Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
BISHOPS ASK To PROBE
FAITH CURE BY prayer

| CINCINNATI, Oct. 12.-In the most
important session that it has held thus
far, the house of bishops of the Pro-
testant Episcopal convention this after
noon not only reversed its decision Of
a few days ago, when it refused to
pass an amendment to the constitution
of the church providing for suffragan
bishops, but, shortly after creating the
new suffragan bishops passed a reso-
luton calling for a committee to in
vestigate faith healing by means Of
prayer or suggestion.
The question of suffragan bishops
came before the house of bishops last
week after the house of deputies had
adopted it. The rejecting vote at that
time was close. Today the proposal
was brought up again as a special or
der of business and was adopted by a
vote of so to 81. 1t now becomes law.
A stir was created among the dele
| gates when 1t was announced the house
of bishops had passed a resolution
calling for a committee to investigate
unction to the sick for healing pur-
poses. This is the resolution defeated
in the deputies yesterday. In all prob
ability it will be brought up again in
the deputies.
A canon for the regulation of suf-
fragan bishops was adopted by the
| bishops, giving these bishops an equal
vote in the convention with regular
bishops.
| CHAPLAINS FILE PETITION
petition from chaplains of the
army and navy of the United States
| was received, asking that their work
be considered a special department in
| the work of the church.
The house of bishops appointed a
committee to investigate the matter.
In case favorable action is taken the
jurisdiction will be represented in the
convention by bishop of the army
and navy.
Bishop Cheshire Of North Dakota and
Bishop Johnson of Los Angeles took
| their seats in the house of bishops to-
day for the first time
The house of deputies put itself on
record today by a unanimous vote as
believing in the Bible as the word of
! God, thus making official declaration
that the statement to the contrary,
made in the course of debate last Sat
urday by the Rev. A. A. Morrison of
| Portland, Ore, did not represent the
| sentiment of the church.
Pensions for aged clergymen were
urged in a report made by the Rev.
| DR.. j. j. Wilkins, former dean of st.
Pauls cathedral, Los Angeles, and
| general secretary of the $4,000, 900 cler-
! gy relief fund. He read figures show
ing that the average salary of Episco-
! palian clcrgymen in cities of 25 900 and
! over was $l202 year. He added:
From one minister in a small town
have letter telling me his total in
come is $365 year promised, and pay
ment on that is behind. l can add of
my personal knowledge two other ex-
amples. One gets $8 q week and the
| other the sum Of $40 a week. There
are hundreds OF them. How do they
| live?
CHURCH FUNDS INADEQUATE
OF the work done in raising money
| during the two years of his service,
! DR.. wilkins said the average had been
| $3.50 a day, a sum woefully Inadequate.
He cited the fact that thirty million
| aires of New York had endowed a the
ater, and asked if there We're not in
! the whole church Of the United States
100 members who would give $40. 00O.-
900 as the fund for the pensioning of
the aged and worn out ministers of
the church.
LET it be DONE" he said, that we
may no longer have the spectacle of
these men finishing out their lives as
peripatetic sellers Of books and So
licitors of life insurance"