Voi. VII. No. 47 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 14, 1923 $2.00 A YEAR The Call of the Ministry ! The Church Has Flourishing Presented To Boys Centers in Europe

Leaders of the Church Meet With Selected Group Bishop Harris Reports That Our Churches In At Chestnut Hill Conference Europe Are Doing Splendid Work

By Rev. Gordon Reese Most of our American churches in Eu­ “ Chestnut Hill.” To more than a hun­ rope have been visited during the year by dred boys of our Church who attended the Bishop Harris of Marquette, who went at Regional Conference on the Call to the Bishop Williams’ request. These churches, Ministry “ Chestnut Hill” will not be a sta­ whose work is by no means as well known tion stop on the Pennsylvania Railroad. It in this country as it should be, will be will literally mean a station stop in their seen during the summer by American life. For Chestnut Hill enabled many fel­ Church people, many of whom will be lows for the first time in their life to both astonished and gratified to find their “Stop, Look and Listen” to the Call to the own Church firmly established and active­ Sacred Ministry. ly at work in such “ foreign lands” as Italy and France. To give the readers of The Witness a little picture of the Conference is a dif­ Bishop Harris found St. Paul’s in Rome ficult task, for there was an atmosphere., doing a splendid work, a power for good a spirit at Chestnut Hill which defies de­ and, an inspiration to Americans in Rome. scription. There must have been careful In Florence, where the Church had been preparation, for we saw no machinery in through difficulties due to the war and operation at the Conference. Prayers had been closed for a time, the work has must have preceded this Conference, for been reorganized and was in excellent it was a mountain top experience to all of condition. A fund was being raised for a us. We felt the Master’s presence. much-needed rectory. Florence is an art center which every year attracts thou­ From the moment of our arrival to the sands of students, for whom the Church last handshake in parting there was some­ can be a center of American life. At San thing to do at the Conference. Naturally Rt. Rev. John Gardner Murray, D. D. Remo American Church people are under that pleased the fellows. There had to be the kindly care of the chaplain of one of action, for there were two men at the the two English Churches. helm which steered us on our course— . group leaders and for one hour discussed In Nice the Church was flourishing in Rev. Albert Lucas of Philadelphia and the a strong and influential American colony. Rev. Percy Austin of Long Beach, Cal. the first lesson of a series of three which were prepared by Bishop Johnson of The In Paris at the pro-cathedral Church of Just a word about those two men. Albert the Holy Trinity, an outstanding event of Lucas received, on the last night of the Witness. Then for an hour with Bishop Woodcock on “ Christian Leadership” ; then the Bishop’s visit was the dedication of Conference, a silver loving cup. It was the beautiful “ battle cloister,” accounts recreation; then dinner. After dinner an expression of the esteem and love in of which have been published. more recreation, swimming, tennis, base­ which he was held by the entire Confer­ Germany was not visited at this time. ball. Six o’clock, Bishop Brent on the ence. Perry Austin is the nearest to an In Geneva, the center of so many inter­ “ Adventure of Life.” After supper an­ eight-day non-skid-non-stop, go-get-’em national movements, our Church should other hour in Discussion with Bishop that it has been my privilege to meet. Mr. receive loyal and more enthusiastic sup­ Woodcock, then off to bed. Lucas and Mr. Austin had a purpose and port from us at home. A movement is on that purpose was never lost sight of. The Thursday was pretty much the same as foot there to build a parish house which success of the Conference can only be at­ W ednesday. shall be a center for American life in that tributed to two people directly, Perry Aus­ Friday was the closing day of the Con­ strategic city. In Lucerne, where our tin and Albert Lucas. ference. We started the day with a large services are held from June to September, After the fellows were assigned to their Corporate Communion. The fellows by we use the church of the Old Catholics. groups and found their rooms most of this time wanted to know more about the The American Church contributed a sum them did what a group of clergymen would ministry. Every lad was dead in earnest, toward this building in order to secure the do— they started to get acquainted on the yet no pressure was being brought to bear use of it when needed. ball diamond, tennis courts and in the upon any one. After the addresses by Twenty-three people were confirmed by swimming pool. Bishops Brent and Woodcock we had din­ Bishop Harris. His report concludes: One After supper the first night Head Coach ner and after an afternoon full of recrea­ cannot visit the American Churches in Roper of Princeton gave a dandy address tion we went to a little wayside shrine near Europe without being proud of the splen­ to the fellows on “ Self Mastery.” It was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Houston. did work they are doing for America. The the kind of an address one would expect There we had a brief service. After the work deserves greater recognition and from a Coach, with one exception. It service we were entertained by Mr. and more substantial and’ discerning support lacked the usual embellishments of the Mrs. Sam Houston at their beautiful home from the Church at home. The welfare of vocabulary of most coaches. It was on the Wishachickon. It was a great joy American students abroad and their sub­ straight frofti the shoulder and the fellows to meet Mr. Houston. He has all of the sequent influence rest largely on the ef­ enjoyed the message. qualifications needed for the ministry, in­ fective work of these Churches, which Wednesday morning the boys, after the cluding a fine sense of humor, which we should have the support of every patriotic Holy Communion and breakfast, met their (Continued on page 5) Churchman. Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. 2 T H E WITNESS

pass away as long as earth is earth, and Cheerful Confidences men are men. Of course, we read, and are bound to, By Rev. George Parkin Atwater, D. D. (Dur UtalfnjiB the law in the light of the Gospel and interpret the Ten Commandments in the “ Light that lighteth every man that com- “REVEREND BROWN” John Gardner Murray, the Bishop eth into the world,” and above all we look There have been frequent comments in of Maryland, was born in Lonacon- upon them in the light of the great prin­ the religious press on the atrocious habit ing, Maryland, in 1857. The early ciple, which was contained in the saying o f using the word “ reverend” as a form days of his ministry were served in of address, or of using it in print with that “ the Sabbath was made for man, and a man’s last name. Alabama. not man for the Sabbath.” Possibly the most woefully misused In 1896 he became the rector of These Commandments are not arbitrary word in the English language is the ad­ the Church of the Advent in Bir­ laws laid down by an absolute king for jective, mingham where he remained until the preservation of his own honor and “ Reverend” glory and the maintenance of his own dig­ called to the Church of St. Mary and Unless you are willing to err constantly nity. God has no dignity, except the dig­ against the usages of grammar, against All Angels in Baltimore in 1903. He nity of utter humility, which is the only good taste, against propriety, please read was elected Bishop Coadjutor of real dignity there is. the following carefully and if you are Maryland in 1909, and became the The Ten Commandments are laws of guilty of misusing this word, make an ef­ Diocesan in 1911. love and are, therefore, to be taken as fort to correct your habit. the necessary basis of human perfection. The word “reverend” is an adjective To disobey them is to sin against our own applied as a mark of respect to men who nature, which does indeed rob God of Hi$ have entered the ministry. The word is Newspapers may omit the article “ the” glory, for God’s glory is man’s perfection. not a title, and cannot be used as a title. and use the form, “Rev. Mr. Brown.” To disobey them is to lay ourselves open The word “Doctor” or “Judge” is a title, Consult the Century Dictionary or any to spiritual disease, to corruption of the but the word reverend is an adjective. It mind and of the moral nature. Disobedi­ can never be used with a man’s last name reliable book on good English, and you will ence to them brings its own punishment, alone. It cannot be used as a form of gladly array yourself on the side of those because it. puts us out of harmony