Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
EPISCOPAL
NASSEMBLY HERE
Brotherhood Of st. Andrew,
of the Episcopal Church,
Opens Convention
CARE FOR SERVICE MEN

Prayer, the part Il plays In mans daily
life and its influence in mans usefulness
at home as his neghbors keeper formed
/ tho framework of the addresses and con-
! ferences OF the national convention Of the
Brotherhood OF st. Andrew Of the Protest
! ant Episcopal Church, opening It's four-day
annual meeting In this city today.
| Hundreds Of delegates, including twenty
| five bishops, from all over the United states,
are making this tho greatest convention
Of the brotherhood's thirty-two years of ex-
istence. Tho meetings were presided over by
| Edward n. Bonsall, vice president of the
Land Title and Trust Company and presi-
! dent of the brotherhood, In convention hall
at the Hotel Adelphia, headquarters Of the
convention.
The convention opened at 10 o'clock with
one-hour business session. The re-
mander of the day will be given over
10 SUBJECTS pertaining to the spiritual edu-
cation or mankind. Election of convention
Officers and committees was followed by
the opening address Of the president and
the addresses Of welcome by the Right Rev.
Philip NJ Rhinelander. Bishop of Pennsyl-
Nanla, and the Right Rev Thomas J. Gar
land. Bishop Suffragan of this State.
The work of the brotherhood among the
enlisted men of the army and navy.
President Bonsall said, has expanded
TO such an extent that 10 has beConfe
necessary to have at least one resident
secretary OF the organization In each of
the thirty-twO mobilization camps and
force Of field secretaries 70 supervise the
work in and visit tho many smaller and
special camps. 4 special council for war
work, composed OF several bishops and
clergymcn and number of laymen, under
tho chairmanship Of Walter I[idde, council
member for the diocese Of Newark, is for
mulating program for this work, he said.
Conferences between the Church leaders
and the army and navy officials are being
held to promote the cooperation of the
two functions. In some cases entire chap
ters Of the brotherhood have been absorbed
by the draft
The president of the brotherhood is ex-
Lected TO announce the completion Of the
new fund to support the order aggregatinB
thousands Of dollars.
Because of the nation being at war, Mr..
BOnsall said that the "Five-Year Program
OF Progress for the advance of the brother
hood had been postponed for year at least,
the necessity of devoting the energies of the
organization to the needs of the enlisted
men taking pre-eminenCe
Special contributions for the war worl, of
the brotherhood. no continued approNimated
$500. Frederick $. Ellsworth, of Den
yer, Princeton graduate and lawyer is
organizing the secretaries for the war work.
In giving the financial condition of the
brotherhood, Mr. Bonsal said that the re-
ceipts from quota and subscriptions to ST.
Andrews Cross up to the end Of the old
fiscal year, September Il, amounted TO
SGl25.13, as against S5493.gO last year. The
pledges to the brotherhood fund totaled
$lA,003, decrease from last year. The
fiscal year has been extended to December
81.
Tue organization Of new chapters, which
President Bonsall hopes to promote 20 the
extent OF reaching total OF 1900 for the
year, is being handled by the brotherhood
secretaries In Conference Room A, of the
Hotel Adelphia Plans for new work and
information connected with the brotherhood
are also being given out by these officials.
The hslf-hour devotional meeting at ] 0
O'Clock was chiefly taken up by the ad-
dress of the Right Rev Arthur Selden
Lloyd, Of New York. president OF the Board
Of Missions, on the subject: "Yc Have Not
Because Nc Ask Not" The business session
was followed at 1880 o'clock by the ad-
dress, "rhe Master at Prayer" by William
G, Sturgis, of New York, educational score
tary of the Board Of Missions.