The Religion of Fascism

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THE RELIGION OF FASCISM

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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. I am as an obstacle in the way of the determination myself convinced that atheistic Communism as that the decrees of the dictators shall be abso it has been exhibited in Russia and propagated lute. Many of the bravest spirits and the most from Russia in other lands can never attain that shining intellects who once dignified the life of ideal but will progressively destroy it through the Germany have been exiled, or else put in concen unscrupulousness of its means. Nevertheless, tration camps, and in some cases killed: Ein there is something glorious in the desire that stein, Thomas Mann, Niemoller, Ossietzky, and rose in Russia out of the midst of a people who innumerable others. Men of independent mind for generations had borne incredible suffering and generous spirit, like Toscanini for example, and oppression, and who looked abroad beyond are no longer at home in Italy. the bounds of any one nation and dreamed of a Of late there has been increasing imitation in new society which should bring life and liberty Italy of the excesses to which totalitarianism has and happiness to the common people everywhere. been carried at the other end of the so-called axis. Italy too has adopted persecution of the Jews— But there is no such dream in Fascism or Nazi at almost the same time when with ludicrous ism. They represent the unashamed and arro solemnity it adopted the goose-step for its army gant seizure of power by the few. They repre and called it the “ pas Romana.” sent a dictatorship which does not even claim to be temporary, and a means to a larger end, as UT it is in Germany, perhaps because Ger the dictatorship in Russia does, but permanent. B many is more powerful and therefore more And this dictatorship is limited in its aims and defiant of world opinion, and perhaps because the ends to its particular nation. It deliberately cul Fuehrer is temperamentally more fanatical than tivates a nationalistic megalomania, a worship of the Duce, that the consequences of totalitarianism blood and soil and race, and a contempt and are more evidently appalling. There through the hatred for all other peoples who are supposed to education of the Hitler youth and through the

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. Page Four T H E WITNESS April 20, 1939 propaganda with which the whole nation has been These thoughts have come to me recently as I inoculated, Hitler is actually being put in the have been watching the antics of one of those place of God. The Jews are persecuted first, then crucifers of the familiar type who parade up the all liberals, whether in economics or science or church alley with gauntleted hands, cross pressed art or education; and then the persecution is ex against chin and nose, eyes peering into space, tended to all religion. The boldest leaders of the body stiffly leaping forward in a sort of goose- evangelical churches have been imprisoned. The step at each beat of the music. I am hopeless of Roman Catholic Church in Germany and in trying to open the eyes of the clergy to the ab Austria, as witness recently the assault of the surdity and vulgarity of this performance, and mob upon the Roman Catholic Cardinal in Vienna, to the discredit which it undoubtedly brings on is being increasingly endangered. According to the Church in the eyes of people of good taste and the totalitarian philosophy, the state is divine, reverent feeling. What can be done? and the state is personified in the dictatorial will It occurs to me that, since the evil cannot be of one single man. Whatever stands against that suppressed, the best plan would be to work — freedom of thought, freedom of conscience, re toward making the crucifer’s parade into a really ligion, Christianity— the instant they become artistic production, something like a sacred dance, outspoken, are considered as public enemies. No for which there is, of course, considerable his body who reads the daily newspapers with his toric precedent. For example, instead of pressing eyes open can fail to see that; but many through the cross against the chin, the crucifer might be some strange obsession still keep their eyes shut. encouraged by the rector to balance it on the As I said a while ago, one reason why Fascism chin, varying the performance by balancing it on and Naziism are more dangerous than Com the nose on saints’ days. Then, on very special munism to all that we hold dear is because the Church festivals, he might be trained to twirl the danger is at first disguised. Fascism in Italy, for cross and toss it into the air as bandmasters do example, pretends to have a friendly understand with their batons. Such a ceremony would have ing with Christianity as represented in that over the additional advantage of attracting young whelmingly Roman Catholic country by the Pope; people to the church, a matter which is of special but the immunity of the Pope from Fascist hos concern to the clergy in these indifferent times. tility is purchased only by the acquiescence of the Further interest might be secured by having the Roman Catholic Church in whatever Fascists gauntlets colored green, violet, or red to corres choose to do. Hitler and his lieutenants talked pond with the Church seasons. This would in much about “ positive Christianity’’ as something volve some extra expense, but the rectors of our they proposed to champion as against what they larger congregations would be sure to know sen called atheistic Communism, and thereby won to timental and well-to-do ladies who would be glad their support in critical years many frightened to contribute and do their bit in this way for the members of the Christian Churches. But today Church. the blinds have dropped, and this “ positive Chris It further occurs to me that it is foolish for our tianity” is disclosed to be nothing but German crucifers to proceed straight ahead at a uniform paganism which attacks every meaning and spirit pace. Between the verses of the hymn they could of Christ. leap zig-zag from side to side, and for this Next Week: The Menace of Anti-Semitism manouver the organist could prepare special com positions which would allow variety in movement and speed. In fact, between every two or three verses of the processional hymn it might be ef Prayer Book Inter-Leaves fective if the crucifer should not go ahead in any A W ord A bout Crucifers direction; he could pause and whirl, an exercise TF OUR Prayer Book services, as was argued which the Moslem dervishes have found to con in my last article, have dramatic character, tribute greatly to religious emotion. The diffi they should be rendered artistically. But this the culty of training crucifers in this novel form of clergy do not seem to realize. For example, I movement would not be insuperable: doubtless get many letters from different parts of the coun expert oriental advisers could be secured from try saying how badly the clergy read, but I have the W.P.A. lists of the unemployed. never known one of them to admit that his read Needless to say I do not pose as a specialist in ing could be improved. The same applies to the the dance, least of all in the religious dance. I am conduct of services. The clergy do not work at only making suggestions which can be worked the art of public worship as an actor works at his out by wiser minds. Some of them may seem art, or an architect at his. rather extreme. But the American people like ex-

