New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-07
THE CHURCH CONGRESS-.
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
EPISCOPAL BODY.
WHO WILL TAKE PART AND WHAT TOPICS WILL

WHO WILL TAKE PART AND WHAT TOPICS WILL
BE DISCUSSED
Philadelphia, Nov. SpeciaD.-The thirteenth an
nual meeting of the Protestant Episcopal Cnurch .o
grcss will be held in this city the 11th l2th 18th
and 18th inst Bishop Whitaker of this city, presiding.
and it is expected that the discussions VIII d. OF
moro than usually interesting character 1t should
be borne In mind that the Congress Is not eesave
body, nor In any sense official mouthpiece Oh inc
Church. but like its English prototype aiuer wh'cn IL
Is modelled, is simply free forum for the expression
of all views within the tolerated limits OF the Church
As these limits arc very wide, and In many places
rather underlined the possibility OF diversity Is very
great. But TO bring out that DIVERSITY 10 o''c Vi "c
objects of the Congress. For this reason men Vi a'
schools Of thought are to be found on us Execuuvo
Committee and every effort is maze 10 nave inc feh'
Low and Broad Church parties duly represented In the
list of speakers. 1t has, indeed, been asserted py
few High Churchmen that the Congress Is becoming
simply Broad Church machine, ana many OF
them will have nothing to DO WIN IL. bu'
In the opinion of most Episropaiahs uis Charge 10
gioundless. There little hurry Iast summer
when it WAS announced that the Rev. Howard mac
Queary, of Canton, Ohi,, had been appointcd> q
sneaker bccons. Mr. MacOueary is under suspicion Of
heresy But tic appointment was at once cancelled
when # was learned that the alleged hereto was about
to be tried by his bishop.
The Congress will be opened by the celebration OF
Holy Communion at st. Stephens Church, Bishop
Clark of Rhode Island, being the preacher Aer inc
service the inaugural address Will be made by Bshop
Whitaker, and the memorial address by the Rev. Dr.
George d. wildcs, the general secretary. Inc pnsi-
ness sessions of the Congress will be held in the hall
Of the Young Mems Christian Association on tues
day evening the Grounds OF Gertrude In PHILOSOPHY
and Religion, will be discussed, with the Kew d.
W. r. huntington of Ncw-Y"ik. the Rev. Francis A.
Henry, of New Jersey. and the Rev. Dr. ). Mcbrioe
Sterrett of Faribault, MIMI, as writer's ana Tue hev'
DIR. II. r. Harris Of Brooklyn; the Rev. DR.. T. b.
Bates, of Cleveland, and the Rev. william M. Erotoh'
of Westerly r. L. as speakers. On Wednesday morning
the ouestion OF practical Cooperation With Other
Christian Bodies in RESCUE Work. will be discussed
with the Rev. Clarence Buel, OF Cumberland Mo-,
and Archdeacon Mackay Smith, Of New York, as
writer's and tho Rev. Edwin 5. Lines, OF New-HaVeh'
| Charles James Wills, Of Ncw-hork and the Rev.
| DR.. e. r. Van DE Water. "f New-iorK. as sle'f-
| ers "Trists, will be discussed on wednesday
evening the writers being the Rev. Dr. David H. Greer
the Hon d. C. Calvin and the Hon. ii. E. Rowland, OK
New and the speakers being Joseph Packard jr'
of Baltimore Rabone Gardner. OF PROVIDENCE H. H.
and c. Norman Fay, of Chicago. On THURSDAY morn
ing an answer will be given to the question, do we
Need Provincial system ~ by the Rev. Dr. j. H. Egar
of Rome N Y, and the Rev. Dr. John H. Eliiott' Oh
Washington as writers, ana the Kew Dr' inon"o
Gailor of scwanee Tenn; Bishop Rulison, the Rev.
Dr. Joseph Carey of saratoga, NJ w. and the Rev. Ut.
| J. II. Darlington of Brooklyn, as speakers.
| The conditions of Church Growth in Missionary
Lands, will be presented on Thursday evening by 'he
Rev. DR.. r. H. McKm, of Washington, and Bishop
Coleman of Delaware, as writers, ana the hcV Dr'
Phillips Brooks of Boston; Bishop SULLIVAN VI M
gonna Canada the Rev. DR.. J. S. Lindsay, OF Bostoh'
and tho Rev william Kirkus Of Baltimore, as speakers
on Friday morning, Positive Gains in Biblical Grit u,
cismp will be discussed by the Rev. Professor NASH VI
Cambridre Mass and the Rev. Professor Gould, OF
Philadelphia as writer's and the Rev. r. e. %n
Work and the Rev j. J. McCook of Hartford, Conn.
speakers on Friday evening the nv rrGhe BISHOP Vim
ant ~ Gincnnat and the Rev. DR.. Clinton Locke VI
Chicago as writer's and R. Fulton cqtg o. and tSe
York the Rev. Dr. Rufus W Clark OF detroit anu S
d. q a Hall of Boston, as speakers. III Is eH
nected that there will be very large attendance az ~
the sessions of the Congress, AS me topcs amse, d
Epscopalians generally, and most OF thc "i'''s e
sneaters are men of national reputation.