Middletown transcript., 1916-11-11
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH NOTES

| Sunday, Nov. 18th. The 2lst SUNDAY
after Trinity.
Divine service 10. 80 Morning Prayer
& Sermon.
1145 Sunday School session.
730 Evening Prayer & Address.
Meetings:-Th Ladies Guild will
meet on Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock.
The Junior Auxiliary on Friday after
noon at four o'clock, in the Parish
House.
We are glad to note that the Diocese
of Delaware has met its apportionment
for Missions for the year ending Sept.
Both, 1916, and St. Anne's parish has
paid its full quota.
Progress is our watchWord This
year we must strive to quietly and pa
emily upbuild the healthy routine of
our church life and habits. Loyalty
alone can do it. Steadfast, constant 10y
atty There is our Sunday School. we
need the services of another Teacher;
the Choir, we need the assistance of our
young people, especially at the evening
| service. Already. several have volun-
teered, but we need others. Won't you
help? There are the parish societies,
the Woman's Auxiliary, the Junior
Auxiliary and the Ladies Guild. Are
you a member and a worker? If not
| will you not become interested in one
or more of these agencies to promote
the work of the parish ? Let us give
each strong pull and a pull altogether.
Now that the General Convention has
adjourned it is but natural to ask, what
has it done? The Convention was in
actual session for fifteen days, Though
the delegates were in ST. L uis longer).
This convention might have done more
if it had had few more days, but it
did good work in the fifteen days it had
1t was a particularly busy convention
and disposed of a great deal of business.
In attempting to draw up summary
there will be many things of routine
or technical nature omitted. With this
introduction we shall endeavor to point
out some of the things accomplished.
A large number of resolutions and
memorials were presented; many of
them being on social questions of one
kind or another. Great stress was laid
on patriotism and the frequent mention
of the American flag, and during the
debates one would hear a soeaker say
thing was American or not American
as though that was sufficient argument
for or against any measure. The Pre-
siding Bishop struck this note in his
opening sermon when he referred to the
"American flavor" in the Church.
The report of the Commission on Mar
riage and Divorce, which proposed a
more stringent canon than the one now
in force, was defeated by the House of
Deputies. The clerical deputies adopted
it but the lay deputies defeated it by a
small majority. The whole matter will
be brought up again in 1919.
A joint commission was appointed to
visit Liberia and the French plateau in
central Africa and report, with view
to establishing missionary work in the
latter and possibly in some way working
the two together.
Permission was given to prepare a
translation Of the Book of Common
Prayer into the Italian language.
A New Hymnal was prepared and
adopted and is adopted and is available
for use in addition to the present
hymnal
The maximum pension to be paid by
the pension fund was raised to such an
amount over $1,000 as sound actuarial
practice will permit Permission given
to use the revised dictionary for the
next three years.
ITO BE CONTINUED)