The Washington herald., 1908-08-15
Special Aid Is Asked for
Trinity Church Fund.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH NOTES
Williams Returns from
Pan-AnGIican Congress and Rev.
tiOn-BishOp Brent, of Washington,
Under Discussion Over DecIinatIOD.

director. is also now away on vacation.
/ his place being flied by Mr.. Grouse.
/ Trinity Church has the beginning Of a
/ parish endowment Begun about three
/ years ago and supported for a while. It
/ presently dropped out Of sight and also
/ out Of mind With this years set of
/ envelopes for church expenses there was
{ inciosed a special on behalf OF the
I endowment fund Generous contributions
/ are asked In view Of the downtown
/ position Of Trinity, with the constant
I moving Up town OF some OF its ablest sup
] porters. an endowment fund viii come
/ 70 be more and more a necessity If its
I work is 10 60 vigorously forward Epiph-
any Church, much more favorably situ-
l ated than Trinity long ago saw the in
[ evitable drifting away Of its people and
I taking time by the forelock. commenced
/ its endowment fund. with the result that
/ today Il has several thousand dollars to
[ its credit Experience has shown that
when the weII-to-do have left a ueighbor-
/ hood those left behind cannot support
| their church Unaided. and they must
+ therefore. be partially dependent upon
! endowment funds OF receive aid from
I mission boards Failure 10 recognize this
/ simple fact is responsible for many a
I church coming 10 an untimely end
/ Commenting on Bishop Brenrs second
/ declinatiou OF the bishopric Of Washing
I ton. the Living Church. Of Chicago. says
I We can quite recognize that for sees sit
uated politically. geographically. OF
I through other circumstances as are
I Washington. New York. Chicago. san
4 Francisco, and possibly some others.
I there might well be given the privilege
Z Of selection from among bishops already
I cOnsecrated whether IN a missionary dis
Z tTict Of the diocese Such sees then should
/ become archbishoprics. and call 70 an
/ archhishopric would hardly be declined
1 by any bishop for Il would be recognized
/ rs carrying with Il a balance Of duty
/ that cannot appertain 20 d call involving
I merely e choice between sees The
{ prejudice among Uniearned people against
I an American archbishop Is not stronger
{ and Is much less reasonable that was the
{ eighteenth century prejudice against the
f introduction OF bishops. and both the
work Of the American church and its
Z prestige abroad are seriously hampered
I by the narrow outlook which prevent US
I from having definite archieplscopai sees"
At the present time translations OF
+ bishop from one bishopric 10 another are
/ unknown in the American branch Of the
Anglo-American Church. though common
/ enough elsewhere. except iu the case Of
missionary bish0p-ics-which are not re-
/ garded as diocesan
The afth Lambeth conference of IsIS.
with its 23 bishops in attendance. came
I 70 an end August >. and already many Of
the bishops have left England for their
distant homes. Before breaking up. that
august body Of spiritual leaders agreed
. upon an encyclicaI embodying the results
I Of their deliberations EIghty-six reso-
I lutions were adopted. among them resoIU-
I tons reaGirming the ancient creeds. and
the attitude Of the conference Of ISIS On
Z the divorce question. which set its face
( against the renarriaEe Of divorced Per
sons, resolutions also touching various
7 social questions. also one on racial prob
{ lens which is Of special interest 70 Us
in the United States. that resolution be
{ ing as follows
'An races and peoples, whatever their
language and conditions. must be weld
ed into one body. and the organization OF
different races living side BY side into
separate or independent churches on
the basis OF race or color IS Inconsistent
. IN AL4e NALdL ana EEEEIlLldL LLalELI4GS OF
the unity OF Ckrist's Church
Concerning the solution Of these race
problems. the Archbishop oS Canterbury.
who visited Washington three years ago.
had this 10 say Race problems are the
despair OF the statesman but i IS for
the church 70 face the perplexities which
daunt the civil rulers"
Since the last Lambeth conference net
in 1897 no fewer than 10 bishops. ex oficio
members, have died. including I'VE arch
bishops The bishoprics vacated by death
during the period numbered eighty-three.
and by resignation hfty-eight. While four
teen have been vacant twice over As
many as 172 new bishops have been con
secrated- II viii thus be seen that there
are = more bishops Of the Episcopal
church to-day than in 1897. the actual
number being 325- OF these 102 are Amer
lean bishops
The London Times has had its own spe-
cial reports Of the Pan-AngIican Congress
reprinted as a pamphlet with index.
which may be obtained for 10 cents
copy. or SIS a dozen In the report OF
publicity the congress was in advance
of the Lambeth conference following. all
the proceedings Of the former body being
open TO the public Those Of the latter
were behind closed 6oors-an absurd pre-
caution
It viii afford Bishop GaHor's many
friends In Washington considerable pleas
ure to know that he has been elected
chancellor OF the University OF the South
Sewanee, Tenn. in succession to the late
Bishop Capers. OF South Carolina In
different positions, Bishop Gailor has
been connected with the University of
the South practically all his life and this
election is particularly appropriate.
One hundred thousand dollars needed
within two week. SO writes Mr.. George
c Thomas. treasurer Of the board Of
missions. Of the condition Of affairs on
August J. To be exact: After all the
legacies during the year available for the
purpose have been applied by the board,
there viii still be needed before Septem-
Der over and above the amount OF con-
tri5utions received in August last year
the sum Of Sl05.O0G. II all the approp-ia-
tions to September are TO be met.
Having our own Cathedral building. it
is Of special interest to Us 10 know that
on August 4 the very stone Of the second
arch Of the New York Cathedral was put
into position 165 feet above the floor. ana
by winter the roof Of this section of the
crossing VIII be put on The first key
stone was set thirteen years ago. It is
expected that the crossing. choir. and
chancel VIII be completed in about two
years. and VIII hold 500 people