrs. J. Ernest Ben, son and Ron Arnott (Sydney); Mr Stan Proctor (Perth); Messrs. W. Dunn and W. Sutcliffe (Ade-laide); Messrs, N. Bothwell, L. Webb and C. Adams (New-castle); Rev, W. Nicholson (Ben-digo); Messrs A. Lacey and N. Macklin (Brisbane); Messrs A. Salisbui \. anti W. Wadie (Can-berra-(,",!burn).

Another change which the Bishop observes is the much greater number of able laymen who am actively engaged in the life of the church.

Two things had brought this home to him with particular force. One was a Saturday morn-ing breakfast for men in Syd-ney where 700 men gathered at the invitation of Rev. Geoff. Fletcher, Sydney Diocesan Evangelist, A month later, some hundreds of men gathered at Coles' in Sydney for a breakfast to hear an address by Bishop Frank Hulme Moir. Obviously, the men must have been keen to come so early and in such numbers.

1662. PRAYER BOOK He felt keen pleasure that in

so many churches, the 1662 Prayer Book order was so clos-ely followed. This is the more striking in view of the 'frequent criticism of the book as being out of date.

When asked about his experi-ences outside the city, he men-tioned attending a service at Port Macquarie, N.S.W. The curate took the service most reverently and included a prayer for the Graham Crusade. The rector, Archdeacon A. E. Warr gave a most helpful sermon.

Bishop Bradley is Bishop of the Church of England in South Africa and has spent some months on leave in Syd-ney. He came to Australia to see relatives and friends, but particularly to see the impact of the Graham crusade. He will leave for South Africa on April 29, immdeiately after the Sydney Graham crusade.

WEAKNESSES When asked what particu-

lar weaknesses he had observed is the Church in Australia, the Bishop admitted that he had not noticed any weakness which was more significant in Australia than elsewhere. He had often come across the complaint by clergy that they felt that not enough emphasis was given to pastoral training for the ministry.

CONVENTIONS While here, he has attended

the C.M.S. Summer School and the Katoomba Convention, both at Katoomba, N.S.W. He was greatly impressed by Anglican leadership at the Katoomba Convention with Chaplain-Gen-eral Alan Begbie in the chair.

At the C.M.S. Summer School Bishop Kerle had been an ex-cellent chairman. The Rev. George Duncan's Rihlr readings had given all RA oieriwal food.

EVANGELISM Asked why Billy Graham had

not taken a Crusade in South Africa, the Bishop said that the main reason was that the English evangelist, the Rev. Eric Hutch-ings, conducted two crusades each year in South Africa with excellent results. Graham con-served his strength for countries which were not adequately covered by other evangelists.

Two other evangelists in South Africa had had successful mini-stries for many years. One was an African named Nicholas Bhengu whose evangelistic work had been greatly blessed for 15 years, The other was a Dutch Reformed evangelist named Dorninee Marais who had been mightily used by God for 15 years also.

Hu, Slink, J. lit.'s,. has 11,i;:o the palish of Kuppol litt..khampiont 0, become a full-time Army chaplain.

Archdeacon Rodney M. Murphy has resigned the parish of Blackball (Rock-hampton) and has been appointed rector of Kennel. He remains archdeacon of the West and Administrator.

Rev. K. F. Ansel!, curate of St. Thomas', North Sydney, has been appoin-ted to the charge of the new district of Howrah (Tasmania).

The former Archbishop of Capetown, the Right. Rev. Joost de Blank, died on January 1 in London, aged 59. He had an evangelical background but to quote the "London Times" obituary. "he later advanced to a truly catholic standpoint." In South Africa he was strongly opposed to apartheid. Latterly, he was a canon of Westminster.

Among English awards in the New Year honours by the Queen were: Knight-hoods for Dr John Dykes Bower, organ-ist of St. Paul's, 1936-67; and Dr G. R. Driver, eminent Oxford Hebrew scholar. The Bishop of Birmingham, Dr L. I. Wilson, K.C.M.G.t the Bishop of St Alban's, Dr E. M. Gresford-Iones, Lord High Almoner since 1953, K.C.V.O.

The new British poet-laureate, Mr C. Day Lewis, was born in Ireland where his father was a Chruch of Ireland clergyman and later vicar of Edwin-stowe, Nottinghamshire

Rev. Canon Herbert Jones, rector of Kyneton (Bendigo) has announced his retirement from the active ministry.

