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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1930.
PROBLEM OF CHRISTIAN
UNITY.
DIOCESAN CHURCH CONFERENCE DISCUSSION.
THE IDEAL AND ITS DIFFICULTIES,
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At the second session of the Diocesan Conference yesterday the subject of the Unity of the Church was discussed, and some interesting points of view were stated by churchmen and laity. The Rev. Frank Short, in extremely able address, put the point of view of the Free Churches. He said that unity was already eetablished on three counts, scholarship, Christian experi- ence, and the Christian message. He did not desire a unity which was an attempt at uniformity, but a diversified church with a ministry recognised by all. The great difficulty was that of the doctrine of the apostolic succession of the ministry which the Free Churches were not prepared to admit, though if it were not pressed" they would gladly accept a common ministry, church government and a form of episcopal ordination.
In opening the discussion the Bishop of Victoria gave a warm, welcome to Mr. Short and assured him that the Rev. F. C. Young. who is still seriously ill, was constantly in the thoughts and prayers of the Cathedral congregation.
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The Dean (the Very Rev. A. A. Swanu) opened the discussion with a plea for study of each other's point of view, and the establishment of spiritual and working unity, without uniformity of custom.
THE PROBLEM STATED.
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tion to the SECRETARY Badges BAD EFFECT OF DISUNION. tom, The Free Churches had be- (Limited to Two) for the Free Admission to the Members Enclosure of Wives, Lady Relatives and Friends. Names must be stated when applying.
On No Pretort will Children be per- mitted in either Enclosurs during the First Four Days of the Moeting.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE. The Price of Admission to the Tablic Enclosure is 33 Per Day for All Persons
AND A WARNING AS TO
DIFFICULTIES.
In opening the discussion, the Dean emphasised that the subject of unity was deeply engaging the attention of both clergy and laity,
come more liturgical, the Anglican Church more congregational. How were they to approach each other1 Mutual, ignorance of each others viewpoints and history were great, prejudices were strong. We are apt to be selfish and proud, but this spirit must be replaced by an honest desire to share what we dissensions. Our Lord's prayer on
THE DISCUSSION,
WHAT IS ORGANIC UNITY:
THE COLUMBUS DUE IN MARCH.
LARGEST VESSEL TO VISIT HONG KONG
Col. Wyatt asked what exactly was meant by organic unity. The Dean in reply said that organic
The N.D.L. 3.3. Columbus, rank- unity meant the recognition that ing eleventh in the worlds largest the churches were not different but merchantships, and which will be all one, if there was an inter the largest vessel to touch this port, change of pulpita it must be under is due to arrive on March 19, her stood that the preachers all belong-last port of call being Manila: She ed to one ministry. He felt the will stay here for three days and unity of the ministry was an essen leave for the North on March 22, tial to any attempt at unity of the churches. The Rev. Short, added that the problem was often discuss ed if the interchange of pulpits should take place before organic Laity was arrived at, be felt it should be the stepping stone to that unity.
The Anglo-Catholics. The Rev. E. V. Koop said he had never listened to a more able and sincere expression of that de sire for unity which they knew existed in the Free Churches, as that given by Mr. Short in, his address. He was grateful to him for stressing so clearly what was the real obstacle to re-union, the doctrine of the apostolic succession of the ministry which was that the grace of baptism and of the Eucharist could only come to the people through ministers ordained in that succession." The Anglo- Catholics beld this view very strongly and had warned the church of England that they would break away if it were waived. He would like to ask the Anglo-
Catholics to explain more fully how they believed the Holy Spirit to work, he did not believe that they could bind the Spirit of God or say that it could only work through certain channels. He would like to see Holy Communion thrown open to all who loved Christ. With re- gard to exchangs of pulpits he exchange of congregations, to Bee would like to go futher and see an
At the present moment it is not. known how many tourists are on board but we understand her er iginal port was New York-Nord- deutscher Lloyds are the owners of the vessel and their local agents are Melchers & Co.
The following comparisons be tween this vessel and the Belgen- land-the hitherto largest "float- ing-palace" to visit this port-may be of interest.
Length Breadth Depth
Gross ton *nage ..
Columbus Belgenland. 749.6 ft. ·6704 ft 83.1-ft. 79.4 ft.
·44.7
40.4 ft.
.. 32,334
27,132
(3) Ascertain and help to meet the needs, as they may arise, of the Chinese Church in co-operation with the Diocesan Board of issions of the Chang Hua Sheng Kung Hui.
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(4) Prepare a budget for each year
and raise the money budgeted for by apportioning quotes to "each Church and by other means; the budget to include auch objects a5:
(a) Sinking Fund for "Church
extension.
(b) Endowment Fund for new
Churches.
(c) Grant towards Central Dioce
san Expenses.