with address. who protest against the slip-shod, provin­ reality and ultimately leads to our lives The word can be used in writing with cial. and distasteful misuse of the word becoming a living lie. a minister’s full name, or it may be used “reverend.” In these days when the old-fashioned with the prefix Mr. or Dr. and his sur­ Every periodical and newspaper in our conventions are all being broken down, people imagine that you can break the name. land, please copy. Newspapers, school teachers, managers of Commandments as you break the conven­ business officers and telephone exchanges, tions. Nothing can be more untrue. The bookkeepers, stenographers, teachers in conventions are very largely temporary business colleges, and all people are urged Our Lord and the in their nature, made to meet special but to read and teach the following rules for passing needs; the Commandments are the use of the word, and to spare the men Commandments eternal in their nature, made to meet per­ in the ministry the sight and sound of a manent and lasting needs.' To break the usage that is improper. Commandments is in very deed to shake the eternal mountains and dim the steady James A. Brown has entered the minis­ By Rev. Studdert Kennedy shining of the everlasting stars. It is to try. Henceforth his cards will appear as Christian goodness, which at its best rebel against the universe, which is of all follows: The Reverend James A. Brown. is the most perfectly beautiful thing that rebellions the most futile and pathetic. That is correct. has ever been produced upon earth, was You can no more modernize the Deca­ Incorrect Use and is based by our Lord and Master upon logue than you can vulgarize the sea. You the Ten Commandments. You must not say, write or think the may build your shanties of shallow think­ ing and passion on the shore, but sooner following: There is a tendency today to imagine that our Lord’s teaching supersedes the or later the tide of the eternal truth will Reverend Brown. Decalogue, but this is directly contrary come and break your jim-crack specula­ Good morning, Reverend. to His own definite statement that He tions into bits and you will seek for refuge Reverend Brown preached yesterday. came not to destroy or supersede, but in the haven of God’s Law. Rev. Brown. to fulfill, to reveal in all its fullness and Dear Reverend (in a letter). perfection the truth which has always lain The above forms are not proper, either hidden in the law, and it remains true that REV. G .A .STUDDERT KENNEDY as Used above or as part of a sentence. heaven and earth may pass away, but not one essential jot of the moral law can I Believe Correct Use If anyone wants to read a . book that Is The Rev. Mr. Brown. good for their soul and at the same time stimulating to the intellect, send for a copy The Rev. James A. Brown. of this book by Woodbine Willie, who Rev. George Craig Stewart writes Theology in a language understood Dear Mr. Brown (in a letter). by the people and with a zip that makes If he becomes a Doctor of Divinity, you the dry bones of complacent orthodoxy Evolution: A Witness to God rattle.”—Bishop Johnson. msay say or write: $1.50 a copy; postage 10c The attitude of Christians toward the The Rev. Dr. Brown. theory of evolution is a live issue. In this The Rev. James A. Brown, D.D. little book Dr. Stewart interprets the theory Lies in the light of Christianity. 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tian man. Salary $100 to begin with.” President of Rotary, he is kept busy by Up-Stream “ Churchmanship immaterial!” Here, lecturing. indeed, is an amazingly seductive bait, a I was very much interested during our By the Rev. Geo. Craig Stewart, D. D. triumph of advertising genius. conversation at that luncheon table to dis­ No party lines drawn, no shibboleths de­ cover his hobby—Young People. He is manded, no discriminations threatened, the father of several, hence his viewpoint. “I f you will go with us, you must go against no schools of thought regarded. Evangel­ “ In my estimation,” he said, “ the wind, and tide; you must also own Religion in ical, Modernist, New Mediaevalist; long Church is facing a crisis with their pres­ his rags, as well as when in his silver slippers; surpiiced, short surpliced, Erastian, Trac- ent attitude toward the Young People’s and stand by him, too, when bound in irons tarian; black stoled, colored stoled, Dear- Work. For the Church is not willing to as well as when he waiketh the streets with merite, tippeted, with or without rabat, face this question.” applause.—Pilgrim’s Progress. or cravated in cerese. It makes no dif­ “ Is it best for our Young People that ference whatever— all are invited, so long the Church, nationally, take an interest as the applicant is a youthful, unmarried, in their present efforts?” That a parson is entitled to two full impecunious priest with economical hab­ “ Too long we have been asking, ‘Is it .months’ vacation in summer is evident. its and a yearning after surroundings of best for the Church?’ What is really im­ Other men have fifty- Cathedral magnificence. Stop— there are portant is whether or not it is best for the HARD-WORKING two Sundays off; three other important qualifications; this young people,” was his reply. PARSONS most of them have priest must be a man, and a Christian, and In my mail that same day came a let­ fifty - two Saturday earnest. No pagan priests will be con­ ter from a clergyman friend of mine. He half-holidays besides, to say nothing of sidered; likewise, no lady priests nor any has no children, which, I think, partly legal holidays, and practically all their who are in the priesthood just for fun. It accounts for his reply: evenings. But the parson must look to is all too absurd! “ I do not believe the Church is facing his sixty days in summer as the only time You can’t catch a good big fish on a a crisis in our Young People’s Work. The in the whole year upon which he can ab­ dead frog, and you can’t get a strike from Church is doing all she can do or ought solutely count for freedom from paro­ a real man by baiting with a flabby senti­ to be doing for them at the present time.” chial cark and care. ment. “ It’s much better for the Church to wait Which the same reminds us of a story. There are plenty of young priests who until the Young People develop their own A clerk in a Jewish banking house went can fill all the other requirements. We organization.” It’s much better for the Church. to his employer and asked for a raise in do not believe there is one anywhere who That's one answer. salary. “ What!” said the head of the firm, would not resent having his churchman­ It is best for the Young People that the “ a raise in salary! Why you don’t be­ ship labeled immaterial. gin to earn what you get. In fact, I’m Church do something with them and for supporting you in absolute idleness! And Just home from abroad, the multimil- them. I can prove it to you,” he went on, “prove ionaire was relating his experience to his That’s the other answer. A question of viewpoints? Yes, to a in it by mathematics. Let us take the long­ friend, a prosperous Phil- certain extent, but it’s more than that. est year possible, one with three hundred PHILISTINE istine. “ Do you know,” It’s a question of life. As I read the and sixty-six days in it. Very well. Three said he, “ I had great trou­ gospels I find Jesus interested in human hundred and sixty-six. Now you sleep ble in making up my mind and really did life— a son, a daughter, a brother. He one-third of your time don’t you? Every­ not know whether to bring back with me a Murillo or a Rembrandt.” “ Well,” an­ was not interested in the cold, dead body does.” The clerk agreed that he formalism of the Jewish Church of His did. “ Well then, subtract one hundred swered his friend, the Philistine, “ any of time. and twenty two days, that leaves two those French makes are good especially in hill climbing.” Which reminds us of that Constantly He spoke in terms of “ Is it hundred and forty-four. Then you take best, not for the institution— but the in­ one-third of your time for recreation. other genial gentleman who, when men­ tion was made of a lecture on Keats, inno­ dividual?” It’s not a question of view­ Isn’t that so?” The clerk was bound to point. It’s a question of our boys and cently inquired, “ Well, what are Keats?” acknowledge it. “ Well, take it off,— one girls. It’s a question of the Young Life In the same distinguished class belong the hundred and twenty-two days. What have of our Church. you left?” One hundred and twenty-two. lady who supposed Botticelli was a kind of “ Ah, yes, but you have fifty-two Sundays cheese, and that other person who, apro­ off. Now what does that leave?” “ Seven­ pos of a reference to Homer’s Odyssey, re­ REV. JULIUS A . SCHAAD ty-seven.” “ And,” he went on, “you have marked in a knowing