The Witnë|§ J VOL. VL No. 17 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 17, 1921 ^ ^ Herbert Shipman Consecrated Conference Tour of Experts Suffragan Bishop Stirs up Kansas

Impressive Service is Held in St./John the Divine, Bishop Wise and His Team of Specialists Adopt Attended by Church Dignitaries New Method For Arousing Church

By James Sheerin The Diocese of Kansas has' been stirred mentally and spiritually by the conference St. Andrew’s Day in New York was a MORE THAN A MILLION DOL­ tour of the Bishop and his team of experts real red letter day this year, for it marked LARS MUST BE COLLECTED into each Deanery. It was determined in the consecration of the Rev. Herbert Ship- IN DECEMBER man a^ suffragan bishop under Bishop October by the Bishop and Council to have Manning and the institution of Bishop Once more we enter the final four consecutive meetings in the four Lloyd to the same office. Every clergy­ month of the year with over a mil­ Deaneries of which the Diocese is com­ man, except the few who forgot, which in­ lion dollars due the Church. posed. The team at the same time ap­ cluded Father Huntington, wore red stoles, . Last year we collected almost a pointed, to include: The Bishop, Rt. Rev. which gave the Saint’s Day precedence million in December and this year James Wise, D.D.; the Rev. W. A. Jon- over the consecration, contrary to tradi­ we must do better. nard, Field Secretary for the Province of tion. It was as if the thought of martyr­ Our position today is Sewanee and rector of St. John’s Church, dom was to be emphasized in the making Estimated pledges, 1921 .$3,200,000 Johnson City; Tenn. ,who is an authority of a suffragan! Received to November 30, on work among young people; Archdeacon The great building was full in every 1921 ...... 2,035,870 Leonidas W. Smith of Kansas; the Rev. E. part, even where seeing and hearing were A. Edwards, rector of Trinity Church,. most impossible. -Hundreds were turned To collect in December. . $1,164,130 Lawrence, and member of the Nation-wide away. Nearly 150 clergy from the Diocese Remember that this money has Campaign Department for the Bishop and were in the procession, besides delegations already been appropriated and most Council; the Rev. Carl W. Nau, rector of from Long Island and New Jersey and of it spent. St. Paul’s Kansas City, Kas., chairman of more distant dioceses. Two missionary Here’s a slogan bishops from afar took prominent part, the Department of Religious Education for “THE CHURCH MARCHES FOR­ the Bishop and Council; Mr. John Mc- Bishop Howden of New Mexico, who read WARD, NOT BACKWARD.” Ewen Ames, Arkansas City, Kas., the Dio­ the consent of the bishops, and Bishop Sincerely, Thomas of Wyoming, who preached the cesan Treasurer of the nation-wide cam­ Lewis B. Franklin, paign; Mrs. John McEwen Ames, Dio­ sermon. As Bishop Shipman is well known Treasurer. in the army, Several score of officers in cesan chairman of the Church Service uniform were present. Protestant churches League; Miss Nellie Smith, Chanute, dea­ were represented by high officials of the coness chairman of the Church School like that of Bishop Manning’s last spring, Service League; Mr. Sheffield Ingalls, At­ seminaries, the Federation of Churches, or the chief difference being the omission of by pastors of celebrated parishes. Notably chison, son of the late Senator Ingalls, the great procession out doors. There was who was an orator and writer of national among the latter was the Rev. George the same dignified simplicity, the same Alexander, D.D., called “the St. John of fame. Mr. Ingalls is not only a successful beautiful effect in music, and a notable business man, but an active churchman. Presbyterianism,” who joined heartily in absence of straining after ritual grand­ the singing and said the Nicene Creed eur. A few churchmen would no doubt The meetings were held as follows: audibly while manfully facing the east have been glad to see mitres and other Manhattan, N.W. Deanery, November like “a good churchman.” It was regret- traditional badges of prelacy, but the spirit 15th; Lawrence, N.E. Deanery, Novem­ able that these distinguished Protestant of this largest of American dioceses, is ber 16th; Chanute, S.E. Deanery, Novem­ delegates were seated in a corner behind against such excesses, and the majority ber 17th; Wichita, S.W. Deanery; Novem­ the Bishop’s “throne” where seeing and would have looked upon them as belittling ber 18th. hearing must have been exceedingly diffi­ a great event. Contrary to the opinion of .These meetings had a record-breaking cult. This was in marked contrast to the some, the prevailing note is that the attendance. All of the - clergy attended installation of Bishop Burch, when they Episcopal garb as known in this country except two, one bein^ detained by illness had front seats not fap from the sanctu­ for a century is one of the most dis­ and the other being on a mission arranged ary, and were officially escorted to par­ tinguished looking in the world, and is months before. take of the Holy Communion. peculiarly impressive upon such a figure It was the purpose of the Bishop and The Greek orthodox delegation was well as Bishop Manning’s. Dr. Shipman’s fine accompanying experts to seek-the leaders placed in the region of the altar, but did face and devout eyes, if put under a mitre, of Church work throughout the Diocese, not this time take part in the act of con­ might suggest a great medieval portrait of gathered at the principal town in each secration. some idealized saint, or would recall the deanery, and there to sell to them a new The service of installation preceded the late handsome Bishop Starkey in certain and vital interest in the Church’s Mission consecration. It was conducted by Bishop photographs where he is wearing all the preparatory to the winter’s work. There Manning on the steps of the choir near­ apparel paraphernalia of “Catchole tradi­ is a splendid prospect that the nation-wide est the congregation. It was an impressive tion,” but there are unprejudiced people campaign pledge will be up to last year’s moment when Bishop Lloyd knelt alone who prefer to see Bishops Manning, Lloyd mark, that renewed zeal will be mani­ at the outer step and said a prayer of and Shipman in the plain garb that har­ fested in the Church Service League, the earnest dedication of himself to the work monizes best with the historic Anglician Church School, the work of the adolescent j £ the Church. feeling of dignity and reverence. and other efforts to bring in Christ’s The service of consecration was much (Continued* on page 6) Kingdom. Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. 2 T H E WITNESS

