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AUSTIN PARDUE New Dean of St. Paul’s, Buffalo

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Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. SCHOOLS CLERGY NOTES SCHOOLS BRISTOR, WALLACE, formerly in charge of St. Paul’s, Kennewick, and Our Saviour, « ¡* (Hetteral fEIjeoIogtcal Pasco, Washington, is now in charge of Kemper 1TO X St. Paul’s, Port Townsend, Washington. «• J^emmary COLE, WILLIAM HENRY, formerly in KENOSHA, WISCONSIN charge of work at Turners Falls, Shelburne T h ree - y ear undergraduate Falls and Ashfield, diocese of Western Episcopal Boarding and Day School. course of prescribed and elective Massachusetts, is now the rector of Holy Preparatory to all colleges. Unusual study. Trinity, Southbridge, Mass. opportunities in Art and Music. Fourth-year course for gradu COOPER, FREDERICK W., formerly assis Complete sports program. Junior tant at the Ascension, New York, is now ates, offering larger opportunity the rector of St. Mark’s, Adams, Mass. School. Accredited. Address: for specification. DOZIER, JULIUS F., formerly of the Re SISTERS OF ST. MARY Provision for more advanced deemer, Oklahoma City, Okla., is now Box W .T. work, leading to degrees of S.T.M. locum tenens of Emmanuel, Memphis, Ten nessee. and D.Th. Kemper Hall Kenosha, Wisconsin HAINES, ALFRED J., rector of Trinity, ADDRESS Pierre, S. D., has resigned to take charge CATHEDRAL CHOIR SCHOOL of work at Winner, Colome, Dallas and THE DEAN Millboro, S. D. He is to reside at Winner. New York City HAYNES, JOHN WILSON, was ordained A boarding school for the forty boys of Chelsea Square New York City priest at the American Pro-cathedral in the Choir of the Cathedral of Saint John the Paris on April 20th by Bishop Perry. He Divine. Careful musical training and daily For Catalogue Address the Dean is to take charge immediately of the Am singing at the cathedral services. Small erican Church of the Ascension in Munich. classes mean individual attention and high standards. The School has its own building HERMITAGE, WILLIAM, Sacramento, Calif., and playgrounds in the Close. Fee— $300.00 is temporarily in charge of St. Paul’s, Bur per annum. Boys admitted 9 to 11. Voice Episcopal Theological School lingame, California, during the absence of test and scholarship examination. Addrest the rector, the Rev. Herald Gardner, on a The Precentor, Cathedral Choir School. Cathe CAMBRIDGE. MASSACHUSETTS leave of absence. dral Heights, New York City. Affiliated with Harvard University offers unusual opportunities in allied fields, such as KLINE, A. REAMER, assistant at St. An philosophy, psychology, history, drew’s, Boston, is now the assistant at sociology, etc. Christ Church, Fitchburg, Mass. HOLDERNESS For Catalogue Address the Dean KLOMAN, FELIX, assistant at Grace Church, New York, has accepted the rectorship of In the White Mountains. College Preparatory Christ Church, Philadelphia. and General Courses. Music and Crafts. For boys 12-19. All sports including riding. 200 The Protestant Episcopal LITTLE, PAUL, rector of All Saints, San acres of woods. New fireproof building. In Francisco, California, ill for a number of dividual attention. Home atmosphere. Theological Seminary in Virginia weeks is recovering and will soon return For Catalogue and other information to duties. Rev. Edric A. Weld, Rector address the Dean McKENZIE, JOHN V., formerly rector of Box W Plymouth, N. H. REV. WALLACE E. ROLLINS, D.D. St. Paul’s, Huntington, Conn., has accepted the rectorship of Christ Church, Canaan, Theological Seminary Alexandria, Va. Conn. SANDERSON, ALBERT E., formerly rector of St. Stephen’s, Oxford, N. C., has ac Berkeley cepted the rectorship of Emmanuel, Bristol, and St. Thomas, Abingdon, Va. Stuart If all An Episcopal girls’ school of fine old Divinity School TEISEN, TAGE, travelling in Europe for a traditions and high standards in the beau New Haven, Connecticut year because of ill health, has accepted for tiful Valley, of Virginia. College prepara tory, general courses, and secretarial Affiliated with Yale University one year the rectorship of Bethesda-by-the- Sea, Palm Beach, Florida. courses. Two years beyond high school Address DEAN W. P. LADD Muisic, art, expression. Graduates success 86 Sachem Street TODD, EDWIN R., rector of St. Mark’s, ful in college. Well-equipped buildings. Aberdeen, S. D., has resigned to take up New gymnasium, pool. Outdoor life. Rid work in the diocese of Texas. ing. Founded 1843. Catalog. Ophelia S. T. Carr, A.B., Box A, Staunton, Va. TRINITY COLLEGE URBAN, LEIGH R., rector of St. Andrew’s, Longmeadow, Mass., away from his parish Hartford, Conn. due to illness, is recovering and is soon to Offers a general cultural education, with return to his duties. special emphasis on the Classics, Modern Languages, English, Economics, History, Phil osophy, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics, The Church Divinity School of the Pacific Biology and Pre-Medical, or Pre-Engineering. MARGARET HALL BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA For information apply. The Dean. Dean, Henry H. Shires 2457 Ridge Road Under Sisters of St. Anne (Episcopal) Small country boarding and day school for girls, from primary through high school. Accredited college preparatory. Madera build ing recently thoroughly renovated includes gymnasium and swimming pool. Campus of An Honor Christian School with the highest six acres with ample playground space, a lv e r t errick academic rating. Upper School prepares for hockey field and tennis court. Rate $650. 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TN E V E R Y Parish there are some people who are ish. Let him go out of his role to tell the layman, who ^ unhappy. They do not like the rector. Yes, you is disgruntled—if such there be-—that the best way to will foe surprised, but there are some in the Poor Par accomplish his purpose is not to stay away and lose for son’s Parish too. himself the benefits of the Church, (for which there is They are good people—that is, worthwhile people— no substitute) but to be a regular attendant upon the who have some training in the Church and who need sacraments, and a worshipper of God in the Church. the Church and certainly people whom the Church The priest of your parish, no matter wherein or how he needs; and yet they feel that they can not fit. Either has failed, must recognize you as a regular worshipper they can not get over their dislike of the rector, or their and one who knows the Lord in Communion with Him. prejudice against some practice which he has initiated; I wonder if you can do that without finding your dif •or they have allowed their prejudice to make them utter ficulties solved? ly indifferent, and have grown used to doing without the Do you know the most common faults which a clergy Church, and never receive the sacraments. man commits, and which act as offenses or barriers Let me talk frankly with those people. I can do it in to the people? Well, I shall tell you. “ He did not this column. The Church’s sacraments are not the call when some one was sick.” (Did you send for property of the rector. There is no reason why you him?) “ He did not call when we were in trouble.” should cut yourself off from the reality of the sacra (Nine times out of ten he did not know it.) “ He re mental worship of your Lord, that is, if you feel that fused to let me do what I wanted to do.” (No parish God is your Father. Oh yes, you can worship God could be kept on an even keel if every one was per without the Church and its sacraments, but you do not. mitted to do what he wanted to do). “ He appointed My friend, could any offense, neglect, contradiction, some one else and ignored me.” (There are all sorts or whatever it may be of which the rector is guilty of people in a parish, and the best interests are not toward you be sufficient warrant for your neglecting always apparent, even to the rector, who must make a your obedience to our Lord’s command? Is there not decision). Neglect, or failure to have one’s own way, a possibility that you will need the ministry of the make small arguments for neglecting the practice of Church? Is there not just a chance that it will be the one’s religion; that is, if there is any reality in that re most desired thing that you can think of? No clergy ligion. Do you not agree? man, no matter what your personal difference with Personality is hard to reckon with. We are all pe him may be, would want to deprive you of the min culiar, clergy and laity; and the personal element' ought istry of the Church when you need it. Yet I know not to be permitted to upset one’s Church relationships. a number of people who have put themselves in that It does. I know that. But from the standpoint of the position. They allowed their personal grievance to clergyman who honestly tries, it is most'exasperating. get in the way, so that they were deprived of the min For instance, I know some people who thitik the rec istry of the Church when they needed it more than at tor a terrible person because he would not let them any other time in their lives. They blamed it on the do something which was contrary to a rubric, but rector. Of course, we clergymen are not blameless. I which they felt was necessary and the rubric not im would not argue that; but among the clergy I have portant enough ground for his refusal. What they did ever known the worst failure would not refuse to do not know was that had he allowed the exception in his best as a priest when called upon. their case, even when their reasoning seemed good to The Poor Parson is a parish priest and has his own them, he would have offended half a dozen others who problems. He does know some of the ways of a par had quietly accepted his ruling on the same thing in the

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. Page Four T H E WITNESS April 21, 1938 past. The next time a similar issue arose he could or dissatisfied person in your parish, will you do this? not abide by that rubric. They think the rector is a Tell him to join the Poor Parson’s parish; to read this crank. (He is hot). He thinks they are unreasonable column, and then go to Holy Communion the next people. (They are not; they simply do not know.) Sunday resolved to pray for the whole Church; and Now this would be hopeless as an argument if I to continue to do so until he simply can not help it, were putting it up as a personal one—which I am not. because he finds it the most worthwhile thing in his I have a purpose, however. If you know a disgruntled life.—T h e P oor P a rso n .

