New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-30

or life and clearer thought were felt throughout
the Church generally, as result Of the previous
Conferences. and much more is expected from
the coming Conference because the gathering
has now passed the experimental stage, ahd
may be regarded as permanent institution OF
Anglicansm.
The Conference will begin its sessions at Lam
beth Palace. the official residence Of the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury. on Monday, July >, lSo''
and will sit until July TO- when it will adjourn
for two weeks. to enable the various committees
appointed to prepare their reports. 1t VIII re-
assemble on July % and will adjourn sine die
Oh July 81. The following eleven topics VIII DE-
discussed by the Conference: The critical study
Of the Bible the organization Of the Anglican
Communion. duties Of the Church Ia the colo
MES Internal iona arbitration, the Church and
industrial problems. Church unity. Church
reformation. foreign missions, religious com
muniteS in the Church. the Prayer Book. ana
degrees in divinity. This choice OF topics, made
under the supervision of Archbishop Benson
could hardly be improved upon. They cover
nearly all the questions that are Of practical in
tereSt in the Anglican Communion to-day. and
most OF the have IN interest for Christians
outside the Anglican Church. Many Of the bish-
DDS who will discuss them are weighty think
ers profound scholars or great leaders of men
Moreover. though they will net be clothed with
any power to legslate. they will in an unofficial
way represent the Church ut large. and the En-
cvclical letter in which they will embody their
mat,Ired views Oh the questions 10 be discussed
will have great weight with Churchmen even in
This country
Since the last Conference met the critical
study of the Bible has made rapid strides in the
English Church. Professors Driver. Sunday and
others have adopted some Of the most radical
conclusions of the German school of critics. IT
will be interesting TO see whether the Confer
ence will condemn or approve them There Is "A
fecling on the part of many Ch,rchmen that the
whole Anglican Communion ought To be unified
by bringing the various National Churches mo
close relations with the See OF Canterbury, ana
bv making the Conference Il real SYNOD win
power to enact general canons. Ihat PROPOSE
ton will be discussed. and will almost certainly
br opposed by the American bishops As 10 III
ternaiOna arbitration. the DISCUSSIONS OF III"
Conference will necessarily be largely academic
in character In regard 10 the Chllrch ana III
dusrlal problems. some helpful ideas VIII douD'-
less be elected and probably much VIII DO sal"
~ to the feasibility of what Is known az 'hr'N'
tian socialism. After the Popes last Encyclcai'
Church unity would seem TO be out OF the queS-
ton unless the bishops should make serious
effort 10 bring it about with the other Protestant
bodies. by meeting them at least halfway
ON the whole while the well-known conServa-
tsm of the bishops is an assurance 10 'hW'h-
men that they will do nothing Inconsistent Win
Anglican beliefs and traditions. there is feel
jug that the coming Conference may mark an
important epoch in the history of AngliranSh'
bv deyeloping some new lines Of policy without
abandoning any essential princlpi"