manner, “ Yes, fifty-two Saturday half holidays, which is Homer’s I believe is the best.” A Man’ s Religion twenty-six full days. ‘Off with it,’ as the A book that makes a decided appeal to red- Queen said in Wonderland. Now, what blooded men. Has been used successfully have you?” Only forty-four days, said by rectors in their efforts in winning men to the Church. the crest-fallen clerk. “ But I’m not Young People's Work 35c a copy; $3.50 a dozen through yet,” continued Shylock. “ Young By Rev. Gordon Reese man, you are in the habit of taking an WITNESS BOOKS hour each day for lunch. Do you know 6140 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago that makes a total of sixteen days a year? VIEWPOINTS Off with it!” “ Twenty-eight left,” mut­ St. Louis has just entertained the In­ tered the clerk. “ Yes, and from that you ternational Rotary Convention. It was a must subtract two weeks’ vacation, which tremendous success. Representatives from leaves fourteen days, and then subtract more than twenty countries were present. REV. FRANK E. WILSON the legal holidays which are thirteen— and The leading business men of hundreds of there you are— one day left and that’s communities were present. Yom Kippur and of course you. don’t work Common Sense Religion It was my privilege to meet with at then!” “ The book we have been waiting for for least a half dozen Past Presidents of In­ years. 1" a delightful, readable, human boo* ternational Rotary at a luncheon. he makes plain what are the fundamental In a recent Church paper appeared the teachings of the Christian Church. ’—The following “ad:” “ Wanted, assistant Priest It was a still greater pleasure for me Observer. for magnificent new to meet one of the Past Presidents, an $1.50 a copy; postage 10c CHURCHMANSHIP Cathedral, young, outstanding leader in that group of lead­ unmarried, R Oi 1 e ers in Rotary, who confessed to me he WITNESS BOOKS chiefly Sunday school. Brotherhood Work was a churchman. Working at it? Yes. and choir boys.' The latter he should Conducting services as a lay reader when­ 6140 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago mainly train. 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it is let loose indiscriminately. Truly it atmosphere of Christian charity and the H t t t t r B a gives light in the darkness, but the light oblation of Christian worship. is not one in which one can walk safely Published every Saturday, $2.00 a year. The systems around us are unregulated, or for long, and the power is destructive, spasmodic and clamorous. It is true that THE WITNESS PUBLISHING CO. for it burns up whatever it touches. by the grace of God they produce many 6140 Cottage Grove Ave. There are millions of our people who CHICAGO, ILL. individual saints, but the general effect have been struck by this spiritual light­ is not one of love, joy and peace. ______2E" ______ning, and it has burned out all the finer Nor is it possible to unite the systems Editor-In-Chief spiritual instincts in their being, so that in one trunk line. Rt. Rer. Irving P. Johnson the steady currents of spiritual energy which bring sweetness and light to human The methods which characterize the one Managing Editor would hopelessly disrupt the other. Rev. William B. Spofford nature is incapable of transmission to their souls. Their fuse is burned out and It is impossible to combine authority, Entered as second class matter at the Post the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, which continuity and established principles with Office at Chicago, 111., under the Act of Congress anarchy, individualism and personal pref­ of March 3, 1879. is a regulated spiritual current, does not reach them so as to produce light and erences. warmth. We need to strengthen our lines and The Editorial Whole sections of this country have give them adequate support. been burned over by unregulated spiritual If the Chruch today fails to give light By Bishop Johnson discharges until the population is wholly and warmth and energy to its own mem­ insulated from the finer purposes of spir­ bers, it is due more to atmospheric dis­ ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES itual power. And the difficulty is that turbances without, and burned-out fuses There is a certain similarity between our sentimentality is incapable of realiz­ within, than to any lack of power in our electricity and spirituality. ing the distinction. dynamo or faithful continuance of our In the first place nobody knows what We enjoy the display of fireworks with­ wires. either of these forces really is. out realizing at all that the electrical dis­ If the individual bulb which you repre­ Neither of them can be adequately de­ charge is not beneficial, but harmful. sent isn’t burning, look out for your con­ fined in the limitations of human under­ It is the function of true religion to nection. standing and human speech. produce purity, charity and worship. But Possibly your .parochial transformer There are persons who flout the exist­ it is a well-known fact that in those sec­ needs a new plug or you need a new ence of spirituality because it cannot be tions where religion is merely unregulated socket. defined. Some of these people call them­ emotion these spiritual qualities are not You can let your light shine, if only selves scientists. They belong to the same the fruit of the spirit. It is just as vital you will make your connection with that class of scientists as those who would that spirituality be regulated by certain spiritual power which has made saints in deny that there is such a thing as elec­ definite principles as it is that your elec­ all ages and which will still do its work tricity because no one knows just what it tric plant shall follow the laws and prin­ if the linemen do their duty and the in­ is. ciples of human experience; and those dividual keeps his contact with the wire. There are certain powers in man and groups of religious enthusiasts who think And do not be so foolish as to think in nature which defy definition, but are that spirituality can be applied without that because some bulb near you is dead known by their results. such knowledge are not saving souls, as that there is no more spiritual energy in they say, but burning them up. the Church. A dead bulb merely signi­ If you do not believe that there is such For you have not saved a soul so long a thing as electricity you can easily be fies that there is something the matter as it remains sensuous, bitter, censorious with that bulb, for God still rules in convinced by touching a live wire. In the and self-righteous, for none such will same way if you do not believe that good Heaven and His Holy Spirit still operates enter the Kingdom of Heaven. as Christ has promised, and you may and evil are positive forces, you need I fully realize how ashamed our Church only to spend a week in camp with either bring forth the fruits of the spirit if you people frequently are when they compare will make your connection and turn on a good man or a bad man to find the dif­ the burning zeal of many religious sec­ ference. your switch. taries with our own subdued light and heat. Religion may be defined as that spirit­ Electrical displays are exciting to look ual dynamo which has for its object the at, but in the words of the Great Apostle, producing of spiritual results. Like an they “affect you zealously but not well.” Shattuck School electric dynamo, religion may send forth Or to use another analogy which one of a current which will produce beneficial or our own teachers has given us, “ It is A Church School for Boys disastrous results. better to limp along the right road than (57th Year) There is nothing more beneficial in a to race along the wrong one.” town than an electric dynamo and I fancy And when the Church has set up its It is conspicuous among schools there is nothing more destructive than a plant which has been the result of human" for its select class of boys, its high bolt of lightning. experience— its dynamo, which is the gift rank in scholarship, its moral and If one has seen a broken wire, highly at Pentecost; its wire, which is the His­ physical training, the care taken of charged with electricity, sputtering, and toric Church, to carry that gift; its trans­ its boys, and their character when exploding as it sends forth liquid death formers, which are the various parishes graduated. and destruction, one fully realizes that the and missions in which the current is regu­ A Military Boarding School of the power which can lighten our path and lated to meet the needs of the people— let Best T ype. carry us so comfortably from place to us not delude ourselves into thinking that place, can also burn us up when misap­ the electric discharges with sonorous thun­ A Church School with the Tradi­ plied. der and highly charged bolts are benefi­ tions and Ideals of Fifty Years. We get so used to saying that it does cent forces. On the contrary, they fill Graduates Prepared for Any not make any difference what one be­ the atmosphere with static; put our lines College. lieves so long as one is religious, that we out of commission and burn out the trans­ Boys may be entered at ipid- entirely lose sight of the fact that be­ formers all over the place. year. Summer School on a Unique neficent forces become destructive forces These electric storms do not produce Plan. when they are misapplied. love, joy, peace which are the fruits of * * * the spirit, but rather passion, excitement Address, The Rector I am convinced that one of our chief and unrest, which are quite the opposite. difficulties in the United States is that The Church has a system which when SHATTUCK SCHOOL re'igion is being handled by groups of it can command the undivided loyalty of u itrained leaders who mistake the be­ its own constituency will produce the high­ FARIBAULT, MINN. neficent power of forked lightning when est type of Christian family life and the Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. THE WITNESS 5

