New-York tribune., 1878-11-05
HIS MOVEMENTS IN DETAIL.


present. among whom were the Rev. Messrs. Thomas
ArmitaQe D. Read, j. B. Simmons, J. b. Thomas, A. D.
Patton D. I. Middleton, H. NJ. Sanders g. W. Samson
j. v stratton L. d. simons, c. Y. Swan. j. s. Hoime'
Goo simonson, 8. T. Hlman ID. c. Potter, j. D.
Brouner H. s. Day. G.. X Allen, W. Allen, j. d. Herr o.
H. HansiI J. Hyatt Smith, D. C. Hughes, N Judsoh
Clarke G. Granger Henry Cross T. A. X. Gesser D. b.
Jutten aud Edward Judson Professor A. g. Bickmore,
J. d. Reid C. T. Goodwin ]. F. COmey, r. G. Cornell j.
NJ Burt Robert Johuson H. p See and Others were also
present.
When Dean Stanley entered the parlOr at $3.50, the
visitors arose and stood about him while the Rev Dr.
Armage read the following address, copy ol winch Oh
parchment will be given to the Dean:
TO me Tery Rec Dr. A p. STANLEY, Dean Of Westminster
SIR: We VINO enjoy the honor OF presentation 10 your
York and its vicinity We do assume to represent
the twenty thousand churches OF our communion IN @ Is
s0na respc ct for one is well known ana as ucn
beloved this side of the as on the other 10 eAeH
TO Won The warm brOtherY greeting which we Ieel III
our hearts. Not only have you CHALLENGED our pure pure
affection by the accurate and profound 4 S
especially the departments of ChnTch history, topo
graphy OF Bible lands philosophy PIoTai S f9y
genial and loving treatment which IL Is your wont 70
mete out to men OF all GhIstian p, e e hen %
80 distncyelY catholic TO all OF Cbrts pbOPe th &c
nwelcOme shadow, when we think that you ana our
selves are known by different church names. ,,o.
cannot easily sOon forget the very frank and man
uterances that fell IRON your lips on te late unve
of Bunyans statue The tribute Whoh you men pau m
TO Bishop Bunyan worthy Of your noble soul IN
s generous attempts TO annex 81 Peters Green at BED
ford 10 the Poets Corner Westminster Abbey, be-
cause it preserves the egy Of the hrst OF human al egor
lists. Lord Macaulays saying that the ecu
ius John Milton and John Bunyan lost none o s force
IN your sound Endorsement Truly your gn @ agpGIGn IIn
tion OF Havelock, Carey, MarshInan ana hoDeri han
and other deceased Baptists, ev.nced sympathy on
sous and successors cannot fail value highly.
Here follows statement OF the duerehce DetWeen tho
Baptist and other demon nations
These views necessarily threw us INTO sOmeWhal con-
trOversal attitude, al times, Tor which, however We
f possible. This embarrassment is frequently relieved
most happily by the unsought testimony oi competent
and dlsderested umpires IKE yourself me sn4uH S Ss
pally fan 20 conviction II we 1aled 10
prize that candOr Of your great scnosiarshiP when
Church." You say There he no question that the
original form OF baptsm-the very meaning OF tne WORD
aud for al least four centuries any other form was either
unknown, regarded unless IN the case o
You make all lovers OF the truth your debtors as wei as
ourselves for every such faithful uterance on every sub
ieet connected with the Kingdom or our blessed he-
We rnst that your brief visit to this country has given
YOU great pleasure, while we fear that your zeal for
Christ and your constant readiness 20 grat the wishes
that rest not to say recreation which the du
ties daily home-fe entitled y0u' ana when you haa
right expect IN foreign land BE assured beloved
brother in our Lord Jesus tina in returning to your hon
ored nation and church, you will carry with you our
Earnest at the Throne of Grace We pray that
your pure and exalted Christian he with its ennoOng
tolls be long spared as the common possession oi
the Universal Church, and your last years may abound
In more blessings, sevenold above those which are
wish you safe and pleasant passage OF the Atahtlc
Rnd joyful meeting ~ home with those VINO pest love
IOu, and whom you best love of all upon earth
THE DEANS ANSWER.