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 20, 1939 T H E WITNESS Page Five tremes. And if we went far enough in the direc over the country talking about the work in China. tion I have indicated, there would doubtless be a He is on his way home now, going by way of reaction. Then we might once more have cruci England where he is to give a few addresses. He fers who would lead our choir processions with honored me with a call just before he sailed to simplicity and dignity, and without gauntlets. tell me about the situation in his native land— and also what he thinks of us with our laws of This column, which appears every other week, is written by Dean W. P. Ladd of Berkeley Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut, to neutrality. The Japanese are buying half their sup whom questions and communications can be sent. plies from the United States to blow everything to bits in China while comparatively nothing goes to the Chinese victims. Messy and silly business. Talking It Over But there are two things we can do about it. First By we should demand of our Senators and Congress men that the Neutrality Act be so changed as to WILLIAM B. SPOFFORD aid the victims and not the aggressors. Second, T)A-STORALS written these days in Germany certainly we can help China with relief. Den is are documents that will be preserved in the to establish an institution for the care of Chinese archives— if there are any archives to preserve children orphaned by the Japanese militarists, or them. The Lenten pastoral of the Roman Catho ganizing it along the lines of the leper colony in lic Bishop of Wurzburg is such a document, writ Nanchang for which he is justly famous. The ten obviously under great restraint, yet telling of Emergency Committee of the CLID is anxious to sinister forces that are systematically destroying help him. Funds donated for China in the past the Christian faith as well as the religion of Juda have been sent to Madame Sun Yat Sen and ism. “ Many sections of the population already Madame Chiang Kai-Shek through the China Aid scoff at a God outside this world. They want a Council— and they certainly have done great new god, in and of this world, if not actually a work. But it will be finer, some of us feel, to terrestial god.— We cannot defend ourselves at send what little we can raise to this noble and public meetings or in the public press. Our op courageous Chinese priest. If there are those ponents avoid a free forum of ideas.” He con who care to help, it can be sent to T he W itness cludes his letter to the faithful by urging them office in New York, marked for Kimber Den and to be strong and manful and to refuse to be in checks made payable to the CLID. timidated from attending church by the fear of the loss of job or imprisonment, a favorite wea OOMETHING ought to be done about the new pon in the fight of the Nazis against religion. Yet ^ clip-sheet that is being issued once a month this same great Church of which the Bishop of by the newly organized publicity department of Wurzburg is a leader allies herself in other parts the National Council. Alexander Cummins, the of the world, notably Spain and Italy, with those sage of Poughkeepsie, took his poke at it in the very forces that are so ruthlessly persecuting her April number of The Chronicle, maintaining that in Germany and Austria. Many have asked me it is The Church at Work all over again— a paper “ why,” and I cry, “A stupid defense of property that was killed a number of years ago amid and privilege.” If not then how else account for anguish, bitter tears and a mounting deficit. But such apostasy. that is not my complaint; it is rather that at least a dozen people have written to say that they TMAGINE— me, an outstanding baseball author- think the name is swell for a paper issued by ity, called on an error, and by a woman at that. headquarters— The Church In Action, which I used for a news heading a couple of weeks ago these jesters insist on writing The Church Inac the once famous “ Tinker to Evans to Chance.” It tion. should have been “ Evers.” Dear, dear— and the one to jump me was Mrs. Henry Hill Pierce of TF YOU can dig up a suitable tune for the words New York, the only woman on the program of I think it would be nice to meet some evening, the Church Congress which is to meet this com well after dark, and join in singing this inspiring ing week in Washington. I shall be there, crouch hymn. It is from the sheet issued regularly by ing in a back seat, biding my time. And when the notable Father Divine who attracts his thous Mrs. Pierce splits an infinitive it goes in a head ands in Harlem, New York City: ing, even if I have to send it by wire at ten cents “ Expose, expose, expose, expose it— a word. Whatsoever it is; Whatsoever causes disappointment or failure, TTAVE YOU HEARD Kimber Den— most Expose whatsoever it is.” everyone has for he has been running all Boy, there’s a hymn— a challenge in every word. Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. Page Six THE WITNESS April 20, 1939

T he Mission of the Church By V. S. AZARIAH The Bishop of Dornakal, India MAN who had been a Hindu seeker after N THE early Church it was the common man A truth told me this story of his experience: I who spread the Gospel of Christ. Christianity He had read the New Testament, the Gospels, and spread from slave to slave, from soldier to sol had been fascinated by the life of Christ, and had dier, from artisan to artisan. Every convert been greatly stirred by the death of Christ. Then talked to his fellow-men, the men of his own he had read on into the Book of Acts and felt group. It is our duty to get every person who is that he had entered into a new world. In the attached to the Church to go out as a witness for Gospels it was Jesus, His works, and His suffer Christ. The sharing of experience with others ing. In the Acts, the Christ seems to go into the adds to our joy and to our own Christian experi background, and it is the multitude, the brethren, ence. Let some men just stand somewhere as the Church, the disciples that take the place of Christians; let them just face a non-Christian Christ. What the disciples did, and thought, and crowd; let someone else do the preaching, and taught had taken the place that Christ had occu someone else the singing: the experience of just pied: the Church continued where Jesus left off standing for Christ will drive them to their knees at his death. “ Therefore,” this man said to me, before Christ. “ I must belong to the Church that carries on the life of Christ.” I used to go around among the churches and Do the younger and older Churches realize that have the baptized members place their hands on they exist to carry on what Jesus Christ came to their own heads (as if in the act of baptism) and do ? The Church exists to proclaim the revelation repeat after m e: “ I am a baptized Christian. Woe of God’s love, to proclaim redemption from sin. unto me if I preach not the Gospel!” Many people Every member of the Church is expected to go ask others, “ Are you saved?” it were better if forward in the army of those continuing what they asked “ Are you saving ?” Christ came to