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resign at the Episcopal General Arthur Lichtenberger Announces Convention in October, when a successor could be elected. Since Intention of Resigning as P. B, November, however, he has con- tinued to discharge most of his publication. * Arthur Lichtenberger, Pre- necessity not in sorrow but in duties. and siding Bishop, announced that gladness of heart as his will." A former missionary and he will resign in October. Clifford P. Morehouse, presi- seminary professor in China reuse dent of the Episcopal House of Bishop Lichtenberger has for In a letter to Episcopal bish- Deputies, expressed surprise ops, he said he would submit served as rector of local and sorrow at Dr. Lichten- his resignation to the House of churches in Ohio and Massachu- berger's resignation. The news, setts and as a professor at New- required Bishops at the General Conven- he said, "comes as a shock not tion in St. Louis Mo., Oct. 12- York's General Theological only to all Episcopalians but to 23. Seminary. a multitude of other men and Named to the episcopacy in
Permission Bishop Lichtenberger, 64, was women of goodwill of every elected to the Episcopal communion and race." 1950 he was coadjutor and later diocesan of Missouri where he Church's highest office in 1958 Noting that the bishop is served until he was elected Pre- DFMS. / and was expected to continue in "widely recognized as one of siding Bishop six years ago at that post until reaching the the truly great Christian lead- the General Convention in mandatory retirement age of ers in America today," More-
Church Miami. 70. house said that under his guidance the Episcopal Church Until recently he was chair- His resignation at this time, man of the NCC's commission however, was forced by Parkin- "has exercised an ever-growing Episcopal witness in the fields of evan- on religion and race, of whicn son's syndrome which has af- he is now a member. He is vice- the fected his speech. gelism, ecumenicity, social rela- of tions and civil rights." president of the NCC's depart- ment of international affairs. Referring to his illness, Bish- Bishop Lichtenberger has op Lichtenberger expressed re- served on the National Council In his letter to all bishops, Archives gret that speech difficulties "do of Churches' general board and dated March 30, the P. B. says persist and evidently will con- the World Council of Churches' that, after consultation with the 2020. tinue." central committee. In 1961 he president of the House of Depu- became the first head of an ties, he will appoint a committee "I have been working con- to make nominations "for your stantly and steadily to overcome American Protestant Church Copyright consideration in the choice of a this disability, but I have made body to meet formerly with a Pope when he paid a courtesy Presiding Bishop as required by little progress," he wrote, add- canon 2, section 1." ing that his decision to resign call on the late Pope John. "does not fill me with joy." Last year Bishop Lichten- This provides for a commit- berger was forced to curtail- tee of eight bishops represent- "In the New Testament sense some of his activities because ing each province and four of the word," he said, "I have of his disability. His progress clerical and four lay members had and I am having a good was hampered last year when of the House of Deputies, also time in my work as Presiding he underwent surgery for a with one member from each of Bishop. I do wish I could con- hernia and later developed phle- the eight provinces. tinue. But since I should not bitis. As in diocesan elections of and cannot, I believe I am ready At the time he anticipated bishops, nominations can be by God's grace to accept this that he would probably have to made from the floor. APRIL 9, 1964 Three North is far from guiltless in Demonstrators in St. Augustine this matter." Mrs. Peabody also was with Joined by Bishops' Wives the group refused service in the cocktail lounge, but was not * It is inevitable we pre- ton and Cambridge insurance arrested. And she and the sume, newspapers being what executive, took part in demon- ether women earlier had tried they are, that Mrs. Malcolm strations but had not been to register at one of St. Augus- Peabody should be identified as arrested. tine's better hotels. the mother of the governor of Before the arrests in the Massachusetts, instead of the Mrs. Burgess, after her motor lodge dining room, Mrs arrest, told reporters that she wife of the retired bishop of Peabody, Mrs. Campbell and Central New York. had never broken any laws and Mrs. Rowe attempted to attend didn't think her action was a In all the many goings-on it the communion service at Trin- crime. "My crime is color," helps to hold on to your sense ity Church. The church, how- she said. of humor. Thus Mrs. Peabody ever, cancelled the service be- publication. had to explain to the manage- Mrs. Peabody, who went from fore they arrived. the cocktail lounge to a Negro and ment of a motel in St. Augus- Met at the door by a delega- tine that Mrs. Burgess, wife of restaurant for her dinner, com- tion of seven vestrymen, the mented on the arrest of Mrs. reuse the suffragan bishop of Mass, women were told, "We don't Burgess. for was really a Negro in spite of want any demonstrations of any "Imagine putting a lady next h_>r fair skin. Until then they kind." had baen ready to serve her — to a police dog," she said, recall- The rector of the church, the ing Mrs. Burgess being ordered required after the explanation, No. Rev. Charles Seymour, said ho into the back of a police car It reminds us of an incident had asked Mrs. Peabody not to where a police dog sat. related some years ago by Lang- come to the church if she in- In Massachusetts, Bishop ston Hughes, the Negro poet. He
Permission tended to demonstrate. Burgess said he was "very went to a food counter in a rail- proud" of his wife. She choso road station in St. Louis and "We are fearful of life and property," the clergyman said. to remain in jail overnight ra-
DFMS. crc'ered a malted-milk. The / "If she had come to worship ther than immediately posting a clerk asked, "Are you a nigger $750 bond. or a Mexican?" Hughes re- there would be no objection, but not for violence." Church plied, "What difference does it Segregated Jail 1:•ale?" "Cause if you are a An appeal to stop Mrs. Pea- Mexican I'll give you the drink body from coming to the church Mrs. Peabody and Mrs. Camp- —if you are a nigger I won't." also was sent, Seymour said, to bell were arrested and booked Episcopal To get back to St. Augustine, her husband by Bishop Hamil- for trespass and being undesir- the ton West of Florida. able guests at the Ponce de of Florida: Though the communion serv- Leon Motor Lodge. Mrs. Peabody and Mrs. Don- ice was cancelled, Mrs. Peabody The jail is segregated. The ald J. Campbell, wife of the for- met with the vestrymen in an two Bishops' wives were with Archives mer suffragan bishop of Los anteroom of the church and other white women, Mrs. Bur- Angeles who is now an execu- held a long discussion on segre- gess, wife of the other bishop, 2020. tive of the Episcopal Theologi- gation. She urged the church was in a cell around the corner cal Seminary at Cambridge, to admit Negroes. on the same floor but the three Mass., were arrested on March She also is the mother of of them were able to chat.
