Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-22
CLERGYMEN|N SESSION AT ST. JOHNS
 CHURCH
St. Johns Church Is Gather
 ing Place of Pastors and lsymen Prominent In Epis- copalian Activities in State
BISHOP ATWOOD PLAYS
 WARRING EUROPEANS
Keynote of Assemblage Is En- thusiasm; Important Busi- ness Is Transacted; Com mittees Appointed, Etc.

Amid floral surroundings of ex- treme artistic beauty and under gen. eral auspices of an exceptionally fla. vorable nature, Episcopalians from all parts of the state opened their 23rd Conyocation of the Missionary Dis trict Of Arizona yesterday in St. Johns Church Of Bisbee Perfect weather conditions combined with the splendid efforts of the various committees i'm charge of the event in the successful inception of this important assem- blaze of Episcopalan clereymen and laymen
 The morning exercises opened with Communion after which Bishop At- wood of Phoenix delivered the fifth annual address, which was repete with comprehensive and vital de- clarations and detailed reports of the important progress made by the Epis- copalians of Arizona during the past year Taking up the successes achieved in the different communities. Bishop Atwood proceeded in a man uer emphasizing just how we'll he has the whole situation in hand h the ter ritory under his charge or particular local interest is the following para graph dwelling upon conditions in St. Johns Parish of Bisbee.
 "St Johns, Bisbee, has had a pros porous year A convenient and pleas ant house, almost new. has been pur- chased for a rectory with no incum- brauCes upon it. This has been pos sible by gifts from friends outside of the mission as well as in Bisbee. it. self while the American Church Building Fund made a grant of S75O for the final payment. This was the first church to claim the distribution Of $500 offered by the bishop for any rectory to be built OF purchased du- ring the year. This promise holds ] good for another year The rectory of Bisbee has started an unorganized mission in Bakersfield. where there is now a nourishmg Sunday School and where a chapel or guild house is sad ly needed
 Speaking on the subject of the Eu- ropean war, Bishop Atwood declared himself as follows:
 Since we last met in convocation, the great world war, the issues of which have not been decided has come to rll the hearts of us all with horror and dismay For the moment it is difficult to see what good can come out of it. It is a terrible blow aimed at Christian Civilization when hate and greed and covetousuess and love of power have driven out thought of love and peace and fraternal unity in the so-called Christian nations of Europe. This is not the time or oc- casion to determine where the greater blame belongs but, as time goes on. it becomes more and more apparent that none of the great world powers are blameless; that human greed. envy, jealousy and pride have contaminated them all Among all the mighty na- tious Of the earth, our own country is at peace We have had 10 suffer much through no fault of our own but it becomes us not to grow self righteous but in the spirit of humani- ty to endeayor, when European ciyi- lization seems to be passing away, to hold firmly to the eternal principles of democracy fraternity, unity and equal justice to an on which this re- public was founded We must not err, as some of our countrymen have done. i'm reference to following the counsel D of our president in his great plea for . peace that we shall be fair in our 3 judgment of all and work strenously for the reestablishment of peace. This - is especially the work of the Christian ? Church and, if it has failed In other
 lands where a tribal God seems to be ? worshipped then must the Christian D Churches of America proclaim inces D sanity the truth of Gods universal D fatherhood, of mans universal bro - ther hood, and that the noblest and
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