GENERAL NEWS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH Ordinal j [n West |||> Mr. Wilson Has Healing It was a magnificent reception and self appeared in the last section ‘to j Mission in Savannah tribute to Bishop Manning and in addi­ On L “review” the church “forces” and to de­ Church j I A profound impression was made by the tion showed how greatly the Nation-wide liver his “Carry On” message. The part ; lianas vp Rev. Henry B. Wilson, of Boonton, N. J., Campaign has influenced and affected the of Bishop Tuttle as a boy and at the [ T. Cap [s, churchmen and women of Staten Island. Director of the Society of the Nazarine, in age of thirty was taken by members of f The c [di delivering his message on the revival of The speakers were: Mr. Henry G. D. De- the Church of Our Saviour. Archde joi Meli, chairman of the dinner committee, healing in the Church, at a three-day mis­ After the mode of mediaeval times I The se>no composed of representatives of the par­ sion held in St. John’s Church, Savannah, the pageant was presented in the church. [ Francis i A Ga., November 29 to December 1. ishes, who also presided; the Rev. Wil­ liam H. Pott, Ph. D., rector of St. John’s Smith, |e£ Fof several months the rector of this Three Generous Texas, id Church; Canon Harold Adye Prichard, Indian Givers parish, the Rev. William T. Dakin, has en­ The R'J gaged in this work in a quiet way, and de­ rector of St. Mark’s Church, Mt. Kisco; It is high "time that we ceased forever I William C. Sturgis, Ph. D., educational cifer. [■ ciding to link his work with the Society to use the expression, “Indian Giver,” I The p of the Nazarine, he invited Father Wilson secretary of the Department of Missions, as one of reproach. diocese || and the Bishop. The addresses were in­ to Savannah to present the method of Hannah Eagle Star is a Dakota Indian [ for thill spiring, educational, and most helpful, healing as practiced by his society. who makes baskets as she lies on her [ Camp 'ai and the pieeting exceptionally successful There was no laying on of hands held bed, and gives to the church the money | with si h because of the splendid interparochial co­ at the opening service, but by way of received for them. She has been an in- I the Bis op operation, and accomplished much in the valid for seven years. Last Christmas ( return o preparation, Father Wilson took up the interest of the Nation-wide Campaign. subject of faith healing, and stated his her gift was ten dollars. When the Na- f as a lip purpose was “merely to illustrate the tion-wide Campaign call came again in • He f pk nature of the mission which to the major­ Lambeth Appeal Gets Considera­ the summer, she gave four dollars more, 1 Beevill ijh ity of people is looked upon as a form of tion in Various Sections Martha Grass Rope is a child of thir- f Rockpc i hypnotism or magic.” teen who has been an invalid all her life, [ served hi The Lambeth Appeal for Unity issued She too makes baskets, and her gift to I Very clearly and simply it was brought bility i at by the Anglican bishops has now had con­ the Nation-wide Campaign offering was ( out in all of the sermons that Our Lord’s people if sideration by ecclesiastical bodies in va­ five dollars. manner of healing as practiced by the remain S?i rious sections of the world. It has been Daniel Grass Rope, appointed captain I early Church was the belief on which the Mr. SV translated into Latin, Greek, French, of the campaign by the clergyman in ! Brothe i p Society of the Nazarine was founded, and Italian, Portuguese, German, Russian and charge of the mission to which he be­ as waii|s( on the last evening, Father Wilson, with Esperanto. Various religious assemblies longs, went all through his reservation j Palo A'p, remarkable force and deep spirituality, in England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, personally educating the pefijle, group Antoni ih carried his hearers far beyond the simple South Australia, India, China and Japan by group, to an understanding of the 1 of twe ty preparation of the early sermons by means have given attention to the appeal. At missionary work- of the church. work ir of scientific explanation and by showing the present time it cannot be said that Church H that the practice of spiritual healing is not any communion of Christians is willing Men’s Services as lay p based simply upon a religious contention, to accept the terms of union involved Well Attended burgh, a. but has been definitely proved by scien­ in the statement, though the overture has Utah, id been received with respect in almost Reports reaching the National Office tists today who t have tested the theories of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew from upon which, the belief of spiritual healing every communion. Even 1 among Roman Catholics the appeal has been given at­ many parishes and missions from all parts I Service Li asserts its practicability. of the United States indicate that there | for Ka i ai Only after attendance at a former serv­ tention. Probably in no ecclesiastical was a very splendid response to the sug- f The !oi ice were people invited to receive the lay­ communion more than in the Orthodox gestion made this fall for the holding Service Le ing on of hands, and an average of forty church of Russia is the appeal being con­ sidered favorable. Meanwhile Canon of a Corporate Communion on the morn­ has be s f or fifty people availed themselves of this ing of the First Sunday in Advent. Not­ Depart [er privilege at each service. Headlam, Regius Professor of Divinity of Oxford, makes the following statement: withstanding the fact thaUin many parts | Neelie 3n Members of St. John’s parish and “The Church of England is called, I be­ of the country the day was stormy a. | Miss 1 ie others met the last afternoon and organ­ lieve, to take 'her place in building up great many rectors have written that the [ treasu: I r. ized a guild at a conference held by Father the religious unity of the world, but effort which they put forth to reach their | numbeioi Wilson, to meet weekly for prayer and in­ she will fail in her mission unless she is confirmed men and boys for the service j will be pf tercession for the sick. prepared to lay aside her . exclusiveness that day was more than worth while. The Bishop of the Diocese attended the and is ready to go out humbly to meet Materi j S closing