Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-19
Episcopal Conference Re-
jects Request Of Bisop
Logan H. Roots.
RECOGNIZES WORK
OF u. S. PAPERS
Resolution Adopted at st. Louis Con-
ference Thanks Press for Support.
and Urges Establishment Of
Publicity Bureau.

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denied equal rights with men in tw'
actions today by the house of bish
ops of the Protestant Episcopal gen
eral conference here.
A proposal to admit women to 81
as delegates in the general confe'.
ence was rejected, while reques
from the Rt. Rev. Logan Fl. Roots
bishop of HankoW, to admit womel
to membership in his advisory coun.
Gil, was denied.
The house of bishops suggested, il
was stated, that the bishops might
create an auxiliary council of women
The proposal to give women equa
rights with the men in the confer
ence is now on the calendar of the
house of deputies and should the
house of deputies approve the pro-
posal, it would go to the house Of
bishops for reconsideration.
The house of bishops will suggest
in it's report to the house of deputies
that the ten commandments be print
ed in the prayer book in both their
shortened and full forms and the
clergymen be given the optional use
of either, it was stated
Efforts to have the prayer of
George Washington, uttered when he
laid down the supreme command of
the federal armies, adopted and sub
stituted for the present prayer "for
our country in the book of common
prayer, were inausurated. in the house
of deputies, with the result that a
prayer recommended by the commits
sion on the prayer book was recon-
mitted to the commission. with a sug-
geStiOn that it conside., the Washing
ton prayer.
Discussion of the revision Of the
evening prayer was concluded today,
with minor changes agreed upon. In
the main, these look toward a greater
liturgical flexibility and the drop
ping Of archaic phrases.
= Wants Press Bureau.
Establishment of a permanent
church publicity bureau, "be-
cause of the increasing de-
tendency of the church upon the
PRESS. was urged in a resolution
adopted by the house of deputies. TO
become effective, the resolution must
be approved by the house of bishops.
The bureau, according to the plan,
is to study means of getting the CO.
operation Of the newspapers of the
country in carrying on the work of
the churches. In presenting the reso-
luton, together with the report of the
Joint committee on press and public
lty, Frank l.. Stetson of New York as
serted that the church is under the
greatest obligations to the press.
The newspaper is the greatest pub
lefty medium" said the report. "Thru
the press, We can accomplish great
religious work in reaching the men
outside the walls Of our churches.
Altruistic organizations of all kinds
are depending more and more upon
the press for support in their work.
AS matter of business efficiency, the
church should follow the lead and
establish permanent publicity bu-
reau."
The house adopted resolution
thanking the press of the country for
is support of the present convention.
establishment of seamen's insti-
.utions under church auspices in all
important ports of the United States
vas urged in the report Of the board
II the Seamen's Institute Of America.
The general convention went on
'ecord as favoring movement look
ng toward prison reform and re- |
luested the clergy and laity to work
or Christian treatment of prisoners.
Upon petition of the diocese Of !
Rhode Island. the house of deputies /
adopted a resolution which was sent
o the house of bishops for concur
'ence, creating a joint committee TO
ormulate a fuller definition of the
ield Of social service.
Two thousand st. Louisians pra-
ented tonight the pageant of the
hurch, depicting the ninth episode i
n the history Of the apostolic Angli-
AN and the Protestant Episcopal
hurches.
Both houses Of the conference de-
'oted an hour to a joint session to
liscuss missionary work of the
hurch.
The Rt. Rev. H. st. George Tucker.
bishop of Kyoto, and the Rt. Rev.
logan H. Roots, bishop of Hankow,
old of the Japanese and Chinese
Ields. and then conducted an open
Drum.
SONG WRITER DIES.