Copyright 31 with five local Negro women Mrs. Marietta Tree, U.S. repre- Bail had been set for $100 and Prof. J. Lawrence Burk- sentative to the United Nations but Mrs. Peabody refused to h older of Harvard Divinity human rights commission. As post it until she has spent a School when they refused to she arrived in Florida she night in jail. "I'm going to leave a motor lodge dining- stated that she was "not out stay here over night," she said. room. to be a crusader and get myself "I want the experience other On the day before, Mrs. John in jail. people are having. It's too easy Burgess was arrested as she "But if one has Christian con- to come in and get right out." remained seated after being re- victions and believes in the There were 117 other persons fused service in a motel cock- worth of every individual, arrested the same day — most tr.il lounge. one feels deeply because of of them Negro young people The fourth member of the the indignities suffered by who staged a march to the city's New England quartet, Mrs. H. Negroes," she said, adding: old slave market - - now a S. Pay son Rowe, wife of a Bos- "Be it well understood, the tourist spot.
Foiif THB WITNKSS In Boston Governor Peabody strating in the south?" she was tended graduate school at the said he could only express ad- asked. University of Missouri, then miration for his mother's "cour- "We don't consider ourselves took his bachelor of divinity de- age, sincerity and determina- gree from Episcopal Theological tion." only northeners," was the an- swer. "We are part of the School, Cambridge, Mass. He Another son, the Rev. George USA. Segregation will be was ordained deacon and priest Peabody, an executive of the de- abolished if we work on it to- in 1948. partment of religious education gether." The following year Bishop of the National Council and a Cole was curate at Calvary member of the staff of the BISHOP NED COLE Church, Columbia, Mo. From Epiphany, New York, was not CONSECRATED 1949 until he assumed his duties available for comment, having as dean of Christ Cathedral in flown to St. Augustine. • The Very Rev. Ned Cole Jr., was consecrated bishop St. Louis, he served as rector of Bail Raised coadjutor of the diocese of Cen- Grace Church, Jefferson City, tral New York on Saturday, Mo. When Mrs. Peabody appeared April 4, in St. Paul's Church, He attended the 1955 ana before the county judge her bail publication. Syracuse, N. Y. 1961 General Conventions as a was raised from $100 to $450. deputy. In both 1958 and 1961 and She listened while being accused Consecrator was Arthur Lichtenberger, Presiding Bish- he was a member of General of being an undesirable guest Convention's committee on reuse op, who was assisted during the and of trespassing after a warn- rules. For three years he was for service by Bishop Walter M. ing. With a firm voice she a member of the diocesan stand- said: "Innocent." Higley, Diocesan of Central New York, and Bishop Malcolm ing committee, serving as presi- required She remained in custody E. Peabody, retired bishop of dent the last two years. while lawyers tried to have her the diocese. Bishop and Mrs. Cole have case and those of other demon- The 46-year-old bishop coad- four children. strators taken up to a federal jutor has been dean of Christ Permission court on the ground that civil Church Cathedral in St. Louis, PRESIDENT ATTENDS rights were being violated. A Mo., since 1956. He was elected EASTER SERVICE hearing was held on this for DFMS. to the episcopate at the Central / three hours by a U.S. district New York diocesan convention * President and Mrs. Johnson judge. No decision was given, November 21-22. observed Easter by attending with another hearing set for services at St. Barnabas Church Church the next day. Bishop Cole, a native Missou- in Fredericksburg, Texas, about rian, received his bachelor de- 15 miles from the LBJ ranch Mrs. Peabody first said that gree in 1939 from Westminster she would not post bond, saying, where the first family spent Episcopal College, where he later was the day. "I'm staying with them,", awarded a doctorate. He at- the nodding to other demonstrators. of Built in 1847, the church is Later she said, "I think I'll pay a fieldstone and shingle build- my bail and leave jail" explain- ing which was once a farm ing that she had to leave for
Archives house. It seats only 30 persons. Syracuse, N. Y. where "my hus- band and I have planned for During the service the Rev. 2020. some time to attend the con- J. W. Langford offered a special secration of an Episcopal bish- prayer for victims of the earth- op Saturday" (the consecration quake in Alaska. He asked that Copyright of Ned Cole, reported in the God would intercede for the story that follows). "people of Alaska suffering the trials and tribulations caused At a brief press conference by the tremors in the earth's allowed by the sheriff's office, crust." one deputy said before it The small congregation sang started, "She's just looking for the traditional hymns, "Jesus publicity." Christ is Risen Today," and The bishop's wife agreed. "Come Ye Faithful." Commun- One of her goals, she said, was ion was received by the Presi- to focus "unwelcomed publicity" dent and his wife, while the on the city's segregation. organ played, "Jesus, Joy of "Why were northerns demon- Bishop Ned Cole Man's Desiring."
APHIL 9, 1964 Five pulsive and offensive to Chris- Holy Week TV Broadcast Shown tians." The Rev. Ernest E. Long;, Despite Protest of Bishops secretary of the General Coun- cil, United Church of Canada, * Despite many protests, in- Grave in the face of efforts to said the play must be respected cluding two by Anglican bish- suppress it. We believe that if it was a sincere attempt to ops, the Canadian Broadcasting no prejudgment of the program Corporation decided to produce show the resurrection in con- can be valid and we support the temporary terms. its highly controversial tv CBC religious department's play, "The Open Grave." repudiation of censorship." METROPOLITANS The production is a modern- Bishop Wilkinson's wire TO MEET day version of Christ's cruci- sparked editorials and cartoons fixion and resurrection and in the secular press. The To- * Archbishop Hugh R. Gough portrays him as a pacifist lead- ronto Star, Canada's largest of Sydney and primate of Aus- er hanged in Toronto's Don daily, said the CBC should firm- tralia, left by air on his way to Canterbury, England, to attend publication. Jail and buried in the city's ly reject the bishop's attempt Mount Pleasant cemetery. at censorship. the second annual world con- and gress of Anglican metropolitans Written by Charles Israel, the "If Christ's sacrifice for which opens April 17.
reuse play has a cast of 150 and cost mankind, and the moral climate He was scheduled to make
for about $50,000 to put on film. that precipitated it, cannot be For realism, scenes from the interpreted in terms of 1964, stop-offs for talks with Angli- play were shot at night in the then the Christian churches are can leaders in East Africa and visits to mission centers in required cemetery. in worse trouble than any tele- vision programs can cause Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyi- Among those protesting its ka. presentation were Archbishop them," the editorial said. The congress of metropoli- Howard H. Clark, Anglican pri- The CBC held a special Permission tans was started in response to mate of Canada, and Bishop screening for senior executives Frederick Hugh Wilkinson of a recommendation made by Ar- who made the final decision to thur Michael Ramsey, Arch-
DFMS. Toronto. go ahead. / bishop of Canterbury at the Ar.- Bishop Wilkinson admitted President Alphonse Ouimet of glican Congress at Toronto, he had not seen the film, but the company said the play had Canada, last August. The first Church said that from advance press been judged suitable for general congress of metropolitans was publicity he wanted to protest television and showing during held subsequently at Windsor, strongly. "Such a program can Holy Week. He said it was pro- only be sacrilegious, unhistori- Canada.
