The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
CONFERENCE OF BISHOPS.
From All Countries of the Western Hemisphere to Meet to Consider
 Questions of Importance.

questions or importance.
 Washington Times.
 The forthcoming Pan-American confer ence of the Episcopal bishops. which will convene in this city on Oct '15. promises to be the most important gathering of the held in the United States. It will re- semble the famous Lambeth conference of English bishops in 1897. and at the close of the meeting the bishops may issue a letter to the Episcopal churches similar to the Lambeth QuadrilateraI," pub lished by the former conference.
 More than fifty bishops of the Ameri- can church will be present and partici- pate in the discussions. Twelve of the Canadian bishops have accepted invita- tions to attend, and there will be in ad- dition bishops of several of the South American nations, notably Brazil. Mis- sionary bishops from China, Japan, Ha- wall, the Philippine Islands, Africa, and the West Indies will also be present. Bishop satterlee, besides representing the see of Washington, will represent the church of Mexico, as the recently ap- pointed provisional bishop, ii -gY~!s a 1 At the San Francisco convention of the | Episcopal Church, in 1901, a committee was appointed to consider the advisability of calling the forthcoming conference. This committee was composed of the Right Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, Bishop of Washington; Thomas Underwood Dudley. Bishop of Kentucky, and William A. Leonard, Bishop of Ohio. Last February the committee met and decided to call the conference for October 15. 1903. and to hold the meeting in Washington.
 The opening meeting of the conference will be public gathering. and will be ad- dressed by one of the eminent church. men of the denomination. It will be in the form of church service, and at its close there will be a communion service in which the visiting bishops will partici- pate. The succeeding sessions of the con- ference will be held behind closed doors in the Epiphany Church. On Sunday, Oct "A. 1t has been arranged that the visiting bishops will attend an open air service on the site of the National Cathedral where President Roosevelt will deliver an address.
 1 The National Cathedral site is on the Tenleytown Road upon large tract pur- chased for the purpose several years ago | The gateway chapel Is built, but the ca thedral is not yet completed. The ca. thedral Is named after the Glastonbury churches has been further strengthened between the American and English churchse has ben further strengthened by the gift of twenty carved stones from IH0 OL tHc ISH6ilSH CHuTCH tO De used In tne structure here. The stone: are shaped into bishops chair named the Glastonbury Cathedra''
 While the conference is in session the visiting bishops will occupy the pulpits oi Washington and Baltimore on Sunday, a, they did at the meeting of the genera convention in 1888.
 One of the subjects most likely to come before the conference Is the union of the Christian churches of the world. Church men are looking forward to a noteworthy advance in this direction to be taken by this conference. It is possible some scheme may be put forth upon which thu several sects may, unite for progressive work In fhe future This may take the form, at first, of missionary effort under | a general board to which the denomina- tons of the world will contribute. Al least this sas been the idea toward which the Episcopal church has been working | The conference has no plenary powers and its announcements will be In the nature of advisory suggestions, to which will be given the authority of one of the most influential Christian churches in the world. They will. therefore, have ar important bearing upon the future of Christian effort toward the evangelization of the world. The meeting will be almost , informal in character, and the discussion will take a wide range.
 Bishop Potter of New York, Bishop Sat terlee of Washington, Bishop Doane of Albany, Bishop Dudley of Kentucky, Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts, Bish- op Miles of New Hampshire. Bishop Pa ret of Maryland. Bishop Mackay-Smith coadjutor of Pennsylvania and Bishop Brown of Porto Rico will participate in the conference.