The sun., 1916-10-25
EPISCOPALTANS ACT
TO CLOSE SALOONS
House Of Deputies on Record as
FavOring Repression. Of
Liquor Traffic.
| STETSON SPONSORS PLAN
Report Shows Church Has
100000 Communicates
and 500 Clergymen.
sTETSON SPONSORS PLAN

ST. Lorts Oct o4-For the first time
to well Informed leaders. a stand on the
liquor traffic was taken here to~lay In
the Protestant Episcopal General Con-
vention. A resolution adopted by the
House Of Deputies placed the church on
record as favoring such action in our
legislative assemblies as will preserve
the interests of temperance and the re-
preston Of the liquor traffic."
The action was an outgrowth Of a
memorial asking the convention to re.
cord itself as favoring nationwide pro-
hibition. submitted by the Church Tenn
perance Society through Francis Lynde
Stetson Of New York.
The saloon was scored in the report OF
the committee. headed by the Rev James
Il. Freeman of Minneapolis. which con-
sldered the memorial Tfss said:
Our age IL witnessing vast and uni
versal readjustment with reference to
the manufacture and sale OF liquor. and
II Is generally recognized that the saloon
the best interests OF our corporate and
individual life"
t.OsO.OOO Com m unteants.
\ report showing that the church has
more than I.0s0.O0O communicates and
$500 clergymen was presented to the
House OF Deputies oy the committee on
the stan Of the church. The report also
showed that about 1000 OF the clergy
are not engaged in parochal work. and
that there are about $4,000 school Of
iicers and teachers under the church
with approximately 10000 pupils.
Baptisms. the report showed, have i'm
creased by about - 900. and confirma-
tons by about 1900 over the preceding
triennium. Parishes and missions num-
ber s,341. and the total number of
church buildings is 1910. The report
added that the church controls erdow-
n,ents aggregating s55 900 900. many
educational and charitable institutions
and has an average income Of more than
s20.o0oooo year Endowments for the
support Of churches for the trlenn.,n
totallcd sl?,01S.1l2. as against sl4.-
32Oii, in 1913. Endowments for the
support of bishops totalled s4.4s1. .O37, as
against si.s26,ss4 given in the previous
three years
! Contributions for the aid Of inflrn
clergy came to s32a5.052 and for othe,
! purposes endowments totalling s2s,Os3,.
; All were given. Sittings in the churche.
In the triennium just ended .otalicd
l,5o4.s9o. an increase Of 1852 over tn,
triennium ending in 1913. Church hos
pitals accounted FOR in the report mum
bcr 1875, as against 10 accounted for II
, 1913. Homes for the aged or ipdigen
number at present ~. an increase of one
Mission Work Outlined.
The report outlined the work done IL
the missionary field and asserted tha
the committee appreciates that th'
Christian ideal includes the salvation %
the individual and the salvation OF so
ciety. II added that there are 24 theo
logical institutions. - collegiste ins,i
tutions and l2s academies under III,
control of the churc'.
Cooperation Of the church with or
ganizations throughout the United state,
seeking 20 protect the interests OF in
vestors was advocated by the RI Rev
BENJAMIN Brewster. Bishop OF Maine
speaking in the social service forum o
the general convention. He asserted
that the church should help make III
welfare Of the WORKERS. tie aim rathe
than private profits OF every industry.
Tempe rance Dis~nss~d again.
Temperance was discussed GOV sec
ond time in the House Of Deputies lat
III the session. when the Rev. q. l.
Tucker OF iouma, La, Introduced n res
olutinn, which, II adopted. would appca
to "ali OF the people OF the church t.
set the example of self control and tenn
perance by abstainirg from the use q
Intoxicating liquor as n beverage, espr
cially at public affairs and social gath
crlngs" The resolution was referred L
the commission on social service.