T h e Pr esid ing Bishop’s See By BISHOP JOHNSON T T H E last General Convention a commission was ble, might not be accepted by General Convention. It A appointed to consider the matter of a See for the would require action by the Bishop of Washington, the Presiding Bishop. As convener of that commission it Cathedral Chapter, the Diocesan Convention and then, seems appropriate for me to say something about the inasmuch as the Cathedral is incorporated by act of task committed to us. There are those who think we Congress, it would necessitate congressional action be should not delegate any powers to the Presiding Bishop fore it could be effected. After all that was done, the other than those which were assigned to the senior bish General Convention might reject the offer. op of the Church in bygone days. The last General H E alternative method would be for the General Convention, however, placed definite responsibilities upon him. For the first time the Convention definitely TConvention to make a request to the Diocese of decided that the National Church is a corporation hav Washington with again the possibility that it in turn ing certain definite obligations and like all corporations would be declined by one of these groups. I did not should have a person at the head. Owing to constitu blame the Bishop of Washington for feeling that the tional difficulties it was not possible at one convention situation was embarrassing to him and to the diocese. to separate him from his diocese, although it was in It looks like (in terms of chess) a stalemate with too timated that his diocesan duties were not to be of such a much involved to get a decision. It would take skil character as to interfere with his giving full time to the ful piloting to bring the ship to port. At the same time office of Presiding Bishop. This seems to be a rather I do not despair that some way out may be found by unsatisfactory arrangement although a necessary make which Washington may become the residence of the shift. Presiding Bishop. It is not hopeless but difficult. Pos sibly a district outside the city (as Canterbury is out It is neither desirable nor traditional to have a bishop side of Eondon) might be offered without involving so without an altar and a flock. He is not elected primarily many hurdles in the accomplishment. to serve tables in an office without human contacts as a There are three motives which might determine the pastor. What we do not want is for the Presiding place of the see. As in the case of Canterbury it might Bishop merely to be the head of a bureau but that he be a district where the Church was first established in shall also be a chief pastor. Under present conditions the colonies. This could be an historic motive. a diocese like Virginia is too large and important a It might be in the center of population—more ac diocese to have a bishop on half time. Fortunately it cessible to the whole country. It might be a suburb of has a coadjutor who is competent to carry on, by in New York or Washington. In any event it would not creasing his assignment of duties without requiring that necessitate the removal of the financial office from New the bishop relinquish all relations to his diocese. He York, if that is felt to be essential. The Presiding at least has a church home to go to even if, like an ad Bishop should not orient himself to the church treas miral, he is on the sea most of the time. ury but rather the contrary. My object in writing this The question is what arrangement should be made is the hope that it may create an interest in the sub for a permanent locus. It will take time before the next ject, during this triennium which would result in some General Convention for the necessary diocesan action action at Kansas City. in tendering any definite proposition to the Convention. So far as calling the Presiding Bishop an archbishop It is an embarrassing situation for it is evident that the is involved, it would be a misnomer unless he became tender may not be acceptable to General Convention the head of one of the eight provinces, in which case he and yet if the convention is to act it must be definite. might be an archbishop, but not otherwise. The Pri Personally I have always favored Washington as the mate of all England is also Archbishop of Canterbury. see city of the Presiding Bishop, but I fully realize the He is not an archbishop because he is primate, but be difficulties involved. It would involve the consent of cause he is the head of the province of Canterbury,— so many bodies to something which, after all the trou not of York.

In any event it will be necessary, if the commission for two years dean of the Faculty of Theology at the is to do an effective job for some proposition to be University of Manchester. He was one of that inter made to it by some diocese in which subsequent esting group who wrote Foundations in .1912, and was diocesan action can be taken. As there will be only also a joint editor of the Outlines of Christianity. three Washington diocesan conventions between now Church women have followed him with special interest and 194°) there is not too much time for accomplish because of his intelligent work on the whole question ing the purpose. In the meantime I am sure that the of the place of women in the ministry of the church. commission would welcome suggestions in this matter. (Here he shares honors with our American Bishop The members of the Commission are the Bishop of Parsons.) Colorado, the Rt. Rev. Paul Matthews, the Rev. Clyde His churchmanship is of the “English Catholic” Brown of Washington, the Rev. W. E. Patterson of school. His most recent book The Sacrament of Sacri Maine, the Rev. Mark Rifenbach of California, Ran fice pleads for a retention of English traditions, as dolph Bias of West Virginia, Spencer Erwin of Penn against Roman, for emphasis upon the communion of sylvania and Dr. H. W. Horn of Wichita, Kansas. the congregation as against non-communication cele brations and for the presence of our Lord in the Sacrament unlimited to moments or places. He feels that more attention should be given to the social as Parsons of Southwark pects of the Holy Communion. In this he is dead right and many people are grateful to him for his develop By ment of the idea. W. B E R T R A N D S T E V E N S The Bishop of Los Angeles N E of the best speeches at the Oxford Conference Talking It Over Owas that by the Bishop of Southwark, the Right Reverend Richard Godfrey Parsons. As I listened my By mind went back to a delightful evening the Bishop of WILLIAM B. SPOFFORD Atlanta and I once spent with him and his friend, T A S T August on a hot Sunday morning I had in the the Bishop of Kingston. It was during the 1930 Lam ^ congregation of the little church in Middletown, beth Conferences when these two men invited us to New Jersey, where I serve as rector, a quiet Chinese dine with them at the Bishop of Kingston’s home near doctor, in New York at the time to perfect himself in Clapham Common. They were most affable and kind his profession. He was my guest for dinner. He ly, and as the evening passed, both Bishop Mikell and talked quietly of the plight of his country, with a stoical I began to realize that English bishops were not as concern for his wife and new born child who' had re austere as we thought. At that time Bishop Parsons turned to their native country a few weeks before and was Bishop of Middleton. Not long after he was had not been heard from since. The baby, born in New translated to Southwark where he and the Bishop of York, was nicknamed “America,” thus indicating the Kingston (F. O. T. Hawkes) are now colleagues, one parents’ devotion to our country. as diocesan and the other as suffragan. The kindliness Now a letter comes from him: “ You may be sur he showed at that time is perhaps an outstanding quality prised to receive my letter since you do not know where of Bishop Parsons’ character, although he is known as I am and even my wife sometimes does not know my a scholar and an administrator. He is fifty-five years whereabouts. I am still alive—the Japanese bombs old and married, with two sons. Educationally, he is have not killed me yet. I am writing you from a hotel another of those “ double first” graduates of Oxford. in Sian. You remember the famous revolt in 1936 Following his course at Cuddesdon Theological College when Chiang Kai-Shek was made a prisoner? It was he served a year as curate and then became a fellow here that he was captured. I was brought here suffer and chaplain of University College, Oxford, which he ing from typhtis. 5 It almost killed me. But I did not left to become the principal of Wells Theological Col die since God has work for me to do. Before long I lege. After the war, parish work claimed him and in shall return to my post in charge of a unit taking care 1927 he became Suffragans Bishop of Middleton, a of 1,500 wounded and in charge of three other units post which he occupied in connection with the rector along the Lunhai line. Every two weeks I travel along ship of Birch in Rusholme, Manchester. (Contrary to that line. That is how I got typhus. We have lost our custom English Suffragans are allowed to hold much, but I assure you the struggle between China and parishes.) In 1931, while still Bishop of Middleton, Japan, just begins. The final victory will be ours. he was appointed canon residentiary and subdean of “ I will give you the reasons. There has never been Manchester Cathedral. It was not for long, however, a time since the Republic that China is so firmly united.. for the following year saw him inducted into the im-, There is now close cooperation for the first time be-, portant see of Southwark. tween all the military leaders. Second, the Chinese His scholarship is unquestionable. In addition to have given up the idea of defense alone. They are be the important teaching posts already mentioned, he was ginning .to attack. Thousands of mechanized soldiers'

