The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-28
'BIShlP BROWN IS
DELEGATE TO PANAMA
4 Named BY Episcopal Board OF Mis-
sions tn Attend Great Con
grcss Of Churches,
Contention In Episcopsiian Circles
shows lane of Demarkation &c.
tween High and Low Church
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New York. oct 27--The dissen-
/ non and acrimouy that has developed
is the Episcopal board Of missions
over the question as to whether or not
he board should send delegates 20 the
Panama Congress for Christian Work
which will meet in February, with the
aoors barred 10 Roman Catholics and
Russian Catholics. Is admittedly a
-ssuse for grave concern To Protestant
leaders in this city. The opinion held
among those is that the sChism be-
gween the high church party of the
Episcopal Church, which refuses to
enncar In their church's participation
n the Panama Congress unless tatho-
les also participate. and the low
shurch party which desires such par
-icipation irrespective Of the presence
II Catholics. has put an end 20 the
usefulness Of the Episcopal Church
along lines Of unity
Despite this widely current opinion
and the position taken by the Rev,
DR. VIM r. Manning, Of Trinity
parish: Bishop r. II Weller. Of Fond
ou Lac; Bishop Demott Williams. Of
Marquette: Bishop Harding. of Wash
ngton. and the Rev. Seldom =. De-
aney- dean Of All Saints Cathedral,
Milwaukee in resixning from the
board OF missions on Tuesday because
# the Catholic question, there was
s,aunch denial today within the
Episcopal church itself that anything
ike a division Is imminent while it
recognized that old differences Of opin-
on between the high church and low
-hmeh parties have sharpenea INTO a
.erious quarrel producing extreme
bitterness the opinion seems to be Sin
ere that the quarrel Is not deep
enough to split the church. These
ieniAls were made today
low Church Men In Control.
For the present. the low church
aarty. so-called, led by Bishop David
4 Greer and by the Rev Drs. Parks.
Van DeWater, Nichols, Grant. Lubeck,
stires. Ship an. Siattery, Grosvenor
ard others, maintains the upper hand
and insist on carrying through the
program to send delegates TO the
Panama convention, At the board
meeting today the delegates to Pana-
ma were selected and bound by
lffnite instructions as to the course
If action. The delegates are Bishop
lloyd president of the board, Bishop
srowr, Of Virginia. who was connect
ID with the Brazil mission for many
ears and was located at Rio dc
.ianelro; the Episcopal Bishops resi-
lent in Latin America. AYES OF Mexico,
md X isoiving. of Southern Brazil, To
these authority was given to name
other delegates. sufficient in number
10 make UP the complement of dele
which the Episcopal Church
entitled The committee en-
- the board TO select these
ia leeates consisted Of Bishop Lines,
who oppressed the resniu-
sion to participate in the Panama
congress Bishop Francis, Of India
polls who favored the resolution,
sutton Mansfield Of New Haven. and
beam Davis ~ st Louis
Scope OF Congress.
The delegates were Instructed that
ne Panama Congress Is to be on the
mes OF the Edinburgh conference OF
eli. which all approved that II is
2iot to legis,ate; that il shall RECOGNIZES
ftH elements OF truth and goodness and
hat all followers OF Jesus Christ are
invited 10 attend IT, Further. OF the
instance Of the Rev DIR. Mann, Of
sostof, the following resolution was
adopted:
That our delegates are for CON
ersnce--nnIy, and with no purpose,
authority or power to commit this
BOARD To cooperation.
II was the strong opinion of the
ma jority Of the board that the Con-
sress would be held at the time speci-
lied and that the delegates appointed
today would attend
Finances In Good shape.
The financial report received today
vas entirely satisfactory. The board
IS In better shape than for years. For
he first time in eight years 1t is out OF
eht with reserve funds intact and with
900 to spare. The appropriations to
mission fields were met with S96, 900
spare Its regular receipts exceeded
$4,000, ranking it among the
-arFest missionary societies OF tho
world Its unusual receipts We're
bout $500 00o making the total more
han S2 coo. 900. The diocese OF New
fork contributed s253.000
Al the closing session of the board
1oday resolution was adopted for
he transmission to the Emperor Of
Germany. II appeals to the well
a.tnown champion of Christianity" to
use his influence with the Sultan OF
Turkey TO stop the persecution Of the
sirmenians
Last night Bishop Brown said ne
ssaAd not as yet been advised OF his
slp pointment as delegate to the
SanAnna Congress, but that he had in
ended to attend the Congress any
sxAy. He will accept the appointment.
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