Show I k U V O K Q W U W l' l CCO 1 THE THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE 1 I I AND PAN ANGLICAN CONGRESS I n. n SIen V 0 g lI 1 UIS I 8 O r r- r UPWARDS of o thirty years rears ago the U Most TC Rev fler Archibald Campbell Campbel Tall TaiL Talt D D. D D D. Archbishop of bury r metropolitan and amid primal of nil all al England issued his formal Cormal Invitations tattoos to lo the Ito bishops of the Anglican Anslen Communion throughout hout Christendom to assemble as his guests at nt tho the ancient cathe cathedral ml of or Canterbury and later hater at the historic episcopal episcopal episcopal episco episco- pal palace of or Lambeth for Cor tho the purpose PUN pur pose of or conference Th The invitation was formal as be befitting tho the dignity of oC the great prelate from Crom whom It i emanated emanated eman eman- aled the conference Itself In Iii Its is scope and amid method was purely purel informal informal The call cal was an act of personal hospitality hos hos- and In no wa way an attempt to display lay official superiority There was not then nor has thieve there been at an any subsequent conference the tho slightest In indication of a desire on tho lie part of oC the time English metropolitan to dictate to or In any wa way Interfere with wih the liberty of oC tho tim Anglican church in this timis or 01 other countries countrIes It I is well wel that this fact tact should bo ho understood for Cor there mv are ale many ln 1 who can recall recal the fears rs that were expressed lest the Lambeth conference of oC 1871 should prove pro f to be bo the entering wel wedge 1 of a acied veiled attempt to over load o el the Episcopal church in iii the tho United States State Such n a 0 fear car was perhaps not nol unnatural at nt the tue tl Sow lime It I was soon after th the centennial year In Iii this iris country coun tm tl try y when hien the lie thoughts of oC people hall hail necessarily been turned back to the tho events of the lie revolution Ic nn and tho the numerous nu nu- nu- nu V merou vital vial e results civil c 1 anti and ane ecclesiastical which followed In Its Is train Boner Bettem The Church of En England lan amid and all her Item American Amerian dau daughter were l by no nu means menus Intimately acquainted with wih each other for 01 om there was not as much travel b h.- h. b.- b. tween the two countries as there Is Js Isnow now the lie bishops rarely left lec home borne and an anything thin in the nature of an official 01 or semi official Interchange Interchange- o of or greetIngs greetings greet greet- reel In ings was limited to a cordial expression slon sion of or En England's goodwill on lIn tho the oc occasion occasion oc- oc casion cashon of oC the triennial conventions of I th Ii cli church in I ii A AmerIca When hen the first Lambeth conference assembled for lot tho time opening service elvie in Canterbury cathedral on St. St Peters Peter's dH tiny day June 2 29 there were present pm upwards upwards up up- wards of twenty bishops and some sixty sixty six six- t ty or seventy clergy When tho the conference con con- ference closed several se eral weeks later laler it I was VatS fo found I ril that Ulal just one ono hundred hundle bishops including ing four archbishops had line participated The scene in the lie cathedral was graphically described b by the time late lale bishop of o Ohio Rt lIt TC Rev Gregory T T. Dedel Bedell D. D D. D I in his booThe book boo The Canterbury Pilgrimage o to and from the Lambeth Conference an and the thc Sheffield Congress He lie wrote The UThe scene as ns wo we 0 entered tho the west door can cami never IJ be forgotten The rhe whole length of the time nave na e was as filled lc by bythe bythe bythe the procession and the choir choh boys los were wre already ascending the marble steps into the time clinic choir choll when tho the archbishop archbishop arch arch- 1 bishop reach reached m ell the lie doors looms whilst whist along the arches arche and reverberating le el o against i ithe the lie fretted roof until the whole holo vast ast temple was as resonant with sacred song the psalm was as ringing t I 1 was glad giad Iad when hien thc they said unto Inc me ne We Ve C will wi go 0 Into huito the House of or the Lo Lord A Virt I When the tho tho a too l scat in irs the stone stand chair of St St. l Augustine surrounded ed b by a a crowd of bishops fromal from all al parts of the world worl an and by a throng of or devout people filling fling ever every spot Inthe In Imi Inthe the choir choh and transepts the scene may maywell well be declared full ful of grandeur I Twelve hun hundred led and ami fifty years ears sep sep- separated Augustine Augustne and himself and aud yet through all al that long interval Interval l 1250 50 years Year think of it thie It-thie the i-the the Church of oC oCEn En England land ha had been preserved ed ami amidst st troubles and trials an and disasters Two 1 0 Testimonies Remained There were two u-u u signs of or this continuous con con- life The rhe gr gray stone chair chai an anthe and the lie grave crave I figure of the lie archbishop Around us were ere tombs upon tombs of archbishops an and bi bishops hops an and amid great