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. Page Six T H E WITNESS April 21, 1938 are being trained at present. Third, with the help of gogy— possibly one-fourth is composed of professional Russia the Chinese air force is getting stronger and teachers. The student body is composed of children stronger. One Chinese plane recently brought down approximately from six to sixteen years of age; the eleven Japanese planes over Hankow. Fourth, the Chi most responsive ten years of every life. The method of nese people for the first time realize that they will either instruction is utterly stupid to the child—he reads die in fighting or be killed without mercy by the brutal matter on a printed page and repeats it to the teacher. Japanese soldiers. Every Chinese today is a soldier The time given to recitation is one scant hour once a defending his home, his family, his country. Fifth, al week— equal to ten days in public school in a year. though the Japanese have occupied seven provinces Yet, under such paltry conditions attempt is made to their force is limited to the railroad lines. A few miles follow a form of serial instruction; each lesson being from these lines the country is still in Chinese hands. connected with that of the previous Sunday. Having in Many irregulars are there who attack whenever there mind the breadth of the objective, the inexperience of is a chance. Sixth, Chinese soldiers are fighting for a the teaching staff, and the antiquated method of in principle. This is the work of students who travel with struction, any discerning pedagog would declare the the soldiers and teach them. Seventh, China has food whole effort to be of slight value. and money. Eighth, the moral support from all nations As most of the conditions of our Sunday schools can is a great stimulus to us. The economic blockade and not be changed, we are compelled to give attention to boycott will hasten Japan’s bankruptcy. Also the fur those which can. These are the objective, method of ther Japan penetrates into China the greater her dis instruction, more aid to teachers, and the abandonment aster will be in the end. Her economic condition is of any attempt to make the weekly lessons of serial very bad. form. The first and most important change that is “ Now you may like to know what my future plan possible is that of the objective. will be. I am going to stay on as long as the war If the aim of instruction for the child’s ten years in lasts. Of course I wish to be together with my wife and Sunday school be to create an interest in the Church, child. However my country is more important. It is the result may be such faithful devotion to the Church quite true that my work is not without danger. I may that he may be taught in it for fifty years, if he live so be killed. If so I shall not regret it. So please do not long; and that teaching of greater value in years of be too pessimistic about China’s situation. I shall see maturity than in days of childhood. It is well known you again if I am not killed in the service.” fact that members of the Episcopal Church have but little knowledge of matters of worship and discipline. There is not much I can do to support my Chinese As an illustration, let me suppose that I am given a doctor friend. But I can wear rayon and woolen neck group of children to whom I am to teach botany. I do ties, and I do herewith promise the doctor that neither not desire a book or a class room, but a field of grow my wife nor daughter will get cash from me with which ing plants, having as my first objective creating an in to buy silk stockings. Get cotton stockings on Ameri terest in plant life. I pick a leaf of a certain type and can legs for six months and it would mean fewer bombs ask the class to find other plants with that particular for the Japanese to drop on Chinese babies. Then there form of leaf. They are far more interested in the is always relief— cash that can go to Madame Sun Yat- search than they would be with anything in a book, even Sen, widow of the founder of the China Republic, and though it were illustrated— when they acquired an in Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of the present head of terest in plant life they would more readily use the the government who are jointly in charge of relief work. How about aiding China drive out the ag book. I would teach the children in Church life as I would gressor ? in plant life; let them find things in the Church as they would in the field— things they can see for themselves— and then encourage them to talk about them—children Teaching Children like to talk about matters that interest them. Under the present systems it is easy to arouse interest in the story By of the finding of Moses in the bulrushes, but there is W. EVERETT JOHNSON nothing for them beyond the story. If they are led to Rector at San Benito, Texas see and talk about God’s table, the story may be with F T E R a lifetime study and practice of pedagogy them by doing their duty to the Altar all their lives. A I find that our present methods of religious in A good class may be measured by the eager talk of struction from a pedagogical viewpoint are of little the children, rather than that of the teacher. value. The main objective is the imparting of infor Compare the effect of such teaching with the stupid mation from the illimitable field of Bible history, the repetition of something read in a book; the element of Church, the Prayer Book, and the Church’s doctrines. surprise is ignored; they all know just what the lesson There is very little offered in the way of education, is to be. The leaflets that I am preparing are not to especially in that most important of all such instruction, be used in any such dull manner; each one is a syllabus the formation of character. for the teacher, not to be seen by the children. The Of necessity the teaching staff is untrained in peda leaflets are not graded; the teacher has a lot of them

and selects the one to be used next Sunday, selecting' for curred on the first day of the week and that it was the the class being taught—a teacher can in that way do third day after the'Crucifixion. As the Jews were ac the grading better than I can at my desk. The lessons customed to reckon, the third day before the Resur contain many points in pedagogy to aid the teacher. rection would have been our Friday because they always The most frequent criticism received from the clergy counted inclusively— Sunday being the third day after who have examined the leaflets is that the teachers are Friday (Friday, Saturday, Sunday—three days). Now too dumb to use them. One clergyman wrote that they it happens that there were only two years in this in would be a great aid to the teachers. terval from 29 to 36 A.D. when the Passover fell on At this writing I have published forty-three to which Friday—namely the years 29 or 30 A.D. I am adding continually. They furnish a very eco One more factor is the time when Caiphas was High nomical form of text books as only the teachers have to Priest. He was removed from his office in the year possess them and the cost is only two cents each. Those 34 A.D.—so our date must have been earlier than that. desiring to examine them can obtain them of me in any So the complete stretch of dates is from 12 A.D. to quantity at that price. 37 A.D.—the longest possible reckoning of the reign of Tiberius. Pilate’s period shrinks this to the time between 26 and 36 A.D. To get within the time when Caiphas was High Priest still further reduces the pos L e t ’s K n ow sible years to those between 26 and 34 A.D. Within By that period we find the two years 29 and 30 A.D. when the Passover fell on a Friday. BISHOP WILSON The choice between those two years must be de Cr u c if ix io n D a t e termined chiefly by the tradition of the Church which TN W H AT year did the Crucifixion of our Lord oc- in most instances is a most reliable guide. This gives A cur ? For several centuries after the beginning of us the year 30 A.D. the Christian era dates still followed the old Roman All of which is an interesting illustration of the way reckoning. The legendary founding of the city of Rome in which Biblical scholars have to work when they are was in the year which we would now call 754 B.C. The putting two and two together to produce a properly Roman calendar dated everything from that year. Thus organized Christian record. our year one would have been 754 A. U. C. (“ anno urbis conditae” )—that is, in the year of the founding of the city. It was not until the sixth century that a monk named Dionysius Exiguuous established the cus Bibles and Closets tom of Christian dating. His calculations were not en By tirely accurate but ever since his time we have done our H. ROSS GREER dating as Before Christ (B.C.) or in the Year of our TO U RIN G a call on a once confirmed Episcopalian I Lord (A.D.) making the break at the year one. asked if I might have a Bible to make clear a Contemporary records at the time of the Crucifixion position. “ I ’m sorry, but I don’t believe there is a carry us back into the Roman calendar and it becomes Bible in the house,” said the lady. The next time I saw a bit complicated to make the necessary adjustments her, she said, “ You know, I made an untrue statement with our present Christian dating. Several factors have to you the last time you called. I told you I didn’t have to be considered. a Bible. But sometime later I was cleaning out a closet The Roman Emperor Tiberius became co-ruler with and something hit me on the head and it was a Bible.” Augustus in 12 A.D. and reigned as sole emperor from Obviously, the more Bibles in the closet, the less 14 to 37 A.D. St. Luke tells us that our Lord’s ministry Bible in the head. Probably many people today would began in the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar which have to say “ I don’t believe there is a Bible around.” would be either the year 27 or 29, depending on whether Even though Christianity is not a book religion it is an we reckon from the year 12 or 14 as the beginning historic religion and as such the valuable deposit con of his reign. There is reason to believe it should be tained in the New Testament should be known by 27. Christians. Certainly one of the ways we may find God Pontius Pilate was Procurator of Judaea from 26 is through appropriating the experience of God as He A.D. to 36 A.D. The Jewish historian, Josephus, makes has revealed Himself to the writers of Holy Scriptures. it quite certain that Pilate had been in office for a year or two before our Lord was brought before him for condemnation. Taking these two reliable records together, the date of the Crucifixion must have been Inconsistent between 29 and 36 A.D. H E most inconsistent man on earth is the cursing Following another line, we must find the year in T Atheist. He invokes the condemnation of a Being which the Jewish Passover began on a Friday. It is who doesn’t exist and consigns his enemies to a Place impossible to escape the fact that the Resurrection oc that isn’t.—T h e C h u r c h m o u se .

