ANGLICAN CHURCHES. 



Lavmon in the province of Canterbury. The 

 .[ hm<. therefore, would be in connec- 

 -, the Y..rk Convocation only, Resolu- 

 I favoring the formation of 

 ueiliation and the extension of co- 

 N iiit ions for production ; approving, 

 in it-, main Icatures. the Tithe Rent-Charge Re- 

 covery and Redemption bill ; and approving the 

 proposed new code as conducive to the best 

 , lementary education. The lower 

 ikewiae approved the proposed new edu- 

 code and the Tithe Rent-Charge Recov- 

 ery and Redemption bill; disapproved the Par- 

 nu-ils bill; and declared the proposals 

 contained in Mr. Osborn Morgan's Burial bill 

 in many respects objectionable and hostile to 

 the ancient rights and laws of the Church, and 

 ,uiivd by liberty of conscience and free- 

 dom of worship. 



Hi.- Liberation Society. The annual meet- 

 ing of tin- Society for the Liberation of Religion 

 from tin- Patronage and Control of the State was 

 held in London, May 7. Mr. John E. Ellis, 

 M. P.. presided. The income of the society had 

 and its expenditure 5,334. A hun- 

 dred i!i"!-.> meetings in advocacy of disestablish- 

 ment hail been held during the past year than 

 in tin- previous year. The division on Dr. Cam- 

 eron's motion for disestablishment in Scotland 

 was regarded in the annual report with great 

 satisfaction. The committee believed the tithe 

 bill, whether passed or not, would advance the 

 f disestablishment. A dozen measures 

 were before Parliament designed to promote re- 

 ligions equality, but the appropriation of so 

 much time by the Government prevented any 

 M being made with them. Attempts were 

 madi- to secure the power of self-government for 

 the Church without lessening its privileged po- 

 sition ; but such attempts must be resisted while 

 the Chun-h remained established. Resolutions 

 were pa>->cd expressing satisfaction at the prog- 

 dittftablislunent in Scotland; favoring 

 lishment in Wales; affirming the neces- 

 sity of popular control as an accompaniment to 

 free education ; calling for the national appro- 

 priation of tithes; and opposing the inquiry into 

 religious professions, which it was proposed to 

 include in the decennial census about to betaken, 

 a< I icing beyond the province of the state and 

 likely to produce untrustworthy and misleading 

 remits, At the public meeting of the society 

 Mr. CamplMjll Bannerman, M. P., asserted that 

 the cause of disestablishment was moving for- 

 ward in Parliament "by leaps and bounds." In 

 l ss; 'i. only Mti persons, including pairs, had 

 voted on Mr. Cameron's motion for Scotch dis- 

 establishment; in 1888 the number rose to 528; 

 and in the vote taken a few days before it was 

 ""M. Forty-three Scotch members were in favor 

 of it, to 24 against it. 



The " Hell Cox Case." Final judgment was 

 firen by the House of Lords early in August in 

 "f the Rev. J. Bell Cox, of Liverpool, 

 who was imprisoned for illegal practices in 

 ritual, but, was discharged on habeas corpus. 

 The promotorof the suit appealed, and the judg- 

 ment of. the, court below was reversed. The 

 fragment of the House of Lords is to the effect 

 that no appeal court can interfere with a subject 

 when once set at liberty under a habeas corpus. 



The main question, concerning the legality of 

 Mr. Cox's position on ritual, is not affected by 

 this decision. 



The Church House. The annual general 

 meeting of the Church House Corporation was 

 held on its newly purchased premises in West- 

 minster, June 20. The Archbishop of Canter- 

 bury presided and set forth the present condi- 

 tion of the Church House enterprise. The great- 

 est difficulties had been overcome ; the body was 

 in possession of its property, a corporate seal 

 had been obtained, and the library had grown 

 to nearly 9,000 volumes. It was agreed to begin 

 immediately the erection of a permanent build- 

 ing, the estimates for which called for the sum 

 of 35.000. Of this, 9,200 were in hand. 



Church Congress. The annual Church Con- 

 gress met at Hull, Sept. 30. The Archbishop of 

 York, who was to have presided, being ill, the 

 Bishop of Durham occupied the chair and deliv- 

 ered an address in which he discussed the " so- 

 cial question " as in its amplest range a religious 

 question. The subject of " Church and State " 

 was considered under the heads of " Different 

 Forms of Relation in our Own and Other 

 Churches and Results of Relation to Church 

 and State respectively " and " Experiences of 

 Disestablished and Free Churches," by Mr. J. 

 G. Talbot, M. P., Bishop Barry, the 'Rev. T. 

 Moor, and Chancellor Dibdin. The discussion 

 of the next subject, " The Church's Attitude to- 

 ward Strikes and Wages' Disputes with Refer- 

 ence to (a) Laborers, Skilled and Unskilled, (6) 

 Combinations of Employers, and (c) the General 

 Public," was participated in by Prebendary 

 Harry Jones, Mr. David Dale, and several im- 

 promptu speakers ; that of " Systematic Instruc- 

 tion in Religion (a) in Schools and Universities, 

 (b) in Pulpit Ministrations, and (c) by Literature 

 and Lectures," by the Bishop of Edinburgh, the 

 Rev. Principal Moule, the Rev. Canon Woelledge, 

 of Imro Cathedral, and the Rev. A. R. Buck- 

 land. Questions respecting sanitation were pre- 

 sented under the three heads of " Acquaintance 

 with and Obedience to Sanitary Laws a Chris- 

 tian Duty ; Present Condition of Laborers' and 

 Artisans' Dwellings, in View of Recent and 

 Proposed Legislation ; Duty of the Church in 

 the Promotion of Practical Reforms," by the 

 Bishop of Bedford, the Rev. Arthur Robins, Dr. 

 Alfred Carpenter, and volunteer speakers. The 

 discussions of the second day's session included 

 " Home Reunion Common Grounds of Union ; 

 Differences which most hinder Reunion ; and 

 Suggested Schemes of Reunion and Intercom- 

 munion," by the Archbishop of Dublin, the 

 Bishop of Glasgow, the Rev. Prof. Lumb, Canon 

 George -Venables. the Rev. Principal Moule, Mr. 

 P. V. Smith, Bishop Barry, Major Seton Church- 

 ill, and Canon Fremantle ; " Foreign Mission?, 

 with Special Reference to Africa (a) Present 

 Condition and Prospects, and (b) Equipment 

 and Training of Missionaries," by Sir John Ken- 

 naway, M. P., Bishop Smythies, Commander 

 Cameron, the Bishop of Sierra Leone, and oth- 

 ers; "Betting and Gambling," by the Rev. and 

 Hon. E. Carr-Glynn, Major Seton Churchill, the 

 Rev. W. Allen Whitworth, the Dean of Roches- 

 ter, and in general discussion ; " Faith as a 

 Principle of Action, considered as a Duty, (a) as 

 a Natural Principle, and (b) as a Christian Prin- 



