The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-23
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NEW YORK. Oct. ga great majority
IA Americans regard 1t n pity that the
|.id controversy between the Catholic eno
nrotestant churches should have been re.
[.lvcd here MS the result OF the visit ol
rertaiu distinguished prclatcs TO th,f
.rountry Such n controversy Is little
.Ikeiy TO DO good 20 either party, and IL Is
.I,T1ost certain To revive bitter feelings
.-ri,Ich have been steadily dying out in this
.rcuntry. The fact that the controversy
lac NOT aroused any considerable popular
||nferrst is pretty good evidence that SO
~ as the membo rship OF the Christian
.-hnrchos i'm America is concerned there
4 no material here for religious warfare.
Ideal Of the Church.
The London Telegraph. speaking Of the
|Ieal OF the Church says: IF the church
xvicws It's prosrcsS-or perhaps, VIC
.hould rather gay its checkered annals
ID .the last fifty years. II would not be
.nwiso TO ask Itself bow far II has kept
+o The original idea Of Christ-that reli-
1jon rs Intended to bring man nearer TO
<:od- II Is Just because the endless dis
/ntes about ritual and ceremonial OBJ
<ervances. the acrimonious .controver-
&arie5 concerning prayer book revision,
NE Arguments as TO particular decisions
"A the privy council tend to obscure the
1rfmary and vital elements OF all re-
||cion. that some OF those who are most
|nferested In tho preservation OF the
1hurch arc victims OF despair In The
IL
kring things back to their elements. We
,zust say without hesitation that the
fIrst and capital object for which a
-Iurch exists is not TO clothe itself with
-1rfments or work out An elaborate or
3er OF ceremonial observance; II is not
<ven to pretend that II has the Key OF
IN knowledge. and that 1t can unlock all
|He august and battling mysterious eVi-
<sinr here and hereafter. Its primary
6ufy is much simpler, IL Is to make
-aIrts.' 70 revive once more, in the
-1Idsf of an artificial society. what the
rsaiunist called tho beauty OF holiness
Church Census.
The showing made by the recent church
rcnsus taken in Chicago is bad enough
ID ali conscience. but II might have been
xorse. IL shows. Number or persons
rssched 1000 900. number without church
Preference, $4,000: regular church at
{endants, 900. 900: irregular attendants.
<f5 600: refused TO give information. 1000.
|rbe complete classification OF the data
iii reouire another week. The census
Vas taken by $4,000 workers. representing
50o0 children.
Conversion Of Jews.
The general convention Of the Protest
,nt Episcopal church heard this year the
|1slal reports OH the work for 1.-The con-
Fersion OF the Jews. but there was a
rcneral approval OF the view OF the house
iL OlbnopS ludt IL Sepdia, Ch ~
HHebrcW Christians would tend TO per-
uatuate the aloofucss of the Jew from
|be Christian: and there was evidence
of large sympathy among clerSymen
md laymen for the view of the Rev. VIII
Ham NJ Grosvcnor OF Manhattan, who
mid: "Thc Jew knows what the Christian
has been 10 him during the centuries. II
has not been a history full of joy He
has suffered inquisltion, persecution,
harding into ghettoes. In America, for
Inc first time in the history OF his race
.ince the fall OF Jerusalem. he finds an
Dpch door. and is doing his best to iit
|6to American institutions. The only way
|or the Hebrew TO ever come into the
rnity OF the church Is after he has had
4 few centuries of Christian tolerance.
ovc. charity and justice. II was in ac-
>ordance with these views that the
Iouse OF bishops decided that the Jews