The morning times., 1896-12-25
WORLDS CLERGY TO ATTEND
Many Nations Will Be Represented
at st. Andrews Convention.
Next Meeting of the International
Committee of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Other Religious Events.

Joint executive committees representing
land. Australia andthe West Indies Councils
Of the brotherhood OF st. Andrew, have
Just met in New York and fixed upon Oc-
tober 13 to IT, 1897, us the date, and
Buffalo as the place for holding an inter
national convention which, it is expected.
will prove the largest gathering OF laymen'
of the Anglican Communion ever known.
Distinguished visitors from abroad who
will attend this convention include the
Lord Bishop of Rochester. England: Very
Rev Enos Nuttall, d. D., Of Jamaica; Canon
Charles Gore, of Westminster Abbey; Mr.
G. A. Spottiswoode, one OF the famous pub
fishers O: that name, and Lord Hugh Cecil
son OF the Marquis OF Salisbury. The
diocese OF Rochester Includes most Of South
London and presents many religious and
educational problems.
Canon Gore is noted social reformer, and
was at one time head Of Pusey House, Ok
ford. Mr.. Spottiswoode is president OF the
English council, and Lord Cecil is one of
the most active Brotherhood men in Eng
land Bishops Officially representing the
Canadian and American councils will be
present. The questions to be discussed at
this great gathering are church work
among young men and social purity.
The brotherhood is made up Of the young
men in the Episcopal Church who are active
church workers. There are about four hun
dred of them in Washington, nearly every
parish in the city having Il CHAPTER. At
least twenty-five hundred delegates will
he present, representing American chap
h..r trf no al Mt
land, Australia and the West Indies.
The international committee of the
Young Mems Christian Association has
jest decided to hold the next international
convention at Mobile April % to 20. This
lis a biennial event and business OF the
first Importance will come before it
1t is held at Mobile in order TO help as
sociation work in the South.
Immediately following it there Will tie
at Salem. Ala. April 26 To %, a secretaries
conference, called to discuss methods, es-
peciaily for doing more effective work
in the South. Although the international
committee repr eSents only the United
States and Canada it will give an in
formal survey Of association Work through
out the world and report that there has
been unusual progress during the past two
years.
Programs OF great interest are preparing
for both the Mobile and Salem conventions,
and the international committee appeals
to all associations TO be as largely repre-
scELed as possible. A new International
committee will be chosen at Mobile for the
United States and Canada,
Tie last OF the autumn Methodist Epis-
copal Church conferences has just been
held and it is now possible to get an in
iication of how the much-discussed ques-
ton of the admission Of women to the
general conference OF tue church may be
decided. The question failed To carry the
last time hy about siXty-SiX votes, and TIE
general conference iIcld at Cleveland last
May resubmitted it TO a vote of the
annual conferences. Tie votes in these
conferences indicate a decided ia ling
off IN the vote IN favor Of admission, and
the 1T gative vote is likely to be increased
in the conferences to be held next spring,
a majority OF which are in the East and
South. willie the strength of the women
admission movement came chiefly from the
West.
Indeed, if Eastern and Southern confer
enCcs remain of their former opinion and
vote as they did last year the question
viii be again lost, and that by d larger
vote than before