THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, TORTLAXD, AUGUST 13, 1923
EPISCOPAL BISHOPS ON WAY HERE FOR GREAT CONVENTION
Leaders Will Discuss Church Affairs One Week Earlier Than Opening of .Triennial General Session Changes in Prayer Book to Be One of Main Issues Sweeping Revision to Be Asked Many Will Attend.
BISHOPS
church
west l
of
are
attend the triennial
general convention of th Protes
tant Episcopal church. The. bishops
will convene one week earlier than
the Episcopal crease of 4I.:SS, of whom 24.3S9
already coming were received on confession of faith.
The net gala for the Southern Pres
byterians is I ).." II.
"The United Presbyterian church
received In 121 tZJit, of whom
10 30s were on confession of faith.
the date set for the general conven-1 Th Is is an Increase of more than
lion In ortUr to discuss various! 5 "00 over the figures for the precede
church matters. One of these la
aid to be the report of the Joint
commission on the revision and en
richment of the Hook of Common
Ing year. The Reformed church in
the United States bad 34.542 addi
tions, with a net g-aln of 2708.
"The Protestant Episcopal church
reports for 121 i.70 confirmed.
Prayer. This will be the main Issue? with a net gain of 1S.787
through the convention. It Is said,
as sweeping changes In the prayer
book, reported to be 170 years old.
are to be recommended.
An effort lil be mad;, saya a
New "York exchange, to eliminate In
the book of prayer reference to
Jews. A substitute phrase for th
linking- Jews with 'Turks, infidel
and heretics." which ha been
uttered for 370 years, will be of
fered by Rev. Dr. Charles Lewi
fr.atlery or- New York city, chair
man of the joint committee on re
vision of the prayer book. The sub'
stitute suggested asks for mercy fo
"slUwho know thee not as revealed
In the gospel of thy son.
The New York Sunday Times -of
July 10 said the following concern
Ins; the convention:
"Tl local bishops and clerical
and lay. deputies to the triennial
general convention of the Episcopal
church, which will be held In Port
land. Or., beginning September" C.
have received a letter from the
Sanctity of Marriage association pe
titioning them to outlaw the re mar
riage of any divorced person under
any circumstances during the life of
the other party to the divorce. 'This
Is what the Roman Catholic church
does. At present the Episcopal
church permits the remarriage of
the Innocent party when the di
vorce has been granted for adultery
If certain conditions are met.
"The communication also petitions
the members of the coming conven
tion to indorse formally the bill of
fared by Senator w tiiy Jones of
Washington for An amendment to
the constitution permitting cong-ess
to enact federal statutes on mar
rlage and divorce. The letter says
It cannot be expected that the
United States government "will or
can adopt the high standard of the
church, but that almost anything to
relieve 'the present national dis
grace' Is better than the present
chaos la '49 states.'
"The president of the Sanctity of
Marriage association Is the Rev. Dr.
illlo H. Gates, vicar of the Chapel
of the Intercession. Trinity parish,
this city. The Rev. Dr. Walter
(iynne of Summit. N. J.. Is secre
tary. Its membership la composed
of communicants of the Episcopal
church.
"In the Roman Catholic church
there la no such thing aa divorce.
A priest under no circumstances
can perform a wedding ceremony
for any man or woman whose part
ner In a former marriage Is still
living. When certain conditions
exist a wedding can be annulled by
the Vatican Just as by the state.
The Episcopal church for many
year had a similar law, but during
the last century It was amended to
read as foUows: . '
"No minister, knowingly after
due Inquiry, shall solemnise the
marriage of any person who has
been or Is the husband or the wife
of any other person then living
from whom he or she has been dl
vorced for any cause arising after
marriage. But this canon shall not
be held to apply to the innocent
party In a divorce for adultery; pre
sided that before the application for
such remarriage a period of not
less than one year shall have
elapsed after the granting of such
divorce: and that satisfactory evi
dence touching the facts in the case.
Including a copy of the court'a de
cree and record. If practicable, with
proof that the defendant was per
sonally served or appeared In the
action, be laid before the eccleaiasti
cal authority, and such ecclesiasti
cal authority, having taken legal
action thereon, shall have declared
In writing that In his judgment the
ease of the applicant conforms to
the requirements of this canon; and
provided, further, that it shall be
within the discretion of any minis
ter to decline to solemnize any
marriage.' "
The
record of the United Brethren shows
an increase of 41.14. of which num
ber 11.6jI were received on confes
sion of faith. The net gain for the
year Is 11.2:2.
"Five years' meeting of the Friends
shows a net gain of 434 for 1921 as
against a lhaa of 239 the year be
fore. The Moravians report a gross
gain of 17H with a net increase of
211. The Seventh lay Advent's!
churches received. In 121. 274 new
members.
"Other churches from which defi
nite reports have not yet been re
ceived will undoubtedly show sim
ilar results.
"Of particular significance are the
reports from some of the leading
cities of the country where special
pre-Easter campaigns were held si
multaneously by the churches of the
community.
"Pittsburg. Pa., reports from 357
churches 1S.S57 additions. The esti
mated total for Pittsburg. ia 34.474.
From Detroit, Mich., comes the re
port that 24 churches averaged 108
receptions during the year ending
May 1. with an estimated total of
between 2SJ0 and 26.000 for the
city.
"Chicago has record of 37.310
new additions an Increase of 12 000
based on the total church member
ship of approximately 100.000. Near
ly two-thirds of the additions re
ported were on confession of faith.
