The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-27
EPISCOPAL BISHOPS
QUIT BOARD IN ROW
Missions Body Is Divided on
Letting Catholics Attend
Congress.
LED BY DIR. W. T.. MANNING
Bishops Weller. Harding and
Williams Follow the Rec
tor of Trinity.
LED BY DIR. W. r. MANNING

Three Bishops and two priests Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church resigned
yesterday from the Board Of Missions
after one OF the stormie,t sessions ever
held by a religious organization IN this
city. Extreme bitterness characterized
the lengthy discussion. and 80 intense
did the situation become that the board
decided not to hold an evening meeting.
but to wait until this morning, when II
Is hoped passions may have cooled some
what and that threatened split
throughout she entire church organiza-
ton may he avoided
Those who resigned were Bishop Il. II.
Weller Of Fond du Lac. Bishop q. Mott
Williams of Marquette, Bishop Harding
Of Washington. the Rev. pr. william +.
Manning Of Trinity parish, New York,
and the Rev. Seldom 4. Delaney. dean
Of All Saints Cathedral. Milwaukee.
The question which precipit.l;ed the
angry debate and the designations was
the Congress for Christian Work. which
is to be held in Panama IN February.
This congress is TO be composed Of dele
gates from all Protestant churches. and
those who resigned from the board and
church maintain that for the I'rotestai:
Episcopal Church To take part in con-
Rress which eliminates delegates from
the Roman Catholic and the Russia II
Orthodox catholic Church means the
, alienation of many ardent communica ants
and the death of all hopes for one great
church union.
started by Dr. ManninI.
Two years ago the Board OF Ms.
sions of the Protestant Episcopal Church
asked permission from the Episcopal
General Convention. then sitting IN this
city. to take part with other Christian
bodies in such affairs as the coming
Panama Congress. The convention re.
fused the request. At the same con-
vention the House OF Bishops defeated y
proposal passed by a large majority IN
the House OF DELEGATES to recognize the
Federal Council of Churches la spite
OF the conventions action the Board of
Missions at "A meeting last MAY voted
to take part in the Panama Congress
and to choose its delegates at the preesnt
session.
When the board met Yesterday morn
Ing the Rev. Dr. William +. Manning
rector Of Trinity. moved that the reso-
luton Of last May b. resciuded. lie
contend.d that the Protestant Episco-
pal Church ought to take no part in a
congress that excluded Roman Catholics
and Greek Catholics. lie charged that
the character OF the Panama congrc.
had been mSrcpresented. that IL was
not a congress OF the character that
was held in Edinburgh. Scotland. a few
years ago. when the Church of England
took part only after delegates doing
work in Roman Catholic countries had
been excluded lie said that the reso-
luton adopted in May by the board
Of missions was "A b!undcr and added
that thirty bishops of the church arc
opposed to taking part in tho congress.
Debate WRAcs Warm.
United Professionalism is not united
Christendom - shouted Dr. Manning
III this action In thrust upon the church
by the Board of Missions we are being
put IN situation where we shall be
poor advocates of Christian unity. II
we disrupt the peace Of our own house
, hold OF faith our efforts abroad will
have little weight. This disapprova'
comes not only from the so-called High
! Church. or EXTREMIST wing. II is shared
BY Bishop Vincent Of Cincinnati. who IL
certainly not an extreme man. BishoI
! Gailor of Tennessee warns against IL
| This action is bad politics as well as
| bad religion"
| From 8 o'clock in the afternoon. wher
/ the motion of DIR. Manning became tn,
order, the debate grew warmer anc
warmer, The rector OF Trinity wa,
ba ked by Bishop Weller of Fond dl
Lac. Bishop Nelson OF Atlanta. Bisho,
Griswold of Salina and Dean Delane,
' OF Milwaukee. ON the other side wer,
Bishop Greer. the Rev br. Stires %
/ ST. Thomas's Church. the Rev. br. Nell
vaine of Pttsburg, the Rev Dr. Mann
OF Trinity Church. Boston, and Georg.
! Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia on.
of the leading laymen of the church
| Bishop Greer made an impassloncd ad
dress, saying that nothing could spill
/ the church Cries from the opposition
OF wait and see. Something may spill
| the church." interrupted MIN.
"CRthOIic or PrOtestnnts''
"Is this church Catholic or Protest
anti" cried Bishop Weller, as he de
nounced the action OF the Board o
! Missions.
"It is both" came back loudly fro,
those who favored taking part in tn,
congress
, That Bishop Greer had ample backin,
| from the churches IN this diocese wa
evident from Il letter read by the Rev
| Dr.. Stres. in which members of tn,
board favorable to taking part in thu
| congress were urged to hold fast an,
not to permit Dr. Manning To hav,
the May resolution rescinded. 1t wa
signed by DR.. Stircs, the Rev. Dr. Mich
OILS and the Rev Dr, Van DE Water o
Harlem, Dean Grosvenor of the Cathe
dral Of st. John the Divine. the Rev DIR
Cummins OF Poughkeeps!e and the Rev
| prs. Slattery, trocier, Guthrie, Parks
Robbins. Shipman, Peters, Mottet ant
| Grant.
| During the debate those in favor O
taking part in the congress made ligh
| of the assertions of their opponents tina
upon this decision rested the unity %
the church. When the vote was flnall,
taken the board stood 25 in favor OF th
congress and i3 opposed to 1t, The res
ignations followed Immediately
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