Introduction.

Sermon.
Preached by the Revd. Arthur Montford, M.A.
Vicar of the Church of the Ascension, Lavender Hill: Chairman of the Anglo-Catholic Congress Committee.

Presidential Address.
Delivered by the Lord Bishop of London (The Rt. Revd. and Rt. Honble. A.F. Winnington-Ingram, D.D., LL.D., K.C.V.O.).

GOD ABOVE US

I. God and Man (The Creation and the end of Man)
The Revd. Father P.N. Waggett, D.D., The Society of St. John the Evangelist.

II. Sin (The great revolt)
The Revd. Father J.O.S. Huntington, Superior of the Order of the Holy Cross, New York.

III. The God of the Prophets (The Old Testament I)
The Rt. Revd. Charles Gore, D.D., LL.D., D.C.L., sometime Bishop of Oxford.

IV. The God of the Sages (The Old Testament II)
The Revd. E. Graham, M.A., Fellow and Dean of Oriel college; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Peterborough.

*V. The World's Need (A summary of the conditions which made Redemption necessary)
The Revd. Fr. D. Jenks, M.A., The Society of the Sacred Mission.

GOD WITH US

VI. God made Man (The Incarnation)
The Revd. K.E. Kirk, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford.

VII. The Meaning of Calvary (The Atonement)
The Revd. J.K. Mozley, B.D., Principal of Leeds Clergy School and Lecturer of Leeds Parish Church.

VIII. The New Birth (Faith and Baptism)
The Revd. E.G. Selwyn, M.A., Rector of Redhill, Havant; Editor of "Theology."

IX. Forgiveness (The conditions of pardon, both personal and sacramental)
The Revd. T.A. Lacey, M.A., Canon Residentiary of Worcester.

*X. Sacramental Confession
A.T. Gordon Beveridge, Esqre., M.B., C.M.

XI. The Divine Guest (Holy Communion)
The Revd. M.R. Carpenter-Garnier, M.A., Librarian of Pusey House, Oxford, and Assistant Chaplain of Oriel College.

XII. The Divine Victim (The Eucharistic Sacrifice)
The Revd. G.A. Michell, M.A., Principal of St. Stephen's House, Oxford.

*XIII. The Sacrament of Brotherhood (The social implications of Holy Communion)
H.H. Slesser, Esqre., Barrister-at-Law, Lecturer on Industrial Law in the University of London.

GOD IN US

XIV. The Spirit of Life (The Holy Spirit)
The Rt. Revd. Arthur Chandler, D.D., Rector of Bentley, Hants; sometime Bishop of Bloemfontein.

XV. The Home of the Spirit (The Church)
The Revd. Father W.H. Frere, D.D., The Community of the Resurrection.

*XVI. The Manifestation of the Spirit (Vocation)
The Revd. Father J.C.H. How, M.A., Superior of the Oratory of the Good shepherd.

XVII. The Family (The Spirit in the Christian Home)
Mrs. Scharlieb, M.D., M.S.

XVIII. The Nation (The Spirit in the Christian Commonwealth)
John Lee, Esqre., M.Com.Sc.

*XIX. Salvation
The Revd. G.A. Studdert Kennedy, M.A. Rector of the Church of St. Edmund the Martyr, Lombard Street; Messenger, Industrial Christian Fellowship.

XX. The Future of the Church (Reunion)
The Revd. Francis J. Hall, D.D., Professor of Dogmatic Theology, General Theological Seminary, New York.

XXI. The Conquest of the World (Evangelisation)
The Rt. Revd. St. Claire George Alfred Donaldson, D.D., D.C.L., Bishop of Salisbury.

XXII. The End of Time (The Second Coming of Christ)
The Revd. N.P. Williams, B.D., Chaplain Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.

*XXIII. Our Present Duty
The Rt. Revd. Frank Weston, D.D., Bishop of Zanzibar.

* Denotes a Speech rather than a Paper.
Now bishop of Truro.

Sermon. Preached by the Rt. Revd. M.B. Furse, D.D., Bishop of St. Albans.

It was held in London on July 10, 11, and 12, 1912--ninety years after the beginning of the "Oxford Movement." The President of the Congress was the Bishop of the diocese, the Chairman was the Bishop of Zanzibar. On the preceding Sunday (July 8, the Sixth Sunday after Trinity) special Sermons were preached at High Mass and at Solemn Evensong in twenty London churches, among the Preachers being the Bishops of Buckingham, British Guiana, Milwaukee, Monmouth, Willesden, and Zanzibar.

On Monday, July 9, continuous intercession for God's blessing upon the Congress was made in these churches; and in the Congress hand-book were advertised the times at which Priests would be available to hear Confessions there. In the evening of this day the play entitled Annus Domini, being scenes illustrating the Christian Year, was presented by The Catholic Play Society at the Guild House in Eccleston Square, and a General Meeting of the Federation of Catholic Priests was held in the Caxton Hall. On Tuesday, July 10, the Mass of the Holy Ghost was celebrated in St. Paul's Cathedral. At 11.20 a.m. the procession of bishops (among them being the Greek Archimandrite Pagonis and the Russian Metropolitan Eulogios) entered from the North-West Chapel. when the bishop were seated in the sanctuary the procession of the Cathedral body entered, preceded by a verger and a cross-bearer. At 11.30 the three Sacred Ministers entered vested in albs, amices, stoles, and white copes. Vested Priests already occupied seats in the choir and under the dome. The music of the Mass was Palestrina's Aeterna Christi Munera. the Sermon was preached by the reverend Arthur Montford, vicar of the Church of the Ascension, Lavender Hill, and Chairman of the Anglo-Catholic Congress Committee. The bishop of Willesden, taking the place of the Bishop of London who could not be absent from the National Assembly then sitting, gave the Absolution and the Blessing.

