Editorial November 22, 1900 Issue

Christian Science at an Episcopal Congress

Editor

The twentieth meeting of the Church Congress of the Episcopal Church of the United States occurred at Providence, R. I., last week, commencing at eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, November 13, 1900, at the Mathewson Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

The sessions of this Congress were for the purpose of discussing important subjects by the leaders of thought in the Episcopal Church and in some cases by distinguished laymen. A number of specially prepared papers on various topics were read. Among the important events of the occasion was an able and interesting sermon by Bishop Potter of New York.

Of the distinguished persons present and participating, we note the Rev. Henry Codman Potter, D.D., Bishop of New York; the Rev. William Lawrence, D.D., Bishop of Massachusetts, and successor of Dr. Phillips Brooks; Rt. Rev. Dr. Sidney Partridge, Bishop of Kyoto, Japan; Captain A. T. Mahan, U. S. N.; Mr. Hamilton Mabie of New York; Rev. Charles C. Tiffany, Archdeacon of New York; Rt. Rev. Dr. W. C. Doane, Bishop of Albany; Bishop Randolph of Southern Virginia; Bishop Hall of Vermont; Rt. Rev. William N. McVickar, Bishop of Rhode Island; Rev. E. S. Rousmaniere, Rector of Grace Church Parish; Rev. Frederick J. Bassett, Rector of the Church of the Redeemer; Rev. Arthur M. Aucock, of All Saints Memorial Church; Rev. E. Winchester Donald, D.D., Rector of Trinity Church, Boston, and successor to Dr. Brooks; Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington of New York; Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Harris, Scarborough, New York; Rev. Dr. Henry S. Nash, of Cambridge, Massachusetts; Rev. Dr. C. W. E. Body of New York; Rev. Dr. Charles H. Babcock, Providence; Rev. Dr. William Prall of New York; Rev. Dr. J. Lewis Parks of New York; Rev. Edgar G. Murphy of Alabama, and many others.

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