The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-28
CHURCH CLUB DIMES PRIMATE
AND THE MAYOR WELCOMES HIN
TO NEW YORK.
Welcome to tho Man and tho Scholar rs
Much as TO the Archbishop Says MIR.
Mcclellan Bishop Potter Speaks and n
Formal Address OF Greeting IL Read.

Much as to the Archbishop Says MIR.
McClelIan-B Bishop Potter Speaks and .
| Formal Address OF Greeting IL Read.
The Right Hon. and Most Rev. DR.. Thomas
Randall Davidson, Archbishop Of Canter-
bury, was the guest Of the Church Club OF
New York at dinner last might at the
Hotel Aston. Speeches were made to the
Primate Of All England by Bishop Potter
on behalf of the Protestant Episcopal
Church here by Mayor Mcclellan for the
city and by President Nicholas Murray
Butler Of Columbia on behalf OF the edu-
Gators Of this country.
The Archbishop replied with expressions
OF appreciation for the reception he has
had in this country and Of felicitation be-
cause of the spiritual bonds with which
he found the Church Of England bound to
the Protestant Episcopal Church Of the
United States.
Nearly 800 OF the clergy Of this and near
by dioceses were at the dinner; there was
present too, distinguished gathering OF
| laymen.
Those who sat with the Archbishop
of Canterbury on the platform in. the
corner OF the room were President
George Macculooh Miller of the Church
Club Mayor h Mcclellan p;dtan, d Bishop Potter
OF UDB ulOC6S6, blSllOp HTSeT, lib CO.
adjutor; President Butler Of Columbia Uni
versity. Bishop Worthington Of Nebraska,
| Bishop Brewster OF Connecticut, Bishop
Beokwth Of Alabama, William II. Maxwell
| City Superintendent OF Schools: Hamilton
w: Mabie, the Rev. j. II. Ellison, vicar Of
Windsor; Bishop Courtney and the Rev
Hyla Holden, the Archbishop's secretary.
The tables were laid in the great banquet
hall on the eighth floor OF the hotel. The
decorations were simply the United Statee
behind the speakers table and palms in
every window space. Among those who
dined with the Archbishop were:
p. Comm SfIIs.n F G. Bqurns; Francis ,,. NJ
Ba Xnson r Eesr kan
William Jay sehieffelin. Francis I.ynde stet-
son and George Iabriskie.
President Miller read an address Of well
come to the Archbishop on behalf of the
Church Club. The Archbishop in his
response dwelt much on his oratorical
unworthiness to tell his hosts property
how much he appreciated the honor done
had everywhere in this country. He had
been particularly impressed, he said, with
the kindnesses which had come to him from
persons outside the communion to which
he and his hosts belonged.
The Archbishop said that he felt a great
sense Of satisfaction in the fact that he
and his hosts met as brother churchmen.
There was great contrast to-day between
the state Of mind Of the present Archbshop
Of Canterbury and that of Archbishop
Laud, who wrote in his diary that horrible
rumor had come to him in prison that he
was to be transported to America,
The Primate referred playfully to the fact
that the first outside congratulations to come
to him on taking up his office we're those
which came from America. and that they
were received long before many English
men knew what had happened. In some
ways. he said, the Church in America had
advanced to greater advantage than the
Church beyond the sea.
"Why," asked the Archbishop. do the
Bishops of England wear such queer clothes?
1t is a good thing to cling to traditions when
they represent things which are really
sacred and practical. The Church in
other, but the inheritor Of the hest part of
its traditions. There are in it a buoyancy
and a vigor which always react proftably
and delightfully."- upon the English Church
whenever they come in touch
1 The AT e spoke feelingly OF the
planting tree near the grave of George
Washington He spoke of the bond between
the Churches. in conclusion, as a union of
hearts, essentially independent, but abso-
lutely at one.
Bishop Potter asked the assembly to rise
and drink to Mrs Davidson, the Arch
bishops wife. The toast was drunk with
a great cheer. Many of the clergy were
heard to comment upon the fact that the
glass which the Bishop raised contained
had darker liquids in them The Bishop
dwelt playfully on his occasional differ
ences of opinion with the Church Club. He
told how. when he was guest at Lambeth,
the Archbishop, then the Dean Of Windsor,
let him smoke cigar.
aJt is such deeds M tbose said the Risbop
amid loud laughter (which have made our
guest beloved on both sides OF the ocean"
Bishop Potter said that il only the tie
which bound the English speaking peoples
material hundred years ago there would
now be no division Of Churches. He
formally welcomed the Primate to this
diocese.
deemed proper for Mayor Mcclellan to
meet the Archbishop at the citys gate,
inasmuoh as New York's only gate was
He'll Gate. The Mayor said:
/ had supposed: when ! was invited to be
S Of h Of Has hi s
@ssSer Of &c EpissSp sh" GRarss
Of the mother church; as a scotchman. am
proud to welcome a olansman.
Your Grace has said that you felt that your
welcome was for your office rather than for
Tscom As shs # is ny dSy md oaG
Of the world. who has come to US from the
home OF our friends. Where one American.
St Augustine, there are a hundred who know
David ,Copperfed" and your beautiful
cathedral town.
That is what your title brings to them.
You come TO us bearing credentials from
company, Of our most delightful friends.
II is Friendship as near and as dear as though
they were real creatures OF flesh and blood
! am here, repeat as the representative
Of the people Of the city. not to Welcome
TO the Prinlatc of one Of the greatest churcHes
in the world my welcome Is to scholar OF
OF education; my welcome is to one who has
done all that man nan nSy do to uplnt man
go ba ok with the Arm resolve-to return
tappause and cheersl-to return-soon and
often.
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler and Hamilton
W. Mabie also spoke
Fassett Says the states for Roosevelt.