New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-10
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH CONGRESS-.


DAY OF SPIRITED DISCUSSION.
FROSTY ADDRESSES on ULrRAMOSrANIsM BY
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN DTvISEs - BISHOP
STEVENS on CHURCH coNGREssEs-rIiE CHURCH
AND THE woRKIYG-CLAssEs.
,yRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRibUSEI
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9. - The second an
nuatCongres OF the Episcopal Church in tho
United States began sessions in this city today In
the morning. the delegates attended Divine Service ana
partook tho Communion at the Church or 81 Ahdre"'
TIE Rev DIR. Paddock. the Rt Rev. Bishop Coxe' tue
Rev DR.. Dyer, the Rev. DR.. Washburn' the Rev. Dr.
Wldes and the Rev. DR. Hoffman, took part In the
services and an address delivered by tho r. Rev
Bishop Clark OF Rhode Island. Afterward bref SEES
sion OF the eeveral committees, appointed at the last
meeting held in the lectnre-room OF the church
In the afternoon tho regular sessions 81 the congress
began In Musical Fund Hail. In accordance with the
rules adopted by the General Committee the H. Kew
VIM b. stevens Bishop Of the Diocese OF Pennsylvania,
presided After the reading OF collects selected to De
used the occasion, the hymn beginning
AN people that on earth do dwell
Sing 10 the Lord with cheerful voice.,
was ing by he congregation to the time of "Od Hun
dred" with accompaniment of cabinet organ and
cOrpet.
THF ORIGIN OF EPISCOPAL CONGRESSES.
Bishop Stevens delivered introductory address IN
which be gave brief history OF the Congresses OF the
Episcopal Church in England The substance Ia here
presentsd:
The first said the speaker, was held in Cambridge in
into very important feature OF the work Of tho Church
Before 1861 there had been animal Conversations Dt tne
oxford so that the movement born In one OF the
great and Graded III the other In 1868 inc
Congress came ont into the working world, ana met IN
the free Trade Hall in Birmingham. From year D year
the movement grew; The primato o. England az ~,
Lords the Ionse of Commons, and the 1 fr,yy
Council gave IT, Io ose,t 1t ths seventh Con-
gress there were American Bishops these meet
ngs had been instituted 100 years ago the great Yves
wears ago the spt Of the Westminster Dvines might
have healed by such an agency The BENEFITS ans
discussed by the speaker and ne ogin Of the Con,
in this country referred o. NO otelst s,us was
popular niDd seeking 20 mr. ad"n deepen ana eiSvas q,
The Of tire Churchs work III the accompaniment Oh
ifs holy mission
RESISTANCE TO ULTRAMoSTANIsH CouSsELED'
The topic for discussion this afternoon was ultra
montanlsm anil Civil Authority" The Rev. Dr. Francis
Wharton of Cambridge read the first paper He insisted
on the importance Of strenuous resistance to the pre-
tension. OF Vaticanism II recognized they will prove
destructive Of political independence of the country
Ultramontanisn, he said, seeks TO mold and control
body Of men occupying sO, but owing their orst AZ
le.anee to the Pope all matters civil as wei ne
religious. IL sets up the right to the fun direc-
ton Of the instruction OF tho young, and
attempts to break down all systems Of secular ed1ca-
ton. t also the right to annu marrisses, and
refuses 10 recognize the power of the state over this
insttiun. picture Of tie True Church. enineuty re
sponsiye 10 civil institutions, drawn and c0ntrasted
with the Church o. Rome, which. said the speaker now
sccka TO subyert evil governments aud popular rights
and subject world the dominion OF priests who
recognize no authority except that OF foreign potop
tate, who impiously assumes to be- iniaibble.
second paper on the topic read by the Rev.
Dr. Clement ". Butler OF Philadelphia. The dogma ~
nfalbity, he said, makes the Pope the third manifesto
ton OF the todhead-thc worlds naIlibe master. 10 10
no longer theory few Jcsuits but the controlling
and supreme doctrin" ot tue church. =,
After the singing Of hymn short addresses on the
topic Of the day delivered by tine Rev. Geo Gray
Of Bayonne, n j.; tue Rev. Dr. VIA Chauncey aangdon
of Geneva Switzerland the Rev. DR. J. lsad0re MoInbert
OF Dresden, Germany, and Rev. G. H. Hale OF New-loik
Duny reading of the two long papers and of the
shorter addresses the audience showed its warm interest
I'm the subject by frequent applause which was notice
ably loud and general rrspOnse To tue most positive
assertions the duty Of the state and It's citizens TO re-
elst and put down the clam of he R0mish hierarchy OF
the right interfere in civil Affairs and in public educ;s
ton. - =
sharp thrust az Rtnalism was given by Dr Mombert
who referred 10 .nOnals Dnd practices IN the Eps
copal Church which had come from beyond the noun
tains." The audience the point at once, and ap-
plauded heartily.