mand that certain ideals and standards and still be human. Most of the group Social Service of living be adhered to. leaders were disguised as laymen as far as By William S. Keller, M.D. First, let us study the problem in our their dress was concerned. But I found various communities by getting in close none of them disguised their convictions as far as the ministry was concerned. It SOCIAL ASPECTS OF ILLEGITIMACY contact with social agencies doing the best constructive work in our community. Visit was a Conference where the sweet “ Fel­ In a recent article entitled “ Laws on the Juvenile Court, the Court of Domestic lowship of kindred minds was like to that Bastardy,” we stated that the handicap of Relations and the Municipal Court. Re­ above.” bastardy was one of the most unjust and port the outstanding problems to the I am wondering now whether it would not continuing hardships which society im­ chairman of Diocesan Social Service De­ be a good thing for some group of women poses on any individual. partment and ask that intensive consid­ in our Church to hold a similar Confer­ In former times at common law a bas­ eration, probably a survey, be made. ence for the Young Women of our Church tard was said to be “ Filius Nullius,” the where the claims of Christian Service We must then throw off the traditional child of nobody, or “Filius Populi,” the might be presented to them also. suppression and secrecy that has charac­ child of the people. Such a child was terized our policy in handling this problem barred from many of the rights of citi­ and offer to our Church constituency a zenship, and to this day there is no rela­ summary of our findings. tion in life which may not be jeopardized The Effect of Movies by the stigma of bastardy. Who would venture to evaluate the ef­ fect of such a policy on future genera­ On Morals The Church has already expressed its tions? interest in the problem of the unmarried Is not such a policy much more funda­ mother and the illegitimate child through By Mrs. Clara R. Winterton mentally sound— preventing delinquency, the agency known as the Church Mission Moving picture people are surely in the prostitution, divorce, etc., than our pres­ of Help. limelight. Many good people are being ent plan of handling these problems chief­ In considering the adults in these Prob­ shocked to learn of the debauching revel­ ly by penalization and legislation? lem Cases it is fair to assume that these ries indulged in by their film favorites. The Church should stand primarily for individuals come under two general heads Before condemning them as a class, ma­ education and prevention. Such a policy — one group we have a combination of ture and thinking men and women should will be accepted and made effective only definite mental pathology and sex promis­ give the moving picture business as a when combined with a scientific back­ cuity and probably a definite and impor­ whole, some serious thought, reasoning ground and a practical application. tant relation between them— the other not only from cause to effect but from ef­ Such a policy will be Scientific, Humane fect to cause. group seems to be an illicit or promiscu­ and Christian. ous sex expression as a definite behavior People in almost all walks of life May this serve as an appeal to Diocesan tendency. Social Service Departments. throughout the United States are agreed In summing up the Church’s responsi­ that, “ The abuse of the motion picture bility to these individuals we must recog­ screen is becoming a national calamity.” nize immediately that our attention It is stated on the best of authority that should be directed to persons in the sec­ The Chestnut Hill one-fifth of our entire population, or ond group. Conference twenty million of our American people Sex and sex relationship constitutes a attend a motion picture show every day, practical problem for all of us. This fact and one authority has affirmed, “ The gi­ must be accepted if we are to compre­ (Continued from front page) gantic business of the ‘movies’ is daily hend and handle the problem in others. discovered when Mr. Austin presented him, influencing the masses of our people to Up to the present time most all of the as a gift from the Conference, a brand an extent not even approached by all our data scientists have accumulated on the new auto, purchased from Woolworth’s. schools, our churches, and our ethical or­ subject have been the result of study on He speaks well, and, as he said, he likes ganizations combined.” selected groups of cases in institutions the sound of his own voice, especially A Roman Catholic authority refers to and clinics. It would be folly to general­ when a crowd is in front of him. He is a “ The lurid scenes, the unwholesome sex ize and assert that this correlation is in­ good business man and he is interested appeals, and the debasing animations of dicative that a definite relationship ex­ in BOYS, upon whom he makes a great crime and immorality to be found in so ists in all cases of illicit sex practice and impression. Best of all, his kindly spirit many of the widely exploited photoplays,” mental pathology. In order to get the true made it possible for the Conference to and affirms that these things are doing a meet at his home and there, on the hill­ criteria for judgment, we must first have large part in debasing the morals of the studies that would include all strata o f top overlooking a beautiful wooded Val­ rising generation. ley, we listened to Dr. Z. B. T. Phillips society. The chief of police in Chicago has of the Church of Our Saviour, Philadel­ Mental hygienists throughout the coun­ traced a large part of the juvenile crimes try tell us that we must apply the same phia, challenge us to the Sacred Ministry. There were many addresses at the Con­ of that city to the corruptive motion pic­ criteria to this problem as in any other tures that are exhibited. behavior problem. ference, but none like that one. We who are in the ministry bowed our heads after Recent news dispatches tell of murders There may be on one hand a condition and suicides among children from five in which a pathological state of sex equip­ that address and thanked God that we were privileged to work with Him. Every years of age upward. The crime wave ment exists, accompanied by a dispropor­ boy with whom I spoke afterwards said: among adults is fully paralleled by that of tionate urge for sex expression— or we “ That one was the best.” 'the rising generation. The juvenile may be dealing with a normal sex equip­ Many more things happened, and I courts in all our large cities report that ment with a lack of ordinary inhibition. wish I might write about all of them. The they are overcrowded with work. What to We must accept the fact that most in­ kindness of the Philadelphia papers who do with these boys and girls is one of the dividuals possess sufficient inhibitory sent us many fine men to report the Con­ problems of the hour. These startling de­ powers to assure the proper adaptation ference. The splendid committee which velopments in the way of juvenile crimes with reference to their sex lives. arranged for and made the Conference should cause every father and mother to Much could be said regarding the phys­ possible. The genial treasurer, Mr. Reed do some very serious thinking. What are iological and scientific proof which would Morgan, who, with a smile on his face con­ your girl and boy reading? 