The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-08
TEE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
The First Day-heD .fous serviees-The nus'-
ness q the Observation-Disclosures This Morn'


The General Conyent.cr :.
pal Chn-~. =. 80. " rne frores,a,,
s-..a opened yesterday mornn.e " trinity
onuicn The ceremonies were as imposing as tho
regulations OF the Church would allow. The pro-
uesson was composed entirely Of Bishops Benjamin
nosworth Smith, d. d., OF Kentucky; Charles Petit
Meilvaine, D. d. d. @. L., OF Ohio; Jackson Kemper
ID, LII. D., of Wisconsin,; Samuel Allen McCoskry
l. d. d. Q. L. Of Michigan; william Robinson Whit
nneham, D. d. L. D.. OF Maryland; Alfred Lee,
ID. d., OF Delaware; John Johns, d. D., OF vir-
ginia Manton Eastburn, D. D., OF Massachusetts,
william Mercer Green D. d., OF Mississippi
John Williams. ID. d., OF Connecticut; Henry John
Whitehouse D. d., OF Illinois, Thomas Frederick
Davis, d. d., of South Carolina; Thomas Atkinson,
D. d., OF North Carolina william mgralam Kip, d.
d., Of California; Henry Washington Lee, d. D.. OF
Iowa; Horatio Potter, d. d., D. G. L. OF New York;
Thomas March Clark, d. d., or Rhode Island; William
Henry odenheimer, d. D.. Of New Jersey; Gregory
Ihurston Bedell D. D.. OF Ohio; Alexander Gregg,
D. D., of Texas Henry Benjamin Whipple, d. d. Of
Minnesota; Henry Champlin Lay, d. D., Of the
Southwest; Joseph Cruickshank Talbot, d. D.,
OF Indiana; William Bacon Stevens, ID. D., OF
Pennsylvania; Richard Hooker Wilmer, d. D., OF
Alabama; Thomas Hubbard Vail. D. D., OF Kansas;
Arthur Cleveland Coke, d. D., OF Western New York;
Charles Todd Quntard d. D., OF Tennessee; Robert
Harper Garrison, D. D., OF Nebraska; John Barrett
Kerfoot, d. D., OF Pittsburg; George Maxwell RAN
dali, d. d. OF Colorado; Joseph Pere Bell Wilmer, D.
D., OF Louisiana; George d. Cummins D. D., OF Ken
lucky; William Edmond Armitage, d. D.. OF Wiscon-
SIM Henry Adams Nicely, D. D., OF Maine; Daniel
p D o. Sn a.
OF Georgia; Francis NJ. Whitte, d. D., OF Virginia;
W. H. A. Bissel, d. D., OF Vermont.
The two bishops absent were detained at home
only by Illness The House of Deputies is full. There
are forty d0ceses represented, each OF which sends
four lay delegates and four clerical representatives.
the HERALD gave full account. The services were
conducted by the Right Rev. Horatio Potter, rector
OF Grace church, and he was assisted by numerous
pody OF clergymen. After the reading Of psalms and
the chanting Of versas hy the congregation the Right
REV. the alfred Lee o. Rsv sa @
that hath an ear \.
saith to the chnrches.n So -.,..t,nr Of thu
The Right Rev. preacher opened BY sp...--- =
warning which the seven churches IN Asia receiver,
and spoke OF the respect which should be paid to tho
epises OF Paul and the other Apostles; for even the
beloved disciple did not relate all no knew, and u
Without ali the Things which
did. It was remarkable circumstance that the
epistes were not read In the churches, while the
other portions OF Scriptures were read four times
year, and the excuse OF 0bscurty which was appli-
cable to the prophecies did not apply here. He
then alluded to the three-fOld character OF Christ,
royal, prophetic ana sacerdotal, related In the
Apocalypse, and gave beautiful description OF the
Saviour in each Of these characters His kngy office
was presented as q mighty reality, not committing
His authority to vicerOys, but exercising 1t In His
proper person. No; Jesus reigns and will reign
till He has put all things under His feet He regns
in the Church militant as well as In the Church
catholic, In the darkness as He Will In the light,
and in the Church and her members a notw.ta.
creep Into her and obtain among her mem
bers. One way OF robbing. the Lord Jesus
another is when man exaggerates the ofIlces OF
Christ, but arrogates to himself these ofices, and
max n he %ocs N Of Cavsr
King OF the Jews" No. Christ never resigned His
authority and blessed Is that church which ac-
kn0wledges Him its invisible head. Tbe preacher
then proceeded to speak OF Christ as seen In the
epistles. No part Of the Old Testament spoke OF
this man." But Christ always glorlned the Holy
Spirit, through which he conveyed oil the knowledge
Of E S as ~ % TaaT
fore in the Holy Scriptures ~ seen In the sixth art
ole Of religion, were to be found all things necessary
God, did the Spirit give Ms knowledge Of His pres
ence, and men who looked to any other power for
nection the preacher nsianced the rebuke Of Christ
to the Pharsaes lyon make the commandments Of
aDe q te0 the 5y We H
guided. A church, then, confident OF the divine
highest ground; human testimony was unnecessary
to prove the truth of the Scriptures; that was
sary. Yer to q certain extent the early councils
were entitled TO respect. The Jews kept the law
strictly; the Sanhedrlm watched every letter and
every revelation; but for all this they rejected the
The right reverend preacher then spoke Of the
General Councils OF the Church, and denied that the
bishops had not power TO interpret ordain things
OF themselves necessary to salvation without the
clergy and laty. They had no power to proclaim
such things except they were In unison with Holy
Writ The prctensions OF Councils to be unerring
were wrong and only brought ridicue the Church.
doctrine in declaring the unity 81 the odnead, winch
was in strict accordance with the truth. But why
still could be consultedY where they mad spoken
there was no appeal, but what they had not settled
could not now be settled. The whole Catholic
not established by the Apostles; the Church
was founded on the Apostles and prophets Jesus
Christ himself being the chief corner stone.n Jesus
Christ himself also appeared in this vision In his
sacerdotal character, between the golden candle
sticks. and showed In himself the entire establish
ment Of the symbols once used IN the Jewish
ship. The mOckery by modern priests was not what
belonged to the ministry OF Aaron No, we had
forever our salvation. The language Of the epstle
recognized no sacrificing priests, and therefore no
offered himself for the s,ns Of the World Tbere i
gwen TO the world a royal priesthood, which sacri-
feed to God with prayer and praise. and which
able &c God, which Is their reasonable service.
There are many titles among tho clergy, but none
which bring to the mind an idea OF sacrifcia or
mediatoriai services. This error cannot be sane
toned even by an appeal to the Fathers; but II
those glorious men had but seen how their unguard
pretended they would have cut Off their right hands
or wished their tongues to cleave TO the roofs OF
their mouths before they would have spoken
written them. Propitiatory and sacerdoial ofrces
were inseparable that the daily sacrifice which pre-
tended to re-enact the scenes OF Calvary were dan
gerous and gross error. mortal pretending to
ofer up Christ daily was serious error, and the
tendency OF the system was simply to make the
theory that the ministry was Of sacerdotal
character was not sanctioned by the Pro.
testant Episcopal Church; the very name OF
DrntQ m ar n
the articles or the Church the pretence OF Offering
up Christ by masses &C., was grave and dangerous
error. IL was absurd to say that, because the word
powers, and In this connection he quoted extract
from the ordination services OF tho Roman and
Episcopal Churches, where In the authority was
given to offer sacrifice, In the other the simple
thority to preach the word was given. The preacher
next referred to the power Of forgving SINS claimed
possessed by them. II sucn were allowed, any
man might assail another, and what did prevent