Arizona republican., 1913-12-21
WORKING FOR
 CHURCH UNITY
Executive committee of the Commission of the Prot estant Episcopal Church Undertakes Work That is Most Important

Recently the commission of the Pro- testant Episcopal church on the world conference on faith and order received notice of the appointment of a com ] mission by the church of Ireland.
 The general convention of the Pro- 1 testant Episcopal church sent the fol- lowing telegram to the Roman Catholic missionary conference in Boston: The general convention of the Pro- testant Episcopal church sends greet ings and asks the guidance of God the | Holy Ghost in your efforts to spread
 the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ To which Cardinal O'ConnelI replied as follows:
 T am deeply touched by the cordial l message of the general convention and | beg to express my heartfelt desire for i the speedy union of all Gods church
 under the universal rule of our Lord | Jesus Christ"
 | The national council of Congrega- l tional churches which met in Kansas | City was greeted at the opening of it's session by a message of fraternaI | greeting from the convention of the
 Protestant Episcopal church assembled 1 in New York A most cordial message
 was received by the convention of the 1 Episcopal church from the congrega- | tional council in reply.
 ! An evidence of the deepening desire 1 for Christian unity. and of the recog- milton of the only power by which it can be brought about, is seen in the 1 increasing efforts for public and pri- vate prayer.
 | The bishop of New York has author
 ized for use in his diocese the prayers
 suggested by the commission of the 1 Protestant Episcopal church. Those 1 prayers, printed on a convenient card, | and also various publications in re- ! gard to the world conference, may be | had free on application to Robert II. l Gardiner Gardiner, Maine, U. $. A. l A Jesuit priest in Bohemia has sug- | gested public services for unity with | prayers selected from eastern and western iturgies. Two public services.
 of intercession for unity have been held l in the Anglican Pro- Cathedral at l Buenos Aires. attended: by ministers 1 and leading Iaymen of various Eng 1 lfsh-speaking religious bodies there ! X clergyman of the Protestant Epis-
 copal church in Rhode Island has sug- | rested weekday evening prayer meet l ings for unity. Doubtless many such meetings are being held A lady in 1 England has suggested the formation l of prayer circles. Perhaps other ef- 1 forts of the same kind can be made | elsewhere.
 l At the meeting held November 19 of the advisory committee of the commis-
 sion Of the Protestant Episcopal l church, the following resolutions were 1 passed:
 That a suggestion be made to each l commission to consider the advisability and feasibility of raising fund from among it's constituents of such amount as it may deem proper for the carry ! ing on of it's own work. | That contributors to any such fund should be advised that each Commis- | sion will feel at liberty to make ap- propriations to a point fund in case | occasion arises.
 That the time has come to begin the ! considers tion of the steps to be taken | before the topics for consideration by the conference can wisely be formulat- l ed
 1 That each member of the advisory committee should recommend to the commission of his communion the inn mediate consideration of how the fol- | lowing questions should be answered: | Ca) What should be the nature of ! the bodies or groups which are finally | to be charged with the dutE oI AoIIlu- | lating topics for the conteTence2 l Cb) What can be done by each commission in the way of preparing statement of the topics which that 1 commission thinks appropriate for ul- innate consideration at the conference? l That the statements prepared by l each commission be sent in to the exec utive committee of the Episcopal com mission for tabulation, for the infor-
 nation and consideration of the advis- ory committed