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By Gardiner M. Day Edited by W illiam B. Spofford A timely volume indeed is Liberal The twenty-five Churchmen, ap ism Faces the Future, by Dr. Clar pointed by the English Archbishops ence R. Skinner (Macmillan, $1.50). fifteen years ago to study doctrine, Dr. Skinner has been for sixteen years and who recently issued their volu the leader of the Community Church minous report, have stirred up a lot in Boston and professor of social of comment, pro and con, on the ethics in Tufts College, as well as other side of the Atlantic. The crit dean of religion in the same college ics say that the commission tried to since 1932. Consequently, he is be all things to all men, and that the boasted agreement of the fif peculiarly well qualified to deal with teen who signed the report is really this extremely vital and yet horribly an agreement to disagree on the perplexing subject. Despite the fact chief doctrines of the Christian re that Liberalism is under a cloud at ligion. The Church Association de the present time, Dr. Skinner retains clares that the report is “ merely an his optimistic belief in it and consid addled ostrich egg. The whole re ers that ultimately it is bound to tri port is vitiated by ignoring the umph. “What happens in the next standards of doctrine in the Church FELIX KLOMAN hundred years,” he concludes his of England.” Famous Dean Inge, Called to Philadelphia Parish volume, “will depend largely upon the Gloomy Dean, says that the re the extent to which liberals keep or port supports doctrines which have lose their nerve. If they cry havoc very difficult and delicate subject for always been considered heretical; and throw up their hands in despair, anyone to deal with. Strange as it George Lansbury, former leader of we shall probably witness temporary may seem, as I read the book I found the Labor Party and a devout chaos due to faith in violence and a that instead of my belief in the heal Churchman, said that the report is loss of faith in reason. Humanity, ing power of Jesus expressing itself sure to cause a terrific upheaval however, has always righted itself through the parish priest being in among serious-minded people who after its periods of breakdown. A creased, my natural skepticism along can find in it no basis of certainty. this line was considerably deepened, The 242 page report you can read wave of liberalism has surged up very much as I have sometime found for yourself by purchasing for $1.75 ward from broken civilizations. The to be the case on reading certain “ Doctrine in the Church of England” creative power of the free mind Christian Science literature. (Macmillan Co.), but if you do not has always reawakened from its have the time for that here is a sum lethargy, and though its darkness To catch up with the many new books we want to present a number mary that will give an answer to again descends upon mankind, as well to title, though each and every one the question “ What may an Anglican it may, we have faith that the seeds of them deserve a lengthy review. believe?” if this report is to be fol of renaissance will lie in some se World Chaos or World Christianity lowed : cluded monastery or university li by Henry Smith Leiper (Willett, The Bible: Need not be taken lit brary, ready to bloom with the Clark, $1.50) is a popular interpreta erally. The tradition of inerrancy warmth of returning Spring.” tion of the two world conferences of cannot be maintained in the light of Students of the mystics and mysti last summer. Beyond Tragedy by knowledge now at our disposal. Yet, cal religion will find themselves Reinhold Niebuhr '(Scribners, $2) is “ from the Christian standpoint, the greatly indebted to Father Bede a treat, as are all the books by this Bible is' unique, as being the inspired Frost, O.S.B., for his volume, St. man. He possesses deep insight, a record of a unique revelation.” And John of the Cross 1542-1591, with the sustained brilliancy in writing, and the authority ascribed to the Bible must not be interpreted as prejudg subtitle of “ Doctor of Divine Love, ability to pick apt illustrations. The ing the conclusions of historical, an introduction to his philosophy, Validity of Religious Experience by critical, and scientific investigation theology and spirituality.” (Harpers Albert C. Knudson (Abingdon, $2) compares current views of religion, in any field, not excluding that of $4.00). It is not the type of book from the point of view of a liberal. the Biblical documents themselves. that will in all probability have a Creative Pioneers by Sherwood Eddy Miracles: Belief in them, or the very wide reading, but it is the type and Kirby Page (Association Press, view that they can all be explained of book that will mean much to those $1.50 cloth; 50c paper) is the story in terms of natural laws, are both who are particularly helped by of modern prophets in various fields encouraged. On the other hand, greater knowledge of the medieval and offers fine material for biographi many feel it to be “ more congruous mystics who live close to God. cal sermons. Religion and Public A f with the wisdom and majesty of God In this world in which, we are told, fairs edited by Harris F. Rail (Mac that the regularities, such as men of approximately one out of every millan, $2) is a book in which a num science observe in nature and call twenty-five people ends his life out ber of people combine in paying a laws of nature, should serve His pur of his mind, books on spiritual heal deserving tribute to Bishop McCon pose without any need for exceptions ing are naturally having more vogue nell of the Methodist Church. The on the physical plane.” than usual. One of the books float Choice Before Us by E. Stanley Jones Original Sin— Man’s sexual nature ing in this current is Stretching (Abingdon, $1.50) sets forth the is not inherently sinful. Man “as Forth Thine Hand to Heal (More spiritual pilgrimage of this noted known to history, both now and house $1.50) by the Rev. R. A. Rich missionary from one who preached throughout the ages, has been under ard Spread, Vicar of St. Michael the individual gospel to one who now the influence of a bias toward evil.” with Holy Rood, England. This is a preaches social cooperation. The doctrine of a universal tendency

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 21, 1938 THE WITNESS Page Nine to evil in man is not bound up with the historical truth of any story of a Fall. Virgin Birth— Anglicans may be lieve in this literally. The present Archbishop of New York accepts it “ wholeheartedly” as an historical fact. There are, however, “ some among us who hold that a full belief in the historical incarnation is more consistent with the supposition that our Lord’s birth took place under the normal conditions of human genera tion.” Resurrection — Described as the “ central fact in human history.” The majority of the commission are agreed in holding the traditional ex planation that the tomb was empty because the Lord had risen. The Creeds — Those who repeat them at public worship need not be held to give literal assent to each particular. The Papacy— The commission was “ united in holding that the Church of England was right to take the stand which it took in the sixteenth century (of denying the Papal su premacy) and is still bound to re sist the claims of contemporary Papacy.” Confession— Is allowed and en couraged in certain cases, but it can not be made obligatory on any one as a condition of partaking of the sacrament. Communion— The commission shies HENRY WISE HOBSON from any change in the present com Wants a United Front for Missions prehensive doctrine. You can be lieve in the real presence, you can hold devotions before a reserved sac for his exploration and glacial studies here recently in connection with the rament (if your Bishop lets you) or in Alaska. He is one of the world’s celebration marking his conversion. you can celebrate a sacrament in leading explorers. In the British Museum, says the which no non-conformist would hesi Bishop, is an autographed letter by tate to join. Bishop Colmore John Wesley that reads as follows: Creation— “ No objection to a the In Charge of Cuba “ The older I grow the stronger is ory of evolution can be drawn from Bishop Colmore of Puerto Rico my conviction that if the Methodists the two creation narratives in has been designated by the Presiding leave the Church of England, God Genesis i and ii, since it is generally Bishop to be bishop-in-charge of leaves them.” agreed among educated Christians Cuba until a successor to Bishop that these are mythological in origin Hulse is elected by the House of A Distinguished Catholic and that their value for us is sym Bishops next November. on Spain bolic rather than historical.” * * * There is now in the United States, Churches Filled Angels and Demons— “ To believe lecturing to vast audiences through positively . . . in the existence of Good Friday and Easter out the country, Jose Bergaman, spiritual beings other than human, Special details of police were known far beyond the borders of his is in no way irrational. Neverthe- needed at the larger churches in own land as an author and philoso less, the commission desires to re* New York on Good Friday to handle pher. He is a devout Catholic and cord its conviction that it is legiti the crowds. Trinity and the Cathe is said to carry in his pocket letters mate for a Christian either to sus dral were jammed. At a Brooklyn from the Vatican which authorize pend judgment on the point or al theatre more than 5,000 persons him to speak for Rome while in this ternatively to interpret the language attended a service at which Bishop country. He is also the editor of whether of scripture or of the Larned preached. Easter Services Cruz y Raya, Roman Catholic publi Church’s liturgy, with regard to an likewise were attended by record cation. Speaking before a group of gels and demons in a purely symbolic breaking congregations with many New Yorkers the other day, he de sense.” turned away at most of the churches. * * * clared that there was close and friendly cooperation between the Dean Washburn’s Son Wesley Died an Spanish Loyalists and the Church. Is Honored Episcopalian The hierarchy, he says, have to a Bradford Washburn, son of Dean Bishop Brewster of Connecticut large extent gone over to the Rebels, Washburn of Cambridge Seminary, reminds us that John Wesley died a but the rank and file of the priests is to be honored with a prize of the member of the Church of England, have remained loyal to the elected Royal Geographic Society of London contrary to a news item that appeared government. Traveling with Berga-

