Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-20
rHE CHURCH OoNeREss.

1u6 CnuICA COABIOS6 Ol JUG 1TOC6SGduI Episcopal church opens in this city to day At the opening service there will be at Trinity church at 10:30 a. m. she celebra- ton of the holy communion with the ad- dress by Bishop Whipple. Rev. pr. Wilder, the general secretary of the church congress, and the clergy of Trinity church will assist. During the meeting of the congress morning prayer will be conducted at one of the cen tral churches of the city at o'clock; at St. Thomas Wednesday, at Trinity Thursday and St. Paul Friday. The holy communion is announced to occur at Christ church at 7:30 a. m. on each of the three days named and morning prayer at 9 8. m Wednesday and Friday. The Rt. Rev. Bishop John William, D. D., IL. D., of the diocese of Connecticut, having accepted the invitation extended to him by the executive commit tee, will preside over the congress. The vice presidents are the Right Reverends, the bishops, of whom there will be ten or twelve in the city to-day; also the Rev. w. D. Will Schuyler, D. D., Rev. c. c. Pinckney, D, D., Rev. Geo. H. Norton, D. D., Rev. Richard Newton, D. D., Rev. John Fulton, D. D., Rev. J. M. Bannister, D. D., Rev. J. H. Eccleston, D. D., Rev. c. Minnegerode, D.
 
 is Rev. Geo. P. Wildes, D, D., IL. D., of Riyerdale, N. Y; Rev. John W. Kramer, M. D., New York city; Rev. Thomas s. Pycott, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Pev. Cornelius B. Smith, D. D., N. Y. city; Rev. Arthur Lawrence, Stockbridge, Mass.
 The regular sessions of the congress will be held in Carll's Opera House, comm mencing to-day noon at 12 o'clock, and preceded by communion service and the address at Trini- ty church. The leading feature of to-nor- row afternoon will be the inaugural address by Bishop Williams, president of the con- gress, followed by the memorial tribute to deceased members by Rev. George D. Wildes, the general secretary. Tomorrow evening the first topic of the congress, s'The Chris tian Doctrine of the Atonement," will be discussed by Canon Farrar and six other di- vines, three presenting essays and four mak- ing addresses. By the rules, the papers or essays are limited to twenty-five minutes, the speakers to twenty minutes and all voluntary speakers to ten minutes, and no appointed paper to be read excepting by it's writer. The appointed speakers are expected to speak without notes. This rule is absolute as dis tinguishing between writers and speakers. The programme is full for the week and the rules in full are repeated as follows:
 THE PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK.
 Tuesday, October goth, Trinity church ,10:3O g. m Holy communion; address by the Right Rev. Hen ry B. Whipple D, D., IL. D., bishop of Minnesota. 1naugara address by V the Right Wiams D. D., IL. D., Bishop of Connecticut and president members by the Rev George D. WiIdes, D. D., IL. D., general secretary.
 topic: eS;Yc The G Christian Doctrine of Atonement'
 Writers-The Rev c. A: L: Richards, D:D. Provi- T. iba the Res Arehdeacon and Canon of Westminster. h England MaSc he n Goodwin D n T.T. Pa; the Rev. R. +. McKim. D. D.. New York c.ty; & the ont Rev Pr9f; & William Clark A,
 Wednesday, October 21st. 1O:30 a.. m., Carlls Op- era House-Second topic: Grounds of Church
 Wrlters..The Rt. Rev; A. Cleveland Coze, D; D., LL D., Bishop of western New York; the Ven.
 Speakers The Rev. Prof. Thomas Richey, D. D., Gen. Theological seminary New York; the Rev. wis Sessums, Memphis, Tennessee; Rev. Julius H, Ward Boston Mass.
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 ey wfsEs Rev e de New Charles HebeE E Clark, Esq, PhladelPhia; hi P; Pa
 Thursday. October g, 1o:so a. m. carlrs Opera togiciw g W Aesshetetsm sniss in Worshp yn, N. Y; the Rev. Percy Brewne' Boston, Mass. i; feseph Packard M Esq vsS Md dc Water Brooklyn, N Y.; the Rev. Charles W. Ward, Engie- wood, N. J.