service and declared himself great­ other Christians. You cannot be the her­ Mr. Micou Takes to Isol ;et ly impressed with Father Wilson’s presen­ alds and harbingers of the great Catholic A W ife tation of his subject. Chr | la ideal unless you lay aside Anglo-Catholic On December 5th in Old Christ Church, j out fr a narrowness.” Philadelphia, Rev. Paul Micou and Miss Dinner in Honor retary i Di Janet Sayce Childs, were married by the j childre j j j of the Bishop of New York rector, the Rev. Dr. Louis C. W ashburn A Beautiful have : b On the very stormy night of Novem­ and the Rev. Dr. William E. Gardner. P erformance their file ber 28th nearly five hundred represen­ Mr. Micou is one of the secretaries of j These iil tatives of eleven parishes of Staten “The Bishop Tuttle Pageant” was pre­ the Department of Religious Education j wembi s Island attended a dinner in honor of sented in the Church of Our Saviour, of the Presiding Bishop and Council, and j The t it the Bishop of New York, which was Chicago, on Wednesday, December 14. has charge of our church’s work for col- j are es jbl given under the auspices of the Nation­ On Tuesday, the 13th, there was a final lege and university students. Mrs. Micou these iil wide Campaign committees of Staten dress rehearsal to which admission was is the daughter of Mr. Allen Childs, who ters, b Island at St. John’s Church parish house. by invitation. To this performance all was well known in Philadelphia church letter > ; There was the largest attendance that the religious leaders, city officials and circles fox' his untiring devotion to his ; has ever graced a dinner of any kind in representatives of foreign nations were duties on certain diocesan boards and ] invited. committees and on the vestry of Christ j Raith lee the recollection, of old Staten Islanders, °n inii L including those in the interest of the Red The pageant was written by the Rector Church. Cross, Liberty Loan, and other similar of the church, the Rev. Frederick L. Gra­ The fa so pr« h dinners. Many applications were refused tiot, around the life of the Rt. Rev. Dan­ A Bishop’s Parish and numbers were prevented from at­ iel S. Tuttle, Presiding Bishop of the in Tennessee gious fe tending on account of the weather. The Church, who, fifty-four years ago, at Christ Church, Nashville, Tenn., has ® the1 Ihi mover j jni chairman of the committee said: “If the age of thirty, was sent a missionary four living ex-rectors, and they are all is a G Id the weather had been clear I do not bishop to the far west. The pageant is bishops!—namely, Winchester of Arkan­ Healijlj know what we would have done with the commemorative of the Missionary Cen­ sas, Reese of Georgia, Mikell of Atlanta, people.” tennial of the Church. Bishop Tuttle him­ and Manning of New York. | I p Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. minisfik THE WITNESS 3

Ordination in preachers. He holds that courses in psy­ “A Century of W est T exas cho-analysis and psycho-therapy should be E n d eav o r” On St. Andrew’s Day in St. Peter’s included in the courses of every up-to-date divinity school. Dr. Montague Lomax at a The editor wishes to call attention to Church at Rockport, Texas, E. Davis Wil­ all church people interested in missions liams was ordained by the Rt. Rev. Wm. meeting of the Spiritual Healing Fellow­ ship recently ascribed some forms of in­ to the publication of Miss Emery’s his­ T. Capers, D.D., bishop of the diocese. tory of missionary work in the Episcopal sanity to demon possession. He is a well- The candidate was presented by the Church during the last' hundred years. known spiritualist. Archdeacon, the Venable B. S. McKenzie. It is a detailed treatment of the whole The sermon was preached by the Rev. subject and gives one much cause for Francis A. Brown. The Rev. G. W* New Testament Scholar Becomes a Missionary encouragement when one contrasts the Smith, rector of Grace. Church, Cuero, last few years of our endeavor with the Texas, acted as the Bishop’s chaplain. Dr. Albert Schweitzer of Strassbourg difficulties that confronted the early his­ The Rev. C. R. Parkerson acted as cru­ has been widely known in the Christian tory of missions in this church. No one cifer. world as one of thp most radical critics can have a thorough idea of what has The Rev. Mr. Williams came to the of the New Testament. His work in this been done unless they secure this work, diocese as one of the war secretaries field must everywhere be taken into ac­ which can be obtained by applying to for the Brotherhood of St. Andrew to count. The latest announcement with Church Mission House, 281 Fourth Ave­ Camp Travis. In this capacity he served regard to him will be received with sur­ nue, New York Cjity. with such faithfulness and devotion that prise throughout the Christian world. the Bishop and Archdeacon urged him to He has' volunteered for service in Africa return to the diocese and take up work as a missionary. This does not mean as a layman until he could take orders. that he has in any way given up his He took up the work at Aransas Pass, critical positions, but that he wishes Beeville, Karnes City, Kenedy, Runge and during the remainder of his life to work I A Christmas Offer § Rockport more than a year ago. He has constructively in Christianity. served these places with such accepti- f bility that it is the earnest hope of the Speaker Urges Admission The GOOD HEALTH maga­ people of these missions that he should of Women to Ministry zine, edited by Dr. J. H. Kellogg, remain with them permanently. The admission of women to the min­ Mr. Williams has belonged to the istry of the Church of England was one of Battle Creek, Mich., establish­ Brotherhood from its beginning. Served of the interesting themes considered at ed in 1866, is authoritative in as war secretary in Camp Fremont at the recent congress of the Church of matters of health and biologic liv­ Palo Alto, Cal., also at Camp Travis, San England. While the majority opinion Antonio, Texas, and was selected as one is still opposed to the ordination of ing. This monthly magazine con­ of twenty men to take up some special women, it was interesting to note that tains departments devoted to work for the War Commission of the Canon Guy Rogers, chaplain to the eugenics, diet, physical education, Church. Has served thirty years or more Bing, was in favor of the innovation. as lay reader in the diocese of Pitts­ He asked that the congress face the ques­ medical progress and all that per­ burgh, Pa.; Chicago, 111.; Salt Lake City, tion