, 1875-04-03
Nature Of His Report to the Protestant
Episcopal Church Of America.
Substance Of n Lecture Recently Dcliy
cred, mud Of rriyato Interview.
Pursuing tho Plan Of tho Old Catholics
Rather Than Of Luther OF Calvin,
The Country Ripe for Groat Re-
Hgious Change.

visit to Moxico. afforded your correAnouUont tho
opnortuuIty Of gathering from him some very
'".ut .,. T1a ."es r',s -. w ssa s' ss T,,s
native Irote6taht Chuseh N that country itie
Dtahop, notwithstanding his advanced years, was
selected, by tho House Of bishops, at tho last
r,rnt,atnct Enacon,l Hororci convcntian IN m
- max,ro - nhsorvo tno oro,tt, ~ f,o T,n,os,.
:" .AeAN' W '1's' ~ ", e.'"'A - *n'
aht-pethepH IL might Dc oestoE ealea M''e,f1f'9
Church there, to oraAln its ministers. and ol,-
renort w,ethor Il VIVA in n situation desoryinr
~ a'',,soor.,n =, r,;shan. ~. II. al, ~ ,,i,ar
.no coneeetatoa VI o'haopS 10 40 no'u VI 4Aoot'
Ae returns after m apsehee OF anoas s"o moNthe'
address ut st. Andrews Church, gave some facts
corccr,ipc his n,.ion In yh,1, have motoriot.
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@aoou Wy pc4"o'i"' i's'e'Fao" "lsh 4'''u'
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MEXICO.
The Protestant Epiacopol Church now grow
inn nm in Mn.Ico In not trnnsn}anted. but jnt1p.
49, ~ - J.. ,,.ttra T., ~, i.. ,I,axa.to,;st,s,
"s eAo ts.,s ~ "s.a Ill., .saa,. ~ ~ ,,.a ,n
aho sprung Ifo" among tne pooplo oy 'no .unu"
crco OF the FREQ circulation Of Bibles Thoao
tion by tl,e Great !" British and rorejru Diblo
so,,atsn ~ Ta,,d,r Vim so,.1 Tia, o,,,,o,t,",,,,
'oe'esJ =. HoH"'t, "Ao o''@oe' |."s oFfet'un''5
OF introducing tho Scriptures, their agents being
Maxiusliau, in the work. DY 1865, tho fruit
,nno,rnd nr,ost nomod ApuI,ns 1cft tho
rptna,io cburo,, and or',n,,,y.a ~ tlo can,,,I !"
u"'uo'.o oa"i'A' 4''u ote4atao" ~ .''o onp.ui
Frotcstant congregation Dill subsequently dlou,
and Ia 1869, tue lev. Dr. Riley, OF Nav Yotk,
yaa proynilod upon to 70 ouk and euperinteul
tba ,york In. a. + understand "a thu onlv
-" "' ,.t..s.,. j., :. ,-,,s -. ~. rs-;as 1t.
pefHoh Ptona4uet't ~ " "Ao ~ not 1o"'ea"' lie
WIS well qualified Tor tho duty, being nattvo
GILLIAN (horn ut Valparaiso, Of Ausorican
narcntnpc1. n oantleman of tiue eu}turc. conna.
ar,,,,. r,aa,tn cro,i ororov n,1 ,,,,,m,tay ~.
''@n'e "e"t.n' h1o"s 14e1' 4oA Aas' a.
quaintod with tho Spanish character. Ho lad
charge Of tho Catholic Episcopal Church In New
York. siaco 1860, he ~haa boon ut the head of
Tim or,brro Church, whioh Ina beon nan,od !. The
,.t,.a,, ~ ,asns" 'r,s ,.ard :. proostnn, ~
suoton -. .s7ae' ~ oso',s 4,4s
hocn omitted, as having In 11extco apolltca! sig
nhcauce, and being calculated, Ut my ratio, to
awaken unnecessary nretuaico.
nr,,s,,.,o r,,u y, 49, ~. r,,e =, ,,ru,,,cy
n'u.N1 80 aN vs. n','... ~ ~.
rather theh OK Ausnor OF onisln' t4o ooJees 10
Mexico is to avoid exciting opposition, and to
aaors rather than to reconstruct. Tho workers,
or !. roadera" " nono Of whom. prior In 1,sbon
.oao' .s,, 800 ' -s.aaa.ts f " -, noF nv"
Loos 7'6''f wore ofoanea "'nls'ess' aso vi me1-
lcans many Of flem being Ut tho native 1ndian
race, aud they purauc their lahora aIeutly and
worry effectively. Much less notice Ii taion OF
coming from smother country, md, md as proof Of
this, It may ho moutionea TINT nt Acapulco
where recently tho congregation Of tho Method
fss bf!ssiol Church waH attacked wlI1o In tho
act Of worship, mud seyen OF ita membora
slaughtered, there Ia, and has bocn for long
tine, congregation Of The Episcopal order,
whose growth has beon altogether without tlis.
t,lrbanco or ext.cno opposition. Tho Methodist
proachoFn being Americans, tne 1eaiougy Of the
polisicol, moro shen religious M US ;, grounds.
now has, Bishop Loo apys, thirty-nins congre.
cations organzed in h1ssico, and seventeen mo1o
eAllod about 5000 with as mauy moro porsona
attending occasionally. ,Tarco congregations aro
charge OF Dr. Riley, and bavlng possession of
tho spaclous and magui1cent-thoug nov aono-
whot tdccayed-Church OF Ban Franctsco, located
on tle great ayenuo Of that nhme, tho chiof
thoroughfnre Of tho Mexican CAPITAL Il is one
Of tho many church ediiices contlscatcl bY tho
Goyornuons. and was secured foe tho VrotostantB
By tho payment Of IN almost nominal purchase-
u.ouoy-a few hundred dollars. A chapel At
taciIoi to it accomnodateB 400 persons, aud tho
main building it IL proposed to fopar ~ soon as
nnsaibin. fun3s for tho utlrpoee having been no.
ilcitcd by Dr. Roy during hie visit to tho United
States q year or two ego. '' ' '''''''