New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-16
RELIGIOUS.
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.

Sseiee That the Anglican brrch The Chub Catholic boud
Thanksgiving Aagly cod fr the ih'pra.rs ~nles
fr tie wisdom. excellent 'Lt end i,erra anaHiHy
'l es,l .sh fhs, E S s 10 tisRrf is or affects
commanded 70 s PsT' g s s. .m To-. sS n b @
Conference to ase and set forth VIZ he re,toraS Of
on We f 10 dc 'nd rs. entire and uasd ss,s. .e
The grand at IS wlh vhch asoed Vac soaa s' aa 81 ss
the came, 70 know more II the Lord Jesus Ci"h .et
ag vigilance ass, growing 9Th ghh The
truth In hse se dy' lAs tees "'rrsii W we oha h @ H.
heted from the Primitive thgch Ureu Sih CHRIS. IA the bs''
por hi upon belle Of shaving their Ghh Of Their WorA
Eesotrf Committee Heartily approve Of these fecommsn
datons ami oftbe sts coaece wlca recognizes ne ssenl
circumstances tenant Espre
az & To- he ssscsri With Her Grscous lsirsJ
the queen in the pras Of the British coueea Churches
Sllo Thai tie tope errfessid In tie lat thtsn eoluiou.
." h. the Conf eles h e acordince viii rht sentiment
rre ~ m lr meeting may befeslrr
be followed meerg to he oEiurtei ne ss i Of
h. bo, strsnsibens The boz confidence good
Sd.s ,S1 =, sl s beam Of cfissia toap
Rosord Thlt hrat sesro"eigGrr are dns 20 Goa te
ei Ioe to az nd The iorcpae Corrrence and give t. s DE-
ho lie enefi n h varied learning udEueu s1d great
IN. Ls. he ill., ,.r ,r, rorideaet restored lis %.
docee sni To that aud hhth administration OF e 'He "be'
has rendered 80 oBE aui 20 LARGE ." H. Fr"st sua o'sei
II voted 70 forward cory Of the orsE%lng reso
to the President Of the Lambeth Council by me hg.t
Rev President Of the Diocesan Convention Tue Society
for the Promotion OF Religion ana learning IN 'ho ste
OF Ncw-York presented report which showed tha' ne
number OF parishes contributing was e.; amount cor
tibutcd 81 3s "a. The soci'y has expended 10 tho sup
port Of - students ia the General Theol"gcal semay'
554G ~ Ia the Columbia College, $500 one ~ no
bart College, $780, ~ III ~ stephens College AnnandA.
10 bc added for text hooks. Edward r. de Lpnry IrraS
OF the Convention, Iuadc report ~ when ne "l
lowing IL the substance: Receipts S2I 4e expenditures
$3.50 81. Surplus, 1911 0J
II was voted To authorize the appointment oi com
mitee take into consideration the uprriy OF proyd
ing the Bishop with Secretary because ~ Ills INCREASING
labor-, notwithstanding the division of the diocese
resolution subsequently adopted giving hs birhop
power 10 appoint secretary. az n salary ot g 90 year
hcl thin bo paid out ~ the diocesan tund, Ihc
report Of the Committee on Canons presented on ihut
ay was adopted additional copies ordered 10 be
printed The following report 81 tie NC"-l 9rk
Episcopal cry Mission was presented ana iehn. W.
since the last annual rport of The socety us Work has
been enlarged by the addition 81 misonaue. To IT. NUN
Der, and by large Increase ~ NY WORKERS 81 po N
The aim Of the sncicty IL 10 reach and benefit piiuhy
and temporarily the owesi classes ~ our population IN
Of meeting Tie calls Of lie poor the house 10 40. 81
Bleeckerst las been hired Tor n.1r1 ' s1',
Three ~ our issOnarcs-bi"s,rs. HlIar' hpp,,"n;
ana Outcl reside Ia this hCm" Ihrce I"oms nave oe'h
apart 10 be- used when furnished Tor the eIiet,l
n of sraugr clergtcu visiting the city, and wiling
for the time 10 AID IN mission WORK. inc in'lh MOI
Ingram aud nght.srhou for the youth ST. Bnrnabas
House has provided temporary hnio Tor upNdiu ~
1900 women and children within the ia,t year, its
chapel Is open dhy services INV p'S. ,''u - W,
assisted rs their yi~ntnns ~ lay men ana
women In the city. on Biackwer Mards, nnd kandhIs
Islands; Also IA the state Institutions, prisons
and I'm many Of the hospitals Hnd nsylun- ly ~hi,h
them. Tie midnight mission couineieeu i1s. n,tr W
members Of this Society has hired house IN AuiVasiy
and has established Itself as an independent WOlk. lhe
services oil dea,"hess i"h D''ihh,y nav D ~
ts mission schoulhuuse has been hired among The
the missionary search OF house M the eastern
and upper part ofhe city he Temporary refuge Tor the
Tue final address Of the Bishop earnest, Instructive
aud full of tenderness lie closed saying God bless y2u
Gods peace be with yOu.
