Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-28
DINNER FOR ENGLISH PRIVATE.
Many Prominent Men at New Yorl
Church Club Gathering.

A dispatch from New York last night
says: The Church Club Of New York. term
ed by Bishop Potter the club of "Congrega-
tionalism untempered by Episcopalianism,' -
gave dinner for the archbishop Of Can
tarbury at the Hotel Aston last night. There
were gathered to welcome the primate Of
all England the bishops of half dozen
dioceses in this country, the rectors of the
most important churches in this city and
neighboring ones. and leaders In profession
al and business life. The mayor of the
city, In greeting him as the city's repre-
sentative, made it plain that he welcomed
not only the churchman, but the man him.
self.
The archbishop responded heartily to the
greetings. While there was a division in
the body of the church. just as the mother
country was separated from this one. yet in
spirit the churches were one he said, as
England was one with this country. The
Keynote of the archbishop's speech was the
line from the poem Of Frederick Myers.
The Prince of Wales at the Tomb Of
Washington" "A closed union in disunion
binds-in separation strength
There were present about 800 guests.
The archbishop, his face aglow at the
cheers which greeted him as he rose to
speak, said he could hardly find words to
express what he felt for the warmth of his
reception on this side of the Atlantic. He
said:
mot the least striking part Of this DEM
onStration is the recognition by those
whose life work lies outside the limits Of
our own communion. While 1t has been
marked in many places 1t was, 1 think.
most obvious of all in the magnificent
scenes last Sunday afternoon at your CAPT.
tai. Thankful as one is for that recognition
of our common heritage, there is yet COM
patible with that a sense of satisfaction
when we meet as fellow churchmen. to-
gether In heart and soul, as we are tonight.
AS a churchman, / am grateful beyond
words for the welcome. OF course, l am
well aware it is the office represent rather
than the Individual for whom is all this
hearty reception.
Il pray the blessing of God will rest on
this great church this side of the Atlantic.
One regards this feeling hardly as bond
rather 1t is an identity. I had a striking OBJ
ject lesson as to this when l was called to
my present office in January, 1903. The
first intimation of this call reached me not
from London. not from Winchester, or
which I was bishop, but from New York,
a. cordial message of benediction and good
will from my brethren on this side. That
shows American promptttude and interest
when a man in similar circumstances as
I am tries to look back on the church ne
will find startling contrasts in Its history:
You welcome me as the first arshbfshop OF
Canterbury who ever crossed the ocean. but
I'm not the first archbishop of Canterbury
for whom such a journey was contempiat-
ed; In March, 1913, when Archbishop Loro
was confined in the Tower, he notes tnat
there was a rumor that the powers tnal
then were might send him to America as a
DELINQUENT His reception might have been
different in some material respects from
that given to his successor now. Inc rea.
sons for this change are easy 10 see anu
profitable