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ORDON F. WARD, layman of Blacksburg, G Va.: It is a genuine pleasure to contribute to the establishment of the first cooperative ©fye (Settpral S^ologtral farm in the cotton belt, and we are grateful to you for bringing the matter to our atten & cm m arQ tion by printing Dr. Eddy’s excellent article in your issue of April 16th. After five years’ Three - year undergraduate work with the extension division of the Vir course of prescribed and elective ginia Polytechnic Institute, working with farmers and helping them to organize and study. operate cooperative associations of all kinds, and seeing the effect of the sharecropper Fourth-year course for gradu system, I have long looked forward to the ates, offering larger opportunity development of cooperative farms. I consider for specialization. it the only real solution of the sharecropper SAINT MARY'S HAli problem. May the new cooperative farm Dr. Provision for more advanced Eddy described bring new life to the share Protestant Episcopal. 69th year. Junior and work, leading to degrees of S.T.M. croppers. Senior High School. Accredited college prep and Th.D. aration and comprehensive general courses. EORGE FOSTER PEABODY, New York Junior College. Beautiful new buildings, G layman now living at Warm Springs, ADDRESS modernly equipped. Gymnasium and out-of- Georgia, (by wire) : Congratulations to Sher door sports. Catalog. Miss Katharine Caley, wood Eddy on the cooperative Delta Farm A.B., Box W , Faribault, Minn. THE DEAN project. I think Spofford’s article is right in 1 Chelsea Square New York City his estimate of the supreme importance of this project. For Catalogue Address the Dean Editor’s N ote: Mr. Peabody made a gen erous contribution toward the project in response to the appeal that appeared on the SHATTUCK back page of THE WITNESS of April 16th. ?£> »> i € H O § I : l « <£< UCIE MYER, Churchwoman of Washing A church school for boys, with high stand Episcopal Theological School L ton, D. C .: I wish to help toward the ing in sound scholarship and development ot CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS new cooperative unit among the sharecroppers. manly character and Christian citizenship. Affiliation with Harvard University offers I think there are many Church members, College preparatory. Military system. 18 us usual opportunities in allied fields, such as many inactive perhaps at present, who would buildings. All sports. 75th year. philosophy, psychology, history, be stirred by some cooperative pledging and Address the Rector, Box W , sociology, etc. would willingly sacrifice to help an educa Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn. For Catalogue Address the Dean tional venture like this present one that means the saving of lives. Editor’s Note: These letters are typical of The Protestant Episcopal many received in response to the article by CENTRAL UNIVERSITY estab. 1896 has Sherwood Eddy that appeared in our last Theological Seminary in Virginia issue. If there are others who wish to share enabled hundreds of ministers to complete their college work. Home Study courses For Catalogue and other information in the project which he described, checks address the Dean should be sent to the Church League for in Religion, Philosophy, English, Social Industrial Democracy, 154 Nassau St., Science, etc. Reasonable fees. Address REV. W ALLACE E. ROLLINS, D.D. New York City. CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, dept S, Irving Theological Seminary Alexandria, Va. ton, Indianapolis, Ind. WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGE FOR WOMEN Geneva, New York MODERN MISSIONS KEMPER HALL Co-ordinate with Hobart College. Four year College Preparatory and General Courses Liberal Arts Course leading to the degrees Graduates have won entrance scholarships to of A.B. and B.S. Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, Vassar, Mount Holy For catalog and information address One hundred families of oke, Barnard, Mills and Rockford colleges. sharecroppers, Negro and Music, Art, Dramatics, Domestic Science. FAYE HUNTINGTON KLYVER, Ph.D., Dean All sports. Junior School. Tuition and board white, have been moved $850. Address: THE SISTERS OF ST. MARY onto the cooperative farm Box W .T. Kenosha, Wisconsin Berkeley Divinity that was described in this School paper last week by Sher CATHEDRAL CHOIR SCHOOL New Haven, Connecticut New York City Affiliated with Yale University wood Eddy. A boarding school for the forty boys of Address DEAN W . P. LADD the Choir of the Cathedral of Saint John the 86 Sachem Street They must be maintained Divine. Careful musical training and daily until their crops come in. singing at the cathedral services. Small classes mean individual attention and high TRINITY COLLEGE standards. The School has its own building Hartford, Conn. W ill you help in this and playgrounds in the Close. Fee— $250.00 venture? per annum. Boys admitted 9 to 11. Voice test Offers a general cultural education, with and scholarship examination. Address The special emphasis on the Classics, Modern Precentor, Cathedral Choir School, Cathedral Languages, English, Economics, History, Phil If Christian forces will Heights, New York City. osophy, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics, Biology and PreMedical, or Pre-Engineering. get behind it, this venture For information apply, The Dean. in cooperation may easily HOLDERNESS become the outstanding In the White Mountains. College Preparatory missionary enterprise of the and General Courses. Music and Crafts. F'or boys 12-19. All sports including riding. 200 century. acres of woods. New fireproof building. P > ® o N Individual attention. Home atmosphere. Fully accredited. Prepares for college or Rev. Edric A. Weld, Rector business. Able faculty. Small classes. Sup Make your check payable to ervised study. Lower school for small boys Box W Plymouth, N. H. in new separate building. Housemother. “T reasurer— C.L.I.D.” R. O. T. C. Fireproof buildings. Inside swimming pool. All athletics. Best health record. Catalog 38th year. Dr. J. J. Wicker, Pres., Box B, Fork Union, Virginia. THE EMERGENCY Stuart H all COMMITTEE Virginia Episcopal School An Episcopal girls’ school of fine old of the traditions and high standards in the beau Lynchburg, Virginia tiful Valley of Virginia. College prepara Prepares boys for colleges and university. Church League For tory, general courses, and secretarial Splendid environment and excellent corps of Industrial Democracy courses. Two years beyond high schooL teachers. High standard in scholarship and Music, art, expression. Graduates success athletics. Healthy and beautiful location in ful in college. Well-equipped buildings. the mountains of Virginia. 1 54 Nassau St. New York New gymnasium, pool. Outdoor life. Rid For catalogue apply to ing. Founded 1843. Catalog. Ophelia S. T. Rev. Oscar deWolf Randolph, D.D., Rector Carr, A.B., Box A, Staunton, Va.