man are three other Spanish lead ference at the end of that period. Ashworth led a discussion on the ers: Ramon J. Sender, novelist and That rectors be called for limited future of religious journalism; L. O. poet; Carmen Meana, a leading so periods was proposed by a number Hartman spoke on the techniques in cial worker, and Ogier Preteceille, of laymen before the last General the church press; J. R. Steelman of newspaper man and a secretary of Convention but was energetically op the United States Department of the General Union of Workers, one posed by a great majority of Church Labor addressed the group on peace of Spain’s largest trade unions. Meet leaders. However, there is nothing, and industry. ings are being held in 35 key cities I presume, to prevent a man enter * * * throughout the United States, the ing into such an arrangement if he Young People Discuss tour to end with a mass meeting in cares to do so. W ar and Peace New York next month. The departments of social service Rhode Island and religious education of the dio Has a New Law Opposed to Increase cese of Long Island are joining Governor Quinn of Rhode Island of the Navy forces for a conference on the Chris has signed the bill, generally backed Seventeen organizations, most of tian and the problems of War and by church leaders, requiring pre them connected with various Peace, to be held at Grace Church marital blood tests for veneral dis churches, have issued a statement Jamaica, on April 30th. It is under stating why they are opposed to in eases. Hs H* ^ the chairmanship of the Rev. Joseph creases in the United States navy. Titus and is particularly for young Bishop Johnson in They declare, first, that those favor people. The speakers are to be the Minneapolis ing the increase declare that it is Rev. A. J. Muste, who is to defend Bishop-Editor Irving P. Johnson necessary “ in order to support our the thorough-going pacifist position; was the preacher on Palm Sunday national policies.” They say that no Captain Peter Rodyenko who advo at his old parish, Gethsemane, Min body yet has stated what these pol cates preparedness; the Rev. Brad neapolis, preaching also each day icies are. Two, they state it is a ford Young who is to defend the during Holy Week, including the mistake to enter the arms race be policy of isolation, and the Rev. W . tween nations. Three, an increase Three Hour Service on Good Friday. Hi Hi H: B. Spofford who is to advocate co in naval strength is not necessary in operation for peace between the Women Discuss order adequately to defend the coun democratic nations. try. Fourth, it will add an intolera Marriage Problems * * * ble tax burden. Women of Barrington, R. I., went to St. John’s once a week during Bishop Hobson Is a President Brokerage House Lent and discussed problems growing Is Disappointed out of marriage. It was arranged Bishop Henry Hobson of Southern Goodbody and Company, invest by Rector Richard A. Mortimer-Mad- Ohio was last week elected president ment house of New York, is disap dox who rounded up for discussion of A Movement for World Christi anity, at the annual meeting of the pointed in President Roosevelt’s new leaders men and women who are organization held in Chicago. The armament program. In Great Bri prominent in the fields of law, re tain, declares the monthly market ligion, psychiatry, sociology. Forty- work is the outgrowth of the Lay letter of the firm, the armament pro five women attended on the average. men’s Inquiry into Missions of a gram of seven and a half billion dol number of years back (Re-Thinking Missions, you will recall as the book lars in five years has prevented a Offering to Be serious recession in business. Amer Presented in Chicago based upon their findings) with the ica’s production facilities are at least The children of Chicago parishes present organization seeking to put three times those of Britain. “ There are to gather in five centers on May into effect the recommendations of fore the Administration should really first to present their Lenten offer the Inquiry. Episcopalians closely spend about $22,500,000,000 over ings. According to Miss Yera identified with the movement are Bishops Scarlett, Sherrill, Parsons, the next five years in order to ob Gardner, director of education for Appleton Lawrence, and Mr. Charles tain the same effect on business that the diocese, the interest shown this P. Taft, Cincinnati layman. Bishop England is trying to accomplish with year indicates a record offering. Hobson in accepting the election de- her rearmament program.” The let Hi Hi * ter however ends on this cheering Union Good Friday note: “ It is still quite probable that Service in Wilkinsburg the defense program will subsequent The twenty-three churches com “Support of All Nations” ly be forced at a more rapid rate.” prising the council of churches in A Chinese doctor, at the Interesting people, these bankers— Wilkinsburg, Pa., joined for a Three front ministering to his billions for guns, planes, gas is de Hour service on Good Friday, held sirable, but they yell their heads off comrades, writes that the at St. Stephen’s. The service was support of all nations to when someone proposes that money arranged by the Rev. William be spent for better houses or food Porkess, rector of St. Stephen’s, the cause for which he is for those out of work. while the addresses were delivered prepared to die is “ a by the pastors of several denomina great stimulus to us.” Are A Rector for tions. The church was crowded you aiding? Donations One Year throughout the service. sent to our Emergency According to newspapers, the Rev. Hi Hi Hi Committee, marked for Tage Teisen, formerly the rector of Editors of Religious China Relief, are for Grace Church, Newton, Mass., has Press Meet warded to Madame Sun accepted the rectorship of what the Editors of religious journals held Yat Sen and Madame reporters choose to call the “ fash their annual conference in Washing Chiang Kai-Shek. ionable church of Bethesda-by-the- ton on April 19-20. Professor C. Sea, Palm Beach,” for one year. That R. Miller of Columbia spoke on CHURCH LEAGUE FOR is he has entered into a contract with propaganda and democracy; Willard INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY the vestry for a one year period, the E. Shelton of St. Louis on the func 155 Washington St. New York renewal to be the subject for con- tion of the Church press; Robert A.

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 21, 1938 T H E WITNESS Page Eleven dared that “ to present a united front There were lectures by experts on and was a functioning layreader. in this primary task of the whole such subjects as home building and Another lost to the diocese is Charles church is essential.” Those leading marriage in all its various aspects. M. Roehm, retired banker and in the movement would have many The parish has 300 members. There dustrialist, who died on April 9th. church enterprises in the foreign has been an average attendance at He also was active in the Church mission fields merged and placed un these weekly meetings of 140, with Club and was a member of the com der the management of an interde 105 on the average also attending mittee that promoted the diocesan nominational board. To carry on the church service that follows. Plans centennial ten years ago. hospital and educational work tor are already under way for a con sH * gether instead of separately, they tinuation of the school in the fall. Innovations in maintain, is the most effective means H: ^ * Lenten Services of bringing about the unity of the Death Takes The Rev. David T. Davies, Emman churches. Detroit Laymen, uel Church, Detroit, tried something William S. Duncan, vestryman of new during Lent, with gratifying re Something New Grace Church, Detroit, and for nine sults. Good sized audiences wit in Parish Organizations years the superintendent of a large nessed several showings of the mo St. George’s, New York, has some hospital, died recently after an ill tion picture, “ The King of Kings.” thing new in parish organizations— ness of less than a week. He was Then recordings of “ The Passion of a parish boys’ club service bureau. active in diocesan affairs— was pres Our Lord According to St. Matthew” They send out members to do chores. ident of the Church Club for a time were played at an evening service on They have been called upon to aid in spring house cleaning, taking the dog for a walk, guiding visitors about the city, delivering parcels, Altar,, Dossal, Riddle. helping in moving. The fee is 15 Curtalnv and'Lighting cents an hour of which the boy con ' Fixtures - executed b.y tributes a third to the club with an Rambusch for other third deposited in a savings ac count. If he gets enough jobs he St.. George's Church goes to see the Yankees with the rest. ■v Astoria, L.. I. Rev. Kermit Castellanos Young People t t ' ^ *!' Rector'.: EH H ' Discuss Marriage The young people of Staten Island, New York, are having three lectures, followed by discussion, on modern marriage. “ Emotional Aspects,” “ Fi nancial Problems” and “ Social As pects” are the subjects that have been arranged by the Rev. C. Avery Mason, rector of the Ascension, West New Brighton, who is in charge of the program. * * ❖ Social Workers Meet at Scarsdale The social service conference of the Westchester Archdeaconry dio cese of New York is meeting on the 26th at St. James the Less, Scarsdale, with the Rev. Harold F. Hohly of Bronxville and Judge Smythe of the Children’s Court as the headliners.

Council Meeting of Daughters of the King The national council of the Daugh ters of the King met in New York the first week in April, with mem bers attending from widely scattered parts of the country. A prayer cycle was planned from Ascension to Whit sunday in which all chapters are to take part, the subject to be Peace. The treasurer reported an accumula tion in the reserve fund of the self- ■ B ' I denial offering so it was distributed, mostly to work in China. * * * The Houston School of Religion and Life A few weeks ago we reported here a school of religion and life started RAMBUSCH FOR DECORATION, MURALS, A LT A R S, P U L PIT SLIG H TIN G at the Redeemer, Houston, Texas, by FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, WOODWORK , STATIONS AND ART METAL the rector, the Rev. Gordon M. Reese.

