The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-04-05
IMPORTANT STEP IN
ULTIMATE REUNION
Resolution Adopted by Chris
tian Unity Foundation
at Session.
PLAN TO AMALGAMATE
However, Idea is, as yet, in It's
lnfancy-Meeting Un-
official.
PLAN TO AMALGAMATE

| NEW YORK, April 5.-What is con-
sidered an important step taken in
this country toward the ultimate re-
union of all Christians was announced
yesterday by the Rev. Arthur Lown-
des, Secretary of the Christian Unity
| Foundation. This was the adoption at
a conference held this week between
members OF the Disciples of Christ and
members of the Foundation of a reso-
luton endorsing a proposed form of
agreement between the Protestant
! Episcopal church and the Disciples of
, Christ whereby the two churches may
be amalgamated and come under one
government.
! In making this announcement DR..
LoWndes was particular to emphasize
the fact that the Conference was in.
formal and unofficial, and that those
present were acting as individuals.
i The Disciples of Christ at the Con-
ference We're the Rev. DR.. Peter Aims
lie of Baltimore, the Rev. F. w Bur
ham of Springfield, Ill., the Rev DR..
Finis Idleman of Des Moines, Ia. the
Rev. DR.. James NJ. Philputt Of New
York, and the Rev Edward B. Bagby.
the Rev. Henry C. Armstrong, the
Rev. Francis H. Scott and William
P. Lipscomb. all of Baltimore, Md
! The members of the Foundation pre-
sent were the Ri Rev Wr. Frederick
Courtney, Rev. Canon George William
Douglas, the Rev REESE F. Alsop, the
Rev. r. T. Homans Francis c. Hunt
ington. David B. Ogden and DR..
/ Lowndes.
incorporated Body.
The Christian Unity Foundation is
! an incorporated body which was foun-
ded in 1910 by twenty-four men of the
Episcopal church. Its purpose is to
lendeavor to promote the Union of
Christendom throughout the world by
means Of Research and Conferences
Its members regard the complete sue
cess of their enterprise as a possibil-
ity of the far distant future, but in the
| less than three years of it's existence
| it has laid a foundation upon which
that success may be ultimately reared.
At the conference with the Presbyter-
ians on May 5, 1911, the Resolutions
passed in Australia in 1906 and 1907
by representatives Of the Church of
England in Australia and the Presby-
! terians. as a basis for Corporate Re-
union, were taken up seriatim and
passed with some amendments At
conference with the Congregational
lists On February IL, 1912, these same
resolutions were passed again. Final
ly the resolutions were passed with
some alterations at the conference this
week with the Disciples of Christ. The
alterations were slight, and tended
simply to make the resolutions clear
err. The great importance of this last
endorsement is due to the fact that
the Disciples of Christ stand fifth in
numerical strength of all Christians
in the United States, being exceeded
in number only by the Roman Cath
olics, the Methodists the Baptists, and
the Presbyterians. In 1910 they had
1.142,359 communicates as compared
with SS6,942 in the Protestant Episcopal
church.
1t should be clearly understood that
the work Of the Foundation is entire
ly unofficial and distinct from that of
the Commission on Worlds Confer
ence of all Christian bodies to consider
|
Christ appointed by the last General
Convention of the Protestant-Episc
pal Church, although it's work is in
entire harmony with that of the COM
mission. Such an amalgamation with
the Disciples of Christ as that endors-
ed in the resolution mentioned would
have to be approved by the General
| Convention which Is the governing
body of the Church.
Officers of Foundation.
The president of the Foundation is
the Ri Rev. Frederick Courtney. Its
treasurer is Francis c. Huntington,
son of the famous rector of Grace
church in New York City. It's finance
committee is Robert Fulton Cutting,
William Fellowes Morgan, Lawson
Purdy and William Jay Schieffelin.
The study of their belief and status
!