The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-29
EPISCOPAL LEADER
: TO JOIN CATHOLICS
WITH FOLLOWERS
Said TO Be Man Of Great Prom
incnoe in Church, but
Name Is Withheld.
GREAT NUMBER OF
CONVERTS REPORTED

Announcement NJ made ve0tse6Ay
~ 6tua< p. wesG 0saA of me 0seADa3o
Converts dsaguA shae an Dpiscupai1an
oe great prominence wm withdrew soon
from me Protestant Dpisoopai OhurcA 20
become Q Roman Catholic ta1Ciue WITH
him into the Catholic Church . large
number Of other Protestants. end that
the person referred 10 Il 90 wen known
chat his conversion to the Catholic faith
win create interest hardly tess than thss
which attended the a0 Of Cardinal
Manning In England yean ago.
Mr.. West declined TO reveal the name
u the person, but said he public dhas
10 conception Of tho largo number Of
Protcstants. between 10000 and 10000,
VINO are entering tho Catholic Church
every year. Although these converts
come from all Protestant determinations.
shs larger number BY fAs como nom
nAgh church Episcopal ranks. Mr.. West
aid. He more than hintsd chat the dis
osnsion which Developed . Ssw weeks
go a. the meeting ot the Episcopal
DO88o Oh s1JBU1OIlUy Wucu III nl8In u .
Manning. rector Of Trinity, and Q num-
bsr Of Bishops and clergymen opposed
sending delegates to h Panama con-
Gress, had helped swell the movement
toward mo Catholic Church.
"1 cannot make public tho naSmao q
seaside converts" said Mr.. West sbu
ebere are rumors that many are coming
from tho Church Of st. MMy the Virgin
and from other churches. and that this
- due to the recent division IN the
Episcopal church. Many Of the con.
<erts are socially prominent. l have
heard the name of one OF the Wander.
bits mentioned.
THE utterances of high church Bpis-
oopalians have assisted the work of our
league. Quite recently DR.. Manning OF
Trinity set forth in a sermon the exact
doctrine of the Catholic Church on tho
subject OF ~purgatory. His statement
had great weight with E~piscopalLans who
we're wavering. The Rev. J. s.. Hunting
ton of the Cowley Fathers has also
helped US by his statements. although
perhaps ne did not mean to do 70. Our
newspaper will issue In December a spe-
ctsa edition OF $4,000 copies containing
che names OF recent converts
Mr.. West said that among the leaders
IN tho work OF the Catholic Converts
League are Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bur-
I'll Hoffman. Mr.. and Mrs. O.. Stanton
Fioyd-Jones, Mira Henry W. TAFT. Mrs.
John q. Agar and John A. Locke, who
was formerly an Episcopal clergyman.
Tho treasurer of tho league 10 Harold
b. Atkins and the secretary Ia DR.. r.
d. New.
The opinion has long been current In
Protestant circles that dissension be-
tween high church and low church
parties I'M the Episcopal Church was
likely to produce an irremediable schism
and probably turn many high church
clergymen and laymen to the Catholic
Church
Episcopal leaders in this city denied
yesterday that a special meeting OF the
House Of Bishops was TO he called to
prevent the Episcopal Board OF Missions
from sending delegates 10 the panama
congress. Such action, they said. would
only precipitate a quarrel and might
possibly split the church. II was i'm
possible. also. 10 issue q call at his
time and the regular meeting OF the
House OF Bishops is only ten months
In the future.
The Rev. DR.. a. G. Cummins of
~Poughkeepsie. VINO edits n monthly mag
AG'ne, says in the December issue that
DR.. Manning was rejected as a dele.
gate 10 the 1916 general convention be-
cause there is IA growing sentiment
within the Episcopal Church thai Trim
ity parish should not have overnuch
power and prominence.