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Some parents in an effort to rear their the attainment of the complete human children in the way that they should go, The Aspirations of ideal in all of its economic, ethical and forbid them the picture shows; but how is spiritual implications. it possible for a godly mother to keep the American Labor thoughts of her children pure and their Through the inspiration of our labor minds stayed on moral themes, when on The first of the Labor Day proclama­ movement, the Sunday preceding Labor their way to the corner grocery or the tions has been issued by the Executive Day, which is the first Monday in Sep­ school house they are compelled to run a Council of the American Federation of tember each year, has come into general gauntlet of shameless, suggestive pictures Labor. In it great emphasis is placed national observance as Labor Sunday. On flaunting on conspicuous billboards? upon ethical and spiritual values. The this day it is fitting to give thought to Who shall say that our children are the proclamation is as follows: only ones being educated in crime by the aspirations of Labor and to find in these suggestive pictures? We are all The labor movement of America de­ what way the soul of Labor may give well aware that familiarity with any evil mands for all of our people the full bene­ thought and expression to its longings. makes it seem less shocking. The scenes fit of the life-giving forces of our mar­ Because of the aims and aspirations of marital infidelity, murder and the like velous civilization through constantly in­ here set forth, we hold it fitting that all that are depicted continually before this creasing wages and improvement of work­ churches draw close to their altars the generation, will destroy its morality and ing conditions and through a reasonable soul of Labor on the coming Labor Sun­ eclipse its religious ideals. and proper reduction in the hours of work. day, and that the men and women of Whose fault is it that clean, wholesome, The labor movement of America de­ labor everywhere make special effort to educational pictures are cast aside? Are mands for the wage earners and for all co-operate with the churches and to Se­ we the victims of the motion picture fra­ who serve usefully in any capacity a cure the co-operation of the churches with ternity, or are they but catering to our sound and just economic basis for life them, in order that there may be in the demands? If the latter proposition be and freedom in the fullest meaning of churches everywhere on that day a great true, then how great is our responsibility, those terms. unison of expression in behalf of a higher, not only to the welfare of ourselves and nobler life for the masses of our people, The labor movement of America has and in order that there may be every­ our children, but to the moving picture ever had high regard for the development people themselves. If but looking upon where a consecration to the cause of hu­ of the ethical and the spiritual in life, man betterment, particularly in those the picture causes a degeneracy of morals realizing the right of all humanity to par­ on our part, what must be the effect of things that lead to ethical and spiritual take freely of the great satisfaction that growth— in those things that give flower acting immoral and suggestive scenes with comes to enrich life as a result. such intense realism? Can you wonder and fruit to the great ideals of our labor that the hours o f recreation following The labor movement of our country, movement, the embodiment and the ex­ such realistic work should be filled by recognizing the fact that all freedom and pression of the idealism of our people. those actors with a natural sequence of all higher development of life rest upon May Labor Sunday each year bring the pictured scenes? first providing assurance of the essentials home to the masses of our people the Writers of novels and photo-plays claim of existence, has first demanded economic great good that humanity may yet achieve, that sensation is the demand of the hour, justice as a basis for all other things. the lofty heights to which it may climb, that they are being pushed and prodded But the labor movement has always the inspiration and the enrichment to be in the demand for something new, some­ taught that the material is essential to found in the great American labor move­ thing exciting enough to rouse the jaded something higher, and that the inspira­ ment, which is the hope of the millions emotions o f a listless public. The more tion of our movement has its deepest « who toil. extravagant a thing is the more it is pa­ springs in something above and beyond We ask also that Labor Day, the great tronized, the more; venturesome and auda­ the material. holiday of the toiling masses, dedicated cious it is, the more customers it finds. to them and to their cause, be ennobled Society generally gets what it demands, The labor movement strives for eco­ and enriched by an expression of the same and there is a mad rush to fill the insa­ nomic improvement with unrelenting zeal spirit, the same high idealism and pur­ tiate desires of thq pleasure loving public. and fidelity because economic improvement pose, the same uplifting, inspiring search Crowds are flocking where they can get is the first fundamental requisite; but it for the fullness of life and the same de­ the rarest, the most unusual, irrespective holds out to all mankind a flaming torch termination to achieve triumph over all of price. There are therefore thousands lighting the way to a greater fullness of ills and wrongs through our great move­ of men and women so intent on reaping life, to complete realization of the finer ment in its method and spiritual aspects, the harvest of money that they get for and nobler aspirations of the mind and as well as through its purely economic op­ this business, that they are utterly oblivi­ soul. erations. ous to the fact that they are rapidly push­ The labor movement fixes as its goal ing society over the brink into the most nothing less than the complete richness hopeless disaster and ruin. It is said to of life, without limitation of any kind, be one of the tricks of the moving pic­ BISHOP GORE ture fraternity to get the newspapers and the clergy to denounce some particular BISHOP JOHNSON BISHOP BRENT play, because they know it will draw all G. K. CHESTERTON the larger crowds. 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Blind, through its secretary, Mrs. W. J. ligious rite in its unique surroundings with Extending the Use of Radio Loaring Clark, reported at the last meet­ the great cross in the background was ing of the Department of Missions that made possible only after an arduous climb On the Sea 160 copies of the Service of Holy Com­ into the snow-capped mountains, starting munion in revised Braille have been dis­ from Red Cliff station, an important min­ By Rev. A. R. Mansfield, D. D. tributed and that many letters of grate­ ing camp on the Denver & Rio Grande A story appeared in the New York daily ful appreciation have been received. Western Railroad.” papers of last month, that a man was The Chief Librarian of the Canadian Chance for Student treated at sea by the doctor of another National Institution for the Blind writes, to Get Useful Experience ship, died and was buried by a service sent “ these volumes are of special value to us by wireless, because the ship on which he as there are numerous requests for por­ The New York Protestant Episcopal died had no Bible or service book. The tions of the Book of Common Prayer and City Mission Society has arranged to of­ story of the man’s burial at sea has since other peculiarly Anglican works. Through fer an opportunity for a nine months’ been contradicted, but it raises some inter­ your generosity you are conferring a bene­ course in field work to young men study­ esting questions concerning the use of fit on the whole of Canada.” ing for the ministry or recently ordained. Radio and the need for service books on The General Theological Seminary is ships. Holy Communion Celebrated co-operating and offers six months’ resi­ Whether or not the story was entirely in the Clouds dence. The City Mission Society offers fabricated it is quite feasible for the doc­ In a recent issue of “ The Holy Cross from three to four months’ residence, in­ tor on one ship to treat a man on another Trail,” published at Red Cliff, Colo., the cluding room, board and incidental ex­ ship that has no doctor. When the ex­ following paragraph appeared, quoted penses, such as care fares, postage, etc., periment of giving medical advice was first from “ The Railroad Red Book,” under the and $600 in money for other living costs. tried on the roof of the Seamen’s Church caption, “ Mount of the Holy Cross,” writ­ The plan is to associate the student Institute building those concerned thought ten by the Rev. J. P. Carrigan, the Roman for a period of time with different mem­ Only of giving advice to ships that came Catholic priest of the parish at Glenwood bers of the staff of the society, in order near enough to