Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-08-05
RICHMOND is RABID.
Philadelphia Rector Attacks Prelates
And Plutocrats.

New York, Aug. 5.-7The Right Rev.
George Chalmers Richmond, rector
of St. Johns Church, the fashionable
sanctuary of Philadelphia, yesterday
hurled further javelins at the prelates
of his denominations. Following up
his attack sof Sunday, he advocated
the immediate retirement of DR.. Will
liam D. Walker, of Buffalo, Bishop Of
Western New York, and the Right
Rev. John Scarborough, Bishop of
New Jersey, declaring "they have
stood against progress, have lost
their spiritual and moral usefulness,
and are now n their dotage."
He asserted he would preach a
more startling sermon next Sunday,
at which he would give names and
GATES and expose hidden facts in sup
port of his contentious.
The text of next Sundays sermon
rs to he, "The Enemies of the Spiri-
tual Life, or the Degeneracy Seen To-
day in the Episcopal Church"
DR.. Richmond made further pointed
accusations against Bishop Greer, DR..
Manning, of Trinity, and DR.. Percy
FStickney Grant, rectrr of the Church
of the Ascension, commonly known
ais August Belmont's church. He
used such terms as puppets of the
faith" "social riff-ratf," and "sssies"
in his characterizations Of officers
thigh in the church.
Following are points which DR..
Richmond says he will elaborate upon
next Sunday from his Philadelphia
pulpit:
81 shall tell how Walker thinks the
only church in the world is the Epls
copal Church, even while he talks
church unity. 1 shall tell of his dis
like for the Baptist and Methodist
churches which openly he cspouses.
"I shall tell of the weakness of our
church at the fashionable summer re-
sorts; also regarding the recent jewel
roberies at Narragansett Pier OF
1.-THE Rumsey and Hanan families,
Ewhorn 1 know and who have invited
mo 70 tea. I shall tell my congrega-
ton that care not very much about
those robberies so much as ] wonder
how these very rich people stole the
Jewels themselves. Who stc.e tho
money from the common people To
buy them? 1t does not trouble me ar
}iota if all the jewels owned by TINS
lrrowGl of social riff-raff were stolen
81 shall tell of DR.. Mannings stand
in govt for generation against clvi'
Ideals. He cannot move the VA
Street millionaires, who compose MS
vestry, and so he talks of free pews
church unity, so-called. Manning
would not allow "a Presbyterian, Bap
hist, or ministers of other denomlna'
tions Ito preach in his pulpit, yet M
talks of church unity.
al shall tell how when Governo
| Hughes was crusading against gamb
ling DR.. Peters and Cannon Chas'
went to Albany and helped the Gov
srnor. but how when they invited Dr
Percy stickney Grant, rector Of Au
gust Belmont's Church Of the Ascen
sion, he replied, why, gentlemen
There are things don't dare 20. Don
Iyou know August Belmont is tn
most powerful member of my vestr
and the church could not exist with
out him."
81 shall tell how the miliioanlre
control, boss, and regulate the churc'
and why Andrew Carnegie won't CIV
cent Of his ill-gotten gains TO tn
church. The reason is that Carnegl
knows the church is stronger organ
. ization than United States Steel.
it has money at it's disposal 1t wou
, change the ideas of the people 7
rarding business corporations, al
> produce industrial changes ana gl'
the people greater wages, put r .,s u,
dividends. am
Regarding remedies: Frs t
general convention in Octoner mu
come out squarely for all socl51 al
= economical ideas cspoused by the fe'
Grafton of churches. For example
: bbelieve in the American Federation
: Labor and labor unions. believe
: the emancipation of women, dccrea
: ing their hours Of toll and Payl1
honest wages so as to keep them trf
: prostitution. Second, we need a nc
y kind of leadership right down throu'
: the house of bishops. ! am tired
:, seeing social lights an1 tiranc
= leaders at the head of our vestry a
~ ThI