whether the desire of the women tains to race betterment and long­ Utah, apd Los Angeles, Cal. to enter the ministry was a result of evity. the operation of the Holy Spirit or not. Service League He asserted that those who would ex­ Subscribers have the privilege fo r K ansas clude women attach an importance to of asking questions on health and The Commission of the Church School sex not warranted by the facts of life. diet; a two-cent postage stamp Service -League, for the Diocese of Kansas, has been formed under the auspices of the Pageant Given should be enclosed with the ques­ Department of Religious Education.. Miss in Milwaukee tion and a personal letter will be Neelie Smith, Chanute, is chairman and The Church Service League of the Dio­ written in reply. Miss Ethel Breese, Wichita, is secretary- cese of Milwaukee held its third annual treasurer. They plan to issue a certain service, pageant, and exhibit on Sat­ The subscription price is $2.50 number of Bulletins during the year that urday, November 26th, at St. James’ a year. A Laughlin fountain pen, will be of interest to the Church School^. Guild Hall, Milwaukee. The meeting opened with a short service and address self-filler, either long or vest- Material Sent by Bishop Webb. The pageant, The pocket size, will be given with to Isolated . . Cross Goes Westward, was presented. It each subscription. The pen alone was arranged and directed by Miss Fran­ m Christian Nurture material is being sent ces Camp, assisted by Miss Helena Camp, retails for the price of one year’s out from the office of the Education Sec­ under the leadership of Mrs. Forbes Snow­ subscription to GOOD HEALTH. retary, Dr. Helen Bowerman, to isolated den, and was participated in by twelve The magazine and the pen will children in |the Diocese, whose parents church schools in and near Milwaukee. have manifested some interest in having Each school took one episode, and the make acceptable Christmas gifts. their children receive religious training. pageant ended with a beautiful tableau Avail yourself of this unusual of­ These children are enrolled as out-of-town of the Nativity by the children of All members of the classes in the Cathedral. Saints’ Cathedral. After the pageant, fer— the GOOD HEALTH maga­ The teachers and pupils of these classes the children had luncheon, followed by zine and a reliable pen for only are establishing some connection between the exhibit of gifts for the missions as­ $2.50. these children and the Cathedral by let­ signed to the Church Service League of ters. The Bishop has sent out a personal the diocese by New York headquarters. We will send the pen and letter to all of these children. One thousand gifts were asked for and magazine to any address with an over 1,300 were sent in. A great im­ attractive Christmas card bearing Faith Healing is Catching provement was shown in the selection your name as donor. Shop early. on in England and the care with which the gifts were Send order and remittance to The’ faith healing idea which has been made, and this year the head of the Box so prominent a feature of American reli­ Work Department, Mis. Henry Hitz, had THÈ GOOD HEALTH gious life is catching on in London. With­ to telegraph to the Church Missions in the Church of England at least two such House for an extra assignment. Twenty- PUBLISHING CÒ. movements have been organized. There five gifts were also sent to the Seamen’s is a Guild of Health, and also the Spiritual Institute. All the gifts came from forty- 270 W. Main St. Healing Fellowship. Rev. H. Anson, head eight church schools, and over 400 chil­ BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN of the former organization insists that dren frow twenty-three schools, were ministers should be jhealers as well as present for the event. Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. 4 T H E WITNESS

expected to be a promoter of its are only three persons who are at all re- business. sponsible for this condition. The fir st and Che Htttt?00 He would learn that all of his import­ Published every Saturday, $1.50 a year chief responsible agent is myself in, the ant branch houses, that is, the strong par­ sphere of my influence and responsibility, Gets THE WITNESS PUBLISHING CO. ishes, were independent units, which might The second responsible agent, my dear (Not Incorporated) be cajoled into compliance with his plans reader, is yourself in the sphere of your 6319 Cottage Grove Ave. but eould not be required to play the game, jo Telephone Midway 3985 operation. CHICAGO, IIA . if they chose not to do so. 1 And the third and less tangible re­ When -*^r^»287 He would discover that he had all the sponsible agent is the other fellow who is tioiv and responsibilities of the head of the concern talking. places wl BOARD OF EDITORS: but none of the privileges. And just note this one point in the tors weri Bishop IRVING P. JOHNSON, Editor-in-chief. He would discover that he was expected whole discussion. REV. WILLIAM B. SPOFFORD, Managing quently Editor. to meet the liabilities of the diocese in the The maximum of criticism usually conversat REV. JAMES SHEERIN, New York Editor. matter of weak parishes and missions, but emanates from the person who is doing quently REV. A. MANBV LIOYD, London Editor. REV. J. A. SCHAAD, Contributing Editor. that he had no control of its assets; he the minimum of constructive work. was the can not even be present to advocate his What can we do then as individuals to We a Entered as second class matter at the Post case in the meetings of the vestry of the help the situation? Office at Chicago, 111., under the Act of Congress bishops, of March 3, 1879. subsidiary concern. The Church has been going to the dogs refer to Next look at the rectors. They are on the testimony of contemporaneous loyalty: called to the office of administration in a critics for at least the past seventeen cen­ how hare WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THE parish after fifteen years of academic life turies, and it would have been in the dog their woij CHURCH? in school ,college and seminary. pound ages ago, were it not for the fact would fin By Bishop Johnson They are expected to be public speak­ that Jesus Christ is in the boat. It wasi I am inclined to think that I am one of ers, administrators, diplomats, physicians, Timorous disciples have been beseeching have the those matters about which so many are educators, sympathetic with the poor and Christ to awake out of His Sleep in every of the 1 talking—I wonder if you