Episcopal duced with a sense of "deep cal and offensive to all Chris- sincerity." The metropolitans will gather the tians." for their second meeting at St. of The central character in the Augustine's College in Canter- To relate the resurrection to play is Joshua Corbett, whose a scene in a local graveyard, he bury. Besides being an institu- initials are the same as Christ's. tion for the training of Angli- Archives said, "is a thing beyond all He is shown as a "ban-the- imagination." Christ's passion can priests, the college is a con- bomb" member of an organiza- ference center for Anglican 2020. was a matter of high religious tion called Peace in Action, un- content, "too sublime to lend leaders from all parts of the justly convicted for killing a world. itself to this kind of treatment." royal Canadian mounted police
Copyright Bishop Wilkinson added that agent. BISHOP CURTIS ACCEPTS the program would be "an in- Commissioner W. Wycliffe OLYMPIA ELECTION vasion of a divine and sacred Booth of the Salvation Army, setting." who is also president of the * Bishop Curtis, whose elec- Despite their bishops' pro- Canadian Council of Churches, tion as bishop coadjutor of tests, 20 Anglicans, 17 of them said in Toronto that on the Olympia was reported in these clergymen, wired their support basis of what he had heard and pages March 19, has accepted. of the CBC decision to put the read, the play should be can- He is presently suffragan bish- play on the air. Their telegram celled. It appeared to be an op of Los Angeles. read: "abhorrent, nightmarish treat- No announcement was made "We the undersigned Angli- ment of a sacred theme." Al- as to the time when he will cans commend the decision of though he had not seen it, he move to Seattle to take up his tie CBC to present The Open felt it would be degrading, re- new position.
THE WITNESS EDITORIALS concerning the conception of Jesus as narrated in The P. B. two of the gospels? Or did this refer to the descriptions in the creeds concerning the incarna- NEWS of the resignation of Arthur Lichten- 1 tion of the Word of God? Since some of those berger as Presiding Bishop, reported on page questioned, like the Baptists, do not purport to three, came too late for editorial comment, Suf- make creedal affirmations, some of the responses fice to say that it is a shock to us and to must have been to the first sense of the ques- everybody else, even though we were aware that tion, some to the latter. But since when can one he might make this decision. be asked whether one "believes", or does not "be- We do not have the ability to deal with tne lieve", in historical material? In this case 286 matter adequately. We will simply do the best said they believed completely "in the virgin birth we can next week. of Christ"; 29 partially — quite a feat, however one looks at it; 9 rejected. publication. On the basis of answers to such questions
and Bishop Joseph M. Harte of Arizona, who had submitted some of them, allowed himself the reuse No Basis for Judgment judgment: "This shows a very considerable or- for thodoxy among people and exonerates our belief WHILE Senator Goldwater of Arizona can be that Christian people do believe the basic doc- counted on to rescue the country and the free trines of the Christian faith. It shows there is required enterprise system the people of the Salt River not a liberalization in Christian doctrine." Valley of Arizona can be expected to save Chris- If this seems a bit confused it may be the re- tianity from unorthodoxy and liberalism. sult of a futile attempt to make some sense of
Permission This assurance, we are led to believe, comes the hodge-podge. On the other hand one must from answers to some tricky questions in a news- wonder gravely what Bishop Harte presumes to be "the basic doctrines of the Christian faith"
DFMS. paper poll received from members of Baptist, / Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopal, and Presbyterian in this melange, and why he supposes that this churches in the area. group of respondents are in any way repre-
Church sentative of "a very considerable orthodox", or Ask a foolish question, it is said, and you get of a happy assurance for him that "there is not a foolish answer. Of 650 questionnaires mailed a liberalization in Christian doctrine." out 330 were returned. If the answers are to be Episcopal given any weight the respondents will first have The same people (308) who said they believed the to be given credit for extraordinary theological "completely" in "the divinity of Christ" and "in of acumen. the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Ghost", and that it is a major function (321) "of the There is the question: "Do you believe that church to preach the teachings of Jesus Christ" Archives the Bible is God's inspired word of salvation?" also gave the following replies: Does this mean "believing" that all the words are "Do you believe the church should state its 2020. inspired, or that God is the inspiration of the position to members on issues of national or words, or that the Word of God speaks through international politics? Major function, 65; a the words, or that the words lead to salvation, minor function, 116; not a function, 143. Copyright or that they alone are the sources of salvation, "Do you believe it is a function of the church or that they describe and communicate the saving to comment on issues in political campaigns? Word or action? Major function, 81; a minor function, 125; not Yet to a compound question like this people a function, 118. were asked to say whether they "believe" this "Do you believe the church should provide completely, partially, or reject it. 282 said they food or assistance to persons in economic dis- believed this completely, 41 partially, 1 rejected tress? Major function, 148; a minor function, it. Rejected what? 166; not a function, 11." Another question asked about "belief" in "the In the Nazareth synagogue Jesus read from virgin birth of Christ." Was this supposed to Isaiah: refer to the historicity and biological factors "The spirit of the Lord is upon me because
ViMlll. 9, 1964 S«v«it he has anointed me; The silly answers to the silly questions in the He has sent me to announce good news to poll provide no basis for a judgment on the ex- the poor, tent of an "orthodoxy" or a "liberalization in To proclaim release for prisoners and re- Christian doctrine"; and it is to be hoped that covery of sight for the blind; Bishop Harte is not really taken in by all this. To let the broken victims go free, But the poll does give evidence again of the fact To proclaim the year of the Lord's favour." that among some Christians there is a high cor- To the people, who asked, "Is not this Joseph's relation between a pseudo-orthodoxy and a wish son?", he said that on that very day this text to confine the Church within the narrowest of had come true. Later, also in Galilee, Jesus said: moralistic functions. When Senator Goldwater and the Salt River "Why do you keep calling me 'Lord, Lord' — Valley get together it is bad news — and time and never do what I tell you?" again to proclaim the good news. publication. and CAN WE SERVE GOD IN BUSINESS? reuse
for By David S. Lewis President of McDonnell Aircraft Corp. required IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ARE RAISED IN THIS FIRST OF A SERIES OF Permission ADDRESSES BY LAYMEN AT ST.
