The Mankato free press., 1916-10-13
Was Preached at Opening Of
The Episeopalian Meet
REV. D. S. FUTILE SPOKE
American Flavor Discussed By
Venerable Divine at
St. Louis
Associated Press Dispatch. ]


opening sermon of the forty fourth
trienniaI convention of the Protest
ant Episcopal curch was delivered at
the Moolah Temple, today by Bishop
Daniel S. Tuttle, senior bishop. TAX
ing as his text, Acts 27, 81. Paul
said to the Centurion and to the SOL
diers, except these abide in the ship,
We cannot be saved the bishop dis
cussed the contribution the Episco-
pal church could make to unity ana
enumerated Reverence, Truth, Cath
olicity and American flavor, and OF
the latter said:
Il do not want to presume. Can
adian brethren are here and they are
Americans as well as we. Repre-
sentatives of the Mother church of
England are here. We revere her and
we love them. She fostered our youth
in a long continuance of nursing care
and protection There is nothing but
heaped UP fulness of gratitude in
our hearts and we are humbly proud
of our kinship with the Church of
But under Gods providence, adoles
England and the Church in Canada
cent years have sent us out from under
our mothers roof We are house
Asking permission to use the word
American for short, we want to have
an American flavor in our church
Anglican precedents we will study
and respect and admire But in our
respect and admiration we will leave
them alone, unpracticed, if American
spirit and American taste and Ameri-
can habit do not take to them.
An American Flavor.
Then in that good time when an
approaching unity seems somewhat
to materialize we want to offer to
our fellow Christians of other names
round about us an American re-
ligion with an American flavor as
our contribution. Are we presuming
too much? We grant to the layman
with freedom of thought and opinion
only tying him down to the bond of
faith in the simple verities of the |
Apostles Creed.
''Is that not American?
I'VE give to the layman full
participation in the deliberations
of the church and a voice and a
vote in determining the results
of such deliberations.
'Is that not American?
"We have dioceses CORES
state sovereignties, and the Gen.
eral Convention corresponding
to the Federal Government.
''Is that not American?
I'VE have a Church penetrat-
ing into all parts of the United
States and it's possessions
There is not road of ground
over which the Star and Stripes
under the care and guidance Of
Bishop of our own.
''Is that not American?
1--WE are a united church. We
have no north, no south, no east,
no west. There is no cleavage of
separation on sectional lines of
latitude or longitude, or for diff
ferences of race or color or class
or taste.
"Is that not American?
Are Catching Up.
And, with a quick beating of
the heart and a firm treading of the
feet we are catching up-we have
not yet caught up-but we are
catching up with the Congregation
alists and Presbyterians and Bap
fists and Methodists and others in
lIlc DleSScu WOIN vi uilSSlOiS, CA
pending one million and a half dol
lars per year upon them, and sus-
tanning 2,700 missionary workers
on our payroll-besides all that is
given and all that is done in the
diocese and cities in their home
work.
''Is that not American?
81 get enthusiastic as / record
hear-about the $4,000 given for
the emergency fund for missions last
year-about the constantly swelling
$4,000 given by the children of
Sunday schools and the 100000 and
more given by the wOman's auxil-
;ary-about the $3,000,000 given to
the SPLENDID clergy pension fund, to
swell itself, tbs hoped, to $5,000,000; |
and over the facts that we have 120
bishops now where we had forty
one fifty years ago; and million of
communicates instead of 100000; |
and 1 out of 80 of the whole popula-
ton a communicate now against one
out of IT'S then?
Coming Day of Unity.
GAY, when the coming day of
unity draws near, waited by the
precedent forces of love and al
lowance- making and brotherly kind
ness and sympathy and by the ap-
probation that we have tried to play
the game fairly, we will lift up our
heads and from the warmth of our
hearts and through the tears in our
eyes will reverently say-'What hath
God wrought? And praised be His
Holy Name for ever and ever, !
Amen
Brother shipmen, let us stand by
the ship and help to save others, in
stead of rowing away in the life
boat to save ourselves. If we stay
some will be saved. If we run away
some will not be saved.
Brother churchmen, let us play
the game fairly. Give and take with
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