The Archbishop of Sydney is absent in India during January at the invitation of the Evangelical Fellowship of India. He will attend the E.F.I. Conference at Poona and assist in the conduct of clergy retreats in two Indian dioceses.

Rev. Canon R. S. Foster, Warden of St. John's College, Auckland, N.Z., has been awarded the degree of doctor of theology (by examination) from the Am-Malian College of Theology.

Mr Wilfred L. J. Hutchison, Diocesan Secretary, Sydney, for the past nine years left on Januuary 24 for five months overseas. During this time he will visit C.M.S. missions in Singapore, Malaya, Kenya and Tanganyika He will stay for some time with Mr Stacy Woods in Switzerland. Mrs Hutchison will accom-pany him.

Rev. T. R. Grundy, rector of Nyngan (Bathurst), has been appointed Field Officer in Evangelism and Stewardship (Canberra-Goulburn) as from February 1.

Rev. P. T. Hill, curate of East Brighton (Melbourne) is to be curate of Morwell (Gippsland).

Rev. Evan Hall has been appointed curate of St. John's, Kerang (Bendigo).

Rev. Graeme Rutherford has been appointed curate of St. Paul's, Bendigo.

Rev. D. G. Johnson, rector of Geeves-ton (Tasmania) has been appointed rector of Queenstown from the end of February.

Be, 31. B. kW. ke Ratanning, tia, boon appoultod.1 canon an Sub-Dean of St. Boniface's Cathedra, Bun-bury, W.A.

Rev. R. L. Newman, rector of St. Luke's, Rosewood, (Brisbane) has re-signed as from April 30.

Rev. Frederick C. Affivood will be inducted to the parochial district of Caboolture (Brisbane) on February 2.

Rev. John D. Hughes was inducted to the parish of Kilcoy (Brisbane) on January 12.

Brigadier J. G. D. McNeil has been re-elected Lay President of the Church of England Men's Society in the dio-cese of Tasmania.

Rev. W. L. B. Verrall, Director of Christian Education in the diocese of Tasmania :for the past 17 years, has resigned as from the middle of 1968.

Deaconess Doris Crawford has been commissioned as Head Deaconess of the diocese of Tasmania. There are now seven deaconesses and one parish sister at work in the diocese.

Mr B. G. Pearce, Bible Society Secre-tary in South Australia since 1958 has been appointed Secretary for Asia in London from January,

On Friday, Febtuary 2, at 10 am., in the Cathedral Church of St. Peter, the Bishop of Adelaide will admit to Holy Orders, the undermentioned:—

To the Diaconate: From St. Michael's House. Mr R. F. Ayles, Me G. Roper; from St. Barnabas' College, Mr IL D. Ferrer, Mr G. A. Gatenby, Dr R. D. Hall, Mr F. N. Lewis; from Ridley College, Melbourne, Mr P. Thomas.

To the Priesthood: Revs. J M. Ed-wards, D. M. C. Hand, D. W. A. Keay, J. L. Parsons, R. W. Duffield, and R. N. B. Sibley.

Rev. Clive Way, rector of St. Mark's, Chester Hill (Sydney), has been ap-pointed Field Superintendent of the Syd-ney City Mission as from March 1. He will be in charge of staff ,in the mission districts and radio programs.

The following men were ordained at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, in December:

PRIESTS: Neil Ashbrook Flower, Donald Ian Meadows, Milton Myers, Anthony Howard Nichols, Reginald John Piper.

DEACONS: John Harold Cashman, Appointed Curate at Christ Church, Blacktown; David Albert West, Appoint-ed Curate at St. John's, Beeeroft; James Walter South, Appointed Curate at St. Matthew's, Manly; Michael Anthony North, Appointed Curate at St. Barna-bas', Roseville East; Stuart Neale Langshaw, Appointed Curate at St. Luke's. Dapto: Peter St. John Hobson, Appointed Curate at St. Stephen's,' Pen-rith.

Also Ordained to Diaconate: David Mervyn Stuart Cohen, for the

Bishop of Mauritius: Robert James Wheeler. for the Diocese of Brisbane.

SECOND CLASS: Corbett-Jones, M. A., Th.L., Ridley,

Sydney; Herring, I. N., Th.L., Mel-bourne.