DFMS. MARK'S CHURCH IN ST. LOUIS / Church SPEAKING about our business or about busi- challenges to be met, triumphs and disappoint- ness in general is certainly not strange to me, ments — decisions to be made. Decisions that
Episcopal but I must confess a certain uneasiness to be de- can have a major impact on the lives and fortunes livering a sermon on this or any other subject of many other people. There are many ways in the of from this pulpit. Mr. Kenney's invitation for which these problems can be solved, successfully, me to speak here did accomplish one positive from the business standpoint. thing for me. It made me stop and objectively Why do we choose the course we do? Archives try to analyze my actions and the actions of my Is it ethics — or a lack of them? associates to understand whether in truth there Is it a moral code to which we have been ex- 2020. is now or could be a real place for God in the posed ? business world. Or is there something more? Since Mr. Kenney advised me that this talk People looking at so-called big business from Copyright would be dissected in a group discussion after the outside either believe that it is just like a this service, I will not try to provide all of the small business — only bigger with more people, answers on this very complex subject and you or that it is a monstrous self-motivating non- will be left with some unanswered questions in entity that somehow uses people and materials to your minds. It is only fair to note that if I dis- its own best interests. In either case, I am cuss a point and leave a basic question unan- afraid that most people look upon a large busi- swered, it will only be because I don't know the ness as being very cold — composed of ruthless answer. individuals who will stop at nothing to satisfy As we go about our daily jobs, I would guess their own ambitions for power and earthly that we are rarely conscious of having God par- wealth. While admitting that there are excep- ticipate in our actions in any way — but I tions, I certainly do not feel that this last view wonder. We are continually faced with problems, is typical and I tend to agree with those that look
Eighl THE WITNESS on all business as being generally the same — not in the job for which he is best suited, no only bigger or smaller. This being the case, there matter how good his technical ability. is the same great opportunity open to every man On the other side of this coin, a buyer who to bring God into his work — no matter what cannot be influenced, one who is open, completely the size of the operation. fair and unbiased in his dealings with his sup- pliers will develop a positive reputation for his Some Questions company and for himself. Over the years, he IN ATTEMPTING to define whether there is or will knowingly or not be of tremendous service can be any relationship between God's work and to his neighbor by his living example of Chris- an individual's work, there are some criteria that tian principles in action. can be established by answers to the following questions: Salesmen • Is the company, its business, and my job in THE AREA of sales and salesmen presents some the company, one in which I can serve God in very interesting problems in personal and cor- my work? Obviously, the answer to this would porate integrity. A salesman is supposed to sell publication. be no, if the job involved some occupation that his firm's products. It is a rare thing if he was basically and fundamentally opposed to basic can sell his product without heavy competition. and Christian principles. As we will see, sometimes Suppose in a sales campaign for a major ac-
reuse this one isn't easy to answer yes or no. count, the salesman finds that another company's for • Can I serve my neighbor or my community product really is superior. Even so, by making or the world in my work? claims for his product which it cannot meet, the salesman may be able to convince the customer required • Is my job in my company in harmony with to buy his product. The temptation here is ter- my faith? rific. The salesman has an opportunity for im- • Have I chosen the job for which I am best mediate financial return from a successful sale. suited? This question would apply not only to
Permission His company's business and profits will rise and the work of a company, but to a position within everybody will be happy — until the customer a company as well. realizes that he has bought and paid for some- DFMS.
/ I will discuss a few typical operations in a thing more than he received. Obviously, that large company and these questions can be ap- salesman and that company will never be trusted plied and some answers will develop. Every again by that customer — his business is prob- Church large company has positions where individuals ably lost forever. are frequently exposed to powerful temptations Here it is easy to say a salesman should never for personal gain. For example, in the purchas- covet business which he cannot honestly obtain. Episcopal ing or procurement division of our company, our He should do his honest best and work for the the buyers place orders for four or five hundred of long-term, where his and his company's honesty million dollars worth of materials and equipment and integrity will pay off in sales of new and in a year. This money is spent with thousands better products. But look at it another way. The
Archives of large and small suppliers all over the country. salesman can rationalize that his bringing in a They initiate thousands and thousands of pur- major sale will provide work and a livelihood for 2020. chase orders. Due to the very magnitude of many people who cannot otherwise obtain it. the job, detail supervision is impossible — we This is true. He further rationalizes that the must depend on the honesty of our buyers. company will make more money and be able to Copyright Clearly such a job — requiring absolute hon- develop new products for future sales to other esty cannot be at odds with any Christian's prin- customers. ciples. On the other hand, it is obvious that any What is the answer? Whether or not the buyer who for any reason allows himself to company and its workers are aware of how the yield to the temptations offered can cheat his sale was made, are they not all receiving benefits company of sizeable sums either by collusion to which they are not entitled? with the sellers or by other mismanagement. Is the salesman really serving his neighbor in Such dishonesty is hard to uncover, but history this case? is full of cases where individuals have yielded to this temptation and have been found out. In Getting Ahead this simple case it is easy to see that a person ANOTHER interesting area we could discuss is unable to withstand continuous temptation is how men get ahead. While very few people be-
APBIL 9, 1964 /\ me lieve that you can succeed in a large business able and with their fine personalities their real without really trying, popular concepts would limitations were not objectively evaluated. This have us believe that those who succeed do so results in great unhappiness where the man is primarily at the expense of others; that competi- promoted beyond his capability. tion for increasingly higher jobs is intense and bitter, that the winner is usually one who either A Tough Problem is proficient in stabbing his competitor in the THIS BRINGS US to one of the most excruciat- back or else is one who is given the prized job ing problems faced by any supervisor in a large because the boss higher up the line likes him business when he finds it necessary to discharge better. or demote a fellow employee. Even though it is a relatively easy thing to do in cases where the In my experience, these unsavory impressions individual is guilty of an obvious crime, such as are very rarely factual. We know that there stealing or of reprehensible personal conduct, it are always a few people who will use any is a rare supervisor who is not deeply affected method, honest or dishonest, to help them move by thoughts of the effects of such a discharge publication. up the ladder. But, usually these people are so on the individual's family. The real agony comes and involved with the business of getting ahead that when the unfortunate individual is simply over their work suffers and it doesn't take too long- his head in a job for which he should not have reuse before their true value is found out. It must be been selected in the first place or when he no for agreed that as long as a man has any ambition longer has the capability he once had. for further promotion in his career, he is faced with daily temptations to unfairly promote him- All managers hate to face up to this problem, required self relative to his fellow workers, to fail to give but all managers, with even the slightest trace his fullest support to an associate or even a of benevolence, will make every effort to find superior he doesn't like and to glorify his own another job in the company for the loyal em-
Permission capability unduly. ployee who is now considered a misfit. In actual practice, almost invariably the more A man who is asked to resign or to accept a lesser position is always deeply crushed, he con- DFMS. responsible positions of leadership go to the / individual who is reasonably bright, who works siders this a major blow to his self-respect and, hard and most of all, who is willing to sacrifice of course, he is deeply concerned about what
Church much of himself and his outside life for the job. such a downward move will mean to his family. These people are determined to get the job done Too often the family, friends and bystanders will today and are rarely willing to settle for less than consider the company and the poor supervisor
Episcopal their best performance. This area of sacrifice who had this unpleasant duty as being cold,
the of personal time and dedication to the job is ruthless and completely without consideration of probably the number one thing that separates for the feelings of his fellow man. The sad the winners from the also rans. truth is the manager has to consider the happi- ness and welfare of this one individual and his
Archives This is something that wives, sweethearts and families find hard to understand. They are so family as opposed to that of many hundreds of others whose welfare could be seriously affected
2020. sure that their man is better equipped than others who are promoted over him. And, un- by the poor performance of the one misfit. fortunately, much unhappiness occurs when a Which is more important? The individual or
Copyright family pushes a man to the point where he the group? strives for and attains a position for which he may have marginal capability. There is no ques- What is the right thing to do from the purely tion that many people who reach a plateau in an Christian standpoint? organization and never move higher lead much Interestingly enough, there is often one favor- happier and to them much better balanced lives able aftermath in cases where a man is demoted. then they would if they were promoted further in After his family gets over the shock and the company and were thus required to sacrifice the imagined social stigma that goes with such substantially more of their personal life to the an event, the employee is usually happier work- job. ing at a level where he can fully carry out his There have been, of course, cases where people job and where he knows he is making a solid have been promoted because they were very like- contribution.