"In St. Louis, Mo., the 10 denomi
nations which have reported for the
year ending at Easter had 10. .81
additions, an Increase of more than
1000 over the preceding year. At
Indianapolis, Ind., the reception of
new members is conservatively esti
mated at 10.000.
In Cincinnati, Ohio. 15 churclses
re-port an addition of 2814. In Buf
falo. N. Y.. 1 churches report 6484
accessions for the year ending in
May. In Baltimore, Md.. 144 churches
report 134$ received at Easter time.
Waahlngton. I. XT., bad over 2000
additions in the white churches dur
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flclal position, carries with It responsi
bility toward those with whom one has
t? deal and forgetf ulnesa of such re
sponsibility means the disobedience of
the law of God.
The church must serve all people, the
unprivileged and the srivlleged alike,
and jnuEt continue to stand for mercy,
charity and compassion toward those
who are in trouble; -but beyond that it
must stand for social justice, remembering-
that Jesus Christ died for all and
'the mystic chords of memory
stretching from every word of It to
almost every living heart and
hearthstone all over this broad land."
"And yet the office needs revision.
There are mistranslations of Scrip
ture which must not be perpetuated;
there are gruesome infelicities of
speech which ought to be corrected,
and there are arid waste places in
The dloresaa executive committee la supervising arrangement of all plans for the general convention of the Protestajit Episcopal church In the
United States of America to be held im Portland. September 6-23. Left to right Dean Vincent, general chairman; Sr. S. E. Josephl, vice-chair -BaaAi
Jess. W. Lethahy, eieesllve secretary Dr. H. C. Fisott, chairman of the entertainment committee.
the later meeting all .the city clergy
and one person from each Young
People's society is requested to at
tend a luncheon in the Y. M. C. A.
cafeteria next Wednesday at 6:30
P. M. At last Wednesday's meet
ing it was suggested that the young
people might have a corporate com
munion and a large mass meeting.
The committee decided to request
Bishop Peter T. Rowo of Alaska to
address the children, and at some
time during the service to present
htm .with a birthday offering for
his mission work in the far north.
The offering will be ralsed'by each
child In the diocese bringing penny
Tor every year of his age.
"The. chief hope for effective ac
tion on the part of the American
government in the matter of protec
tion of the Armenians and other
Christian minorities in the near east
lies in the creation of a great tide
of pnblic opinion, and the chief hope
for creating such public opinion lies
in the churches," declares Samuel
McCrea Calvert, a general secretary
of tho Federal Council of Church of
Christ In America,. In a lengthy ar
tide.
America la probably the one
country which today has sufficient
Hood River Pastor to Fill
Dr. McElveen's Pulpit.
Rev. Mr, noddy Will Officiate
Both Morning and Mght.
in s the nre-Easter oerlod Norfolk. 1 power and nrestiare to nrcvent the
Va, reports 581 In the Easter period continuance of the atrocities against
The pessimism of the critics who
are proclaiming that the church is
lo'lr. g Its hold upon the people is
gainsaid br facts now available con
cerning the achievements of the past
year, declares a report made by Rev.
fharlej L. tSoodeil, secretary of the
federal council's commission on
evangelism and life service, on the
ba:s of information which has been
received from several denominations
snd from various cities throoghout
the country.
It is the custom of the commission
on evangelism to collect data from
aut honta tive denominational sources
a toon as possible after the special
Kaster Ingathering. The present re
port represents the most recent in
formation upon the increases In the
membership of the Protestant
rVirclies and Is later than any hith
erto published.
The report follows:
"The Corigrerallonal church re
cords, for the year ending May. 122.
a total of 78.13 new members.
43.873 cf ttscfe having been received
on confession of faith. This Is a
net gjln over deaths and removals
of l.0t the largest gain In all
their history. The net asm for the
preceding year was 1V335.
"The Pisciles of Christ report the
reception of approximately I2S.O00.
75.0O of fese being on confession
of faith. This is a net gain of about
33.000. The I'm-ipkr commission
on evanselifm elmates that fully
73 per cent of their churches with
pastors held at least a week of spe
cial evangelistic services during the
year, and declares tliat last Easter
Sunday was tie greatest single day
for additions to church membership
In thetr history.
"In the case of the Methodist
Episcopal eiaurch. whose statistics
are dependent upon reports of both
spring and fall conferences. It Is not
now po!ble to give the final state
ment. For the ealend-ir year 121
the ret gain was J3.3I1!. For the
last decade the net gain was 1.235.
I. In the Methodist Episcopal
church South the net gain In mem
bership for tie year l:i was l: 214
For the quadrennium 1M-122 there
was a net gain of 12.01 the lar
gest gain recorded in any quadren
nium in the history of the church.
"Th commission on evangelism Of
the Northern Baptist convention
states that about 0.000 baptisms
were reported at their convention In
June. When to this number Is added
t"io received by letter, a very large
increase In membership la Indicated.
"Tr.e I'reshyterlan church In the
United States reports for the year
ending March 11. 122. a gross gain
of lf.77. Including 1.2i on con
fession of faith, 3.3I4 by letter.
11.15 restored to membership. This
ia a net gain of 31. 147. The Presby
terian chorch in the United States
(South) records for 111 a total in-
from 10 churches, more than half of
the churches of the city not having
yet been reported. At Toungstown,
Ohio. 1800 new members were re
ceived between the beginning of the
year and Easter.
"In Sacramento. Cat . 2S churches
received between Easr. 121, and
Easter. 1122. a total of 1241 a net
gain of over 900, a gain of 14 per
cent for the year. This is probably
the greatest percentage of increase
in any of the large cities.
