The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-10
.WOMANs CHURCH
IS new IDEA
Men Allowed to Attend One Service
hut They Can Only Be
There ~
Listeners
HE NEEDS NO POLICE
Earl Of Lonse;aIe 10 Protected by the
Underworld to Which He
Does Much
Good.
HE NEEDS NO POLICE
by Ed L. Keen, London Correspond
emit OF the United Press.1

i by Ed L. Keen, London Correspond
ent OF the United Pressl
/ LONDON, May $50 long as
Abraham acted on his own initiative
he made mistakes, and twice he had
to be told by the Lord to take advice
from his wife. The greatest tragedy
the world has ever known would not
have happened II Pontius Plate had
listened to his wife's counsel"
These are only two Of the many rea-
SONS given by the Rev. Hetty Baker
for the establishment Of the first wom-
ans church In England. an expert
ment that is being watched with the
liveliest interest by all students OF
the feminist movement In this coun-
try. Located In the thriving and IN
tellectual village Of Wallasey. sub
urb OF Liverpool, and organized under
the name of the Church of the New
ideal" the initial services OF this
unique institution, held in local con-
cert hall, have proven So successful
that the women already are planning q
building Of their own. The new
church was formed as protest
against lack OF sympathy from Eng
Iish churchmen generally with the
progressive movement among women.
1t is strictly feminine. being ofncered
by women, with women preachers,
choristers. ushers-and plate collec-
tors Men are admitted to only one
Of the Sunday services, merely a.
listeners. Two hundred women heard
the Rev. Hetty Baker, regularly or
dained Congregationalist minister, de-
liver the first sermon. The member
ship includes women formerly allied
with the church Of England, Method
lists, Presbyterians. Baptists and 9th.
er non-conformist churches. The
women's church is unsectarian in
creed.
Az set forth in TIE official state
ment regarding the aims and meth
DDS of the new church: Modern
churches in this country, with few
honorable exceptions. refuse women
any share in conducting their serv-
ices. As result of this exclusion the
Interpretation and practice Of christ
ianity have suffered and the general
progress of humanity has been re-
tarded. The church OF the New Ideal
fills spiritually and historically the
teaching explicit In christianty-that
there shall be neither male nor female
in Christ"
I'VE are only at the beginning of
our work." said Mrs. Baker, but we
are going to win 1t probably will cost
a great deal for the women to give up
the churches OF their fathers, but
they must have something higher than
they have had in the past. The alb
sence Of the feminist movement in
church organizations has led to an i'm
OF the whole Of society.
The male bias has hitherto obscured
the message of Christ This bias
must be overcome. For instance. II a
boy is asked to parse God he will UNI
hesitattngly state that the gender is
Although most Of the promoters OF
the Church Of the New Ideal are adyo-
Gates Of votes for women they say
that the institution has nothing to do
with any of the woman suffrage SO.
cities.
For about the twentieth time stol.
en- property has been returned to the
Earl of Lonsdale with an apologize
note. pleading ignorance of the iden.
tity OF the victim by the thief, and
thus again has it been demonstrated
that England's famous sportsman
peer does not require police protec-
ton When, few days ago, the earl
found that he had been relieved o:
his valuable watch as he was coming
out of the Gaiety theatre. he did not
even report the incident to Scotland
Yard. He simply strolled around to
the National Sporting club and casual
ly mentioned his loss there 1t would
be criminal libel in England to sux.
in any way associated with London's
gentry, but evidently the
earl felt pretty certain that the news
would reach the right quar- |
ter.
Although he does not give away
large sums in ostentatious charity, nor
worry himself to any great extent !
about uplift work. the earl is really |
beloved by tie criminal Masses owing |
to his unfailing gene Pity to the |
wives and families of convicts. Ions !
dale never breaches, but no down. |
ever appealed to him in |
vain, and for these reasons the in |
habitants Of the underworld, many Of |
whom owe fresh start to his kind |
ness, have constituted themselves the |
official guardians Of his property. The |
edict long ago went forth that notn. |
ing belonging to the earl should be |
molested.