The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-15
CONGRESS CLOSES
PAPERS AT LAST EPrs.
COPALIAN MEETING.


Boston, May 1.-THE closing day of
the National Episcopal Congress which
assembled in this city last Tuesday.
was regarded as the most notable Of
the week. inasmuch as men Of inter-
national reputations had been an
nounced as speakers this morning and
in the afternoon. The list included the
Rev. william Croswell Doane. Bishop
OF Albany. N. Y, and the Rev. DIR.
Ensley Henson. Canon of Westminster,
London, and widely known as one OF
the leaders of the so-cailed radical
broad churchmen.
Bishop Doane spoke this AFTERNOON
on the topic, The outlook for the Yis-
ibie Church Unity"
THE Rev. William r. Huntington.
rector of Grace Church. New York: the
Rev. Dr. Henry H. oberly, Of Eliza
beth, N. J.; and the Rev. DR.. William
Faber, Of Detroit, Mich. discussed the
same subject.
Another speaker announced here to-
day was the Rev. DR.. Joseph q. II.
Barry, dean of Nashotah Theological
Seminary. Wisconsin, and rector-elect
of the Church Of st. Mary the Virgin,
New York. Dean Barry is widely
known as a leader Of the high church
element.
When the morning session convened
the fremont Temple auditorium was
well fTled. Prominent among the no.
table clergymen on the platform was
Canon Henson. The frst speaker of
the forenoon session was Rev. DR., H.
II. oberlin, Of Elizabeth. N. j., who
presented paper on the general topic
for the sessions discussion. He OUT
lined plan Of union based upon the
following terms:
'.First-Each denomination to retain
temporarily. its independent existence.
Governed by its own laws and officers,
subject to the bishop of the diocese as
President. and having the sole right
of ordination and confirmation.
''Second--Each denomination to use
the sacramental forms and repeat the
creeds publicly, in other respects to be
free as to forms of worship.
'Third-All ministers to be recos-
nized as holding ministerial place
and exposing the prophetical gift but
to receive ordinations to the priesthood
supplementlng what powers they al
ready possess and making them priests
of the church OF Cod
'Fourth-All people to receive con-.
hrmation and thus be adnitted to the
communion of the Catholic church. In
Priests to celebrate at each others al
tars. Exchange OF pulpits means
nothing, but exchange Of affairs means
everything.
"Fifth-Proselyting and rivalry be-
tween churches to cease"
The Right Rev. William Croswell
Doane, Bishop OF Albany N. Y, fol-
lowed with q paper in which he de-
clared:
80 Visible Christian Unity.
"The outlook for visible Christian
unity, that is to say Of a unity that in
wolves uniformity so as to obliterate
all differences of religious opinion or
expression of feeling seems not likely
to be realized In this world. That
beautiful picture Of Pentecostal days
when they all in one place. with one
plication' 10 vision to which we look
back with longing eyes and hearts but
hardly forward with the hope Of reali-
zation."
Finding little -to-hope for in this
matter from the Protestant denomina-
lions or from Rome. Bishop Doane
wrote:
II wish myself that our eyes were
turned more az they used to be, to-
ward the Catholic movement in Europe
and / do think II is our bounden duty
to take steps toward recorciling the
reformed church In America. whose
separation is hardly yet hardened into
stiffness, and / believe that we ought
| to reconsider the debt OF the validity
OF ats nrst Episcopal CONSIDERATION be-
| cause the courts have decided that DIR.
| Cheney was never legally deposed or
degraded from the ministry"
Interest in the different discussions
| OF the Congress- was fully maintained
to the close. large number gathering
for the final session this afternoon, the
topic being 1.-The Office and Work OF the
Holy Spirit (a) Within the church; (hl
| without the Church."
Bishop Lawrence. the general chair
man. closed the congress with few
congratulatory remarks.
| Addresses followed by Rev. DR.. Will
liam F. Faber OF Detroit. Mich, and
REV. william r. Huntington. rector