Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-14
ASK FOR MEMORIAL DAY :.
=
TO GEORGE WASHINGTON.
firIin'arS Want Episcopal Conven-
ton I" Set Aside Sunday Nearest
February :,2 Each Year. -
REPORT on BOARD or MISSIONS
Reserve OH Hand, S7iS,77G-Bisi,op
Lloyd Declares This Is Day OF
american Missionary Opportunity
in Western Hemisphere.

IBv Associated Pr"ssi
ST. LOUIS. October i3.-'rhc Virginia
delegation today asked the conyen-
;ion "r the Protestant T,piscopot
/ Church I" set apart the Sunday nearest
February 30 each year as u memorial
day to George Washington
resolution was introduced in tho
hons" Of deputies giving women tho
right to sit as delegates
/ G""rG" Gordon King. treasurer OF
7 the board "r missions reported thar
during tn" last ;hrc" wears the board
Of missions had received $4,000. 65a,
ihat all pavm= nts had been met. and
tIat III" r"s'.'N" an hand was s74S,776.
Nor" than half til" mission receipts
cam" from TIA" parish churches-thn
contributions from this source amount
ing &" S...iG.9i.. Tho Sunday school,
contributed s5Go.i5f and from legacies
S1Si.5"o was derived
This IL tho day Of American mis-
sionary opportunity In tho Western
/ hemisphere. tho Right Rev Arthur
= Lloyd. OF New York. president or
III" board OF missions of the Protestant
| Episcopal Church. told the convention
to-day in presenting the report of his
board.
He said tho European war hal,
brought Nnrth and South America to-
s",hcr IN " way not hitherto deemed
possible. For this reason. he asserted.
the convention should adopt recon-
in"ndation thnt o bishop hc consccratcd
for Panama
what IL would mean to lose our
'hanc. now may be indicated by tho
distressing conditions in Mexico"
Bishop Lloyd continued. One might
/
Mexico to-day might have been avcrtcd
If hfty years ago. when our brethren
thor" came asking for help. The church
, had been ubl. to avail Itself worthilv
OF the opportunity
WOULD JOIN FORCES
IN WESTERN IIEMISPuERE
pr, Lloyd urged the Church OF Eng
iahd. that OF Canada and tho American
Episcoralihns to join missionary forces
IN IN" Western Hemisphere He said
''Viiization must follow Christian
teachings. md asserted the United
states church is amply able to pro
vide for IL. Tn. American EPISCOPAL
Church h" declared has accumulated
generous proportion of the wealth
OF tn" country. and yet important
work for the church is stopped for
Rack Of money"
There are branches of the work OF
the church. hc said, (which arc p-ac-
t"nly untouched. Each OF these chaI-'
lcng"s a man OF ability to stop work.
ing Tor himself and to conduct his
business FOR tho purpose of making
money for the work 10 which he has
consecrated himself"
Bishop Lloyd announced. however.
that means had been provided to meet
all obligations for the current wear.
The boards report showed il Ia sup
porting nine bishops and 32e other
clergy and lay workers in the foreign
held. together with 1859 native
workers.
In tn" domestic field it said, tho
board is aiding sixty-thrcc dioccs-s
and districts. aud is supplying the en-
tire or partial support OF twenty four
bishops and 1860 missionaries Since
the last convention l24 new mission
aries have been sent into the foreign
field.
The commission. headed by Bishop
Anderson. appointed six years ago to
promote Christian unity. presented it's
report To tho house OF deputies. The
report named list OF Protestant
bodies that have replied favorably to
IN" o"crturcs OF the commission for
"a world conference Among these were
III. Methodist Episcopal Church, tho
Methodist Episcopal Church. South:
thu Methodist Church in Canada, the
Methodist conferences in many Aus
tralian provinces, the United Prcsby-
terinn Church. the Reformed Prcsby-
terrain Church, the Reformed Churches
in tn" United States. tho Free Church
Of Scotland, tho English and Irish
Presbyterian Churches. and tho Pres
hytcrian Church of South Africa. 80.
Th" United church Of South India
and the old Catholic Church in Europe
report said 49,.
CERTAIN CNI'RCHES NOT K.
FORMALLY APPROACHED
I'll" commits reported that 1t had
not formally approached the Roman
Catholic or the Holy Orthodox Eastern
Churches; but that there had been COR
rcspondcncc with dienitaries Of these
churches. Pope benedict Nv, the
commission reported. had expressed
deep interest in the movement, and
promised his prayers for it's success
Favorable comment WAS received
from the digntares Of the Russian
and Greek churches and Of the Roman.
Catholic Church in Spain. III.
The report said plans TO send q
dcputaton To Europe were interrupted
by the war. and added that the pro-
posed conference cannot be held until
the war is over as
The report OF the board OF education
submitted to-day said thu board had
been disturbed by losses in it's cduca-
ton enrolment Gee.
PLEA FOR WORKING PEOPLE
no COM: INTO CHURCH
y plea to the working people OF
America TO come into the church was
made by Rev. Or. j. Howard Mclish,
of Brooklyn, in an address in the social
service forum in connection with the
Protestant Episcopal convention here
L. 4 Al.