New-York tribune., 1910-07-18
SEEKS UNITY OF ALL
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
No Results Hoped for During
Lifetime of the Twenty
four lncorpoTators.
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
Prelates, Priests and Laymen of
the Protestant Episcopal
Church Organize a New
World Work.

| just pSen Incorporated DY twenty -1OuT
men, all members of the Protestant
| Episcopal Church, twelve lay and twelve
clerical, with the avowed intention Of
welding all Christian denomina tions into
one organic religious body. The second
! paragraph of the articles Of incorpora
ton of the foundation says:
! THE purpose for which this corpora
unity at home and throughout the
world To this end to gather and dis
seminate accurate information relative
to the faith and works OF all Christian
bodies; to set forth the great danger of
our unhappy divisions and the waste Of
spiritual energy due thereto; to devise
and suggest practical methods of Co
operation. substituting comfy for rival
~ in the propagation of the common
faith; 10 bring together all who are la
boring in the same field, and this in the
belief that full knowledge Of one an
other will emphasize our actual mem
bership in the one body of Christ and
our common agreement in the essentials
of faith
That, finally, by the operation of the
Spirit of God, the various Christian
bodies may be knit together in more evil
dent unity in the essentials of faith and
practice and in one organic life.
so we, being many, are one body in
Christ. and every one members one of
another"
The Membership.
Bishop Frederick Courtney, rector OF
st. James's Church, is president of the
foundation, and the e-presidents are
Bishop William CrosweIl Doane, of AL
bany: Bishop Boyd Vincent. OF South
ern Ohio: Bishop C. P. Anderson, OF
Chicago: Bishop z. s. Lines, of New
ark: Bishop David H. Greer, Of New
York: Robert Fulton Cutting, Rear-Ad-
1niral Caspar F. Goodrich Colonel
Charles William Larned, Z S A.
George Wharton Pepper, Of Philadel-
phia, and John H. Stiness, former Chie1
Justice of Rhode Island. The Rev Dr.
Arthur I,owndes is secretary and George
Gordon King treasurer
Besides these officers the following are
also incorporates and first trustees OF
the foundation: The Rev. DR.. Reese r
Alison Canon George William Douglas,
the Rev. DR.. H R. Gummey. jr, the Rev
Rockland t. Romans. Canon Robert FL
lis Jones. John NJ. Glenn, director OF the
Sage Foundation: Francis c. Huntlng-
ton son of the late rector or Grace
church. William FeIlowes Morgan, Law
son Fo,1rf5v. Charles q. Saunders, OF Bos-
ton. and William Jay Schieffelin.
.Tt Is tremendously ambitious pro-
-->,r,7ne this little body of men has out
lined Dr. Lowndes, the secretary ao-
-;4.oa yesterday. Nothing tangible
,,,.,- res,,it from our efforts in the life
time Of any one Of us, but we are gong
ahead quietly and inconspicuously' fol-
lowing the lines of least resistance
The foundation is a New York cor
poration. and it's principal offices are
in this CITY. at No. 143 East 3ith street.
,,-bicb is the address of the secretary
The pIan of procedure is by conferences
Of a private and informal nature aho
nv research work No agitation or edu-
cationaI campaign is TO be atternpteu'
ard no denomination will be asked off1-
cialIv to appoint any of its members aS
mem bers of the foundation
eeaks Points OF Agreement.
First Of all" said Dr. LoWndes, we
sbau +rv TO find out the points of agree
rnent between given denomination ana
o,,r own This viii be done through
r,-4,,a+e conferences with members OF
the denomination who are personal
friends Of the members OF the fouhoa-
tion Undoubtedly, we shall start with
+toea Protestant denominations which
,os+ nearly approach in belief and OBJ
servance the Episcopal Church. These
friends will be asked to interest their
friends and TO join the foundation IN us
movement TO eliminate nOn-essentials of
Christian faith and to establish church
in which all Christians may worship
..Rv following thus the lines Of least
resistance. and bringing one denOmina-
+ion after another into the fold. we hope
+o grow gradually more powerful in
numbers and popularity, until, on the
one hand. we have absorbed the Greek
and Roman Catholic churches. and at
the other extreme the Unitarians.
..Wi+h the Greek and Roman churches
the Droblern of fusion will not be one
Of religion. but of secular power. But
with the Unitarfans the question of re-
1iqion will be uppermost Before the
Unitarian Church can enter the union it
rnust officially recognize the divinity OF
Christ.
There's no hurry. though We all re-
aIize that little will be accomplished in
our lifetime OF course, the future of
tbe work will depend upon endowments,
but personally I do not doubt that we
shall get them in ample amount"
Already a lay member of the founda-
+ion has offered to bear all the initial
exnenses to the extent of $4,000.
..It is believed" says the prospectus
of the foundation. that the method of
research and conference hereby pro-
nosed for approaching this great sub
iact will commend itself to earnest mind
ed men and women. and that a large
endowment will be forthcoming to in
s,re the continuity and permanence of
tbe work, which must be one of patient
growth. requiring years to mature. and
being at the outset largely informal and
inconspicuous.'
Go far. DR.. Lowndes said, the members