New-York tribune., 1908-02-13
ON PRO-ROMAN SCH[SM
YM4GYN4RY TELEGR1WS.
Food for Thought and Other Mem
bers at Church Club Dinner.

Imaginary kilograms. received IL reply 10
neessr. asking for an opinion on the proposed
union OF the Roman and Anglican chufches, fe"u
bv Francis a. Lewis Of the Phiadelphla thui' "A
Club and call TO tie layrnen OF TIE -l'SNNfai
Church to lend their efforts to the movement ior
Tho ohlitera.son of commercial dishonesty by the
Rev DR. Henry Lubbock, rector OF the Ihofch oi
zion and ST. Timothy. were the features OF the
,hr,v-f-st annual dinner of the Church Club heid
g. pelnaorico's night
Nr Lewis the only speaker TO ailude 10 the ois
r,ss,on now going on regarding the relations OF
lie Ro.nan Catholic and Episcopal churches began
ty saving that the -pro-Roman schism was me
FIRST thing he arriving in New YORK he
had had doubts as to the adVlsaoiiity %
accepting the dinner invitation. because he under
stood that New York was filed with rich male
factors but he had reached the conclusion that
while they still might be nlalefac'ors they were
no longer rich. Returning TO the pro-Ron1an
schisrn" he read tie imaginary kilograms, as fol-
lows;
Rome.-Blessing declined. Holy Father says TOO
many cranks at large in ATneTiea alr9Say Say VAL
ns words colect)
Don't quite tsss catch G3ep eq
70 me % ha1 for roreTnmen, guarantee of ali bank
eegosifa Gg sma p@'' 'O' s'''' '''''' ". J. BRYAN
waehington-An delighted to know that a,dhna things
and that you no pussy boots Is not sunleS. ss I
know very much about nsf w a hGi e proper
time II may Head. incidentally, to reunion OF
yse IN ~sn Ysqios Mates and viii include this in It
Confdentially, my next message VIII put All i'S
predecessors in the paralytic class
s,esktnr seriously on the subject in hand MI
Lewis said he didn't think the Church would be
rent n pieces by the Roman schisrn- IL "oulo
go on he said, in its own way in the spirit OF 'he
Richmond convention The members would CO.
operate with anybody they could cooperate win
and stand firm behind the colors Of the Church
they were born in and hoped TO die in
The Rev. DR.. Lubbock. in speaking of what he
termed the splendid and wonderful work being
done by the layrnan of the Church. said. in part:
What change this marks in the policy of the
Cnlrch2 A vast change has taken place in this
land well in England With all that Is hsIng
OF the Church men OF the Church, must go 10
tn the Church liz the movement in of honesty,
the great modern movement that is gong on
There may be no more dishonesty than there has
been before but there is louder outcTy agains{
Il. and this louder outcry means more oeLeIltu l
effort put IL down. There are some pecuhar eai-
frst from the dishonesty of bygone days 1t is
the result small businesses and much coInpetl-
and no competition. Present conditions have very
largely eliminated the personal element ana SHe if
We divided into three classes-corporauons' ID
bor unions and the general public oe,+ o s1oe, at
night if he owed cent wouldn't hesitate 10 take
second peculiar feature Of the dishonesty of to-day
Is that IS some men 81 sTe' p in puperbly Christian
homes by Christian fathers and mothers sent Ia 10
entered into business with the foremost men some
of our men have been guilty Of these crimes
A third feature is our dulness We have paid
attention to these things althoqgn m we t seem m
Insurance company has more right TO eontr6uts m
~ et q 20 The most honest men in our country
have said: 1T has all happened before Don't say
Th issidiouFness Of modern dishonesty makes
II al IF me the hrob. as men of the Church take
The lead in this tremendous matter OF InofaIS.
min 70 loss of fortune to suicide to fatal Illness
through worry. through wrong doing The dis
The worst thing the rich man &c, can do ] IS 10
about class hatred is the enemy Of the community nit
and Of mankind. 1t is foolish leslsiatlon lhat
What We want more than anything else in our
things that are going on % around q us US seioi a
Souid a6T ,.1a ms Million or hundred million dol
lars il is business set 10 work 70 make him
You and the most important just now Is TO create
men of giant character, men OF g1eantlc con-
science IN the business world
Dean T Howard Van Amringe Of Columbia Uni
rersity president of the Church CLUB. was me
toastmaster. he read letter from Bishop Potter
IN which the latter expressed regrets tnat prior
engagement kept him from the dinner ana III
which he mentioned the good that he hoped would
come from the amendment by the Richmond con-
vention of the Nineteenth Canon allowing the
s-open pulpit Dean Van An2ringe himself In
opening the speechmaking had alluded TO this
funity in the work Of the Ch Irch-
Bishop Potter wrote that the amended canon had
his supreme interest. not much because of the
liberty given the parishes rs because it allowed
them 10 hear laymen in their pulpits. 1t was des-
tined be Of great value. and he hoped would be
made the subject Of a discussion at early meet
ing In which clersymen and laymen should take
part
DR.. David II. Greer, Bishop Coadjutor of the
diocese. told his hearers that the work needed be
done by the Church could not be done by clergy
laity alone. but only by both working in COM
mon. The work Of the parish not well done
when the clergyman, however competent and gifted.
left do IL alone. The layuan of to-day was
beginning to see and realize this fact.
There is enough dynamite in your baptismal
vows" he said. Ito blow into fragments all the
corrupt practices and evil Of New York City. the
United States and the world at large. These are
the days of great combinations. The world is be-
churchnen TO combine. for laymen of the Church
to combine with the clergy and establish here the
Kingdom Of God?"
Dr. W L. Robbins. Of the General Theoloei-
cal Seminary. speaking the affairs of the church
polite. said It would be better il any unwholesome
symptoms should come 70 the surface rather than
he suppressed The signs OF the times showed
clearly that the grea. Catholic movement OF the
Cos had IN a technical form spent something of its
force. Organic unity had seized the Church and
would never LET go. The essence Of the Church and
her worship was sacranental
All the speakers alluded to the fact that it was
Iincoln's birthday and eulogized him and his work
briefly. holding him UP example for the
shurchnnan follow