Evening star., 1919-10-12
OMIT j. s. ANTHEM,
HYMNAL PROPOSAL
North Carolina Bishop Stirs
Storm of Indignation at
Episcopal Convention.
PARIS CHURCH MEMORIAL
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT. Mich, October 11.-Reso-
lutions to exclude from the church
hymnal ''The Star Spangled Banner"
and America" introduced today in
the house of bishops of the Protestant
Episcopal Church by Bishop J. B.
Cheshire Of North Carolina, aroused
a storm of indignation and were char
acterized as ''purist" or technical,
while their overwhelming defeat was
predicted.
The resolutions were offered on pre-
sentation Of a commission report on
hymnal revision to the triennial gen.
eral convention of the church, their
author explaining the question Of his
loyalty was removed by the fact that
his son had spilled his blood in
France"
Bishop Cheshire objected, he said.
to worship of standards. as in the
Roman empire" and held that the
essence of hymn was that it was
addressed to Almighty God" and that
hymns addressed to a flag should not
be included among the musical devo-
tions Of the church.
Bishop Darlington Replies.
Bishop James H. Darlington de-
clared he could not understand how
any one could object to the singing
nj
The bishops adopted a resolution,
in connection with the report, that a
small size edition of the hymna1 with
music be issued. A similar resolution
is before the house of deputies.
The plan to designate the Church
of the Holy Trinity. Paris, known as
The American Church." a. . church
memorial TO the American dead over-
seas was brought before the conven-
tion today. by Tl.omas Nelson Page,
a delegate In the house Of deputies
and formerly United States ambas-
sador to Italy.
It is proposed to give the American
Church in Paris a permanent endow-
ment of half a million dollars and to
set within its cloisters bronze tab
lets as memorials to the heroic dead
of the American armed service. The
plan was Endorsed by the house of
deputies.
3 Mr.. Page declared that great op-
portunity awaits the church in the
field and made a. plea for
the appointment OF an American bishop,
when a bishop is placed in that field,
that only an American
could proprely represent the American
church abroad. There is work for the
church, he declared, in Italy. in
and "even in Germany in
the interests Of peace and civilization"
Church Unity Conference.
Both legislative bodies of the church
today received the report of a joint
presented by DIR. William
T. Manning of New York city, on plans
for a world conference of all denomina-
tions on church unity. at The Hague.
Preliminary plans for the meeting
to be held as soon as possible are
sian churches will be asked to CO.
operate, the report said. The paper
reported the union of many church
bodies, while others are being ef-
fected. A preliminary meeting at
The Hague to arrange for the con-
ference Is planned. 1t is also plan
ned to send a delegation to the pro-
posed international church confer
ence at Upsala. Sweden.
The house of bishops Is expected to
commence electing missionary bish-
OPS Monday. A delegation from Lii
IBERIA today asked the house that a
native worker be raised to the bish-
opric in their country. but there was
some objection on the ground that
might lack the requisite
training.
A request from the North Toxic
diocese that the house elect and con-
secrate a Japanese presbyter as suf-
fragan bishop was denied in the be-
lief that such action would interfere
with the prerogatives Of the Japanese
national episcopal church.
A commission which has conferred
with eastern orthodox and old Catho-
ic Church officials reported that lead
,rs Of those churches have approached
The American Episcopalian Church ito
INQUIRE into our views. de-
string to come into closer relation ,,
ship" Considerable progress In this
respect was reported, the churches
reached being branches Of the Ar
nenian, Bohemian, Bulgarian-M Mace !
lonian. Ethiopian, Grecian. Rumanian. |
Russian, Serbian and Polish old Cath |
olic. |
Chaplains' Corps.
The house of deputies today in
lorsed pending legislation in the ma
ional Congress on the organization |
n the Army and Navy of a chaplains' |
resoIution that the JTpjte6 |