PASS: Barnett, P W., B.D., TILL., Moore,

Sydney; Allmon. C. D. H., B.D., Th.L., Adelaide; Chiswell, P., B.D., Armidale; Firmage, a E., Th.L., Moore, Sydney; Kernebone, R. A., B.D., Armidale; Johnson, M. G., Th.L., Rid- ley. Tasmania; Oliver, 3. R., &A., Th.L., Ballarat.

Pass in single subjects:— OLD TESTAMENT:

Blackwell, G. D., Moore. Sydney; Bowden, R. D., Armidale; Carter. B. A.. Willochra; Emery, E. 3 , Sydney; Foord, D. T., Moore, Sydney; Foster, G., Mel-bourne; Holbeck, J. E., Ridley, Unatt., Home, J.. Moore, Sydney; Prentice, H. K., Ridley, Melbourne,

NEW TESTAMENT: Anderson, D. G., Sydney; Begbie,

A., Moore, Sydney; Cashman, J. 11., Moore, Sydney; Derrell, J., Sydney: Gabbott, S. L., Moore, Sydney; Giles, K N., Moore, Limit., Hearn, G. A., Gippsland; Jones, A. V. Bathurst; Lang-shaw, S. N. Moore, Sydney; McKinney, R. R., Armidale; Nichols, A. H., Moore, Sydney; Ntiruka, F., Cent, Tang.: Rei-mer, J. W., Moore, Sydney; South, J. W., Moore, Sydney.

(In order of merit) FIRST CLASS

Pryor, J. W., Moore, Grafton; Mc- Carthy, A. D., Moore, Sydney; Peterson, D. G., Moore, Sydney

SECOND CLASS Hohne. A. N., B.Sc., Dip. Ed., Syd-

ney; Bennett, M. L., Moore, Sydney; Edwards, M. G., Moore, Perth; Eyland. E. P., Moore, Unatt.; Ainsworth, H. L., Sydney; Corby, J. B., St. John, Mel-bourne; Adcock, G. A., &A., G.B.R.E., New Guinea; Ayles, R. F., St. Michael, Adelaide; Hockley, R. E., B.E., Moore, Sydney; Clerke, C. J., Moore, Sydney; Morton, M. J., St. John, Melbourne; Shepherd, J. H.. B.A., Trinity, Mel-bourne; Campbell, D. K., B.Sc., Moore, Unatt: Jordan. A E., Brisbane; Andrew, R. L., Moore, Sydney: Hall, K. D., B.Sc.. Ph.D., St. Rumbas. Adelaide; Royal, I. M., Adelaide; Holmes, C. G., B.Sc., S.S.M.; Nairn, M. D., Moore, Tasmania; Stegemann, W. C., St. Francis, Brisbane; Benfield, D. E., St. Michael, St. Arnaud.

PASS Turley, J. A., B.A., Christ, Tasmania;

Chesterman, P. H., &A., Dip.Ed., Perry Hall, Melbourne; Fasher, A. M., St. Michael, Unatt.; Thomas, W. E., Moore, Sydney; Roach, B. N., St. John, New-castle; Boan, D. T. C., Ridley, Mel-bourne; Stewart, J. J., Moore, Sydney; Wood, A. T. J., Ridley, Brisbane; Penn. M. R. S., B.A., LL.B., DBE., Adelaide: Gibbons, T. F. H., Wollaston, Perth; Gatenby, G. A., St. Barnabas, Adelaide: Balmer. F. B., Moore, Sydney; Harvey, G. N J., Wollaston, Perth; Becher-vaise, H. R., L.C.A., A.A.S.A., GBRE, Melbourne; Roper, G., St. Michael, Adelaide; Boundy, S. F., Ridley, Mel-bourne; Wilson, R. A. H., B.A., Mel- bourne; Davies, P. H., Can.-Goulb.; Dempsey, R, A., Moore, Sydney; Mac-queen, K. A., Brisbane; Morrison, A. G., Carpentaria; Choi. W. C-H., Seoul; Hardy, I. A.. Willochra; Hinton, H. H., Moore, Sydney; Featherston, R., St. Michael, Melbourne; Hoskin, S. S., Rid-ley, Melbourne; McDowell, R. J., St. Francis, Brisbane.

CONCEDED PASS Curtis, T. P., Wollaston, Perth; Don-

ald, J. J., St. Francis, Brisbane; Hansen, K. R., Ridley, Melbourne; Prosser, J. A., St. John, Rockhampton.

