The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-26
THg PAN.AGLIoAN CoUNCIL.


semblage of the clergy and laity OF the
diocese, to give thanks for Bishop Pot
ter's safe return TO his charge, after
three months absence in Europe. After
an Introductory prayer, the devotional
service was read by the Rev. DIR. Dix,
the pastor OF Trinity Chapel, assisted
| by the Rev. Drs. Surpe and Littlejohn,
and subsequently a hymn was sung.
The Bishop then directed DIR. Morgan
to read the closing prayer and charge of
the Pan-Aglican Synod, which eDjOins
! all the clergy OF the Protestant faith TO
be careful in their ministry and avoid
| such dangers as innovations from, and
unwarranted additions TO, the original
| Scriptures left them by the Saviour.
An address from the clergy of Bishop
| Potter's diocese, congratulatinR the
| prelate on his return, was then read by
DR.. Seymour, and there was also sec
ond address from the faculty and stu
| dents of the General Theological Sem
| mary to the same effect.
Bishop Potter then replied to both the
addresses in a discourse of some length,
In the course OF which he commented
on the Synod and Church Congress re-
Gently held in England, and also rela-
ted some of his own personal remlnis-
cences when on his tour through that
!
| ton with the Synod. The prelAte said:
/ 1t would not be difficult for me to ad-
dress you spontaneously and at very
| great length after the affectionate and
| cheering sympathy expressed In the
! add ress presented to me by the pastors
and brother workers of my own diocese,
and by the faculty and students of the
General Theological Seminary. new
er thought OF doing Otherwise; but last
| night was led to consider the matter
differently, as l could not trust my
memory and look OH all rhetorical is
| play with the utmost distaste. Think
| ing II best both Tor You and myself,
therefore, have written down few
thoughts and observations which will
now read. l have been 80 happy,
my beloved brethren, TO return home
to my friends and my diocese and my
dear country, and thought my hap
piness to be- complete; but the welcome
and sympathy you have now extended
to me, have caused my cup of joy To
overflow. needed not this assurance
of your friendship and sympathy, for
you have already given me abundant
testimony of your love andrespeot. All
l can now say Is that you have sent nn-
speakable cou. tort to the heart of your
bishop, The right reverend gentleman
then went on to explain his'renSons for
going to Europe at all; 1t had been no
pleasure tour on his part; he had gone
simply as II matter OIuuLy IO"dEu lnOSe
whom he had under his charge, and on
the first receipt of the Archbishop OF
Canterbury's invitation to the Pan
Anglical Synod chad been tempted TO
send refusal; but he had HG length de-
termined to accept the Invitation, and
he was glad that he had done so. Out
side parties who did not understand the
reason for this conference ofthe bishops
and clergy orthe English Church had
been tempted to deride it, and expected
that some great thing was to pro-
Ceed from 1t: he, however, thought that
had 1t only succeeded in Sllencing strife
among the members and putting the
whole establishment of the Church on
more harmonious foOting,it would have
achieved much more than in merely
carrying out one fixed idea. The SYNOD
was one of the greatest Congresses OF
of the Church ever held. Bishops were
there from New Zealand, trom Mel |
bourne, from Nubiu, from the Cape
from America, too, he was happy to
state; and the only one who had been
excluded was the heretical Bishop OF
Natal, DR.. Colenso-no less than seven
ty.siS bishops, all united in holy ana
harmonious conclave. Through all of
these events there was the most perfect
peace and concord. There was debate,
certainly, but the discussions were con-
Quoted in an orderly, gentlemanly
manner, and many OF those VINO dIs.
puted most were, perhaps, the tirmest
OF friends. Bishop Potter then related
the religious orders visiting and nurs-
ing one of the Bishop of Litchheld's
daughters when dangerously Ill, and
he took the opportunity OF remarklnS
that he thought there WINS no harm IN
such socities being formed by those
who had no ties to connect them with
the world save the common ties OF hu-
manity, He much feared, also, u resO-
luton introduced and carried at
the Conference that all of the
English chaplains abroad should
pray for the President of the United
States as well as for the Queen; and
such an order will in future be inclu-
ded in the regular litany service. 1t
was thirty years since he had last been
In England, and he must say there was
a marked improvement in the Churchi
and here he would wish to correct
| grand error on the subject of the Eng
| lish Church. 1t was quite mistake TO
suppose that the generality of the liv-
inxs were in the hands of the younger
sons" who took orders merely for tenn
poral subsistence. On the contrary,
hundreds of English noblemen and
gentlemen had taken up the cross sim
DIV from the love which they had for
| it, and built churches and school
| houses, and celebrated worship often
entirely at their own expense. The or,
der and demeanor, too, OF the DaIatlhl
residences and retinue of the English
bishops pleased him greatly, all were
so thoroughly religious and homelike.
He could not give in detail all that had
been done in the Synod but tie pro
ceedings will shortly be published. he
| believed 1t had done much good to
eradicate evil and strengthen the true
faith; and all that he had learned-Hnd
he had learned much-should be given
/ 10 the Masters aefviCe.
DRcLESs1oN OF AMERIcAS WOMEN
DR.. Allen, of Lowell, Massachusetts,
read paper to the Social Science Con
gress, at Boston recently, in which he
showed that there is a great disparity