reul men of English history above o aho us the vaulted roof not of the old oh Norman elicit choir chol restored about u us the time later transepts of early gothic an and amid beyond us the tho tracery of or the beautiful roof of the lie nave in pointed 1 gothic stretching stretch stretch- bog ing Ing an away ay hundreds of feet Ceet toward the thereat great reat west ivest window through h which the lie afternoon sun was sending softened rays rys And Ant around tho the archbishop were re representative presen bishops from Crom countries that cover el Co the lie whole earth showing to what proportion the old root of Anglican Christianity had imad grown rown We 0 have said that one hundred bishops attended the time first Lambeth conference In this year ear of o grace graco 1908 there were ivere present upon English soil sol in aten attendance ance at the time fourths fourth decennial conference about 50 bishops from cons the lie British isles from Canada Australia India Africa Ilca the West est In lias in a a wor word from flom eve colony anti and every dependency depend depend- ency of or old England Ingland and anti last but fa tam far from least in numbers and I from rom the United States Stales of ot America America It Itis itis I is sl significant nI c nt that the he tim first meeting of or orthe the time Lambeth conference enee of lUOS w was s I appointed to take tale place on our own In Independence rn- rn dependence day tiny The Pan Anglican n is Pan cOI congress refS a i much larger larser hotly body than the time conference being composed of or cler clergymen and amid laymen lay lay- men as well wel as bishops Time The opening service occurred In Westminster c Abbey I on June 1 15 amid and must have ha e been beeh most Impressive e It I was for tOl members of L the time congress only and an yet et that thal colle collegiate col col- le church writes th lh time London correspondent of the he ln Living Church spacious though It Is In choir I i and transepts nave navo an and aisles was Ina inadequate made made- e- e quate for or the accommodation of or all al tho those e attending and amI another service was held In the adjoining adjoining church of or St. St Margaret's Margarets As both bolt the time Lan leth conference antI and the Pan n Pan Anglican con congress ress are aro purely consultative non non- non legislative c bodies the tw discussions while co covering a wide wile range of or subjects aro not formulated for for- mula led as resolutions but bUl derive their influence from front tho the free Interchange e of opinion an and the lie relation of actual experience ex experience ex- ex on the tIme part pait of enta- enta t es from rein widely separated points Tho lo Subjects l II cu ct cd The rite topics tonics treated were ere many and diverse and nut dealt with wih rel religious ious an and social problems from a a twentieth con con- tur lury tu point of view sIow These topics were divided under seven sos principal heads j viz iz A The church and amI Human Society Society Society So So- 13 B l Christian Christan Truth nut and the lie theOther Other Othel Intellectual Forces C the he Chum Church's Ministry lr D the he Churchs Church's N li Missions lons In Non Christian Non Christan Lands E the time dies Churches id i'd Mission to Christendom F the Anglican Communion G C the lie Churchs Church's Duty Duly to the time Young Young Each of these sections held its is meetings s Inis in its is own designated hall ball hal so that hint In point of fact there thOc were ere seven great great meetings In pro progress at the same samo saro time fine ever every da day Under tho time above e general heads a large number of questions received ex ex- treatment in the he forum form of or papers pape's pa pa- pets pers pes pe's and oral discussion Thus Titus in section A the tue second days day's session slon was devoted tle to toe the consideration or 01 tIme llio so social social so- so cial question under tho he lw aspect of oC Sweated Industries while in section sec see tion ton B the lie discussion was in relation to lo Christian Christan Philosophy in Contrast With Christian ChrIstan Science Agnosticism and anT Pantheism The Tho Priesthood of or ther Laity w was tho lie subject dl In section C C. t tl this V o C Industrial r Missions and r J Translation were under consideration i con by section D at different sub sub meetings s. s In s section see sec clon c- c ion tion lon E tho the Churchs Duty Duly to Her Exiles Exies was as taken up Section F dealt with Things E Essential and Non Non- Essential and the Historic Episcopate Episco Episco- pate Section G d discussed I the lie Re Hc- 1 olus Education of tho the Youn Young and amid Methods letho 5 of Religious Training reaming All Al the fore foregoing olg was the lie work worl of oneda one omme da day and arid there bet were wele seven days das devoted devoted devot devot- ed cd to sittings s There were man many other di sub sub-dl sub divisions such as the Drink raf tic fic c. c Race Problems Capital and amid Labor Labom Gambling and amid Speculation time the and Duties Ditties Dutes of the time LI Laity Inne in ne Regard art to 10 Chu Church Chuch Government Marriage e and Divorce