New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-27
WHAT CITY PASTOR SEES.
ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO
CHURCH PEOPLE


An interesting editorial in the Christian Advo-
cate" this week discusses at length The Last Cen
eral Conference ani ihe Episcopacy' Or. buckley
g. an authority REGARDING the institutions OF me
>f.,ho-3is, Episcopal church. hut he mas ia-'h mo
A not uncommon error regarding SISTER ''hon'4i"-
ton Tho editorial says. The "enef' 'o"'S'c"0c
i the only body which can determine the question %
the effectiveness II bishops. II. Ike the "rHeiA4
Assembly Of the Presoyierln chun,h '"n!ch las
ma hlsh,ns, the General Conference met every year
the question would Doe smpl!fci. As a matter OF
fact there IN ls'5. Ia one Dranch OF We I'D
terrain Church accord ng 10 The report or me 'tn,
era S. ,Is5ors CHAPTER u Of the Form OF
,'-rtnrn, of he Pros yieran Church is entitled.
"Of Bishops Pastors. AMI ~ IN PiiI d, 80
FOR dignity and usefulness. The person VINO ms
this Office hath. n Scrpiure Gntahed uI ne
names expressive - hs various duties As ne nag
,bn oyerslgb Of the nock OF Christ. he IA termed
6lshon "A ne feeds them win spiritual i"td, ne
Is termed pastor AS he serves Christ In MS chIrch
he is termed minister" Concerning the hrst utle; a
r.o note among the proof texts says: As the ONCE
and Gh@Tae de of 9e IN the oy scrpnrt under
the tide Of bishops and as this term Is peculiarly
on.,t not 20 be reected II IS said that Dr. Howari
Crosby for many years caea f s wa ne p osnI Is
known as pastor
With this slight correction. the article in THE Ad-
vocs,e" Is very interesting especially in Its state
mont Of the status OF noneNective bishops. II says;
.Biahops Bowman and Foster sustain similar reia-
ton to the epscopacy 10 that which superannuate1
ministers bear 10 the Annual Conference. AS
the latter possess ali their powers. are still mem
beers Of the body in its sessions. administer the
HoIy Communion are eligible 10 membership In the
General Conference but not to appointments as pas
tors so these venerated fathers IN rVu are sun
pywr OF ordination invitation can preside IN the
conferences and sit as members OF the General Mis-
Wch OF xing the appointments OF the
oherg their
episcopal assignments 70 conferences they are per
mied TO Ts reeurei TO provde for them the mos
GENEROUS support and under that instruction It has
decided that the amount appropriated during the
present year will be exactly what 1t was while they
we're effective
TIE debt on St James's Evangelical Lutheran
Church has been greatly reduced through the efforts
OF the pa stor the Rev DR. James b Remensnyder.
There have been several $4,000 subscriptions by
a not member OF the church put a personal
friend OF the pastor
DR. Arthur T Person who has supplied the pull
nit Of the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church for
several summers will be heard there again this year
Dr. Day1ee the pastor Of this historic church whose
speeches were OF the last neral As emily
especially the one in which he nominated Dr. Whh-
row for Moderator will spend the summer the
SEASIDE and Northheld. The church Will be open
ali the summer, and all Of its activities sunday
school Wednesday evening prayer-meeting Chris
tan Endeavor Society, etc.-wi be kept going as
usual.
The speakers at the Worlds Students Conference
now in session at Mortified. include DR.. Alexander
Mckenzie OF Cambridge. Mass; Charles T. Studd,
OF Cambridge University. England Professor Rob
,.rt Ellis Thompson, OF Philadelphia $. VI. Sayford
OF Newton. Mass: Robert f.. Speer, OF this city;
the Rev r. a. Torrey. OF Chicago; President Patton.
OF Princeton: William II Salmon, OF Yale University
and ID L. Moody This Conference closes on July
g. and the following day a summer school ror
Bible study designed especially for ministers asso-
citation men and secretaries and others who wish 10
undertake systematic Bible study will begp under
the direction OF Dr. c. l. Scoheld. OF Mortified. ana
continue until August "a The Young Women's
College Conference will begin on July 10 ana
last eleven days The General Conference OF
Christian Workers will begin July 80 and
close on August is. This year there will be
a kindergarten conducted IN the vestry OF the
Conversational Church. beginning next Wednesday
The Y NJ c. A. Encampment VIE also open next
Wednesday As usual the singing will be feature
OF the Mortified meetings.
DR. G. w f. Birch the stated clerk OF the New
York Presbytery has received the degree OF LII u
from the West Virginia University. 1t Is special
cause for satisfaction to Dr. Birch that the honor
comes from the nelghborhood OF his old homo VI
Western Pennsylvania -