Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-02

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Bishop Of West Virginia. delivered the SER
mon. The service closed with the celabRa-
ton OF the holy communion.
Notable Churchmen Arrive.
The special train bearing thu Bishop OF
London and other disnitaries Of the church
who have been attending the convention OF
the Brotherhood Of sc. Andrew In WASH
inston. d. c.. and bringing 200 bishops and
lay delegates to the convention arrived in
tho city IN the afternoon. Two stops were
made after leaving Washington. the first
at Alexandria, where the Episcopal Semi
and the second At Fredericksburs. at the
various battledelds along the route At
the house In which Gen. Stonewali Jackson
died the train slowed down so that the IN
terestfng points might be observed by the
occupants Of the cars A crowd OF several
thousand people met the train at the sta
ton.
Many Of the important matters which
were left undone by the Boston conven-
ton will be considered by the convention
which will assemble In Richmond tomor-
row. These questions will come before
the house Of deputies. which will sit daily
in st. Paufs Church. and the house of
bishops. which meets In the assembly room
OF the house Of delegates In the state
capitol.
Many Problems to Solve.
Commissioners were named In Boston.
charged with reporting at Richmond upon
the condition and uplifting Of the colored
man. upon civil legislation In the matter of
the marriage and divorce and upon Chris
tan education. Laid over for Richmond
at the Boston convention were courts of
appeal, provinces permissave use Of the re-
vised version and a canon embodying the
Huntington amendment.
The colored man. his situation and I'M
Drovement will be given careful consider
vorce. which was adopted by the Boston
convention as a compromise measure after
disagreement between the bishops and
the Deputies will be further considered.
An important event Of the convention will
be thank offering concentrating the
3OOth anniversary of the birth Of the
church in America.
The first social feature of the conven-
ton was held last night at the Mayo House.
when Bishop Gibson gave a reception in
honor of the Bishop of London. The ma
tority OF the most prominent churchmen
and delegates were present. as was also
many local celebrities who are not men,
bers OF the Episcopal faith.
Bishop Ingram's Sermon.
In q sermon in Holy Trinity Church dur
ing the celebration Of the three hundredth
anniversary Of the founding Of Anglican
Christianity in America the Rt. Rev. Ar
thur Foley Winninston-Ing Ingram. Lord Bish-
op Of London. gave his idea of the charac-
teristics which the church that shall DOM
mate the future must possess. He said in
part:
First, undoubtedly the future can only
belong to church which believes and
breaches the forthreachinG energizing and
active love Of God. God forbid that I
should deny the difficulties which surround
a belief In the love of God or ignore the
stern side OF the New Testament. but no
church will save the world. and especially
those thousand million who have not yet
had a chance to make I'D their minds as to
the truth OF Christianity except church
that believes and oroclaims and lives out
the love Of God to every child that He has
made.
And with the gospel of the love of God
must go what we call in England the mes
sage of free salvation. It may be that in
the past we may nave allowed q legalizing
High Church and Low Church vie In Eng
land to preach gospel of a. free salvation
that the eternal Son Of God came into
this world and gave Himself for His broth
ers; that the Christian religion does not
consist in belief In good man named Je-
sus Christ dying on tile cross, but consists
in belief in the sacrifice Of God Himself.
No Future for New Theology.
1 have no means Of knowing the trend
Of religious thought in the United States,
but from my experience Of east, north and
west London the future lies with no church
which sinks to what Is called the new
theology.
God forbid we should say word against
any Individual who believes as much as
he can of the Christian creed. but we must
beware on both sides Of the Atlantic of
losing the power Of our message by trying
to make 1t easier to be believed
The church of the future must undoubted-
~ POSSESS the unbroken ministry and the
historic sacraments which you possess In
the church OF America today: Hold fast
that thou hast, that no man take thy
crown
But after all is said and done. the most
evangelistic, the most catholic, the most
orthodox church on earth will produce no
effect upon the world II it has not still
one further characteristic. It must clearly
and unmistakablysand before all the world
be unwoFldiy itself.
Worldliness the Greatest Danger.
Bear with me, then. when I say as my
last word, that the greatest danger Of the
church on both sides Of the Atlantic In
woridnness.
In one sense 1t Is impossible for the
church to mix too freely with the world.
Into the slums Of East London, into the
camps at Klondike. the church must 60
and no human interest in the world Is OUT
side the interest of the church.
But on the other hand. to run q church
a a man runs a successful business: to
depend upon cleverness and management.
rather than the grace Of God; to neglect
prayer and intercession in favor Of IN
fuence with the press: to lower the teach
ing Of the church, or It's moral standard, in
order to suit self-indulgent people Is to
spell ruin and failure and shame for the
most orthodox church in the world. In q
voice which still rings down the centuries.
Jesus Christ Himself proclaimed: my