New Britain herald., 1917-06-12
SERVICE TO STATE IS PRELATE'S PLEA Bishop Brewster Talks on War at
 Diocesan Convention
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peel for patriotic service in the na- tional crisis, Right Reverend Chaun- cey B. Brewer, bishop of the Episco- pal diocese of Connecticut, opened the annual diocesan convention in St. Johns church, today. He also re- ferred to .he proposition to establish . cathedral church but recommended that in view of conditions no active steps. toward that end be taken now. He urged laymen to see that ministers receive adequate salary, and empha- sized that they, like other people are affected by the high cost of living.
 The convention was formally opened this afternoon with prayers after which the bishop made his address and Suffragan Bishop, Rev. Dr. E.. c. Aches0n, made a report. Prior to this gathering there were conferences in St. Johns parish house for clergy and laity delegates. More than three hundred were recorded. The conven- ton will continue through tomorrow. Entertainment is by the members and societies of St. Johns and St. An drew's parishes.
 The first conference was that of the Woman's Auxiliary over which, Mrs. E. c. Acheson presided. Addresses were made by Miss Dorothy Giles. of the junior department of the New York branch, and by Miss Elizabeth R. Delafield, president of. the New York branch.
 The conference on religious educa- ton was addressed by Rev. William E. Gardner, ID. D., secretary of tho general board on Five Years of the General Board of Religious Educa- ton," and the work of the Diocesan board was explained by it's chairman, Archdeacon Henry Swinnerton Harte.
 Prayers for missions, at noon, pre- ceded 3 social-service hour. Mrs. John H. Rosebaugh, of Hartford, spoke on the work of the Girls Friendly society, and Mrs. R. H. TAber told of what the society Is do- ing. Rev. Robert Heating Smith. sec rotary of the Provincial committee among the immigrants.
 A public meeting will be held this evening in place of the customary diocesan dinner, in St. Johns church. Rev. Thomas Burgess, director of the Provincial Committee on the Various Races, will speak on the pastoral care of immigrants, and Rev. James Empringham. D. D., general super intendent of the Church Temperance society, will make an address upon ''The World War and the Liquor Trade.''
 The election of members of the standing committee of the diocese, and of delegates to the Synod of the First Province, will take place tomor- row forenoon during the general bus- mess session.
 Bishop Brewster is the guest of Rev. Dr. Charles Morris Addison, rec tor of St. Johns and Suffrafian Bishop Acheson is being entertained by Rev. John D. Skene, rector of St. Andrews. The convention chairman Is Will liam w. Skiddy, junior warden of St. Johns and treasurer of the gen. ! eral convention.
 In his address Bishop Brewster to- l day said, in part:
 ] Salaries of Clergymen. 'It has been my cherished inten-
 ton to bring before you the really vital question of the salaries of the l clergy. Long before this time I have pressed upon the people of the diocese the urgency of this matter. Tn some instances there has been a gratifying
 response: but alas, not in many. Re- cent years, with their alarming in- crease in prices, have made the mat
 ter more urgently pressing than ever. ] As one of our clergy wrote: Every
 thing has risen except air. sunshine.
 and the ciergyman's stipend The cost of living has in many cases created an acute situation. Where the
 salary has not been increased, it is
 really only half what it was a few years ago. In our rectories are high hearted. uncomplaining men and very brave women. Remember. brethern of the laity, what you expect of them, Deal justly. nay generously witl them. 1t rests with you. I call upon you who are wardens and vestrymer
 to rise to the measure of your respon. sibility.
 1 A Diocesan Church.
 We all desire, am confident, that the work of the diocese should be
 done as we'll as it possibly can be To that end I now bring forward
 the matter of diocesan church. O1
 this wrote at some length in the
 last Connecticut Churchman. Youl
 attention I ask to what was suggested
 in that article, and also to the report
 of the trustees of the Cathedral
 church, to be presented here. Tho cathedral can be made 8 truly Amer. ican institution, in close touch witl I all the higher interests of the com. monwealth as well as with things ec. I clesia sticaI At this time, when SC
 many objects are pressing upon every
 one it is not intended to attempt tc
 raise. any funds for endowment; and l ii, is the sense of the trustees that lthere should be no assessment laid 1 lcontinued on Ninth Page.)