The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-16
BISHOP ARTHUR S. LLOYD Prominent Mission Worker Who Is
 Attending Diocesan Council


 good grasp upon his better training"
 While puffing a cigarette the Bishop answered an array of questions presented to him by an interviewer and members of the clergy listening. His interview in reality amounted to a sermon for he re- tained the intense interest of those who were with him at the time for a consid- erable length of time
 Domestic Foreign Missions
 Bishop Lloyd. which are of the greater degree of importance, domestic or foreign missions?"
 They both go hand in hand he re- piled. ''America cannot be civilized until the rest of the world is We cannot be Christians while another part of the world is unacquainted with the way to live"
 christianity, by the way, is accepting the manner of living and believing pre- certs taught by Jesus Christ. He was the only perfect man. we are taught We l misunderstood often about being saved ano getting religion. We have already got that. Every one of us has it. We have been saved by Jesus Christ"
 T don't quite follow you bishop"
 "Well, get this. Whether we are Chris tians depends upon whether we want to do the right thing. It is like the father preparing a nome for his children. He eives the home to them and teaches them to lead clean. honest lives. If they choose to be indecent the father cannot be 1 blamtN We have all been saved and the question is will we do the right thing
 "As I say this country is far from civilization When that comes, every man will have the same chance and every little child will have the same oppor- tunity to grow and be good. true and kind as those more fortunately situated However. the things are shaping as we 50 along. Great things have been done | and are being done right along. The time will come, I believe, when this country will be civilized and we will all he better.
 | As Rotten as Possible
 When the reformation was at it. height. it was believed that the world was then as rotten as it could be. and it was. Yet there was an underlying l principle of right thinking that caused men and women to go to the stake fol that principle. The world morally was then pretty bad In the east the Hindu os other natives would laugh at you if they were told that man could control him self and deny himself from the vices | The self-control of men is or was un l.lnown there. The trouble is they have never seen any men. The conditions ir every way are improving and eventually this will be real civilized world
 "Politically speaking there was never a more wonderful period In our histor, than right now. You hear men say, Wei Fall our public servants have sold out. l,That is untrue. While we have ap. parently never been quite so rotten yet as in the days of the reformation. thers is desire to get the truth and giv' every man square deal which is trul, remarkable and worth while.
 There is your Congressman Under wood, whom 1 hope to vote for if he 1: nominated, for the presidency. He is on, os the clean, worthwhile type of men q whom every one has confidence. He i. absolute master of himself and that realization gives him a wonderful power
 Every one speaks of rhim as mar who is helping the other fellow. That