Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23

ments of an English bishop, except on state
occasions, when he dons an exquisite en-
broidered chasuble. a sort of mantle with
out sleeves, clasped in front with buckles
and a great Greek cross, resembling the
letter Y on the back In common with other
English bishops, Archbishop Davidson wears
knee beeches, the Episcopal apron ana
CATERS when on the street. AT state func-
tions he sometimes wears a purple clotn
coat On the head the ordinary clerical
shovel hat is assumed, except when the
high hat, appropriate to the dignity OF MS
Office. is worn.
Archbishop's Residence.
The usual residence of the archbishop OF
Canterbury is at Lambeth, place on the
south bank of the Thames, at London, OPP
posite Westminster which has been in the
possession of the see of Canterbury from
time immemorial, and is one of the Famous
historic points visited by tourists In Eng
land. Though possessed OF stately library
and chapel commodious private and pup
lie rooms and beautiful gardens, II IS oy
no means elaborate. and has been oIten
found too small for the many duties OF nos
pitality and government devoivlng upon
the archbishop. 1t is much smaller than
the royal palaces, and scarcely as large as
some of the residences OF the great mer.
chant princes and captains Of industry Oh
New York and London. -.
II
yious visit to America which did much to
strengthen the bonds of friendship. Bisnop
George Augustus Selwyn,. when plsnop OF
Lichfield, attended the general convention
at Baltimore in October 1871, and by ms
hands was sent an aims dish, Ito be placed
in the keeping of his grace the ford arcn-
bishop of Canterbury and his successors
for use on such OCCASIONS as might be deem.
ed appropriate in the chapel at; Lambeth.
The accompanying letter reads as follows:
Most Reverend and Beloved Fathers and
Brethren: AS members of the daughter
church in America we venture 70 approach
YOU as the representatives of our GEAR
mother church of England for the purpose
of presenting a slight token of the
love and gratitude which we can never
cease to cherish toward the heads ana all
the members of that branch OF the churcn
catholic from which We are descended, and
TO which we have been indebted first for
long continuance of nursing care and pro
lection, and, in later years, for manifold
tokens of sympathy and affectionate re-
gard
These expressions of friendship, written
thirty-three years ago, will probably De
repeated with even greater earnestness this
year.
Ninety-Fourth Incumbent.
Dr. Davidson is the ninetyfourth arch
bishop of Canterbury. The first was the
monk Augustine, sent to England in 5g7 by
Gregory the Great who, though bishop of
Rome explicitly disavowed the title of uni
versal bishop, declaring'it to be anti-Christ.
He sent Augustine and his company to Eng
land not because of authority over that re-
mote region, but very much in the spirit in
which we are in the habit in our time OF
sending out from New York and Washing
ton missionaries to the Philippines and
China and other remote countries.
1t has been asserted that an archblshop
must be appointed from the college OF
bishops, but while this is usually the case,
1t is neither the law nor invariable custom.
For instance, Thomas Beckett was only
in minor orders and practically layman,
and Matthew Parker was in priests orders
Usually however, the bishop of London is
advanced to the archbshopric.
In America bishops receive from s2,ON
and 81 900 a year to perhaps $4,000 in the
sole case of the bishop of New York. The
English bishops receive much more than
this the archbishop $4,000 a year and
many perquisites, and yet the records show
that most of the bishops die poor men; in
fact, their salaries are none too large for
the manifold duties and obligations devolv-
ing upon them.
Status of the Primate.
The archbishop of Canterbury though
primate of all England, is by no means
possessed of anything approaching absolute
authority England is divided into two
provinces, and over the archbishop of York,
the northern province. the archbishop of
Canterbury has little more than precedence
in honor and dignity. Over the bishops and
sees of the southern province of Canter-
bury he is chief bishop. with very much the
powers of the chief justice OF the United
States, in comparison with the other JUS
tees, or of the president of the board of
Commissioners of the District of Columbia
as compared with the other Commissioners.
OF course. bishop of the chief see of
Great Britain the archbishop of Canter-
bury receives all due honor from the bish-
ops of all other branches of the Episcopal
Church in various parts of the world, but
he is absolutely without authority over the
Episcopal churches of Scotland. Ireland.
Canada, Australia, India. the West Indies
and the United States, although in the case
of British colonies he is often made court
of final resort and is delegated with their
authority for the benefit of the local
churches.
Reception at Albany.
ALBANY, n. Y, September 23.-The
special train bearing the archbishop of Can
terbury, J. Pierpont Morgan and their party
arrived here at 1:2O pm. and remained an
hour. The party was met at the railroad
station by Bishop Doane and Mrs Doane.
Coadjuto- Bishop Nelson and Dean Talbot
OF All Saints Cathedral, and several promi-
nent citizens.
Bishop Doane and Mr.. Morgan greeted
each other affectionately. After intro
auctions were over on the station plat
form the party entered carriages and drove
to All Saints Cathedral. The visitors in
spected this and the building connected with
1t and met the Episcopal clergymen of the
city.
The original plans had included a formal
welcome by Mayor Gaus and the celebra ton
OF mathis, but on account of the delay in
arrival the mayor did not meet the arch
bishop and there were ceremonies.
After spending an hour here the English
primate and his party left over the West
Shore railroad for Washington
FEAST OF BOOTHS.