Evening journal., 1899-09-29
FOLLOWERS OF KNOX.
Many Topics Discussed B fore
Alliance at Washington.
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SPEAKS


ROMAN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OF REFORMED CHURCH INFLU-
ENCE.
Washington, Sept. 29.-The second
morning session of the Pan-Presby-
terian Council now convening in the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church was extended half hour to
enable Samuel Smith, NJ. p, of Lon
don, to speak on The Relation which
Anglican Ritualism and Sacerdotal-
ism Bears to Roman Catholicism. Mr..
Smith is a leading and able opponent
of the High Church party in England.
By some he is called an extremist. He
has made a number of startling ar
raignments in Parliament and on pa
per. His Parliamentary speech on
'Lawlessness in the Church OF Eng
land has been printed. and his pamph-
let, THE Claims of Rome" has reach
ed sale of 100000 copies.
In concluding he said:
When the priest begins the prayer
that which is on the altar is bread and
wine. When he ends the prayer that
which is on the altar is Christ's body
and blood. 1t is Jesus; it is God. Who
does this? The priest. How does he
do it? cannot tell you. He himself
does not know how he does it, but II
is done. 1t is a work of God, and no
one knows how God works, If you
were to asked the great st. Michael,
he could not tell you.
"The attempt to combine evangelical
and sacerdotal religion in the English
prayer book leads to casuistry and is
the parent of a whole crop of shifts and
evasions. The sacerdotal element has
rapidly developed and has now gained
the supremacy. It is as strong among
TIE clergy as in the days Of Archbishop
lalt. We are bound to have a conflict
a~E-cwhat resembling that which oc-
CURED in the seventeenth century, not
with carnal weapons or with civil war
but with the weapons of earnest, re-
hgious controversy The discussion 60
ing on all over England is having a
wonderfully educating effect on the
people 1t is leading them to study
their Bibles. Moreover, it is impos-
sible to keep this question out of Par
lament in consequence of the state OF
the church being so closely connected
with the government
BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
In answer to the congratulatory
greetings sent Wednesday by the coun.
Gil to the International Congregational
Church now holding in Boston, the
latter gathering telegraphed its apPre-
citation, and announced that Rev. DR.
Richards was on his way as a delegate
to and speaker at the Presbyterian
Council.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
The report of the committee on sta
tistics was presented by the genera
secretary, Rev. DR.. G. D. Mathews, o
London. This report, said Dr. Mat
hews, although the most complete ye
offered at the councils, was far from
complete. 1t showed increase in ever!
branch of the alliance, which is mad,
up of 100000 communicates, repre-
senting a family circle of $4,000 OOl
persons. OF these 100000 communi
cants 100000 speak European Ian
guage other than English and the re
naming 100000, found in Great Brit
ain and North America, speak the Eng
lish tongue. Either We Anglo-Saxon
carry the language with us or it car
ries us along. The English languag
is bound up with the progress and his
tory OF the Reformed churches. Thos
who speak the English tongue ar
weighed with responsibility in tn
spread Of the gospel and the strength
ening Of the church universal.
Reports Of the business committe
and committees on reception {
churches we're accepted as published i
the blue book. Rev. George B. Stricl
ler of Richmond, Va, read a paper o
"The Scriptural Authority of the Pres
byterian System" Under the gener;
topic, THE Duties of the Office Beal
ers in the Presbyterian and Reforme
Churches" Rev. DR.. N. A. Ross, {
Newcastle, England, defined the duti,
and office of "The Minister" and r. ]
Simpson, of Edinburgh, gave a detaile
history of the Presbyterian diaconat
which called forth a general discussic
of the office.
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