do. Not only the individual but the group must In baptizing, we dedicate a man, a woman, or witness for Christ. Six men of caste came to me a child as a soldier of Christ, a faithful soldier and asked for baptism. I asked them why they and servant to life’s end. Every person baptized wanted to be baptized. They replied that they should be a witness, not ashamed of Christ; other had been watching the outcasts in a certain vil wise he denies his baptism. Every Christian a lage church, and had seen that since their becom witness is a slogan of our efforts at evangelism ing Christians they were getting ahead of the in India. We have been getting little groups of caste people. “ They will be better than we are baptized persons together and training them to if we do not become Christians,” they said. That go about and answer the simple questions of the very day the pastor of that village church had Indian villagers. One was asked by a villager, been complaining to me of the sins among the “ Have you seen God?” And his answer was, members of that very congregation. So I said that “ Sirs, you knew me two years ago. I was a drunk these church members were not perfect. To which ard. You know me now. I do not think I should the caste men replied, “ Yes, there are black sheep have had all this change if I had not seen Jesus in every flock. But we know what they were ten Christ.” There is no better answer, and no better years ago and what they are now.” way of witnessing for God. There are mountain tops in all religions: Fran Often we find that the things that teach people cis of Assisi, Mahatma Gandhi; but it is when a are not the intellectual things but those that go group of common men are changed that people straight to the heart. I often learn from illiterate see the power of Christianity. That is what is men by the way they answer the objections that influencing people to become Christians in the men make to the Christian faith. To another mass movements. illiterate man it was said, “ It is nonsense that a It is the Church’s duty to concentrate all its en person can rise from the dead.” His reply was ergies to do the work of Christ. It is not just to “ We bury a bag of rice in the field and it dies and worship; but it is to continue to do Christ’s work a crop rises up to feed us. Surely if God plants with the help and the strength that we get in wor a life He can raise it again.” ship. Too much of the energies of ministers and

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 20, 1939 T H E WITNESS Page Seven of churches is being spent in taking permanent they attend five days in a week, by which they care of hereditary Christians. The Church exists read something and tell it to the teacher. Our not to save itself but to save others. usual custom is to have them so repeat fragments of biblical history from Adam to St. Paul, or the routine of ecclesiastical order, or memorial days of the Church from the First Sunday in Advent Teaching Children to “ Stir up” Sunday. By W. EVERETT JOHNSON 'TVHE logical plan of interesting children in any 'T 'H E children in our Sunday schools may be di- subject is to begin with some interest they al vided into two distinct classes: those who ready possess and from that to arouse an interest come from homes with one or both parents loyal in a desired subject. The logical plan to get chil members of the Church, and those coming from dren to thinking on any subject is to begin with homes in which the parents rarely attend Church such thoughts as their minds may offer. In other and may even be somewhat opposed to it, sending words, the children should furnish the material the children as a social gesture to some Sunday for the lesson; from them the teacher may learn school. what interests them already, as they express such Under the existing system by which pupils read crude thoughts as they have in their minds. something from a book or leaflet and tell it to the If one of us had an intention of interesting a teacher on Sunday, the children of the Church boy in fishing, the most effective method of ac home class receive much aid and constant urge to complishing it would be to place him where he fulfill their duties as members of the Sunday might hear some boys returning from a fishing school, consequently making more glamorous reci trip give an account of their adventures. While tations to the gratification of the teacher. attending the services of the Church does not pos On the other hand, the children from churchless sess the lure of a fishing trip, the method suggest homes must depend entirely on their own initia ed might well be used. Usually in a class there tive for any preparation they may give for a reci are some who have attended some services; let tation and such urge to the performance of duties the teacher lead them to relate such features of as their individual natures may offer. As a class the service as interested them. While those fea their recitations will fall below the level of the tures may not be of any importance from an ec first and consequently they will receive less appro clesiastical point of view, they do serve to show bation from the teacher than the others, with re the teacher the features that interest children. sulting neglect. Here are examples of matters they have found It must be evident to any churchman that this of interest: Willie Hampton served as acolyte second class offers the most fruitful missionary for the first time; he made some mistakes, etc.; field open to the Church in this land. It is minis there were only ten children from the Sunday tering to this class that should determine the school at the service. The rector preached about method of instruction in our Sunday schools : and a ship at sea. An apt teacher will make note of yet it is for the first group that our present sys these matters that interest children and lead the tems are devised. relators in conversation about their observations. If we had no Sunday schools the children of Children learn from children with more ease Church parents would receive some instruction at than from adults; it is from other children that home, and being most likely to attend services they learn the complications of football, baseball, with their parents, would receive further instruc without books or teachers. Some of these meth tion from the Church. But, the children from ods may seem to be of trifling nature, but it is churchless homes would have neither of these with trifles that children begin their education in aids,* consequently they should have first consid the art of adjusting themselves to the world eration in planning our Sunday schools. We are around them. forced to declare that our Sunday schools should Until our Sunday school methods of instruction exist primarily for this latter class. are formed primarily for what I have termed In undertaking this greatest domestic mission churchless children, we are neglecting the great ary effort of the Church we must have a clearly est field for domestic missions that is open to us, defined purpose in view. Above all we must seek due to our inertia in maintaining the spineless to interest them in the Church and train them in methods of the past, in which learning was given thinking on matters of religion. This cannot be a superior position to the creation of interest in done by using the tedious, method of the schools Christ and His Church.

