The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-13
VETERAN BISHOP WHlPPLE
RECEIVED HIGH HON1nS AT THE
HANDS OF HIS ECCLESIAsTI-
CAL EQUALS.
REV. E. DRAY TELLS HIS CHURCH
Rev. w. G.. Pope Discusses and Com
pares Love of Man and of
God.

since his return from London, where
| he, together with Rev Charles d. An
/ drews, rector of Christ church, wit
messed the special services in connec-
tioa with Conference of Bishops of the
Anglican Communion of the Church Of
| England. This important religious
convention was held at Lambeth
palace, the home of the archbishop of
| Canterbury, and lasted about month,
| opening July /. This dignitary is the
most Rev F. Temple, D. d. The con-
ference was attended by Rt. Rev. II.
B. Whipple, d. D., bishop of Minnesota,
1 and Rt. Rev. M. N. Gilbert, ID. D.,
bishop coadjutor of the state. Bishop
Whipple has returned to New York and
will arrive home probably some day
this week, while Dr. Gilbert is now on
! the Atlantic ocean on his way to this
1 country.
Prefacing his remarks about the con-
ference to his congregation with these
facts, Mr.. Bray devoted himself at yes
terday mornings service to an interest
! ing address upon the conference and its
work He stated that in response to
an invitation from the archbishop or
Canterbury bishops of all churches IN
| the world in harmony with the talth OF
the Church of England, about 200
! eminent divines, forty-five of whom
represented the Protestant Episcopal
church in the United States, gathered
| for the conference. Many clergymen
from all parts of the globe were in at
tendance upon the special exercises, but
as the bishops communion is held be-
/ hind closed doors the clergy were not
permitted to witness these sessions.
AS a rule these conferences are held
once in ten years The last one was
held in 1888, but the one just closed
met this year because it is the thlr-
| teen hundredth anniversary OIL the
! landing of st. Augustine III England.
He was sent over to that country py
| Pope Gregory to establish Christianity
1 amcng the Saxons and all public exer-
cises and excursions in connection with
this conference had as their object the
celebration of this very important
| epoch in the religious history OF Eng
| land.
The opening service of the great
| gathering Mr. Dray explained, was
! held on July 1 in Westminster abbey.
! The evening was devoted to most
| notable and elaborate service, which
was attended by throngs of people. on
| the next day the visiting bishops and
| cleIgymen took a pilgrimage by special
| train to Ebbs Fleet and Marlborough
| castle both of which places are suppos-
I ed by ecclesiastical authorities to have
been the landing place of st. Augustine
and his monks, and the scene of the
conference with King Ethelbert, at
Which permission was given the monk
! to practice his evangelizing mission
in Kent Church authorities differ in
| opinion as to which of these places
| Augustine landed, so both were objects
| of great interest to the pilgrims.
A most noteworthy service was held
at st. Martins church in Canterbury,
a part CT which edifice is undoubtedly
portion Of the church in which
| Queen Bertha worshiped before TIE
| arrival of st. Augustine among the
Saxons in 597 E. C. Many as are the
| and about Canterbury, there is none
/ which can compare with this little
| church of ST. Martin, Mr.. Dray said.
standing on a hill in the prettiest
churchyard one can Imagine, its his
1 toric associations, and ancient IVY
| clad structure, carry the mind back
i to the earliest Christian days, and it
| is declared by some authority that, in
| this church. Queen Bertha witnessed
4 the baptism of her royal consort King
! Ethelbert"
| The last service of the conference
! was held in st. Paul's cathedral, Lon
| don, where the archbishop Of Canter-
! bury, Right Rev. NJ. Creighton, d. d,
| bishop of London, and Bishop Whip
] pie oficiated. The bishop of Minneso-
| Ia also cfTicated at a special mission
/ ary service in st. SaviOur'S in London
during the conference, and he was also
/ highly honored at several other i'm
! portant gatherings.
"The churchnen also made a pill
| grimage to Glastonbury, where i'm
! posing services We're held at the his
! toric old ruins of the abbey. What
cannot be said of any other ecclesias-
tical city can lie stated on behalf of
| Glastonbury, where the earliest Brit
ish Christian church remained in the
! hands OF the BritoGS, While other parts
were invaded and conquered by the
| Saxons, and, while in other places the
people bowed the knee to Wooden, here
! Christ was still acknowledged, and,
when Glastonbury, in it's turn, was
/ conquered and became English, tie
/ SaXons had already Joined the Chris
/ tian standard, so that there was no
! break in the one true worship"
At the close of the secret session OF
i the bishops, the Anglican communion
issued an encyclical letter to the
church universal, which deals with
! moral issues and questions relative to
/ the faith and government of the
! church. Even international arbitra-
/ ton is considered. On this subject the
! conference says:
There is nothing which mere tends
to promote general employment and,
consequently, genuine comfort among
The people than the maintenance OF
peace amcng the nations Of mankind.
Arbitration, in place Of war
saves the honor CT the nations con-
+, cerned, and yet determines the ques-
tions at issue with completeness
| The Church of Christ can never have
any doubt for which Of the two modes
of determining national quarrels 1T
+, oueFt to strive"
Regarding the unity of the church.
! the conference took a decided stand
against Catholicism. The resolution
it adopted with reference to this mat
ter is as follows:
LAS regards the Church Of Rome,
series of documents has been issued
by Pope Leo XIII, expressing his de-
/ sire for the union of Christendoln, but
unfortunately asserting as its only
basis the recognition Of the papal su-
! premacy as of divine right. In the
last Of these documents the pope pro-
ceeded to an examination Of the
/ Church Of England, and thus called
forth an answer from the archbishops
! of the English church. Though con-
/ troversy is rarely the method of pro-
+ noting unity, there are grounds for
! thankfulness in the courteous
/ tone in which much of this
/ controversy has been conducted:
/ in the abandonment by the pope of
much irrelevant and spurious matter