New-York tribune., 1907-10-03
EPISCOPALIANS MEET.
BISHOP INGRAU SPEAKS.
General Contention of the Church
Opens an Richmond, "a.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J


At Il o'clock a long procession of choristers and
clergy entered Holy Trinity Church for the opening
service Bishop Tuttle began the communion
office being assisted by Bishop Doane. of Albany.
While the hymn ''In the Cross Of Christ Glory
was being sung. the Bishop Of London went to the
,aipit. His text The kingdom of heaven IS
ike unto grain of mustard seed" He spoke
of the growth of the American Church being
much like that seed, and rehearsed the story of
the early trials and vicsstudes OF the jamestown
colonists He laid particular stress the eviden-
tal value Of the large amount of church building
IN London in the last forty and the story of
the Church in America, he declared, strong
evidence for the divine origin of Christianity Con-
tnuing he said, in part:
First. undoubtedly the future can only belong
10 4 Church which believes and breaches the forth
reaching; energizng and active love of God God
frrround belief in the love of God or ignore the
stern side of the New Testament. but no Church
millions who have not yet had chance of making
UP their minds 10 the truth Of Christianity, except
out tle love Of God to every child that He has
And WITH the. gospel of the love of God must
what we cali nm IN England m @ the message @ of d free
allowed a IegalizinE spirit TO creep over the
vie in England TO preach gospel of free saliva
ton-that the Eternal Son of God came into this
Christian region does not consist in a belief in
God himself.
AGAINST NEW THEOLOGY"
have no means OF knowing the trend of re-
agoqs Inougnt G @ IN me onte9 StaIes & oqt 5fo my my
future lies with no Church which sinks 70 what
should say a word against individual man
creed but What we must 5eware of on both sides
Of the Atlantic is losing the power Of our message
rbe c6urch re- % Of the g future must NJ 1e pos
sess the unbroken ministry and the HISTORIC sacra-
lea to-day. Hold fast that thou hast, that man
But II may be said; Every orthodox Christian
community in the world breaches the gospel Of the
are we justified to-day in the Anglican Communion
IN Keeping our own organization separate from the
the Roman Church on the other? And here let me
ceiTed our side Of the Atlantic from two books
Tesrs ae9 b fqbon On Ceia39 oT On ADoInS
or the Way Of God" and Bishop Ingraham Kip
We do not keep aloof from either in any spirit of
unbrotheriness or pharisaical pride We long TO be
that they have done for the cause of Christ There
m & dy W Ienf0 @ hoRns 4RG Hfds d Sygd y e 70 With f
them in every cause which makes for the we'll
Morality Council for London. Of which I chair
man, contains representatives Of every religious
But, in spite Of this, we are bound to maintain.
that he historical ministry cannot lightly be set
51 IN has 5 lines II M o SuGh re Ic ha 4 uSe evso6 s exe 5
the divine grain OF mustard seed carries within it
spTead rushoa the woTd Teh Again 4 MaS and again
has this vel as the gospel OF free salvation.
It was the ordered ministry and strong organza-
ngion for Europe when the Goths burst upon Rome
and swept il away. and IL was the Church which
And again, leaping over the ages, to come to your
own Virginia when other political causes into
which need not enter had almost swept away the
Church from this part of America altogether, yet,
6er oo but f n6t Dead TSf W lift its head and tSe
bent stalk will straighten itself again when the
weight is lifted of SO in the marvellous revival Of
The CHURCH of Virginia we see once again the
ministry and Church worship
AN ANGLICAN COMMUNION.
But when turn TO the far more delicate ques-
ton as to Thy We & DO % not Tf s5 eGnSn gc pnde5
which numbers know SO many adherents in
the gifts of an unbroken tradition and sacraments
conssecrated by duly ordained ministers ! gladly
guest for my use today by one Of the most hon
hope. on both SIDES Of the Atantic-T mean
Bishop King. Of Lincoln ! asked him TO write
acte-isuc and special function Of the Anglican
called the Lincoln trial in England viii know how
Iitue he can be considered prejudiced toward what
tan faith ana this Is what he writes '''e -
The special function Of the anglican an Com
protests against any additions TO or subtractions
and @ uaSTded 1a fsssnS SuPb Of o Scripture and the early
The Church of Rome appears to US to err in The
use Of authority in relation to the truth The uni
versal supremacy OF a single see and the infalli
Of this. The ecclesiastical use Of authority in
ietiOn to individual conduct, such as compulsory
danger the freedom of individual action and there
fore TO weaken the moral life-obedience must rot
chiefly educational place with regard TO truth.
trusts to the faculties Of the indviduai tthe miTd
neart conscience, Wil), under the guidance uf the
people 20 say to @e beTe ehet Fnt no because @ ~ a
thy saving. for We have heard Him ourselves and
ER9T that this is indeed the Christ the Saviour
! believe it would be difficult to state in clearer
WORDS the difference between the ''fatherIy"
thoriiy given the Church by the Anglican
iced in the Church n Of Rome % We beevn eo more
over in a Catholic Church which IS not afraid in
already in far Japan England and America are
WORKING together IN the common work Of fostering
soul Of that great and growing nation.
IN ~ one one sense II IS Impossible for the Church to
East London. into the business Of wall Street into
must 90 and no human nteresf G tba tne 1ord IN
outside the interest of the Church
MESSAGE FROM THE HEART
in happily worded closing paragraph the Bishop
apologized for the simplicity of the message he had
brought 20 the of the American Cthnrcb fro,,,
tho sea. but he averred that II canoe from
the heart.
After the tie vast congregation was
warned that only members of the convention were
ezpeeted TO receive communion. This restriction
Shortened the service TO an appreciable extent
There about one hundred bishops in the uro-
cession. This was viewed by thousands of rersore
In the streets surrounding the church and in Mon
roe Park About hundred deputies clerical
and ley, IN attendance. These provided
with seats in the church. Many hundreds of per-
Sons unable to gin adnittance TO the opening ser
vice wen: to the centre of the park and sang
hymns At times the music foated into the church
during the service like anthems from another
world.
The House OF Deputies met at $50 this afternoon
The Rev. DR.. McKim was unanimously elected
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