New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-11-16
FAILURE OF THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.

FAIIIRE OF THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Efhep Oumrins q. "a, first Ljorned Episcopal Church
A sermon was preached last evening at the
First formed Episcopal Church. nc Madison-avc ana
Forty-scycnbst. by the RI Rev. Bisnop CunmiDs' on
tue results Of tie late General Convention OF inc fro
estant Episcopal Church. The church was very well
filed After the short evening service Bishop Cum
mins spoke as follows, not taking any text:
Is 1t not II strange and wOndrOus thing that at the
close Of 800 years of the li!enne OF tue
Cnurch OF England, tins Church OF Latimer ana Cra-
mer, the church that hath given suon noon nnai ~
all Protestant literature. tne church of Jewel, Oh
tho M INC cIo,e OF $50 years the lifetime OF this Re
formed Church Of England the mlgh,est connicy goOg
on IL tie b35om oil Una, Cmur' n rmaon Of the six
teenh ssnt"ry or aIt THe'gr the Blood OF The
Romatz d or not Aud the last Parliament 81 Great
Britain spent well nigh m Sntirs session. ID discussing
error which Is diusCi widely Throughout 1t. oordrrs
and in when Mr Gladstone, who ttrew hlnSeli with an
defeated by sno mighty Tile Of Protestant feeling which
arose In &c hearts of the English people Is IL not
most significant fact, after well nigh lo) Years oil an
Ir1t.stant Episcopal Church In this country Una.
the great question in the last General Convention
was whether the Church is powerful enough TO cleanse
harsef from the same del lily error That AFTER - wears
since the FIRST General Convention OF 1852 ~ Tue Tiy Oh
White eght days should be passed secret session 10
lind whether the last elected Bishop was komansV az
why rs this conlct been copnncd to this one body
o. rotc Clri'endomi Is il an accidental thing;
+ natural eFS Si Il like so SO ySs Of ne
tropics which, after a. while, destroy the
c the Tree they cling ~ or +, !, 10 1Sms
sprngng from soi III " not SO why ms coi-
fct conhnc to one Protestant Church! way ~ thtt
that in the great Protestant churches Of tins land the
Presbyterian. the Baptist, tho Mctholi5t-why Is 1t
these Churches seeking, ii they ma Hh Protestant
ize thomf Why IL this deadly conflict with men who
the disease Is In the system TIE standards are wrong
e%"t OF Was Derec;cd
ted Ii began glorousy In tho reign OF ward VI,
44 had SSeu AIS pe i Sa'n work R''s ere he d
But the References were IKE stuip-:es ZEN. en-,
gaged upon some great wk t OF arr r sno o SSn
veted gave last lingering look OF love at their
work Of art dropped their So ana made d aIs'o tho 10
work to bc completed by men OF other
times. That work has never been perfected. me re-
formation Church OF England fer 800 years Is
an lmperf incomplete tlinK IIls Is tue reason-iDs
IL the for the existence or TINS reformed Epseo,
pll Church. IL Is because the Reformation begun III Tue
church OF fathers stopped ere IL was haH COM
pleted. ,,,.. - ,,..,, o,,,a
General Convention which ms Just closed It's hOJrs
propose direct your attention u this tnought-the
failure thai Convention 10 meet the duties and Re-
sponsb!ties OF formed Cu Gu. aad the rs great
failure which alude Is IN her attitude toward other
You geek IN vain among all the proceedings OF that
body for one recognition OF the Protestant churcnes
around her. Look for Oao resolution, Tor one ac Tor
one sentiment for speech recognizing the presence
of the great Protestant ChrlsendOm around her; this
Protestant CnrisegdOm that Is covering bcatheudom
with ner Missionaries that graphing with vice III this
city, exbitil the fruits OF God IN these grand
churches around taese benevolent institutions. IN
spirit in the Church OF CHRIST. You look in vain
for act, sentiment Que thought recognizing the
existence OF the great PrOteslants around her. Tlere 10
not Que thought. More thlu that, how srikngIy did
that Convention ignore the greatest religious event In
our age the late Evangelical A.iiancethe greatest OF
Councils the Day OF Pentecost greater than the
Council OF Nice; men speaking dozen different
anguages scholars like Arnod, great orators like Arnot
OF u5nrgh, and the Swiss aud German divlnes
I'll. was Sent converted Brahmin. All met i'll
the spirit of love, standing on common
event OF this century the General Convention OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church mad not one word of sym
More than that, a canon which has stood the
statute book of that church since 1863 which requires
every minister to exclude fro his pdpit all non Eps-
copll divnes, under the penalty OF being triei. was
permitted TO stand; not voice upliited to ask for Its
repeal protest against it, Aud every Episcopal
minister has placed his meek under that desposm that
makes him deny to his Christian brethren That they are
ministers OF Cnrst.
Now beg you mark the difference, the other
hand, between this attitude toward the Protestant
Churches about her and her attitude toward the Greek
Church. On the first day OF the session resolution
offered inviting Greek priests to take seats IN the body
the Convention. Now remember that there Is only
Greek priest in this COUNTRY and he holding service
in private honse in hs city, The , resolution t n was
SIDE OF the ,. m Gnn ana recognizing their
rnpt as the Churcn OF Rome; that teaches
In her doctrines Extensively
than does the Church OF Rome; chnrca that %orsnPs
infant eight days Old by dipping IL three times then adj
minister's continuation and then' l trSmbe to say It
days old with spoon. mixing the bread and vino q
spoon that is the Church the Protestant Episcopal
these noble dlvines of New-York, these men OF
w0S %ers e G as
over, forgotten by the Churcl-the one Church the
in o city filled with great diyines OF Protestant
churches. and extending her hand In sympathy
love- recognizing their existence what is worse. all
this conduct is based on one theory, the fable of
Apostolic successon-or more gigantic fable never
sxistedtne dogma that there be no church without
whole Of Chrstendom excepting the corrupt churches
of the East aud West ,, turnag them over to
said Mrs. Tying IN the city OF Peoria He sad that
here no salvation out Of the Church Of Christ She
md yet a Presbyterian. She asked, "What, then Of
was sincere and not acting the hypocrte" onv said
be- drawing his handkerchief out and placing IL to his
y es anu SobDug. Ny mother must leave her to the
IS this manifestation from that. Of the re-
ormers of the sixteenth century, who cOurted the
ilynes. Vino loved them who took John Knox into their
,ounses to help prepare the revised Prayer Book who
churches as the dear. sister churches OF the continent
una CINE a Protestant Episcopal Bishop now calling tho
Presbyterian and Methodist Churches dear, sister
churches Is there degeneracy from those daysi
Tao point her refusal to grant any relief
the burdened conscences within her fold. There
existed for the past hundred years a body Of men of
ynom tho world has never been aware. am glad to
rive them praise tonight alude To that body called
Evangelical clcrgymen In the Church of England. Evan
;elcal because they cling to tue Gospel to Justification
~ faith, the simple access OF each soul |
o Christ without mediation OF priest or sacrament SAL
'aon coming direct from Christ the Church OF God, the
blessed company Of an all.faithful people. not a
hierarchy that evangelical body OF clergymen have
,een the litc the holy seed aud sustenance OF the
,nurch OF England. DIR. Pussy hath paid them perhaps
he highest compliment paid 10 any body Of men,
'le Canon Of st. Pauls Cathedral said long
he Evangelical clergymen OF the Church Of |
En- gland In the eighteenth century had reinstated
;hrlst NJ the heart OF the English nation, |