New-York tribune., 1867-10-03

Professional hymn, the choir and clergy were
emerging from the vcstry, which is situated at INC en-
trance of the church. and the "bcadles were tryhg 70
persuade the crowd to get the crowd within nasi
By. dint Of overcrowding, passage was vas. made mad,
wide enough FOR them. First came the choir, mum; M
herring some sixty voices headed by the precentor al
hahed i'm the white surplicc; then the clergy Win the
rector of the parish at their head lmmedately follow
ing Mr. Cowie the rector the Rev DR. Kean OF Wis
consn and The Rev ". D. Walker OF Calvary Church;
NewYor then come forty clergy from dleIet paris Oh
proper was represented by Dr. Claughton, Bishop of
Rochestcr and Dr Spencer, Bishop OF Jaaca ana the
American Episcopal Church by Dr. Lay, missionary ..y
Bishop Of Arkansas, DR. Lee Bishop OF Iowa. pT Atkln,
sou bishop Of North Carolina ana Dr. CeIR 619p Oh
i've while the procession passing TO the altar
The choir and clergy were singing the hymn winch com
"Tbe Son OF God goes forth to war,
n, eiI,f ensy re sror" rrnt@i to gain .,lc,,. ,tr
Who follows in lis train r.
and the vast congregation joined in the refrain and pro
duced a volume OF melody seldom heard III an EhshSh
church, Tor nine times out OF ten what shOulu De
hymu OF praise is converted into performance by the
choir. Arrived at the altar the TIE Deum was ehanted
and then the Rector conducted Dr. Clark to the pulpit
III is NOT too much say that had been requested TO
pick Out the most manly looking man III hat ES"S p cor
gregaton / must have selected the bishop OF Rhode
Island and when he assembled the pulpit ana STOOD ne
fore the people, he looked like king OF men Inc au-
dress which he delivered was well adapted 10 the OCH
sion IL was terse, eloquent thoroughly American III s
character and STYLE and one part oI 1t was TO say the
The Bishop SAID he had been requested at very short
notice to supply the place of Bishop Hopkins lie then
gave short sketch Of the position ana pI0specs OF the
Church the United States. stating that MY years ago
it found but very insignificant sect in the community
there being scarcely church except III large cities ana
that from the time of the Declaration OF Independehee
dedicated those beng in the state OF Connecticut inc
Bishop then proceeded TO show how great change had
been made since then, aud how important position
the Church held in America today .
Numerous churches, he sand had sprung up ID inc
large cities and there not village III his diocese ot
1000 iEhabtan which was not provided Win pl9e VI
worship. Not more than one IN SIX OF the clergy ana hul
conmuicauts were however born and bred in the Epis
copal Church. They had been gathered into the i1d
from all quarters. few had been led to embrace lhS
faith from conviction, larger nnl1er because tcS nay nay
preference fOr the services Of the Anglican Chuic ana
many because Of the reaction which set III against
form OF worship which had prevailed ~ me country De
fore 1900 but winch The thought Of the world had out
grown because cOntradcted the idea OF the character
OF God a. the common Father of all"
DT Clark then related the fact tht III lhe lIG cly ol
1900 retained in its pulpit preacher oi the doctrine
the Trinity and that thcrc and elsewhere The people
had come by their tens of thousands into the bosom o
tie Anglican Church, because they found ths ciced
which, while it liberal. was also saie. Another
Church in considerable numbers, was because II repre-
sented what might he termed The soundSr coheIvaye
clements of America, for 1t was ienarkabe fact at
nrc was tbe only institution of anv sort having true
national character in which real heartfelt working
unity existed. 1t Church more III accordance WIN
the genius of the civil Institutions the United States
than any other because rs worked there always
coordinate clerical and lay action IN IFS genera! coucs
conld take place without the concurrence OF the lity
And said the Bishop. my brethren Of the Church
of England permit to say 10 you that II the church
OF England is TO do its work cectuay, it, too must enlist
the aity heartily in its worship and work You are deal
ing with living people an enlightened people anu ,he
Church must De living Church, adapted to the splt OF
the age Our Lord left us set of die
out with instituuons-but our Lords NE thc GoSpei
remains the same, yesterday, today and forever non
well we, must adapt the Gospel to the necessities
of the times and illustrate il by our own godly lives
The Bishop then said that, as missionary 9hurch,
the Protestant Episcopal Church IN the United IL s,alfs @
operations TO foreign missions on so extensive scale as
was done England Here there was no such large do.