Ten THE WITNESS Job of Rector fenders of free men everywhere? This is a tough IN ANSWERING the earlier question, "Can 1 one. Many of the scientists who worked on the serve God in my work?", you first have to estab- development of the A-Bomb and the H-Bomb lish whether the work you are doing is com- have been wrestling with their consciences on pletely in accord with God's laws. The answer this item since Hiroshima. Many of them feel a surely would be no, if the business involved the tremendous personal guilt since their work has narcotics racket or the operation of a gambling placed in man's hands the power to destroy syndicate. There could be little or no harmony society on this earth. with God's work here. On the other hand, I believe that the con- tinued strides and breakthroughs in all the Conversely, if the business is that of being a sciences and technology leading to a more com- rector of this church, the answer is yes, and the plete understanding of our universe is complete- opportunities are unlimited. I should insert, ly in keeping with God's plan. parenthetically, at this point that any individual who becomes a priest simply to get in "the right Challenge to Leaders publication. business" will be of little value to God or to his I WOULD LIKE to end on a challenging note; and parish. Every rector is surely faced with many of the problems discussed before, plus real the challenge to the leaders. Being a leader at reuse temptations to exploit his parishioners for his any level means that an individual has a tre- for own personal satisfaction, if not for his personal mendous responsibility to those whom he leads. gain. He can never lose sight of his paramount This is far more than his responsibility to see obligation — which is to help each member of that their work is done effectively or efficiently, required his parish in his continued spiritual growth. but rather how he leads. He cannot help but in- fluence the future careers of his people either Most work that we do would qualify as being, positively or negatively by the way he leads. by its nature, in consonance with God's laws, but Permission there are some cases that could be debated on Here is an area where the basic Christian prin- this point. For example, take our business. ciples involving sacrifice, trust, order and charity
DFMS. can be vitally important. Unfortunately, among / A Tough Question leaders, the percentage of those who are genuine- ly Christian, nominally Christian, or nothing at
Church MOST of you know we have been and are build- all is probably about the same as in any other ing the free world's first spacecraft; however, a group and this is a shame because the higher large part of our work is involved in manufactur- the level of leadership, the greater the area of
Episcopal ing and building the most advanced aircraft used influence an individual has. the in our nation's defense — to help supply the Indifference toward basic ethical, moral and of necessary strength for the free countries of the Christian principles and faith in God by the world to halt the onslaught of atheistic com- leader will, in time, filter down through the munism. At the same time, these aircraft are organization and infect those around him and Archives capable of carrying rockets to shoot down below him. If a man runs his job on basic Chris- manned enemy aircraft. They are able to carry
2020. tian principles, this will impress the younger nuclear weapons possessing destructive power men and their paths will be guided accordingly. many times that of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Likewise, where the younger men see moral and combined. The potentials for human suffering
Copyright ethical standards conveniently twisted to suit and misery that they carry is almost unbeliev- business situations, they will tend to follow that able. path. If the man at the top can truly succeed in Is the manufacture of these instruments of a life with no basis of Christianity, why should destruction really in consonance with God's ambitious young men down the line bother? master plan for us? When stated the way I just Right here is where we all can contribute. We did, it would be hard to say yes. But, I honestly must demonstrate the right way of life to our believe that if most of our people felt that we co-workers by our own Christian enthusiasm and were working for a nation bent on aggression actions. Those who are able and willing to con- and on the subjugation of other human beings, sistently follow this course will surely know in we would not accept the jobs we now have. Are time that they have successfully brought God we really "merchants of death" or are we de- into their work. Ai>mr 9, 1964 EUren THE CHURCH IN URBANIZED AMERICA By Laman H. Braner Jr. Rector of St. Peter's, Albany, New York
THE GREATEST TASK of the church today is eign power, to be mocked, and flogged and cruci- to relate to an America that is ever increasing in fied, and on the third day he will be raised to life its share of urbanization. Matter of fact, our again.' " society is becoming urbanized so rapidly that most of us are unable to adjust either our atti- Born to Die tudes or our institutions. Too many of us, for THE TEACHING that I see in these words is example, still attempt to draw political and cul- that the church must view its position in life as tural distinctions between rural and urban and an institution that has been born in order to suburban areas when the fact is that we all live die. We do not seek to perpetuate ourselves or within some phase of the same metropolitan our buildings. We seek to die — to sacrifice publication. climate. ourselves — in order to be born again — in order
and We attempt in a half hearted way to deal with to find new life. the inner city and the downtown city and the The Archbishop of Canterbury speaking at reuse suburban circle as though each of these districts the Anglican Congress inferred that the whole for is a separate community; but it really isn't. We purpose of the Anglican Communion was to still even view separate public and private worlds, destroy itself in the creation of that which was but the facts point in an opposite direction. The to become new. required public and private worlds of this century blend The second scriptural passage from this same together, and one withers without the other. section of teachings in St. Matthew's Gospel We also still practice 19th century notions of (Chapters 23 & 24) reads: "Jesus addressed the Permission church welfare in some parishes; and we hand people and his disciples in these words: 'The out Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets or do- doctors of the law and the Pharisees sit in the nations without accompanying such gestures
DFMS. chair of Moses. Do what they tell you; pay at- / with a permanent program of rehabilitation. tention to their words. But do not follow their This day is really gone. Neither the church practice; for they say one thing and do another. Church nor the individual nor any foundation can earn They make up heavy packs and pile them on gratitude by such an action, and no conscience men's shoulders; but they will not raise a finger can ever be cleared or the status quo maintained to lift the load themselves. Whatever they do
Episcopal by spasmodic handouts or other forms of un- is done for show.' " the ilateral acts of charity. John Calvin used to speak of the "mother of The church is indeed relevant to our metro- church" to all people. But Jesus seemingly is politan existence and we have basic scriptural criticizing the mother church of the disciples day (as it is in our day) was all dressed up for show Archives passages — that tell us of Jesus and his rela- tionship to Jerusalem, the urban power center like a mannikin. The danger of some modern