At the same hour High Mass of the holy ghost, at which a large number of vested Priests were present, was celebrated at the Church of St. Alban the Martyr, Holborn, the Sermon being preached by the Bishop of Lewes. session of the congress were held on this day and on the two following days in the Albert Hall, which was crowded to its utmost capacity, and there was on each evening a Session in the Queen's Hall at which two papers and a concluding speech were given.

There was also, on the first evening, an "overflow" meeting in the Kensington Town Hall.

At the opening Session the Bishop of London delivered a Presidential Address, after which he left the Albert Hall to attend the National assembly. the Bishop of Zanzibar was in the chair at every session except the evening Session of Wednesday, July 11, when the Bishop of Milwaukee took his place.

On the first day of the congress messages of respect were sent to His Majesty the King, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Patriarch of Constantinople, and to the Pope; and among various messages of greeting read to the Congress was the following letter addressed to the Secretary by the Bishop of Chelmsford:

Bishopscourt, Chelmsford.

July 2, 1923.

"Mr dear Mr. Wilson,

"I had hoped to be present at some of the session of the Congress, but this cannot be, for I expect to undergo my operation on the very day in which it meets (July 10). I am, however, venturing to assure you that you will be in my thoughts and prayers.

"I should be false to you and to myself if I did not say frankly that, on some points, there is a great gulf between us, and concerning which I am in no small anxiety. I am a convinced Evangelical, but on my sick bed I am striving to look at you (may I say it without presumption?) as my Blessed Lord is looking at you, and to view you with His Mind and in His Spirit. I believe that I see in the Albert Hall a band of men and women whose hearts are full of devotion to their Saviour, and who in their lives show forth the fruits of His redemption and who yearn for him to reign on the earth. By His Grace, the spiritual life of the whole Church has been enriched by you--of this there can be no doubt. the Cross is the centre of your Faith and Message, and therein lies your strength.

"Forgive my adding this. Let your Congress turn to the deep things of God which are the inheritance of all God's children. Leave in these perilous days all secondary matters alone--they can wait. The King Himself has waited far too long for the whole-hearted consecration of His disciples to His great work.

"With all my heart I send, with loving affection, a real 'God bless you.' May the Presence of the Blessed Master be realised by you all. May the Holy spirit fill you all, and may the Triune God bless you so mightily that from your Congress you may emerge, as a great army, with one objective, and one only, to make the kingdoms of this world the Kingdom of our Lord and His Christ. god indeed be with you all.

"I shall greatly value your prayers for myself and my wife.

"Ever affectionately yours in Christ,

J.E. Chelmsford."

On the last day of the Congress Masses of Requiem were said by Priest-members of the Congress for the founders of the "Oxford Movement." At the afternoon Session on this day His Beatitude the Metropolitan Eulogios (Metropolitan of the Russian Church in Northern and Central Europe) gave his blessing to the members assembled, after deliverring the following address:

"Dear Christian Brethren, I am deeply touched by this magnificent welcome with which in single spirit the Anglo-Catholic Congress has received me, and especially am I touched by the notice taken and the prayers offered, under the direction of your President, the most reverend the Bishop of London, and your Chairman, the most reverend the Bishop of Zanzibar, for our suffering Patriarch Tikhon. In that thought of him I perceive a fresh indication of your brotherly love towards the persecuted Russian Church. She will never forget the brotherly love and help which she has received from her sister, the Anglican Church, under the leadership of the most venerated Archbishop of Canterbury. The holy Russian Church is no modern sect such as that uncanonical body which dares to style itself the Living Church. She is the historical Church of the Martyrs and Confessors of the Faith. She has ever regarded with sisterly love your Movement which has reached such great success, for already love and prayer unite you with us. May it by the help of God grow even greater, and may the Lord God bring you and us into full unity of dogmatic agreement. Let us love one another in the unfailing love and faith of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the indivisible and all blessed Trinity, and may the Lord God bless you one and all and your labours in the Lord Christ."

After the departure of the Metropolitan, a few words were said and a blessing given by the Reverend Arthur Tooth, and a message conveying the "respectful greetings and gratitude" of the Congress was sent to the Rt. Honble. The Viscount Halifax.

At 8 p.m. on this evening a service of Thanksgiving was held in the church of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. A company of 15 Bishops and some 1,100 Priests walked in procession from Suffolk Street to the west door of the church, where they were received by the Vicar. The Bishop of London and the Metropolitan Eulogios were seated within the sanctuary, the other Bishops and their attendants between the choir-stall and the pews of the nave, all of which were occupied by Priests.

The Sermon was preached by the Bishop of St. Albans. The final blessing was given by the Bishop of London.

During this service an "overflow" service was conducted and an address given in the churchyard by the Bishop of Nassau.

1,976 Priests and 12,926 lay-people bought tickets for the Sessions, while 841 persons who were unable to attend them enrolled themselves as Associates of the Congress.

At various times in the course of the Congress an appeal was made to its members for a sum of money with which to finance the general organisation of the Evangelistic Movement, and in particular to be applied to the education of candidates for Holy Orders, to the establishment and support of Retreat Houses throughout the country, to the training of a band of Mission-preachers, and to the supply and distribution of Catholic literature in a popular form. As a result of this appeal a sum of nearly £27,000 had been promised before the close of the Congress, and on July 8 more than £1,600 was collected in London churches for Foreign Missions.

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