Dean Stanley said in reply:
Perhapg YOU expect me to say o few words-but they
must be brief fear-in grateful acknowledgment for
the kind reception which have met with in TINS city
and for the sentiments in the address which has Just
been read. 1t certainly not too much for me to cay
that regard the great Baptist denomination with much
interest because of the work which It's teachers have
done III America and Eugand-but more particularly Ill
Amefca-tOward the extension OF relg9mi ia among 1
classes that in our ehuIch might ma ~ olnct 10
have before remarked i'll one OF my seruns are dII
labOrefs in the Christian work each one dong WORK
thar n a. peculary fitted for 30 the Baptist denOmna-
fiou REACHES that could not reach Iuls s the
frat ground which would express my OpuHauOh 10
Secondly YOU have alluded TO me- in your address, as
Al ecclesiastical historian, and this suggests the an
uquity Of the principal one Ol your ceIem9e "a
ImnersiOn-whicn We think We have wisely oiscarueu
Tie third ground of my interest IN the Baptist Church
You have alluded TO in your address There can 0e
T1eh eminence and worth that they reckoned
amOngst the wealth OF all Christendom: Robert han
soide-tbese the TO the purity OF whose lives
and the sreGsh Sf %hGse so aSrp @40f from P
Rrim's Progress whether Bunyan was a Baptist, q
Churchman, or a NOnCOqfOrmist; and this docs not
make him OF less but Importance since his was
senTs that transends all the limits divide into
different DENOMINATIONS have been told by those VINO
were so fortunate as TO the OF Robert Hail.
that there nothing ia them 10 Indicate whcher OF
not he applied Importance TO the doctrine OF luef-
sion But there was something In his elOqucnce so fer
vd that IL bound him not alone 10 your reBlOuS DOuy
friend Of mine once asked the wife of Haveloek how
her husband bore himself during the terrible conflicts in
trusting in God and doing his duty" These glorious
words may bind all together and whether we are IN
America the seawhereyer we are-lf those WHO
know us with certainty, when asked about
us, They trusting n God and doing thelr duty we
ESia Eef have the blessed peace 'n'' wac given ''
At the close Of Dean staneys remarks. the cergymen
present we're introduced to him. and engaged In pleasant
and informal conversation
BREAKFAsTING WITH EPISCOPAL CLERGYMEN.
Shortly after 10 O'Clock Dean Stanley was driven to
the Union League Club Theatre, at MadisOn-ave and
Twenty-sxth-st where sixty members of the Clerical
Association of the Episcopal Church were gathered TO
give him q breakfast DR.. Cotton Smith presided, ana
among those present were the Rev. Drs. "ashDurn,
Potter Osgood, Dyer Rylance, Gallaher Peters, ana
the Rev Mr.. Tiffany Among the invited guests were
the Rev Drs. storrs ana Schaf, the Rev. Messrs.
MacVicker OF Philadelphia, Wilds, Of Rycrdale' and
Home Of New-Hayen also Howard Potter, Cornelius
Vanderbilt Percy Pync, Daniel +. Appleton, Dr. For
dyce Barker and Mr. Peew.
After the breakfast DR.. Smith, in behalf OF the Eps-
copal Church. extended hearty greeting to Dean Stan
lev and spoke Of the sympathy which was felt In Amer
lea with the aims and efforts of the generous scholars in
England
Ir. washburn spoke Of the history of the English
Church for the past forty years connected with liberal
thought large scholarship criticism and theology, and
Of the interest which many this side Of the water feel
in the best church literature Of England.
Dean stanley in reply, dwet at some length upon the
present condition OF the Church OF England aud ex-
pressed strong faith the differences OF opinion In
II would end at last better unity Of scholars ana
Christian and % the promotion OF truer religious
life throughout the kingdom. -
other speeches made by Drs Storrs, sehan' Os-
laeted from about 1880 70 1870.
RECEPTION Al THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Dean stanley accompanied By his friends, Dr. Harper
-, Al Crnre aud Crrns " Erlh then driven to