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From an Observation Car By BISHOP JOHNSON TN T H E train of human events which we call history has an expensive parish house and fails to pay its quota. we might compare the Church to a railroad system, The result is that the little parish with a beggarly sti with its executives and operating crews, its first, second pend, voluntary music and bare equipment wonders and third class passengers, its locomotives and cafe why it should pay anything at all on its quota. The lounges, its accidents and deficits. We can at least trouble is that one parish is so anxious to satis'fy its illustrate some of the Church’s problems from that Pullman passengers that it throws a wrench into the angle by assigning to each group the responsibilities for whole system. They are like Capone who is in prison the solvency of the system. because he refused to pay his income tax. In order to operate a railroad there must be an execu The first thing we must do is to bring pressure to tive board whose duties are to unify the system and bear upon parishes which insist upon gratifying their finance it. Some one has defined a “ board” as some own tastes at the expense of the missionary at the thing that is narrow, hard and thin. In operating both front. He is the one who is really footing the bill. railroad and Church systems, boards have usually The parochial equipment bears the same relation to justified the definition. In other words they are usually the quota that your automobile bears to the tax as composed of men who are quite remote from the oper sessed upon it. It is just too bad to live elegantly and ating crew and the needs of the passengers. We have a evade your taxes and it wrecks the system. A railroad way in this country of electing persons on school can carry just as many Pullmans as the traffic will boards who know very little about education, on hos bear. We have too many Pullmans on our system, in pital boards who have little knowledge of hospitals, on which prosperous people are travelling on passes. railroad boards who know very little about railroads Then what about the crew? The bishop is supposed and on Church boards those who have had little ex to be the engineer. An engineer does not have to guide perience in operating a parish or who, if they once had the train. He merely sees that it follows the rails. He such experience, are remote from it at the present time. is not a guide so much as he is a servant of the time It is quite understandable why a bureau (which is table, going where it says and arriving when it says. made up of boards) should fail to sense the comfort His office is far more impressive than his authority. of the passengers or the problems of the crew. Prob As in the train he is the unseen and forgotten man. ably that is one reason why Churches and railroads are Nevertheless he is necessary. He is to blame if things so familiar with deficits. It is certainly the cause of go wrong and merely taken for granted if things go the huge deficits in our national government. right. The little boys along the right of way bark at What do I mean ? I mean the lack of understanding him when he goes by and the independent vehicles keep of the practical difficulties in the operation of the sys out of his way. tem. Of course it can’t be helped. Boards will con H E rector is the fireman. He doesn’t furnish the tinue to consist of “ big” men who are quite unfamiliar with the “ little” man’s problem. T fuel but he feeds it to the furnace as needed. It is true that he has more of the dirty work to do, but there E A V IN G the executives to their ultimate execu is always a prospect that if he is a good fireman he may L tion, the Church has a situation similar to that of some day be an engineer and have a nice clean easy operating a railroad train. Here also is the equipment, job. So he shovels coal hopefully. But most firemen the crew and the passengers. seem discontented; they either want to move up or to First, what relation does the equipment bear to the be reassigned. This epidemic of divine discontent is efficiency of the system ? It is quite possible for each too general. parish to have a more elegant set up than the traffic Beside the fireman there are other members of the will justify. To illustrate—here is a parish which pays crew, some of whom are on salary and some are volun a large, rector’s salary, spends a large sum for music, tary workers. There is the choirmaster who is apt to

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. Page Four THE W I TN ESS April 23, 1936 be more concerned with the mechanics of his profession part service and then those who look upon the Church than with the souls of the choir. The choir should be as a train to be used only in Christenings, marriages the source of harmony. It is often the storm center. and burials. The parish that has a choirmaster who has a spiritual Someone recently criticized the clergy to me and I responsibility for the boys is to be congratulated. replied, “ You ought to see the laity.” There seems to The sexton should be one who has a reverence for be an impression abroad that a worker who is paid God’s house. The various workers in guilds and Sun money has an obligation which a voluntary worker does day schools are serving their Master. They should not have. Such persons do not know their Lord who is therefore be very loathe to have too many absences no respecter of persons and judges us all by the spirit without leave. in which we do our part in His service. Then there are the passengers who, like ancient Gaul, The whole ecclesiastical system is dependent upon may be divided into three parts. There are those who the fidelity with which each of us performs his task, work and pray and give. There are those who render regardless of its importance or pecuniary consideration.

Factors in the Missions Crisis By BARTEL H. REINHEIMER Coadjutor of Rochester and Former Field Secretary

H E heartening news has come that the. people of viction that the constituency of the Church, could and T the Church have met generously the crisis in its would meet the crisis, if the stark story of the effect general work which was disclosed when the National of a further cut of $127,000.00 could penetrate the C'nnnril mpt in Eebruarv. Credit is due in the first double barrier of diocesan and parochial machinery, instance to those and actually reach the minds and hearts of the laity. throughout t h e Now that the General Church budget is balanced Church who have for 1936, it is no time merely to congratulate ourselves been ready to do and forget about our missionary enterprise until the more than their Council meets next February. The deficiency of share in the sup 1936 was only an incident in the major problem. We port of organized have only treated a symptom just as we did in the religion. If a list self-apportionment roll call of the dioceses at At of the contributors lantic City and in the supplementary appeals of 1932 is published, it will and 1933. The public opinion of the Church should be found that the be rallied now to encourage the National Council to success of the pres exercise the initiative and the leadership with which ent appeal is due it is endowed, and lead the Church immediately into principally to the a movement to culminate in the annual canvass of fact that those who November 1936. Its aim should be to achieve the have already given, financial support needed for the rehabilitation of the were willing to parochial and missionary work of the Church in time give more, and not to become effective in 1937. to the fact that a If the forces that have produced the present situa lot of new givers tion are understood, they will in turn suggest the have been suddenly measures to be incorporated in a program of rehabilita won to the support tion and advance. From five years’ observation in the B. H. REINHEIMER of Christian work. field department I am inclined to believe that there The success of the present appeal is in the second are four forces that have had a depressing effect on instance due to the stand taken by the officers of the missionary interest and support on the part of our National Council at the February meeting, the man people. aging editor of T h e W itness notwithstanding. (See .NE is the unsettling of missionary attitudes by “ Talking it Over” , page four of the issue of March Othe bewildering international situation. Even 12th.) As a member of the group of officers- dur though the nations of the world are back-tracking, ing the days preceding the meeting of the Council the Church of Christ still believes in the Kingdom of and one who endorsed the position taken by them, I God on earth. The motivation for missions that se want to testify that they were not actuated by any cured a response from an older generation fails to willful determination to defy the mandate of General grip the present generation. The new world situation Convention. Among us there was the earnest con calls for and suggests a new set of missionary mo- Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 23, 1936 T H E WITNESS Page Five tives. The Church has been slow to formulate and principle in the division of missionary income as be preach the new motivation. This was emphasized by tween the General Church and the several dioceses. the report of the Laymen’s Foreign Missionary In It went so far as to adopt a new canon providing for quiry and we have missed and neglected its significance. uniform annual diocesan reports to the National Coun Hard times is the second factor effecting missionary cil. In the same hour it revoked the system of quotas giving. In this connection it is well to bear in mind which is indispensable to the application of the part that the decline began several years before the economic nership principle. You cannot derive a ratio of divi crash. The failure in motivation preceded hard times. sion of missionary income from a known figure, which The Nation-Wide Campaign of 1919 succeeded too is the sum of the diocesan missions budget, and an well. It greatly increased the number of missionary unknown figure “ x ” , the amount which represents the contributors but many sections of the Church have share of that diocese in the General Church budget. been content ever since to live off the fat of those Another element of confusion that arose out of the years, abandoning the measures of forceful mission last General Convention is embodied in the statement ary education that produced it. The years of living that the sole responsibility for securing missionary off the fat have been punctuated by the cries of support lies with the diocese, or with the parish, and “ Leave us alone,” “ Too much machinery” , “ Abolish that there is no need for a central promotional agency. quotas” , “ Don’t talk money” . Meanwhile the base Such a point of view shows a lack of familiarity with of missions and parochial support has been steadily the history of our Church, and little knowledge of the contracting, until we were about where we were be comparative experience of the other Communions. It fore 1919. The every member canvass which the is not an “ either or.” In the promotional set-up of an Church needs to fear, is the canvass which succeeds organization of national dimensions, there is needed so well financially that we say to ourselves, “ We don’t a central agency, area or diocesan agencies and local need to have another one” . There is no plan that has or parochial agencies. It might also strengthen the been employed by the Church in the last 50 years that arrangement for us if there were provincial agencies. has done more to democratize the support of their There are other instances of confusion resulting work. from the acts of the last General Convention but these A third factor in the present crisis has been the two should be sufficient illustrations. critical attitude toward the National Council developed These four influences in the decline in missionary in the Church. Much of this has been justified, more support suggest immediately four elements that must of it has been face-saving on the part of critics. There have a place in the movement that should be inaugu has not been a time in the last five years when the rated immediately to rehabilitate the missionary sup aggregate dollar expended by the National Council port (and simultaneously the parochial support) in the has not been freer from waste and extravagance Church. than the aggregate dollar of either the diocese or the (1). A re-proclamation of the Church’s allegiance parish. It should be remembered that twice as much to the Great Commission, supported by a motivation money is spent annually on diocesan missions as is that is keyed to the present world situation and the spent for example by the Council on domestic mis thinking and feeling of this generation; (2). A sus sions. It would be interesting in the light of the criti tained program of education and enlistment directed cism directed at the National Council by diocesan au at the democratization of missionary and parochial thorities, to evaluate diocesan missions throughout support; (3). An impersonal evaluation and read the Church and publish the findings. The National justment, if it is found needed, of the National Coun Council has made mistakes but most of them have cil organization: and (4). A revival of inter-diocesan not been willful. They have been more like the mis cooperation in a united program for the promotion and takes a man makes when he is wrestling with an ex- prosecution of the work of the Church. Two and Three cedingly hard job and is being heckled and razzed have been provided for by two committees appointed while he is about it. at the February Council meeting and will be reported The critical discussions of recent years reveal an on at the Council meeting this month. amazing forgetfulness of Church history. The Na Editor’s Note; This is the first of a series of articles on mis tional Council plan was born out of a rebellion against sions and national church policies. Discussion is invited. The article next week will be by Bishop Mitchell of Arizona. the confusion and irritation of the unrelated programs and the incessant solicitation of the years before 1919. The tendency to subvert and dismantle the National Council has brought us steadily closer to a return to Helping God the intolerable conditions that existed before its estab lishment. Y S E L F denial, self restraint and constant wisdom, by prayer and faith and keeping at it, to so mold H E fourth factor in the crisis of the past year has B a young life that at maturity the son or daughter is been the confusion produced by the legislation of T not only loved, but is respected,...... that is being a the last General Convention in the mind of the good parent and that is helping God. Church. One or two circumstances will serve to il lustrate. The Convention reaffirmed the partnership T he Churchm ouse.