CH ILD REN ’S CHAPEL NEWS NOTES OF DEDICATED AT THE THE CHURCH IN DETROIT CATHEDRAL BRIEF PARAGRAPHS A Children’s Altar and Chapel Edited by E dward J. M ohr was dedicated on April 2nd By Bish The Rev. Walter Russell Bowie, op Page at St. Paul’s Cathedral, De since 1923 rector of Grace Church, troit. The inscription carved on one New York, will leave there October of the tower pillars tells the story: 1 to join the faculty of Union Theo “ The Chapel of the Nativity, dedi logical Seminary, New York. Twice cated April 2, 1939, in honor of the before Mr. Bowie has been elected to fifteenth anniversary of the Right the faculty, the first time before he Reverend Herman Page as Bishop came to New York, the next two o f Michigan, with a grateful ap years ago, but each time he chose to preciation of his lifelong interest in remain in the parochial ministry. He the Christian development of chil will become professor of practical dren.” theology. It is the second time with We believe we are conservative in in a year that the Union Theological declaring this to be a new creation, Seminary, which is associated with different from anything of its kind Columbia University, has appointed in existence, ecclesiastically correct a leading presbyter of the Episcopal and architectually exquisite and Church to its faculty. Last year the beautiful, being designed with the Rev. Frederick C. Grant, formerly idea o f having a special appeal to THE CHILDREN’S CHAPEL dean of Seabury-Western Theologi childhood. It is one of the three In St. Paul's Cathedral, Detroit cal Seminary, joined the school’s Chapels built into the Cathedral New Testament department. Before structure and is definitely set apart coming to Grace Church Mr. Bowie for children’s worship. When the gifts in attitudes of devotion. Gold was for 12 years rector of St. Paul’s idea of the gift was first under dis signifies His Kingship; frankincense Church, Richmond, Va., the leading cussion the determination rapidly His Diety and myrrh His suffering parish in the diocese of Virginia. In grew that this should typify the de and death. At His feet a timid little 1928 he declined election as bishop sire of leadership of the Cathedral field mouse sits on the step watching coadjutor of the diocese of Pennsyl in work among children. To this end intently the baby Christ and portray vania. Several years ago Mr. Bowie Cram and Ferguson, notable ecclesi ing poverty. delivered the Lyman Beecher lec astical architects and the designers The shepherds, one holding a lit tures on preaching at Yale Univer of the Cathedral itself, were selected tle lamb, and their sheep, a sheep sity. He was born in Richmond, Va., to design and supervise the work, dog, rabbits, birds nesting and rear October 8, 1882, and was educated with an inspiring masterpiece the ing their young, the camels, the at The Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., result. To Irving & Casson-A. H. horses and their attendants, are all and at Harvard University. He was Davenport Co., of Boston and New gathered around the holy family. ordained priest in 1908 after two York, was assigned the reredos, the The ox and the ass and the manger years at the Virginia Theological altar and the communion rail, while are also shown in the background. Seminary and one at the Union Sem Thomas McGann and Sons of Boston The artist has been singularly suc inary in New York. was given the task of designing and cessful in portraying an intense % executing the altar cross and candle spirit of devotion not only among the Many Americans at sticks. persons present but even among the Am sterdam The entire theme centers around very animals themselves—while over The Churches and religious groups the Nativity, and Mr. Leo Cart head the angels are shown singing in America will have 280 out of the wright, known for his fine work in their Christmas hymn, “ Glory to God 1500 delegates at the world confer the Cathedral of St. John the Di in the Highest and on earth peace, ence of Christian youth to be held vine, New York, was commissioned good-will to men.” at Amsterdam July 24 to August 2. to paint the scene of the Nativity This occupies the center of the The full attendance of delegates and so to portray it that it would reredos and is illuminated by indi from all parts of the world has been, have a special appeal for children. rect, concealed lighting. The reredos assured. Among the speakers al The only conditions laid down by the itself is carved in harmony with the ready announced are the Archbishop donors were for a beautiful delinea chancel woodwork and the spire over of York, the Rev. Reinhold Niebuhr tion of the Christ-child, and that the Bishop’s throne. The frame en of New York, T. Z. Koo, and the there should be plenty of animals closing the painting shows alternate Rev. Visser ’t Hooft. * * * and color. The artist caught the spirit carved pine-cones (Michigan) and of the gift and has made a unique stars (Bethlehem), and through the Trinity Church and beautiful presentation of the reredos itself is carved the vine and Vestry Elected episode. The scene selected was the grape. “ I am the Vine and ye are Three new members were elected visit of the Magi, which tradition the branches.” All the woodwork is to the vestry of Trinity Parish, New says took place some time after the of American white oak, stained to York, at the annual meeting on April birth of our Lord, and the little match that of the Cathedral. 11. They are Albert Stickney, an Lord Jesus, instead of being wrapped The Communion rail carries ten attorney; Harry Forsyth, a member in swaddling clothes, is portrayed panels depicting the life of Joseph of the board of the Seamen’s Church as being held in His mother’s lap, a favorite story with children. These Institute of New York; and Lindsay with a little halo around His head, panels are about four inches high Rogers, professor of public law at and an expression of eager interest by six long, and the carved figures Columbia University. John A. Dix and happiness on His face, with His are singularly expressive and beauti and Lawson Purdy were reelected hands and arms extended to the ful, being painted in color; while on as wardens, while the other vestry three kings who are presenting their (Continued on page 14) men reelected were Prof. John Er-

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 20, 1939 T H E WITNESS Page Nine skine, author; Frederick H. Moore; will be Bishop William L. Gravatt, Stephen F. Bayne, associate super Front Page Churchman retired bishop of West Virginia and intendent of schools of New York; uncle of the bishop-elect, and Bishop Archibald M. Shrady; Thomas C. T. Robert C. Jett, retired bishop of Crain, former New York Supreme Southwestern Virginia. Bishop Rob Court judge; John B. Walker; Frank ert E. L. Strider of West Virginia R. Outerbridge; C. Aubrey Nicklas; will be the preacher and Bishop Woolsey A. Shepard; George W. Thomas C. Darst of East Carolina Burleigh; J. Austin Daly; Admiral and Bishop Albert S. Thomas of Reginald R. Belknap; Chancellor South Carolina will present Mr. Harry Woodburn Chase of New York Gravatt. Others officiating at the University; Dean Carl W. Ackerman service will be Bishop Charles Cling- of the school of journalism, Colum man of Kentucky, who will read the bia University; W. Sanders Davies; epistle; Bishop Middleton S. Barn and Supreme Court Justice Philip J. well of Georgia, who will read the McCook. gospel; Bishop Henry D. Phillips of * * =1= Southwestern Virginia, who will read Service Held in the