The Washington herald., 1915-10-31
WHAT CHURCH PEOPLE
ARE SAYING AND DOING

The controversy over the ;participa-
ton ~of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the missionary conferences
to be held in Panama in February.
1916, resulted on Tuesday in the resig-
nation of five members of the board
of missions. This was the elimination
of six hours of hot debate on the first
day of the boards quarterly meeting
in New York City. One of the i've
dissenters was Bishop Alfred Hard
ing, the head of the diocese of Wash
ington-
Rev Dr.. Randolph H. McKim. rec
tor of Epiphany Church, on G street.
who is a member of the board of mis-
sions. favored the participation of his
denomination in the Panama confer
ence, and some of his reasons were
given in this column a week ago.
The board proceeded on Wednesday
to select as delegates to Panama:
Rt. Rev. Arthur S. Lloyd. president
of the board; Bishop Lucien Leo Kin
solving of Brazil; Bishop Albion W.
knight, in charge at Panama: Bishop
Hiram r. Hulse, of Cuba; Bishop c. B.
Coimore. of Porto Rico: Ri. Rev. w.
Cabell Brown. coadjutor bishop %
Virginia, and Bishop Henry B. AYES.
of Mexico.
1t was decided that the board COULD
send delegates to confer with repfe-
sentatives of other denominations,
but that the delegates could not take
cart in any legislation upon eccles-
iasticsl questions, nor cooperate in
any way upon missionary plans.
The Ave members who withdrew
from the board now threaten to bring
about a special meeting of the house
of bishops for the purpose of pre-
venting the board from carrying OUT
its intention of sending delegates to
Panama,
The Church of the Covenant on
Connecticut avenue is one of the fifty
churches found by the recent Pres
byterian general convention to have a
membership of over 1000. This church
has LAPS members and stands thirty
fourth in number among all the Pres
byterian churches OF the United States.
Rev. DIR. Charles Wood is pastor of
the Church of the Covenant and Rev.
Harold c. Warren is his assistant.
l. Russell Alden, of this city. was
reelected treasurer of the Maryland
Lutheran Synod at its convention held
the past week in Middletown, Nd.
At the Church of the Covenant this
afternoon the music under the direc-
tion of Sydney Lloyd wrightson with
Harvey Murray at the organ will be
given by the double quartet and will
include the following numbers.
Lovely Appear" Redemption CGou-
nod, incidental solo. Mrs. Gawler;
bass solo. When with Doubling and
Dreading" CTostD. Mr.. Gorbach: Thou
Art Ny All" Cwooler). incidental solo.
Miss Harper; 81 VIII Sing OF Thy
Power" (Sullivan). incidental solo. Mr..
Backing: ''SuppIication" (ScotD. in
cidentaI solo. Mr.. Humphrey.
Luther Day will be celebrated in
Lutheran churches today with special
prayer and offering for home mis-
sions. Both Sunday schools and con-
for the support of the work Of the
board of home missions.
The first number of the weekly
Lutheran Church Work and Observer
appeared the past week. This is a con-
solidation of the Lutheran Church
Work and the Lutheran Observer
which new arrangement was approveo
and directed at the recent meeting
of the general synod at Akron. Ohio.
The first issue of the combined pa
pers contains letters from two Wash
ington correspondents. Mrs. Helen E.
Monroe. who is a member of Luther
Place Memorial Church and an active
supporter of the Gospel Mission. and
Rev. William A. Wade, pastor of st.
Marks Church.
The following statement concerning
the representative church of the
Southern Methodists in Washington.
comes from Bishop W. A. Gambler.
chairman of the Commission on Rep
resentative Church: The General
Conference Commission charged with
the erection of the representative
church in Washington City held
meeting October 6 for the purpose of
taking steps to proceed at the earliest
possible moment with the work of
erecting the building proposed After
going over carefully all the facts in
the case. it was judged necessary that
an agent be appointed to collect out
standing subscriptions and pledges
and prosecute further the campaign
in this interest and to represent the
commission in the work of erecting
the building. Accordingly. Rev. S. S.
McKenny. of the Texas conference,
was chosen for this work, and Bishop
Mccoy has confirmed the appointment.
II is earnestly desired that all sub
scriptions and pledges of every sort
be paid at the earliest possible mo-
ment in order that the work of build
inE may proceed without further de-
lay. The speedy completion of this
enterprise is important TO our cause
at the National Capital and to the
credit and welfare of our church
throughout the connection"
Practical religious cooperation be-
tween different religious bodies is
pointed out by the editor of the Out
look in incidents. one of which re-
Gently occurred on the war front in
France and the other took place in
Baltimore.
The bishop of Birmingham, Eng
land. Right Rev. DR.. Henry Russell
Wakefield, is a good example of a
wide-awake prelate. He has all-around
interests. as may be seen from the
fact that he is chairman of the CEN
trail committee on the unemployed.
member of the royal commission on
the poor law. chairman of the Lon
don Guild of Hope. and the chairman
of the juvenile board of the Church
Temperance Society. When the bishop
walks abroad, he has an eye out for
everything that is upbuilding. social
ly or religiously. And when he re-
Gently took rather long walk
in Frsnce-he had an
eye out, not only for the doings of
war, but also as to the effect of war
on religion. He declares that out of
this war there should come the pos
sibility of better understanding
among the various religious bodies.
AS an instance in point, he mentions
the case of the present Catholic Arch
bishop Of Rouen. On the day when DIT.
Wakefield saw the Archbishop an
Anglican celebration of the holy COM
munion had been permitted in the