(d) Grant towards the missionary
work of the Church. The following persons were elect ed to serve on the executive Coun-
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disunion, because they would see how the work of the Church was being hampered. They did not lunys realise, owing to lack of knowledge and training, the nature of these dissensions and the diff ruly of healing them. The achieve meat of unity was going to make very great. demanda on Christian people.
Questions of history and tradition, differences of tempera ment and intellect combine to con- stitute a very difficult problem, and nothing was to be gained by closing their eyes to these difficulties. Per- sonally he believed that unity was the will of God and in due time it would be achieved.
The Dean then expressed a warm welcome to the Rev. F. Short and the great help it was to have him there to put the Free Church point of view. He believed that they would find much agreement in the nature of the Unity to be achieved.
He quoted from the appeal of the Lambeth Conference of 1920, "We believe that God wills fellowship
in an outward, visible and united society, holding one faith, having its own recognised officers and inspiring all its members to the world-wide service of the Kingdom of God. This is what we mean by the Catholic Church,"
and until it is so His hands are tied. The problem of Unity is urgent. The world is drifting away from organised religion. It will not attend to our message till we demonstrate it amongst ourselves.
THE FREE CHURCH VIEW.
NATIONAL" LIMITS OF UNITY.
Diocesar.
aad that of the Union Church to the Cathedral.
Unity and Surrenderi Mr. A. C. Bame Hartnell said that there was a strong felling to day about the unity of Christendom, people were feeling more and more that the differences should be swept away. Unity was easy to achieve by means of surrender. The quak crs would be glad to be at one with The Rev. Frank Short began his the Church of England if she could waive the sacraments, the Free address on "The Unity of the
Chrurchmen if she could waive the Church" by saying that there were Apostolic Succession, the Anglo-
assumptions underlying certain what he had to say which it was Catholics would be won to the side of Rome if nothing were said about neccesary to state. The first was
the infallibility of the Pope. But Mr. that he accepted the challenge of
Conference that was this unity desirable! the
that mattered God's will is unity." The unity Short bad said it was not diversity but dissention, of the churches was need of Christianity. It was not a might they not have not only diver movement towards unity inspired sity but great gaps which could not by fear but by a conviction that it be bridged. Artists and scientists were not all agreed on method or was the will of God.
Unity existed aiready but its ex-doctrine, but we did not dispare when we saw them disagres but felt tent and implications were
stimulated, we felt that something forgotten. Christian scholarship, Bible criticism and much of theo was being done. There could be a union of love between the churches logy shewed nothing of the party but there could not be a union of spirit. learning belonged to the Church thought. There were alvaje two types of man, the type that agreed and went on in unity and the type that disagreed and went on alone. The latter he felt were the people who really got things done.
the argent
often
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universal, the most valuable of the modern works on theology and reli- Increasing Agreement.
gious questions were often the There was increasing agreement colaborations of men of widely about this, as evidenced by the re- differing denominations. Then there
Mr. R. Ashton Hill said that it cent union of the Church of Scot- was the unity of Christian experi-
was necessary to bear in mind the land, the existence of the Church" of cuce, no Church had a monopoly real issues of this question of unity. Christ in China, the Methodist of saints, and many of the prayers We were inclined to wish for union Union and the South India pro and hymns were the common pro-
on purely sentimental grounds. posals for Union. There were many perty of all. The unity of the mes
there were two big divisions whe who emphasised spiritual unity, and age was also a strong bond. The would stand out against union, hose who were primarily anxious gospel remained undivided, that that large body of Christians who tor visible organie unity. Each side theological differences existed was looked towards the Bishop of Rome would have to learn and see the cominon to all and every party bad as their head, and the Quakers. If
their extremists."
union was considered the Roman point of view of the other.
Spiritual unity was of the utmost There had been and still was a Catholics had to be born in mind, It emphasised the difference in the conception of the they had kept the largest body of importance. need to put first things first, and Churches. The anglicans had em-
Christians together, and any union take a firmer hold on the great phasized the constitutional aspect, which was not going to give a spiritual truthe. Then they would the Free Churches the congregachurch which could definitely ex
Meditate on tional. To put the difference in press its mind and say, he drawn together. Christ, absorb more of his spirit conception of the ministry in ite the churches teaching
this is the way to reach unity." extreme form it might be said that going to bring to God those Bouls But that was not all. Lambeth the ideas ranged from that of which were lost to God through the was right to insist upon organic priesthood of all believera to that present disunion of the Anglican union. Up to ten years ago an of an order of priesthood which and Free Churches. Visible unity ideal of unity ae a federation of was the only channel for the grace without uniformity suggested that Churches was common. Churches of God. It was the difficulties con divergence of opinion would exist. were to go on being divided, but nected with the nature, functions and he felt that they must wait till were occasionally to exchange pul- and nuthority of the ministry which some sort of uniformity had been pits and receive Holy Communion constituted the chief bar to unity; achieved before attempting unity.