A ll Saints; Omaha By WILLIAM B. SPOFFORD L L SA IN T S, Omaha, is one of the live institu In 1927 Clayton was elected rector of All Saints, A tions of the Episcopal Church, due largely, I sus a down-town church in Omaha, with a notable record pect, to the fact that it has been blessed with up-and- of service, and he has been carrying on there ever at-’em rectors. The present incumbent is certainly that since, maintaining the splendid traditions of the sort of a man. parish. They celebrated their Golden Jubilee last Fred Clayton, Brit fall, the parish having been founded in 1885 by a ish born and edu group of men led by Bishop Worthington who be cated, was the rec lieved that Omaha needed a church in the growing tor of a quiet par part of the city. It has always played an important ish on the eastern part in the civic life of Omaha. The first rector, the shore of Maryland Rev. Louis Zahner, served until 1891 and was suc when Bishop John ceeded by the Rev. T. J. Mackey who made such an son discovered him impression on the city that All Saints is even today and made him the frequently spoken of as Mackey’s Church. His long president of Tabor and distinguished rectorship, terminating with his College out in death in 1920, made him beloved by the entire city. Iowa. Tabor had He was particularly noted for his work among the been an institution poor, the broken and the down-trodden, and even now of another com people will come to the church offices seeking help munion. They did and asking for Dr. Mackey. n’t want it. So a He was succeeded by another clergyman who pos committee of Epis sessed a great personality, the Rev. Thomas Casady, copalians was or now Bishop Casady of Oklahoma. He established ganized, Fred one of the finest Sunday schools in the country, being Clayton was made assisted by Miss Louise E. Rich, now the director the head of the of religious education for the diocese of New York. show, and the The Sunday school is still an outstanding part of the beautiful buildings, parish activity, being now run by Miss Eleanor most of them fall Sprague. The parish also carried forward the excel ing down, were turned over to him. Busted build lent social service activities which had been started ings, few students, and absolutely no bank account .... by Dr. Mackey, extending this work and placing it now Mr. Clayton go ahead and see what you can do. on a scientific basis. Well he failed, but not until he made this old Church All of this work is now being carried on and de of ours hum for three years. He got students, he put veloped under the leadership of the Rev. Fred Clay a football team in the field that was a terror—so much ton. There has been a steady growth, with increased of a terror that some of their opponents claimed that interest in all things pertaining to civic life. The the players were recruited from the coal mines—and parish also plays a leading part in diocesan affairs and Fred Clayton ran about this country like a madman is likewise generous in its support to the missionary raising money to keep the place alive. He was stopped work of the Church. The rector is the chairman of finally, but it took a siege in a hospital to do it. the diocesan social service department; the head of

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 23, 1936 THE W I TN ESS Page Seven the diocesan Auxiliary is a communicant of All Saints; Blessed art Thou on Thy heavenly throne. the chairman of the finance committee of the diocese Blessed art Thou in the Sacraments of the Altar. is likewise a member of All Saints. The senior warden Blessed art Thou in the hearts of Thy children. is the chancellor of the diocese, and Mr. Eugene Mc- Auliffe, vestryman, is an officer of the Clarkson Me Look on us, Thy redeemed ones, and take away morial Hospital and serves on the executive committee our fear. of the provincial synod. All during the depression Give us not the ceasing of labor, but rather the parish has generously supported diocesan and strength for labor. national Church work, putting this obligation ahead Free us not from sorrow but from surrender and of their own problems. The rector and his people complaint when life is hard. know that the strength of the parish is due in no Deliver us from dependence on earthly reward small measure to the fact that it cooperates in work and on man’s gratitude. outside its own boundaries. Drive far from us not death, but the dread of The preaching at All Saints has always been of the death. best. Both Dr. Mackey and Bishop Casady can rightly Help those we love—whether living or departed be called great preachers, and Dr. Clayton is consid« this life—and give them creative joy. ered one of the outstanding preachers of the Church. Give us courage. Another interesting bit about the place is that there Grant us peace.” have been few changes either in the style of service —Dr. Bernard Iddings Bell. or character of work done. It has carried on a simi Read Psalm 84, Prayer Book, page 445. larity of service for fifty years. Thus the organist, Our Father, Who art in Heaven, etc. Mr. J. H. Simms, has been on the job for forty-one I believe in God the Father Almighty, etc. years. The senior warden, Judge William A. Redick, O Lord, we beseech Thee, visit and cleanse our con has served on the vestry since the founding of the sciences that Thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ may, parish fifty years ago, and most members of the when He cometh, find in us a dwelling place prepared vestry have been actively identified with the parish for for Him, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the many years. There is tradition there—and there is Unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world with strength in tradition of the right sort. out end. They had a misfortune in 1933. Fire destroyed Come O Lord in mercy to my soul and dwell there their church—at least came so near completely de forever. Give to me Thyself, without Whom all the stroying it that it was out of commission for many world could not satisfy. Let me seek Thee with the months. During this time the congregation worshipped full strength of my whole being, with the ardent long in Temple Israel, thanks to the generosity of that con ing of my soul, and finding Thee, let my life show gregation. Indeed many places of worship were of forth the Glory of Thy Name. Amen. fered before the fire was actually out. The church was Read Hymn 525—“I Bind Unto Myself Today.” of course rebuilt and is now considered one of the Bless the Lord. finest in the middlewest. It was opened for services Thanks be to God. for the first time on Easter, 1934, with no new in In the' Name of the Father and of the Son and of debtedness. the Holy Ghost. Amen. There you have All Saints, Omaha; a genial and May the souls of the faithful through the mercy of hard working rector; faithful officers and workers, God rest in peace. proud of the traditions of their parish church; hun dreds of worshippers of all walks of life who do their share in making All Saints a force in the city, A New Edition of in the diocese and in the world. CONFIRMATION INSTRUCTIONS By The Scrapbook BISHOP JOHNSON By The standard book of Confirmation JAMES DeWOLF Instructions, used in hundreds of parishes and universally endorsed. F T E R one has examined himself and confessed A his sins as a part of the preparation for the Holy A REVISED, MODERN EDITION Communion he turns his thought then to prayer in order that he may prepare his heart and mind to re 50c for single copies ceive the sacrament. $4 for a dozen copies A ct of D evotion “ O Lord Jesus Christ, God of God, Light of Light, WITNESS BOOKS Master of men and women, Judge of us all, Sustain- 6140 Cottage Grove Avenue er of souls, Master-artist, Supreme Lover, King of CHICAGO Kings, Jesus the patient, Jesus the strong, Jesus the Man of all men, Jesus the Captain of the hosts:

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By Gardiner M. Day Edited by W. B. Spofford Draw Near With Faith is the With this issue of The W itness title of a little book by Dr. Samuel we begin a series of articles on the Drury, rector of St. Paul’s School, missionary work of the Church. It Concord, New Hampshire, on the is our hope that they will not be the Holy Communion (Harper, $1.25). usual ballyhoo stuff but that together Dr. Drury has here brought together we can get down to some of the a series of addresses on the different fundamental questions affecting mis aspects of the Eucharist which he sions. There are many questions has used in instructing the boys of raised whenever parsons go into a the school in the meaning of Holy huddle over the tea cups: Why a Communion. Each chapter is divid deficit year after year? Is there ed into three parts, a doctrinal state extravagance at 281? Should there ment, a discussion of the meaning of be economics through mergers of the doctrine, and a “ reverie,” sug missionary districts and dioceses? gested by the foregoing thoughts. It Should the departmental work be is inevitable that the reader will find abolished? Is a reorganization of many helpful suggestions in these 281 needed? Does the missionary pages in which Dr. Drury elaborates cause need to be restated? upon the meaning of that service We have asked the best people we which is for him the deepest and can think of to write on these mat most significant service in life. ters, starting this week with Bishop One of Dr. Drury’s happiest sug Reinheimer, former secretary of the field department. Other men of gestions is expressed in these words: Proposed for Presiding Bishop “ Would that the phrasing of a small leadership have agreed to contribute. but influential part of our Holy But the series will accomplish much Communion service in the Prayer has been written by another clergy less than we hope if we fail to get Book could be changed. Then these man of our Church, the Reverend a response from readers. So put friends of ours, whom we must honor Francis M. Wetherill (The John C. your mind to some of these matters for their honesty, but who do need Winston Company, $2). and write us a letter (not too long, please) giving your slant on these interpretation of what the words This volume is entitled “ Youth questions. It is not merely the opin were meant to mean, might again Welfare iii Philadelphia” and is an ions of the big-shots that we want. draw near with faith. If the priest attempt to describe and evaluate all We are a democratic Church and the were to say, holding the consecrated the known agencies that are work opinions of the rank and file are bread, not: ‘The body of our Lord ing among adolescents in and badly needed, and we hope to pre Jesus Christ,’ but ‘The life of our around Philadelphia, both Catholic sent them insofar as our space will Lord Jesus Christ which was given and Protestant. Mr. Wetherill is for thee’ ; and if he were to say allow. equipped for this study by the fact * * * while holding the chalice, not: ‘The that for five years he did social work Dean Day to blood of our Lord Jesus Christ,’ but in the Neighborhood House of old Lecture on Peace ‘The love of our Lord Jesus Christ Christ Church, has been resident which was shed for thee’, would that Chaplain at Clingancourt and has Dean John Day of Topeka is to not help a truly perplexing situa been dean of Leonard Hall in Beth be one of the speakers for the Emer tion?” lehem, Pennsylvania, as well as gency Peace Campaign, which opened Perhaps Dr. Drury’s own view of serving for fifteen years on the last night, April 22nd, with a mass the sacrificial aspects of Communion board of the Home Missionary So meeting in New York at which the is best given in his answer to the ciety, an organization primarily for Rt. Hon. George Lansbury was the question “ Is Christ, then, slain at the placement of children. Mr. headliner. Dean Day is the speaker every mass?” “ By no possible means” Wetherill has made this study not this week at Paducah, Owensboro declares Dr. Drury. “ Our Holy Com only by securing answers to a care and Bowling Green, Kentucky, and munion is sacrificial in tone but is fully prepared questionnaire of his next week is to be at Hannibal and own, but by visiting the institutions Columbia, Missouri. not a re-enactment of the original. * * * Here we must discriminate, and and talking with both officers and think with faithful clarity. The inmates, and using his well trained How to Fill crucifixion of our Lord was the observation. The organizations sur Mite Boxes unique and complete offering. We veyed are such as those dealing with One way to fill mite boxes is to must not regard the repeated ser juvenile delinquency, crime preven fill people’s tummies. The children vice as a repeated sacrifice. There tion, poor relief, mother’s assistance, of Grace Church, Sandusky, Ohio, is a tendency to overstate, to exag and backward children. After his where the Rev. Don Wonders is rec gerate, to decorate truth with a historical survey a very large num tor, made a profit of 5c a dozen in brood of little wonders in order to ber of agencies working with chil selling 561 dozen hot cross buns. make verity, now more palatable, dren were considered from their The banner saleslady Jean Fried now more impressive. Neither legal, educational, administrational man, ten years old, sold 175 dozen. should be attempted. and religious view point. * * * A very different type of book, but He discovered that whereas a lit Oecumenical Seminar one which ought to. be of consider tle less than one third the popula in Geneva able value for all who are interested tion of the city of Philadelphia are The third oecumenical seminar in the welfare of youth in Philadel Roman Catholic, one half the de- will be held in Geneva this summer phia and the region around about, ( Continued on page 15) from July 28 to August 15th. The

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 23, 1936 THE W I TN ESS Page Nine lectures will center for the most to the faculty of Commonwealth passion which would destroy our part around the theme of the com College, a college to prepare men American democracy. They ought ing world conference at Oxford. and women to take positions of lead to go out into life with a better A notable group of professors have ership in the labor movement. Mr. faith and hope in those reconstruc been assembled for the occasion, in Perkins has not yet announced tive forces which are always re cluding the Rev. Frank Gavin of the whether or not he will accept. leased when there is resolute General Seminary. * * * patience, considerateness and good will. If this has been true of Grace * * * Industrial Sunday Church in this past year, then it has Archbishop to Visit in England played its part in furnishing the in Dallas Next Sunday, April 26, is Indus tellectual and spiritual leaven by Archbishop Owen of Toronto and trial Sunday in England, with a pro which alone the Kingdom of God can nouncement having gone out from Primate of the Canadian Church be brought near” . is to be the speaker at the next con the Bishop of Bristol, with the ap Hi ^ ^ vention of the diocese of Dallas. proval of the Archbishops, asking that upon that day “ the application Join Forces for The rector of the Good Shepherd, of the Christian gospel to our eco Three Hour Service Wichita Falls, Texas, the Rev. nomic and industrial life should be There were a notable group of Claude B. Beesley, has also an especially remembered in prayers preachers for the three hour ser- nounced that the Archbishop will and sermons.” In connection with vic at Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, conduct a preaching mission in that the observance a “ joint appeal to all N. Y. on Good Friday, including the parish. president of Yassar College, Henry * * * engaged in industry” has been signed by a large number of trade union Noble MacCracken. Pastors of the Tornado Hits leaders and industrialists. It de Congregational, Presbyterian, Meth Mississippi Town clares that “ it is becoming increas odist, Lutheran and Reformed Word comes from Bishop Green ingly evident that the first necessity Churches also made addresses, as of the tornado that hit Tupelo, Mis for a solution of economic problems well as two Vassar professors. The sissippi, April 8th—one-half the is not merely a platonic agreement Rev. Alexander G. Cummins is the rector. town homeless, many injured, a few but a clear and profound conviction Hi * 3« killed, with hundreds