"In Portland. Or., according to re
porta at present available, there was
pre-Easter reception of about
IS 00. In Seattle, Wash., the 13 de
nominations which have' thus far
reported riad an Ingathering of 3839
between January and May, 19!!.
see
President Pennington of Pacific
college. N'ewberg. will be the
speaker at Laurelhurst park this
evening at S o'clock. Two duets will
e rendered by W. H. Downing and
John U. Kllpack. Mr. Kllpack will
have charge of tha congregational
singing.
Ir. W. O. Light, M. Dv of the
Kenton .Presbyterian, church, will
apeak at the Forestry building park
at 7:1S o'clock. Special music will
tc furnished by a mixed quartet.
- At Peninsula park today at 4
P. M.. Rev. Mr. Blair, pastor of the
Congregational church. Forest
Grove, will speak. Special music Is
planned for the occasion. Fine In
terest prevails In these vesper serv
kea. Dr. Burnett of Canada waa
heard by a large audience last Sunday.
The dedication of the Cloverdale
Mission church will take place today
at 10 o'clock. The Most Rev. Arch
bishop Christie will officiate. Large
crowds are expected for the gather
ing from Salem. ML Angel. McMlnn
ville. Hillsboro. Portland. 'Tilla
mook and the Bay City territory.
In the afternoon all are Invited to
visit the best coast resort. Pacific
City, for a-arnival and other fea
tures. Mt. Angel band" will give a
cencert. assisted by talented artists,
the feature of the afternoon being
an address by the well-known ora
tor Dudley li. Woolen, ex-congressman,
of Texaa. The committee haa
stared no' pains to take care of the
crowds. There will be an old-fash-icned
barbecue and clambake.
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The Western Norwegian Danish
Methodist church conference will
meet in Portland September 2". and
will be presided over by Bishop
vestey Burns. All sessions will be
conducted at the Vancouver Avenue
Norwegian Danish Methodist church.
Representatives are expected to at
tend from several western states,
see
The Jerry Jeter evangelistic parly,
consisting of Rev. Jerry Jeter, gen
eral evangelist, and Mrs. Jerry Jeter,
missionary evangelist, of the Meth
odist Episcopal church South, will
begin an evangelistic campaign
under the auspices of the Portland
Methodist Episcopal church South,
in a tabernacle to be erected by the
congregation of the church on the
vacant lot next to the church at
Union avenue and "U'ssco street.
Rev. and Mrs. Jeter are regular
evangelists working under authority
of the Southern Methodist church.
They have had many years' expe
rience In their work and have been
instrumental in helping hundreds of
people to a better life.
Rev. Jeter will arrive in Portland
tomorrow to superintend the work
of erecting the tabernacle. Sunday,
August 20, Bishop DuBose. resident
bishop In this area, will dedicate
the tabernacle at 11 A. ML There
will be preaching at 3 and I P. M..
the same day.
After preaching here Bishop Du
Bose will leave for La Grande and
preach there Monday night. Wednes
day. August 11. ha will open the
northwest conference at Milton. Or.
ess
Tbe August meeting of the super
intendents and workers' union of
the Bsptlst Sunday achools of the
city will be held at the Lents Bap
tist church Tuesday night, August
15. The regular fellowship supper
will be served at f:10. followed by
the meeting at 7,10. A special pro
gramme has been arranged and a
large attendance la expected from
all Baptist churches' of th city,
see
One of the outstanding events of
the general convention of the Epis
copal church will be a gigantic
children's missionary service in the
municipal auditorium Sunday, Sep
tember 10, at 1 o'clock.
At the meeting of a special edu
cational committee Wednesday pre
liminary plans for the celebration
were arranged and a decision made
to hold a similar service for the
young people. To perfect plana for
tbe Christian minorities in the near
east." says Mr. Calvert. "At least
the nations of Europe are nol likely
to lake effective action without the
moral support of America. Accord
ing to latest reports, the proposal
for an official Investigation by Brit
ish, French. Italian and American
governments into the reported atro
cities lias now been given up. Are
we ao incased in insular provincial
ism that we do not feel our solidar
ity with our fellowmen In the near
east, to say nothing of their being
our own blood-brothers in Christ?"
, CHICAGO. Aug. 12. (By the As
sociated Press.) The Episcopal
church Is about to publish a book
which Is expected to bring returns
amounting to mora than $21,000,000.
It is tho "Survey." or budget which
will be presented at the triennial
general convention of the church.
which meeta at Portland In September.
The survey will explain In detail
the missionary, educational and
social service works of the Episco
pal church, both In the United States
and In foreign lands, which call for
the support of the church for the
next three years. Besides the
111.000.000 budget there are several
lists of , "priority" askings for ad
vance projects. One of these Is for
SI. 000.000 for building projects in
the various church colleges.
The general convention also will
be asked to change title of the
present governing body from the
presiding bishop and council to
national -council" and that of the
department of the nation-wide
campaign" to "field department."
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ESTACADA. Or.. Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) The concluding conference of
the church year was held In the
Methodist Episcopal church at Esta-
cada. under the direction of the
Rev. W. W. Youngsonr, D. D, district
superintendent, who preached a
masterly sermon at the morning
service. A basket dinner followed
and then the conference. The par
ish waa found in excellent condition
and the pastor. Rev., A. F. Lacy, re
ceived a unanimous call to return
for the next year.
The Society for ' Spreading the
Knowledge of True Prayer, as or
ganised by F. Lv Raw son. will meet
in room 445 Fleidner building.