April 10th, drawing a capacity con ancient remark that is attributed to gregation. the famous Brooklyn preacher, RESTHAVEN Henry Ward Beecher: “ I have in Saint Augustine, Florida Meeting of the structed my verger, whenever he Sisters of The Resurrection have again opened sees anyone in the congregation their Rest House in this historic city to guests House of Bishops desiring spiritual peace and strength; physical The House of Bishops is to meet asleep, to come into the pulpit and rest, quiet, and nourishing food. The new in Memphis on November 2-3, ac wake me up.” location is in beautiful grounds with water * * * outlook, live oaks, palms, flowers. Com cording to an announcement from fortable rooms. Central heat. Address The Presiding Bishop Tucker. There will Bishops Preach Mother Superior S. R. be at least one election— that of a to Their Own successor to the late Bishop Hulse of They developed an interesting Cuba. idea at Christ Church, Seattle, which FINE IRISH LINEN ^ H5 ministers to the students of the Uni Secretary Visits versity of Washington. Of the stu Imported direct from Ireland for Canal Zone and Cuba dents who registered membership in vestment and Altar use. Samples free or preference for the Episcopal Edna B. Beardsley, assistant sec on request. W rite: M ARY FAW CETT Church were 420 from outside Seat retary of the national Auxiliary, re COMPANY, Box 146, Plainfield, N. J. tle and 145 from outside the diocese turned to headquarters on April 10th of Olympia. The greater part of after several weeks in the Canal this latter group came from the dis Zone and Cuba, where she met with tricts of Spokane, Alaska, and the THE BISHOP WHITE PRAYER BOOK leaders in efforts to perfect the or diocese of Oregon. So the Bishops SOCIETY ganization in those missionary dis Fomtded by Bishop White 183S tricts. of these dioceses were invited by Donates to Missions, Institutions, and Par He Hi ❖ Rector Paul B. James to Christ ishes unable to purchase them, in limited grants,. Young People Discuss Church to officiate, preach and meet The Book of Common Prayer. the students, particularly their own. The Combined Book (The Book of Common Church Leaders Prayer and Hymnal in one volume) The Bishops, all of whom accepted, At St. John’s, North Adams, Mass., Pew Size were Bishop Rowe of Alaska, Bishop the young people met with their Apply to Rev. W. Arthur Warner, D.D. Cross of Spokane, Bishop Dagwell of Secretary, 1935 Chestnut St. rector, the Rev. Arthur Murray, each Philadelphia, Pa. Oregon and Bishop Huston of Olym Sunday evening during Lent and lis pia. The plan attracted large num tened to talks on outstanding Church ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED bers of students. ALTAR leaders: Bishops Talbot, Whipple, * * * RDEAnc SAINT MARY’S CONVENT Kemper, Hare, Tuttle and Brooks. D K C A U 3 KENOSHA • WISCONSIN Dawn Services * * # on Easter Bequest for CATHEDRAL STUDIO— Church embroidery. In recent years an increasing num Stoles $6 up, Burse, veil, $10 up. Surplices, Holyoke Parish ber of cities have had Dawn Services $8 up. Exquisite Altar Linens. Cope $70 up. St. Paul’s, Holyoke, Mass., is to Mass set $50 up. Complete line pure Irish on Easter Day. One has been held linens and Church fabrics by the yd. Em receive $30,000 by the will of the for many years in Central Park, New broidered emblems ready to apply. Altar late Frank H. Metcalf, junior war Guild Handbook 50c. Address: L. V. Mack- York, and another on the campus of rille, 11 W. Kirke St., Chevy Chase, Wash den. ington, D. C. Telephone Wisconsin 2752. * * * Columbia University. This year the churches of Philadelphia joined French Church Has forces for such services, one held in ,250th Anniversary the stadium of the University of Syrup of Black-Draught1 Eglise du Saint Esprit, French par Pennsylvania and the other in the Easy to Give to Children ish of New York City, is to observe stadium of Temple University. its 250th anniversary on April 24th. * * * Thousands of mothers have The preacher is to be the Rev. An Opportunity for found that fretful, ailing young Thomas Lacey, rector of the Re New England Clergy sters really like to deemer, Brooklyn. Rector Lacey, in Reports from Canada state that be given Syrup of cidentally, has a gift for writing when 350 students, representing Black-Draught — with a punch. In his recent parish many colleges and universities, met and that they can bulletin, under the heading “ Awake in conference recently in Montreal, rely on it to re Thou That Sleepest,” he says: “A “ there was no question as to the rector wrote to his bishop, ‘Won’t lieve c h ild re n ’ s you hold a quiet day in my parish?’ constipation. I t The Bishop replied, ‘What your par contains an ex ish needs is not a quiet day but an tract of the same earthquake.’ A railroad facing a dependable, ap shortage of Pullmans put up a sign, proved medicinal Sleepers Wanted. An unsophisti plant that gives cated minister remarked, ‘I could the popular, old, well-known supply a few from my Sunday con powdered Black-Draught its laxa gregation.’ A lethargy has settled tive action. The SYRUP, in this on our Church— a smug self-satisfac form so convenient to give chil tion. During the coal shortage an absent-minded minister in a poorly dren, helps to straighten out heated rchurch announced his text, many little upsets due to faulty ‘ many are cold and a few are frozen.’ elimination. Sold in bottles con W e miss fire and passion today. An taining five fluid ounces, price insurance man tells me that the 50 cents, at drug stores, or may Episcopal churches don’t catch fire be obtained by sending 50 cents as readily as others. W e are sadly to the manufacturer— The Chat lacking in zeal.” tanooga Medicine Co., Chatta All of which reminds me of an nooga, Tenn.

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 21, 1938 T H E WITNESS Page Thirteen dominating personality. Reinhold “ Ruin, charred foundations, lone Vespers Ward of Faribault; the Rev. Niebuhr had the conference under chimneys, hollow walls, debris every L. W . McMillin of Lincoln, Nebraska, his spell before it had well begun, where; not a living thing anywhere and the Rev. William Creighton of and his influence increased with the around except a few Japanese sen St. Paul, Minnesota. passing of every day.” Niebuhr is tries — everywhere ruins, twisted H* H* to be the leader for a seminar for metals, roofless buildings, rusted ma Death Takes the clergy of our Church, to be held chinery.” . . . There were 900 fac Church Women the evening of Sunday, April 24th, tories totally destroyed by the fight Mrs. Ernest J. Dennen, widow of at Trinity Church, Boston. The con ing in Shanghai, with 1,000 more so the late Archdeacon of Boston, died ference, to run through the 25th, is badly damaged that they are out of on April 4th, about a year after the sponsored by the Boston chapter of commission. death of her husband. For many the Church League for Industrial * * * years she served as camp mother at Democracy. The opening session is Parish House for O-At-Ka, summer camp of the Or on the subject “ What the Minister Baltimore Church der of Sir Galahad, which her hus of a middle class parish can do on St. David’s, Baltimore, Maryland, band founded. Another Church- the social front” and is particularly is to have a new parish house accord woman who performed notable serv- for the clergy though lay members ing to an announcement by the of the Church will also be welcome. rector, the Rev. Richard Loring. It Those planning to attend are asked is to cost $30,000 with an additional ST. HILDA GUILD, Inc. to notify the Rev. W . C. Herrick, 80 147 E. 47th St., New York $5,000 having been donated by two CHURCH VESTMENTS West Emerson Street, Melrose, parishioners to convert the present ECCLESIASTICAL EMBROIDERY Massachusetts. Mr. Stanley Mat guild hall into a chapel. Conferences with reference to the adornment thews, field secretary of the CLID, of Churches is to address a supper meeting on the Telephone El-dorado 5-1058 25 th. Felix Kloman Called to Philadelphia The Rev. Felix Kloman, since 1928 Sunday School Literature Bishop Stevens, Commencement the assistant at Grace Church, New following the Speaker at Pacific School York, has accepted the rectorship of INT. UNIFORM LESSON TOPICS Bishop Stevens of Los Angeles is Samples on application old Christ Church, Philadelphia, suc Address to be the commencement speaker at ceeding the Rev. Louis C, Washburn the Church Divinity School of the who retired last year after serving UNION GOSPEL PRESS Pacific, Berkeley, California, on May the parish for thirty years. Box 6059 Cleveland, Ohio 4th. Bishop Parsons of California, * * * chairman of the trustees, is to pre Funds Come in side at the graduation of seven men. for New York Cathedral * * * MENEELY&CO. The campaign for funds to com E3 g£T I I O establishei Death Takes plete the sanctuary and choir of the □ u L L w IN 1826 Bishop Hulse Cathedral of St. John the Divine, WÄTERVUET, N„Y Bishop Hulse of Cuba died of a New York, is making “ encouraging heart attack on April 10th after an progress,” according to a statement illness of four days. He was sixty- given the press last week. More than Stained Class Windows and Mosaics nine. Prior to his election as Bishop $240,000 of the $1,000,000 that is in 1914 he was the rector of St. sought has been given or pledged. Franz Mayer of Munich, Mary’s, New York, and later arch Inc. deacon of New York. There has been College Pastors 1616 Woolworth Building a notable increase in the work in Meet at Ames New York, N. Y. Cuba under his direction, mission The Rev. Stephen F. Bayne Jr. of stations increasing from 32 to 76 St. Louis and Bishop Keeler of and the proportion of Cuban clergy Minnesota are to be the leaders at was greatly increased. The Gen a conference of college pastors and eral Convention of 1934 tried to Church educators, to be held April Wilbur Herbert Burnham make a hero of him because of the 26-28 at Ames, Iowa. Others on the Morro Castle disaster. He and Mrs. program are the Rev. Joseph Ewing Hulse were among the few surviv Designer and Master of Brookings, S. D .; the Rev. LeRoy ors, but with characteristic modesty Craftsman Burroughs, the host; the Rev. H. B. he had little to say about the affair. Morris of Faribault, Minn.; Dean He ^ $ Stained and Leaded Glass News Notes AN EASTER GIFT BOOK From China IN HIS PRESENCE Beri-Beri, disease of malnutrition, A compilation; verse, prose Studios 1126 Boylston Street has broken out in refugee camps in and prayer. China. People by the thousands are LUCY HOWE JENKING Boston, Massachusetts living solely on rice gruel. Green $1.50 beans are necessary to combat the CORNER BOOK STORE disease since they supply the neces BOSTON sary vitamins. . . . A Presbyterian missionary, making a trip for the T H E TERRACE Red Cross in China, “ saw on the 33-41 Brunswick Ave., Toronto, Canada - ' r g e i s s l e r .i n c . highway what seemed to be the mi 4JO SIXTH AVE NEAR lO® ST NEW YORK Residence for transient and permanent gration of a nation. By motor truck, guests, in the heart of Toronto. Combines Ghurch Furnishings wheelbarrow, muleback, bicycle and comfort and the charm of a spacious garden with easy access to points of interest in the IN CARVED WOOD AND on foot people were all going west city. Under the Sisters of S. John the Divine. MARBLE-BRASS • SILVER ward.” . . . A Y .W .C .A . secretary Apply to the Bursar at 45 Brunswick Avenue, FABRICS + WINDOWS writes of her return to Shanghai: Toronto, Canada.