nestle field with which to deal the other side of
the Atlantic where he and bis feow-w0ikers had iei
Rome when Rome was said rule the world aud the
limits Of which, some 10 tor 20 years hence nobody could
fOresee Some 100000 human beings were, beside aiu-
ally discharged the shores Of America, great portion
Of whom were absorbed in its Territories, leading;
tendency barbarsm. Those poor people were en-,
gagged in endeayoring TO gam their daily bread, and
port clergmen The Bishops and Pastors of the Episcopal
Church had erIoe & %gazGa of ,baso sS
people, and had sent out their noblest men on the
mission. They had to bnd UP institutions to counter,
act the papacy side, and 10 the people from
barbarsn the other They were unable, however to
do the onethousaudh part of what ought be done and
what might be done they had only tie necessary num-
and olieaeg and th@ oIoicaI seiiiares we're re,
qured and he should not appeal IN vain for
that aid and sympathy in behalf of the southern prov
inces OF the United States which his right reverend
ern "To you people of England much has been given,
and from you much will Dc required You haze belted
the earth with your drum beat that you also crowd
the world with banners, on winch shall be written;
Glory be TO God In the highest and on earth peace good
will toward menv and let all, Engshmcn and Ameri'
cans have more Of the spirit Of Christ find our way
often 10 Calvary and sit always under the shadow oi The
The onerory. which was double the amount obtained
at any previous service TO be devoted TO the object OF
the Church in the diocese Of Arkansas After the blessing
had been pronounced from the altar by the Bishop OF
North Carolina the procession again IOfned ana iVNeu
OPara5i,e OPaisdsei
Who doth for rest
Where they that loved are besti
Where lo,sl breasts and true,
stand ever IN the light -
al TsT,1Ie dg. ,dd. through gs5 sna sSh hr0ush'
The vestry was inundated with Americans aftcrthe
service and each OF the Bishops and Clergy seem To nave
had some Of their focks IN the congregations.
tnonsed to hear u the I r. Rev Heny Lee b. the
Bishop Of Iowa. The same manner OF conducting the
the choral peculiates although they certainly not
of advanced Riualistic character were evidently
in his sermon which made evident where he stands in
the matter which is agitating the Church oil England
understood be opposed to extreme and extravagant
churchmanship. He selected for his text, ST. Matthew
xiii verse 81 -32-"The kingdom Of Heaven is like to
grain Of mustard seed whclla man took and sowed In
his field which indeed is the least Of all seeds but when
grown is the greatest among herbs. and becometh
tree that the birds of the air come and lodge IN tho
branches thereof"
The Bishop has fine voice and possesses great elo-
quence and every word he uttered was heard in every
part OF the church The sermon. which lasted Tor an
hour consisted elaborated explanation OF the prin
cpes Of the text referring to the gradual growth Of IN
Kingdom The application OF the subject was made to
bear chiefly upon the planting and growth Of the Protes
tant Episcopal Church In the former colonies ol Nortn
America which are now the United States Many inter
esting statistics given in connection with the early
efforts Of the Society for the Propagation OF the Gospel
in Foreign Parts which organizedin iIol with CHIEF
reference to the colonies in question The Bishop showed
the great growth OF the Church by giving state
with most apparent interest by the crowded congrega
tion. He made reference 10 his own young diocese with
territorial extent as large all England and spoke of
the Great West generally wide and needy missionary
field and which The Episcopal Church was peeu-
llary adapted pressed strongly and earnestly the
duty OF engaging In the missionary work, and declared
that such the part OF ministers ana people
would do far more toward the true prosperity OF the
Church than any particular shade OF churchmanshp