Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-15
THE REAL PRESENCE.
Proceedings Of the COnfraternity Of the
Blessed Sacrament protestant
Epise0pal).
The Bishop Of Tennessee Fully Tdenti-
fled with SuperlatiVe High
tE ChHrehism.

From the New York Independent, 7th.
The associates of the American branch
of the Confrarernity of the Blessed Sa-
craInent Protestant EpiscopalA held
their annual conference in this city the
last of the month of June, Simultaneous
ly with the annual gathering in London.
The first vespers were sung in St. Igna-
tius's church, of which Rev. DR.. Ever,
superior general Of the American order,
is rector. The procession entered the
church from the sacristy, in the follow
ing order: Crucifer, choir-boys and
men, the reverend clergy, the superior
general, the preacher, the officiants, Dan-
Her-bearer, acOlytes, and the Tight-rev-
erend bishop of Tennessee. ReY. J. w.
Shackleford, of this city, was the Off
Giant. The next morning Corpus
Christi) there We're low masses every
hour at the churches of st. Ignatius,
st. MaTy-the-N Virgin, and st. Alban.
The bishop Of Tennessee celebrated at
st. Ignatius's church at the seven
o'clock mass. AT eleven O'Clock high
mass was celebrated at the church
of St. Mary-the- Virgin, of which the
secretary of the C. B. s., Rev. Z. Me-
Kee Brown, is rector. The superior
general was the celebrant, and Rev.
Father Grafton, s. s. J. E., the preacher.
In his sermon he argued that the three
great truths of priest, altar and sacrifice
are distinctly taught in the prayer-book,
and closed with an earnest appeal to all
present, and especially to his brothers in
the priesthood, to hold firmly and teach
faithfully the great doctrines of the real
presence and the sacrifice of the altar
After mass the annual conference took
place. The supeTiOr-general was re-
elected, and gave his annual address, in
which he congratulated his brothers that
the principle of non-communicsting at
tendance and the vital truth involved
therein, viz : That the blessed euchar-
ist is a holy sacrifice as well as
a sacfament-had been successfully as
serted in the general theological semi
nary Ofthe Protestant Episcopal church; !;
that there were now sixty-five priests
associates, as against twenty-one in 1859 |;
that eucharistic vestments are worn in
sixteen out of forty-One dioeeses, and
that eucharistic lights have recently and
without objection been introduced in
Trinity church, New York. He re-
marked that the outlook everywhere in
the American church was very cheering
to the Catholic, and closed by saying
that, although catholicity was ridiculed,
it prayed for its misguided prosecutors.
Rev. Dr. Patterson offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted: "That the secretary be direct
ed to forward semi-annually to all
priests-associates a printed list of all
priests-associstes, which list is
to be considered confidential.
On motion of Rev. Father Grafton, of
a resolution of thanks to Rev. w. J. E.
Bennett, of Frome SelBood, England,
was adopted, for his vindication of the
doctrine of the real presence in the
Church of England. At the close of this
business meeting, the ARiB1a Christ was
said, the prayers for the cOnfraternity
and the repose of the souls of the dead
were offered, and the conference was
brought to a close. As reports of the
meeting were inadvertently omitted
from the Clurchn3d8, the Church Jour
ndl and Church and Stats, we have been
Obliged, at this late day, to eondense the
above account from the columns Of one
of the most enterprising of our London
contemporaries, the Church Times.