Tenth and Washington streets. Mon
day at 8 P. M.. when the subject Is
"Life Understood. and Tuesday af
ternoon at 2:30.
THE Rev. William H. Boddy, pas
tor of the Riverside Community
church of Hood River, will preach at
both services at the First Congre
gational church today. In the morn
ing hla subject will be "A Plea for
the Priceless" and In tho evening
"Paths to Peace." Mr. Boddy was
formerly a student and lateral mem
ber of the faculty at Reed college
He is now pastor of one of the most
progressive churches of the state.
He la a frequent speaker at college
and university gatherings. He will
give the convocation address at
Whitman college in 'September;
Granvllle Morgan, tenor, will be
the .soloist. .In the morning he will
sing: C
"God Shall Wipe Away All Tears'"
Car a Roma
"Teach Me to Pray" Jewett
And In the evening:
"The Shepherd of the Fold". .. .Bernard
"It Wag tor Me"... fiumont
George jJaker will be the organ
ist and will prelude both .services
with brief recitals.
Walter Huntington will give a
lecture on "Characters of the New
Testament" at the Sunday school at
9:45 A. M. This lecture will be illus
trated with a number of pictures.
The Golden Rule forum meets in
the pastor's study at 12:30 noon.
The topic for discussion is, "Can the
Good Samaritan Sidestep Politics?"
H. p. Lee is the leader.
Dudley Klelst will lead the Chris
tian Endeavor meeting at 6:30
o'clock. Tho topic ia "Pride and
Humility."
Thursdy night Rev. T. F. Mur
phy will lead the regular midweek
prayer meeting. His topic is "The
Origin of a Great Revival."
Dr. McElveen preached in Worces
ter. Mass, July 30. At that service
number of Christian Endeavor
leaders who were part of a group
of J50 young folk whom Dr. and
Mrs. McElveen helped guide through
northern Europe a number of years
ago were present.
The Atkinson Memorial Congrega
tional church. East Everett and
29th streets, has a one-service pro
gramme today. At 10:30 the chil
dren will gather "and at 11 the
adults wMl unite in worship. Sunday
school and worship will be con
ducted by Mr. Charles A. Eastman.
A three-quarter of an hour worship.
the evangelistic meeting, which will
be held in October.
Norman F. Coleman, president of
the Loyal Legion of Loggers and
Lumbermen, will occupy, the pulpit
today at 10:30 A. M. at the Church
of Our Father (Unitarian), Broad
way and Yamhill.
The Young People's society for
merly of St. Stephen's Pro-Cathe
dral will hold their regular weekly
meeting in room "A" of the public
library at 6:30 P. M. The Rev. R. T.
T. Hicks will be the principal
speaker. "
The morning sermon at St. David's
parish church. East Twelfth and
Belmont streets, will be on "What
the General Convention Does," be
ing the second In" a series of ser
mons on the general convention. In
the evening the congregation will
rehearse some of the hymns to be
sung at the general convention. The
school meets at 9:30 A. M. The holy
communion will be. celebrated at
7:30 and 9:30. Miss Anna Lund is
substituting at the organ during the
absence of the choirmaster, Tom G.
Taylor.
Rev. Dr. Close to Preach
at First Methodist.
"Our Master's Programme," Topic
- of Sermon This Morning.
World-Wide Church Union
and Creed Step Nearer.
Report on Movement Prepared
for Kplacopal Convention.
"Contagion of Character"
It Mr. Griff is' Topic.
First Christian Church to Meet
at Lincoln Auditorium.
r
"Strength of Stillness," Dr.
Burnett's Subject.
Calgary Pastor Will Preach mt
First Baprsst Church.
AT the First Baptist church
(White Temple). Twelfth and
Taylor streets. Rev. Christopher
Burnett. D. D, pastor of the Cres
cent Heights Baptist church of Cal
gary, Albe-rta, will occupy the pulpit
again today. Ho was well received
lsst Sunday. In the morning hi
subject will be "The Strength of
Stillness." At S o'clock ho will
preach on the topic, "The Best
Drinking Water in the World.'
Walter Jenkina will lead tbe singing
and sing solos at both services.
Grace .Baptist church, through the
month of August, will have Rev.
Charles J. Waehlte. who In the
morning will preach on II Col.
In the evening his subject will be
"Prophecy," Dan. 6. using his chart.
Dr. W. B. Hinson. pastor of the
East Side Baptist church, will oc
cupy his pulpit at both services to
day. At 11 o'clock Dr. Hinson will
preach from the subject "The Doc
trine of Baptism." At 7:15 the
theme will be "The Lord'a Return."
All of the services of this church
are maintained as usual during the
summer months.
The mid-week service Wednes
day-night at 7:45 will be conducted
by Dr. Hinson, who will speak from
the topic "If Christ Should Coma
Tomorrow.".
The young people of the church
hold their meeting in the lower
hall at 6:30. Donald Hood will
have charge of the service, taking
for the subject "Can God Do With
out Me?" All young people are
especially Invited.
The women of the church and
congregation will picnic in Laurel
hurst park on Thursday, August 17.
A picnic luncheon will be served at
noon and at 3 o'clock Mrs. Ada
Wallace Unruh will speak to the
women concerning the VV. C T. XI.
Children's Farm Home."
N THE First Christian church
service this morning at 11. o'clock
at the auditorium of the Lincoln
high achool. Rev. Harold H. Griffia
will apeak on the two kinds of In
fluence which every man carries
through life, having for his apeclflc
theme. "The Contagion of Charac
ter."
