ANGLICAN CHURCHES. 



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3. The Anglican Communion in Relation to the 

 '11 Churches, to the Scandinavian and other Ke- 

 1 ('hurclies, to the Old Catholics, and others. 



1\ irainy of Heathen Converts. Divorce. 

 Yuthoritative Standards of Doctrine and Wor- 

 ship. 



ti. Mutual Relations of Dioceses and Branches of 

 the Anglican Communion. 



May 1 venture airain to invite your earnest prayer 

 that the Divine Head of the Church may be pleased 

 1 ich his blessing this our endeavor to pro- 

 mote his glory and the advancement of his kingdom 

 upon the earth. 

 I remain, your faithful brother in Chi 



EDW. CAXTXAR. 



The Conference was attended by 145 prel- 

 ates, representing the Church as follows : The 

 Archbishop of Canterbury and 33 bishops of 

 the province of Canterbury ; the Arch bishop of 

 York and 11 bishops of the province of York; 

 the Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin and 9 

 Irish bishops ; the Bishop of Minnesota (repre- 

 resenting the Presiding Bishop of the United 

 States) and 28 American bishops ; the Metro- 

 politan of Fredericton and 8 Canadian bishops ; 

 the Metropolitan of Calcutta and 4 Indian 

 bishops; the Metropolitan of Sydney and 3 

 Australian bishops ; 4 bishops from New Zea- 

 land ; 6 from South Africa ; 4 from the Cana- 

 dian Territories, and the remainder, missionary 

 bishops, including the Bishop of Gibraltar and 

 the Bishop in Jerusalem and the East, who ex- 

 ercise chorepiscopal functions. The Bishop of 

 Gloucester and Bristol acted as Episcopal Sec- 

 retary; the Dean of Windsor as General Secre- 

 tary ; and the Archdeacon of Maidstone as As- 

 sistant Secretary. The Archbishop of Canter- 

 bury presided. 



The preliminary meetings of the Conference 

 included a service in Canterbury Cathedral on 

 June 30, and a service in Westminster Abbey, 

 with sermon by the Archbishop of Canter- 

 bury. The Conference was opened on the 3d 

 of July. The sermon was preached by the 

 Bishop of Minnesota, and bore reference to the 

 importance of unity in the Church, the hin- 

 drances to it, and the possibility of a compre- 

 hensive union. The business meetings were 

 opened with an address by the Archbishop of 

 Canterbury, in the course of which the various 

 subjects that would be submitted for discussion 

 were referred to. The subject of " Definite 

 Teaching of the Faith to Various Classes, and the 

 Means thereto," was then discussed in private, 

 the opening speeches being by the Bishops of 

 London, Maine, and Carlisle. 



The subject of the second day's di*cussion 

 was " The Anglican Communion in Relation to 

 the Eastern Churches, to the Scandinavian and 

 other Reformed Churches, to the Old Catholics 

 and others," and was introduced by the Arch- 

 bishop of Dublin. The Bishop of Winchester 

 spoke on the point of intercommunion ; the 

 Bishop of Gibraltar gave an account of his in- 

 terviews with Eastern prelates, and of the 

 state of feeling on the Continent toward the 

 English Church ; and the Bishop of Lichfield 

 related the result of his and the Bishop of 



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Salisbury's visit to the Old Catholics, in 1887. 

 (See "Annual Cyclopedia" for 18S7, article 

 OLD CATHOLICS.) 



On the third day the subject of " Authorita- 

 tive Standards of Doctrine and Worship " was 

 introduced by the Bishop of Sydney, and spoken 

 to by the Bishops of Aberdeen, Western New 

 York, and Australia. The Bishop of Salisbury 

 suggested that very large powers should be 

 conferred on future Lambeth Conferences. The 

 " Mutual Relations of Dioceses and Branches of 

 the Anglican Communion " was discussed by 

 the Bishops of Cape Town, Brechin, and Derry. 

 A petition from the English Church Union, 

 urging resistance to any tampering with the 

 law of marriage, the concerting of measures 

 for securing the celebration of the Holy Com- 

 munion in all churches on Sundays and holy 

 days, for the reservation of the sacrament, and 

 for the better observance of days of abstinence, 

 was laid on the table. 



On the fourth day, " The Church's Practical 

 Work in Relation to (a) Intemperance ; (b) 

 Purity ; (c) Care of Emigrants ; and (d) So- 

 cialism," was considered, the several depart- 

 ments of the subject being introduced by (a) 

 the Bishop of London ; (b) the Bishops of 

 Durham and Calcutta; (c) the Bishops of Liv- 

 erpool and Quebec ; and (d) the Bishops of 

 Manchester and Mississippi. 



The Conference then adjourned till July 23, 

 to give place to the meetings of the committees 

 appointed to consider the subjects referred to 

 them. 



The closing service of the Conference was 

 held July 28, in St. Paul's Cathedral, where a 

 sermon was preached by the Archbishop of 

 York. 



The results of the deliberations of the Con- 

 ference, which were published immediately 

 after its adjournment, include an encyclical 

 letter, addressed to " The Faithful in Christ 

 Jesus " ; the resolutions formally adopted ; and 

 reports of committees accepted but not adopted 

 by the Conference. While the encyclical letter 

 is official and the resolutions are given as formal 

 utterances of the Conference, it was avowed that 

 the reports should be taken to represent its 

 mind only in so far as they were reaffirmed or 

 adopted in the resolutions; but they were 

 printed in the belief that they would offer 

 "fruitful matter for consideration." At the 

 head of the questions which had engaged atten- 

 tion, the letter placed that of the duty of the 

 Church in the promotion of temperance and 

 purity. While the evil effects of intemperance 

 could hardly be exaggerated and total absti- 

 nence was highly valued as a means to an end, 

 the language was discountenanced "which con- 

 demns the use of wine as wrong in itself inde- 

 pendently of its effects on ourselves or on 

 others," and the practice of substituting some 

 other liquid in the celebration of Holy Com- 

 munion was disapproved. A general action of 

 all Christian people nothing short of which 

 would avail was invited to arrest the evil of 



