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WITNESS SEPTEMBER 5, 1963 10* publication. and reuse for required Permission DFMS. / Church Episcopal the of Archives 2020. Copyright HOWARD H. CLARK Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada REPORTS ON THE ANGLICAN CONGRESS SERVICES The Witness SERVICES In Leading Churches For Christ and His Church In Leading Churches NEW YORK CITY EDITORIAL BOARD THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH CHRIST CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE JOHN MCGILL KRUMM, Chairman Sunday: Holy Communion 7, 8, 9, 10; Morn- W. B. SPOFFORD SR., Managing Editor CAMBRIDGE, MASS. ing Prayer, Holy Communion and Ser- EDWARD J. MOHR, Editorial Assistant The Rev. Gardiner M. Day, Rector mon, 11; Evensong and sermon, 4. O. SYDNEY BARR; LEE A. BELFORD; KENNETH Sunday Services: 8:00, 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. Morning Prayer and Holy Communion 7:15 R. FORBES; ROSCOE T. FOUST; RICHARD E. Wed. and Holy Days: 8:00 and (and 10 Wed.); Evensong, 5. GARY; GORDON C. GRAHAM; DAVID JOHNSON; 12:10 p.m. CHARLES D. KEAN; HAROLD R. 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HC 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist. munion; 11 Morning Prayer and Sermon One of New York's Sacrament of Forgiveness — Saturday 11:30 CChurch School); 4 French Service; 7:30 most beautiful public buildings. to 1 p.m. Evening Prayer. VOL. 48, NO. 29 The WITNESS SEPTEMBER 5, 1963 FOR CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH Editorial and Publication Office, Eaton Road, Tunkhannock, Pa. Story of the Week British and Canadians ac- Manifesto Presented to Congress cepted this for the most part but not the U.S. delegates who Calls for Radical Changes wanted to know who had rights regarding resolutions express- * The big story of the An- lust for passing resolutions" ing the mind of the congress. publication. glican Congress should be date- and warned that resolutions In any case it is for this and lined London, Ontario, rather would only endanger the hope reason that the heading on page than Toronto where the Con- of reforms proposed by the eight is "Manifesto To" and reuse gress met from August 13 to 23. manifesto. not "Manifesto Of". for Some 100 archbishops and bish- "The world outside," he said, ops, serving on the advisory "is very confused about the The manifesto, printed in full council on missionary strategy, structure of our congress. We in this issue, was however al- required of which Bishop Stephen F. must avoid confusing people most unanimously approved Bayne is the executive officer, any further and not create any even if no vote was taken, and had an extensive huddle prior suggestion that we are a legis- will be studied and acted upon to the opening of the congress lative body." in the months ahead on all Permission levels of Anglican life through- and prepared a manifesto called Thus delegates were given to "Mutual responsibility and out the world. understand that the document The document was described DFMS. interdependence in the body of / was not to be discussed for Christ." by Bishop Bayne as a "time possible revision since it was bomb" and most of the hun- It was read to the delegates, the work of the archbishops Church dreds of delegates agreed with representing Anglican churches and primates and was to be pre- him. Thus the Rev. Robert L. in 78 countries, by Archbishop sented to the churches without Curry, headmaster of Lenox F. Donald Coggan of York, the change. School and a delegate from Episcopal morning of August 17. An at- Western Mass, writes that its the tempt was made immediately to presentation "may well go down of have a vote on it but the Arch- as a historic day in the life of bishop ruled that delegates the Anglican communion." His should have time to consider it. report presents the following- Archives This they did in their study points which were made by groups during the second week archbishops and bishops in 2020. of the congress, with at least commenting on the document: some of the groups sending to the editorial committee sugges- • I thought one of the best Copyright tions for changes in the docu- commentaries was made by one ment. of the Japanese bishops. After However the Archbishop of years of our strategy being to Canterbury, on Wednesday, the set up independent churches, 21st reminded the delegates get them onto their feet, and that the congress was not a then withdrawing, this new legislative body and that the thinking for help is a mutual manifesto could be accepted, interdependence which will aid rejected or amended only by everyone of the provinces of the the eighteen autonomous communion.