The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-28

painful tokens which salute US OF the disinte-
grafton Of the home"
The High Churchmen won point when the
Bishops address was laid before the con ven
ton. George MacCulloch Miller asked that n
large and representative com IN ittee" take w
that portion OF the Bishops address referring
TO marriage and divorce and present report
upon II. Mr.. Miller asked that. II the report
was made after adjournment. 1t be printed
as part OF the convention proceedings
The Rev. Dr. w. II. Huntington oi
Grace Church. the leader OF tho Broad Church
party. strongly objected to the printing OF the
committees report without the convention e
endorsement as against all precedent. Bishop
Potter took tho same ground. With DIR. Hunt
ington amendment that the report he made
10 tho next convention. II not made to this. the
resolution pissed, but MIR. Miller then moved
mo the committee print its report outside Of
tine convention journal IA soon as 1t was
completed. On division OF the house this
motion was carried by vote OF 1856 to 80. DIR.
Clendenn was gratified by the vote. Publicity.
he said. was what was wanted.
The Bishop later In the day named his COM
mittee: The Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix OF Trinity
Church. the Rev. DIR. W. h. Huntington Of
Grace Church. the Rev. Dir. J. Lewis Parks Of
Calvary Church. the Rev. DR.. David H. Greer
".
Evarts OF Wappinger Falls. George MacCulloch
Miller. George ZabrIskie. Francis l.. stetson
and Col. William Jay
During tho afternoon DR.. Dix presented a
resolution welcoming Admiral Dewey. Upon
the suggestion OF DR.. Niles OF Sing Sing. who
said that the Admiral was COMMUNICATE OF
Christ Episcopal Church. Montpelier. Vt. the
resolution was amended to show that Dewey
was Protestant Episcopalian. AS adopted it
read:
ResoEed That the diocese Of New York
sion to welcome Admiral Dewey on the occa-
sion OF his return home. and to send him. their
personal adm ration and regard, an their ap.
country.
During the day the anti Briggs leaders dis
tributed ballots for the election OF Standing
Committeeman to-day. The Broad Church
committee will be re- elected. defeating the can
didates agreed upon at the conference Of
High Churchmen on Tuesday,
public session OF the convention was held
at Ascension Church. Fifth Avenue and Tenth
street. In the evening. Papers were read on re-
liRious developments at the end OF the nine
teenth century.
Religious Thought at the End OF the Nine
teenth Century" was the subject aottedtethe
Rev. DR.. ]. Lewis Parks OF Calvary Church
DIR. Parks said that the great characteristic OF
the religious thought to-day was an unap-
peasable desire to search out the truth Not
only the unessential things but the ''verities
themselves" he said. were brought into the
forum to DO tested by personal standards
OF morality and personal standards OF belief
There Is an undoubted danger. he said. that
the m an who INDUCES in this sort OF thinking
will become a hereto. But there is a compen-
satton for the danger. There never was
world SO set upon truth.
This is the age Of comparative theology. We
study the essential soul OF man. There 10
danger in such study. Many ships 60
down to the sea and come no. back again
but the commerce OF the world Is the
life OF the world. Is not all the world
battle and every man soldier?
error and degrade truth. Tho compensations
are tho spread OF the spirit OF sympathy be-
tween followers OF all the creeds the spread of
the spirit OF federation. the spread Of the work
OF the Holy Ghost not in the nineteenthccn-
fury. but ever since h. made man: the pull
ing up and burning down OF the narrow and
pestiferous system which We call Calvinism."
The Rev. Dr. Christian OF the Church OF st.
Mary tho Virgin read a paper on Church
Work at the End OF the Nineteenth Century"
and the Rev. DR.. ". h. Huntington OF Grace
Church discussed Church Unity at the End OF
the Nineteenth Century"
The session was followed by a reception
for the delegates at the home Of Bishop Potter.