see a diversified together. The idea of the Catholic He desired to
a unifor Church acting as a whole was not church as opposed to stressed, and inquiries into faith church, with a ministry recognised by all, a common faith and sacra- and order were to be avoided.
ments open to all members. Apostolic Succession,
common
"this is was not
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
Changes In Last Ten Years. In the last ten years a change
The difficulty was the doctrine of
According to the constitution of had come over the situation. Dr. Garvie, a leading Free Churchman, the apostolic succession, provided
There shall be an Executive expressed "full agreement with that the theory and doctrina of this the Diocesan Conference. those who laid stress on the need succession from the apostles with for organisation and that defecall that it implied with regard to Council consisting of the Bishop (or in his absence a clergyman to tive organisation hindered unity. the sacraments was not pressed he (or his nominee), the Archdeacon Unity of spirit would have to ex- would gladly accept a press itself in visible co-operation. ministry and church government. be co-opted by the Executive Coun- The spirit of love must show itself The Free Churches. did not regard til) and the Honorary Secretary in unity.
As F. R. Barry had the observance of either or both of and Treasurer us ex-officio members, written: "A divided Church belies the sacraments of baptism or Holy together with twelve persons to be 29 indispensable to elected by the Conference at its an- its own creed. It warns the world Communion Detached and Semi-detached Villas, against its own Gospel. The world malvation, they believed that God nual meeting.. This Council shall will attend to nothing save an ob had other channels of manifesting act for the Conference during the jest lesson." They must get rid of Himself, but he believed that interval between meetings; it shall method of unity might be found carry out all the necessary arrange competing churches."
none the legs. The Free Churches, ments in preparation for meetings In South India they had seen that happen, and out of the 1919 had much to learn on the resthetic of the Conference and shall attend Conference at Tranguebar came and liturgic side from the Angli. to all matters committed to it by the South India, Reunion proposals. cans, but they shared in common the Conference or by Bishop: in But that ideal did not imply uni- the simple words of the communion particular it shall
the Church of England in the diocese, formity. Almost all Christians, ex-This is my body which is broken (1) Promote generally the work of cept the Roman Catholic Church, for you."
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agreed that uniformity was undesir. In conclusion, he could not feel able. In any truly living organist that there was anything insuper- lion there must be variety and able which should carry the present of organisation and divisions of the Church into an- differences practice must be allowed for in other generation, for each party any scheme of re-union. These believed sincerely that unity was things were matters merely of cus the will of God,
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means for the carrying on of Sock to apply the necessary the work of the Church of Eng- land in the diocese in a prac tical, adequate and satisfactory"
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Y. Brougham, Mra. Forster, Prof. L.. Forster, Dr. G. A. C. Herklots, Lieut. Col. F. J. Wyatt, Miss Clark, Miss Mow Fung and Mears. E. C. Thomas and R. Ashton Hill. The Rev. P. Jenkins and the Rev. C. B. Shans were elected as fratern- al delegates to serve on the Council of Co-operation and to represent Conference at the meetings of the Diocesan Synod of the Chang Hua Sheng Kung Hai.
Resolution of Confidence,
members of the staff and crew of the liner, Belgen land, engaged in a free fight following a disagreement at the dance given at the Hotel Savoy by the Belgenland (staff's Social Club.
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Interviewed by our representa tive, the management of the hotel said that the dining room "let" to the Belgenland staff, who organised the dance. After the cance had been in progress for same time, a party of soldiers from
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GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
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LONDON, Feb. 19.
In the House of Commons to-day, replying to questions, Mr. Arthur Henderson regretted his inability to disclose the Giovernment's in- structions to Sir Miles Lampson regarding the abolition of extrater ritoriality while negotiations were in progress,
He pointed out that he had al- ready undertaken to lay Treaties before the House, which would have every right and opportunity for discussion, before ratification.
At the close of the conference the the K.O.S.B.'s, at their own re- Rev. H. V. Koop proposed and Mr. quest, were allowed to take part on small entrance fee."
scene. Naval and military R. Ashton Hill seconded, the follow-paying a
which, was
un- However, it was soon evident that the ing resolution
the soldiers were not getting on patrols also arrived in quick time, animously adepted:-
That this Diocesan Conference, vary well with their hosts, and. and while attempting to stop the having in mind the urgency of the sensing trouble, the management of fight, Sergeant Whelan was struck. need of reunion and the weight of the hotel closed down half-an-hour on the head with a service cane. Order was soon restored and two responsibility resting upon its Pre- carlier than the usual time. The He received a scalp wound which sident as a member of the Lambeth crowd then adjourned to Chater necessitated removal to hospital
The Police were at once com- soldiers were taken in custody by Conference, assures the Bishop of Road and there the scrap began. its prayers and its confidence that
the police, who later banded them over to the military authorities. (Continted on next Column.) he will go to all lengths consistant municated with and were soon on with the spirit of christ to achiers the organic unity of the church.
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