Evening journal., 1910-11-18
CLERGY NEEDS
LAYMEN'S HELP
Rector KirkuS at Church Club
Dinner Expresses Need
of More Devotion
CLUB HEARS ECHOES
OF GENERAL CONVENTION

Episcopal laymen Of Delaware,
heard echoes of the General Confer
ence Of their, church, held in Gin
cinnati recently at the forty-sixth
semi-annual dinner of the Church
Club of the Diocese of Delaware in
the Country Club last night The
Right Rev Bishop Kinsman, bishop
of the diocese, the Rev. f. NJ. Kirkus.
the Rev. X }. Hammond William F.
Cochran, Of Baltimore and George A.
Elliott were the speakers, each
bringing different view of
the convention to the seven
ty-five members of the club who were
present Owing to Illness the Rev.
George A. Strong, of New York was
unable to be present.
The speechmaking was preceded by
the daintlest dinner the club mem
bers have yet sat down too. A pleas
ing innovation was the serving of the
dinner on circular tables which
brought the company closer. The deco
rations were elaborate and the menu
most tempting
w. N. Barnard, president of the
club was toastmasteT and on behalf Of
the Rev. f. NJ. Kirkus Mr.. Barnard
invited the club TO hold its next din
nor in the new Trinity parish build
ing. Later the club accepted the invi-
tation.
Mr. Barnard then called on Bishop
Kinsman as the first speaker. He call
ed attention to the fact, that In May
next would be celebrated here the one
hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary
of the first diocesan convention OF
Delaware, held in Old Swedes Church.
He noted that upon the occasion of the
first convention the rector of Trinity
parish, New York, was present He had
therefore asked the present rector of
Trinity to be present next May, and
he had agreed to come. The anniver-
sary exercises will be on May 9 next,
and a number of special guests and
speakers are to be invited. He sug-
gested that, If possible. the next din
ner of the Church Club be held on the
evening Of May 10, in order that the
visitors from outside could be includ-
ed among the guests.
The club adopted a resolution fix
ing the dinner on the date suggested
by the Bishop.
Discusses Convention.
Bishop Kinsman then said he was
glad he had opportunity to talk Of the
work of the General Convention. He
said the convention was characterized
by a strong feeling OF Christian broth
erhood. Regarding the work Of the
House of Deputies he said there SEEM
ed to be manifest there a spirit that
was lifting the laymen up. He spoke
of the action of the house on the now
! famous Canon 10 and of the effect the
4 report had upon the House of Bishops
before which the report was not dis
cussed, but accepted unanimously
This, the bishop said. was only one oI
the striking evidences OF the delib
crate Judgment which characterized
the house and lifted its members t
higher thoughts.
Bishop Kinsman said IL there wal
any man i'm the convention, who stool
above another In the house of bishops
Il was the bishop Of Chicago whom
/ he described as a broad-minded mar
of tolerant views on all the greai
questions affecting the church and al.
together containing the best Of what
the church would like to sec in lead
| ers,. In the House of Deputies. BishoT
Kinsman said George Wharton Pep
per, OF Philadelphia, made a similar
/ impression. A spirit of prayer, pro-
! gress and unanimity seemed to char
acterize the entire convention.
Bishop Kinsman referred to the pro
/ posed world conference on questions
Of faith and order He endorsed the
! idea. He thought with other mem.
bers of the church that there should
/ be conducted a campaign of educa-
/ tion on the fundamental principles OF
the church.
! Layman Endorses
Missionary Movement.
William f. Cochran was pleased
with the conventions endorsement oi
the Laymens Missionary Movement
and It was upon that subject that h'
would speak. He said that he die
not realize. until recently. of the gres'
need of Christianity in the Far Eas
and that those people were bette'
suited to receive the Gospel to-da,
then they had ever been. He saw
the immediate necessity for extend
! ing the Gospel, and pointed out th'
h tremendous opportunity the churcl
now has to extend its work there
through the Laymen's Missionar,
Movement Mr.. Cochran gave notice
that within a short time every Epis
copal layman in America would b'
asked to aid financially in the pro
I posed work. The foundation Of thu
work, he said, would be an advance
contribution by the missionary com
mittee of 100000, and pointed on
what a great privilege it should b.
to contribute to the fund He hope'
the laymen of the Diocese of Della
ware would contribute literally 4
the cause.
Mr.. Cochran asked his hearers Z
consider the need of Christian hos
pitals in the Far East, and OF tn
lack of brotherly kindliness and the
ask themselves II the work of extend
ing the Gospel to the Far Eas