having lost of the necessity of establishing our everything. Our rector there, the industrial and economic life on a Bernard Iddings Bell Rev. Frank Walters, had a house Christian foundation. In an age to Visit Germany unroofed over his head but escaped when industry is capable of produc Canon B. I. Bell, now in England, with minor injuries and imme ing on an ever vaster scale, we can is planning to visit Germany at once in order to get an idea of the pres diately went to work caring for the not tolerate conditions which leave ent international situation from the wounded, dying and dead. The lit great numbers in poverty, and de German point of view. He is to be tle Episcopal church was complete prive them of the benefits of in back in England by May 3rd to ly destroyed, and the rectory dam creased production, and even of all opportunity to earn a livelihood.” preach at Westminster Abbey. aged. The rector lost about every * * * thing he had except the clothes on The observance is promoted by the his back. Bishop Green is now hunt Industrial Christian Fellowship of To Press for ing for the cash with which to re which the Bishop of Bristol is chair Adequate Budget According to the Rev. A. B. Par build a church for this growing mis man. * * * son, assistant secretary of foreign sion. * * * Russell Bowie missions of the National Council, an effort is now to be made to increase The Old Boomerang Fears Fascism the support for the national work of Always Works The fear that the same kind of the Church. “ Now, having escaped As reported here a couple of tyranny which prevails in Italy and weeks ago, efforts were made by Germany may take root in our own business interests in Rochester, N. land, “ unobstrusively at first and Inspiring! Y., to force the trustees of the Ma with plausible explanation always, sonic Temple to cancel their contract but no less noxiously if allowed to THE CHURCH for the use of their hall for a meet grow” is expressed by the Rev. W. ing to be addressed by Toyohiko Russell Bowie in the year book of AND ITS Kagawa, unless they were assured Grace Church, New York, distributed that “ he would not speak on any to the congregation on April 19th. TEACHING TODAY controversial issue or refer to the He referred particularly to the cooperative movement.” But the hall teachers’ oath bills, the so-called By William Temple was used and so much interest was gag bills now before Congress, the Archbishop of York stirred up that more than 7,000 per pressure of such agencies as the Hearst press and the American sons attended the meeting with Legion to stifle free speech, and the A noted divine discusses the many more turned away. Kagawa growning militarism in this country. Christian Church as a body predicted the reorganization of “ In such a time as this, the ser of men united together in a economic life on a cooperative basis vice of any particular parish is living fellowship; and con ceives of Cod as a personal and characterized as ignorant those measured not by statistics but by the W ill, active in the history ministers who failed “ to project quality of its spirit” , Dr. Bowie con their Christianity into economic of the world. This book com tinues. “ It must endeavor to preach prises the William Belden lines.” from its pulpit and to express * * * Noble Lectures given by the through the opinion of its people author at Harvard University. Clergyman Elected those saving conceptions of life and $ 1.00 to College Faculty history which are true to the mind The Rev. Haven Perkins, former of Christ. People who come with THE MACMILLAN COMPANY instructor of social ethics at the Gen in the Church’s influence ought to eral Seminary and at present a mis be made to that degree immune from 60 Fifth Avenue New York sionary in Montana, has been elected the spirit of intolerance, panic and

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. Page Ten T H E WITNESS April 23, 1936 disaster, there is an increasing con small cards, which are being freely the institution, was read by Bishop viction both at headquarters and distributed: Mitchell, with the choir of Trinity throughout the Church that the Grant me a steady hand and watch Cathedral supplying the music. whole level of future missionary sup ful eye. That no man shall be Bishop Mitchell paid a tribute to Mr. port must be lifted up to something hurt when I pass by. Cocks for his great work during the more nearly adequate than the emer Thou gavest life, and I pray no act many years that he has ministered gency schedule of last year, which of mine May take away or mar to the sick. is the present working budget. It that gift of thine. * * * is not too much to say that this Shelter those, dear Lord, who bear W hat Is the effort has brought into our Christian me company From the evils of fire R ecord ? fellowship a new spirit, a new inter and all calamity. est in the world mission of our faith Teach me to use my car for others’ I wonder what the record is for and a new confidence in our ability need, Nor miss through love of total number of services, either for to provide the necessary financial speed Palm Sunday or Easter? Word backing. It is the work of God. It The beauties of thy world; that thus comes from Delaware, that the Rev. must not fail.” I may With joy and courtesy go R. Y. Barber, who is in charge of * * * on my way. what is known as the Southwest Gateway Field, took seven services A Forum on * * * Children’s Religion in seven different places on Palm The Rev. Howard C. Robbins is Additions to Sunday. That ought to be pretty St. Luke’s Hom e near a record. to preside at a forum in New York # * * on May 4th at which will be dis A dining room, a combined library cussed “ Our Children’s Religion— and chapel and a spacious and well- To Propose Washington What, How and Where?” Leaders equipped kitchen are additions to St. As See City in the field of religious education Luke’s Home, Phoenix, Arizona, dedi Hints as to the suggestions to be are to give addresses and there will cated on April 3rd. This institution made at the meeting of the National be ample opportunity for discussion. for tuberculosis victims was founded Council next week on the proposed Hi H* * in 1907 by Bishop Atwood, and has reorganization of the Council were Mary Simkhovitch been in charge of the Rev. B. R. revealed last week in an address at Grace Church Cocks from the day it was founded. made in Chicago by Bishop Stewart, Mrs. Mary K. Simkhovitch, found It started with a shack— today it has chairman of the committee. They er of Greenwich House, New York, a $200,000 plant. And what’s finer, will propose Washington, D. C. as was the speaker at the Sunday sup it has a notable record in the per the see city of the Presiding Bishop; per club at Grace Church, New centage of patients that have been the designation of a President of the York, on April 19th, speaking on the cured. The dedication service, at National Council as the administra PWA. tended by more than 300 friends of tive head of the Church, the office * sN * Records Broken in Kansas Reports from the diocese of Kan THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY GHOST sas indicate that the Easter Services were more largely attended this year By the Rev. Frank H. Hallock, S.T.D. than in the history of the diocese. A helpful book for the clergy in their deeper study At the cathedral in Topeka over 700 communions were made— a record— of a subject which the author views as one that has on Good Friday over 800 persons not received the attention its great importance demands. attended the Three Hour service, a A useful supplement to Confirmation instructions for community service in which the the more mature, to bring to mind some of the instruc pastors of seven of the downtown churches take part. tions once received and to show how large a part the * * * Gifts play in the development of the spiritual life. $1.75 The Motorist’s Prayer Issued by Trinity Trinity Church, New York, has A CATHOLIC LOOKS AT HIS WORLD printed very handsomely in color the following “Motorist’s Prayer” on By the Rev. Bernard Iddings Bell, D.D. An attempt to look honestly at political, economic, and ecclesiastical problems of today by an outstanding Established 1879 sociological student who still believes in Catholic R. C. 