New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-13
CHRISTIAN COOPERATION AND TRUSTS.

THE TWO THEMES DISCUSSED BY THE PROTEs'
TANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH CONGRESS
Philadelphia Nov. I2 tspecisn.-The interest d"
tachng to the stated topic for discussion ~ inc n'
Ing session Of the second day OF the Pro'esVN, Fps
copal Church Congress brought large humpcr VI
members and spectators to Association han ,o'"s'
With Bishop Whitaker in the chair the first paper On
"PractcaI Cooperation with Other Christian Bodies
In Rescue Work, read by the Rev. Clarence buel
of Cumberland, Nd, who laid great stress upon 'lc
necessity for Christians minimizing their diHerehoc'
in order to evangelize the world, and praised Tue
Young Mems Christian Associations as bodies that Id"
proved most efficient in rescue work.
Archdeacon Mackay Smiths paper, winch III
lowed was strong and direct After referring TO the
recent conference upon the condition OF the poor al
New-YOrk City and rcgrctting the apaihy AMONG
cergymen, which had resulted In the failure OF inc
plan Of house to house visitation, only twenty replies
having been received from pastors by the committee
which he served he declared that the Salvation Army
was the only organization that reaching the low
est class, the poor and degraded outeast. There
were thousands Of benighted people ID
New-yorl still in darkness. In New-Enaand
1t was well known that there was
decline in Christian life and in the Middle states tlc
condition had set in. Whatever might be '''
cause it was obvious that Protestants were far from
agreeing on any plan Of cooperation and that the
clergy did not understand the situation. something
more was necessary to save souls than u ouid
rectory in accord with church edifces. He held tiat
the jealousy which prevented cooperation should %
away with; that the Episcopal parish which hsd
no plan OF work should give assistance u the
parishes which had and that in the general endeavoi
every farmhouse and tenement should be visited
by the ministers OF Christ, in the effort TO save souis
In the viva voce discussion that followed the Kew
Edwin s. Lines, of ewHaven. differed from the arch
deacon, claiming that the work of rescue could best
be accomplished within the Episcopal parish lie was
however, the only speaker to uphold this position
An ably arranged collection OF facts was pre-
scented by Charles j. Mills, OF New.York'
IN regard 70 mission work In the metnp-
oils and he contrastcd the remarkable sue
cess of Calvary and st. Bartholomew's churches with
the deplorabe fact that in the last ten years 2ooooo
people had moved into Now York. south OF Fourteenth
ST. and fifteen churches had moved out. The Rev.
DIR. Van De Water, Of York. asked why any aban.
donment of principle involved In cooperating
with other Christian ministers and said that believing
he did In the apostolic character Of the Church. he
claimed that the opportunity for Episcopal
churchmen to bring about Christian unity.
"You do not object" said DR.. Van De Water. ''when
one of our members shakes hands with DIR. MoGlynn
in matters OF politics. but you do object when shake
hands with Mr.. Moody or Mr.. sankey In the cause Of
anti .dcviry hope that kind Of thing will not b
tolerated any longer
tanned that cooperation coud be attased through tho
lines Of the Evangelical Alliance, and The Rev. q. W.
s that II his e@ church Ss
were used without thought Of dissertation. and tia!
when Moody and sankes visited Chattanooga no l'sd
introduced them 10 the people.
Altogether stronger declaration in favor Of evan.
han that Of this morning. The session closed with
HYMN ana the bcnedctlon and the DELEGATES made the
~ss sviH ~ x Il Hs' re a David IL
Gardner, Providence. and C. Norman Fay. Chicago.