ice to the Church to die recently was unmanly. Although he did not list detested by men on the ground that Mrs. Nelson Gildersleeve, wife of the the words men like, he discovered they sound “ effeminate” Mr. Stead rector at East Orange, New Jersey. that “ euphemisms for unpleasant man listed the following: abhor, H* H* H* words, words associated with death adorable, adore, beau, charming, Soloist Has a or sex for instance, are used far less chic, cunning, cute, dainty, darling, Notable Record frequently than most discussions darned, dear, delicious, delightful, One of the most noted men in would lead one to think.” divine, doily, dreadful, ducky, en musical circles in New York is Harry “ There is a horrible fear of using chanted, exquisite, giggle, glorious, T. Burleigh, seventy-one year old effeminate words,” wrote Mr. Stead gobs, goody, gorgeous, gracious, baritone soloist at St. George’s. The man, “ but no taboos on masculine grand, heavenly, heavens! or grandson of a slave, on Sunday last words.” heaven’s sake!, limb, love, lovely, he sang Faure’s anthem, “ The Among words that he said were luncheon, marvelous, naughty, Palms,” for the 44th consecutive Palm Sunday at St. George’s. H* * ❖ War No Respecter Services in Leading Churches of Art War is no respecter of art treas The Cathedral of St. John Christ Church Parish ures. The Spanish Government, the Divine Detroit and Grosse Pointe Amsterdam Avenue and 112th St. Rev. Francis B. Creamer, Rector however, has appointed a Committee New York City Rev. J. Francis Sant, Vicar for the Preservation of Artistic Sundays: 8 and 9, Holy Communion. Parish Church: E. Jefferson Ave. at 9 :30, Children’s Service. 10, Morning Rivard Treasures which has saved much art Prayer. 11, Holy Communion and Sermon. Chapel: 45 Grosse Pointe Boulevard from destruction. After the recent 4, Evening Prayer and Sermon. Services: 8:00, 9:45, 11:00, 7:30 Sun Weekdays: 7:30, Holy Communion (on days. fighting at Teruel, in which famous Saints’ Days, 7:30 and 10). 9:30. Morn Saints’ Days: 10 :30. old towers and the cathedral were ing Prayer. 5, Evening Prayer (choral). used as fortifications, the Commit Orcan Recital on Saturdays at 4:30. Cathedral of the Incarnation Garden City, N. Y. Chapel of the Intercession tee investigated the damage done. It Arthur B. Kinsolving, 2nd, Dean found the four famous towers in Broadway at 155th Rev. Frederic F. Bush, Dean’s Assistant New York City Sunday Services: 7 :30 A.M. Holy Com Mudejar style still standing, though Rev. S. Tagart Steele, Vicar munion. 9:30 A.M. Junior Congregation. damaged. The interior of the ca Sundays : Holy Communion: 8 and 9 :30. 9 :30 A.M. Church School. 11:30 A.M. Service and Sermon: 11; Evening Prayer Church School, 11:00 A.M. Morning thedral suffered most, particularly and Sermon, 8 P.M. Prayer and Sermon. 4:30 P.M. Evensong the Mudejar masterpieces in wood Weekdays: Holy Communion daily: 7 and Address. and 10. Morning Prayer, daily, 9 :40. Class Daily services in the Chapel. and stone. On the whole, however, in Religion Fridays at 8 P.M. the damage done is not as 'great as Grace Church, New York Trinity Church, New York might be expected. Rev. W. Russell Bowie, D.D. Broadway at 10th St. Broadway and Wall St. Sundays: 8 and 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sundays: 8, 9, 11 and 3 :30. A Story Daily: 12:30 except Mondays and Sat Daily: 8, 12 and 3. urdays. From Italy Holy Communion, 11:45 A. M. on Thurs “ Duce, I thank you for what you days and Holy Days. St. Paul’s Cathedral are giving me to make me grow up The Heavenly Rest, New York Buffalo, New York healthy and strong. Oh Lord, pro Fifth Avenue at 90th Street Rev. Henry Darlington, D.D. Sundays: 8, 9:30. 11 A.M. and 5 P.M. tect the Duce so that he may be long Sundays: Holy Communion 8 and 10 a.m. Weekdays: 8, 12:05. Sunday School 9:30 a.m .; Morning Service Thursday (Quiet Hour at 11) and Holy preserved for Fascist Italy.” This is and Sermon 11 a. m. ; Choral Evening Days : 10 :30 A.M. a prayer which Italian school chil Prayer 4 p.m. Thursdays and Holy Days: Holy Com dren have been ordered to say as munion, 11 a.m. Christ Church Cathedral grace at meals provided at the school Main and Church Sts., Hartford, Conn. noon hour, according to the “ New The Incarnation The Very Rev. Walter H. Gray, Dean Madison Avenue and 35th Street Sunday Services, 8:00, 9:30, 10:06, Statesman and Nation,” London. The Rev. John Gass, D.D., Rector 11:00 a. m. ; 4 :30, 5 :30 p. m. This British publication goes on to Sundays: 8, 10, 11 A. M. Week-days: 8 :00 a.m. Holy Communion Wednesdays and Holy Days, Holy Com (7:00 on Wednesdays). 11:00 a.m. Holy say that the habit of deifying Musso munion, 10 A. M. Fridays, Holy Com Communion on Wednesdays and Holy lini and remembering God as an munion. 12:15 P. M. Days. 12:30 p.m. Noonday Service. afterthought “ explains one of the un St. Bartholomew’s Church St. Michael and All Angels derground stories current in Italy” ; Park Avenue and 51st Street Baltimore, Maryland Rev. G. P. T. Sargent, D.D., Rector St. Paul and 20th Streets Father tells little girl she must always 8 A.M., Holy Communion. Rev. Don Franlc Fenn, D.D. say after breakfast, “ Thank God and 9:30 and 11 A.M.— Junior Congregation. Rev. Harvey P. Knudsen, B.D. 11 A.M., Morning Service and Sermon. Mussolini for my nice breakfast.” Sundays: 7:30, 9:30, 11:00 A.M. 8:00 4 P.M.—Evensong. | Special Music. P. M. “ Must I, Daddy? And after dinner Holy Communion, Thursdays and Saints’ Days, 10:30 A.M. Week Days — Holy Eucharist — Mon.. do I say ‘Thank God and Mussolini Wed., Sat., 10:00 A. M., Tues., Thurs.. St. James Church, New York F ri.: 7:00 A. M. for my nice dinner,’ ” “ Yes, dear, Morning Prayer: 9 :00 A. M. Daily. Madison Avenue and 71st Street and after supper too.” “ And what do The Rev. H. W. B. Donegan, Rector Evening Prayer: 5:15 P. M. Daily. 8 A.M.—Holy Communion. I say when Mussolini is dead, Dad 9 :30 A.M.— Children’s Service and Trinity Church dy?’ “ Oh then, dear, you say Thank Church School. Main and Holman, Houston, Texas God.” 11 A.M.—Morning Prayer and Sermon. The Reverend Thomas N. Carruthers, 7 :30 P.M.— Organ Recital. Rector 8 P.M.— Choral Evensong and Sermon. 7 :30 A.M.—Holy Communion. Are You Holy Communion: 8 A.M., Monday, 9:30 A.M.— Church School. Wednesday an'd Friday: 12 Noon, Thurs- 11:00 A.M.— Morning Service and Sermon. a Sissy? days and Holy Days.______«______6 :00 P.M.—Young People’s Organizations. J. M. Steadman, Jr., Atlanta pro St. Thomas Church 10;30 A.M.—Holy Communion on Wednes Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street days and Holy Days. cessor, with time heavy on his hands New York has completed a survey of words Rev. Roelif H. Brooks, S.T.D., Rector Gethsemane, Minneapolis Sunday Services: 8 A.M., 11 A.M., and Rev. Austin Pardue which he finds American students 4 P.M. use most frequently, and also the Daily Services: 8:30 A.M., Holy Com 4th Ave. South at 9th St. munion. Sundays: 8 :00 and 11:00 A.M. words they refuse to use. He found Noonday Service: 12:05 to 12:35. Wednesdays and Holy Days: 10 :30 A.M. that men students, in particular shied Thursday; 11 A.M., Holy Communion. Thursdays: 7:30 A.M. from words which they regarded as

