Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-11


that the stability of the American gov
of the Episcopal church and the SUI
preme court, laying greater stress on
the Importance of the church. OF the
work of the Anglo-Saxon race in this
country Ambassador Bryce said not
long ago: "You have established per-
feet religious equality and remain
more or less a religious people. You
have gone further than any other ma
ton In giving comfort, enlightenment
and opportunities for progress to the
individual man, in whatever station or
of whatever stock"
In the great London conference
bishop. clergy and layman will gather
for the first time in the history of the
church to consider all the difficulties
that beset their way, all their aspira-
lions for the furthering of their work,
all the experiences they have had. and
so, by comparison, counsel and dis
cussion, find new avenues of endeaVor
and wider scope for the work OF the
Anglican church. One especiaI feature
brought out In this conference Is the
fact that laymen are invited. urged, TO
come and take part in the discussions.
proving the growing power and infiu-
ence of this part of the church. For
over fifty years bishops of the Churcn
OF England have met i'll the famous
Lambeth conferences, inviting bishops
of the American church to confer with
| them, but never before in the history
| of the Anglican church has there been
this worldwide call for the clergy ana
| layman as well as for the bishop.
| Together the British and American
branches of the church can plan things
that can be worked out better than v
| they labored separately. They can ma
| n greater opportunity for good than IL
working alone The American repre-
sentation will do no violence TO the
! time honored traditions OF the Church
of England, and will offer In Its inde-
pendence no reflections on that cnurch
| isolation and its pride in isolation.
| These men have in their power the
ability to make these traditions stronger
and more effective, and at the same
time, because of their wider citizenship
and greater independence, can be an
| influence toward even wider catholicity
in the older church.
| In proof of the twentieth century
recognition of woman and her influence
in all things, the conference will devote
| a day to the discussion of questions re-
| lating to woman and her interests
| Modern views about marriage and d.
vorce with its legal and social side VIII
be dlated upon by the women dele
| gates. They will talk of gambling
/
wages. of the liquor traffic and the
| alleged increase of drinking among
women, and offer suggestions as to the
| best ways to promote theological and
| Bible study among their sex. Just pre-
| ceding the general conference one day
will be observed is Girls day." and In
| the church house of Westminster ap-
hey gathering will be held to advise
with girls and women who wish to
| enter the service of the church in the
mission fields. Missionary offerings
will be made by the various dioceses or
the Church of England. some of the
smallest parishes pledging themselves
to large sums in the interest of the ex-
tension of the church missions. Auck-
land. New Zealand. has adopted the
unique plan of taxing each commune
cant of that diocese a penny to make
up a good-sized offering.
Pilgrimages to historical places will
/ be a feature of this world-gathering.
One pilgrimage has been arranged for
st. Adams abbey church. signalizing
the new movement for celebrating the
feast OF st. Alban. proto-martyr of
English Christianity. North England
hopes to see gathering on the historic
island of Landisfarne the birthplace of
Northumberland Christianity. while
other places sacred In the history OF
| the Anglican church are likewise ask
ing consideration at the hands of the
5000 delegates and the thousands of
other guests.
Richest of all fanes that these TWEEN
tieth century pilgrims will know is
that where the initial meeting is to be
Iheid-Westminster abbey. Saxon and
Danish, English and Norman. Plan
tagenet and Tudor, Stuart and Ham
overian rulers have held dominion over
it, and 1t Is so very old that its origin
is lost in tradition. The Oldest legend
claims that the first house, of worship
on the present site was built by Sebert,
an East Saxon king, and that st. Peter
himself came to consecrate 1t one
stormy night. The oldest history
reads: "' ithout the wales OF Lon
don, upon the River Thames, there
was in Times past little monasterie
builded to the honour of God and st
Peter, with a few Benedict monks in
1t, under an Abbote serving Christ.
The massive pile of stone that now
marks the place of the little monas-
terie" on the Isle of Thorns Is the last
resting place OF York and Lancastrian,
Puritan and Cavalier, poet and states
!, men, the great leveler, Death, having
eliminated ali dividing lines. Great
, pageants of pomp and power have
} passed through it's aisles, but no meet
/ ing of greater Importance has ever
been held there than this Of the great
} Anglican church gathered from all
parts of the world where has spread
{ the Anglo-Saxon race.
Copyright. 1908. by Frederic J. Haskin)
/ Tomorrow-Water Supply of New York.