Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-06
EPISCOPAL CORDIALITY.
DIR. THOROLD WARMLY VEL
COINED AT PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA. oct. j.-In the Epis-
copal Convention to-day, after the Open
ing OF religious services and the minutes Of
Yesterdays session had been read, Rev.
DR.. +. a. Hoffman, of New York. from the
committee to wait on DR.. Thorold. Lord
Bishop of Rochester, reported the pres
ence of that gentleman. Rev. DR.. Thorold
was then introduced and addressed the
house, all the deputies remaining stand
ing. He begged most sincerely to
return thanks for the kindness
and courtesy with which his
name was received. 1t was not his first
visit to this country, said he. andhe hoped
ii wouldn't be his last. was not so
foolish as to hide from himself the fact
that the kindness was extended to him as
a representative Of England and OF the
church. "Let no one persuade you" id
the Lord Bishop, ''that England has
ceased to love America. The English
Church IS proud of the life and activity of
her daughter. We in the old country do
not feel as if we are in our decrepitude.
but yet the American Church is foremost
among the religious bodies of what / NAV
truly call a religious land. In less
than 100 years 62 sees have been created
IN this country without asking permis-
sion OF the legislature. In the words of
Cardinal Newman and John Bright.
"Only be united among yourselves" said
the Lord Bishop, land you will be in
yincible.' The house then met with the
House of Bishops as a Board of Missions
Right Rev. Alfred Lee, d. d., ID. G.. L..
Bishop of Delaware, was in the chair. on
his right being the Lord Bishop of ROches-
ter, and on his left the President Of the
House of Deputies. On motion of
Bishop Stevens, of Pennsylvania, the
rules were suspended in order that
the Lord Bishop of Rochester
might present communication
from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Lord Bishop said that the Arch
bishop desired to congratulate the Ameri-
can Church on the approaching centen-
airy of the secretion of the Rt. Rev. Bishop
Seabury. The Lord Bishop then paid a
glowing tribute to the memory of the late
Dr. TAFT, Archbishop of Canterbury. He
had very big heart, in which was room
for many religious cOmmuniOns. The
American Church and citizens of the
United States were always regarded with
love and respect. He is gone, and a wor-
thy successor now occupies the Chair of
st. Observation-Disclosures Benson. a
man of great learning, of great capacity.
VI 9lCtAl NOul elEts L tlG I4OIu DlSuOD Sdlu
that he would do all in his power
to persuade him to visit the United States.
Although the Episcopal sons of England
are not afraid of any enemies who sail
the waters, they seem very much afraid
of the waters themselves. The Lord
Bishop knew What progress this blessed
Church was making in this great country.
He held in his hand two documents, the
animal reports of the committees of do
mestic and foreign missions. The Ameri-
can Church is not guilty of that infinite
baseness of telling the United States be-
cause there is work to do at
home, work abroad must not be
done. That seemed to the Lord Bishop
a shameful fallacy. Although his diocese
had been founded 1900 years ago. it
was a missionary diocese. He had Occa-
siOnally heard it limited that the Protest
ant Episcopal Church was an aristocratic
Church, the Church of the wealthy and
not Of the masses. The Lord Bishop did
Church in this country are different from
those of England, but the needs are the
same.
The reprOach is sometimes cast, though
il is not just one, that the poor are not
to be found in our churches. The poor haze
souls as well as the rich. He considered
the United States as a kingdom of COM
mon sense. Much of our preaching, said
the speaker, is unintelligible to the masses.
What are we to do? Must we leave them
to themselYesg In England they sav to
the masses we will give you churches of
your own where you can come and bring
your family, and the services and preach
ing will be easily understood. The
key to the problem is. ''let
mission churches be annexed to every
wealthy church and see that the cOngrc-
cation are cared for. He did not wish to
be considered guilty of impertinent flat
terry. but when he went home he always
said that the American people were the
most religious people in the world, and he
considered any religion better than none.
He wished the laymen of Episcopal
Churches in America to reflect that their
Master might have work for them to do
here that they never thought of before.
You are, all OF YOU, born speakers, and if
you can speak on politics and temperance
and other subjects. why can't YOU speak
in the service of the Lord Jesus Christ :?
He had upwards of 100 lay preachers and
readers i'm his diocese. He didn't subject
them to any kind of examination, and
once year, at solemn service, they are
admitted to the work of the church.
Great is the progress which has been
made within the past 100 years. Another
subject the Lord Bishop had greatly at
heart was the battle with intemperance.
We may have as many free churches as
we please: we may open as many free
libraries as we please, but as long as
the demon of intemperance haunts our
homes churches will be useless,
sermons will be useless, and the efforts of
the laymen useless. At st. Louis recent
ly he heard some of the best speaking he
had ever heard in his life. man got up
at that meeting and stated that all the
raYages of fire, civil war, &c.. were not
equal to the evil caused by intemperance.
If you want to earn the eternal gratitude
of the masses, you will use your energies
and progress in jhis battle against intem-
perance. What he desired and hoped to
see was thoroughly organized system Of
temperance. If the Episcopal Church of
America will throw her whole
herself into the strife the blessing of God
will be with her. In conclusion, he said
that the Deputies had his best and most
profound wishes for the success of this
Apostolic Church. May God aid them.
he said. i'm an unwearied and indcfati-
gable effort to evangelize the masses.
The letter from the Archbishop of Can
terbury, Primate of all England, was
then read by Bishop Lee, the deputies all
standing. 1t congratulated the conven-
ton on the approaching centenary Of
the conservation of Bishop Seaburv, First
Prelate Of the Episcopal Church in Amer
lea. Resolutions of congratulations were
also read from the Society for the PrOpa-
cation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
Bishop Lee made a few remarks. In
response Bishop Stevens, OfPennsylvania,
offered a resolution, which was adopted,
that a committee be appointed of Bishops,
two presbyters and two laymen to draft
a suitable reply to the communication
from the Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The second
triennial report of the Board of Managers
to the Board of Missions of the Domestic
and Foreign Missionary Society was pre-
sented bV Rev. Josiah kimber. 1t stated
that the total income was $ll ,696 IS,
being an increase of 1920, ,731. The
creation of new missionary jurs-
dictiOns in New Mexico. Montana
and Washington Territory at the last
session OF the General Convention neces-
sarily added largely to the demands upon
the domestic department for apprOpria-
tons, but the gross receipts applicable to
the payment of such appropriations
seems. as has been the case under similar
in the past, to have in
creased sufficiently to meet them, or
nearly so. Reports from different diOceses
occupied the remainder of the day
FurgueniefT's Funeral.
ST. PETERSBURG, oct. 5.-The govern
ment has resolved to allow the delivery
Of a speech at the funeral OF FurguenieIf
I@o,r,. hundred dapufatfonc from N-ariC,1S