 House-Fifth topic: Free Churches
 Writers-Jo ohm A. Beale, Esq, New York city; R.
 speakers~Caustsn Browne, Esq. Boston, Mass; :; the Rev John 9 Cotton , Brooks, Springfield g Mass; Archdeacon Gerald Vesey, Huntingdon, England.
 Friday October aad, 1O:so a. m., Carlrs Opera House-Sixth topic: "Deaconesses and Sister, hoods Writers-7The Rev, Thomas M. Peters, D. D., Doane, D. D.. Ii. D. bishop of Albany.
 Speakers The Rev. Calbraith B, Perry, BaIti- more, ,, Nd; sias The Rev A St. John Chambre' D. D..
 Friday, October asd a:ao p. m, carlIs Opera Study in the Christian Life.''
 Writers-The Rev. George ". Douglass, p; D., New York city; Rev. Charles H. Babcock Colunl-
 Speakers-The Rev E. Thomas, St. Paul, Min nesota; Rev. B. w. Maturin, Philadelphia, Pa.; Rus sell Sturgis, Esq, Boston, Mass; Rev. w. Hay Aiken, Eng; Rev. George z. Gray, D. D., Cam bridge, Mass.
 PERMANENT RULES OF THE ORGANIZATION.
 l. The bishop of the diocese in which the congress is held is invited to preside; in his absence of the presidents will act as chairman.
 II. None but members of the Protestant Episco- pal church or of churches in communion with the same shall address the congress, and no person shall be permitted to speak twice upon the same
 Iii All questions of order will be in the discretion of the chairman and decision shall be final.
 ". Any person desiring to speak on the subject before the congress must present his card to the officer appointed to receive it, and the chairman their cards are received
 V Every speaker shall address the chair only and confine himself to the subject under discussion.
 VI No question arising out of any paper or sub ject will be put to vote.
 VII. All papers must be handed to the gene ral secretary immediately after reading; and all papers and speeches will be subject to the proof erai seeretary for thai purpose The rule is indis pensable in order to secure the prompt issue of the
 Viii Readers wifi limit their papers to twenty five minutes; speakers appointed to twenty min utes; and all voluntary speakers to ten minutes.
 K No appointed paper will be read, excepting by it's writer. This rule also is the condition under which any appointed paper will appear in the au- thorized report.
 X. Appointed speakers will be expected to s absolute @ as distinguishing between writers @ ane
 *It is desirable that, if possible, writers and iuct five minutes from the limits assigned under the VIIIth rule to their several parts
 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONGRESS.
 The significance and importance of the Church Congress which assemblies here to- day is seen when it is considered that it is in effect the medium of giving expression to the best and most advanced thoughts on live and important subjects of some of the most schol- arly men and best thinkers of the American branch of the Anglican church. The sub jects to be discussed arc among those more or less before the religious community and the general public It is felt that what is here said, while it is not exactly authorita- tive, furnishes the keynote of ecclesias- tical life, and in free country like our own, it is the interchange of ideas in that way that pro notes the thought of men upon important questions in church and State. The congress at New Haven will not go beyound the con- ventional limits on more than two subjects, the grounds of church unity and the ethics of the tariff question, but if the essayist and speakers to- sether there, shall say something fresh and suggestive on these subjects they will amply justify the occasion of their meet ing together and contribute to the social and ethical welfare of the American people.
 The New York Times says of the influence and effect of the congress: "The existence of the church congress during the last ten years has done more for the Anglican body which it represents, so far as the formation of pub lie opinion goes, than all other agencies whatsoever. It has put the best men in this fold forward as the organizers of public opinion and has compelled every other religious fold in the land to assume it's own share of responsibility for the spiritual welfare of the American body polite. More or less it has compelled people as wide apart as Presbyterians and Roman Cath plies to face the questions which concern the welfare of the people at large. The gen. eral atmosphere is freer and healthier for it's existence; something corresponding to it is now found in every considerable denomina- ion. And the reason of this is that there is B substantial unity of interest among the