Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-06
ARCHBISHOP SPEAKS
Felicitous Greetings to the
American Clergy.
EPISCOPAL TRIENNIAL
SECOND SESSION OF HOUSE OF
DEPUTIES AT BOSTON TODAY.
Conference Of Woman's Auxiliary
Peace Message Framed - Large
Audience Hears Primate.
TRIENNIAL

BOSTON, October 6.-When the house OF
deputies of the Episcopal Church assembled
for the second session in Emmanuel Church
today there was large attendance OF
visitors in anticipation of the presence of
the archbishop of Canterbury who yester-
day announced that in the house of deputies
he would deliver a message to the American
church.
Inc convention has appointed a commit.
tee to frame a message of greeting to the
international peace congress- some of whose
delegates are also delegates in the church
convention. One of these is Robert Treat
Paine, president of the peace meeting.
The Woman's Auxiliary.
The triennial conference of the woman's
auxiliary TO the board of missions was for.
maly opened today with fun service in
Trinity Church, at which the united offer.
ing of the organization was made. The
preacher was Right Rev. William Law.
renee, DID,, bishop of Massachusetts.
Later the womans auxiliary held
largely attended missionary meeting in Tre-
mont Temple. Bishop Lawrence welcomed
the visiting women. Among the speakers
were Bishops Mckim of Tokyo, Brent OF
the Philippine Islands, the Rev. Arthur
Lloyd, DID,. of New York, general secre-
tary of the board of missions, and Bishop
Johnson of western Texas
The house of bishops continued its ses-
sions behind closed doors.
Attempt to Criticise Potter.
In the house of deputies ]. Cameron Bux.
ton lay deputy from Winston, N. C., at"
tempted to introduce a resolution CRITICS.
ing Bishop Potter of New York for particle
pating in the opening of the subway tavern
in New York city, but he was interrupted
by point of order, which was sustained.
that the house of deputies could not criti-
else member of the house of bishops
No Grounds for Suspicion.
A pronounced difference of opinion devel.
oped when Rev. Charles F. Dole of Boston
introduced an amendment to the resolu-
tions reciting that no necessity exists for
the United States to entertain suspicion
against European nations or to maintain
such a large navy to support the Monroe
doctrine.
John /. Gilbert of New York moved that
the amendment be laid upon the table, and
Gen. Henry B. Darlington of Boston Sec
onded the motion declaring that the con-
greSs had no right to cr1ticiSe the Onlteu
States for maintaining an armament by
means of which the Monroe doctrine, ana
therefore peace was insured in the west
and also by which the open door was se>
cured in the east
The amendment was laid on the table by
a large majority, as was another amends
ment to make the resolution call 1or
The original armament resolutions then
were passed without a dissenting voice.
Archbishop's Address.
At noon the house of bishops adjourned
and escorted the archbishop of Canterbury
into the chamber of the house of deputies,
where the archbishop addressed the CONF
bined bodies. He spoke as follows:
81 we'll remember the time, seven and
twenty years ago. when my brother-in-laWs
sent by his father, the then archbishop OF
Canterbury, as bearer of the invitation TO
the second Lambeth conference, was wei
coined by your general convention In TINS
very place with kindness which profound-
ly moved the old mans memories, when,
day by day, he watched, few months
later beside the death-bed of that young
man-his only son. And now 1t is my own
high privilege to be the first archbishop OF
Canterbury to stand here in person,
II am here by your courtesy, to learn
rather than to speak; to understand, If 1t
NAV be, somewhat more clearly than be-
fore, the practical working OF such con-
vention-such representative church coun-
Gil, clerical and lay, as has, In Its now trl-
enniaI gatherings, served your church SO
well for 100 years, and may appropriately
be a model and a guide, In large and gen.
eral sense for new departures of a similar
sort in other branches of our communion
"To be present at your debates, in either
house, during the coming week Will De 70
me a privilege of most practical and frult-
full sort 1t is not for nothing that l nave
been in touch during the last few weeks
with daily succession of your foremost
men and have learned so much about the
things which are at issue Your problems
are not all of them our problems. OI
some of yours, and especially of some whlch
concern the southern states. We have no
experience whatever OF others we have
ample knowledge, but under conditions SO
different from your own as to render the
comparison academic rather than practi-
cally serviceable. And others there are. so
like those which are set for our solution in
the other land, that the arguments on either
side in the controversy might be transferred
almost verbatim across the sea.
Element Common to Both.
"Anyhow, this at least is certain, that
beneath them all we find an underlying ele-
ment which Is absolutely common to us
both, an atmospheric stratum. peculiar,
think to religious life and energy, wherein
are organisms. perplexing and even bane-
full. as well as organisms healthful and ac-
tive for good. Among them is the tempta-
ton common to ecclesiastics. lay and cleri.
CAL in every cline and in every century.
the temptation to give means rather than
ends the main place In our thougnLs. ING
temptation to lose the true proportion De-
tween large matters and small, the tempta-
ton to take a petty view OF what mes
issues really are.
..Rut at this juncture as 1t seems to me,
the paramount necessity of all Is that
which concerns the family and the nome.
the common work-day life, that Is, OF the
Christian people at large.
"It is as their officers or ministers or reps
resentatives that any and every council OF
convention meets. Here us 1t not SOD ara
the conditions with which We have to do.
We can thank God for strong materiat
progress. for an often high note of moral
earnestcess. and-here in America at least
for an eager output of intellectual force.
And we are prone to be pleased and even
satisfied.
Decadence in Religious Life.
'sBut it would be vain to ignore the WARM
ing voices which tell us-on either side OF
the sea-of certain decadence in the def
nitely religious life of the ordinary home