The Detroit times., 1915-05-19
EPISCOPAL
CHURCH Is
LOSING OUT
,cestlnued rrow rsEe ouel

city and also far below the eroNth
81 certain other religious bodies.
TO illustrate The population OF the
city has more than doubled. the
rate being in fact lI5 Per cent. No
Protestant communion has kept
pace WEN this growth. The Meth.
ot SIS lead wiki an increase @.
PER ccat, the Presbyteriaus NiioW.
INK vi,h - per cent and the Bap,
lie, With ~ per cent And ~ bring
up ia TIE rear eita only Is per
cent
'Noreoyt-, IN nelshAorus cities.
In more or Jess Ekc condition. with
ourselves such as PITTSBURGH But
ta'o. Cleveland and Cincinnati. the
eur. has sfovn far more rapidly
than The population IN some in
stances tNA cr three times as fast.
pa Detroit alone has r., cagrch Tall.
IN Ieaind the rate Of increase OF
baIaauou. Lat IN Detroit she has
IL !!~n far behind In the country
al large The church ass increased
q % rceHt, IN Detroit u per cent
One, our Church 10 Detroit held the
'acord a. having the largest mum
Her ~ communicates IN ratio 20 the
population az all The cities west OF
'hr AllrEhenies sue has NOW lu.l
mat position
These facts o1sht 20 cause deep
searth.nrs OF heart mind aud con.
science among churehmen. they
ought 70 lead to patient and carefsl
.a,tsuEatiou Of the causes Of this
falling oG. and finally 10 wise and
energetic action 10 NEE, tae s.tga.
ton
4 do not care at this time 20
make any specific recommendations
along This line leave bose 20 th"
coMu.i-ce that shall he appointed
70 study The problem Bat should
Ike to pHt certain questions before
'hat committee and before the con
.suuon
Are We re4lizing our claim 90 be
O. pert o. the ti0ls Catholic urch
.Elrch FOR aii peoples, classes
f8-gges and races. og are Ne cam
I4IuE into a sect which ministers go
people OF one tongue and race only
gnd 10 a particular class N tha,
I ectluu OF the community
DO Re make ans at'rmpr f0 min
i,',r 20. ass.miiate and Chr,stiauizs
-hc foreign-oorn who are pouring IN
sVsh hordcs into our city. or DO We
conGne our work more or less ex
cll.iyeIy TO The elite ot tte Euz.
( H. hspeaEing POI llatiou?
Are our parishes and missions
leniers o. aggressive work and n.n.
ist-". that -. are they missionary IN
character. or are tHes clos. corpora
irons. ecclesiastical family clubs.
content 10 minister to chosen
clientele
One IeskPee Is plainly disccrHL
lie Scores and perhaps hundreds
q cCMmuuicants - this church
come into Detroit every year from
outlying parishes and missions.
They often bring no letters from
their former rectors or pastors or
II they do. they are TOO tlmil or
careless 10 present them They DO
no, feel az home They do not know
where 10 20 And finally they end
~ going nowhere or else are snap
ped UP by some Christian body
more aggressive. that is more mis-.
sionary than the proyerbiatiy con.
seryatiye and cold Episcopal church
II would here suggest 10 I'll rec.
'ors and pastors outside OK Detroit
xht know Of any members - their
a0cks. whether commandments or
not. moving 20 Detroit. that they
send 20 my Office the names and
cuy addresses OF such persons. hat
may assign them 20 the care OF
the nearest Defroi, rector
But the most important and
most ominogs fact disclosed by this
lryestigation Is this our weakest
spot r. our most vital spot, the train.
ag and nurture Of the children Of
the church