PASS with a.e.g. concessions Audemard, P. L., L.Th., Dip.R.E.,

Unatt.; Daunton-Fear, A., B.A., B.Sc., Adelaide; Lipscomb, I. C., St. Columb,

(in order of merit) FIRST CLASS

Burgess, M. J., Sydney; Treagus, A. C. D.B.E., Adelaide; Anthony, 1. M., B.Sc., D.C.E., Brisbane: Thomas, H. K., Sydney; Beer, W. B.. Exeter: Drayton, E. N.. (i.B.R.E.. Ballarat.

SECOND CLASS Kisbee, P., G.B.R.E., Melbourne;

Aland, E. S D.C.E., Brisbane; Evans, D. E., G.B.R.E., Nth. Old.; Gil-fillan, I., G.B.R.E., Adelaide; Hunter, J. G., G.B.R.E., Bathurst; Wheeler, C. T., G.B.R.E., Can-Goulb.; may, M., D.C.E., Melbourne; Spapens, E. V., Melbourne; Dalby R., B.Arch.. D.B.E., Aedlaide; Hart, E. M., G.B.R.E., Can-Goulb.; Gijsbers, P E., Melbourne; New-bold, S., G.B.R.E., Melbourne; Tuckett, M. J., D.B.E., Adelaide Bush, M. DALE., Adelaide; Bell, E. D.C.E., Brisbane; Buckman, E. G., D.B.E., Adelaide.

PASS Hutchinson, E J., Deac. House, Mel-

bourne; Fraser, E. P., Deac. House, Tasmania; Novice Bridget, D.C.E., Bris-bane; Morrison, A. W., D.C.E., Bris-bane: McConnell. J., D.C.E., Brisbane.

Pass with e.t.a. concessions; Ritchie, A. R., Unatt. The F. A. Walton Memorial Prize-

winner for 1967 is Margaret Jean BURGESS, Sydney.

Th.A. PASS PART I tin alphabetical order)

Asor, M., Newton. New Guinea;

CHURCH HISTORY: Bartlett, L. F., Sydney; Begbie, R. A.,

Moore, Sydney; Cashman, J. H.. Moore, Sydney; Cornelius, D. B. Sydney; Far-leigh G. G., Canberra-Goulburn; Feld-man, ft. C. Sydney; Gabbott, S. L., Moore, Sydney; Giles, K. N.. Moore, Unatt; Knott, G.J.Adelaide; Langshaw, S. N., Moore, Sydney; Maple, G. S., Syd-ney; McKnight, T F., Sydney; Myers, M., Moore, Sydney; Newton, W. B., Moore, Sydney; Reimer, J. W. Moore, Sydney; South, J. W., Moore, Sydney; Walker, G..1 A.. Ridley, Melbourne.

PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY: Davey, G. R., Trinity, Melbourne;

Goodes, W. 3. Adelaide: Holbeck, J. E.. Ridley, Unatt., Houghton, R. S., St. Barnabas, Adelaide; Hughes, P. J., Trinity, Melbourne; Mussared, 1. B., Adelaide.

MORAL THEOLOGY: Brassington. L. R., Melbourne; Cuth-

bertson, 3. H., Nth. Old,; Jones, A. V., Bathurst; Holland, D. W., Sydney; Ross, G. M., Gippsland; Rutherford, G. S., Bendigo; Timmins, G. E., Bendigo, COMP, STUDY OF LIVING FAITHS:

Charles, A. 0., Brisbane; Walker, G. J. A., Ridley, Melbourne.

HEBREW: Carroll, P. 3., Carpentaria; Horne, I.,

Moore. Sydney.

Wangatatta: McLaughlin, R. T.. Rid-ley, Nelson; Watts, C. W., A.A.S.A., Ridley, Sydney.

Supplementary List 1966 Pass Th.L : Middleton, T., Can-Goulb.;

Freer, K. S., Sydney. PRIZES, Th.L. 1967

The Hey Sharpe Prizeman for 1967 is John Wesley PRYOR, Moore College. Grafton.

The John Forster Memorial Prizeman for 1967 is Raymond Frederick AYLES, St. Michael's House, Adelaide,

The Frank and Elizabeth Cash Essay Prizeman for 1967 is Donald Bruce CORNELIUS, Sydney.