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Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 23, 1936 T H E WITNESS Page Eleven to be distinctly separated from the the Church of England. The first $36,250 to wipe out the parish debt. office of the Presiding Bishop, and meeting for him is being held at the It was announced on April 11th that the election of the President by the Town Hall Club, New York, this the sum had been over-subscribed. Council itself rather than by Gen week under the auspices of the * * * eral Convention. Bishop Stewart Church League for Industrial Demo Murder in the also stated that he favored the elec cracy. The meeting is also to be Cathedral tion of Bishop Freeman, present addressed by Kirby Page who is a The famous poetic drama by T. Bishop of Washington, as the first leader of the Emergency Peace S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral, Presiding Bishop under the proposed Campaign under whose auspices Mr. was recently put on by the dramatic plan. Thus, according to Bishop Lansbury is to address mass meet club of St. Francis’ House, our cen Stewart, could the plan be put into ings throughout the country. His ter for students at the University effect at once without raising the subject at the C.L.I.D. meeting is of Wisconsin. The cast of it gave question of the status of the Bishop to be the Relationship of Labor to an excellent performance before a of Washington. The Presiding Bish the Church. capacity audience of over 500. By op, he declared, should be the spirit * * * popular demand a second perform ual head of the Church; should have W ipe Out ance is to be put on next month, a see city such as Washington and Parish Debt and the company is also to visit a should be relieved of all diocesan re St. James, Wichita, Kansas, set as number of Wisconsin cities. The sponsibilities. The President of the a Lenten objective the raising of Rev. Alden Drew Kelley is the Council, under the plan, would be the administrative head of the mis sionary work of the Church, with two administrative executives under him, one responsible for the field and promotional phases of the work and the other of the financial. Bishop Stewart also declared that Low Cost Life Insurance he would propose that field secre taries be located in each province in order to break down the feeling of and centralization at “ 28,1” . The prov inces, he declared, should have some voice in the selection of the field The Family Budget secretaries, and should also share in the expense of maintaining them. * * * • Bishop’s Pence Anniversary The third anniversary of the Nothing is more important to the wel founding of the Bishop’s Pence plan fare of a family than the budgeting of in the diocese of Chicago was ob served on April 7th at a meeting held its funds on a business-like basis. at the central Y.M.C.A., where the plan got under way. Fourteen men After the essential needs of living have sat around a table there three years been provided for, Life Insurance should ago and, as a result of a casual sug gestion, each one handed Bishop occupy a prominent place on the list of Stewart a penny apiece. From this necessities. An insurance policy will con grew the Pence Plan which so far has brought to the diocese over tinue the financial welfare of the family $60,000. * * * in the event that death removes its main Deplores America’s support. There are policies that provide Isolation a Retirement Income for the insured. Speaking before a large audience in Portland, Oregon, Bishop Dagwell The facilities of this Corporation are said that there is no hope for peace in the United States when there con offered to clergymen and their families, tinues to be warfare in Europe. “ We cannot live in splendid isolation and to the lay officials and lay-workers of either as a nation or as individuals” , the Church and their families. he declared. “ It is impossible for us to enjoy that which we will not share. The Gospel of Christ is the gospel of self-denial; the gospel of discipline.” * * * For information write to the George Lansbury Addresses Church Group Quite fittingly, the first group to Church Life Insurance Corporation be addressed by George Lansbury in (A subsidiary of the Church Pension Fund) America is a Church group. Mr. Lansbury, known the world over as 20 Exchange Place, New York the leader of the British Labor Party, is also a devout member of

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. Page Twelve THE W I TN ESS April 23, 1936 chaplain at St. Francis’ House and Church, Wellsburg, has been closed was the advisor to the project. The for a month due to damage caused drama is based on the martyrdom by the recent flood.— St. Peter’s, THE PENCE BANK of St. Thomas Backet. Huntington, free of the flooded * * T area, was used as a depository for CAN GET YOUR the furniture of stricken families.— PARISH OUT OF Loyalty Day Parkersburg, having learned from THE RED in the Fall past floods, has assigned a number The national committee for re Thousands of Churches to each block in the city. When the are safeguarding their ligion and welfare recovery has an incomes with this simple local weather bureau reports a num nounced 'Loyalty Days for October and unique plan. A dig ber to be in danger everyone in that nified and direct method 3 and 4, when “ every citizen is block moves. of giving. cordially invited and every member * * * Gold lacquered top and confidently expected in church or bottom and lithographed Redecorate Cathedral labels, ready for distri synagogue.” Mass meetings of re bution. at Erie ligious forces are planned for New A service marking the completion Sample Sent on Request York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los of extensive repairs made to St. Angeles and other cities, and during Universal Pence Bank Co. Paul’s Cathedral, Erie, was held on the month an attempt will be made 11 West 42nd Street Palm Sunday. Work has been car to enroll every member in some New York City ried on for the past ten months. The form of active religious or welfare exterior was repaired, the interior work. The movement, which is in redecorated and a large number of ter-church and inter-racial, is sup memorials were dedicated, including FINE IRISH LINEN ported by a large number of bishops a reredos into which was incorporat specially selected for Church use. 36" to of the Episcopal Church. 54" wide, cut any length. Samples of 12 ed pieces of Perry’s battleships, the Hs Hi Hs qualities on request. Mary Fawcett Co., 812 Niagara and the Lawrence. Berkeley Avenue, Trenton, N. J. Church in Japan # * * Joins Forward Movement Kagawa Draws THE BISHOP WHITE PRAYER BOOK The literature of the Forward SOCIETY Thousands Founded by Bishop White 1833 Movement has been translated into The demand for tickets for the Donates to Missions, Institutions,_ and Par Japanese and made available for the ishes unable to purchase them, in limited meeting in Providence to be ad grants, 271 churches of the Episcopal dressed by Kagawa was so great The Book of Common Prayer. Church in Japan. Paul Busch, The Combined Book (The Book of Com that the place of meeting had to be mon Prayer and Hymnal in one volume). Church worker in that country, changed to the auditorium which Pew Size hopes that 100,000 young Japanese Apply to Rev. W . Arthur Warner, D.D., Secretary, S. W . Cor. 5th & Arch Streets, Christians may be enlisted in the Philadelphia, Pa. movement. -FOLDING CHAIRS- * * H= SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA: Guest Brand-New Steel Folding Chairs. House of Sisters of The Resurrection: sunny, News Notes From cheerful rooms, home atmosphere, comfortable Full Upholstered Back and Seat. beds, good meals, modern building on pleas West Virginia Rubber Feet. W rite for Details. ant residence street. Charges reasonable. The provincial conference of the $16.00 a dozen. Those seeking spiritual strengthening, or merely rest and quiet ; convalescents not need junior Brotherhood of St. Andrew, ing special attendance, will find Resthaven scheduled to be held at St. Matthew’s, REDINGTON CO., Dept. 93, SCRANTON, PA. helpful. Neither hospital nor mental cases re Wheeling, W. Va., April 17-19, was ceived. References asked from strangers. Apply to Sister-in-Charge, _ House of The postponed to an indetermined later Nazarene, Resthaven, Saint Augustiine, date because of the damage done the Florida. church by the recent flood.