New York to be reached Springs, who travels also over many miles that through this association training in by Radio. Then ships began to relay mes­ on the western slope of the Rocky Moun­ that especial type of work may be secured. sages. Finally it was seen that it was too tains, ministering to scattered missions: For example, hospital and prison chap­ important a service to be confined to one “ The highest known point at which Holy lains in large institutions of New York port, and the Institute induced the Radio Communion has ever been celebrated is City ,boys’ work in a settlement and sum­ Corporation of America and the U. S. Pub­ on Notch Mountain, just opposite the mer camp, social service department lic Health Service to take it over and make Mount of Holy Cross (altitude 13,978 which will give experience in case work it national, and now men are being treat­ feet) in the Rocky Mountains in Colo­ and court probation work, immigration ed from ship to ship. The other day the rado, where three ministers of the Epis­ work at Ellis Island. Also opportunity United States Shipping Board vessel East­ copal Church of the Western Diocese of will be offered for careful study of every ern King sent a message out into the air Colorado made a pilgrimage, reaching an department of the society, which is an or­ that she had a seaman on board who would altitude of over thirteen thousand feet. ganization with a staff of over 100 die unless he was operated upon within Bishop Benjamin Brewster read the serv­ workers. twelve hours. The message was picked ice. The observance of this solemn re­ un bv the Italian steamer the Conte Rosso carrying three doctors. The two vessels were not in sight of each other, but as Have You $100 or More? FRECKLES soon as Captain Cignoni. of the Conte Loans of such sums desired by Rosso got the position of the Eastern King church-mission in large city. To run Don’t Hide Them With a Veil; Remove Them With Othine—Double Strength. she changed her course, and late in the six months or year. Will pay legal rate dav the vessels met. the sick man was This preparation for the treatment of freckles in this state— 10 per cent— payable is usually so successful in removing freckles and transferred, operated unon. and his life giving a clear, beautiful complexion that it saved. It is not an extreme thing to nro- quarterly. The principal may be had is sold under guarantee to refund the money if at any time on 60 days’ notice in case it fails. nbesv that the dav is not far distant when Pon’t hide your freckles under a veil; get an medical advice will he given out from ev- of sudden need. Write ounce of Othine and remove them. Even the first few applications should show a wonderful erv imnortant nort in the world, and from improvement, some of the lighter freckles van­ the shins that have medical service to the L . L. S. ishing entirely. ,shins that need it on all the seven seas. 1406 Park Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength Othine; it is this that is sold on the But the Seamen’s Church Institute is money-back guarantee. envious to make it unnecessary for men to he huried hy wireless. It wants to have a simple service book prepared and nlaced on every American vessel, so that no mat­ ter in what distant and lonely nlace a sea­ Church Furnishings men may died he will be assured of Chris­ tian burial. It would he glad to have the financial cooperation of the Church in pre­ In Gold, Silver, Brass, Bronze, Marble or Wood paring, publishing and distributing such a book to every vessel under the American flag. If you are willing to help will you MEMORIAL WINDOWS communicate directly with the Seamen’s Church Institute, New York City. TABLETS PULPITS FONTS Services of Holy Communion For the Blind ALTARS LECTURNS RAILS It must be impossible for any but the blind people themselves to realize what it means to receive copies of parts of the Prayer Books, Bibles, Etc. Bible and the Prayer Book services in Braille, but all of us should know that our Church prepares such material for spadlding & Chicago, ill their use. The Committee on Literature for the Copyright 2020. 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GENERAL NEWS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH Revival of the Actors twenty-five hundred dollars will be re­ ficult period immediately following the Church Alliance quired to cover the cost of this undertak­ war, but also contributed most generously On Tuesday, June 25th, at the Church ing, and one thousand dollars of this of his own means towards the maintenance of the Transfiguration (Little Church amount has already been contributed. It and perpetuity of the work. Around the Corner), New York, the offi­ is expected to complete the fund during The Commission desires to extend to cers of the Council of the Actors Church the summer, and contributions will be wel­ the Bishop’s family the assurance of their Alliance met to -consider the revival of comed from friends of Bishop Tuttle or most affectionate sympathy. the Alliance next fall with the Church of former summer residents in the vicinity. Charles M. Belden, the Transfiguration as. headquarters. The These contributions may be sent to the Secretary. Rt. Rev. Dr. Darlington presided and ad­ treasurer of the Special Committee, Mrs. dresses were made by the Bishop, Rev. H. H. Dickman, Wequetonsing, Michigan, Personal Report from J. Randolph Ray, Rector, Harry Leighton, or to Bishop McCormick at Grand Rapids. Dominican Republic a well-known actor and the Rev. Walter Those who attended the services on Home on his first furlough, the Rev. A. E. Bentley, general secretary, and others. July 1st and inspected the building were H. Baer of Mecoris, Dominican Republic, Dean Ray offered quarters for the Al­ very much delighted with it, all seeming to brings a story of foundations laid and work outgrowing the small equipment. liance and told of the arrangement to feel that it was an enterprise which would Since he arrived on the dock at Macoris have Mr. Bentley connected with the par­ be very acceptable to Bishop Tuttle him­ in 1920 a mission congregation of some ish as actors’ chaplain and to preach on self, and which forms a suitable tribute to his memory. three or four hundred has been gathered alternate Sundays at 4 p. m. during the and is now worshipping and receiving in­ winter. Nazarene Society Adopts struction in a church building for which The Rt. Rev. Wm. T. Manning was elected Forward Policy the altar, pulpit and other furnishings Honorary President of the Alliance; Following the death of the Rev. Henry were made by the missionary himself. George Arliss, President; Bishop Darling­ B. Wilson, B.D., founder and first Direc­ There is a Church school of 130; there ton, Acting President; Rev. Randolph Ray, tor of the Society of the Nazarene, the have been 110 baptisms and 75 confirma­ chairman of the Council; Rev. Walter E. Rev. A. J. Gayner Banks, M.A., has been tions. Bentley was reelected General Secretary appointed to succeed him as Director of This is not Spanish work for the Domini­ and Walston B. Southwick, Treasurer. the Society. cans, but English work among the thou­ Plans were made for a great meeting It has also been decided to remove the sands of English-speaking negroes on the in the fall and new and attractive calen­ headquarters of the Society from Boonton, great sugar centrales. Little or nothing dars are to be issued to all chaplains for where the Society was founded in 1909, is done for these negroes, many of whom the theatres throughout the country. The to Asheville, N. C., where temporary quar­ are nominally English Churchmen and so Alliance will work on more direct Church ters have been offered to the Society in peculiarly our responsibility. Mr. Baer lines in the future and come into fuller Trinity parish house, through the cour­ has a day school going full time, the only cooperation with the Actors’ Church tesy of the rector and vestry until the new one of its kind, with some seventy chil­ Union of Great Britain and Ireland. Spe­ memorial Nazarene House has been dren enrolled, taught by a negro boy, with cial efforts will be made to interest the erected. work through the fifth grade. members of the dramatic profession in The new Director, who resigned as rec­ the Little Church Around the Corner as tor of the Church of the Redeemer, Eagle Religious Education Making their parish in reality as it has been for Pass, Texas, in order to undertake this Progress in Georgia new work, will devote himself exclusively so many years in sentiment. The new Religious Education in the Diocese of to the work of the Society and will be quarters provide officers and an audito­ Georgia is making marked progress un­ available for parochial missions, lectures rium for the Alliance which may be used der the leadership of the Executive Secre­ and