Evening journal., 1914-05-22
CALL LAYMEN TO
DAILY SERVICE AS
MISSIONARIES
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floor of the club house. The dinner
was served in large room on the
second floor. 1t was a delightful af-
fair. The floral decorations were
beautiful; the menu was all that was
desired; the club members and their
guests were in the best of spirits and
the service was splendid. In fact, ey-
erything conspired to make the din
ner one Of the best ever held under
the auspices of the club
At the business meeting, following
the selection of Captain Wilson as
president, G. Marshall Barton was
elected vice president, and George A.
Elliott was elected secretary and
treasurer. The members OF the mem
bership and executive committees
we're reelected. The membership
committee consists Of Franklin ].
Murphy, Harry Il. Spealxman and Jus
Ia G. Justis. The executive commit
tee consists of Richard Reese, A. v. T..
George and Frederick Bringhurst.
The meeting then adjourned and the
members and their guests repaired to
the dining room Chancellor Charles
N. Curtis, the retiring president, was
unable to be present. A. Felix du-
Pont, the retiring vice president, in
troduced, with a few fitting remarks,
Captain Wilson, who, by virtue Of his
office, became the POSTMASTER. At
Captain Wilson's right sat Bishops
lNinsman and Garland and Mr.. Trap
nell. Mr.. Woodruff was at his left,
lie invocation was sung, in chorus,
under the leadership Of Bishop Kins-
man. Captain Wilson then introduced
the Delaware prelate as the first speaker.
Bishop Kinsman did not attempt to
make a formal speech. In that delight
fully informal way which so well be-
comes him, he spoke OF the great debt of
gratitude that the Diocese of Delaware
owes to Pennsylvania and particularly
10 Bishop Onderdonk, of that State. for
the ehurehly care exercised by them
over the three lower counties on the
Delaware prior TO the time that Bishop
Lee became the head of this diocese
TIL bishop also thanked the members
Tor q substantial amount OF money that
had been given to him by the Church
Club to be spent as he wished to spend
it. He announced that he would apply
it to swell a $1,000 fund that is being
raised to build parish house in Del
mar and to arouse among the boy;
there an interest in the church.
Bishop Garland's address on 9Th,
New Democracy was more formal and
yet his utterances We're so frank and
fearless that they commanded the clos
est attention Of his hearers. He said
bluntly that Episcopal laymen are not
doing the missionary work they should
do and that they are not doing the work
they should do to reach the immigrants
and make Of them good American citi-
zens. If such missionary work were
done, he asserted, there would be fewer
anarchists in this country. He referred
TO the persistent missionary work that
is being done by the Moravians, the
Mormons, the Socialists and the Mos
lens and insisted that every laymaT
among them is an active missionary. 1t
is such unremitting missionary work as
that by the Episcopal laity, Bishop Gar
land asserted that is needed TO make
the church the power it ought to be,
He insisted that it is wrong to lay
upon the clergy the great burden OF