Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
Qan=An9lican Conference.
Bishops Numbering 24O From All Parts of the
World Will Rub Shoulders This Week in Lon
don-Diocese of Washington Represented.

LONDON June E.-Gaitered peers OF
the Anglican Church are everywhere in
the great metropolis of the British en-
pire For weeks they have been fore-
gathering from every quarter of the
world. and now the Bishop of Cuba ruos
shoulders with his titled brother from
Korea. while the bishops of Lebombo and
Likoma, in Central Africa, discuss the
welfare of their common cause with Inc
bishops of mid-China and central Penn
sylvania.
There never has been such a represent
alive gathering of the English Church
as there will be when the Pan-Anglcan
congress opens Monday next.
Two hundred and forty bishops Will be
in attendance. Dioceses the world over
have each been allowed six delegates, ana
nearly all have sent their representatives
to this most wonderful of church gather
ings. For some weeks the archbishaps OF
Cape Town. Brisbane, Sydney. Melbourne
and the West Indies have been here. The
bishops Of Auckland, Colombia. Goulborn,
Bunbury Carpentaria, the Gold Coast,
Koewatin. Lebombo, North Queensland.
Nova Scotia, Rangoon. Rockhampton,
Singapore, Tranancore and Cochin ugan-
da, Western Equatorial Africa, Victoria,
Waiapu and Zululand all know each other
by sight now and are rapidly gaining
more than a speaking acquaintance, for
they meet almost daily to compare notes
as to the work they are trying to do with
their strange peoples.
The Bishop of Calcutta. who has just ar
rived, speaks fifteen Indian dialects, and
with him came two black bishops from
West Africa full of enthusiasm for the
great work they are doing and of which
they hope to do still more.
Already over 1000 delegates from some
200 dioceses have reported. and the next
few days will bring more, the American
contingent having but just arrived. while
others are known to be on the way. All
London has been laid open for them.
There has probably never been such a
warm welcome as for these men and
women of the empires established
church. The Bishop Of London has set
apart the forty-four chambers of Fulham
palace as his part of the entertainment of
these notables from over the seas. and
the metropolis whole is doing just
as well. The rector of the famous city
church of st. Mary-le-Bow, Rev. A. n.
Hutton has invited each of the bishops
Of the Episcopal Church in the United
States to occupy the pulpit at a midday
service, and already several have fixed
dates.
Membership in the congress is limited
persons present. including laymen and
women delegates. to whom, unfortunately.
all the privileges of the great gathering
cannot be extended because of lack of
space. The first 5000 tickets We're good
for all meetings. but the next 5000 al
lowed no admission to the thanksgiving
service at st. Paul's. the most important
of all the gatherings arranged for the
congress. 1t will be the closing service,
the one when the thank Offering of the
whole world will be made, and there is
an assurance that it will amount to no
less than $5.0OO,tsD. That was the sum
aimed at when the proposition was first
taken up and. although the returns have
not been made with sufficient definite
ness as yet to give the exact figures. the
amount can be considered as raised, and
ii will be for the congress to say how il
shall be divided. II seems probable that
1t will be turned over to a special COM
mittee without recommendation; but it
has been suggested that some portion of
it ought to be devoted to elergymen who
have for years been striving in foreign
lands, without proper compensation for
the hardships they have been forced to
endure patiently.
The congress has been divided into seven
sections. which will consider these topics:
Section A-'"The Church and Human So
ciety." Albert Hall.
Section B-"Christian Truth and Other