The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-07
SPEAKS TO AMERICAN CHURCH
OF CANTERBtRl
AT ,BOSTON'S CONVENTION.

BosroN, Oct 8.--An address by the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury was the chief feature
Of to-days sessions OF the Episcopal con-
cention The address was listened to by
Bishops, presbyters and lay delegates in
one body The Archbishop said;
have reached the eliminating moment
Of Journey the importaanfie, Of %m,si; az
a Journey undertaken with a direct view 70
this precise. hour, IT was In acceptance, , o.
s Convention lfSs' hat ''" CROSSED the Aante
understand the true Significance alike o. ths
invitation and Of the welcome which has maze
Il was, OF Course. in the virtue OF the respon;
slble of,lce which it i my privilege to hold nt
hhat yo1T 9y ii pfssanee toy anu
One link or claim indeed there is which J
possess alone, ! think. among the diocesan
centuries have seen. IT is this, My ordina,
ton to the Who ea mid the hands
upon my head in Westminster Abbey on st;
Marke Day in 1891 stood the yeneranle anu anu
OF Minnesota. who, Us he has himself re-
corded, came straight from Egypt to England
to be Of my
with which we In England watch your gather
ing strength your constantly increasing use use
and Of our Fellowship in your prayers for
the spirit Of wisdom and nnderstanqh ars oI
TO understand il it may be, somewhat MORE
sesT theo eseTs taS sS
Church council. clerical and lay. as has. IN
Is now triennial gatherings. served your
priately be a model and guide, In large
and general sense, for new departures OF
a similar sort in other branches OF our com
touch during. the last Few weeks with daily
s learned So much about things which are at
issue. Your problems are not al OF them
o Of OF yOu fss and
States, We have no experience whateyertt
or others we have ample knowledge. omt
ssd te rsnder sSe
than practically serviceable. And others
there, are, so like these which are set for our
ments on either side In the controversy might
be transferred almost verbatim across the sea
ne Aah them th al Se ma an
an atpospheEie stratum peculiar. ! think n.
, se ttSns cor common TO- ecclesiastics, lay
and clerical. In every CLINE and In every
the tbs en sG g place N our
thoughts, the temptation to lose the true
proportion between large matters and small MAJ;
And, on the other hand, it is in that same
atmosphere. happily common to ., ns Az that
ON e Which Will NV we can thankfully rely the high
enthusiasm and the pure resolve which spring
he eH ch Hmt T creed Naturally. we want BY
all means to make certain that our Church
system. and our Church rules ana can2hns.
and our Church services are loyal and ortho-
fevere ae and HELPFUL 70 those for whose good
Wofshp is Of the sort TO evoke the Very best
But at this .junoture. as II i, seems s to me me;
concerns the family and the home, the com
mon weekday life that is. Of the Christian
pSEs at rgs II ~ that anS and
every council or convention meets. We can
thank God for strong material progress for
output OF intellectual force. And. We are
70 be and yoees
which tell us--on either side Of the sea-of
certain decadence in the definitely religious
il. in the very force which gave Its distinctive
inspiration and It's distinctive power to so
much Of our grands hd II life aeits y, al. s,,,sna
say it Is wholly false. It surely beho9yyes
we'll what they can do to safe guard the men
and women, and above all. the children. OF
America and OF England from a peril whose
gravity II Is impossible to overestimate, be-
cause II affects the very foundation OF our
Christian life; am not presumptuous enough
o. Try e {. aedss Sa n yoas TO w'h
You can tell. as OF course / cannot, whether
adequate provision Is somehow being made
he Children fa q Your people shall n9where
grow up ignorant Of the fulness and the sig
links Sp' Which fs unite R our church in Eneland
with yours in the United States. But are
hope. to regard the relationship. in ali es
sensisi things as one OF identity IRA! rather than
down to " Very recent days IS absoiuteS one
Our power OF mutual society. help and COM
fort has been proved and proved again. In
can look round him without the thrush Of
thoughts associations and and, m M r, rich
n special sense to o. y Se
II my presence in your convention be per-
mitted, In the providence Of God. to promote
lie as a banded force for the betterine OF what
i amiss II pu6l s, or in private things-foT
seiashness and greed, against ' ignorance no
Saif hsartedness. Shall rejoice indeed deed anu
Just before the deputies adjourned for
action Of Bishop Potter in dedioatiag the
Subway Tavern In New York was intro
duced by John Cameron Buxton, a lay
delegate from North Carolina. The reso-
luton, which was finally declared out OF
order, did not refer to Bishop Potter by
name, but its purport was recognized i'm
mediately and protest was raised, on the
ground that it criticised the action of a
member of the House of Bishops, which was
forbidden by the rules Of the convention.
On this ground President McKim ruled
it out OF order.
A resolution from Mr.. Stotsenberg OF
Alabama relative to the condemnation
Of lynching In the South was referred to
the committee on the state of the Church.
Later the question was reconsidered and
on motion of the Rev. DR.. GIosvenor Of New
York the question was referred to q special
committee, Of which he was appointed
chairman.
Abo the first business transacted in
tho afternoon session was the adoption
Of the report Of the committee on con-
fomity in the matter of marriage of di-
vorced perSons. The report was read bv
the Rev. James II. Fccleston of Maryland
and was adopted without comment, the
committee being continued in Office. The
report was to the elect that uniformity
world be hard to secure.
The deputies voted to accept the report
Of the committee appointed three wears
ago to ascertain the mind of the Fpisco-
palians on the su bject Of changing the nane
OF the Church. This committee decided
that in view Of the opposition encountered
any change OF name at this time was mex
pedient.
Considerable discussion followed the