Pass Part I or Part II of the Examination:

(in alphabetical order) I Andrews, N. J., Can-Goulb.: It Bar-

raclough, R. G.. Moore, Uwe: I Beau-mont, 0, E., Perry Hall, Melbourne; II Boys, M. F., Moore, Sydney; I Cole, A. M., St. Francis, Brisbane; II Cox, H. T., Moore, Sydney; If Cross, R. C.. Melbourne; II Dein, T. K., Moore, Sydney; II Duncan, L. J., St. Francis, Brisbane; II Dunn, S. H., Moore, Un-att.; II Gardner, G. S.. Moore, Sydney; I Gibson, J. FL A.. St. John. Can-Goulb.; II Gordon, A. R., Moore. Syd-ney; Ir Halls, T. J.. Moore, Sydney; I Hankin, G., St. Columb, Carpenteria; II Holland, L., Moore, Brisbane; I Ivey, E. H. S., Wollaston. Perth; II Jensen, P. F., Moore. Sydney; I Jewett, T. J.. Moore, Can-Goulb.: I Kan, P. P., Rid-ley, Melbourne; II Kind°, 3. S.. Moore, West. Tang.; 11 Langsford, R. B., St. Barnabas, Adelaide; I Lashbrook, 0, L., Moore, Armidale; II Lowe, D. A., Moore, Sydney; II Mason, 3. G., Moore, Sydney; II Nobbs, ft. K.. Moore, Sydney; II Ramsay, J., Moore, Sydney; II Rim, D. W., Tasmania; I Sandford. B. I. F., Melbourne; II Ser-geant, R. I., Moore, Sydney; I Shaw. J. B.. Deac, House, Tasmania; I Sibley, B. N. B., St. Michael, S.S.M.; I Sitther. B. G.. Ridley, Unatt.; I Stephens, 0, F.. Ridley. Brisbane: II Thomson, I. F., Moore, lima.; I Thorne, J. A. C.. Wollaston, Kalgoorlie; II Thurley, G. 13., Ridley, Tasmania; I Tukua, J., St. Columb, Polynesia; I Webster, M. F., Deac. House, Melbourne; II Winter, B. W.. Moore, Watt.; I Wheeler, K., Wollaston, Perth; I Wheeler, R. J., St. Michael. Brisbane; I Wood, R. H.. St. Columb, Car enteric; 1 Woolf, M. B.. Melbourne; II Wright. D. S., Moore, Unatt.: I Young, J. R., St. Michael, Melbourne

Baker, V., G.B.R.E., Bani, T.. St. Paul, Carpentaria; Blanket, E., St. Paul, Carpentaria; Boocock, W., G.B.R.E., Sydney; Brisbane, P., St. Paul, Carpentaria; Bryant, L. P , Sydney; Clarke, R. J., Melbourne; Connell. R. J., D.B.E., Adelaide; Daly, R., D.C.E., Melbourne; Davies, W. S., Melbourne; Elu, D., St. Paul, Carpentaria: Farmer, 1. A., G.B.R E., Brisbane; Foukimoana, T., G.B.R.E., Polynesia: Francis, M. E., G.B.R.E., Melbourne; Gadebo, I., New-ton, New Guinea; Goodman, J., Sydney: Hawkins, M., G.B.R E.. Armidale; Hen-demon, I. T., G.B.R.E., Brisbane; Homer, D. M., G.B.R.E., Melbourne; Hunt. E. J., D.C.E., Brisbane; Tara, H , Newton, New Guinea; Koieba, C., New-ton, New Guinea; Landon:, C., Mel-bourne; Lane, 0. A., D.C.E., Adelaide; Lewis, M. 3., G.B.R.E., Ballarat; Mar-tin, M. M., Wellington; McDonald, D H., D.C.E., Melbourne; Nickson, N. M., D.C.E., Melbourne; Park, J., G.B.R.E., Melbourne; Patterson, N. W., D.C.E Melbourne; Porteous, M. S., G.B.R.E., Sydney: Price. B. R., D.B.E., Adelaide; Taylor, S. M., D.C.E., Brisbane; Taylor, W , G.B.R.E., Melbourne; Thick, M. S.. D.C.E., Melbourne; Thompson, P. R., D.C.E., Brisbane; Thornton, S. A., D.C.E., Melbourne; Wells, A., G.B.R.E., Grafton; Novice, W., D.0 E., Brisbane; Wieck, P. J., D.C.E.. Brisbane; Wil-liams, P. C., G.B.R.E., Perth,

HOLY WAR THREAT

(Hamburg). An 'open letter" addressed by the Indonesian Mohammedan leader Fachroed-din of Bandung to the Indonesian president, General Suharto, threatens a "hold war" if the mass movement to Christianity in Central and East Java con-tinues.