litany; and Bishop William A. New Church Brown of Southern Virginia, who The first service to be held in the will read the consents of the bishops. new building of St. Michael’s Church, The Rev. Lewis N. Taylor, president Worcester, Mass., took place on of the standing committee of the dio Palm Sunday with Bishop W. Apple- cese, will read the consents of the ton Lawrence celebrating Holy Com standing committees. munion, and the vicar, the Rev. Clin GRADUATES of St. James’ School in Maryland name their sons after ton L. Morrill, assisting. The con Bishop Tucker at Adrian H. Onderdonk who has served gregation began to plan for the Church Anniversary building a year ago. for thirty-six years as the head St. James’ Church, Wilmington, master of this notable Church school. North Carolina, will have a three-day A graduate of Trinity College he Mission Fund Drive celebration o f the hundreth anniver Near End went at once to school teaching and sary of its building April 30th-May Presiding Bishop Tucker was hope has distinguished himself as a head 2, with Presiding Bishop Tucker as ful that the major portion of the master where he has worked with the preacher on the first day. The $300,000 missionary shortage fund this motto over his desk, “I would parish itself was founded in 1729. would be in sight as the drive went not change places with anyone on Bishop Thomas C. Darst of East Car into its final days. The sum raised earth.” Having reached the retiring olina will be the preacher at a dio will be made known to the National age he resigned his post as head cesan service on the second day of Council at its meeting April 25, and master, but is to carry on as the the celebration, which was arranged the returns reported by the dioceses head of the Latin department. He by the rector, the Rev. Mortimer this week will largely determine the doubtless will receive deserving Glover. final outcome of the effort. “ I am tributes from “his boys” this June. convinced that the whole Church has Diocesan Studio been awakened to the need of larger the Washington Cathedral and war Form ed financial support for our missionary den of the College of Preachers, as A group of younger churchmen of program,” Bishop Tucker said. “ I bishop of the diocese. If Dean Pow the diocese of Western Massachu can’t recall any effort of its kind in ell accepts he will succeed Bishop setts under the leadership of Mrs. the past ten years which has brought James Craik Morris, who resigned Charles U. Hatch have organized a the whole Church so valiantly to ac last year. diocesan studio to assist in the pub tion. I am tremendously pleased, licity work of the diocese and the because the Church has indicated her New Voting System Church at large. They have pro desire to go forward to win greater Discussed duced posters for use in churches victories for Christ. But we must The Clerical Brotherhood and the and models of churches, and illustra not stop after the $300,000 has been Church Club, both of Philadelphia, tions for the diocesan paper. raised. That is only a temporary cure discussed a proposed change in the H: N= to our financial difficulties. We must voting method in the convention of New Chapel in South strive to revive permanently the in the diocese of Pennsylvania at their Dakota Church terest of our lay people in the mis meetings on April 17. In each case Work is progressing on a new sionary cause of the Church. We the Rev. Lorin Bradford Young, as chapel in the crypt of Christ Church, must deepen spiritual lives if we are sociate rector of Holy Trinity Lead, South Dakota, which will be to accomplish this end. We must see Church, Brooklyn, New York City, a memorial to Mr. and Mrs. James to it that the situation which the Na explained the Hare Method of Ballot Wilkie, for many years faithful tional Council faced when it met ing, which would require only one members of the church. It is planned early this year is not duplicated. I ballot for the election of function to use the chapel for the primary hope shortly to give to the Church aries, thus saving time, and provide school and week-day services. suggestions looking toward the con for proportional representation. H* H* tinued forward march of our work Bishop Capers to in every phase of Church activity.” Consecration Service Be H onored He * ❖ Scheduled The twenty-fifth anniversary of Noble Powell Elected The consecration of the Rev. John the consecration of Bishop Capers of in Louisiana James Gravatt as bishop o f Upper West Texas is to be observed in San The convention of the diocese of South Carolina is to take place in Antonio April 30 and May 1. A Louisiana meeting in New Orleans Trinity Church, Columbia, S. C., on diocesan service is scheduled to be on April 12 unanimously elected the May 5, with Presiding Bishop Tucker held in St. Mark’s Church on the Very Rev. Noble C. Powell, dean of as consecrator. The co-consecrators evening of April 30 with Bishop

Capers preaching, and clergy and Off-Moment Department Bethune College, as lay reader, and laity from all parts of the diocese at is holding services in the home of tending. On the morning of May 1 Dr. J. Seth Hills, It is planned to there will be a service of thanksgiv erect a building in the near future. ing for the work of the bishop, in H* * * Christ Church. In the evening there Canon Raven will be a dinner in the St. Anthony in Boston Hotel with appropriate speakers. Canon Charles E. Raven, reaching * * * the end of his engagements in this Bishop Mikell’s country, preached in Trinity Church W ife Dies and Emmanuel Church, Boston, dur The death of the wife of Bishop ing Holy Week, and spoke at a dinner Henry J. Mikell of Atlanta, Henri of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. etta Campbell Bryan Mikell, last World insistence on meeting violence week, will prevent him from preach with violence, and the belief that ing the sermon at the opening ser any method other than the way of vice of the Church Congress in Calvary should be used in overcom Washington on April 25. A preacher ing evil in the world were denounced to take his place will be secured. as apostasy by Canon Raven in his * * * sermon in Emmanuel Church. In the crucified Christ, said Canon Presbyterian Editor Raven, man becomes conscious not Forced Out only of sin, but the stain of sin and Because of pressure from a group its effect upon the sinner, and on in of extreme pacifists on the editorial nocent victims, usually the nearest council of The Presbyterian Tribune and dearest. Man finds power to John A. McCallum has been forced help himself in Christ, the Canon to withdraw as its editor, and with ONE OF the Off-Moments each said, for he can discover, as did St. the April 27 issue is being replaced year for the Rev. H. Ross Greer, Peter and St. Paul, that though God by a committee of the council. After rector of Grace Church, Millbrook, sees through the mask the individual his appointment about a year ago, New York, is when he attends the presents to the world, and penetrates Mr. McCallum says in a valediction, clam bake of the local fire depart to his soul, He still loves him, for he learned that he was expected to ment. We have a nice picture of gives him, and takes him into fellow promote pacifism and isolationism in Rector Greer eating clams too, but ship. Denying that the redeemed their extreme form. To this he could you know how it is with clams. Corn- souls look upon this world as a vale not subscribe, nor has he been will on-the-cob is much neater. Your of tears, the Canon asserted they ing to submit