The Bible school, which meets at
9:45 A M-. under the superintend
ence of E. Earl Feike. is continuing
through the summer weeka with Us
regulaV schedule for tho various
classes and departments.
The music for worship will In
elude the anthem, "The Spirit in
Our Hearts' (Shelley), also the of
fertory eolo, "Like aa a Father'
(Lansing), by Billie Frances Fennl-
more.
A special feature of the senior
Christian Endeavor meeting in the
evening at 6:30 will be a joint de
bate on, the following proposition:
"Resolved. That the compulsory ed
ucation bill now before the people
of Oregon should be supported by
all Christian citizens." Miss Hulda
Faust and Miss Jessie Bragg will
uphold the affirmative and Robert
Clifford and Russell Hendricks will
defend tho negative.
At the Kern Park Christian
church, Forty-alxth avenue and Sixty-ninth
street. Dr. J. F. Ghormley
will speak at 11 A. M taking for
his theme. "The Christian Jew." At
7:45 P. M. he will speak, on "The
Christ We Forget." The music, voi
der the direction of Mrs. May Vail
Billlngslew. with Mrs, H. G. Hall,
accompanist, will be a special fea
ture at both services.
The morning service at the East
lde Christian church. East Twelfth
and Taylor streets, will be featured
this morning by a sermonette by
Master Tom Galbraith, a reading by
Master R. Tibbs Maxey Jr. and a
duet. "The Touch of His Hand on
Mine." sung by the two boys. These
special features will precede '.he
sermon by the pastor. Rev. Walter
Scott Crockett, whose subject will
be "Heavenly Service for Earthly
Reward." -In the evening Rev. Mr.
Crockett will speak on "Rich Bur
den Bearera."
Mrs. Harold Moore will lead the
senior Christian Endeavor meeting
at 7 P. M., and Miss Gladys Penning
ton will lead the Intermediate Chris
tian Endeavor meeting. The Loyal
Bereana Bible school class of young
people will consider the Endeavor
topic in the morning class. The
young people lately have been given
new room for the study period.
All young people living adjacent to
the church who are not in attend
ance upon any other class are In
vited toy the Loyal Bereans to be
come members of their class.
The Thursday-night prayer meet
ing will continue In preparation for
CHICAGO, Aug. 12 (By the As
sociated Press.) Church union
and the possibility of all Christen
dom recognizing one creed appear
to be a 'step nearer they they have
for many centuries, according to a
report of the commission on the
world conference on faith and order
which will be submitted to the gen
eral convention of the Episcopal
church in Portland, Or., next month.
The report announces there will
be a meeting in Washington. D. C,
in May, 1925, of delegates from
nearly 100 denominations, from a
score of countries, to discuss the
possibilities of Christian union. This
will be a reconvention of the body
which met In Geneva In 1920. Of
this gathering the report says "deep
differences were manifested but all
were convinced that great 'pregress
can be made." At the Washington
conference all the denominations
present at Geneva are .expected, in
cluding Anglican. Baptist, Congre
gational, Czek. Armenian, Disciples,
Eastern Orthodox Friends, Luther
an, Methodist, Presbyterian and re
formed churches. Before the con
ference meets the committee sug
gests that fundamental questions
shall be discussed as follows:
1. What degree of unity In faith will
be necessary in a reunited church?
2. Is a statement of this one faith In
the form of a creed necessary or desir
able? 3. If so. what creed should be, used?
or what other formulary would be de
sirable? 4. What are the proper uses of a
creed anil of . confession of faith?
"Until Christians are agreed as to what
the church is and the place and function
of a. creed," the report continues, "it
seems futile to take up others. It has
been well said that there Is no church
which has not something of value to give
to its sister churches or to receive from
them. If we believe that, let us test its
truth." V
At Geneva it was proposed that spe
cial commissions should be created for
the study of dogmatic, historical and
Itlurgical questions, and those concerning
immaterial orders and authorities. aTaf-ft-cting
the dlfferencea between Christian
communions, and that neotlatlons-should
be opened between related communions
for closer fellowship as a step toward
the goal of complete union.
The eastern orthodox churches are now
very hopeful aa to the world conference.
An encyclical letter of the Holy Ortho
dox Eastern church of Constantinople
was issued In 1H20, urging the promo
tion of closer relations- of friendship
among the churches, and to that end
(a) the acceptance of a uniform calen
dar, b) the exchange of brotherly let
ters, (c) a more friendly intercourse be
tween the representatives of the various
churches, (d) an intercourse between
theological schools and the exchange of
theological and ecclesiastical periodicals,
te the exchange of students between the
seminaries of different churches, (f) the
convening of pan-Christian conferences
to examine questions of a common initer
est. (g Impartial and historical exam
ination of doctrinal differences, (h) mu
tual reepect for the customs and. usages
prevailing in each church. l) mutual
permission for the use of places of
prayer and of cemeteries, (j) -the set
tlement of the question of mixed mar
rlases and k the mutual support ol
the churches in the work of strengthen-
Inr religious belief, of charity and the
like. A favorable reply was made to
this communication.
R. RAY E. CLOSE, executive
secretary of the Portland, Coun
cil of Churches, will occupy- the pul
pit of the First Methodist, church
at both services today. In the morn
ing, at 11 o'clock, he will preach on
"Our Master's Programme," and in
the evening, at 7:45. on "The Secret
of a Strong Man's Power." Robert
T. Blair, precentor and soloist' for
the month of August, will sing. .
The pastor of the Rose City Park
Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. C.