Child r Labor Labor La La- a- a bor hor the Opium Traffic the Relation Re ne lation laton of oC Missions lons to National atonal Customs Customs Cus Cus- toms outs time the thC Possibilities of Intercom Intercom- wv munion and Reunion etc etc elc As Aswill will wi be he seen een there was wide vide wile In choice of or subject ant and tho the various papers Is I's and subsequent discussions were malI li by tn much tuition breadth as us aswell well iveli as depth of r thou thought ht and amid unfailing In log ing good gooi ool temper Collective Il 1101 Profit L There Thoro was throughout a manifest disposition on tho ho part of all ni to profit l by the tho collective vc experience of workers workers work work- ers alon along the different lines who had hail come comite cOle together from coin wId I separated feld fields The assigned speakers In imi every e section sec sec- tion ton Included a n full ful proportion ol or of American bishops and amid an clergymen as aswell aswell well wel a. a as laymen laren and women As might be he expected one of or the tiie subjects Ikel likely to attract to-attract attract most attention on the lie part f outsiders was Christianity anti and Socialism So So- and amid it is Interesting to note that tha the Lie speech of Bishop ol or Utah was re regarded as one of the tho most mosi forcible utterances on the time occasion of ofa ofa ofa a meeting held In Albert hall bali hal when au an audience 1 estimated tl as numbering um lr n te 1 j Ier's I. I I- I O ers er's advocacy of the tho principles which Karl Marx expounded was I loudly om 1 applauded ap ap- ap- ap by hy time congress In la an inter inter- Intel Intel- view with a London wih newspaper man mai Bishop Bishop said The Ilme he warm reception of or m my socIalistic socialistic social social- speech surprised me I did 1111 not bol believe eve socialism ha had spread so wide widely I Iamon amon among the ho English churchmen It Is is I tho time breakdown of the n do present system that Is driving people to social social- ism lm Time The labor question Is now a question queston ques ques- Ion tion ton of slaves slaves We c socialist churchmen demand a n social socia revolution because wo we think first of ofal nil of or al ln preserving human life UCe Time The bishop of or Utah Is the lie son of an ams fn Anglican bishop It Rt Itt Rev He John Franklin D D. D who front fron flom 1873 until his death In 1902 occupied the see sec of Colorado The first Bishop was one of those who attended at attended at- at tended the time Lambeth conference in Sn and while In England Englan delivered reveral important addresses and arid ser sel serI ser ser- I mons U 0 as The social festivities in iii honor o of time the distinguished visitors were carrice carIlee car car- rice out with lavish Ilee breakfasts break break- fasts luncheons garden parties partes dinners din din- tiers ners and receptions following one another another another an an- other In its bewildering profusion On Ol the time morning of the opening day there was a a breakfast ast at time tho tIo Hotel Metro Metro- pole On Out the santo samo afternoon tool took place the official reception of the he congress con con- gress gross by Lord Strathcona at his mag mag- V country seat at Knebworth in hut TIme Tho guests guests to th the number of about were conveyed from front Kings King's Cross to Knebworth staton sta sta- tiomi ton in eleven cleven special trains ant and and V thence to tho tile mansion nearly two miles mies distant b by brakes and carriages A nur number el of noted military bands band s splayed played in Irm the grounds Refreshments Refreshment were served ser ed from Hor tents emits on the broad rich ichi lawns Evening receptions were V hen liv hy time the of nf SI I at her town town toun house in Arlington l tr street and b by Lady Br Brassey Biassey at 24 21 Park Pam Lane Another evening e tho time Pi Pilgrims rims gava gave a banquet at the lie Sa o Savoy hotel when Lord bord Cumm of presided and a telegram Iam was read from freon Field Floh Marshal Earl Ear Roberts president of oC the ch club The ia t of or the evening eveninG Ou Out V Guests Guests' s 's tas c coupled with wih the time of f Bishop Tuttle of fr Missouri and b th 5 archbishop of Rupert's Islan Island Salt Sal Lake Lalie people will wi be pleased to note that Dr Tuttle In Iii his imis of capacity pr presiding pre sl siding in bishop of the church chuch in Imi this country was er very warmly receiver received when he lie arose amose to respond with on one of his characteristic speeches On the day following the lie close o of the Pan Anglican Pan congress the prince and amI princess of or Wales entertained the hi bishops hops and delegates at Marlborough House and the time king and queen also joined time the garden part party Other members mem mern- bers of the royal lami family including in the duke and amid duchess duches of oC Connaught were present present While the lie Royal Mat Marine Ar Ar- band hali of Portsmouth played the prince and princess of Wales Vales through h time the the grounds rounds and on the In In- In of the archbishop of Can Can- can j y met nt shook hands will of their Itch every uric onu guests I |