— Bishop A LAXATIVE SISTER EiMILY FAITH, OF THE COM- Gravatt, seriously ill of influenza, munity of the Transfiguration, died sud has completely recovered.— Christ Easy To Give Children denly at Glendale, Ohio, April 4, 1936. Sister CONSTIPATION makes a child feel Emily Faith was formerly Deaconess Emily Ridgely. badly enough. 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Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 23, 1936 THE W I TN ESS Thirteen seats 7,500 people. The Rev. R. R. from the National Council but in PARKER’S Carmichael, assistant at Grace recent years the entire responsibilty HAIR BALSAM R e m o v e s Dandruff-StopsHairFalllng Church, was in charge of arrange for financing it has been borne by Imparts Color and the parish and by the diocese of Beauty to Gray and Faded Hair ments. 60c. and $1.00 at Druggists. ^ ^ ^ Erie. The property was insured Hiscox Chem. Wks. Patchogue, N. Y. Wide Distribution with the Church Fire Insurance of Literature Corporation. H* ^ Hs The Rev. William C. Baxter and Established 1855 his parishoners at St. Mary’s, Gowan- Young People da, N. Y. are distributing the For of Texas Meet Will & Baumer Candle ward Movement leaflets to every The young people of Texas are home in the town, regardless of holding convocations this month at Co., Inc. Houston on the 18-19; Tyler the 25- church affiliation. SYRACUSE, N. Y. sj* ^ 26; Galveston, May 2-3, and Hearne, Eucharistic Candles and Vesper Lights Oldest Priest May 9-10. The Abundant Life, of the of Erie Dies theme of the Forward Movement, is the basis for the talks and discus Highest Quality in all Styles and Sizes. The Rev. Robert G. Roscamp, old Your enquiry will receive prompt and sions at each meeting. careful attention. Address Department est priest of the diocese of Erie, died * * * “W”. at New Castle, Pa., on April 6th Pittsburgh Rector BRANCHES: after a two weeks’ illness with Dies New York - Chicago - Boston pneumonia. He was born in Eng The Rev. Robert Nelson Meade, Los Angeles land in 1845; was educated for the rector of the Redeemer, Squirrel ministry of the Primitive Methodist Hill, diocese of Pittsburgh, died of Church where he served for a time. pneumonia on April 11th after an He later entered the ministry of the illness of several weeks. His long Presbyterian Church and came into record of service had made him at Wilbur Herbert Burnham the Episcopal ministry in 1909. H» *i* 58 the dean of the clergy of the diocese. He was an examining Designer and Master Daily Broadcasts chaplain of the diocese, a member From Sale Lake City of the standing committee and other Craftsman The Rev. A. E. Butcher, rector diocesan committees. His great of St. Paul’s, Salt Lake City, as grandfather, William Meade, was Stained and Leaded Glass president of the ministerial associa tion, was in charge of Lenten ser vices sponsored by that group, all Studios 1126 Boylston Street of which were broadcast over a local station. Boston, Massachusetts ns * * Fire Damages Church at Farrell ST. HILDA GUILD, Inc. Fire broke out at St. Paul’s, Far 147 E. 47th St., New York CHURCH VESTMENTS rell, Pa., on April 4th, severely dam ECCLESIASTICAL EMBROIDERY aging the interior of the church. This Conferences with reference to the adornment church carries on a notable work of Churches. among the foreign born under the Telephone EL-dorado 5-1058 leadership of the Rev. Sisto J. Noce. A grant for it was formerly received Stained Glass Windows and Mosaics W1PPELL Franz Mayer of Munich, ¿¿COMPANY- U D Inc. 1616 Woolworth Building EXETER Cathedral i/ard. New York, N. Y. LONDON uX/ton St: SLUt. MANCHESTER 2+, l y i y Street-. tHCLANO TORONTO • • HARCOURTS • LTD. I05,j(ityr Street West. Established • 1857 OheJ. and RJQatltb Studios Rotne • Office-and‘Erattshops üenaflç, ïî. J. C RGEISSLERINcT Banners. Stained • and Leaded ♦ Glass • in • the 450 SIXTH AVE NEAR 10 «•> ST. NEW YORK V estm en ts. best ♦ traditions • of - Cf Kristian- Art Ofturch furnishings mosaics * Interior - decoration * ©nrals IN CARVED WOOD AND M Chalice Veils MARBLE-BRASS • SILVER n f“l FABRICS + WINDOWS'LL/ &. B urses. S to le s.

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third bishop of Virginia; his grand itself is destroying the personalities quirements of an economy of scar father, Richard Kidder Meade, was of millions of our people, particularly city are driving the nations toward rector at the University of Virginia of youth,” the survey contends. “ We fiercer and greater conflict. and his father, Francis Alexander seek a warless world, and the re “ The only possible technical sub- Meade, was a clergyman of the dio cese of Virginia. Services were con ducted by Bishop Mann on April 14th at Calvary Church, Pittsburgh. Services of Leading Churches

Dancing for the Bishop The Cathedral of St. John Cathedral of the Incarnation The young people of the diocese the Divine Garden City, N . Y. Arthur B. Kinsolving, 2nd, Dean of Western New York have a ball Cathedral Heights New York City Sunday Services: 7 :30 A.M. Holy Com munion. 9 :30 A.M. Junior Congregation. each year to raise cash for the bish Sundays: 8 and 9, Holy Communion. 9:30 A.M. Church School. 11:00 A.M. 9:30, Children’s Service. 10, Morning op. Last year they handed him Church School, 1 1 :00 A.M. Morning Prayer. 11, Holy Communion and Ser Prayer and Sermon. 4 :00 P.M. Even $500. This year, at their ball on mon. 4, Evening Prayer and Sermon. song and Address. May first, they hope to do even bet Weekdays: 7 :30, Holy Communion (on Saints’ Days, 7:30 and 10). 9:30, Morn Daily services in the Chapel. ter. ing Prayer. 5, Evening Prayer (choral). * * * Organ Recital, Saturdays, 4 :30. Cathedral Church of St. John Announce Plan Market St. and Concord Ave. Church of St. Mary the Virgin Wilmington, Del. for California Conference New York The Very Rev. Hiram R. Bennett, Dean The annual conference of the dio 46th St. between 6th and 7th Aves. Sundays: 7:30, 9:30, 11:00 A.M., 7:45 cese of California, held at Asilomar, Rev. Granville M. Williams, S.S.J.E. P.M. Sunday Masses, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Weekdays : 10 A.M. and as announced. is to meet from June 21 to the Vespers and Benediction, 8 p. m. Week-day Masses, 7, 8 and 9 :30. 27th. Among those to give courses Trinity Church, New York are Bishop Parsons; Elliott Diller, Grace Church, New York Broadway and Wall St. student worker at Stanford Univer Sundays: 8, 9, 11 and 3 :30. Rev. W . Russell Bowie, D.D. Daily: 8, 12 and 3. sity; the Rev. Harold S. Brewster of Broadway at 10th St. Sundays: 8 and 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. San Francisco; the Rev. Henry P. Daily: 12:30 except Mondays and Sat St. Paul’s Cathedral Veizie, former cantor at the Cathe urdays. Buffalo, New York Holy Communion, 11:45 A. M. on Sundays: 8, 9¡30, 11 A.M. and 5 P.M. dral of St. John the Divine, New Thursdays and Holy Days. Weekdays: 8, 12:05. York, now a rector in San Francisco, Thursday (Quiet Hour at 11) and Holy and the Rev. Oscar Green, who is The Heavenly Rest and Beloved Days : 10 :30 A.M. the dean. Disciple, New York Hi * * Rev. Henry Darlington, D.D. Christ Church Cathedral Fifth Ave. and Ninetieth St. Hartford, Conn. Washington Rector Sundays: Holy Communion 8 a. m. Cor. Main and Church Streets Recovers Sunday School 9 :30 a. m .; Morning The Very Rev. S. R. Colladay, D.D. Service and Sermon. 11 a. m.; Musical Sundays: 8:00, 10:05, 11:00 a.m.; 7:80 The Rev. Z. B. Phillips, rector of Vespers 4 p. m. p.m. the Epiphany, Washington, and pres Thursdays and Holy Days: Holy Com Daily: 7:00, 12:10, 5:00. munion at 11 a. m. Holy Days and Wednesdays, 11 :00 a.m. ident of the House of Deputies at Holy Communion. the last three General Conventions, The Incarnation has recovered from an attack of Madison Avenue and 35th Street St. Mark’s pneumonia. Rev. John Gass, D.D., Rector San Antonio, Texas H« Hi H* Sundays: 8, 10, 11 A.M ., 4 P.M. Rev. Arthur R. McKinstry, Rector Daily: 12:20 to 12:40. 