to a suggestion of nominations please, with pictures. must see it as abject, prodigal, censorship. Moreover, his consistent worthy of Christ’s redemption. He opposition to fascism and all its bru urged his hearers to face things than Jenghiz Khan or Tamerlane. tality and rapacity, he writes, has upon earth without defeatism, with For these reasons the editor believes been distasteful to a minority on out self-pity, and in the remem in national defense. In power poli the board. Since he is unwilling to brance that when, and only when, tics totalitarian armaments talk in compromise his position he has men are ready to believe it, God’s brazen and unchallengeable terms to chosen to resign. While not a mili will can be done on earth as it is in tarist, Mr. McCallum has explained, those who are unable to protect Heaven. he “ is not one of those sentimental themselves. Manchuria, Ethiopia, * * * China, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and ists who take the position that war New W indow in Memel are exhibits that may be of is always sinful or unchristian. He Connecticut Church fered in support of this affirmation.” has never disowned his forebears A stained glass window portray * =H * who fought at Dunbar and Culloden ing the “ Boy Christ in the Temple for liberty and justice, including the Alumni Honor with Doctors,” executed in true me right to worship as they willed, and St. Paul’s Rector dieval style by the Payne-Spiers he holds in high esteem his Calvinis- The alumni of St. Paul’s School’s, Studios of New York, was recently tic prototypes who fought for free Concord, N. H., gave a dinner in dedicated in Trinity Church, Torring- dom at Bunker Hill and Valley Forge. honor of the Rev. Norman B. Nash, ton, Conn., with the Rev. H. Francis He does not believe that the Amer their new rector, last week. It was Hine officiating. The window is a ican Revolution was a mistake or held in the Waldorf-Astoria, New memorial to General Allen and Lu that those who won the precious York, and 375 men attended. cinda Brady. liberties enshrined in the Bill of He H5 Hi * * * Rights were sinners above all who New Work in Norman Nash Speaks sought to repress their aspirations. South Florida to Young People Neither does he believe that Lincoln The Christ Memorial Chapel, Three levels of life were described was in error or unchristian in using erected on Jupiter Island, Hobe by the Rev. Norman B. Nash, head war as an instrument to preserve the Sound, Florida, by Mr. and Mrs. Wil master-elect of St. Paul’s School, Union. liam S. Barstow, as a memorial to Concord, New Hampshire, on Palm “ If it was not a crime for our an Laura Fontenay Duclos, was recently Sunday afternoon at a service for cestors to fight those who would have consecrated by Bishop Wing of South the affiliated youth organization in forced them into the iron mold of Florida. . . . A mission for the col the Church of the Epiphany, Win the Inquisition, surely it is not blas ored people of Daytona Beach, Flor chester, Mass. Mr. Nash, who is re phemous for their descendants today ida, has been organized under the maining at the Episcopal Theological to adopt every means within their care of the Rev. Charles R. Palmer, School until the end of the academic power to protect their wives and rector of St. Mary’s Church in that year, described the first level as the children from international gang city. The mission is being served by childish, aimless point of view, de sters more ruthless and barbarous Prof. Ernest Dyett of Cookman- pendent upon things and circum-

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 20, 1939 T H E WITNESS Page Eleven stances for happiness, from which some people never emerge, regard less of the accumulation of birthdays. The second level is the ambitious life, more adult, trying to make the most of oneself, looking at the achievement and successes of other men and women with the aim of do ing and being the same. The third level, the devoted life, is significant of growth in the highest sense. Il lustrating his thesis, Mr. Nash point ed to three young men: James and John, still living the ambitious life and wanting chief places in an earth ly kingdom, and with them their circle, less energetic and less in clined to ask for themselves, but suf ficiently ambitious to feel irritated at the askers; and Jesus, living His life on the highest level, utterly de voted to a purpose for which it was worth while to fail and die. * * * Seeks a Chapel for Hospital A call for a chapel at Massachu setts General Hospital in Boston has come from Bishop William Lawrence, retired bishop of Massachusetts. He asks for $60,000, not as a retired bishop, but as a former patient, seeking to provide the hospital with a source of spiritual refreshment and a place for rest and prayer. * * * Church Historical Society Meets With the Rev. Walter H. Stowe, the president, presiding, the annual NOBLE POWELL meeting of the Church Historical Washington Dean Elected Bishop Society is being held in Phila delphia on April 20. The Rev. Wil liam W. Manross of General The have not heretofore held church ological Seminary, New York, is memberships. Today a larger per making the annual address on “ A centage of the population of Chi Ideas and Methods Great Evangelical, Alonzo Potter,” cago is on the rolls of the churches after which reports and elections than at any other time in its history. QT. PAUL’S CHURCH, Engle- take place. * H= * ^ wood, New Jersey, instituted Roman Bishop Represented the custom during Lent of a series Bishop Wise Returns A t M eeting of anniversary early corporate to Kansas For the first time in the history communions for the six classes After a ten week period of rest of the council of churches at Hart presented for confirmation during in Florida Bishop James Wise of ford, Conn., the Roman Catholic the rectorship of the Rev. James Kansas recently returned to his dio Church was represented at its recent A. Mitchell. Following the service cese in good health. He took part annual meeting. The Rev. Andrew the members of each class had in the services at Grace Cathedral, J. Kelly appeared and spoke on be breakfast together in the parish Topeka, on Easter Day, and con half of Bishop Maurice McAuliffe. house, thus preserving the social firmed and preached. In his message the bishop said: “ In fellowship engendered during these days when men’s hearts are their period of instruction. It Many Added to threatened, it is the duty of the is the custom at St. Paul’s to Chicago Churches churches to restore the spiritual dig train confirmation candidates for As a result of planned evangelistic nity of man. There can be no good a period of three or four months, efforts by the Chicago church fed clean state without a good clean so with an additional two months of eration it has been estimated that ciety.” training following confirmation. 50,000 new members were received * * * This intensive training is preceded by the city’s Protestant churches Christian Home by two years of special prepa during the Easter season. It is be Service Prepared ration in the Church school. lieved that the largest proportion, or A worship service for “ the Festi Please send your ideas and about 8,00.0, will be added to the val of the Christian Home,” to be methods to the New York office various Lutheran branches. While observed in many churches on May of T h e W it n e s s in order that these figures represent some trans 14, has been issued by the Federal they may be passed on to others. fers, the larger portion of new mem Council of Churches. The service berships is composed of persons who was prepared by the Rev. Howard