are not one of on confidential terms with the rich, fond age, when they needed to trust the Master from boa them also? of children and considerate of the aged; and pull on the oars. Let every man pull him duril with his whole strength on the oars and There is, nothing the matter with the full of pep, poise and piety, all in one. records o i l Church when every member of the same What do you suppose such a wonder he will find that doing this automatically diocesan, is patiently and faithfully doing his share could command in the secular world? And closes the mouth. sat patie to overcome the world, the flesh and the mark you, if he be lacking in any one of I know of no other way to solve the disclosed problems of the Church than for each one devil which not only menaces the Church these elements, he is faulted by those who no doub t il e from without, but also intrudes itself into have a special interest in the field where cheerfully, patiently and faithfuly to pull to a gres on the oar with his full strength and to the very marrow of. the Church’s life. he is lacking. to share * Many people regard the Church as A man may preach well, administer well give the Master the full measure of his capacity. me to in though it were a business corporation and be full of tact but in the acquirement Ohio, Ma Once in a great while, when he i§ rest­ which had the simple purpose of so con­ of these talents be weak in calling and “I haw ducting its business that it will produce Sunday School work. At once there is an ing he may see something that can be im­ proved, but he never becomes so fascinated Journals visible dividends. element in the parish that proclaims his You won If this were all, it would be a compara­ limitations, which are seem of all men, to with his theory of propelling the boat that he forgets to row. reports ai tively easy matter to enlist a company of a sympathetic audience. or of promoters and directors - who would put Immediately his conspicuous talents are He also realizes that rocking thfe boat does not accelerate its motion. would be over a program which would produce dwarfed by his apparent limitations. one who; ' the desired results. Next look at the workers, I almost said I am not sure that the Master is so in­ terested in the efficiency of the Protestant and intih But there are certain elements in the critics; for a large share of yqur congre­ and eve problem which are quite complex and Episcipal Church in the U. S. A. as He is gation is as alert in criticism as it is neg­ lurks wii which prevent any such easy solution of ligible in service. in the faithfulness of the individual oars­ the matter as that which confronts the These workers are nearly all voluntary. man to the task assigned him. Standard Oil or Consolidated Steel. You cannot reduce their salary nor dis­ The Lord is not so anxious that we be The Church deals with human souls and charge them. comfortably housed as He is anxious that souls are not like dollars. The fluctua­ You hesitate to criticise their methods His own child is faithful to the task as­ tions in the purchasing price of a dollar or admonish them. You do not stand in signed him. are rather easy to corppute and one can the relation of an employer to an em­ I am sure that the Lord will take care enter all honorable transactions in a beau­ ployee, but rather in the relation of a of the boat; our business is to see that we tiful system of bookkeeping. An auditor congressman to his constituency. be faithful oarsmen in His service in spite can sum up the status of the business in You are in a dilemma between your of all difficulties. a short time. anxiety to propitiate them and to lead The man who threatens to strike be­ Let us study this Church business from them. cause he doesn’t like the officers or the a business standpoint. You discover early that their work is crew forgets that the Lord was faithful In the first place take your general man­ capricious »spasmodic and choleric. Where under far worse circumstances than those agers or superintendents. is your analogy between the Church and which surround us. They are men who have spent a gen­ a business concern? I am very sure that the worker who is more conscious of Ms own limitations than eration in one business, that of being the Now what is the matter with the rector of a parish. Very good! When Church. It is not the Bishops, the Rectors he is of others mistakes is most accept­ they have arrived at the inflexible age of or the Laity. There is a cross section in able to the Master. their life they are turned out of a com­ all these of good, bad and indifferent. If there is anything the matter with the fortable rectory and a coterie of delight­ Bishops have no more in common than Church, that is largely His business. If there is anything the matter with our ful friends into the office of ja, bishop. grocers. work that is altogether our business. Let What would happen to a corporation if When anyone blames the bishops or its general manager were promoted at the rectors or the laity for a condition in us mind our own business first. age of fifty to become a traveling which all are concerned, he is talking salesman? nonsense. 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Cheerful Confidences generously grant, that Bishop Leonard Sunday school lessons. The Rector would himself, that many others had been hard­ B y straighten out his desk, brush the dust working participants in the task of up- from “Pearson” and “Liddon” and place George Parkin Atwater, D.D. rearing the structure of diocesan life. But them in a conspicuous spot, and hurry to X. devoted and wise leadership has been a tre­ the drug store for one or two “ten cent­ DO BISHOPS WORK? mendous stimulus to endeavor, and such ers.” The choir would have its vestments When you were at the General Conven­ has been his leadership. His zeal has been laundered and would put the finishing tion/ and drifted about the hotels and other unflagging and his labors abundant. Each touches on its most resplendent anthem. places where groups of deputies and visi­ decade of his episcopate would show, no Hymn books, catching the spirit of the oc­ tors were gathered what word most fre­ doubt, similar evidences of personal labor casion, would fall open at “My Faith quently emerged from the buzz of with the first ten years, but I have taken Lookjs Up to Thee” and “The Church’s One conversation, what word was most fre­ them as an example of industry. During Foundation.” Your host would curry the quently used as a form of