Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-10-11
CHURCHMEN AND
ROMAN CATHOLICS.
The Rector of St. Anne's Sends Letter
to "The Churchman"- THE
Panama Congress.

The Episcopal Church has been
ieeply stirred since last May. when the
| Board of Missions indicated its APPROVAL
Of the Panama Conference to be held
in February next. Every proper in
iuence has been brought to bear upon
the board to rescind their action, at an
adjourned meeting to be held late in
This month. The Panama Conference
is now called a Congress. but its pur-
| pose remained unaltered and many
churchmen. including the rector of st.
Anne's, look upon it rs uncatholic, and
participation ia ii as derogatory to the
catholic position of the Anglo Com
mpnion, and an unjust reflection upon
| theLatin Church
The following communication from
Or. MoComas appears in this past
weeks issue Of The Churchman. the
leading organ of the Episcopalians:
To the Editor of The Churchman:
Permit me to say a few words about
the Panama Congress. After Bishop
knights letter, published by The
| Churchman during the summer, il
seems unnecessary to say more. But
perhaps some have not read it. They
should do so, for it is by the Bishop in
charge OF the Canal Zone. and It is a
charitable, wise review of the whole
subject. He urges the Church not to
participate in this proposed Congress.
Mine is a plea, through your columns.
20 the Board of Missions. for reconsid-
GRAFTON of their action. | am writing
rs q Maryland Churchman .rec.or OF
the Church in Annapolis, the capital.
Marylanderg have always heen Roman
Catholics and Churchmen from the he
ginning. We have lived together since
1888. This association began with their
toleration of us, aboard the Pilgrim
ships. Ark 'annd Dove" November
p, 163S); and it continued after land
ing upon our shores March %, 16S4.)
The leader of our Maryland Pilgrim
Fathers. Calvert. was a Roman Cath
Ollie, and so were some of his associ
ates. They came to establish a Ro-
man Catholic colony; bet they brought
along with them many of our people.
These people helped them to pass the
famous federation Act" CA. ID. 1645)
AS a Maryland Churcnman, / cannot
but resent any organized movement
Conference or Congress, such as the
proposed one to be held in Panama: or
ganized to evangelize Latin America
where the Gospel has been preached
since a century before our Maryland
Act of federation was passed. DO we
see these Latin peoples from the prop
er angle? They are not Teutonic and
Northern as we are; they are Latin
and Southern. Could we have done
better for them? What should we
think of Conference or Congress or
ganized to bring Christ to us, for the
reason that we were esteemed ignor-
ant of Gods Incarnation? We should
resent it. and rightly so.
If we wish to send missionaries among
these people and the missionaries gc
ITO provoke unto love and good
works" as Bishop Knight says the Lat.
ins acknowledged our missions do;
that is an entirely different thing
from sending delegates to a Congress
or Conference, which has announced it,
object to be the carrying of the true
religion TO q people who, presumably
nave it not The Latin people of Eu
rope as we'll as of America have theii
shortcomings which we see; do VIZ
mark their piety? God knows we hav,
our limitations: let us not adG unchar
table discourtesy to them.
JOSEPH P. McCOMAS,
st. Anne's. Annapolis. Md