Evening star., 1898-10-07
claim his Irish birth when he reaches a
climax Of expreSSiCn
FOREIGN BISHOPS.

| claim his Irish birth when he reaches
climax Of expression.
| Dean O'Meara is a stout compact, ener-
getic man, nearing middle life. His hair is
| turning gray and his whiskers. covering the
lower part of his face. are slightly frosted.
| He is quick, nervous and magnetic. His
| voice is most excellent and delivery fault
less.
Judge Mcdonald is as much an American
as Canadian in appearance. He is prob
| ably fifty years old and has the pallid COM
| plexion of the student and lawyer. He
| wears spectacles, but takes them off in mo-
| ments of oratorical effort or when desiring
] to emphasize his meaning. He speaks very
| rapidly and is a brilliantly posted man on
modern American subjects, having fre-
| Quently crossed the border.
Welcoming Address and Responses.
The representatives of the Church of Eng
| land in Canada We're escorted to the ros-
| trum and received by the president of the
| house of deputies The chairman of the
| house of bishops, Bishop Doane addressed
the visitors briefly, giving them cordial
welcome and assuring them of the earnest
| ness of the sympathy existing between the
| two churches Bishop Doane said the At
| lantic ocean, broad as it is, cannot make
division between what were once the
mother and the daughter churches. but
which are now the mother and sister
! churches" 1t was with sdevout thankful
ness that he recognized the fact that closer
| and closer the ties have been drawn be-
tween the two great English-speaking ma
tions, and the two churches which are one
In ltany, in theological law and in polity.
Reply in behalf of the Canadian deputa-
ton was made by his grace the Most Rev
erend John Travers Lewis, D. D., Ii. D.,
archbishop of Ontario and metropolitan of
the ecclesiastical province of Canada. The
archbishop said he brought the greetings
of the church, with hearty sympathy and
devCut prayer for future, progress. He said
he spoke in all sincerity, after long expe-
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empire. In the fifty years of his admins
tration he had watched with interest the
growth of the Episcopal Church in the
United States He was reminded of the
debt Of gratitude which the Canadian
church owed to the United States for Epis
copal Church literature. There was
dearth of literature in Canada, so they
were compelled to come to the United
through the missionary districts. Much
good was obtained from these books origi-
mating in the United States.
The archbishop did not want the conven-
ton to consider the greetings from the
church in Canada a barren compliment to
public sentiment between the two nations.
This great nation declared the arch
bishop "shall take a greater part than ever
before in the political civilization of the
world. We should be grateful that this
should be so, because it will rebound to
the glory Of our Lord Jesus Christ and
the benefit of the world
We are sister churches in two kindred
nations. There are men here who will live
to the ties binding us become closer
than ever. We from the church in Canada
come to wish you God speed and all the
spiritual blessings God may impose upon
you
The earnest words of the archbishop so
moved the aCdiel ce that they overlooked
the rule of the house and applauded him.
DR.. O'Meara's Greeting.
The Right Reverend DIR. O'Meara. dean
Fo1IA tHa
He said lie had Travelled 1900 miles to
bring the warm and cordial greetings from
the church in the west. Or. O'Meara said
that the Canadian churchmen had great
cause to feel gratitude to the Episcopal
Church Of the United States. The mission
airy work in the western provinces had
been attended with great hardships and
under many difficulties
when help needed" said DR..
y Meara, we received it from the United
States and received it willingly and sub
stantially. Bishop Whippe of Minnesota
and his associates had crossed the line aud
lent helping hand to the Canadian work
ers.' Or. O'Meara said the Indian mis-
sionary work had progressed SO favoraby
that there Is whole diocese where not
heatfep Indian can be found. There are
other dioceses where entire nations and
| tribes have been converted to Christianity.
Dr. y Meara, in detailing the work of the
missionaries, said that when the thousands
rushed to the Yukon gold fields In Alaska
they found the church of Christ awaiting
them there, with willing workers to WEI
come them. So it was when the whaling
Meet or the far north found itself ice-bouDd
IN the Arctic ocean at the mouth of the
Mckenzie river. There was a church to
receive them holding religious services en-
sunday and night schools for the instruc-
ton and entertainment Of the sailors.
Address by Judge Mcdonald.
Judge Herbert s. Mcdonald, member
OF the deputation, then addressed the con-
Ven'ion briefly. He spoke feelingy of the
ties existing between the church in Canada
ana the church In the United States. He
| illustrated this fact by recalling the fact
that on a recent Sunday evening he heard
the church bell ringing for services on the
American side of the ST. Lawrence while
the bell was also ringing in his own church
| on the Canadian side. Judge Mcdonald
SAID the work of the two churches was
| much the same in the west. Each had to
| deal with the Indians the immigrants and
the miners, and the conditions We're very
| similar
Referring to the United States Judge
| Mcdonald said: You are now entering up
on your destiny, which is the destiny of
| every Anglo-SaXon nation, to coloniZe the
nations of the world and he wished this
country God spsed upon it's mission. He
said the prediction made by Lord Herschel
that the two English-speaking nations
would sometimes cone to war would never
be fulfilled.
! DR.. Dix, president of the house of depu-
ties, responded to these remarks and wish
| ed the deputation farewell.
Remarks of DIR. Dix.
DIR. Dix expressed his pleasurs for even
| the brief interview afforded by the pres
| ence of the deputation from the church in
Canada. He said the triennial visit of the
delegation from the Canadian churches was
great refreshment and Strengthening and
he rtol 49,
| our visits in the same mind and spirit
DIR. Dix voiced his gratitude that the
| hand of the Most High seemed to be bring
| ing the Englsh-speaking nations into a
| Union of hearts and hands. SO desirable He
| said the closer affiliation of the churches
! would hasten the consummation Of this