7 :30 A.M.— Holy Communion (8 :00, Ad Clergy Entertained vent to Easter). St. Bartholomew’s Church 11:00 A.M .— Morning Prayer and Ser by Bishop Freeman Park Avenue and 51st Street mon. The clericus of the diocese of Rev. G. P. T. Sargent, D.D., Rector 7:30 P.M.— Evening Service. 8 A.M ., Holy Communion. 10:00 A.M .— Holy Communion on Fri Washington met at the Bishop’s 11 A. M., Morning Service and Sermon. days. House on April 20th, bringing their Junior Congregation, 9 :30 and 11 A.M. Holy Comm., Thurs. and Saints’ Days, St. Michael and All Angels wives along with them. It is an an 10:30 A.M. nual custom for the clergy and their St. Paul and 20th St., Baltimore, Md. Rev. Don Frank Fenn, D.D. wives to be the guests of Bishop St. James’ Church, New York Rev. H. P. Knudsen, B.D. and Mrs. Freeman. Madison Avenue and 71st Street Rev. R. C. Kell, M .A., B.D. The Rev. H. W . B. Donegan, Rector Sundays: 7:30, 9:30, 11:00 A.M. 8-00 * * * 8 A.M.— Holy Communion. P.M. Justice in 9 :30 A.M .— Children’s Service and Week Days — Holy Eucharist— Mon. Church School. Wed. S at.: 10 :00 A.M. Tues. Thurs. F ri.: North Carolina 11 A.M.— Morning Prayer and Sermon. 7:00 A.M. Woodrow Shropshire, Negro, last 8 P.M.— Choral Evensong and Sermon. Morning Prayer: 9 :00 A.M. Daily Thursday and Holy Days: 12 M. Holy Evening Prayer: 5:15 P.M. Daily. week was awarded $15 by the state Communion. of North Carolina for the loss of his St. Thomas Church Christ Church legs as a result of torture in a pris- Greenwich, Connecticut Fifth Avenue and 53d Street Reverend Albert J. M. Wilson, Rector son camp. New York Sundays: 8:00 a. m., Holy Communion; Hi Hi H* Rev. Roelif H. Brooks, S.T.D., Rector 9 :15 a.m., Church School; 11:00 a. m., Sunday Services: 8 A.M ., 11 A.M ., and For Intelligent Planning Morning Prayer and Sermon, (Holy Com 4 P.M. munion and Sermon, first Sundays) ; 7 :80 Daily Services: 8 :30 A.M ., Holy Com for Social Ends p.m., Evening Prayer and Address. munion. The Methodist Federation for So Tuesday, Fridays, and Holy Days, Noonday Service, 12:05 to 12:35. 10:00 a. m. cial Service has issued an outline of Thursday: 11 A.M ., Holy Communion. a “ Christian program of society,” All Saints Church which grew out of a series of con Christ Church Parish 26th Street and Dewey Avenue Detroit and Grosse Pointe Omaha, Nebraska ferences held throughout the country Rev. Francis B. Creamer, Rector Rector, The Rev. Frederick W . Clayton during the past few months, led by Rev. J. Francis Sant, Vicar Services, Sundays, Holy Communion, Parish Church: E. Jefferson Ave. at 8 a. m. and 11 a. m. First Sunday in the two secretaries, Harry F. Ward Rivard month. and Winifred Chappell. Chapel: 45 Grosse Pointe Boulevard Morning Prayer and Church School, Services: 8:00, 9:45, 11:00, 7:30 Sun 11 a. m. “An economy which compels a re days. Holy Communion, Wednesday and Holy ^ serve army of unemployed and re Saints’ Days : 10:30. Days, 10 a. m. quires enforced scarcity to maintain

stitute for the profit-seeking motive on St. Mark’s day. It is also possi these young men and girls who are is the method of intelligent planning ble that two or three unmarried wayward, state that after they have for social ends. Before this genera Church Army captains will go to made their confession they feel re tion, those who desired a Christian Liberia in 1937. lieved and consoled, no longer guilty, social order, a cooperative common He Hs * although the laws of the city and wealth, a society without exploitation Sunday School Leader state hold them so. In other words, and class privileges, could only say to Address Conference if these facts aforesaid prove any what ought to be or what some day The Rev. Vernon McMaster, secre thing, they do indicate that the law must be. Today they can talk about tary of Church schools of the Nation and the courts still hold these young what is now possible.” al Council’s department of religious men and women accountable for To be successful, a planned social education, is to address a confer their misdemeanors when they would suppose that the Church does economy must rest on social owner ence of superintendents of Church not. Their consciences are clear, ship of the means of production, Dr. schools of the diocese of Washing and the facts would indicate that Ward and Miss Chappell contend. ton (D.C.) on April 29th. One of the features of the party will be they again enter into crime. While The survey recommends bringing the swapping of ideas at round table absolution after confession has ab about this change by “ education and sessions. solved them from sin, they have no by democratic decision,” not by vio adequate and serious responsibility lence. Parish in Albany to the state and its laws. This be This program, it was said, would Reduces Debt ing the case, their criminal records be used as a basis for discussion at Three memorial gifts totalling exceed the proportion of the delin a national conference of the Metho $10,000 have been given to St. An quents of other faiths.” dist Federation at Columbus, Ohio, drew’s, Albany, N. Y., bringing the in In conclusion Mr. Wetherill makes April 29, immediately preceding the debtedness on the church to $39,900. fifteen recommendations. Among quadrennial conference of the Meth The church, newest in the city, was the things which he suggests are : odist Episcopal Church. dedicated in 1931. In addition to more vocational training and guid * * * these gifts a set of organ chimes ance for young people, better sal Passion Play by were used for the first time on aries for social workers, a more vital Italian Congregation Easter Day. The rector of the par religious training, which he notes is Members of the Italian congregation ish is the Rev. C. W. Findlay. needed even in Church institutions of St. Anthony of Padua in Hacken dealing with adolescents, and more sack, N. J., put on a devout and gen National Council home-like atmosphere in institutions uinely wrought presentation of the to M eet for adolescents. He notes that Passion of our Lord last week. The The National Council is to meet where locks and bars are omitted, the dialogue was written by the rector, in New York, at the Church Missions atmosphere and results upon those the Rev. Joseph Anastasi, and was House, on April 28-30. A detailed dwelling in the institution are nota based entirely on the Gospel narra report of the emergency drive for bly improved. tives. The costuming, scenery and $127,100 will be presented at that training was all done by members of time and there will also be the im the congregation and the play was portant report of the committee, C( bat les Qonnick presented to a large audience. headed by Bishop Stewart, on the Designer and (HTorker reorganization of the Council. H: * H* in ©tained ©lass Church Army Captain nine fiarcourtStreefrBoston to M arry SAMUEL S. DRURY WRITES A Charles L. Conder, popular Church BOOK ON HOLY COMMUNION (Continued from page 8) Army captain, who is in charge of work among the mountaineers of Ala linquency is among adolescents at bama, is soon to be married to Miss tributed to them. In answer to the question “ what is the reason for this” Mary Alves, sister of the Rev. Joseph Mr. Wetherill writes: “I am not pre New Tracts H. Alves, rector at Springhill, Ala pared to say that it is due to en VV/"E TA KE PLEASURE in announc- bama. * * * forced auricular confession and the ’ ’ ing the following new tracts, satisfaction derived from it. But I now ready for distribution. Rector Has can say that those who work among New Experience CHRISTIANITY AND WAR By Frederick C. Grant, Dean of Attending a Jewish funeral for Seabury-Western the first time in his life, the Rev. THE INNER LIFE Frederic Witmer, rector of Trinity, ERNEST - W - LAKEMAN By Bishop Cross Renova, Pa., was unexpectedly called THE CHRISTIAN AND HIS MONEY upon to deliver a brief eulogy. The DESIGNER - & - WORKER - IN By Bishop Washburn brother of the deceased asked the STAINED - & - LEADED - GLASS PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS ON rector just before the service, and 336 - EAST - 28 - ST - NEW - YORK RUNNING A PARISH the rabbi approved. After the read By W. 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