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April 20, 1939 5c a copy THE WITNESS THE CHILDREN S CHAPEL St. Paul’s Cathedral, Detroit THE RELIGION OF FASCISM Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. SCHOOLS CLERGY NOTES SCHOOLS BENSON, RICHARD E., assistant at the m ip (general tUffeoIogtcal Chapel of the Intercession, New York, is to be rector of Trinity Church, St. Louis. K e m p e r Tm x ^ em m a rg BRUCE, ROBERT D., was ordained deacon in the chapel of Seabury-Western Theological KENOSHA, WISCONSIN T h r e e-y e a r undergraduate Seminary on March 29 by Bishop Stewart course of prescribed and elective of Chicago, acting for Bishop Ingley of Episcopal Boarding and Day School. study. Colorado. Preparatory to all colleges. Unusual opportunities in Art and Music. Fourth-year course for gradu­ CARPER, WOOD B., JR., formerly rector of ates, offering larger opportunity Trinity Church, Pawtucket, R. I., is to be Complete sports program. Junioi rector of Calvary Church, Fletcher, N. C., School. Accredited. Address: for specialization. effective May 1. SISTERS OF ST. MARY Provision for more advanced COREY, HOLLIS H., formerly vicar of Holy work, leading to degrees of S.T.M. Apostles’ Church, Hilo, Hawaii, is to be Box W. T. vicar of Epiphany, Honolulu, effective and D.Th. September 20. Kemper Hall Kenosha, Wisconsin ADDRESS GASSON, H. D., formerly in charge of the churches in Carroll County, New Hampshire, CATHEDRAL CHOIR SCHOOL THE DEAN is student chaplain at the University of New York City Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. A boarding school for the forty boys of Chelsea Square New York City HAVENS, CHARLES, JR., was ordained dea­ the Choir of the Cathedral of Saint John the con by Bishop Stevens of Los Angeles in Divine. Careful musical training and daily Trinity Church, New York, March 29. singing at the cathedral services. Small For Catalogue Address the Dean classes mean individual attention and high JEWELL, FREDERICK C., retired, died in standards. The School has its own building Chicago April 4. and playgrounds in the Close. Fee— $300.00 per annum. Boys admitted 9 to 11. Voice Episcopal Theological School JUNKER, CURTIS W. V., was ordained priest test and scholarship examination. Address by Bishop Roberts of South Dakota on April The Precentor, Cathedral Choir School, Cathe­ CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 12, in Trinity Church, Watertown, S. Dak. dra] Heights, New York City. Affiliated with Harvard University offers LEWIS, WILLIAM T., assistant at St. Augus­ unusual opportunities in allied fields, such as tine’s Church, Santa Monica, Calif., was or­ philosophy, psychology, history, dained priest in that church by Bishop HOLDERNESS sociology, etc. Stevens of Los Angeles on March 22. For Catalogue Address the Dean In the White Mountains. College Preparatory MATTHEWS, ALFRED ST. J., in charge of and General Courses. Music and Crafts. For Christ Church, Monticello, Fla., is to be boys 12-19. All sports including riding. 200 The Protestant Episcopal rector of St. James’, Macon, Ga., effective acres of woods. New fireproof building. In­ May 1. dividual attention. Home atmosphere. Theological Seminary in Virginia MILLIGAN, RALPH T., in charge of churches Rev. Edric A. Weld, Rector For Catalogue and other information in Granite City and Edwardsville, 111., was address the Dean ordained priest by Bishop White of Spring- Box W Plymouth, N. H. REV. WALLACE E. ROLLINS, D.D. field in St. Paul’s Church, Springfield, March 25. Theological Seminary Alexandria, Va. MONRO, HEZEKIAH U., rector emeritus of St. Paul’s Church, North Andover, Mass., Berkeley died in Cambridge on March 31, aged 85. # tu a r t 9 £aU MYERS, CHARLES ANDREW, was ordained Divinity School deacon by Bishop Huston of Olympia on An Episcopal girls’ school of fine old April 5 in St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle. traditions and high standards in the beau­ New Haven, Connecticut tiful Valley of Virginia. College prepara­ Affiliated with Yale University PAULSON, RAYMOND D., was ordained dea­ tory, general courses, and secretarial con by Bishop Longley of Iowa in St. courses. Two years beyond high school. Address DEAN W. P. LADD James’ Church, Oskaloosa, March 27. Music, art, expression. Graduates success­ 86 Sachem Street ful in college. Well-equipped buildings. PEARCE, REGINALD, retired, died in New gymnasium, pool. Outdoor life. Rid­ Middletown, R. I., on April 4, aged 72. ing. Founded 1843. Catalog. Ophelia S. T. VANNIX, ST. CLAIR, formerly of South Carr, A.B., Box A, Staunton, Va. TRINITY COLLEGE Dakota, is in charge of St. Andrew’s, New Hartford, Conn. Paltz, and St. Agnes’ Chapel, Newburgh, Offers a general cultural education, with N. Y., with residence at New Paltz. special emphasis on the Classics, Modern YOUNG, LEE H., retired missionary of Mon­ Languages, English, Economics, History, Phil­ tana, died in Eugene, Ore., in March. osophy, Chemistry. Mathematics and Physics, The Church Divinity School of the Pacific Biology and