New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-07
OBJECTIONS FROM THE MAIL.
COAL SUPPLY OF OCEAN STEAMERS

,he Editor of The Tribune.
l. Il customary for ships Of the Cunard Line to
.,r their VOYAGES with n short supply Of cosl' This
aucst,on Of exceeding importance 10 the patrons Of
49,, y - and In view OF the Official statement issued
~. ,s. Cnpard Company regard 10 the Gala Umbr1a
,.u.n, would seem TO demand answer for the
S.r.et Of the travelling public.
1r oallla was hut two or three days out from New.
VII. suppose that she had broken her shaft and had
..n tossed around for a week perhaps drifting
Ssnserox without coal and with no friendly ship
a. hand 70 extend aid what then IL l. evident tnst
Dr. company does not permit such pr9ceaute 10, i1ey
tpst met important information AMI govern Ourselves
eseardncly l..
NO Transatlantic passenger steamship should be
..,m,,,ed 70 leave port TO cross the Atlantic with
~, a fun supply Of coal Not only DOES steam
-.sl burn coal while under way, but il the
,,,.rv shonh b. disabled, as IN the case of the
,'ubria the fires must be- kept going in the donkey
:, auxiliary boilers TO heat the ship, and also 10
hs ready 70 work the pumps in case OF an emer-
.sncy Then. too, in case OF breaking down
a. the machinery il is the practice with compc-
An, engineers 10 bank their fires in the main
h.iers 80 rs 10 he ready 10 start the engines
when tls repairs are completed. Under sucn cir
.rms,ances there is always a consumption of more
n less coal.-Ed.l
"a the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your paper Of December - statement
4. ouotea from "The Living Church" that since Al
cont l-oi that Is during the year just past seventy
A, ministers have been converted to the Episcopal
rmch from the ministry Of other denominations
such figures are encouraging not only q EpScopaiin>
,,, ,o all Christians who cherish catholic spirit
r,ey show that Christian labOicrs are not wlln; t.
,onene themselves TO one fold but wherever n the
l,rd can lac q
sncen,ly there they desire To labor. Christian
,achers earnestly desire teach essential Christian
,rub: and wherever they can teach II, with what
seems 10 them at least the greater numocr 81 h'pN
and ,he fewer hind aucc there they would preach The
Word and administer the Sacraments. The cA'h"''
.pht apparent In these ministerial changes Is Truly
CHRISTIAN and Is encouraging. 1t IL 10 be regretted
however that only forjy-one. or a little more tlah
,,.half % the number OF conversions reported 10y
aTte Living Church are from "rellgious bodies IN
Iris country. The others. As the reporter ntlma'''
have been discovered by careful search In th'
parshes of Eng and and Wales.
not We find much more encouraging statement
s,ouing moro rapid advancement Of the spirit OF
csthoAriiy IN this country, In thu published statistics
a, tho PRESBYTERIAN Church OF the Northern United
State, for the last four years. In the year l-7l ~
The number Of ministers received into the Northern
Ir,shvterian Church Of this country from other re-
lIrious bodies so-callcl was ninety one. Ahd an
tly catholic Christians win De grahc % Know that
m. nunler Of these conversions, OF other minister,
10 the Presbyterian order was not extraordinary not
sporad,c n YOU please 70 call it 80. II was not
limited 10 ono year. For In the preceding year
1908 ninety ministers received into n" Tres
byterian Church North from other denominations IN
,sso-v0 eighty two were received ana IN ls77-'-O.
1oj were received. These statistics AZ" not een'ralE
known and II may be we'll therefore. 10 publish them
They are given IN The Minutes"-tc official record
D.. ~nu ltre n.
@mnu,es d. not state specifically from what churches
these clergymen were received. But doubtless a
proportionate number were from tac Protestant EPiS
copal Church not a very large number. p'r'ap' IS
tho Ep,scopal is among The smaller folds Of the Church
Universal.
II Is not the habi, Of the authorities OF the PresV-
terrain Church to publish these acccSons to the ranks
OF IT'S clergy very widely; certainly not to publish
them In any boastiul spirit. The denomination Is 50
large and so powerful that such additions T. IT.
clergy are not regarded specially noticeable or Ion
portant. Yet doubtless The Living Church ana us
readers among the denomination II represents VIII bc
grailfed 10 learn that these examples OF Christian
catholcity rather of Christian feliOwsip-which II
peases to call conversions are not lmitcl ~ IT,
own denomination And II VIII be observed that for u"
last four years these accc-sOns the PrcSN tcrian
Church Norl-tn say nothing OF those aided 10 u"
Southern branch Of the sane church-havc for cach
year been than 4 lublc the number OF ihOs"
named by The Living Church As having been con
vericd- To the Episcopal Church In this whole coun
uy. North AM south. These changes IN church re
atiouS really numerous between All the Narlo'0
churches of oar common Lord. No one denomlnGupn
1as reason 10 boast OF any advanag" gained IN tiS
respect over any other obviously these numerous
intsrdenonlnaiOnal clerical changes give most on
eourncny esdcncc Of the spread ~ Christ an spirit
O, eathol.cty among Christians OF every name. LIT
- ~ 4 CATHOLIC PRESBYTERIAN.
Glens Fails, y. y, Christmas Day, 1907