Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-28

did not avail himself of the privilege, and
this year he will not apparently put the
ocean between himself and his diocese.
Another bishop who Will not be at the
Lambeth conference is Rt. Rev. Chan
ming Moore Williams. D. ID. (retired).
Bishop OF Japan before its division into
two missionary districts. He has just
come to the United States on a visit to
friends in Richmond.
Curiously. there are not less than four
Bishop Williams I'm the Episcopal episco-
pate Of lob bishops. One. this Bishop
Williams. late of Japan: the second. the
Bishop of Nebraska; the third Bishop
of Michigan. and the fourth. the Bishop
OF Marquette. who was here last spring
confirming after Bishop Satterlee's death.
Most Rev. Bishop futile Of Missouri. as
presiding bishop, and the Ri. Rev. Will
liam Lawrence Bishop of Massachusetts,.
as chairman OF the house of bishops of
the American Episcopal Church, have just
received the degree of Del. from Dur
ham University.
The funeral of the Archbishop of Cape
Town at Oxford, held during the sessions
OF the Pan-Anglican conference he had
come to attend, is said to have been the
most striking and unique of the kind that
has taken place since DR.. Pusey's. in 1882.
The body was brought from the Pussy
house to Christ Church Cathedral, the
pallbearers being eight out of the ten
bishops of the South African province.
In the procession were also the metropoli-
tan of India and the Bishop of Southwark,
each with his chaplain. AT the cathedral,
besides the dean and chapter the Bishop
Of Oxford was present with his chaplains.
Among those who were unofficially present
were the principal of Pussy house and
Fathers Benson, Maxwell and Congrece Of
the Society of ST. John the Evangelist.
II is noted as a striking coincidence that
the only two archbshops whose bodies
were previously buried In Oxford-Laud
and Juxon-were. like Archbishop Jones.
members OF st. Johns College.
Like Bishop Satterlee. the archbishop
when the end came. The closing years
Of his episcopate were. in fact. devoted
to 1t. and he had lived to see IL rising
stately and beautiful beyond his best
hopes. Some Of II had even been rooted
In. and 1t has been the natural hope of
his friends that his life, for long
time precarious might have been spared
for the conservation Of the first portion
next year.
In connection with the Pan-Anglcan
congress and the. conference following,
a small mp of the Anglican communion
has been p tnted 1t gives some interesting
figures win regard to diocesan organiza-
ton and the number of clergy at work.
The British Isles are represented as hav-
ing fifty-seven bishops and 5000 clergy
that is, one bishop to every 43S of the
clergy. I'm England the average diocese
contains 6l6 clergyD For other parts Of
the world the figures work out roughly
as follows: Canada. to 80; West Indies.
to 60: west and central Africa. l to
80; South Africa. 1 to 55: India, ! to 81:
Australia, to 30; New Zealand, 1 to -:
United States. L to 3d. there being 1929
clergymen Of whom 103 are bishops
In the American branch OF the Episco-
pal church there were siXty-eight COM
municants to each clergyman, in 1859, lO3
in 1883 and 164 I'm 1907.