W. Huett, who has been in the east
during the last month on a vacation.
the pulp't being supplied by visiting
brethren meanwhile, will occupy the
pulpit both morning and evening.
In the morning the theme will be
"The Sleeping Sickness," and in the
evening at 8 o'clock, "The Call of
the Gdspel." At the official board
meeting held, last Monday evening
plans looking to considerable im
provement of the present property
were perfected and details for the
erection of the new church building
were discussed and within the very
nar future aggressive action will
be taken. The present building will
stand just as It is until the first
unit of the new additions is built.
' -
At Woodlawn Methodist church,
the pastor, Rev. J. H. Irvine, .will
take for his morning subject, "The
Hosanna Day and 'Its Meanings."
The evening forum will discuss
"Savonarola, the Firebrand." Spe
cial musical programme, vocal and
instrumental. Fine interest and at
tendance is maintained in our unique
evening service. "
. I
"But Gallio Cared for None of
These Things, But Sosthenes Did;
will be the subject of the Sunday
morning sermon in the Clinton
Kelly Memorial Methodist Episcopal
church when the Rev. E. Sutton
Mace will preach. He ' will speak
about the things Gallios and Sos
thenes care for. In the evening at
8 o'clock he will preach in the West
moreland chapel, at Milwaukee street
and South avenue. The Bible schools
convene at 9:45 A. M.
- Dr. H. C. -Jennings, one of the
leaders of American Methodism, will
speak this morning at Centenary
Wilbur Methodist church. In the
evening there will be an interpreta
tion of "Ben Hur," given by readers
of national reputation, Mrand Mrs.
William Morton Rasmus.
At the Vancouver Avenue Nor
wegian Danish Methodist church,
corner Vancouver avenue and Skid
more streets, the- pastor, Gustava
Storaker, will preach at 11 o'clock
this morning on the text "Clothed
With Power From on High." The
evening service, at 7:30, is in Ifing
lish.. '
"The Peacemakers" will be the
subject discussed by the pastor at
the First Norwegian-Danish M. E.
church Sunday at 11 A. M. At 8
P. M. "Men's Misde-eds God's
Chance". ,will be the topic. The
usual young people's meeting
Wednesday night with good pro
gramme' and refreshments. Thurs
day night at 7:45 the Rev. C. August
Peterson, who has Just . returned
from a nine months' tour through
Norway and Denmark, will give n
lecture on his tour. He .is a very
entertaining speaker and all Scan
dinavians should come ahd hear
him.
-be in the sight of his disciples, as pre
cious a another. .
Those who are in positions in business,
professions oc any calling in life where
they have he service of others, whether
as wage-earners or in any other rela
tion, should recognize the right of the
employee to run opportunity ror seii-
development. The welfare QI
life should be emphasized above.' the
value of property. Wages sufficient for
a wholesome living should be the return
lor efficient service and the more tnai
car. be done in making the employer
and the employed partners in business
with a feeling of common and friendly
interest ana mutual service, tne oetter.
We understand that Christian social
service means following the example of
the master, who came not to be minis
tered unto, but to minister, and to mean
obedience to the law of God, "Thou shsit
love they neighbor as thyself." and it is
our work, to bring the members of the
church to realise this and so to fill -out
the ideal of Christ toward humanity. .
The national council, recommends
to the general convention that in
the name of the church it take
action as follows: .
Resolved, That In sympathy with the
resolutions of the Lambeth conference of
11)20 we desire to emphasize our convic
tion that the pursuit of mere self-interest,
whether individual or corporate, will
never bring healing to the wounds of
society. It should be recognized as an
outstanding . and pressing duty to the
church' to convince its members of the
necessity of nothing less than a funda
mental change in the spirit and working
of our social and industrial life. This
change can only be effected by accepting
as the bals of all our . relations tne
principle of co-operation In service for
the common good in place of unrestricted
competition for . private or sectional ad
vantage. .
Resolved, furtherf That in obedience to
Christ's teaching as to covetousness and
self-seeking, the general convention calls
upon all members of his church to be
foremost - both -by personal action and
sacrifice la. maintaining the superiority of
the claims of human life to those of
property. To this end It would emphasize
the duty which Is laid upon all Chris
tians of putting human values first, of
avoiding extravagance and waste, and of
upholding a high standard of honor and
thoroughness in worW. In a word, they
must set an example in subordinating
the claim for rights to the call of duty.
that one soul is in his sight, and should' the service which should be made to
Diossom with comfort and good
cheer. The commission on revision
has done its work with reverence
and good taste and most of the pro
posed office has already been adopt
ed by the house of deputies. '
Two prayers for the dead are pro-
human j vided. iHow pathetic that we should
have to record this as a new or dis
tinctive enrichment of the church's
office for burial o her dead. As if
the church had ever denied this deep
i instinct of man who cannot cease to
pray for' his dear departed just be
cause they have passed out of sight.
Baptists Seek to Eradicate
Skepticism From Books.
Southern Church Takes Steps to
Protect Word of God.
B1
"Soul" Is Today's Subject J
, of Scientists.
Churches Will Hold Regular
Service at 11 o'clock.
(tCi OUL" Is the subject of the les
O 'son-sermon in Christian Sci
ence churches today. v
Churches of Christ, Scientist, will
hold regular Sunday morning serv
ice at' 11 o'clock today. The eve
ning service is held at 8 o'clock
In First and Sixth churches, all
other churchps ' having dispensed
with the evening service during
August.
Pupils are admitted into the Sun
day school up to the age of 20.
