The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-15

, stop controversy In the position winch
| we have assumed before the Roman
church We are no, there 10 tear down
| the Roman church but 90 preach
the Gospel 10 the myriads who
are outside of That church
! Not one-huulredth part Of the millions oi
inhabitants are TN r-i,sc communion Nith
| the Roman church. What can you eN~
/ pect of men who occupy, In BraztL the
/ social position which you do here? What
| do YOU think OF men who speak English
| as well as We do and yet VINO claim that
! Christs life was impure-and who Why
/ al good II calls FOR trumpet tongues 10
! go among these people. We know ihat
/ IN time these people will respond 90 thc
! call OF our historic church. We nave
| given 20 this people our beautitul ms
| toric liturgy our church with its pc
| culiar churchly message with rs perfect
| liturgy wins It's way "a the hearts OF the
| people
II know not whether that splendid
| voung priest upon whom the church has
| conferred tho honor Of representing the
! church In the Philippines, will accept H.
| or not but ne should have the hearty
| suppOrt Of THE and every other church,
| mans club
| "our Obligation is 30 give 10 the coun-
| trics Of our best, our religion. These
| peopIe will I've uplfted by tho Bible story.
| They love the church year. that beautitul
| church year nf whom someone has SAID;
| The church hath strung the zodiac with
| Jewels dug from the creed. Their sons
| are taking prominent placee In the
church When these people have become
| evanEelzed they shall arise i'm the
strength of their new found grandeur and
| epread o,ir church. When the church has
| extended its Rubicon TO the extreme ends
OF the earth then. and not until then, will
the church be Catholic Ia deed as well as
in name.
WORK OF GENERAL CONVENTION.
Rev. John s. Lindsay. -. D., presiding
i nfacer- the clerical and lay house OF
deputies OF 81. Pauls church, Boston. was
| next introduced and he said IN part: L
confess that after the prduous duties Of
presiding over the General convention J.
am weary. Rhode Island was always well
. | represented at the convention. and al the
. ! last one missed several OF the old faces
You had several talking members. VINO
= talked very well. aud other silent mem
, bers who were gracefully silent
J. MANY very pessimistic persons at
:. tended our General convention, but
= gentlemen, I think that 7 never saw a
/ harder working body or one which La
= bored with better success than the con
. vention OF 1901 We passed n great many
= rzuunS. have known that the
: deal OF light on our Scripture. We es'
= tablished foreign bishops. You may tel
us that we dh nothing Ia regnrd 30 the
canon OF divorce, hut We did great dea
, Of talking. and ! am sure that we are :
!, great deal better informed than before
: | upon the subject OF marriage and divorce
"A deiiberstive body like the convention
a. always does \ great deal of good outsld
), Of the legislative work which IL does, II
, sec the work OF tho church spread ont be
= ! fore US 10 hear these men from diteren
/. ! parts OF our country and other countries
: was so open new minds, 40 shake us u
\ | and give US new convictions to help us i
"a the future Beyond this IL was Inspiring
:. as sat there In the chair and locke
n over different parts of the house wher
y were the various standards OF Rhod
r. island Massachusetts. etc.i when / Sa'
A those men who had travsled 80 far.
H. thought GRACIOUS God. fbeiu Is som,
IL. | thing i'm this sight go stir mems souls
r. and We telt the inspiration of their pres
~ ence Among them none helped rs moi
al than the bishop of Alaska [ talked
many men, members OF the convention
and many who were not members of n
convention. and they said that the COT
he ventiou had helped them immensely.
MT II not true then, that those who We
d. there will so back 10 their parishes nr,
m with llght which they will diftrpe 90 tho
). people? In ali parts Of eur country mD
r our people be brave and extend ~
W TUTTr7 III mr. T1rrfr-TT rrr-ti
SO much"
is II, REV DR rqsKES ADDRESS
he The closing speaker was REV. Gcor
ok / Mcclellan Ftskc. II r., rector of -. ~
ale phen's church OF this city. who said
'hs part. The general convention of i
ne will I think always, be . marked co
.. vention Ia history. from the isct mat
10 tury that " MAS held On the Pact
leo coast and that ~ was unQuallhedlv 81
we cessful. Tile positive Accomplishment
Il the convention has already heen told
~ ~ YOU. and | need not. pcrhaps. 80 O,
Ver the points In Which the revision az
The constitution which was adopted impro'
er- aeveral sides 10 our American church, @
, A the general convention seems 90 ha
given somethng to satisfy all OF m
! sides So that, while nobody was sat
allt fed. Vet everybody was satisfied In ps
do and we should think that IL was mari
of success. II war one OF the most impo
10 ant conventions of tie American chur
~ and though Il lasted only two weeks,
80 " ACCOMPLISHED a great deal. ~ mad
49, moral impression npon the neople,
ou' lieve. which will never be forgotten.
sh- ~ only remfmhtr two occasions sine
iu have been n member OF this diocese wl
,icc have seen the diocesan Officers of Rh
NJi- Island I'm the lnsignis Of odico. We on
our To have more ~ ", Cor ~ has gr
w" moral effect upon the psoplc We "
10 Oc what We are ana look nke w
We are Quantity doesn't count.
doesn't count ~ The Catholic church !
.ar. still the Catholic church. however 81
-, or however large.
We After thanking the speakers %
for evcn,ne In behelf az the club. prcSld
rom Mumford declared adjourned the
had meeting of the fall sea ason and one OF
= most fourishirg IN the history Of that
- timablc organisation.
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