The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
LAY DELEGATE FROM ST. ANDREWS GOES
 ID BIC CONVENTION
By HOPE HATHAWAY


 man of ready sympathy and under standing, who, though young in years, belongs to the old school of cultured gen tlemen.
 Such is the impression after meeting the Rev. Joseph T. Ware, rector of St Andrews church, and such are the qual- ities that endear him to the people of St. Andrews parish
 "I don't know much about newspaper. work" MT. Ware confessed, except the funny papers I had a friend at Johns Hopkins university who was one of the cleverest cartoonists imaginable who kept his pals roaring with laughter over his caricatures. That is when be- came interested in the Nuts and Jeffs of the success of my friend who is now in Newark making good. And now that we are so recently acquainted" the rector reminded me with his characteristic mod esty T am not Dr. but Rev. J. T. Ware Like the Rev. John McNeill of the Pres byterian church, who with quaint as- surance declared, T do not belong to that undistinguished class of doctors per haps Mir Ware wonders. too, why Ameri- cans object to the title of Rev" for ministers. And after all, there are so many "Drs." of such varied creeds and callings, doctors wise and doctors other wise, isn't it really more discriminating to say Rev? ?' At least, there is no mis- taking one's profession who is Rev. or his calling some good, old-fashioned Methodist might correct.
 OFFSHOOT OF OLDER CHURCH
 Perhaps you remember" said MT. Ware to me, thai St. Andrews was an off, shoot of the Church of the Advent in the days when Bishop Murray was here. It was called St Andrews chapel, and Dr. DeOvies was rector. So many peo- pie loved pr. DeOvies they will be inter- ested to know that he is very happily located in his work at Galveston. Tex.
 "Our St. Andrews congregation" re- sumed the rector, 'is going through an annual siege of moving. We are antici- pating a moving siege in the church, too, for as soon as shipping is possible our new organ will be installed"
 ''Then won't Mrs Robert Newman be gIad?" This new organ must the work of those wonderful St. Andrews women I've heard so much about, isn't 1t. MT. Ware?"
 'Thev are remarkable women, who are interested in all our church activities" Mir Ware responded, ''In fact, they take care of all the permanent improvements. The St. Andrews lunch room has be- become very popular and many of the ladies who are engaged there are active in church school work. Mrs. IT. H. Shell is our director of social service, who is interesting each class and child In ser vice for others. At present the church school work is concentrated on the ln- dustrial school here.
 MT. Harry Lawhon is in charge of all the church school work. We call our Sabbath morning school by this name, because they already. are known as churchs by all Episcopalians, where our children are taught to follow the Lit urgy.
 "St Andrews is honored by being one of the few churches in Alabama that will have a representat tive at the general con- vention of the Episcopal church to be held in Detroit this week./ Only eight delegates are elected from each state by the state council, which corresponds in our church to the legislature in the state Four of these delegates are cler- ical and four are lay delegates. The clerical delegates from Alabama are the Revs. Stewart McQueen and Richard Wilkinson of Montgomery and the Revs 'E w. Gamble and Edwin A. Penick or Selma and Tuscaloosa reepectively. Be sides R. J. Williams of our parish. Will liam R. Flaw of Grace church. Wood lawn, Henry Whitfield and F. E. Feltus
 
 will complete the Alabama list of lay men.
 "The general convention is the supreme governing body of the Episcopal church, explained the rector. composed or two houses. one of clerical and lay deputies and house of bishops"
 Many Episcopalians throughout the country are interested. like Mir Ware in the general convention this week which will assemble distinguished people from all parts of the United States. Mum bered among the speakers will be Vice Admiral Sims. who commanded the U. S. navy in European waters; the Rev Orval A. Petty senior chaplain of the base hospital at Bordeaux. and Father Duffy of the "Fighting Sixty-nin
 The nationwide campaign will be con- sidered the first Sunday evening and at another date Bishop Ethelbert Talhot will preside at great meeting on The Co