sermons in the interest of the Society tary of the Diocesan Department, the daily by the members and their friends by arrangement. Rev. W. A. Jonnard. There are two and an actor will be in charge and act The new headquarters at Asheville will Church Normal Schools, one in Savannah as assistant to Mr. Bentley. be opened about July 15th, until which and the other in Augusta, and at the last The Alliance suspended operations ow­ time all communications should be ad­ meeting of the Bishop and Executive ing to the war and since October, 1917, dressed to the old office at Boonton, N. J. Council the Department recommended a has been waiting patiently for an oppor­ The first annual conference of the So­ diocesan standard which was adopted by tunity to resume its work of twenty years’ ciety of the Nazarene will be held at St. the Council, and which now makes Georgia standing. The kind offer of the new rec­ Thomas’ Church, Denver, Colo., August one .of the few dioceses in the Church tor of the Transfiguration with the full 19th-26th inclusive. Speakers from vari­ to have such a standard. The Depart­ and hearty cooperation of the wardens ous parts of the country will take part ment is taking up the matter of vocational and vestrymen of the parish has at last and the conference will be conducted as schools and week-day co-operation with made it possible and in the place, above a Summer School of Christian Healing. the publiq schools by appointing a member all others, where it will be most at home. Each night a Mission service will be con­ of the Department to serve on the Pro­ ducted at St. Thomas’ Church under 'the visional and Diocesan Committees, and Memorial for Bishop Tuttle leadership of the rector, the Rev. Robert there is another committee for work in Western Michigan B„ H. Bell, and the Director of the So­ among college students. Organization of On Sunday, July 1st a memorable service ciety of the Nazarene. parent-teacher associations within the Dio­ for Bishop Tuttle was held in St. John’s cese is to be effected through the Church Church, Harbor Springs, Diocese of West­ Resolution of the Joint Commission School Service League, and a rural sur­ ern Michigan. The service was conduct­ on American Churches in Europe vey is to be made of the Diocese through The members of the Joint Commission ed and the sermon preached by Bishop the same medium. McCormick. Members of Bishop Tuttle’s on American Churches in Europe at a family attended and the congregation meeting on July 3, 1923, in the Church Sheriff Prevents crowded the church to the doors. Missions House in the city of New York, a Lynching This beautiful summer Church offers its record their deep sorrow at the death of State-wide and nation-wide commenda­ hospitality to the summer colonies in We- the Rt. Rev. G. Mott Williams, D. D., tion is being given to the sheriff of Chat­ quetonsing, Harbor Springs and other Bishop in Charge of the European ham County, Georgia, in the editorial press neighboring resorts, and for many years Churches. for his courageous conduct in quelling the Bishop Tuttle was in charge of the sum­ His intelligent and sympathetic admin­ near riot in Savannah when a mob went mer services. istration during a period of ten years has to the county jail to lynch a negro for a As a practical memorial to commem­ deserved and has won the approval and crime against a white woman. Sheriff orate his loving labors, the church build­ the admiration of the Commission. He Dixon defended his prisoner until the lo­ ing has been enlarged and improved and not only visited all the Churches and cal militia and the firemen arrived and a Guild Hall has been added, one room planned most wisely as to their organiza­ took charge of the situation, standing in of which may be used as a Copyright chapel. 2020. 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with a loaded revolver and stating that Mr. Jabine is a young man of exception­ tion. Services will be held in Leadville only over his dead body should entrance al qualifications for his responsible post. and Breckenridge during July and August, be made into the jail. In the words of a He is a graduate of Columbia University by the Rev. George H. Bennett, of Ter- metropolitan daily, “ Savannah, Ga., has in the Class of 1914; had successful expe­ lell, Texas. given convincing proof that mobs bent rience in educational work in New York upon jail delivery and lynching can be and New Jersey and on the Pacific Coast Memorial Service to checked when authorities hold fast for law after his graduation; served two years in Keble in Oregon the Navy during the war and prepared for and order,” and from another which said, The Diocese of Oregon will observe the the ministry at the Church Divinity School “ What can be done always, or almost al­ 90th anniversary of John Keble’s sermon of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal., and ways, in the way of handling would-be on Sunday, July 15th. A unique service at the Berkeley Divinity School, Middle- lynchers by local authorities, police and will be held at the Pro-Cathedral when town, Conn. He was ordained to the dia- others, when they have the courage and Keble’s hymns will be sung and a special conate in July 1921 by Bishop Page of inclination to do their duty as illustrated historical sermon preached by the Very the Spokane District and to the priesthood to perfection dowh in Savannah this Rev. Dr. H. M. Ramsey. The Rey. Thomas week.” by Bishop Burgess at Garden City on June 29, 1923. Jenkins, President of th Orgon Clericus is in charge of the program, and every N par­ Commencement At He is highly recommended and has made University of the South ish and Mission will unite in this notable a favorable impression on those who have celebration. The fifty-fifth commencement exercises met him. His appointment marks the ini­ of the University of the South were among tiation of a greatly enlarged program of the most successful ever held at Sewanee. social service in the Episcopal Church. In the College of Arts and Sciences the CHURCH SERVICES graduating class was the largest in its his­ Church Shares in tory; and the number of members of the General Depression Board of Trustees present at the annual Historic St. George’s, Leadville, Colo­ meeting was also the largest in the his­ rado, a landmark of the pioneer West, had tory of the University. fallen on evil days recently, sharing in Twenty-nine students were graduated in the depression which affected the town. the college and four in the Theological de­ The church was beautiful, and deservedly partment, representing fourteen states. famous, but much too. large for the con­ Chief among the features of commence­ gregation, besides being costly to main­ ment was the installation of Benjamin F. tain. A ton of coal was needed, to heat Finney as Vice-Chancellor. The instal­ it for a single service. Regular ministra­ lation ceremonies preceded the bacca­ tions could not be given, and the outlook laureate sermon on Sunday, June 10th. was unpromising, when the faithful The charge to the Vice-Chancellor was de­ Church people determined to make an en­ livered by Bishop Gailor, Chancellor of the tirely fresh start. When Bishop-Coadjutor University, who also preached the com­ Ingley made his quarterly visit, he found mencement sermon. Colleges and Uni­ that the Woman’s Guild had raised the versities all over the country were repre­ sum of $500 by means of a bazaar, and sented at the installation. intended to use it as the nucleus of a building fund. When they have enough The Board awarded the honorary de­ money accumulated, it is to be spent on gree of doctor of divinity to Right Rev. a parish house with a chancel at one end, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Edwin A. Renick, Bishop Coadjutor of so arranged that it can be used on Sun­ CHRIST CHURCH North Carolina; Right Rev. William G. days and week-days alike. The furnish­ The Rev. Francis C. Steinmetz, S. T. D., Rector. McDowell, Jr., Bishop Coadjutor of Ala­ ings of the church will be available for bama; Right Rev. Harry R. Carson, Mis­ the new sanctuary, and perhaps some day, Sunday Services. 7:30 and 11 a. m.; 4:30 p. m. sionary Bishop of Haiti; Rev. R. L. Mc- Wednesday and Saints’ Days, Holy when prosperity returns to Leadville, St. Communion, 11 a. m. Cready, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, George’s Church will regain its old posi- Louisville, Ky.; Rev. Bernard I. Bell, Pres­ ident of St. Stephen’s College, Annan- dale, N. Y .; Rev. Edward McCrady, rector of Grace Memorial Church, Hammond, (EUisBtftrii AîUTrtiH pm pttia La.; Rev. E. H. Merriman, of the faculty of the DuBose Church Training School, Monteagle, Tenn.; Rev. Louis Tucker, rec­ BOARD AND ROOM ALTAR FURNISHINGS tor of Christ Church, Mobile, Ala.; Rev. 