Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-07
WITHOUT PRECEDENT
International Convention Of the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew.
DISTINGUISHED PRELATES as MEMBERS
Delegates Expected From -Four Ma
tionaI and Colonial Churches.
THE WASHINGTON CHAPTERS

| Brotherhood Of ST. Andrew will convene in
| Buffalo, N. Y, Wednesday of next week
| and continue in session until the following
! Sunday, inclusive. The convention will be
composed of from 100 to 1,5O0 delegates,
at least POO of whom will be from Canada.
| The brotherhood includes branches in the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United
| States, the Church of England in the Do
minion of Canada, the Scottish Episcopal
Church, the Church of England in Austria
| liza, the Church of England in the West
Indies and South American, and il the
ver cradle mother church in England itself.
| By it's constitution the brotherhood ex-
lists at the will of the bishops and priests
of the church in their several dioceses and
| parishes. Their counsel, therefore, and
| guidance are, at all times, nest necessary
| TO those who manage the affairs Of the
| brotherhood and ale most eagerly sought.
Magnitude of the Work.
The assembling of this convention means
| an event that is SAID tc be without pre-
cedent in the history CT the church. While
| there have been councils CT the church in
| many lands and climes never before, it is
| believed, have the laynen of the great
| Worldwide communion come together
| through their appointed representatives to
take counsel concerning their duty as lay
| Inel ~ eAteuO tiie anu NNucL Inc
| fellowship of the kingdom of which they
are citizens. 1t means, according to one
| of those who Is taking a great interest in
| the coming meeting, the growing recoSn.-
| ton of the fact taught by Savior and apos-
| ties, that to every member of the church is
committed a royal pr;esthcod-a priesthood
| which is, indeed, without the special priv
| ileges and duties committed to those upon
whom the apostolic commission is laid; but
none the less a priesthood with duties
whose reality TO Thoughtful man can qUes-
! ton and whose awful responsibilities may
| we'll cause the strongest to feel their weak
ness.
1T means" said he, that new oppor-
| tunities for the work of laymen are beirg
constantly opened, and that the leaders of
the church everywhere are welcoming the
assistance of the men who are looking 20
them for true spiritual leadership and di-
rection.
1T means that heavier responsibilities
are being laid upon the brotherhood in the
new world, where the movement first took
organized form. Men who will stand hum
bic and loyalty in the ranks, With every
FACULTY Keen for use, rendering willing
| obedience to their leaders in the church
are the men who will send The impulse to
work throbbirg through the life of church
men in many lands, cid and new, and will
help to keep that impulse strong
Real Things Of Life.
Those who were charged with the prep
aration of the program felt that, in a GER
tain serse, the men who are going to Buff
falo had intrusted them with five DAYS of
their valuable time. The committee has,
therefore, aimed to prepare a program
which should lay emphasis upon the real
things Of life. 1t has sought to avoid what
is merely superficial, even though it might
be, to q certain extent, attractive and use
ful, and to call attention to the fundameIl-
tai facts and principles upon which each
man must rear the structure of his life.
The Buffalo program will make large de-
mdndS upon men, because it will call upon
them for the hard work of earnest thought
The international committee express con-
hdence III the readiness of the men of the
brotherhood to respond to sach a call as
this, and that, therefore, the Buffalo con-
vention will register another advance in
the upward movement of the brotherhood
Annual Reports Encournrinr.
The annual reports of the chapter, SO far
as they have been received by the inter-
national committee, are encouraging in
character. but few chapters are obliged to
confess that they have not at least held
their own, while from many comes as
surance of positive progress. These facts
are regarded as all the more gratifying
when the trying conditions of the last four
years are taken into account
1t seems certain that four of the six ma
tiohal and colonial churches in which th,
Brotherhood Of st. Andrew has been gen
orally organized will be represented at the
III convention. Owing
the obstacles raised by great distances
the brotherhood in Australia and New Zea-
land Will have no representatives 1t was
hcped that the bishop of Ballarat who re-
turns TO his diocese via Canada, might be
able to remain for the convention, hut
pressing duties at home make 1t necessary
fer him to sail from Vancouver the day
the convention meets.
Large Attendance.
Advices from several sections of the
country indicate that the convention will
be about the size of the Washington con-
vention-that is to say, $50 men, 1t is ex-
pected that at least eighty delegates will
represent the cities of Washington and
Baltimore. Chicago has seventy-fiye dele
gates pledged to go, Detroit forty Pitts
burs expects to need special train for its
delegates; Louisville will have delegation
OF at least thirty; Philadelphia, probably
severty-fve: New York at least one hun
dred, who will probably be accompanied by
fifty more from the neighborirg dioceses of
New2rk and Long Island One delegate,
If no more, will represent Colorado: one
Utah; while from the Pacific coast, two are
expected from California, with two or three
more from Oregon and WASHINGTON Virgin
Ia Is expected to send thirty-five or more of
her representative churchmen while states
further SOUTH the Carolinas, Georgia Ten
re Ssee, Alabama. Louisiana and Texas will
all be represented. Milwaukee, st. Paul
and Minneapolis are each arranging TO send
large delegations. Toronto expects to send
nearly one hundred men, and as MANY more
will probably come from other Canadian
cities.
The Program.
The convention will be called to order at
10 I'm. Wednesday for the business meet
ings of national councils and of the inter
national committee. From $50 to $50 D. m.
there will be 'Quiet Hours at ST. PauPs
Church. with devotions and instructions by
Rev. Charles Gore, DID,, canon of West
minister. England The evening will be
devoted to an informal meeting of dele
gates and conference of members of the
national council. :
Thursday morning a charge to the broth
erhood will be delivered by the Right Rev
VIM. D. Walker. DID,. bishop of western
New York. The feature of the afternoon
session will be an address of welcome by
James L. Houghteling. president Of the
brotherhood in the United States, to which
responses will be made by appointed repre-
sentatives Of the brotherhood in the Do
minion of Canada, England. Scotland, the
West Indies and South America The adj
dresses Will be followed by an informal re-
ception to delegates by the national coun-
ellis. Friday morning there will be cor