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 21, 1938 T H E WITNESS Page Fifteen oodles, precious, shampoo, simply, up the churches. If the communists ish synagogue on my visit last sum stunning, sweet, tea-dance or dinner had their way there would be no mer to Russia. During the question party, and thrilling. churches whatever. For this reason period an elderly Jewish gentleman Mr. Steadman pointed out that the I think they are the very worst ene expressed his disgust with everything American speech seemed rich in mies of the human race.” Mr. Car going on in the Soviet Union, with words connoting contempt for cul ruthers was delighted to find a man his chief point that “they have ban ture, such as “ highbrow, ritzy, who was such a staunch advocate of ished God from that country.” There swanky and hi'ghhat.” Conversely, the churches and quite naturally was a guffaw from another section he found that “ unpleasant sugges asked him to what church he be of the synagogue and up rose a tions” were associated with such longed. “ Imagine my amazement,” young man who said, “ It is a bit words as “ exquisite, sensibility, re wrote the rector, “ and my disillu amusing to hear my father object to finement, taste, culture and fastidi sionment, when he admitted that he Russia because of their attitude to ous.” did not belong to any church. Not ward organized religion since he has Mr. Steadman then listed words only that he never attended church. been an atheist for years.” The old and expressions which students used He had not been inside a church in man, a bit confused, admitted that sparingly, or avoided entirely, be five years. He had not contributed it was true and sat down amid cause they were afraid to appear even a dollar to the support of any laughter. I suppose it is natural for “ conspicuous.” church for an even longer period.” some people to confuse God with They included abdomen, ablutions, I have a story that will match it. their stocks and bonds. All of our am I not?, avoirdupois, beau, chas The other evening I spoke in a Jew minds play funny tricks on us. tisement, cheerio, cinema, cogitate, conflagration, corpulent, cravat, cy nosure, demise, domicile, edifice, effrontery, ennui, expectorate, facile, frock, gape, haberdasher, it is I, in THE BOHLEN LECTURES FOR 1936 disposed, inebriated and jocose.

Here Is a Busy Parson The Rev. Francis H. Tetu, vicar of St. George’s Church, Indianapolis, Ind., believes in keeping busy. As vicar of a poor mission in South side Indianapolis, he has organized an ex tensive constructive recreational program which includes, craft classes for both boys and girls, piano les sons, special choir instruction classes and a Boy Scout troop. About 86 youths in the community are using the facilities of the Church. “ In the immediate neighborhood of St. George’s Church,” Mr. Tetu said, “ we are faced with certain definite social and cultural needs. Places TOrtg psalmists where boys and girls, can play under supervision and under wholesome A STUDY IN PERSONALITIES OF THE PSALTER AS conditions are needed.” In addition SEEN AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF GUNKEL’S to his full program at St. George’s TYPE STUDY OF THE PSALMS Church, the Rev. Mr. Tetu is taking the full course of studies at the Graduate School o f Applied Religion, by FLEMING JAMES Cincinnati. This includes studies in the school of public welfare at the Professor of the Literature and Interpretation of the Old University of Cincinnati, seminar Testament, Berkeley Divinity School. classes at the Graduate School, and Mr. Tetu is working among the un nPH ERE is probably a no more will prove of equal interest to der-privileged boys at the Good Will stimulating and helpful ap every intelligent layman who Settlement of Cincinnati. Mr. Tetu proach to the Old Testament wishes to know more about the believes that every priest should than through a study of its per Bible. “A good book on the Psalms is have a practical and theoretical sonalities. In the Psalmists we have men who have spoken out always a welcome addition to knowledge of youth problems and of their own experience to the Biblical literature. The book be family case work, and is therefore hearts of nearly a hundred gen fore us is a combination of two carrying the heavy program for that erations. T H IR T Y P S A L M good books in one. Dr. James is purpose. ISTS has not been written for himself an excellent Old Testa # * H* the clergy and scholars alone, ment scholar, and his scholarship A Story from though they will find it invalu is evident throughout the book.” Houston able. Ranging over the whole hs^paul I. Morentz in The body of present-day scholarship Lutheran. The Rev. Thomas N. Carruthers, relating to the Old Testament, it At All Bookstores $2.75 rector of Trinity, Houston, Texas, tells this story. He met a man on C. P. PUTNAM’S SONS 2 W . 45th Street New York the street who was excitedly op posed to communism. “ It is atheis tic,” said the man. “ It has closed

“ The so called ‘profit system,’ denounced by LABOR’S FALLACY socialists and by well meaning moralists under the ENDORSED BY MARX influence of Marx, is one which creates profit for the purpose of liquidating the double burden of Marx gained world-wide attention by under ground rent and taxation prior to considering the writing the Labor-Capital fallacy. The number claims of labor upon the industrial output. And of his followers proves the fact of his influence if the Marxians are to carry their propaganda but not the truth of his thesis about the nature onward to success, the burden of proof is upon of “ exploitation.” He not only perceived the them to show that the kind of profit system which land question too late; but he completely failed they execrate will continue in a regime of com to see the connection of taxes with monopoly of petition between units of tax-free capital unfet the ground. His followers, accordingly, regard tered by monopoly of the ground.” with disdain, as a casual and incidental matter, the taxing function of the State— the most power From BURNING QUESTION: Making ful engine of oppression in human society. Your Living in a Monopolized World, pp. 68-69. NATURE OF DEMOCRACY ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS GENERALLY MISUNDERSTOOD POSTPONED BY MARX IN “COMMUNIST MANIFESTO” The ground landlords of Britain grudgingly AND IN “ DAS KAPITAL” allowed modern parliamentary democracy to be born only on condition that the taxing-power of The claim that “privately owned tools of pro the State be lifted from ground values and brought duction” are the force which degrades and ex to bear upon industrial capital and merchandise. ploits Labor is the central thesis of socialism and Neither Marxists nor academic professors of communism, expressed in Marx’s “ Communist “political science” have ever explained the origin Manifesto” and in his “ Das Kapital.” After writ of the modern state in terms of realistic history. ing these publications, Marx discovered (too late) (Responsibility for the foregoing material rests that prior to the Industrial Revolution the masses upon author of the book advertised below; while of the country folk of Britain had been evicted publishers are answerable only for the following from the soil by land monopoly, and flung into notice) : the towns. WAR AND IMPERIALISM GROUND RENT TO How land monopoly is the basis of British GROUND LANDLORDS; imperialism. How the necessity to pay ground TAXES TO STATE rent to the British aristocracy for the use of land Capital has always been compelled, directly or in city and country alike has reduced the buying indirectly, to liquidate ground rent and taxes power of the British masses. And how economic before payment of wages to Labor. forces the same in substance, though different in the "form of their operation, are at work in LABOR FIGHTS CAPITALIST America today. This is told in simple terms in— AS ENEMY No. 1 BURNING QUESTION Wholly aside from and independently of social Making Your Living in a Monopolized World ism and communism, Labor has fought Capital By Louis W a l l is for generations on the fallacious assumption that Pocket size, 75 cents, from your bookseller, privately owned labor-saving machinery is the or send check direct to— instrument which degrades and exploits the WILLETT, CLARK & COMPANY workingman. 440 S outh D earbo rn S t . C h icago , I l lin o is