Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

I'VE have now built up our proposed
100000 additional endowment of the
episcopate fund to about $60.000. which,
with certain Insurance policies falling in
from generous men In the diocese, will
tighten considerably the assessment upon
our parishes. We have n very efficient
church extension fund. which is helping
each year to build five church buildings
In the diocese. We are coming closer
year by year to our apportionment of
the missionary work of the church. Our
appropriation for diocesan missions has
been slowly increased. as opportunities
have required and good Judgment die
tated. from 5000 to $4,000"
DIR. Lines mentioned among the dioce.
san activities the establishment of a
cathedral foundation. the Newark
c%hurchman. the Diocesan Club and Christ
and st. Barnabas's hospitals. He also
said that the board of religious educa.
tion and the Social Service Commission
had achieved good results.
THE care of the new peoples which
are coming TO make their homes In this
country, the presentation of a sane and
serious kind of religion to the colored
people Of he country-a national and not
a Southern question alone-the giving of
a proper place to religion in education
in schools, colleges and State i%nstiti.
tions from which religious teaching has
been excluded; the ministry in the con-
gested parts of our cities and in thinly
settled rural districts, where the drift
is away from regard for religion; the i'm
provement of our Sunday school %instruc.
4t.r. tho oova - fbasa ~ uuhan va Snoat
as the mountain whites regard for
American seamen; that to foreign lands
We do not send irreligious men to undo
the work of our missionaries; the saving
of representative and municipal govern
ment from h reproach which corrupt
men have brought upon them; the re-
straint of intemperance; the preservation
of the Lords day; social duty as the
second great commandment,
solution Of Problems.
1.-THE church as q national church, and
not simply a. a group Of diocese, ought
questions, that the experience and
strength of one part of the church may
be brought to the help of another.
great subject of social duty. and there
are more persons of our own church
than OF any other engaged In settle
ment work In our great cities.
I'VE are placing beside our churches
as fast as we can, parish houses, and
the church must become, in most or our
communities, in a new way, a centre
of social life. as well as of Instruction
and work. Whatever Is seemly In a
well-ordered Christian home Is becom..
sobriety OF conduct, good manners and
self regard become both home and
narto1 hnt1aa Tho nTtVllaReS OF the
parish house should be accorded >geners
ously in the community. but 1t should
be used to help religion and the church,
and not simply for boisteros merry
making.
A good many people In the church need
to be told that they ought to share their
pleasures with less favored people. Inc
example of many selfish, pleasure-seeking
people without any serious purpose ~ me
who bear Christ's name, Is not creditable
ia, them n very injurious to the church.
To To, the m,. question est own s tbe answer ! W9s d Is p Tiiae
ly, No! Stewardship, rather than pos,
session, suggests. the Christian way OF
looking at property and whatever comes
ioyment for those who appreciate their
Inheritance as the children of God than
mere pleasure-seeking or indulgence OF
the appetite. =.
Raps Bridge Whist.
If a man cannot have both a library
and an automobile, he had better choose
the first. The rush to the theatres Is de.
moralizing. There are women VINO ougnt
to command respect, who apparently ma
no higher diversion than playing. bridge
dsy after day, to the destruction OF . inner
kind Of social life and the EXCLUSION %
ton of boys and girls is being brought up
to live without much exertlon ana tne
enjoyment of luxury, with little KNOW
edge Of and scant relation TO the "orid
Apparently those who are providing
for the amusement of the people through
cheap theatres and picture shows are
lowering the standard OF morals ana
making gain out of indecency. Why do
not people who respect good morals ana
good amer stay way IRON sucn
places? Why do our people mock 10
these place of amusement, making 1t
profitable 70 bring across the sea those
who regard not the proprieties or hfeI
No theatrical skill, and no quality OF
| voice, ought to reconcile rigbt-minded
people to the hearing of those whose
| private lives are unworthy of respect
Sins of Some Authors.
There are authors who have so sinned
| against the law of decency that tneir
homes and ought never to be IN the
public libraries. No quality OF literary
| style ought to excuse the publishing or
| reading of books which suggest impure
| thoughts or injure character. We must
depend mainly upon the censorship Oh
| public opinion, and we can all do some
| thing to make vicious places or amuse-
ment and vicious books unproftabie.
This church ought t adapt itself
readily to this work of social service,
for 1t has stood among English-speak-
ing people especially for the rpo
ate Christian life and the united act
of worship by the congregation, as
one family in the House of 0 We
may have honest pride, In the TACT
that so many of u church people
are engaged in settlement work In
our great cities. We ought to show
special interest in this endeayor TO
give more people a chance IN NE. 10
remove the causes of in-will and mis-
understanding as far as possible, to
make all people know-whatever their
condition-that they are children or
one % %stbfT.s F Iote to y tho inte wRho tnrs
In the hardest places in life
Church Must "Cry Out"
There are great abuses from which
the weakest suffer most in our com
munit.es. and the church is unfaithful to
her trust If she does not cry out against
them and demand that the. conditions
of life be made better II men ana
women in our churches feel not the Ills
which come through tenement houses,
child labor. long working hours, dan
gerous trades, multiplication of saloons.
SHARKS dnrrSs" corrupt o%fHciaIs. and # they Oh
iect to hearing those who preach In
Christ's name refer to these things, let
them give up their ease and correct
the abuses and make 1t no longer TO
present these subjects in the pulpit
Speaks on Socialism.
There is a systematic attack upon So
cialism Just now which is not worthy of
respect, because the motive Is not uqlte
honest. A good many people are Joining
in the cry against Socialism. who know
very little about II. No such movement
can have gained Its strength and hold
nam mnnT nennle without eXnressinQ