After thu Bishop had spokcn the Gloria in ErcesS Dec
was sung aud the benedctUn pronounced
THE REV. NEWMAN HALL AT Dr. noGERss
CHURCH.
The announcement that tho Rev. Newman
Hall would preach GA Friday afternoon al the fhlh
Avenue Dutch Reformed Church, filed that spacious
Pied aud the acs ana vacant space ut the rear OF tho
pews packed with eager steners The sermon was
especially addressed To "The sofowng aud Afflicted"
The preacher read sOise portions Of the 42d Psalm IL -
wonderful how completely The words ~ Scripture III
themselves 10 every form f human needs. David WAS
nObest hero Of sacred history yet lie was often cast
down aud snrrnWfu This psalm expresses the frequent
depth Of his alcon 80 great TINT ms enemies tannt
lugly asked, "Whcro Il thy GOdl" Yet through
an constantly rings the refrain Why art thou east
down. o, my sOuF David set up his soul before him.
and asked 0f the cause oi ia sorrow 80 should We do
when In suferng-sudy 10 discover the cause Of orr
affection. II may be purely physical Perhaps II wo
should tell physician our ~ mptoins nc cOud remove
our nnhapplness at There Il 30 reason why we
should ignore bodies when the heart feels downcaSt
and the soul despOndent God made our souls anu bodies
20 dwell together In this fe aud 0entimes tho trouble
that the has influence. greater or less upon
the other IL Is wrong 10 petition God for relief from
physical pain greater than that which actually vexes us
Pain r. pam, sorrow is sorrow agony OF body aud agony
OF mind Just these and nothing else There snothng
Joyous about them They are grovous and hard To bear
They not blessings the word Is understood, but
they 10 us for some purpose, aud i Is our duty
to bear them while beglrcung no opportunity to
cure them, and remembering always to hope
bring, and to thank Him when In His own good tne no
tt % send H. To me the most mysterious passage IN
the Bible that pileous cry Of the dying SAVIOR My
God my God, why hast thou forsaken mer Mysterious
because proceeding from one OF tho Godhead tue All
Powerful Son Of the Almighty Father but comforting
]
10 the suffering Does the consciousnesso having snned
cast You downi Your trouble Is wen deserved; but II
may DO lghtened by repentance. which is simply ceasng
TO do evil and striving with heart and soul ana strength
remembrance Of past guilt This In Itself Is torment
for which there Ia relief except In tho mercy OF inc
Father lie and lie alone IA yonr help. I call TO mind
remark made to by feryent old German, one OF
lie said: "You English ministers make great mistake
when You tell your people TO believe be happy, be holy
Your advice should take this form. believe be h9ly DO
holiness neither eau you DO holy Til you place Implicit
MI Hall is most impressiyo speaker His style is
easy plain conversational lie does not sermonize. He
talks Every Of his auditors listens 10 an appeal
made TO himself The speaker does not strive ior orator
zeal rhetorical effect His aim IL 10 send bic arguments
home TO the heart He Is not an orator IN the common
accepaton OF the term; but that very account ms
power is all the greater When be speaks We forget to
We hear the strong bat simple words IN when nc
dresses his thought and our mind II undtraeted 10y
20 forciby, 30 naturally set forth.
AN UNsECTARIANp SOCIETY BECOMING SEC
TARTAN.
The Adgdnce, which aims nt being the organ
OF the Congregational churches In the West ana whch ~
edited by the Rev. W. w Raton ID. d., Vice President
OF tho American Missionary Association, who j. as
secretaries OF the society publishes noticeable ar
ticle entitled Training the Freedmen by Churches
The subject Is difficult Of treatment because, athOugh
the American Missionary Association 49, IN mis- Jus
constitution unsectaTian. recognizing only an eTagelca
basis" yet most OF its funds from Congregational
Churches who expect their organ. especially Is IN
missionary society, to be Congregational ~ least 20
The AdUdRcs. We wish 10 point ont, says hht
journal, the value OF special religious measure ia
which the readers OF The Adranoe viii have peculiar IN
terestwe mean the training that may DO given 70 tue
freedmen by their organization Into fee, scg0VefhlnR
churches at which scarcely Bbcgnnng has made
OF course, this IL legitimate work fOr Cnngiefonbi
Homo AsrOI bGt scarcely aYpri g.aIs f0i AL uLsesIa