The sessions convene in all churches
at 9:45 and 11 except Third and
Fifth, where the sessions are . held
at 9:30 and 11."
Testimonial meetings are held in
all churches Wednesday evening at
8 o'clock.
Reading rooms for the- public are
maintained at 1133 Northwestern
Bank building, 33 North Third street.
133 North Sixth street, and 148 Kil
lingsworth avenue, where the Bible
and all authorized Christian Science
literature may be read or, purchased.
The churches are .located as fol
lows: First church. Nineteenth and Everett
streets: Second church, Cast Sixth street
and Holladay avenue; Third church.
East Twelfth and Salmon. streets; Fourth
church, Vancoiu-er avenue and Emerson
street; Fifth church, 4224 Sixty-second
street Southeast; Sixth church, Pythian
building, 3S8 Yamhill street; Seventh
church, 403 Smith avenue, St. Johns.
An invitation to attend the church
services and visit the reading rooms
is extended to the public. .
Dr. Tully to Preach at the
Presbyterian Church.
"The Risen and Glorified Christ"
- to Be Morning Topic.
Christian Social Service Is
Urged on Episcopalians.
Pursuit of Self-interest Is Held
Wrong fn Church -Affairs. 1
(pHE RISEN AND GLORIFIED
X CHRIST" will be the subject
of the morning service today at the
First Presbyterian church when Dr.,
Norman K. Tully will preach. His
evening subject will be "An Ancient
Pilgrim's Progress.."
Dr. G. M. Beeler to Conduct
United Brethren Service.
Evening Service to Be la Charge
of B. J, Clark, Pastor.
mHE morning service at the First
X United Brethren church. Fif
teenth and East Morrison streets.
will be conducted by IJr. U. M,
Beeler. The evening service will
be in charge of the pastor. Dr. B. J.
Clark. Special music will feature
both services. .
The pastor of the Second United
Brethren church. Twenty - seventh
and Sumner streets, is on his vaca
tion and in his absence Rev. B. E.
Emerick will have charge of the
services. The choir will render
special service in song.
m m
Rev. B. Ross Evans, pastor of
the Fourth United Brethren church.
Tremont station, will preach in the
morning on "Repentance," and in
the evening on "Where Is He?"
Dr. Stephens, field secretary of
the national reform bureau, will
give' an address In the auditorium
of the Kellogg school, Sixty-eighth
street and Powel Valley road, on
the evening of August -16. The pub
lic Is invited. This lecture is under
the auspices of the brotherhood of
the Third United Brethren church.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12. ?(By the Asso
ciated Press.) A fundamental
change "in the spirit and working of
our social and industrial life" is
necessary to restore the world to
peace and order, according to a dec
laration of social service principles
which has been adopted by the na
tional council of the Episcopal
church. The declaration has been
recommended for adoption as the
fixed policy of the church" by the
Episcopal general convention, which
will meet at Portland, Or, September
6. The fundamental change pro
posed can only be effected, accord
ing to the declaration, "by accepting
as the basis of all pur relations the
principle of co-operation in service
for the common good, in place of
unrestricted competition for private
or sectional advantage." , '
A definition of the meaning of
social service, and a platform em
bodying that definition,. were
adopted at a recent meeting of the
department of Christian social serv
ice of the national council; and by
that body referred to the rfational
council, which has now given them
its indorsement with the recommen
dation that they be approved bv the
natianal church. The declaration is
as follows: . "
Christian social service means the ap
plication of the principles of the. arosrl
of Jesus Christ to all the relation into
which men and women -are broueht.
whether in government. Industry,, social
or.political life.
It means definite obedience, hv nll whn
bear tbe Christian name and accept the
Christian, religion, to Christ's 10V of
duty toward one's neighbor a nehjnbor
being every person, whether living near
o far away, with whom one can estab
lish the relationship of service.
We understand the Christian religion
to have a larger meaning and field than
nas oeen commonly recognized and tnat
its message concerns justice and" right
eousness, fairness and the application of
tne golden rule to all men and by all
men, in whatever position or relation In
life they may be. We understand that a
position of any advantage conferred by j
material means, education, social or of-
At Central Presbyterian church.
East Thirteenth and Pine, the Rev.
Alexander R. Evans of Arbor Lodge
Presbyterian church will occupy the
pulpit. His topic at the 11 o clock
service will be "The Sovereignty of
God." . ,
Rev. J. Ro& Evans, pastor of
Fourth United Brethren church, will
be the speaker at the Men's Resort
meeting today at 4 P. M. This will
be Mr. Evans' first appearance here
and a large crowd is expected. Mrs.
Judge will be soloist and gospel
songs will be sung off the screen.
Alice Johnson will be pianist and
R. Desmond song leader. These
downtown church meetings are open
to everybody.
;
Piedmont Presbvterian church
has obtained the services of Rev.
P. O. Bonebrake during the vaca
tion of the regular pastor. The
Rev. Mr. Bonebrake has chosen as
his topic for this morning- "Christ,
the True Light."
In the afternoon the church will
participate in the peninsula park
services at 4 o'clock.
Revision of Episcopalian
Burial Rites Advocated.
Sentiment Expressed In Office
Declared Out of Harmony.
T-t VANSTON, 111, Aug. If.. (By the
14 Associated Press.): Declaring
that "sentiment should make us rev
erent but not make us cowards," Dr.
George Craig Stewart, rector of St.
Lake's Episcopal church, Evanston,
favors a revision of the office of
the burial of dead used by the de
nomination, in an article in the cur
rent issue of The Living Church.
