El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-29
WORLD CONFERENCE ON FAITH AND
ORDER MAY CONVENE IN NEW YORK
Object to Discuss Organic Union of Christian Bodies
of the World-Work Intended to Finally Embrace
All Religious Denominations Pierpont Nor
gan Donates $4,000 to Defray the Expenses
and Help the Movement Forward.

Four representatives Of the Eplsco-
pal church in the United States. bishop
Anderson. of Chicago; bishop Vincent.
of southern Ohio; bishop Hall, of YER
mont, and the Rev. Dr. William T.
Manning. Of New York. have just re-
turned from a visit to England, Scot
land and Ireland as a deputat1on TO
urge Anglican commUnlOns there to
work for worl1 conference on faith
and order. They report finding hear
~ interest abroad. and action taken to
further the conference 1t was for
tn6 expense Of this conference that j.
Pierpont Morgan gave 81 5000.
Scottish bishops, from whose prede-
cessors the Episcopal church in Ameri-
ca received conservation OF its first
D1Shop, were particularly enthusiastic
in their support If The American unity
plans. and viii bring about organized
effort looking ~OWard &C cpf ration
when their house Of bishops NEE Is this
fall Irish Episcopal bishops promised
ike coo1 -3'tci- English b'slups, rep
resented by the arch bishops of Canter-
bury and York, and bishops of several
dioceses IN both English provinces,
promised the cooperation of the church
OF England. and the early naming of
commission.
At historic Lambeth palace, London.
the home of the archbishop of Canter-
bury during the conference with the
American deputatiOn held there, the
recommendation was made that Pres
byterianS, Baptists. Methodists, Con-
SregatiOnaliStS, and others in America,
be urged themselves TO send deputa-
tons to their corresponding bodies in
Great Britain, after the manner of
the Episcopal deputatiOn just returned
from there. So, IL is understood, Amer
lean populations will soon be proceed
ing to England, Scotland and Ireland
to confer with PresbyterianS and 9TH
ers there It is stated that Mr.. Nor
gan 5 money, or some of it, is avail
able TO defray their expenses.
While IN England the American
Episcopal deputation met at Bishop
thorpe, the home Of the archbishop of
York, the archbishop of Capetown, who
promised as the outcome of the con-
ference with him TO lay the matter
before the Anglican bishops of South
Africa, TO the end that the Episcopal
communion there may cooperate. 1t is
stated also that the Australian Angli-
cans may be got into line. The lat
ter are still under the Jurisdiction of
are taking steps to secure Australian
autonomy. Some efforts are also be-
ing put forth to secure cooperation of
Roman and Greek Catholic bishops,
with more promise of success, it is re-
ported, than had been hoped for at
the outset, especially on the part of
the Greeks
one result of the conference of An
glicans just held is the fixing upon
New Y ork as the place for the holding
of the world conference The Ameri-
made no recommendation on the sub
ject, but the English bishops said the
project would be helped materially in
their communion If it were generally
made known that the project as a
whole had an American origin, and
that the world conference itself was
likely TO be held on American soil The
American deputatiOn make no COM
ment, beyond admitting that if it Is TO
be held in America, it Will be held in I
New Aork as a matter of course. since |
the leader IS New York rector. and !
the financial supporter New York |
ayman.
As has often been explained, this
world conference on faith and order /
IS to be held to discuss organic union 1
Of Christian bodies Of the world all |
-igious bodies in America, great and I
small, have agreed to send delegates, |
and the Disciples of Christ and Con-
grega tiOnaliSts early Joined the Epis-
Nobody pretends TO say when the con-
terence viii be held, since the amount |
Of preliminary work required is very
great The deputation Just returned 4
from England was solely to bring An !
slicans of the world into line A next |
step VIII be, II is said to bring Bap-
lists Presbyterians. Methodists and /
others Of the whole world together
through similar Populations. Several \
world bodies have already acted
Inc negotiations thus far made have
developed two points that were unex-
oected. One is that there is far less
prejudice than has been looked for.
Roman Catholic bishops, even cardin- /
us in two instances, have shown
marked interest, while not of course
committing their church TO positive
action. One cardinal is known to ia
-or his church taking part in the con-
-eTence- Inc other unexpected point
s that unity, if it be brought about. |
s not to be through different bodies