address? It the first ten years he delivered annually horse or wash the car, while the hostess was the word “Bishop.” an average of 262 sermons, lectures and would wrestle with a chicken, hoping that We all have a^ vast regard for our addresses, celebrated the Holy Commun­ the light of youth was in its eyes, and pre­ ion 63 times, a greater average than is’ bishops. We like to quote their sayings, pare a dozen specimens of the culinary art. refer to their doings, and show them our sustained by the whole body of the clergy. The hour would arrive and the Bishop. loyalty and affection. But do we realize He made 91 visitations for confirmation. The Rector was invited to the festal din­ how hard they work, and how much of This is but the beginning of labors for he ner, for rectors have been generous has had, in addition, the administration of their work is of a sort which the layman enough to permit good lay people to have the • temporal affairs of the diocese, the would find both burdensome and tedious? thè honor of entertaining the guest. And maintenance of its institutions, the ordina­ It was my good fortune, recently, to what a guest the Bishop is. Cordial, genial, tion and consecrations, the burden of an have the pleasant labor of making a study gracious, lovely to the children with whom enormous correspondence, countless inter­ of the life and labors of a Bishop, not he has ranked.next to Santa Claus, full of views, much routine labor, and unceasing from books, but from actual contact with enlightening but never pedantic conversa- travel. Nor does this summary present him during thirty years, and from the any adequate picture of the task which records of his activities. It was my own fell upon him daily, the care of all the diocesan, Bishop Leonard of Ohio, who churches. Like a weaver’s shuttle, laden sat patiently under this analysis. What I with precious material, shot back and disclosed about his life and labors, may MOWBRAY’S forth across the threads of individaul ef­ no doubt be discovered of other Bishops, fort and binding all together into a homo­ RELIGIOUS to a greater or less degree, and I venture geneous united fabric with strength of to share with you, these confidences. Allow texture and beauty of pattern, has our me to introduce to you" Bishop Leonard of CHRISTMAS Bishop travelled through and through the Ohio, Metropolitan of the Fifth Province. vast area of his jurisdiction. By trains, CARDS “I have been examining the Convention both fast, deliberate, slow and sluggish, Journals of Ohio of the past thirty years. by boat to the islands of our inland sea, You would not think of this long row of by surrey and trolley, by station hack and G I F T B O O K S reports as being among the six best sellers, automobile, by horse and buggy, in frigid or of containing such fascinations as torrid and temperate zones, has he made — A T — would beguile the passing hours. But to these thousands of visitations. He may one whose memory is laden with friendly even have traveled on horseback, but the and intimate association with the persons chronicle is silent. Today in a great and event therein recorded, a Trollope THE BISHOP church, with a thousand people, tomorrow lurks within those prosaic pages read to in a rural chapel with the few faithful, the suggest the stories interwoven into their next day in a ward of the hospital, he has BOOK SHOP structure. They are the raw material out carried to all comfort and cheer and cour­ of which may be erected the spacious age, the Gospel of Christ and the Sacra­ R oom 515 Temple of diocesan life, with its enlarging ments of the Church. corridors of achievement, thronged with 180 North Wabash Ave. the servants of God, the living as well as Do you realize, my dear Bishop, what those who having finished their course in an event your coming has been, in many CHICAGO faith do now rest from their labors. a small parish whose only other ecclesias­ Imagination, reinforced by memory, may tical excitement was the regular resigna­ play over these pages and reconstruct the tion of a rector? When the Bishop’s com­ Mail Orders Receive Prompt throbbing life of the Diocese, its hopes ing was announced the parish seemed to Attention.. and aspirations, its trials and efforts, its sing “How beautiful upon the mountains strenuous and buffeted life in cities, its are feet of Him that bringeth good tid­ SAMPLES OF THE CARDS SENT quiet rural and village activities. You may ings.” The parish prepared for an event. ON REQUEST. trace the whole process from the archi­ Faithful women would clean the brasses tect’s plans, through the laborious effort and dust the overlooked corners of the Telephone Randolph 4880 of laying the foundations, through the Church, and burn the discarded heaps of

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6 T H E WITNESS \ tion, with marvelous memory for people THE NEW YORK LETTER railways. Then, too, when a man of small means gets to the city there is the great and relationship and details of life; bring­ (Continued from front page) ing a vivid picture of events and inci­ cost of meals and rooms, for nobody seems dents; stressing ever the good and the Bishop Tuttle presided, and was as to think of taking care of the country beautiful; a mirror reflecting only worthy Apostolic in his impressive dignity, as clergy in New York. One of the, cathedral scenes; vivacious in narrative; adapting ever. It is a sacred treat to hear this aged officials was asked if this three-hour serv­ The himself to the company; giving us saint lead an enormous congregation in ice was not to be followed by a “free little to\ glimpses of great affairs and leaving an saying the creed, or in making petition luncheon,” and he exclaimed, “Think of the *cti impression of charm and human kindness that the new bishop be “a shepherd and the size of this Diocese? It can’t be done!” part, toi 1 not to be forgotten. It is with an idea not a wolf”! In this and other prayers, Well, poorer dioceses do it where the task meeting! only of paying tribute to his sincere gift there was that in his tone that made one is harder in proportion than it ought to be few we< in this city of multitudinous skilled cater­ and faculty for throwing the fascination feel as if he were listening to a great fog other cii1 i ers and numerous wealthy churchmen. of fellowship around his people, that I say horn on some rpcky sea shore, booming manded out every moment or two its brave and Ancient Israel used to sing about being that there are, no doubt, thousands of per­ ments ai I S' awesome warning what to avoid and where glad as they came up to Jerusalem fpr the sons who believe themselves to be in the which w to sail. It will be a dire loss to the Ameri­ great feasts. Part of their gladness must circle of his close and intimate friends. i s very can Church when we no more hear this have been freedom from an almost pro­ deal of And they are right, for his friendship uniquely American voice in the services hibitive cost of the journey and the city never falters, though earthly ties may, of ticians i] of consecration. lodging! necessity, be relaxed. The few paltry dol­ gain an; lars in the Episcopate Endowment Fund, Bishop Thomas’s sermon was pro­ is to be are but a moiety of the riches of affection nounced “magnificent” and “courageous” being I bil with which he has endowed the Diocese by those who heard it. Most of the lightene clergy did not hear it, for sermons do not Do you mean to stand by and with which we in turn have endowed speakers him. reach back into the choir of this great what the Church stands for? most tri metropolitan cathedral. It is doubtful if It is remarkable that Bishop Leonard do not even one-half of the congregation in the bad. E l has endured so well the hardships of so nave heard it from that little pulpit on the The Church League for Indus­ sive; an much travel. How many months has he north side. Bishop Woodcock of Kentucky trial Democracy gives you the op­ next wa spent in pacing the platforms of stations, preached a very eloquent sermon from the flying n and in wearisome journeys on the Nickel portunity to stand by what the same smaller pulpit at the annual Seamen’s peoples, Plate, and other similar aeonic processes. Church stands for in a resolution service a month ‘ago, and, powerful as is of peop! What nervous output involved in the of the General Convention in his voice, the hundreds on the side near by sing thousand chances, encounters with ac­ 1913 and of the Lam beth Con­ the great pulpit got less than half his and givi quaintances, on trains and elsewhere, for ference of 1920. words. It is not merely the atrocious and Ad Iri the life of a Bishop has the same modest acoustic failure of the cathedral in its un­ In calling for a change from short 1 isolation and obscurity as the life of a finished state, but the failure of big­ the motive of gain to that of serv­ pious C11 goldfish. If ever mortal needed a gar­ voiced men to realize that they must use ice, from the rule of competition breasts ment of invisibility between engagements their voices more than they do elsewhere. to the rule of co-operation, Lam­ land, wl it w.ould be a bishop. Yet the cruse of the Bishop Thomas, who is unusually endowed beth Conference says: “All the pea« oil of gladness, with which he is anointed, in voice, as well as in figure, spoke as he might in St. Paul’s, Boston, where no ef­ Christian people ought to take becomes never fails. Blessed with good health, keep it. impervious to pettiness which he has dis­ fort is necessary to enable one to be an active part in bringing about heard. Dr. Manning realizes this as few this change.” The missed with some slight indication of a too sen layman’s interior judgment upon such; do, and, therefore, with a light voice, he Send this coupon (with 2c perform with no apparent tendency to worry can be hard as few others can be. stam p ( to Inside of two years New York has had prefer about trifles and having the rich en­ ninety-i dowment of fine sense of humor, Bishop two installations of bishops and two con­ secrations. This has necessitated the gath­ Rev. Richard W. Hogue, they tel Leonard has kept his interior life fresh Executive Secretary of us re and vital, with a sense of proportion and ering of great numbers of clergy more fre­ quently than is usual. Out west and down 129 NIPPON ST., MT. AIRY, and che with absolutely firm confidence in the guid­ us in hif ance and strength of Almighty God. south the clergy seem to welcome such PHILADELPHIA, PA. opportunities, and the proportions who at­ Please send copy, Statement perhaps With all the characteristics of a high- tend are greater than in New York. For the Bra tempered, sensitive minded man and loyal one reason or another those of the New of Principles. though friend, with all his associations with men York Diocese are less disposed to come Signed ...... • • • • ■ tionpl a of affairs in the fullest currents of states­ to conventions or consecrations. The . minds 1 manship, commerce and society, with all journey to the city is not so easy as the A d d r e s s ...... the qu< his appreciation of the dignity and satis­ outside world would think, with the Dio­ war?” factions of the most privileged forms of cese cut in two by the wide Hudson river, it?” 1 society in this country and Europe, with and other parts rather poorly served by his natural liking for the choice expres­ sions of learning, culture, art, books and environment, Bishop Leonard has been first and foremost a Bishop of the Church ALTAR FURNISHINGS of God.” Of Brass or Bronze Do Bishops work? Watch them! Ask CANDLE STICKS AND BRANCHES ' them! ALTAR DESKS ALTAR AND PROCESSIONAL CROSSES SANCTUARY LAMPS Gajlh Book , CHALICES AND CIBORIA Is Now Ready of Sterling Silver The Board of Church Finance is now HONOR AND MEMORIAL TABLETS ready to fill orders for the new Parochial Of Brass, Bronze or Marble Report and for the third edition of the STAINED GLASS Parish Cash Book. 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Sentimentality and was caused by this imperialistic policy on missionary work in the district of Wy­ the part of the Big Nations. Furthermore, oming, with residence at Cody. He then Peace the Big Nations can be nothing but impe­ became a vicar of St. Andrew’s Church, rialistic so long as we organize business to Baltimore, Md., and during the war By William B. Spofford make profit instead of to make goods for served a chaplaincy at Camp Zachary people to use. A real lover of peace can Taylor. At. the conclusion of his army The sentimental desire for it will do therefore do nothing but work for the appointment he was called to the rector­ little towards establishing world peace. Yet overthrow of our competitive system. Peo­ ship of Christ Church, Suffern, N. Y., the activity of Churchmen, for the most ple are right when they say that a pacifist where he has achieved a remarkable rec­ ¡part, is nothing^buti. that. A number(of mass is a radical. Of course he is if his desire ord in the history of the parish. meetings have been held during the