The statement was inspired by the
report of the church's committee on
revision of the Book of Common
Prayer.
"Sentiment shrinks from touching
a form of service hallowed as this
one is by centuries of use," Dr. Stew
art said, in discussing the burial
service. "There is woven into every
phrase the tenderest, most solemn
memories and to disturb a single
word suggests desecration. Kings
and peasants, bishops and laymen,
aged saints and innocent babes have
been buried with this service.
"Any change made in the burial
office must be made with delicate
hands, with sensitive awareness of
IRMINGHHAM. Ala., Aug. 13.
(By the Associated Press.)
Complying with the Instruction of
the southern Baptist convention, the
education board has named a com
mittee to make an effort to locate
Christian scholars who are com
petent to write first-class hooks in
the various .sciences that will not
"seek to discredit the Christian con
ception of the Bible as the inerrant
word of God."
The committee consists of Drs.
W. q. James, corresponding secre
tary; A. R. Bond, editorial secre
tary; J. E. Dillard, former act'ng
corresponding secretary and present
pastor of the Southside Baptist
church; J. C. Stivender and Mrs. J.
C. Sharps, all of this city.
. The education board, carrying out
another order of the convention, has
named a commission on standardi
zation for southern Baptist schools.
It organized with the election of M.
B. Adams, president of Georgetown
college, Georgetown, Ky, as chair
rtian, and Dr. A. R. Bond of this city
as secretary.
The commission will seek to bring
all of the 120 Baptist schools in the
south up to the best standards
adopted by the educational work! In
the matter of. curricula, faculties,
equipment and endowment-' in the
course of the next few years. It will
also urge upon the denomination a
fuller financial support of . the
schools to make the attainment of
these standards possible.
At the First Divine Science
church, 816 East Clay street, near
corner of East Twenty-fifth (take
Hawthorne avenue cars). Rev. T. M.
Minard will speak Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock on "Religion." Mrs.
Fraser will sing a solo, accom
panied by Mrs. Louis Philley. The
mid-week meetings are intermitted
until the first Thursday evening in
September, when Rev. Mr. Minard
will give the opening lesson in ah
advanced course of lessons in divine
science. .
.
At 55 East Fort--seventh street
North, corner East Couch street, the
Independent Bible Spiritualistic so
ciety and church will give a lecture
at 8 o'clock tonight, through their
talented and gifted pastor, the Rev.
Mrs. Ida M. Schori. The topic will
be announced at the meeting. A
weekly meeting is held every Thurs
day evening at 8 o'clock for all
those interested in messages.
At the Mystic Church of Bethesda,
located at 409 Alder street, near
Eleventh (upper hall), services will
be conducted tonight at 8 o'clock
by Rev. W. W. Aber, who will de
liver a discourse upon a selected
subject, and later during the even
ing will follow a "trumpet demon
stration." A popular feature of the
evening will be a vocal and a musi
cal solo.
The First Spiritualist church, East
Seventh and Hassalo streets, will
have a special programme tonight
in addition ,to the regular services
at 8 o'elock. J. , Willard Hills,
pastor, will lecture on the subject
of "The Evolution of Spiritualism."
Messages will be given by Mrs.
Anna Lee Snyder, the blind medium,
and Mrs. Irene Marrche of San
Diego, Cal. Solos will be sungr by
Mrs. Snyder and possibly one or two
others. "Grand circle night" every
Wednesday at.8 o'clock, which is de
voted entirely to messages.
No services will be held today at
the Clay street Evangelical church
on account of the denominational
campmeeting . at Jennings lodge.
The speaker at this camp meeting
and convention is Rev. E. W. Prae
torlus of Cleveland, O, general sec
retary of the Sunday school and the
Young People's Alliance of the de
nomination in the United States. He
will speak at 10:45, 3. and, at 8
o'clock. Mr. Praetorius was one of
the speakers of the International
Sunday school convention at Kansas
City. .This coming week the Sun
day school and Toung People's Al
liance conventions will cpnvene
from Wednesday tiln Sunday, and
the campmeeting will close next
Sunday, August 20. Services at the
Clay street church will begin again.
August 27.
Rev. Edgar Strocher, general sec
retary of Christian Endeavor In
China, will speak on young people's
work in China, Tuesday, August 15,
t 8 P. M. at the Clay street Evan
gelical church. Mr. and Mrs. Stro
cher are noted missionaries and
have served for a number of years
in China among the young people.
They have been home on furlough
for a year and will sail again for
Ch'na the early part of next week.
Trinity Lutheran church will wor
sh'p at 10:15 in the English lan
guage. The church is situated at
Ivy street and Rodney avenue. Take
any car running on Williams or
Union avenue and get off on Ivy.
Clean Coal Demanded.
"The cost of commercially clean
coal is so slight in comparison
with the increase in value to the
consumer that cleaning should ba
Insisted on in all cases," E. B. Rick
etts told the American society for
testing materials, meeting at Atlan
tic City, N. J, in an address in
which he discussed "A Rational
Basis for Coal Purchase Specifica
tions." "Coal as It occurs in the
ground," he said, "is not a pure
substance, but contains veins or
pockets of foreign substances which
if allowed to remain in the coal ma
terially decrease its value to the
consumer. To a considerable extent
these foreign substances can be re
moved by the installation of suit
able apparatus at the mine. The ap- .
paaratus necessary to remove the
larger impurities, such as sulphur
balls, parting veins and portions of
the roof and floor is slight. In
many cases, by the use of a more
costly system, the percentage of
Impurities can be still further reduced."