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Dr. Boynton to Go in November, asking for an expression lin, presented by Dean Dumper; Rev. Van to Near East as to the value and necessity of this pub­ Tassel Sutphen, Curate of St. Peter’s The Rev. Charles H. Boynton, Ph.D., lication, and as to whether or not, in their Church, Morristown, presented by Rev. professor of Religious Education in the opinion, the Pension Fund might take this John C. Lord. The sermon was preached General Theological Seminary, has again publication over. Forty-five of the Bish­ by Rev. W. O. Kinsolving. been called by the Near East Relief to ops replied in favor of the continuation make a second trip to the Near East. Dr. of the publication of the book in any way that it could be accomplished; Thirty-five Boynton’s first trip was in 1919; the Near ü ttn o s a Jtfrniò East (at that time known as the Ameri­ Bishops expressed themselves as believing can Committee for Armenian and Syrian the Directory to be a necessity and as in The management of The Witness ac­ knowledges with thanks the following do­ Relief) requested the General Board of favor of the Pension Fund taking it over; nations to The Witness Fund of 1923: Religious Education to appoint a repre­ Thirty expressed themselves as willing to This fund is used to pay the subscrip­ sentative to join the Sunday School Com­ pay a subscription from $6.00 to $10.00 tions of clergymen and others who look forward to receiving The Witness but are mission, consisting of representatives from per copy; Two of the Bishops thought that unable to have it unless helped by friends other communions, these men to travel in some wealthy laymen ought to finance the in paying for it the Near East in order to report actual Miss Merriman ...... $ 1.00 publication. Mr. Seaton ...... 2.00 conditions throughout the country. As a The Pension Fund having declined to A. F. W ...... 3.00 result of Dr. Boynton’s journey, he has take over the publication, the question is— Total ...... § 6.00 spoken constantly in the interests of the ‘To be or not to be’— for the Directory. Total for 1923 ...... $72.00 Near East and has materially assisted The present publisher is willing to con­ them in gathering funds. tinue the publication for the good of the On this trip Dr. Boytnon will be one of Church, if some way may be devised by HSMiMtMiliSMIJdHSHniinildldHpIdidMIllfHIUIMliMISMiNpiliullilltlttiUir a party of twenty. Most of them are state which any deficit, should there be one, directors of the Near East Relief, and the might be underwritten, after the book has I HOWE SCHOOL | object of the journey is to investigate con­ been published and distributed to the sub­ ? HOWE, INDIANA ? ditions and methods of relief so as to qual­ scribers. He is also willing to dispose m A Thorough and Select CHURCH SCHOOL ! ify for a better presentation of the needs m for Boys. " of his interest in the work at a reasonable * Special Attention Given to College Preparation. = of the Near East. price and on easy terms.' " The Lower School for Little Boys Entirely «, Dr. Boynton will be accompanied by his “ Separate. 3 son, Charles. They will go direct to Ath­ Ordinations in Diocese I Kev. Charles Herbert Young, M. A., Rector • ens, thence to Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Bey- of Newark " ADDRESS P. O. BOX S, HOWE. IND. = rut and Constantinople, arriving home On June 22d in Trinity Cathedral, New­ 1 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII September 1st. Dean Rogers of the Ca­ ark, Bishop Stearly advanced to the thedral of Detroit has joined the party. Priesthood Rev. Thomas W. Mabley, Cur­ COLLEGIATE MILITARY SCHOOL ate of the Cathedral, presented by his A Preparatory Boarding School for Boys Jane Addams a Patient father; Rev. Ladislaus Szabo, minister of At St. Luke’s UNIVERSITY PARK, DENVER, COLORADO the Hungarian affiliated Church at Frank- Home Life in Colorado’s wonderful Climate, Miss Jane Addams of Hull House has with Outdoor Pursuits among the Rockies. Un­ equalled for healthfulness, food, care, individual been spending a short time as a patient in tuition and training. Fall term commences Sept. St. Luke’s Hospital, Tokyo, for an opera­ 12. Address Rev. George H. Holoran, Princi­ tion performed by Dr. Kubo, a Japanese pal, 1984 South Columbine St., Denver, Colo. surgeon on St. Luke’s staff.

Will Directory of the American DIVINITY SCHOOL OF HARCOURT PLACE SCHOOL Church Be Continued? KENYON COLLEGE F O R G IR LS The last edition of this Directory ap­ peared in February, 1921. This book, to Gambler, Obio Gambier, Ohio be the greatest use to the Church, should A ddress Principals— be published triennially, immediately fol­ Very Rev. Samuel A . B. Mercer, Miss Harriette Merwin lowing the Sessions of the General Con­ Ph.D., D.D., Dean Miss Sara McDowell Gaither vention. The question as to the continua­ tion of this publication has resolved it­ t"lillllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllll|llM I,lll|l |,lllllll||ll |>"lll|iiail* l|*ll>>1 self into a matter of finance. The pub­ I ST. MARY’S SCHOOL lisher, after delivering two issues to the SEABURY : : CARLETON I Concord, N. H. Church, found himself, on account of a THEOLOGY LIBERAL ARTS 1 A Home-like School for Girls. disastrous fire and other impediments, Complete Course in Theology.. Complete Course in Arts | College Preparatory and General about $2,600.00 out of pocket. Last MINIMUM COST. | Courses. October, it was hoped that the Pension For information, write REV. FREDERICK KRAMER, Pb.D ., D.D. | Mary Everett Ladd, B. L., Headmistress . H.llllltlllllllllllllldlllllSI: Fund would take over the publication of Tii!iliiliiliiinliiiiil!ili>iiiliiluii>aiiaiiiiiliiiiilM|i|i"ii

Visitors Keep Denver Canon Douglas contributed to the suc­ ous parishes in the Diocese. Several par­ Church Full cess of the gathering by his leadership in ishes have erected very suitable small The Sunday evening services in the hymn singing and on mountain hikes. The buildings and the development of these summer at St. Andrew’s, Denver, are Rev. J. Hinkle of St. John’s Cathedral also farms of 180 acres, running back from the usually attended by large congregations, assisted in all the activities. river bank upon the hills has begun in an excellent way. the regular numbers being augmented by Ordination in Diocese visitors from other cities. Visiting clergy of Texas frequently take part in the service. A Question Box on Sunday nights is prov­ At Trinity Church, Houston, the Rt. ing very popular. Rev. Clinton S. Quinn, D.D., Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese, advanced to the Young People’s Conference priesthood the Rev. Walter Payne Stan­ in Colorado ley (colored). The candidate was pre­ A successful Young People’s Confer­ sented by the Rev. John Sloan and the ence has just been held in Colorado, at sermon was preached by the Rev. Charles tended by sixty-five high school boys and Clingman, rector of Trinity Church. The girls from twenty-nine parishes and mis­ Rev. Walter Payne Stanley is priest in sions. The scene of the conference was charge of the Mission of St. Clement’s, the Dean Hart Memorial House in Ever­ Houston. green, thirty miles from Denver, and the Clergy Have a Holiday program was arranged by two Denver lay­ at Delaware Water Gap men, Mr. Price Craven of St. Peter’s, and Mr. W. F. Gardner of St. Stephen’s. The About forty of the Clergy spent the Rev. Benjamin D. Dagwell, rector of larger part of the last week in June in Ascension Church, Pueblo, was chaplain. a conference at Eagle’s Nest Farm at The mornings were given to religious Delaware, near the Water Gap, in a Con­ services, lectures by the Bishop or the ference on Missions and the Missionary Bishop Coadjutor, and conferences, led by Obligation of the Diocese, under the di­ Mr. W. W. Winne of St. John’s. The rest rection of Bishop Darst and the Rev. R. of the day was spent in hikes and other Bland Mitchell with Bishop Stearly in athletic recreation. On Sunday the boys charge of the devotional services. About made a corporate communion in the par­ twenty small buildings stand upon this ish Church of the Transfiguration, and new conference property of the Diocese, Mr. D. K. Wolfe, Jr., of St. Peter’s gave with accommodations for about seventy- a stirring address on “ The Missionary five persons, and they will be used through Challenge.” the summer for groups of boys from vari- The girls arrived the day the boys left and stayed for a week. Their days were spent in a similar manner, Miss Elsa von TRINITY COLLEGE Ruecau of St. Peter’s directing their con­ ferences, and Mrs. W. H. Beggs acting as HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT Dean of Girls, assisted by Deaconess Jaco- beit, Miss A. K. Winne, and Miss Florence FOUNDED 100 YEARS AGO Goodyear. For information address the Registrar

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