2020. of his world. church leadership is that "it merely looks good." Jesus issued a direct challenge to Jerusalem; It tragically misunderstands what is happening. and his words are found in chapters 23 and 24 Its teachings are frequently unrelated to the
Copyright of the Gospel of St. Matthew. urbanization of American life and culture. The In the pursuit of our consideration of "The church all too often is using the archaic neigh- Task of the Church in our Wholly Urbanized borhood concept, forgetting that the church America" I would now like to relate more today, to be effective, must reach man where specifically to our Lord's teachings. he works as well as where he lives or exists. The first scriptural passage from St. Matthew Church administrative leadership in promoting reads: "Jesus was journeying towards Jerusalem neighborhood parochialism creates a chasm be- and on the way he took the twelve aside and tween dynamic inner or downtown city life and said to them, 'We are going to Jerusalem and suburban existence. In the long run, this is the Son of Man will be given up to the chief harmful for the health of the church-at-large as priests and the doctors of the law; they will con- well as for the cultural climate of the whole demn him to death and hand him over to the for- metropolitan area; and we must remember that
Twelve : "1 im WITNESS there is no part of America today not dominated The last scriptural passage from Jesus' chal- by a metropolitan district. lenge to the city which I wish to consider is Our church actually cannot exist outside our found in these words: "Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, urban culture without being monastic. Our the city that murders the prophets and stones church must be of the culture and in a position the messengers sent to her! Look! there is to judge our culture or else it will not make a your temple forsaken by God. And I tell you, creative contribution to our society. The Epis- you shall never see me until the time when you copal Church must especially guard against say, blessings on him who comes in the name of making problems and creating meaningless com- the Lord! mittees. The purpose of the church must al- "And then Jesus turned to his disciples saying, ways be to relate to the society on which it 'You see all these building? I tell you this — exists. not one stone will be lost unless it be effective and meaningful in the city.'" This is why the Are We Doing A Job metropolitan ministry, the front line of today's ARE OUR CHURCHES, for example, meeting evangelism is so important. The city today is the frontier of the new society. To the church
publication. people in all their needs? Are we assisting the elderly ones of our city? Are we discovering the city is more important then were the far and new members? Are we strengthening family flung fields on "Greenland's icy mountains" of ties? Are we encouraging morality and honesty another age. reuse or are we lifting not one finger to help carry for The Real Job someone else's load? THE CHURCH is our reminder — and by the Another scriptural passage from St. Matthew church I mean the body of Christ which we re- required reads: "Alas for you, lawyers, bankers, poli- ceive through the celebration of the holy com- ticians — all hypocrites! You pay tithes, but munion — a reminder that society can be saved you have overlooked the weighter demands of the and that men are full of great potentials — even law—justice, mercy and good faith. It is these Permission nobility. Congregations and clergy come and go you should have practiced without neglecting the over the generations — but the real presence of others. Blind guides! You are like whitewashed Christ in the holy communion remains as the DFMS. / tombs. They look well from outside, but inside one eternal truth for every age that does not they are full of dead men's bones and all kinds of change. filth. So it is with you; outside you look like
Church With strength of this faith of Christ in our honest men, but inside you are brim full of hypo- hearts we go into our urbanized world to take crisy and crime!" this love everywhere. In the cities of America Jesus is most assuredly criticizing his fellow
Episcopal we deal primarily with the evils of the new age; citizens here. It was for their own good. Paul namely, with the impersonal power of planning the Tillich once said criticism of persons is essential of commissions, the dehumanizing erosion of public for their growth. Tillich has also said, "The housing projects and the uprooting of familiar Protestant principle of criticism must be con- neighborhoods. Everywhere, as the church, we
Archives tinually operated if a church is to grow." He meet the hugh American flock of the invisible said further, "Self-criticism is frequently absent poor who are lost on our city and hamlet streets 2020. in the Anglican Church." as urbanizing spreads ever more rapidly. Too often the philosophy of the Episcopal It is to all of these people that we of the Epis- Church has been bent toward the deceptively copal Church in the name of Christ must seek Copyright simple point of view; namely, "Don't rock the to minister in the days ahead. boat!" Charles the Second who happened to be king during the restoration of the Church of England was neither a "wise nor a foolish king" The Old Testament according to some historians. Strangely enough, many of the Church of England ecclesiastics con- By Ralph A. Weatherly sidered him to be a great king. Unfortunately, Rector Emeritus, Grace Church, Kingston, Pa. men like him have been admired too much in PEOPLE ASK if the Old Testament is fit family our church. Mediocre leaders have always posed reading. The early Old Testament history is a problem for the church. The titles and posi- full of stories of murder, plunder, sex, betrayal, tions which have been extended to them do not that surprise and hurt tender minds (if there necessarily bless them with a sense of perception. are any); they are strong medicine for the young
APHIL 9, 1964 "Thirteen and innocent. The wise family deletes passages the first amendment to the constitution pro- until children are tougher. hibiting the establishment of an official state The Archbishop of York in the Spectator says: church, into a denial of government's need for "There are those who would jettison the Old the guidance of God or prayer for such guidance Testament. It has had its day. It has been is utterly futile. There is a relationship between superseded. Let it go. There are various a man's religion and his citizenship, and this re- reasons for such an attitude of rashness. Some- lationship is clearly recognized in this section of times it is due to sheer ignorance of what is con- the prayer for the church. tinued in that strange collection of thirty nine To be sure, this petition smacks of an earlier books. Sometimes it is admission of defeat — day when the divine right of kings was acknowl- the thoughtforms, the language, are just too dif- edged, and when the power of life and death was ficult to grapple with. Sometimes it is because in the rulers hands. But it is well to note that the element of battle and slaughter has dulled even here, the ruler was clearly held responsible the reader's alertness to the elements of beauty, in the eyes of the church to use that power of tenderness and love which are there in abund- aright. Alas, history gives many instances where ance if we have eyes to see them". "Christian" rulers acted like anything but publication. He commends Phillips' new translation of four "Christians"; using their power capriciously and and prophets. arbitrarily so that justice became a mockery and virtue whatever suited the ruler's whim. Yet, reuse The Jewish journey out of Egypt like the as long as this petition stood in the Prayer Book for Odyssey is the life story of every man as he it set a standard of ethical conduct which ultim- climbs from the jungle. Its selfishness, ately brought down the absolute power of kings cowardice, stupidity belong to the human race.