past for peace is intelligent and not merely sen­ In 1914 he married Miss Virginia Gra­ few weeks in Chicago, and, of course, in timental. ham Meigs of New York City. Since the other cities, at which Churchmen have de­ resignation of the Very Rev. James A. manded a substantial reduction in arma­ Tancock, the administration of the Ca­ Mr. McGinley Is ments and some sort of a league of nations thedral affairs have been in charge of which will guarantee peace. All of which Nebraska’s New Dean Bishop Shayler and the Canon vicar, the is very good as far as it goes. A great Installation services of the Rev. Ste­ Rev. Carl M. Wordan. deal of pressure must be felt by the poli­ phen E. McGinley, as rector of Trinity ticians in Washington if the people are to Parish, Omaha, and Dean of the Ca­ The Husbands Entertain, gain anything by the conference. But it thedral will be held in the Cathedral on Results Unknown is to be regretted that the opinion that is Sunday morning, January 1st. The Rev* At an evening entertainment given by being mobilized can’t be made more en­ Mr. McGinley was bom in New London, the women’s guild of St. Andrew’s Church, lightened. J At the meetings I attended the Conn., May 7, 1887. He received his Aberdeen, Wash., the program was pro­ speakers treated the whole subject in the academic training at Trinity College, vided by the husbands of the guild mem­ most trivial and sentimental way. People Hartford, Conn., from which institution bers. What they did is not recorded. do not have to be convinced that wars are he graduated in 1909. After doing pri­ bad. Everyone knows that they are expen­ vate tutoring for a year, he entered the sive; and nearly everyone knows what the General Theological Seminary, and grad­ RHEUMATISM next war will be like, with its poisons and uated in the class of 1913. The following A Remarkable Home Treatment Given by flying machine guns exterminating whole three years Mr. McGinley was engaged in One Who Had It. , In the year of 1893 I was attacked by peoples. But to relate all this to a crowd Muscular and Sub-Acute Rheumatism. I i suffered as only those who are thus afflict­ of people, and then to close the meeting ed know for over three years. I tried by singing the “Star-Spangled Banner” Used for more remedy after remedy, but such relief as I and giving three cheers for General Foch than 42 years. obtained was only temporary. Finally" I The benefit de­ found a treatment that cured me com­ and Admiral Beatty, certainly falls far rived from it is pletely and such a pitiful condition has unquestionable never returned. I have given it to a num­ short of a peace demonstration. The ber wTho were ^terribly afflicted, even bed­ pious Churchmen leave the hall with their ridden, some of them seventy to eighty For more than a generation we have been years old, and the results were the same breasts filled with pride for their native as in my own case. land, which they know is going to see that receiving grateful testimony to the virtues I want every sufferer from any form of of this thoroughly tested and proven treat­ muscular or sub-acute (swelling of the the peace of the world is kept— even if it ment. It stops violent coughing and difficult joints) rheumatism to try the great value becomes necessary to lick someone to breathing, assuring restful sleep because the of my improved “Home Treatment” for its remarkable healing power. Don’t send a keep it. antiseptic vapor carries healing with every cent; simply mail your name and address, breatl-.. Booklet 44 tells why the diseases and/I will send it free to try. After you The question of war and peace is far for which Cresolene is recommended yield to have used it, and it has proven itself to be too serious a business for such a trivial this simple and dependable treatment that long-looked for means of getting rid of such forms of rheumatism, you may performance. Everyone wants peace. We Vapo-Cj»esolene is sold by druggists send the price of it, One Dollar, but un­ prefer keeping in our own pockets the VAPO-CRESOLENE CO., derstand I do not want your money un­ 62 Cortlandt St., New York less you are perfectly satisfied to send it. ninety-six per cent of tax money that Isn’t that fair? Why suffer any longer, they tell us goes for war. Certainly none when relief Is thus offered you free? of us relish the thought of the poison gases Don’t delay. Write today. and chemicals that Mr. Irwin pictures for Mark H. Jackson, 431-KUDurston Bldg., Syracuse, N. Y. us in his book, “The Next War.” And it is Mr. Jackson is responsible. Above state­ perhaps safe to say that most of us accept ment true. the Brotherhood of Man—as a theory; al­ though a four piece band playing the na­ tional anthem has more power to sway our' “A remarkable book by a remarkable man.”— The Freethinker. minds than our religious professions. So the question isn’t “Do the people want f f i rtttf ttf ItVf f Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian war?” but “How can the people prevent UBUlUlUm im i and Darwinian Points of View. By Bishop it?” I’ve attended several disarmament William Montgomery Brown, D. D. Its meetings without even hearing the ques­ - Bold Recommendations: Banish the Gods tion stated. Of course one can’t damn a from the Skies and Capitalists from the speaker for his failure to tackle the prob­ Earth and make the world safe for Industrial Communism. Pub­ lem. It is a big one, which leads to dan­ gerous conclusions. For one cannot think lished, October, 1920. Seventy-fifth Thousand now ready. 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The surplus which he for Christmas presents. is unable to purchase has to be dumped somewhere if the present capitalistic sys­ THE BRADFORD-BROWN EDUCATIONAL CO., Inc., Publishers tem is to go on. This means foreign mar­ 172 South Union Street, Galion, Ohio kets. And competing nations scrambling for foreign markets means war. The last “It will do a wonderful work in this the greatest crisis in all his­ war, in spite of the soul-stirring phrases tory.”—Truth. ' about Democracy and war toCopyright end 2020. war, Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. T H E WITNESS CHURCH SERVICES Letters From Witness CHURCH SCHOOLS R e a d e r s CHICAGO BERKELEY DIVINITY- ST. CHRYSOSTOM’S CHURCH. 1424 North Dearborn Street SCHOOL The Rev. Norman Hutton, S. T. D., 1 A column for comments. Write i Rector. | what you will—opinion, criticism, or = Middletown, Connecticut The Rev. Robert B. Kimber, B. 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