The New York herald., 1874-10-08
THE CaURCH CONGRESS.
Concluding Session of the Protestant
Episcopal COngress-The Meeting in
Assoc ia tiOn Hall.

Concluding Session of the Protestant
Episcopal Congress-The Meeting in
Assoc tiOn Hall.
Tne concluding session OF the United States
Church Congress OF the Protestant Episcopal
Cbul ch was held last evening IN Association Han.
Though the ram storm was unfavorabe 10 very
large attendance, the han was well filled. DR.. A. II.
vinton occupied the chair. The session was
opened BY the singing or the hymn commencing
al love Thy kingdom, Lord,n aud the usual form
Of prayer.
The Rev. Dr. WILSON read paper on "Tne Mu-
tual Christian Obligations or Capital and Labor.'
PAPER BY DR. wAsHBURSE.
DR.. WAsuBURsR read the first paper on the sub
iect OF tae evening, 1.-THE Relation OF this Church
to other Christian BoGies.n He said he hailed the
Conference as a good omen for all the tokens OF
desires for unity. His preferences were Ior Prot
estantism. but he was quite sure that underneath
the ground swell was God wno would bring all
truth the surface. (Cheers,I He sketcbed
what the organic unity OF the Church means. In
the structure OF the English Church there was .
basis for union. This Church was Protestant TO
the core, out 1t Kept the episcopate tue rich lit
u1gy and It's iorm OF creeds. Not trace could be
found OF the Ango-Cathollc system. He traced
the growth OF ecclesiastical opinion through
the first ages OF Christianity In England.
He then proceeded TO examine the AnglO-Cathoic
theory, which, he SAID, mad been the growth OF the
last forty years and which was only working IN
Its own SLOW way through rituallsm to knowledge
oil lts own errors. iDSttdu OF making the English
Church living Church 1t bound II indlssolubly 10
the past IT. was the latal driit OF these minds
that they were bred IN ecclesiastical followers IN
stead OF the race OF thinkers The Nicene theory,
like the Roman, worsnipped one age IN It's Catho-
betty. The Nicene symbol stands tor only one
stage OF doctrnal opinion. All the theology OF the
Protestant church. embracing tue ethical and
personal side OF Christianity, outside oil the age
OF Nice. Anglican Christianity Is ike the Cnina-
man who made the map OF sne world with the
Celestial Empire in the centre and all the other
countries IN the corners. tCheersl The true
no n
unity lies IN the worship Of an lDcdrnate Coz.
Ihe Rev. +. PORTER, OF Wisconsin READ the Sec
ond paper, on whIcn he dealt with the relation
OF the Protestant Episcopal Church TO other Prot
estanr bodies AS that ol learner aud a teacher.
The Rev. Z. G. CURRTE, OF PENNSYLVANIA, said
that the Protestant Episcopal Church mas not
defined It's relation to other churches. The time
nas not yst come Wnen saa null bos can o oe
fully come. The picture OF the Church frequently
drawn IL that of a female more an xlous ABOUT her
own pedigree than the saving oil souls Ihoogh
III very tatrered condition, as to modern cloth
ing. she A. least knows who she is. tCheers and
hlsses.) That picture vas true once, but II Is not
true now. she has trimmed her lamp and done
good apostolic work.
The Rev. Dr.. OsGooD SAID that we were to re-
.memtrr the CIRCUMSTANCES under winch came Tue
tnlnerences between the Protestant Episcopal
Church and the secessionists. We are to seek to
certain conesioD. The Protestant Episcopal
klnurcb was not higoted or exclusive Church.
lWhat then, j. the ldea oi unity There must be
ka.n eyangelic platform in which is lncnded
taellei IN the redeemlng grace Ot God
Blsbop WKrPLt sad ne did not represent any
iBtfty OF anP school In the Church. He believed
lima the DIVISIONS oi tile Church eating the
b,zrt out oi our religion. He did mold TO an apos-
to9c ministry and the divine ordinances but this
did not equal the declaration that the Cnurcn was
aa q bride ado aed Tor her husband. There was a
man xhO liveu iu New YORK. and whose name ne
never ueard without feelings ol tenderness liz
was ROHert b. NntIrD, whose lite did more good
than all the works OF the organized Churcn.
:. CheersJ Tne nope OF the iuture is not In any
a. ho0l oi thought IN the Church Of God. That III
,n le prayer will he answered, that they all may
Inoa huI WI . 10 non no hrar
bea,-s in unison win the divine harmonies OF a
ra ma tilted nature. Applause
Dr vINToS closed with resotae OF the WORK ~
,be ,Sonlerence. and SAID that II was said at the
begin yng ny himself tbat the Congress was an ex-
ne m, y,f: IL had now eliminated ~ success.
~ n, you psoN then moved a vote OF thanks To
mr. v,nrSn the chairman. after which the 'Gl0ria
in Excelsl,vs was sung. and Bishop Whipple pro-
nUulce1 th.S LeDedictl0R