Chandler Robbins, professor at Gen much as he is talking on a program deemer in Baltimore. She had eral Theological Seminary, New paid for and given by us, his remarks studied for her work under Dr. Ade York. It is designed to broaden the will be tied up with the school. We laide T. Case of Teachers College, scope of Mother’s Day, which is com planned a special program for Pan- Columbia University, and from 1928 monly observed on May 14. America Day, with music from vari to 1932 was one of the secretaries $ ^ ous countries, poetry appropriate to of the department of religious edu Joins Church each country, and a talk by our cation of the National Council. She Federation history teacher. was the author of “ The Church The Polish National Catholic “ I believe we can, before long, School Comes to Life,” a standard Church in Chicago recently joined get our “Hora Episcopal” (Episcopal text in the field. She was long ac that city’s Church federation. The Hour) accepted and liked, and then tive in the Church League for In federation now is composed of 20 we shall use some real evangelistic dustrial Democracy, and was secre- denominations and 1,060 churches, material.” and is the largest local federation in * * * the country. Layman Wants * * * M ore W ork P AM P H L E T S Ministers Oppose A lay deputy to General Conven Sunday Shows tion has sent a plea to the Presid The Church’s Function The Rhode Island Ministers’ Union, ing Bishop urging that more use be in Defending Civil Liberties meeting recently in Grace Church, made of the men sent to the Con By Bishop Edward L. Parsons Providence, went on record as op vention. “ We are honored by the 10c a copy posing legislation which they held election,” he writes, “ we attend and Christianity and Communism would further commercialize the learn a lot about the work and be By Prof. John Macmurray Sunday. The resolution adopted re come enthusiastic. We come home 10c a copy ferred particularly to a state senate to crowded business desks but hope Christian Doctrine and bill allowing stage shows on Sundays. to be asked to go to this or that Social Action church to tell the congregations or By Rev. Joseph F. Fletcher Mission School other groups about the convention. 10c a copy Uses Radio Nothing happens.” But this layman The first mission school ever to wants to be put to work. The Church and Labor employ radio to develop interest in * * * By Bishop Robert B. Gooden 5c a copy its work is believed by its principal, Religious Education the Rev. Paul A. Tate, to be the Worker Dies Christ Demands a New Order “ Colegio Episcopal de San Pablo,” Mildred Hewitt, one of the leaders By Bishop Edward L. Parsons better known in the United States, in religious education in the Episco 5c a copy no doubt, as St. Paul’s School, pal Church, died of influenza on CHURCH LEAGUE FOR Camaguey, Cuba. The school is ar April 7, aged 43. 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Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. April 20, 1939 T H E WITNESS Page Thirteen tary of the Baltimore chapter at the tige ever since. A “ banquet of without killing them. Even the time of her sudden death. 5,000” was called by a coalition of Cedillo rebellion was destroyed, not * * * all the reactionary groups in the by suffocation in the blood of the Church Receives country. However, a mere 14 per rebels, as was the Mexican custom, Two Memorials cent of that number attended, al but with a minimum of bloodshed A stained glass window of the As though the affair had been twice and a maximum of understanding cension and a bishop’s chair, both postponed in order to gather more of the reasons for the handful of memorials, were dedicated in Christ diners. Many of those attending Cedillo’s followers having taken such Church, Puyallup, Washington, on obviously had been given tickets, a step. Easter Day by the rector, the Rev. since workers, of whom there were “ We shall have to push ahead A. W. Sidders. The first was given few, could not have paid the price with our revolutionary program,” by Gertrude and Captain Cunning of the ticket, almost a day’s wages. said Cardenas in answer to re ham in memory of their mother, the The breakdown of this affair, porters who asked how he intended other by F. W. Fairweather, also in which was called by the “ Center for to cope with the new group, “ so that memory of his mother. Revolutionary Unification,” has had our country will supply the needs of ❖ * ❖ unfortunate repercussions for the the people and therefore not furnish Large Seattle reactionary elements. The leaders any excuse for their turning to such Student Service of the pro-Fascist group are largely demagogues.” Nearly five hundred students of discredited, ranging from generals Observers here, however, are the University of Washington at who have been kicked out of the pointing out that the continuance tended recently the second annual army, congressmen who have been of the campaign against Mexico in university service in St. Mark’s expelled from the Party of the THE BISHOP WHITE PRAYER BOOK Cathedral, Seattle. Robed members Mexican Revolution, lawyers with SOCIETY of the faculty and clergy of the city questionable means of support, to Founded by Bishop White 1833 Donates to Missions, Institutions, and Par followed the choir in the pro known agents of the German Nazis. ishes unable to purchase them, in limited cession. Dean Ramsay Armitage of One General playing ball with the grants. The Book of Common Prayer. Christ Church Cathedral, Van group is Pablo Gonzalez, the man The Combined Book (The Book of Common couver, preached, and Bishop S. who planned the treachery which re Prayer and Hymnal in one volume). Arthur Houston of Olympia and sulted in the assassination of the Pew Size Dean John D. McLauchlan of St. revolutionary hero, Zapata. Apply to Rev. W. Arthur Warner, D.D. Mark’s took part in the service. The Secretary, 1935 Chestnut St. President Cardenas seems deter Philadelphia, Pa. service was followed by a reception mined not to make martyrs of the in the cathedral hall. The ushers at leaders of this outfit by deporting the service, which was organized by them, though demands have been RESTHAVEN Ethel Livesley, student adviser at Saint Augustine, Florida made that he do so. He wants to ap Sisters of The Resurrection have again opened the university, were members of the ply in this situation, as in others, their Rest House in this historic city to guests newly formed Canterbury Club at desiring spiritual peace and strength; physical his technique of handling his enemies rest, quiet, and nourishing food. The new the university. location is in beautiful grounds with water H: H* * outlook, live oaks, palms, flowers. Com fortable rooms. Central heat. Address The Fascism Finds Uphill Mother Superior S. R. Going in Mexico All is not easy for Fascist propa ST. HILDA GUILD, Inc. gandists in Mexico. Fascist ideas 147 E. 47th St., New York just don’t seem to appeal to many of CHURCH VESTMENTS the masses. Last February, the ECCLESIASTICAL EMBROIDERY Conferences with reference to the adornment Fascist, anti-Semitic movement, of Churches which was so widely advertised up Telephone El-dorado 5-1058 to that time, suffered a set-back which has been decreasing in pres IRISH LINEN PRICES REDUCED by Anglo-American Trade Agreement effective Jan. 1st. Get new list for Calvert. Herrick A ltar and Vestments. M A R Y F A W & Riedinger CETT CO., Box 146, Plainfield, N. J.