Pre-Medical, or Pre-Engineering. BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA For information apply, The Dean. Children Readily Take Dean, Henry H. Shires 2457 Ridge Road Syrup of Black-Draught When a child is sick, or upset THE GRADUATE SCHOOL by constipation, it is no longer OF APPLIED RELIGION P&JI&'ON Cincinnati, Ohio necessary to irri­ For seminary graduates. Correlation of The­ An Honor Christian School with the highest ology with Social Sciences. Supervised field and academic rating. Upper School prepares for tate the little suf­ case work training. Parish experience, semi­ university or business. ROTC. Every mod­ nars, University studies. Summer Session also. ern equipment. Junior School from six years. ferer by giving a Affiliated with University of Cincinnati. Housemother. Separate building. Catalogue. Dr. J. J. Wicker, Fork Union, Virginia. bad-tasting medi­ Address the Dean, 634 Oak Street cine. Keep on Virginia Episcopal School hand a bottle of Lynchburg, Virginia Prepares boys for colleges and university. Syrup of Black- MENEELY&CO.'‘ « A l Splendid environment and excellent corps of ' ESTABLISH ED J teachers. High standard in scholarship and Draught. It is | H 5826. athletics. Healthy and beautiful location in the mountains of Virginia. easily given to WATERVÜET, N .m Y « For catalogue apply to children. Made of Rev. Oscar deWolf Randolph, D.D., Rector MARGARET HALL official U. S. pharmacopeia senna Under Sisters of St. Anne and rhubarb, with cinnamon, (Episcopal) cloves and sugar syrup to make Small country boarding and day school for St. Faith’s School girls, from primary through high school. Secretarial, Art, Music, French, Winter it pleasant-tasting. Sold in 5- Accredited college preparatory. Modern build­ Sports. Regents Examination. Tuition ounce, 50-cent bottles, at drug ing recently thoroughly renovated includes $650 yr. Protection, Care, Health. gymnasium and swimming pool. Campus of six stores or may be obtained by acres with ample playground space, hockey Some scholarships available. field, and tennis courts. Riding. Board and Apply to sending 50 cents to the manufac­ tu itio n . REV. DR. F. ALLEN SISCO, Principal For catalog, address: turer— The Chattanooga Medi­ Mother Rachel, O.S.A., Box A, Versailles, Ky. Saratoga Spa, N. Y. cine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. E ditor Associate Editore Irving P. Johnson Frank E. W ilson Managing Editor W illiam P. Ladd George I. H iller W illiam B. Spofford THE WITNESS Clifford L. Stanley Literary Editor A National Paper of the Episcopal Church A lbert T. Mollegen Gardiner M. Day Voi. XXIII. No. 18. APRIL 20, 1939 Five Cents a Copy THE WITNESS is published weekly from September through June, inclusive, with the exception of the first number of January, and semi­ monthly during July and August, by the Episcopal Church Publishing Company, 6140 Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. The subscrip­ tion price is $2 00 a year; in Bundles for sale at the church the paper sells for five cents a copy, we bill quarterly at three cents a copy. Entered as Second Class Matter, March 6, 1939, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879.______________________ Circulation Office: 6140 Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago. Editorial and Advertising Office: 135 Liberty Street, New York City. T he Religion of Fascism By WALTER RUSSELL BOWIE Rector of Grace Church, New York NOTHER religion rising in our world is the be inferior to the strutting new imperialism of A religion of the totalitarian state. In Italy the Roman or to the ridiculous Aryan myth of that is called Fascism. In Germany it is called Germany. It holds power by continually incit­ Naziism. In fundamental characteristics the two ing the fears and passions of its people, and can are alike. Politically they are tied together, indeed hold power in no other way. It diverts and that is natural because their essence attention from economic difficulties by making is the same. They represent a worse evil one or other minority the scapegoat of a general in our world and a greater threat to Christi­ resentment. It persecutes the Jews with an in­ anity than even atheistic Communism does, be­ genious and pitiless cruelty which a little while cause the essential principle of them is more dis­ ago we should not have believed possible in this guised. At the heart of Communism there is at civilization of the twentieth century. It begins least a great ideal, clouded and distorted by the with the Jews because they are easiest to single smoke of many passions though it be. It is a out, but it does not stop there. It persecutes great thing at least to dream and desire that the equally any group from whose suppression advan­ age-old iniquities and oppressions among men tage can be wrung, or who by the freedom of should be ended and the mass of men in every thought and conscience which it represents stand nation really set free into a larger life.

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