In these two overwhelmingly Mohammedan areas of Indon-esia's largest island, 25,000 people have joined Protestant churches alone since the army put down a communist revolu-tion attempt in September 1965, says an R.P,P.S. report,

The letter was published here by the German Evangelical Mis-sion Council.

Indonesian Christians are con-cerned that this letter may sig-nal a renewed Mohammedan effort to make Indonesia an Is-lamic state. They stress that the mass conversions of the last two years have not been produced by the church's missionary activity, but by the free decision of Mohammedans who for political or social reasons are no longer satisfied with Islam.

While the "open letter" ar-gues primarily on the basis of the principles of "tolerance" and "co-existence." the Indonesian Christians point out that since their country won its indepen-dence from the Netherlands, the state has guaranteed the funda-mental human right of religious freedom.

(R'E.S. N.E.)

50 - 50 Saying that the Bible had little

to say about centenaries, Canon Frank Colquhoun, the sole sur-viving former vicar of Wal-lington, Surrey, took the 100th Psalm as his text when preach-ing at one of the centenary ser-vices of Wallington parish church recently. The proceeds of a centenary appeal will be divided equally between an extension of the parish hall and projects sponsored by the nine missionary societies supported by the parish.

—CEN.

OTHERS SEE 1US Within 10 years it is estimated

in a recent census the Roman Catholics will comprise the largest church in Australia and will have overtaken the Episco-palians.

Sixty-six per cent of Catholics attend church regularly com-pared to 14 per cent of Angli-cans (Episcopalians). The Angli-can Church in Australia is virtu-ally the established church.

The Anglicans had a nominal adherence in 1961 of 35 per cent. This has dropped to 33 per cent. —World Vision,

publishers,

The Rev. Charles Birtles, Eng-lish secretary of C.E.M.S. and Cuthbert Bardsley, Bishop of Coventry, were names mention-ed. The Society in Australia will have to give thought to the spir-itual and financial preparation for such a mission and also to the follow-up.

It was left to Bishop Richards to make contact with possible missioners while at Lambeth this year and to make recom-mendations to the Society.

Members and observers present at the meelin which were held at Deaconess House,

The North Shore Christian Women's Covention, which is being held in St. Andrew's War Memorial Hall, Cleveland Street, Wahroonga, N.S.W., on Tuesday, February 13, will have as its theme: "Are you living to the full?"

The sessions are open to all women. The first one will com-mence at 9.45 a.m., when Mrs A. Begbie will be the speaker. This will be followed by a panel discussion, "Women to Women," and a basket luncheon.

The afternoon session begins

at 1.30 p.m., the speaker being Miss Jean Raddort. Head Dea-coness Mary Andrews of Sydney will give her testimony and Mrs Betty Long will take part in the program.

A creche has been arranged at Mrs Helen Campbell's home, 11 Water Street, Wahroonga (al-most opposite St. Andrew's Rec-tory) with a trained nurse in charge.

Further information is avail-able from Mrs B. Nisbett, 48-3218 (Sydney).

It was a full agenda, much of it concerned with making C.E.M.S. a really effective forum for Anglican men throughout Australia.

To the outside observer, there was the feeling that here was an elite body of well-instructed, concerned laymen, dedicated to the task of uniting laymen behind the work and witness of the Church.

It was noticeable that possibly none of the members present wer under 40 and most were over 50. Nevertheless, one was con-scious of their vitality rather than their age.

JOURNAL IN BALANCE. The future of the C.E.M.S.

quarterly paper, the "Australian Churchman" was up for review and there was considerable con-cern that the 5,300 copies sent free to members were, taking up far too much of the national budget.

It was decided to hold the Triennial Conference in 1969 in Adelaide.

MISSION TO MEN It was agreed in principle that

the Society might conduct a mission to men some time in 1971. One possibility is that a man might be brought from England for the work.

Licentiate in T heology (TH.t.)

Associate in Th eology (TH.A.)

Page 8 Australian Church Record, January 25, 1968 Printed by John Fairfax and Church rd Ltd , ydney.

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