Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-18
THE COUNCIL MEETS
Annual Session Of This Episcopal
Body Being Held Here
ABLE SERMON BY MR. BARR
! strIinsly Fine Discourse from the
Words Come Unto Me-"
.,ss,oyIHY MEETING LAST NIGHT.
y.,ort of the Years Work Read ana
Three stirring Addresses Mndc-ro
g3tscuss sunday-SchOol Work This
Accommodations Auxiliary.
.,,s,oylRY MEETING LAST NIGHT.


81. Paurs church. this city. The meeting
opened yesterday morning. and VIII eN-
tend through Friday.
After tho devotional service, sermon,
and communion yesterday n good de"i ".
routine business was Transacted anu
night there was a public meeting !" '"'
interest Of diocesan missions at "iii0"
tbroo enlcndid addresses were maze
Nh oarl,, morning service at 1880 O'Clock
49, o,,i,o well attended. Rev. Preston
rlasb conducted the service and Rev. j.
J. Clopton preached the sermon.
There was a large attendance when the
REGULAR session Of the council opened at
10 o'clock. Bishop White presided and
INSTRUMENTATION Gibson assisted in the
morning service.
REV. MR.. BARR'S SERMON.
Tb. council sermon preached 10y Rev.
william \. Barr was a stirring discourse
from the text. Come unto Me" lie be-
a.u by showing that no teacher, save
.,. has offered himself as the norm
of the teaching he would impart or the
object of the faith he would inspire. lie
drew "a magnificent comparison between
.rgldha" and Christ, and closed it by
showing that Buddha, like St. Paul call
81 men 10 him only to point them away
from himself. Both directed men 10
,,.v that they had found apart from
themselves. and even disclaimed that
tb.y had perfectly attained mat way
J..us says. Come unto Me Inc same
consciousness bTcathes In every page oI
tba Gospel narrative. Il am the bread
Of am the vine" 81 am the door. am
tae way" Il am the light
,r-. consequences of neglecting TO ac-
cont him thus Mr.. Barr brought out win
,rs,..rly power. He showed the union
liver and meekncss in the Christ. lie
showed Him to be the standard ana ODD
-e.t Of the believers faith. he sald we
should never lose sight Of this fact that
Christ is Himself the entrance OF Ills
own Kingdom, and into IT We must come
through faith in Him; not in an algu-
ment. a dogma, or an institution, but III
person"
MIR. Barr said he considered it pity
10 allow the unbeieying world TO suppose
that We rest the case of Christian talth
mon the miracles lie did not think
miracles appeal as evidence to the I'M
derstanding OF this age, as they may
have done in time gone By. Several
causes may have contributed TO TINS re-
suit. The modern study of comparative
vcIieions has disclosed the tradition Of
miracles In most of them; then perhaps
science has created prejudice against
miracles by bringing mysterious phe-
uomcna into the domain of the uni
f0rmity Of nature. He went on TO say
that the Saviour did not encourage men
10 rest their faith chiefly on miracles
lie hlesses those who believe without the
sensible demonstration that Thomas de-
handed and He bids His disciples be
lere Me that l am in the Father and
Ill, Father in Ne"
THE ACT or FAITH.
In con.usion Mr.. Barr said:
pu, All. have not accepted the invita-
ton when the understanding admits that
IL WAS more than human. Man obeys
Ills summons through an act of faith.
The Sayiour's invitation is not addressed
chiefly % the understanding; 1t is rather
g. what Wordsworth calls the "teellng
SOUL" one must first believe, and theh
d. VIII know. Faith is venture OF the
s.. in which one man commits himself
o. another Being forever. He who gave
tl- invitation 1000 years ago gives II
now For He is with His Church, win
Ills disciples. and not far removed from
every child Of sin. IF any man Will open
him. IT, then, the soul which hears MN
say Come unto Ne" will throw himself
In fa.lA upon this living Christ, he Will
enter lnro Gods everlasting kingdom, ana
By faith be win enter deeper and deeper
into mysterious union. This glorious
Consciousness will grow deeper and deep
e. Nothing will eclipse II, not even death
wild destroy IT, For Christ Is our faith,
Our righteousness and our life. ana II
Ne vii believe in Him, serve Him. ana
live in Him. He vii. be made unto US
wisdom. righteousness, and sancuiicauon
aad redemption.
After the sermon holy communion was
administered 10 the delegates by Bishops
White and Gibson, and an intermission
Vas taken that the delegates might eX-
eause greetings.
THE BUSINESS SESSION.
The business session followed. COM
n.rcug 40 noon Bishop white pre-
t-ed being seated at a table IN the
ia1t of the chancel, while 10 his left was
Stated Rev Everard Meade, the diocesan
secretary The ministerial and lay dee
ta.c, We're seated in the pews set apart
20 ,aen. In the front half OF the audito-
Hum. and the rear half OF the church
s,l fhc galleries were well filled with
hlfCa members.
by fte direction OF the Bishop, Rev.
Nr Meade read the roll OF the clerical
eaa ,ay delegates OF the former forty
'A aud OF the latter forty answered 10
Ner names: whereupon the Bishop an
Ag-lred that quorum was present, ana
20, council therefore. was ready 10 pro-
"e with the business.
4he Bishop announced as Committee
~ Credentials for the lay delegates Kew.
y bowman and Messrs y. B. Now
=" anc Judge John ". Riley. The COM
ie then retired 20 examine the GER
''s Of the delegates.
'A motion. the rules Of the former
,.'leA were adopted for the guidance or
Ns body.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
49,, following committees were APP
sue Of the Church-Revs. G. W. Mel
M Edward Wall, l.. X. Mason. and
* Powhatan Moncure. Charles Il.
my and W. O. Clagett
r vows and Orphans Fund-Rev. ID. G.
Days and Mr.. william r. Coates.
Nrps'opd Fund-Rey. Carter Page and
j.. Fairbank.
Iud,,, Messrs. l.. NJ Blackboard,
j.