New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
NO PROTEST TO BE MADE.
THE ORDINATION OF DR. BRIGGS NOT TO
BE INTERPRETED WITH.
ATTITUDE OF HIS oPPONENTs-A PROTEST
WAS PREPARED BUT IT FAILED FOR
LACK OF TIME-THE HOUSE OF

LACK OF T1ME-THE HOUSE OF
BISHOPS EXPECTED TO ACT.
The friends of DR.. Briggs, whose ordination BY
Bishop Potter is to take place in the Pro-Ca-
thedral No. 100 Stanton-st.. this morning.
seemed confident yesterday that those who OPP
Tosed the ceremony have been so greatly dis
couraged by the Bishops frmness in his de-
termination to admit Or. Briggs to the priest
hood that their much talked-of protest before
the altar will not be made. after all.
The Tribune ascertained that the result OF the
conferences yesterday OF those who are OPP
posed to the ordination Of DR.. Briggs was
decision to make protest at the ceremony to-
day. This was decided upon, not for the rea-
sons assigned by the friends OF Dr. Briggs. but
because of the shortness of the time allowed
for preparing a formal protest. prominent
priest said yesterday that. pending the Bishops
announcement of his intentions with regard 10
the ordination, II had been felt that 1t would
not be courteous to the Bishop TO secure sigma
lures to a protest They had waited trusting
that the Bishop would heed the circumstances
filed by Drs Cendenin and De Costa. and
when the announcement was made on Friday
after noon it was too late to secure the sigma
lures which would have given weight to a
formal protest Therefore that course was
abandoned, and there will be no protest to-day
unless some individual priest or layman, acting
within his own individual right. should rise IN
the body Of the congregation and make formal
charge of heresy against DR.. Briggs.
AS has been explained before In The Tribune
no such protest is likely to stop the BISHOP
against his WILL from going on with the cere-
mony
LIKELY 70 ATTRACT CROWDS.
All arronoouen+e for the ceremony were COM
pleted yesterday The Pro-Cathedral Will seat
about six hundred persons. and 1t Is expected
that large numbers, attracted by the notoriety
which the case has won will have to be turned
away from the doors for lack OF room. IL was
announced yesterday that the service would be-
gin at 10:45 a. m. with an organ voluntary FOL
lowed by the professional. hymn, the Litany'
another hymn. the ordination sermon and a
third hymn.
The Rev. Dr. George William Douglass Will
preach the sermon, and the Bishop will receive
and examine the candidates. The Rev. Dr. Cor
neus b. Smith will present DR.. Briggs, ana the
Rev. DR.. George Francis Nelson will present the
Rev. Charles II. Snedeker. Holy communion
will bring the service to a close.
Bishop Potter and DR.. Briggs have all along
maintained silence concerning the ordination.
but after all the plans for II had been made pub
lie il was expected that they would have some
thing to say. but both declined to speak.
The vicar Of the Pro-Cathedral, the Rev DIT.
Paddock was asked II Dr. Briggs. after his re-
turn from Europe, to be assigned to work
on the East Side and attached to the Pro-Ca-
thedral as has been reported He said that he
had received no official notice to that effect but
that II the Bishop fit to send DR.. Briggs
there he had a perfect right to do so.
REMOVED TO THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS"
One Of those priests who have been in confer
| ence with Drs. Clendenin, De Costa and Richey
| said to a Tribune reporter last night that while
| he perfectly willing 10 sign the protest
| which had been prepared he rather welcomed
| the ordination of DR.. Briggs he said 1t
brought TO an issue evils from which the Epis
copal Church had suffered for some years. He
said:
The exhibits most strikingly the tendencies
of the Broad Church movement. which has been
tolerated with easy good nature by the bishops.
and brings the evil of their teachings clear
~ that the bishops Will now undoubtedly take &C
Of the sho ssy Wh o he raj %
pr Briggs and that his admission to the priest
purge the Episcopal Church from teachings which
are contrary to the fundamental principles of Chris
sp Hd passases"the Word Of God. spoken by God
the Bishops action removes the from
The O t'e 81 That the individual pro-
test OF single priest, or even OF group of cler.
That such an objection be made to put it on record
that the ordination had been resisted up to the last
men was that the protest should be the expression
of the body of the clergy of the diocese, and should
advancement of DR.. Briggs to the priesthood. The
intention was to give every clergyman OF the do HG
then present the document TO the Bishop. This
II was d felt b wTee great e w s %h hs
Bishop. II being out of the question to prepare
was dropped.
THE POINT AT ISSUE"
The priest quoted above went on 10 say:
II he has not already done so, before his ordna-
ton 10 the priesthood DR.. Briggs. as required by
the constitution OF the Episcopal Church. will sign
this declaration:
Il do believe the Holy Scriptures Of the Old and
New Testament to be the Word of God and 10 CON
soIemnly engage to conform to the doctrines and
worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church In the
point raised by the opponents OF n DR. Brggs
is that he conradlcs this statement IN ms snn stnd
Of Holy scrpure by specific sc as % as
as these are quoted from the volume:
I'VE have seen that there are historical mistakes
geoqra3bv errors as to historical events and per-
sons discrepancies and Inconsistencies IN the his
tories which cannot De any ''b'''i'N'S
method of interpretation u b5l) .. -, -,
"tIicber criticism comes into conflict with the
authority Of Scripture when 1t finds that KS doc
Ella lions are not credible. II the credibility OF
hook is impeached its divine authority and IN
spiration are also iinpeached." P. 6SO)
DIR. DE CosTAs STATEMENT.
The information given above as to the attitude
OF the opponents Of DR.. Briggs and their course
to-day was confirmed by the following state
ment made last evening by the Rev. Dr. De
Costa. He said:
After the Bishop announced that the ordination
r,,u tak. nloce ON Sunday morning. | felt that !
In rfic /