required and made rulers responsible to God for their ac- We long for fleshpots of our animal past. We tions. fight a losing battle with morality as do our neighbors. We wish to worship gods of lust, This petition also harks back to a time when
Permission alcohol, tobacco, race, power, money and conceit. all the functions of government were centered in We need not be surprised when our children the king — not only the executive function but discover afresh how attractive these gods are. legislative and judicial as well. Therefore it is DFMS. / We might well remember how they charm us. not an adequate statement of an American's It is a fact that the prophets still warn us prayer for his government which ought to in- clude not only the president and the governor,
Church with sermon and proverb, and we can see in the ancient book the course of human lives when but congress and legislature, and the courts as they follow in their wandering the will-of-the- well. It takes all these not only to make just wisp lights of their desires. laws but to administer them impartially and Episcopal interpret them wisely. the
of Another inadequacy in this petition is the implication that Christian rulers are the only Amendments in Order ones for whom we should pray, and the only ones
Archives who could possibly serve the ultimate purposes By John C. Leffler of God. What about Khrushchev, or Castro, or Dean of St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle 2020. Mao? How about the rulers with the unpro- "WE BESEECH THEE also, so to direct and nouncable names who are riding the turbulent dispose the hearts of all Christian Rulers ..." political seas in Africa or southwest Asia? Copyright So begins the second intercession in the Leave all these out of our prayers and we seem prayer for Christ's Church in the Prayer Book. to consign two-thirds of the earth's population to This prayer for those in authority in the state leadership beyond the pale of God's love and care. satisfies an ancient instinct of believing men Frankly, I can't accept that idea. It is heresy that God is somehow involved in the business of to the great universal concept of a God who government and that those who are rulers have moves in history, whether men recognize it or a responsibility not only to those whom they not, and who often in times past has used those rule, but to the God who is supreme above all who know him not as instruments of his will. earthly powers. So, while we must wait for an official revision It is this instinct which makes nonsense of a of this petition, I suggest that we make some lot of the discussion of the "separation of church amendments of our own in the faith that "the and state". To distort the simple statement of earth is the Lord's; and all that therein is".
iimileen THE WITNESS paign for nuclear disarmament. Churches Unite in Relief Aid Canon John Collins read a translation of the archbishop's To Stricken People of Alaska remarks, in which he said, "The sky is still dangerously clouded, ~k Relief efforts were being Washington, Idaho and Oregon but the light of the sun is launched throughout American would be asked to make special shining through." Protestantism and Orthodoxy Sunday donations to help quake Before the rally many demon- in the immediate aftermath of victims. the earthquake that killed some strators paraded through Lon- 65 Alaskans and caused an Arthur Lichtenberger, Pre- don streets. Some 150 marchers estimated $250-million worth of siding Bishop, in a telegram to had the heavy iron gates of damage in the state. Bishop William Gordon of Fair- Scotland Yard slammed in their banks, expressed sympathy and faces when they sought to At the National Council of gave $5,000 for relief efforts carry their demonstration in- Churches, it was announced from his discretionary fund. side the yard. that the "total welfare re- sources" of the agency's de- Bishop Lichtenberger said he publication. anticipated additional gifts BISHOP PREACHES AT nominations have been placed WESLEY CHAPEL and at the disposal of the American would come from throughout Red Cross, which was coor- the church. On Easter Sun- • Bishop Pvobert W. Stopford reuse dinating the aid program from day, Bishop Horace W. Donegan of London, made history over of New York gave the collec- for its regional office at San Fran- the Easter weekend by preach- cisco. tion from the cathedral service ing at the Wesley Chapel in to Alaska relief. The church aid, a spokesman London. Opened by John Wes- required said, would range from emer- In Washington, D.C., the U.S. ley in 1778, it is the mother gency airlifts of clothing, office of emergency planning church of world Methodism. blankets and other supplies to reported that for the most part, Dr. Stopford recalled that 180 Easter services went on as
Permission the designation of local churches years ago, the then bishop of in hard-hit areas as shelters and scheduled in Alaska. In the London refused Wesley's re- food distribution centers. immediately stricken area it quest to ordain one of his fol-
DFMS. was reported that many wor-
/ The full extent of damage to lowers for service in North shippers observed Easter in America. This, he said, had churches and institutions in the sanctuaries made cold and dark quake area was not immediately brought about a schism which
Church by power shortages. known. Denominational offices Wesley himself had sought to were attempting to contact ORTHODOX PRELATE TALK avoid. Alaskan churches by telephone AT BAN-BOMB RALLY "Now, this evening," he con- Episcopal and amateur radio. tinued, "another bishop of Lon- the It was reported that the U.S. * Thousands of cheering ban- don stands in the pulpit from of army telecommunications sys- the-bomb demonstrators heard which John Wesley preached, tem was being utilized in an a Russian Orthodox churchman and only one entirely insensi- effort to locate the Rev. T. Ross hail the 1963 nuclear test-ban tive to history could fail to Archives Paden, executive director of the treaty as "a first swallow experience deep emotion." Alaska council of churches, heralding the summer." The bishop went on to say 2020. head-quartered in Anchorage. Archbishop Kyprian of Dmi- that "whatever the outcome of By March 30, his whereabouts trov spoke in Russian to an current proposals for restoring had not been learned. Easter rally in Trafalgar the unity between the Church of
Copyright A spokesman for the Episco- Square, organized by the cam- England and the Methodist pal Church in New York said it was expected that "some dam- age" resulted to churches. Several of some 39 churches The Civil Rights Struggle, 1830-1865 and 12 preaching stations in By Gardiner M. Day Alaska are located in the quake Rector of Christ Church, Cambridge, Mass. area. In addition to the National a copy Ten for $2 Council of Churches' pledge of Civil Rights Pamphlet its relief resources to the over- Zero Garden St. all aid effort, it was reported Cambridge, Mass. 02138 that Methodists in the states of
APEIL 9, 1964 Hfteen Church, which ought never to have been broken, we have come so far together that we know that the restoration of that unity is the will of God, who will bring it to pass in his own time. "If we are united in Christ, then we already possess a unity with each other which we must strive to express in terms of church order. We are learning from each other that there are no short cuts to the physical union of our churches and that the deep sincerity with which our predecessors held to those publication. differences of principle which and led to our division must be matched by equal sincerity in reuse the resolution of those differ- for ences."
