New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-13

in favor Of Apostolic Succession is made by missionary
bishops like Bishop Talbot, Of Wyoming and ldaho'
who don't 90 among the people on ecclesiastical suns
but set right down in the dust of the highway. All
the later growth of the Church due 10 this sprit
"Ycs' said DIT. Newlight. things are very different
from the old days You have all heard the Story Oh
the Presbyterian EpscOpalian and Methodist VINO "'io
In boat when great. storm arose. 'Brother' you
lead in prayer said the other men to the
can't he replied for my shortest prayer Is 50 lons
that would be at the bottom before IL woud 10
concluded But you pray, he said to the Epsco-
| palian as you have very short prayers Inc
Epsoopalian clapped his hands all his pockets ana
with look of horror declared that he could not pray
as he had left his prayer book on his STUDY 'toic'
Then brother said the Presbyterian to the Merlod
| fist, you pray Well said the Metnouis,
won't pray but III take up collection for the "'uo"
| and orphans Then, II We get safe sshov' "o wiz
have something 10 give them; and II we are af'""eN'
| we will die performing an act of charity
| Speaking of Bishop Talbot" said Dr. ChurchHan'
he is a genuine hustler and IS probably the HosV
popular man I'm Wyoming and Idaho territories some
Of the stories he tells about the al Iresco h'o o"'
| there are simply inimitable and am goihe " uie
him to publish them in book form for the beneht Oh
Church missions in the West At the great MISSIONARY
meeting in the Academy Thursday afternoon ne
fairly carried away the immense audience present py
his picturesque and graphic stories OF tho way IN "no
Billy Robinson and his tpsy friend rounded up "iu
| BOYS for a meeting, and how Bob lneersoh
| man PLAYED the organ and led the singing
| Thus the conversation went on between NIB"
Churchnan and Low Churchman. priest and laymao'
with the enIt OF rubbing of many of the angularues
| NJ ZACH deputy IL Is a matter Of common NHAA
that much OF the old theological bitterness between
the parties in the Episcopal Church has died out. Inns
fact is even apparent in the freedom Oh soeia
| intercourse on such occasions as his' una"
| IN the formal business OF the convention lou
| tha faoI
many of her old traditions and ussges, The Episcopal
! Church is animated with intense desire 10 reach
the neope of this land with her message, ana some
| Of her strongest Churohmen are among her nos'
practical men. -.
| Nor are the clergy alone deserving OF praise
| Indeed IL is a question whether the lsy are ho'
| doing even moro than the clergy some directions
No one can glance at the lay deputies III u'ls Co"
vention and lis ten to their speeches without ieeIho
that they are the working arm Of the Church Ihe
earnest eloquent speech Of Seth Low at the
meeting on Thursday last, permeated as il was VIZ"
lofty zeal and enthusiasm for religion IN It's proade9
meaning was a revelation 10 many OF we part w Tn
the iaity are bearing in the Episcopal Ihurch ido
| tnr instance a diocese like that of Pttsbuig. US
deputies the Convention are mon ei1lnent I MANI
hnencss and professional world. iron ana steer h'iu
facfurers railroad magnates, merchant prince s ana
| scholars And yet on the floor OF the O0lVcnt t1
they sn OScusr work of the Church their clerical
brethren So it is in ali the dioceses SOt T hy
l he
ore evcn stronger and more conservative Churchlnen
than the clergy. The fact is worth noting, % t5c
! ~ js sometimes asserted that the clergy OF INC
EnsSonaj Church are so 10 speak, forcing the ANY
10 take sacerdotal view of the Church WR REa i ,gy
arc foo intelligent and we'll acquainted win tne
genius and character OF the Church LOT te clGIsA
| 10 lead them by the nose, even HeS "'''''1
| to do -, =. abundant owl
dance OF q common desire the part OF pom cleIN
and Iaietv 10 build up the Church in this country on
the lines of evangelical truth Here ana there liner 1e
| owe evidences OF narrower spirit IL IS uue.
There are bits of mediaevalism which do MOI seem
to have any legitimate relation to the present so
I'm the Church, unduly 70 magnify the eccieSaStra
conception of the Church. And on the other nam
there are men whose ratonalistc views are ap arehuy
ont of harmony with many Of tho posltbus oi
historical Christianity. But all these men have are
an a common modus vivendi. The platform OF the
Church is roomy enough for every one OF mem am
on that platform they work together in union % wv
the solution of the great problems that CONFRONT
American Christianity.