The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-24
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worshipng places, and contained
much other valuable and interesting
matter. Five hundred copies OF the
report were ordered to be printed
st. Anne's School reported most en-
couraging progress In it's work, having
had for the past session an average
attendance of 1875. of which twenty
were resident pupils.
Rev. g. r. May announced that there
nao oeen '4o combinations in the do
cese the past year; that there were
ioo clergy and twenty vacancies. and
me budget of s3e.250 had teen more
IMAM mot with $4,000, but that there
was falling away in the number of
ihiant baptisms and men Offering them
selves for the ministry
budget Approved.
The budget of the committee on APP
preparations vas announced and APP
proved for the ensuing year, as follows:
diocesan missions. $4,000; Bible and
prayerbook society, $50. disabled
clergy. $4,000; widows and orphans.
$3.50; educa tional society. $1,000; gen
eral missions, sl5,25O: general clergy.
$3.50.
AT l;35 this afternoon DR. s. A Wal
us made motion for adjournment,
and after the usual devotional exer-
NsA4'iS ~ al Gnu
Behind Closed Doors.
From o'clock yesterday AFTERNOON
until after midnight this morning the
Council of the Diocese of yirqinis re-
nina closed doors, gave very earnest
consideration to the unanimous reuort
OF the social service commission. The
debate was earnest to the point of
tears, and the result surprise even
10 the commission. whose findings and
We're the topic.
bishop Robert a. Gibson appointed
me commission at the council in Har-
rlsonburg one year ago. with the fol-
lowing membership: w. Russell Bowie.
chairman; Eugene &. Aiassie secretary:
ERNEST Il. Osgood, George +. AIayo r
carter Scott John Stewart BRYAN. II
Guy Corbett and y. Stuart Gibson. The
duty laid upon the commission was To
discover through study and investi-
cation and conference or correspond-
ehce with the clergy and laymen of the
diocese. what are the economic and So
ciai conditions in the diocese upon
winch the united influence of Christia n
people might helpfully be brought to
bear. and TO determine in reference to
these conditions how the church NAV
pest exercise constructive social
leadership; to stimulate interest in So
cial service in the several parishes of
the diocese. and TO make suggestions
ior local organization and work and
TO cooperate when deemed wise nv
unanimous vote of the commission with
such forces as may be working for So
Ciai betterment in the territory of the
diocese.
Study by Commission.
rms commission appointed subcom-
mittee TO gather and report facts con-
corning the social evil in Virginia CON,
nluQitleG m
action for the church. In this way there
was brought 10 the commissions at
tention that an effort is to be made in
Inc next Legislature to raise the ago
OF protection for girls from fourteen
10 at ieast sixteen, and the commission
No'eu 10 approve and support the move
hent The commission found that mon
diseased by immortality often marry
pure ana innocent girls, and that "phv
sicians can reckon UP a roll so CHASTITY
mat II is hideous to think Of of hum
dreds of women diseased. invalided and
ruined by the fruits of that
carry immortality The church's min
listers are performing some of these
marriages and making il possible for
cynically- minded young men TO say nd
think, SO the commission reported that
the church's preaching of purity can he
iaushed at, since man who has heep
impure TO the point of physical leprosv
can De married to some pure girl nv
the same sacred service and with the
bestow on any other union.
The commission further exnressoa
view that because all these things are
SO, and because the general conscience
is more sensitive to the intolerabIa
1acts or the social evil, the time had
come for ministers of the church 10 do
clare that they will henceforth marry
no man who is suffering with disea se
from immoral origin
Resolution Adopted.
The following resolution. recon
mended by the commission, was adont-
ed by the council:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
councii mat Tor the sake of the pro-
' .ec,ion Oh women and for the sake OF
niEher appeal to men, 1t Is desira ble
that ministers of the diocese. as ranifllv
as they can secure such co-operation
from the physicians of their communi
ties as shall satisfy them that their
position VIII be effective, either by
themselves or in conjunction with min
lsters OF other churches. shall declare
marriage service of the church only
when the man to be married shall 90
cure from the family physician of his
intended bride, or from some other phv
stefan certified to by the brides physi-
clan. certificate of freedom from n
communicable disease of immoral orr
GIN"
The clerical vote was SO for and Is
against while the laymen stood % for
and IL against the resolution.
There was great deal of comment
On the result of the vote. Episcopalians
we're pleased that the council of this
diocese had taken the lead, and mem
bers OF other churches said frankly
that their own denominations ought not
to lag behind, but come to the front
with an equally strong statement of
their position. While the resolution
only declares that 1t is the sense of
the council that marriages should not
be performed where physical disease
Is known to exist. 1t is thought that the
ministers will take 1t as a mandate, and
govern themselves accordingly.
Building Permit.
A building permit was issued yester-
day to Woodward & Son to erect one
story frame warehouse at the north
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