Perhaps you've considered what it would be like to wear this collar. CHURCHES CROWDED required Most young men think of it at some point. And some decide it will fit. ON EASTER But some decide the collar won't fit before they've really examined the life of the man who wears it. They say they haven't * Easter Sunday saw seen the "light flash" or heard the "voices whisper." Neither have churches crowded thoughout Permission most young men in seminary! the world. Because the call to the ministry is much like the call to any In New China, the Peiping radio reported that over 2,500
DFMS. other profession, it doesn't always bowl you over. Usually it grows / on you until you suddenly realize you couldn't be happy doing Chinese Catholics attended anything else. masses in the Natang Cathedral which began at six o'clock in Church To help you in thinking about the profession, we'd like to send you a free copy of "Live Option for You?". This practical booklet the morning. includes such topics as "What is the Ministry?", "Is this Ministry It said other Easter services for Me?", "Steps to be Taken to Become a Minister." It also contains were held at various Protestant Episcopal a reading list to aid you further in thinking out your religious position. and Catholic churches in the the capital, and that special serv-
of We hope you'll send for the booklet even if you're not con- sidering the ministry as a profession. Reading it will make you a ices were held also in Shanghai. more understanding, better informed layman. In Moscow, Catholics at- tached to various western Archives diplomatic missions celebrated THE EPISCOPAL SEMINARIES, Div. of Christian Ministries w Episcopal Church Center, 815 Second Ave., New York, New York 10017 Easter with a service at the 2020. Please send me a free copy of "Live Option for You?". Argentine embassy, and a com- bined Anglican and Presby- Name terian service was conducted at Address Copyright the British embassy. City -State- (The millions of Russian Or- thodox believers, who follow the old Julian Calendar, will not ob- THE EPISCOPAL, SEMINARIES serve Easter until May 3.) Division of Christian Ministries, 815 Second Ave., N. Y., N. Y. 10017 On Easter Sunday, Stefan Berkeley Divinity School, New Haven, Conn. The General Theological Seminary, Cardinal Wyszynski, Primate of Bexley Hall, the Divinity School of New York, New York Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio Nashotah House, IMashotah, Wisconsin Poland, celebrated mass at St. Church Divinity School of the Pacific, School of Theology of the University Berkeley, Calif. John's Cathedral in Warsaw. Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. He preached a sermon in which Church in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Penna. Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass. Evanston, III. he said: "Unhappy is the na- Episcopal Theological Seminary of ths Southwest, Virginia Theological Seminary, tion that wants to uproot God Austin, Texas Alexandria, Va. from the spiritual and temporal
THE WITNESS life. The struggle against God clergy, choir and congregation PARISH ADOPTS results in a collapse of family, marched in procession three A MISSION national, economic, social and blocks from St. Mary's to St. cultural life. It will ultimately Bede's Catholic church to at- * St. Andrew's Church, Ves- lead to strife and give rise to tend the first Easter mass. tal, New York, only four years hatred and conflict." Both the epistle and the gos- a parish, has taken responsi- Throughout Hungary and pel were read in English by stu- bility for the support of a mis- Czechoslovakia Catholic dents at the mass, and much of sionary in Africa. Although churches reportedly were the choral and congregational badly in need of additional jammed for the Easter masses. response also was in English. facilities, the members at the In Budapest, many thousands Father Murphy explained annual meeting felt they must took part in the traditional that the combined service was help in the world mission effort. Easter procession conducted at conducted "because our stu- They are sending $100 a month the Catholic cathedral. dents wanted it." to Bishop Shalita of Uganda. Reports from Soviet Lithu- ania said the Ostrobramsky Cathedrapublication. l in Vilna was filled to capacitand y for an Easter mass A New Manual of Intercession offered by Father Konstantinas Gajauskasreuse , dean of the cathe- dralfor . In Berlin, the Easter holiday MAKE 116 pages saw thousands of West Ger- manrequired s stream through the -IIS NAME GLORIOUS border wall to visit relatives and friends in East Berlin. East EASTER AND WHITSUNTIDE ISSUE NOW READY
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Eighteen THE WITNESS Lord Jesus Christ, but it seems beyond that? are questions that to be a difficult proposition. arise. ' They are, however, ques- - BACKFIRE • I thought you would be inter- tions still concerned with time ested in reading the latest de- and space. velopment. God is not up there or out The Witness for February 13 Franklin Solomon there; except that he is up carried in Backfire correspond- Layman of Allendale, S. C. there in the sense that his ence between the Rev. Jesse F. mind and abilities are so Anderson, rector of St. Thomas, Dear Father Anderson: Things are not getting bet- superior; they are limitless. Philadelphia, and a parishioner, God is not in time or space Franklin Solomon, who had ter, it is getting worse. When I walked out of Church except as he chooses to limit moved to Allendale, S.C. where himself for our sakes. God he was denied admission to the Sunday a man was passing and he stoped and picked me up and created time and space. I have Episcopal church. no trouble reading this in the Fr. Anderson advised his when he went on his job Mon- day morning he was fired. first and second chapters of parishioner to witness for Genesis; in the accounts of the publication. Christ and His Church by read- When I walked to the Altar Sunday for Holy Communion resurrection and the ascension. and ing parts of the Communion Heaven is for our finite service on his knees on the all of the people that was going up turned around and walked minds where God is; it has time reuse church steps (see 2/13/64 for out of the Church. and space only as given it by for entire instructions.) Bishop Temple has worked the eternal Creator. The following letters have very hard with me on this, but I have subscribed to and ap- since been received: preciated The Witness for many required the people in the Church just years. Jesse F. Anderson would not cooperate. I have received a letter from Roland Moncure Robert Cook
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DFMS. Easter in Trenton! (cover of / Franklin Solomon by Holy Com- 3/26) Low Sunday, perhaps; tioned the overwhelming in- munion Church. but not Easter, no crowds, no dividualism which permeated all Bishop Temple says, "I have Christian church structure since Church Easter bonnets. Impossible! the so-called Reformation. met with the vestry of the I have to write the following Church of the Holy Communion to someone; so why not you ? I Of course, all churches would and have found that there has have read several comments on and still will fail (witness how Episcopal never been any intention on and answers to "Honest to slow all churches have been to the further integration) to respond their part to deny Franklin God". So far I have read no- of Solomon admission to the to problems that were and are where the one answer that broad and social in dimension. church for services — I trust seems to me basic. that Mr. Solomon will be able to The bishop of Woolwich It looks as if Joe Fletcher, Archives receive not only the sacraments seems to forget that God doesn't Temple, Troltsch, Tawney, and but the spiritual substance of live in time and space. He Davis have made no conscious 2020. impact on this generation. the Church through this con- created them for us to live in. gregation. Man finds it difficult or im- I have not received a final possible to think outside of Copyright letter from Mr. Solomon, but I time and space. Everything MARRIAGE TODAY hope and trust this is the end must have its limits temporally By of this matter. and spatially. Yet it is as im- Dr. Albert Reissner Jesse F. Anderson possible to think of the begin- ning or end of either. What Psychiatrist of Brooklyn, N. Y. Enclosed you will find a was before that? What is mimeograph copy of the last A Reprint as a pamphlet of his lecture at Trinity letter that I received from Mr. SO YOU'RE CALLING Solomon on March 16th. As A RECTOR! Church, New York. you can see this matter is by By Robert Nelson Back 5£ a copy $2 for ten no means resolved. 25(* a copy Ten for $2 The Witness I call to your attention that THE WITNESS Bishop Temple is attempting to Tunkhannock, Pa. Tunkhannock, Pa. introduce the Gospel of the Schools of the Church
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