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the United States will hinder the set with an Alps green border. The The picture with this story, to President and will play into the marble wood was done by The Hut gether with the cover picture, were hands of the Fascists. Lies about ton Marble Company of Cambridge, taken by William Johnson who is a road conditions and the danger of Mass., who, among its many instal member of the Cathedral’s Fellow- tourist travel, the boycott against lations, last year manufactured the craft Club, and they indicate that Mexican oil which has forced Mexico marble that went into Trinity the effort made in teaching photog to deal with the Fascist nations, the Church, Boston,— work that has been raphy in this group is bearing re insults to Mexico from prominent widely praised. sults. You may be interested too United States Congressmen, all tend The baptismal font has been moved to know what was placed inside the to strengthen the hands of what to the Chapel entrance, symbolizing altar—an incased box containing a would otherwise be an insignificant baptism as the entrance to the Bible, Prayer Book, Hymnal, chil group. Church. When children in the fu dren’s lesson work, letters of accept * * * ture are baptized at St. Paul’s they ance, history of the cathedral, year Church Dedicates will be presented at the altar, since books of the cathedral, an American New Gifts Dean Kirk O’Ferrall believes it will flag, the tribute to Bishop Page that A rose window, a carved oak deepen the sense of responsibility on was presented at the 1939 convention bishop’s chair, and clergy chair, the part of the sponsors and congre of the diocese and several United and a processional cross, were gations. States coins. dedicated recently in St. Mat thew’s Church, Rochester, N. Y., by Bishop Ferris, retired bishop of the diocese. These gifts, some of which Services in Leading Churches were memorials, were added to the recently installed stained glass win The Cathedral of St. John St. Thomas Church dows, seven in number. The mem the Divine Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street bership of the church has doubled in Amsterdam Avenue and 112th St. New York the last four years, the increase be New York City Rev. Roelif H. Brooks, S.T.D., Rector Sundays: 8 and 9, Holy Communion. Sunday Services: 8 A.M., 11 A.M., and ing attributed by the rector, the Rev. 10, Morning Prayer. 11, Holy Communion 4 P.M. William P. Richardson, to the efforts and Sermon. 4, Evening Prayer and Ser Daily Services: 8 :30 A.M., Holy Com mon. munion. of the lay people, who have taken Weekdays: 7:30, Holy Communion (on Noonday Service: 12 :05 to 12 :35. the responsibility of securing candi Saints’ Days 7 :30 and 10.) 9, Morning Thursday: 11 A.M., Holy Communion. Prayer. 5, Evening Prayer. Saturdays: dates for baptism and confirmation. Organ Recital at 4:30. Trinity Church, New York * * * Broadway and Wall St. Chapel of the Intercession Sundays: 8, 9, 11 and 3:30. Foreign Students Broadway at 155th Daily: 8, 12 and 3. Entertained New York City Rev. S. Tagart Steele, Vicar Twenty foreign students of Swarth- Sundays : Holy Communion: 8 and 9 :30. St. Paul’s Cathedral more College, Pa., were the guests Service and Sermon: 11; Evening Prayer Buffalo, New York and Sermon, 8 P.M. Very Rev. Austin Pardue, Dean recently of the Rev. and Mrs. J. Jar- Weekdays: Holy Communion daily: 7 Sundays: 8, 9 :30, 11 A.M. and 5 P.M. den Guenther of Trinity Church, at and 10. Morning Prayer, daily, 9 :40. Class Weekdays: 8, 12 :05. in Religion Fridays at 8 P.M. Tuedsay: 10:30 A.M. Holy Communion the annual international student sup and 11:00 A.M. Quiet Hour. per. Some of the young people were Grace Church, New York Americans whose parents are mis Rev. W. Russell Bowie, D.D. Christ Church Cathedral Broadway at 10th St. Main and Church Sts., Hartford, Conn. sionaries or who are in business Sundays: 8 and 11 A.M. and 8 P.M. The Very Rev. Walter H. Gray, Dean abroad. Many countries were repre Daily: 12:30 except Mondays and Sat Sunday Services, 8:00, 9:30, 10:05, urdays. 11:00 a.m .; 4:30 p.m. sented. The rector of Trinity Church Holy Communion, 11:45 A.M. on Thurs Week-days: 8 :00 a.m. Holy Communion is the center of active student work. days and Holy Days. (7:00 on Wednesdays). 11:00 a.m. Holy ^ H4 He Communion on Wednesdays and Holy Days. The Heavenly Rest, New York 12:30 p.m. Noonday Service. Church Receives Fifth Avenue at 90th Street St. Michael and All Angels Organ Rev. Henry Darlington, D.D. Sundays: Holy Communion 8 and 10 :15 Baltimore, Maryland An electric organ and a newly dec a.m. ; Sunday School 9 :30 a.m.; Morning St. Paul and 20th Street orated interior have been given to Service and Sermon 11 a.m .; Choral Eve Sunday Services: 7:30, 9:30, 11 AM.; ning Prayer 5 p.m. 8 P.M. St. Philip’s Church, Laurel, Dela Thursdays and Holy Days: Holy Com Weekdays: Monday, Wednesday and munion, 11 a.m. Saturday, 10 A.M. ware, by Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 7 A.M. Carpenter, Jr. The organ is a me Holy Days, 7 & 10 A.M. Morning Prayer The Incarnation at 9 A.M. Evening Prayer at 5:15 P.M. morial to Isaac John and Matilda Madison Avenue and 35th Street Fowler Wootten, and was dedicated The Rev. John Gass, D.D., Rector Gethsemane, Minneapolis Sundays: 8, 10, 11 A.M., recently by the rector, the Rev. R. Wednesdays and Holy Days: Holy Com 4th Ave, South at 9th St. Y. Barber. munion 10 A.M. The Reverend John S. Higgins, Rector Fridays, Holy Communion, 12 :15 P.M. 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